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+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * (c) The GHC Team, 2000
+ *
+ * RTS Object Linker
+ *
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#ifndef LINKERINTERNALS_H
+#define LINKERINTERNALS_H
+
+typedef enum { OBJECT_LOADED, OBJECT_RESOLVED } OStatus;
+
+/* Indication of section kinds for loaded objects. Needed by
+ the GC for deciding whether or not a pointer on the stack
+ is a code pointer.
+*/
+typedef
+ enum { SECTIONKIND_CODE_OR_RODATA,
+ SECTIONKIND_RWDATA,
+ SECTIONKIND_OTHER,
+ SECTIONKIND_NOINFOAVAIL }
+ SectionKind;
+
+typedef
+ struct _Section {
+ void* start;
+ void* end;
+ SectionKind kind;
+ struct _Section* next;
+ }
+ Section;
+
+typedef
+ struct _ProddableBlock {
+ void* start;
+ int size;
+ struct _ProddableBlock* next;
+ }
+ ProddableBlock;
+
+/* Jump Islands are sniplets of machine code required for relative
+ * address relocations on the PowerPC.
+ */
+#ifdef powerpc_HOST_ARCH
+typedef struct {
+ short lis_r12, hi_addr;
+ short ori_r12_r12, lo_addr;
+ long mtctr_r12;
+ long bctr;
+} ppcJumpIsland;
+#endif
+
+/* Top-level structure for an object module. One of these is allocated
+ * for each object file in use.
+ */
+typedef struct _ObjectCode {
+ OStatus status;
+ char* fileName;
+ int fileSize;
+ char* formatName; /* eg "ELF32", "DLL", "COFF", etc. */
+
+ /* An array containing ptrs to all the symbol names copied from
+ this object into the global symbol hash table. This is so that
+ we know which parts of the latter mapping to nuke when this
+ object is removed from the system. */
+ char** symbols;
+ int n_symbols;
+
+ /* ptr to malloc'd lump of memory holding the obj file */
+ char* image;
+
+#ifdef darwin_HOST_OS
+ /* record by how much image has been deliberately misaligned
+ after allocation, so that we can use realloc */
+ int misalignment;
+#endif
+
+ /* The section-kind entries for this object module. Linked
+ list. */
+ Section* sections;
+
+ /* A private hash table for local symbols. */
+ HashTable* lochash;
+
+ /* Allow a chain of these things */
+ struct _ObjectCode * next;
+
+ /* SANITY CHECK ONLY: a list of the only memory regions which may
+ safely be prodded during relocation. Any attempt to prod
+ outside one of these is an error in the linker. */
+ ProddableBlock* proddables;
+
+#ifdef ia64_HOST_ARCH
+ /* Procedure Linkage Table for this object */
+ void *plt;
+ unsigned int pltIndex;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef powerpc_HOST_ARCH
+ ppcJumpIsland *jump_islands;
+ unsigned long island_start_symbol;
+ unsigned long n_islands;
+#endif
+
+} ObjectCode;
+
+extern ObjectCode *objects;
+
+#endif /* LINKERINTERNALS_H */