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authorScott Bambrough <scottb@netwinder.org>2000-04-10 21:02:33 +0000
committerScott Bambrough <scottb@netwinder.org>2000-04-10 21:02:33 +0000
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Move arm_skip_solib_resolver from arm-linux-nat.c to arm-linux-tdep.c.
2000-04-10 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org> * arm-linux-nat.c (arm_skip_solib_resolver): Remove and move to arm-linux-tdep.c. * arm-linux-tdep.c (arm_skip_solib_resolver): New.
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diff --git a/gdb/arm-linux-nat.c b/gdb/arm-linux-nat.c
index b8d30e5..aa2eb28 100644
--- a/gdb/arm-linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/arm-linux-nat.c
@@ -322,132 +322,6 @@ store_inferior_registers (int regno)
store_fpregs ();
}
-/*
- Dynamic Linking on ARM Linux
- ----------------------------
-
- Note: PLT = procedure linkage table
- GOT = global offset table
-
- As much as possible, ELF dynamic linking defers the resolution of
- jump/call addresses until the last minute. The technique used is
- inspired by the i386 ELF design, and is based on the following
- constraints.
-
- 1) The calling technique should not force a change in the assembly
- code produced for apps; it MAY cause changes in the way assembly
- code is produced for position independent code (i.e. shared
- libraries).
-
- 2) The technique must be such that all executable areas must not be
- modified; and any modified areas must not be executed.
-
- To do this, there are three steps involved in a typical jump:
-
- 1) in the code
- 2) through the PLT
- 3) using a pointer from the GOT
-
- When the executable or library is first loaded, each GOT entry is
- initialized to point to the code which implements dynamic name
- resolution and code finding. This is normally a function in the
- program interpreter (on ARM Linux this is usually ld-linux.so.2,
- but it does not have to be). On the first invocation, the function
- is located and the GOT entry is replaced with the real function
- address. Subsequent calls go through steps 1, 2 and 3 and end up
- calling the real code.
-
- 1) In the code:
-
- b function_call
- bl function_call
-
- This is typical ARM code using the 26 bit relative branch or branch
- and link instructions. The target of the instruction
- (function_call is usually the address of the function to be called.
- In position independent code, the target of the instruction is
- actually an entry in the PLT when calling functions in a shared
- library. Note that this call is identical to a normal function
- call, only the target differs.
-
- 2) In the PLT:
-
- The PLT is a synthetic area, created by the linker. It exists in
- both executables and libraries. It is an array of stubs, one per
- imported function call. It looks like this:
-
- PLT[0]:
- str lr, [sp, #-4]! @push the return address (lr)
- ldr lr, [pc, #16] @load from 6 words ahead
- add lr, pc, lr @form an address for GOT[0]
- ldr pc, [lr, #8]! @jump to the contents of that addr
-
- The return address (lr) is pushed on the stack and used for
- calculations. The load on the second line loads the lr with
- &GOT[3] - . - 20. The addition on the third leaves:
-
- lr = (&GOT[3] - . - 20) + (. + 8)
- lr = (&GOT[3] - 12)
- lr = &GOT[0]
-
- On the fourth line, the pc and lr are both updated, so that:
-
- pc = GOT[2]
- lr = &GOT[0] + 8
- = &GOT[2]
-
- NOTE: PLT[0] borrows an offset .word from PLT[1]. This is a little
- "tight", but allows us to keep all the PLT entries the same size.
-
- PLT[n+1]:
- ldr ip, [pc, #4] @load offset from gotoff
- add ip, pc, ip @add the offset to the pc
- ldr pc, [ip] @jump to that address
- gotoff: .word GOT[n+3] - .
-
- The load on the first line, gets an offset from the fourth word of
- the PLT entry. The add on the second line makes ip = &GOT[n+3],
- which contains either a pointer to PLT[0] (the fixup trampoline) or
- a pointer to the actual code.
-
- 3) In the GOT:
-
- The GOT contains helper pointers for both code (PLT) fixups and
- data fixups. The first 3 entries of the GOT are special. The next
- M entries (where M is the number of entries in the PLT) belong to
- the PLT fixups. The next D (all remaining) entries belong to
- various data fixups. The actual size of the GOT is 3 + M + D.
-
- The GOT is also a synthetic area, created by the linker. It exists
- in both executables and libraries. When the GOT is first
- initialized , all the GOT entries relating to PLT fixups are
- pointing to code back at PLT[0].
-
- The special entries in the GOT are:
-
- GOT[0] = linked list pointer used by the dynamic loader
- GOT[1] = pointer to the reloc table for this module
- GOT[2] = pointer to the fixup/resolver code
-
- The first invocation of function call comes through and uses the
- fixup/resolver code. On the entry to the fixup/resolver code:
-
- ip = &GOT[n+3]
- lr = &GOT[2]
- stack[0] = return address (lr) of the function call
- [r0, r1, r2, r3] are still the arguments to the function call
-
- This is enough information for the fixup/resolver code to work
- with. Before the fixup/resolver code returns, it actually calls
- the requested function and repairs &GOT[n+3]. */
-
-CORE_ADDR
-arm_skip_solib_resolver (CORE_ADDR pc)
-{
- /* FIXME */
- return 0;
-}
-
int
arm_linux_register_u_addr (int blockend, int regnum)
{