kxld.h   [plain text]


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#ifndef _KXLD_H
#define _KXLD_H

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <mach/boolean.h>       // boolean_t
#include <mach/kern_return.h>   // kern_return_t
#include <mach/machine.h>       // cpu_type_t and cpu_subtype_t
#include <mach/vm_types.h>

#include "kxld_types.h"

/*******************************************************************************
* API
*******************************************************************************/

/*******************************************************************************
* Creates a state object for the linker.  A context must be created for each
* link thread and destroyed at the end of the thread's life.  A context should
* be reused for all links occuring in that link thread.
*   context             Returns a pointer to the new context object
*   allocate callback   Callback to allocate memory for the linked kext
*   log_callback        Callback for all kxld logging output
*   flags               Flags to control the behavior of kxld
*   cputype             The target arch's CPU type (0 for host arch)
*   cpusubtype          The target arch's CPU subtype (0 for host subtype)
*******************************************************************************/
kern_return_t kxld_create_context(
    KXLDContext **context, 
    KXLDAllocateCallback allocate_callback,
    KXLDLoggingCallback log_callback,
    KXLDFlags flags,
    cpu_type_t cputype,
    cpu_subtype_t cpusubtype)
    __attribute__((nonnull(1,2),visibility("default")));

/*******************************************************************************
* Destroys a link context and frees all associated memory.  Should be called at
* the end of a link thread's life.
*******************************************************************************/
void kxld_destroy_context(
    KXLDContext *context)
    __attribute__((nonnull,visibility("default")));

/*******************************************************************************
* Links a kext against its dependencies, using a callback to allocate the memory 
* at which it will be located.
* NOTE: The object data itself must be mmapped with PROT_WRITE and MAP_PRIVATE
*   context             The KXLDContext object for the current link thread.
*   file                The kext object file read into memory.
*                       Supported formats: Mach-O, Mach-O64, Fat.
*   size                The size of the kext in memory.  Must be nonzero.
*   name                The name, usually the bundle identifier, of the kext
*   callback_data       Data that is to be passed to the callback functions.
*   dependencies        An array of pointers to the kexts upon which this kext 
*                       is dependent.
*   num_dependencies    Number of entries in the 'dependencies' array.
*   linked_object       This will be set to the address of the linked kext 
*                       object. If the address provided by the 
*                       kxld_alloc_callback is considered writable, this 
*                       pointer will be set to that address.  Otherwise, the 
*                       linked object will be written to a temporary buffer 
*                       that should be freed by the caller.
*   kmod_info_kern      Kernel address of the kmod_info_t structure.
******************************************************************************/
kern_return_t kxld_link_file(
    KXLDContext *context,
    u_char *file,
    u_long size,
    const char *name,
    void *callback_data,
    KXLDDependency *dependencies,
    u_int num_dependencies,
    u_char **linked_object,
    kxld_addr_t *kmod_info_kern)
    __attribute__((nonnull(1,2,4,6,8,9), visibility("default")));

/*******************************************************************************
*******************************************************************************/
boolean_t kxld_validate_copyright_string(const char *str)
    __attribute__((pure, nonnull, visibility("default")));

#endif // _KXLD_H_