v/vlib/compiler/x64/elf.v

// Copyright (c) 2019 Alexander Medvednikov. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
// that can be found in the LICENSE file.

module x64

import os

const (
	mag0 = 0x7f
	mag1 = `E`
	mag2 = `L`
	mag3 = `F`
	ei_class = 4
	elfclass64 = 2
	elfdata2lsb = 1
	
	ev_current = 1
	elf_osabi = 0
	
	// ELF file types
	et_rel = 1
	et_exec = 2
	et_dyn = 3
	
	e_machine = 0x3e
	
	shn_xindex = 0xffff
	
	sht_null = 0
)

const (
	segment_start = 0x400000
)


pub fn (g mut Gen) generate_elf_header() {
	g.buf << [byte(mag0), mag1, mag2, mag3]
	g.buf << elfclass64 // file class
	g.buf << elfdata2lsb // data encoding
	g.buf << ev_current // file version
	g.buf << 1//elf_osabi
	g.write64(0)//et_rel) // et_rel for .o
	g.write16(2) // e_type
	g.write16(e_machine) //
	g.write32(ev_current) // e_version
	eh_size := 0x40
	phent_size := 0x38
	g.write64(segment_start + eh_size + phent_size) // e_entry
	g.write64(0x40) // e_phoff
	g.write64(0) // e_shoff
	g.write32(0) // e_flags
	g.write16(eh_size) // e_ehsize
	g.write16(phent_size) // e_phentsize
	g.write16(1) // e_phnum
	g.write16(0) // e_shentsize
	g.write16(0) // e_shnum (number of sections)
	g.write16(0) // e_shstrndx
	// Elf64_Phdr
	g.write32(1) // p_type
	g.write32(5) // p_flags
	g.write64(0) // p_offset
	g.write64(segment_start) // p_vaddr addr:050
	g.write64(segment_start) //
	g.file_size_pos = g.buf.len
	g.write64(0) // p_filesz PLACEHOLDER, set to file_size later // addr: 060
	g.write64(0) // p_memsz
	g.write64(0x1000) // p_align
	// user code starts here at
	// address: 00070 and a half
	g.code_start_pos = g.buf.len
	g.call(0)// call main function, it's not guaranteed to be the first
}

pub fn (g mut Gen) generate_elf_footer() {
	// Return 0
	g.mov(.edi, 0) // ret value
	g.mov(.eax, 60)
	g.syscall()
	// Strings table
	// Loop thru all strings and set the right addresses
	for i, s in g.strings {
		g.write64_at(segment_start + g.buf.len, int(g.str_pos[i]))
		g.write_string(s)
		g.write8(6)
	}	
	// Now we know the file size, set it
	file_size := g.buf.len
	g.write64_at(file_size, g.file_size_pos) // set file size 64 bit value
	g.write64_at(file_size, g.file_size_pos+8)
	// call main function, it's not guaranteed to be the first
	// we generated call(0) ("e8 0")
	// no need to replace "0" with a relative address of the main function
	// +1 is for "e8"
	// -5 is for "e8 00 00 00 00"
	g.write64_at(int(g.main_fn_addr - g.code_start_pos) - 5, g.code_start_pos+1)
	// Create the binary
	f := os.create(g.out_name) or { panic(err) }
	os.chmod(g.out_name, 0775)
	f.write_bytes(g.buf.data, g.buf.len)
	f.close()
	println('x64 elf binary has been successfully generated')
}