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+/**
+ * syslinux/module.h
+ *
+ * Dynamic ELF modules definitions and services.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MODULE_H_
+#define MODULE_H_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <elf.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <setjmp.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+#if __SIZEOF_POINTER__ == 4
+#include <i386/module.h>
+#elif __SIZEOF_POINTER__ == 8
+#include <x86_64/module.h>
+#else
+#error "unsupported architecture"
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * The maximum length of the module file name (including path), stored
+ * in the struct module descriptor.
+ */
+#define MODULE_NAME_SIZE 256
+
+/*
+ * Some common information about what kind of modules we're dealing with
+ */
+#define EXEC_MODULE 0
+#define LIB_MODULE 1
+
+#define MAX_NR_DEPS 64
+
+/*
+ * Initialization and finalization function signatures
+ */
+
+/**
+ * module_main_t - pointer to an entry routine
+ *
+ * The entry routine is present only in executable modules, and represents
+ * the entry point for the program.
+ */
+typedef int (*module_main_t)(int, char**);
+
+/**
+ * module_ctor_t - pointer to a constructor or destructor routine
+ *
+ * A module may have multiple routines that need to be executed before
+ * or after the main routine. These are the constructors and
+ * destructors, respectively.
+ */
+typedef void (*module_ctor_t) (void);
+
+/**
+ * struct elf_module - structure encapsulating a module loaded in memory.
+ *
+ * Each SYSLINUX ELF module must have an associated struct elf_module descriptor
+ * that keeps track of memory allocations, symbol information, and various other
+ * resources needed by the module itself or by other modules that depend on it.
+ *
+ * There are two types of modules:
+ * - regular modules, which are actual memory images of a loaded & linked shared
+ * object (ELF file). Memory is reserved for the struct elf_module structure itself
+ * and for the object loadable sections read from the file.
+ * - shallow modules, which are not associated with an ELF shared object, but contain
+ * metainformation about a memory region already present and containing the
+ * actual code and data. One particular usage of shallow modules is to access
+ * symbol information from the root COM32 module loaded by the SYSLINUX core.
+ * As their name suggests, memory is reserved only for the elf_module structure
+ * itself and optionally for a usually small memory region containing metainformation
+ * (symbol information).
+ *
+ * Module descriptors are related to each other through dependency information. A module
+ * can depend on symbols from other modules, and in turn it can provide symbols used
+ * by other dependant modules. This relationship can be described as a directed
+ * acyclic graph (DAG). The graph is stored using double linked lists of
+ * predecessors and successors. There is also a global linked list containing all
+ * the modules currently loaded.
+ */
+struct atexit;
+struct elf_module {
+ char name[MODULE_NAME_SIZE]; // The module name
+
+ bool shallow; // Whether the module contains any code
+
+ struct list_head required; // Head of the required modules list
+ struct list_head dependants; // Head of module dependants list
+ struct list_head list; // The list entry in the module list
+
+ module_ctor_t *ctors; // module constructors
+ module_ctor_t *dtors; // module destructors
+ module_main_t main_func; // The main function (for executable modules)
+
+ void *module_addr; // The module location in the memory
+ Elf_Addr base_addr; // The base address of the module
+ Elf_Word module_size; // The module size in memory
+
+ Elf_Word *hash_table; // The symbol hash table
+ Elf_Word *ghash_table; // The GNU style hash table
+ char *str_table; // The string table
+ void *sym_table; // The symbol table
+ void *got; // The Global Offset Table
+ Elf_Dyn *dyn_table; // Dynamic loading information table
+
+ Elf_Word strtable_size; // The size of the string table
+ Elf_Word syment_size; // The size of a symbol entry
+ Elf_Word symtable_size; // The size of the symbol table
+
+
+ union {
+ // Transient - Data available while the module is loading
+ struct {
+ FILE *_file; // The file object of the open file
+ Elf_Off _cr_offset; // The current offset in the open file
+ } l;
+
+ // Process execution data
+ struct {
+ jmp_buf process_exit; // Exit state
+ struct atexit *atexit_list; // atexit() chain
+ } x;
+ } u;
+
+ // ELF DT_NEEDED entries for this module
+ int nr_needed;
+ Elf_Word needed[MAX_NR_DEPS];
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct module_dep - structure encapsulating a module dependency need
+ *
+ * This structure represents an item in a double linked list of predecessors or
+ * successors. The item contents is a pointer to the corresponding module descriptor.
+ */
+struct module_dep {
+ struct list_head list; // The list entry in the dependency list
+
+ struct elf_module *module; // The target module descriptor
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Unload all modules that have been loaded since @name.
+ *
+ * Returns the struct elf_module * for @name or %NULL if no modules
+ * have been loaded since @name.
+ */
+extern struct elf_module *unload_modules_since(const char *name);
+
+extern FILE *findpath(char *name);
+
+
+/**
+ * Names of symbols with special meaning (treated as special cases at linking)
+ */
+#define MODULE_ELF_INIT_PTR "__module_init_ptr" // Initialization pointer symbol name
+#define MODULE_ELF_EXIT_PTR "__module_exit_ptr" // Finalization pointer symbol name
+#define MODULE_ELF_MAIN_PTR "__module_main_ptr" // Entry pointer symbol name
+
+/**
+ * modules_head - A global linked list containing all the loaded modules.
+ */
+extern struct list_head modules_head;
+
+
+/**
+ * for_each_module - iterator loop through the list of loaded modules.
+ */
+#define for_each_module(m) list_for_each_entry(m, &modules_head, list)
+
+/**
+ * for_each_module_safe - iterator loop through the list of loaded modules safe against removal.
+ */
+#define for_each_module_safe(m, n) \
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(m, n, &modules_head, list)
+
+/**
+ * module_current - return the module at the head of the module list.
