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| author | Pali Roh?r <pali@kernel.org> | 2024-06-27 12:17:27 +0100 |
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| committer | Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> | 2024-06-27 12:17:27 +0100 |
| commit | 973563710c2f7c184fb6769e1b1d0fc5f3f181f5 (patch) | |
| tree | d464b67155cfabbd1987446fe24f5a6bca557589 | |
| parent | 9653254a75d9f7276635ab768261b05507d75df6 (diff) | |
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Improve comments describing the Import Directory Table
PR 31728
| -rw-r--r-- | binutils/dlltool.c | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | ld/pe-dll.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/dlltool.c b/binutils/dlltool.c index 2c37ad3..13655a8 100644 --- a/binutils/dlltool.c +++ b/binutils/dlltool.c @@ -213,12 +213,15 @@ .idata$3 = null terminating entry for .idata$2. .idata$4 = Import Lookup Table - = array of array of pointers to hint name table. + = array of array of numbers, which has meaning based on its highest bit: + - when cleared - pointer to entry in Hint Name Table + - when set - 16-bit function's ordinal number (rest of the bits are zeros) + Function ordinal number subtracted by Export Directory Table's + Ordinal Base is an index entry into the Export Address Table. There is one for each dll being imported from, and each dll's set is terminated by a trailing NULL. .idata$5 = Import Address Table - = array of array of pointers to hint name table. There is one for each dll being imported from, and each dll's set is terminated by a trailing NULL. Initially, this table is identical to the Import Lookup Table. However, @@ -227,7 +230,11 @@ .idata$6 = Hint Name Table = Array of { short, asciz } entries, one for each imported function. - The `short' is the function's ordinal number. + The `short' is the name hint - index into Export Name Pointer Table. + The `asciz` is the name string - value in Export Name Table referenced + by some entry in Export Name Pointer Table. Name hint should be the + index of that entry in Export Name Pointer Table. It has no connection + with the function's ordinal number. .idata$7 = dll name (eg: "kernel32.dll"). */ diff --git a/ld/pe-dll.c b/ld/pe-dll.c index 31bdb0b..5b27439 100644 --- a/ld/pe-dll.c +++ b/ld/pe-dll.c @@ -2534,7 +2534,7 @@ make_one (def_file_export *exp, bfd *parent, bool include_jmp_stub) } else { - /* { short, asciz } */ + /* { short, asciz } = { hint, name } */ if (exp->its_name) len = 2 + strlen (exp->its_name) + 1; else |