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// Copyright (c) 2026 Petr Balvín <opensource@petrbalvin.org> (https://petrbalvin.org)
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
package asm
import (
"encoding/binary"
"fmt"
)
// This file emits ELF64 relocatable objects (ET_REL) from an assembled
// Image: a .text section holding the function bodies, a .data section
// holding the GLOBL initialisers, a symbol table with one symbol per TEXT
// and GLOBL (file-local <> symbols are STB_LOCAL, the rest STB_GLOBAL), and
// a .rela.text relocation table — one R_X86_64_PC32 entry per static-symbol
// reference, internal references resolving against the local data symbols
// and external ones against undefined globals. The output links with the
// system toolchain (cc/ld) the way a hand-assembled .o would.
const (
elfClass64 = 2
elfDataLSB = 1
elfVersion = 1
etREL = 1 // relocatable object
emX8664 = 62
shtNull = 0
shtProgbits = 1
shtSymtab = 2
shtStrtab = 3
shtRela = 4
shfWrite = 1
shfAlloc = 2
shfExecInstr = 4
stbGlobal = 1
sttObject = 1
sttFunc = 2
sttSection = 3
stInfoShift = 4
rX8664PC32 = 2
)
// elfSym is one symbol-table entry in construction.
type elfSym struct {
name string
info byte
shndx uint16
value uint64
size uint64
}
// ELFObject returns the image as an ELF64 relocatable object file, ready for
// the system linker. Symbol names are the TEXT and GLOBL identifiers as
// written (the middle dot stripped); a package prefix, when present, is
// joined with a dot. Every static-symbol reference becomes an
// R_X86_64_PC32 relocation, so the code is position-independent and links
// at any address.
func (img *Image) ELFObject() ([]byte, error) {
le := binary.LittleEndian
// Section indices: 0 NULL, 1 .text, 2 .data; the tables follow.
const (
secText = 1
secData = 2
)
// Build the symbol table: the null entry and the two section symbols
// come first, then the local symbols (static TEXT and GLOBL), then the
// globals (exported TEXT and GLOBL, and the undefined externals) — ELF
// requires every local to precede every global, and sh_info records the
// boundary. symIdx maps a symbol name to its index for the relocations.
var locals, globals []elfSym
for _, fn := range img.Funcs {
s := elfSym{
name: objectName(fn.Pkg, fn.Name),
info: sttFunc,
shndx: secText,
value: uint64(fn.Offset),
size: uint64(fn.Size),
}
if fn.Static {
locals = append(locals, s)
} else {
s.info |= stbGlobal << stInfoShift
globals = append(globals, s)
}
}
for _, d := range img.DataSyms {
s := elfSym{
name: objectName(d.Pkg, d.Name),
info: sttObject,
shndx: secData,
value: uint64(d.Offset),
size: uint64(d.Size),
}
if d.Static {
locals = append(locals, s)
} else {
s.info |= stbGlobal << stInfoShift
globals = append(globals, s)
}
}
for _, name := range img.Externals {
globals = append(globals, elfSym{name: name, info: stbGlobal << stInfoShift})
}
syms := []elfSym{
{}, // the mandatory null entry
{name: ".text", info: sttSection, shndx: secText},
{name: ".data", info: sttSection, shndx: secData},
}
syms = append(syms, locals...)
shInfo := len(syms) // first global symbol
syms = append(syms, globals...)
symIdx := map[string]int{}
for i, s := range syms {
symIdx[s.name] = i
}
// Build the relocations.
type elfRela struct {
off uint64
sym int
addend int64
}
var relas []elfRela
for _, fn := range img.Funcs {
for _, r := range fn.Relocs {
idx, ok := symIdx[r.Name]
if !ok {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("relocation references unknown symbol %q", r.Name)
}
relas = append(relas, elfRela{
off: uint64(fn.Offset + r.Off),
sym: idx,
// R_X86_64_PC32 computes S + A − P with P the patch site; the
// assembler measures the symbol from the instruction end,
// After − Off bytes past the field, so the addend carries
// that distance with a negative sign.
addend: r.Addend - int64(r.After-r.Off),
})
}
}
// Serialise the string tables.
stNames := newElfStrtab()
for _, s := range syms {
stNames.add(s.name)
}
stSections := newElfStrtab()
for _, n := range []string{".text", ".data", ".symtab", ".strtab", ".rela.text", ".shstrtab"} {
stSections.add(n)
}
for _, n := range dwarfSectionNames {
stSections.add(n)
}
// Section presence: .rela.text only when there are relocations.
hasRela := len(relas) > 0
nSections := 6 // NULL, .text, .data, .symtab, .strtab, .shstrtab
if hasRela {
nSections = 7
}
secSymtab, secStrtab := 3, 4
secShstr := nSections - 1
// Lay the file out: header, section data, section headers.
var out []byte
out = append(out, make([]byte, 64)...) // ELF header, filled last
align := func(n int) {
for len(out)%n != 0 {
out = append(out, 0)
}
}
align(16)
textOff := len(out)
out = append(out, img.Code...)
align(16)
dataOff := len(out)
out = append(out, img.Data...)
align(8)
symtabOff := len(out)
for _, s := range syms {
var b [24]byte
le.PutUint32(b[0:], uint32(stNames.at(s.name)))
b[4] = s.info
b[5] = 0 // st_other
le.PutUint16(b[6:], s.shndx)
le.PutUint64(b[8:], s.value)
le.PutUint64(b[16:], s.size)
out = append(out, b[:]...)