+ */
+static inline struct elf_module *module_current(void)
+{
+ struct elf_module *head;
+
+ head = list_entry((&modules_head)->next, typeof(*head), list);
+ return head;
+}
+
+/**
+ * modules_init - initialize the module subsystem.
+ *
+ * This function must be called before any module operation is to be performed.
+ */
+extern int modules_init(void);
+
+
+/**
+ * modules_term - releases all resources pertaining to the module subsystem.
+ *
+ * This function should be called after all module operations.
+ */
+extern void modules_term(void);
+
+
+/**
+ * module_alloc - reserves space for a new module descriptor.
+ * @name: the file name of the module to be loaded.
+ *
+ * The function simply allocates a new module descriptor and initializes its fields
+ * in order to be used by subsequent loading operations.
+ */
+extern struct elf_module *module_alloc(const char *name);
+
+
+/**
+ * module_load - loads a regular ELF module into memory.
+ * @module: the module descriptor returned by module_alloc.
+ *
+ * The function reads the module file, checks whether the file has a
+ * valid structure, then loads into memory the code and the data and performs
+ * any symbol relocations. A module dependency is created automatically when the
+ * relocated symbol is defined in a different module.
+ *
+ * The function returns 0 if the operation is completed successfully, and
+ * a non-zero value if an error occurs. Possible errors include invalid module
+ * structure, missing symbol definitions (unsatisfied dependencies) and memory
+ * allocation issues.
+ */
+extern int module_load(struct elf_module *module);
+
+
+/**
+ * module_unload - unloads the module from the system.
+ * @module: the module descriptor structure.
+ *
+ * The function checks to see whether the module can be safely
+ * removed, then it executes any destructors and releases all the
+ * associated memory. This function can be applied both for standard
+ * modules and for shallow modules.
+ *
+ * A module can be safely removed from the system when no other modules reference
+ * symbols from it.
+ */
+extern int module_unload(struct elf_module *module);
+
+/**
+ * _module_unload - unloads the module without running destructors
+ * @module: the module descriptor structure.
+ *
+ * This function is the same as module_unload(), except that the
+ * module's destructors are not executed.
+ */
+extern int _module_unload(struct elf_module *module);
+
+/**
+ * get_module_type - get type of the module
+ * @module: the module descriptor structure.
+ *
+ * This function returns the type of module we're dealing with
+ * either a library module ( LIB_MODULE ), executable module ( EXEC_MODULE ),
+ * or an error ( UNKNOWN_MODULE ). The way it checks teh type is by checking to see
+ * if the module has its main_func set ( in which case it's an executable ). In case
+ * it doesn't it then checks to see if init_func is set ( in which case it's a
+ * library module. If this isn't the case either we don't know what it is so bail out
+ */
+extern int get_module_type(struct elf_module *module);
+
+/**
+ * module_unloadable - checks whether the given module can be unloaded.
+ * @module: the module descriptor structure
+ *
+ * A module can be unloaded from the system when no other modules depend on it,
+ * that is, no symbols are referenced from it.
+ */
+extern int module_unloadable(struct elf_module *module);
+
+/**
+ * module_find - searches for a module by its name.
+ * @name: the name of the module, as it was specified in module_alloc.
+ *
+ * The function returns a pointer to the module descriptor, if found, or
+ * NULL otherwise.
+ */
+extern struct elf_module *module_find(const char *name);
+
+/**
+ * module_find_symbol - searches for a symbol definition in a given module.
+ * @name: the name of the symbol to be found.
+ * @module: the module descriptor structure.
+ *
+ * The function searches the module symbol table for a symbol matching exactly
+ * the name provided. The operation uses the following search algorithms, in this
+ * order:
+ * - If a GNU hash table is present in the module, it is used to find the symbol.
+ * - If the symbol cannot be found with the first method (either the hash table
+ * is not present or the symbol is not found) and if a regular (SysV) hash table
+ * is present, a search is performed on the SysV hash table. If the symbol is not
+ * found, NULL is returned.
+ * - If the second method cannot be applied, a linear search is performed by
+ * inspecting every symbol in the symbol table.
+ *
+ * If the symbol is found, a pointer to its descriptor structure is returned, and
+ * NULL otherwise.
+ */
+extern Elf_Sym *module_find_symbol(const char *name, struct elf_module *module);
+
+/**
+ * global_find_symbol - searches for a symbol definition in the entire module namespace.
+ * @name: the name of the symbol to be found.
+ * @module: an optional (may be NULL) pointer to a module descriptor variable that
+ * will hold the module where the symbol was found.
+ *
+ * The function search for the given symbol name in all the modules currently
+ * loaded in the system, in the reverse module loading order. That is, the most
+ * recently loaded module is searched first, followed by the previous one, until
+ * the first loaded module is reached.
+ *
+ * If no module contains the symbol, NULL is returned, otherwise the return value is
+ * a pointer to the symbol descriptor structure. If the module parameter is not NULL,
+ * it is filled with the address of the module descriptor where the symbol is defined.
+ */
+extern Elf_Sym *global_find_symbol(const char *name, struct elf_module **module);
+
+/**
+ * module_get_absolute - converts an memory address relative to a module base address
+ * to its absolute value in RAM.
+ * @addr: the relative address to convert.
+ * @module: the module whose base address is used for the conversion.
+ *
+ * The function returns a pointer to the absolute memory address.
+ */
+static inline void *module_get_absolute(Elf_Addr addr, struct elf_module *module) {
+ return (void*)(module->base_addr + addr);
+}
+
+/**
+ * syslinux_current - get the current module process
+ */
+extern struct elf_module *__syslinux_current;
+static inline const struct elf_module *syslinux_current(void)
+{
+ return __syslinux_current;
+}
+
+
+#endif // MODULE_H_