}
strtabOff := len(out)
out = append(out, stNames.bytes()...)
var relaOff int
if hasRela {
align(8)
relaOff = len(out)
for _, r := range relas {
var b [24]byte
le.PutUint64(b[0:], r.off)
le.PutUint64(b[8:], uint64(r.sym)<<32|rX8664PC32)
le.PutUint64(b[16:], uint64(r.addend))
out = append(out, b[:]...)
}
}
shstrOff := len(out)
out = append(out, stSections.bytes()...)
// DWARF debug sections (no relocations — the linker resolves DWARF fixups).
dwAlign := func(n int) {
for len(out)%n != 0 {
out = append(out, 0)
}
}
dw := appendDWARFSections(&out, img, "gasm.s", symIdx, dwAlign)
if dw != nil {
nSections += 4 // .debug_abbrev, .debug_info, .debug_line, .debug_line_str
}
align(8)
shoff := len(out)
// Section headers.
putSh := func(name string, typ int, flags uint64, off, size int, link, info int, alignV, entsize uint64) {
var b [64]byte
le.PutUint32(b[0:], uint32(stSections.at(name)))
le.PutUint32(b[4:], uint32(typ))
le.PutUint64(b[8:], flags)
le.PutUint64(b[16:], 0) // sh_addr
le.PutUint64(b[24:], uint64(off))
le.PutUint64(b[32:], uint64(size))
le.PutUint32(b[40:], uint32(link))
le.PutUint32(b[44:], uint32(info))
le.PutUint64(b[48:], alignV)
le.PutUint64(b[56:], entsize)
out = append(out, b[:]...)
}
putSh("", shtNull, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
putSh(".text", shtProgbits, shfAlloc|shfExecInstr, textOff, len(img.Code), 0, 0, 16, 0)
putSh(".data", shtProgbits, shfAlloc|shfWrite, dataOff, len(img.Data), 0, 0, 16, 0)
putSh(".symtab", shtSymtab, 0, symtabOff, 24*len(syms), secStrtab, shInfo, 8, 24)
putSh(".strtab", shtStrtab, 0, strtabOff, len(stNames.bytes()), 0, 0, 1, 0)
if hasRela {
putSh(".rela.text", shtRela, 0, relaOff, 24*len(relas), secSymtab, secText, 8, 24)
}
putSh(".shstrtab", shtStrtab, 0, shstrOff, len(stSections.bytes()), 0, 0, 1, 0)
// DWARF section headers.
if dw != nil {
putSh(".debug_abbrev", shtProgbits, 0, dw.abbrevOff, dw.abbrevSize, 0, 0, 1, 0)
putSh(".debug_info", shtProgbits, 0, dw.infoOff, dw.infoSize, 0, 0, 1, 0)
putSh(".debug_line", shtProgbits, 0, dw.lineOff, dw.lineSize, 0, 0, 1, 0)
putSh(".debug_line_str", shtProgbits, 0, dw.lineStrOff, dw.lineStrSize, 0, 0, 1, 0)
if dw.frameSize > 0 {
putSh(".debug_frame", shtProgbits, 0, dw.frameOff, dw.frameSize, 0, 0, 8, 0)
}
}
// The ELF header.
hdr := out[:64]
copy(hdr[0:], []byte{0x7f, 'E', 'L', 'F', elfClass64, elfDataLSB, elfVersion, 0})
le.PutUint16(hdr[16:], etREL)
le.PutUint16(hdr[18:], emX8664)
le.PutUint32(hdr[20:], elfVersion)
le.PutUint64(hdr[24:], 0) // e_entry
le.PutUint64(hdr[32:], 0) // e_phoff
le.PutUint64(hdr[40:], uint64(shoff)) // e_shoff
le.PutUint32(hdr[48:], 0) // e_flags
le.PutUint16(hdr[52:], 64) // e_ehsize
le.PutUint16(hdr[54:], 0) // e_phentsize
le.PutUint16(hdr[56:], 0) // e_phnum
le.PutUint16(hdr[58:], 64) // e_shentsize
le.PutUint16(hdr[60:], uint16(nSections))
le.PutUint16(hdr[62:], uint16(secShstr))
return out, nil
}
// objectName renders a symbol's object-file name: the identifier as written,
// with an explicit package prefix joined by a dot.
func objectName(pkg, name string) string {
if pkg == "" {
return name
}
return pkg + "." + name
}
// elfStrtab is an ELF string table under construction.
type elfStrtab struct {
buf []byte
off map[string]int
}
func newElfStrtab() *elfStrtab {
return &elfStrtab{buf: []byte{0}, off: map[string]int{"": 0}}
}
func (s *elfStrtab) add(name string) {
if _, ok := s.off[name]; ok {
return
}
s.off[name] = len(s.buf)
s.buf = append(s.buf, name...)
s.buf = append(s.buf, 0)
}
func (s *elfStrtab) at(name string) int { return s.off[name] }
func (s *elfStrtab) bytes() []byte { return s.buf }