Linker Puzzles The course that gives CMU its Zip! Linking Mar 4, A Simplistic Program Translation Scheme. A Better Scheme Using a Linker

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1 The course that gives CMU its Zi! Toics Static linking Object files Linking Mar 4, 2003 Static libraries Loading Dynamic linking of shared libraries Linker Puzzles 1() { 1() { 1() { 1() { int x=7; int y=5; 1() { int x=7; 1() { 2() { double x; 2() { double x; 2() { 2() { class15.t , S 03 A Simlistic Program Translation Scheme A Better Scheme Using a Linker ASCII source file Binary executable object file (memory image on disk) s m.o s a.o Searately comiled relocatable object files Linker (ld) Problems: Efficiency: small change requires comlete recomilation Modularity: hard to share common functions (e.g. rintf) Solution: Static linker (or linker) Executable object file (contains code and data for all functions defined in and ) , S , S 03 Page 1

2 Translating the Examle Program Comiler driver coordinates all stes in the translation and linking rocess. Tyically included with each comilation system (e.g., gcc) Invokes rerocessor (c), comiler (cc1), assembler (as), and linker (ld). Passes command line arguments to aroriate hases Examle: create executable from and : bass> gcc -O2 -v -o c [args] /tm/cca07630.i cc1 /tm/cca07630.i -O2 [args] -o /tm/cca07630.s as [args] -o /tm/cca o /tm/cca07630.s <similar rocess for > ld -o [system obj files] /tm/cca o /tm/cca o bass> , S 03 What Does a Linker Do? Merges object files Merges multile relocatable (.o) object files into a single executable object file that can loaded and executed by the loader. Resolves external references As art of the merging rocess, resolves external references. External reference: reference to a symbol defined in another object file. Relocates symbols Relocates symbols from their relative locations in the.o files to new absolute ositions in the executable. Udates all references to these symbols to reflect their new ositions. References can be in either code or data» code: a(); /* reference to symbol a */» data: int *x=&x; /* reference to symbol x */ , S 03 Why Linkers? Modularity Program can be written as a collection of smaller source files, rather than one monolithic mass. Can build libraries of common functions (more on this later) e.g., Math library, standard C library Efficiency Time: Change one source file, comile, and then relink. No need to recomile other source files. Sace: Libraries of common functions can be aggregated into a single file... Yet executable files and running memory images contain only code for the functions they actually use , S 03 Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) Standard binary format for object files Derives from AT&T System V Unix Later adoted by BSD Unix variants and Linux One unified format for Relocatable object files (.o), Executable object files Shared object files (.so) Generic name: ELF binaries Better suort for shared libraries than old a.out formats , S 03 Page 2

3 ELF Object File Format ELF Object File Format (cont) Elf header Magic number, tye (.o, exec,.so), machine, byte ordering, etc. Program header table Page size, virtual addresses memory segments (sections), segment sizes..text section Code.data section Initialized (static) data.bss section Uninitialized (static) data Block Started by Symbol Better Save Sace Has section header but occuies no sace ELF header Program header table (required for executables).text section.data section.bss section.rel.txt.rel.data.debug Section header table (required for relocatables) 0 section Symbol table Procedure and static variable names Section names and locations.rel.text section Relocation info for.text section Addresses of instructions that will need to be modified in the executable Instructions for modifying..rel.data section Relocation info for.data section Addresses of ointer data that will need to be modified in the merged executable.debug section Info for symbolic debugging (gcc -g) ELF header Program header table (required for executables).text section.data section.bss section.rel.text.rel.data.debug Section header table (required for relocatables) , S , S 03 Examle C Program Merging Relocatable Object Files into an Executable Object File int e=7; int main() { int r = a(); exit(0); int *e=&e; , S 03 m.o a.o Relocatable Object Files system code system data main() int e = 7 a() int *e = &e int x = 15 int y.text.data.text.data.text.data.bss Executable Object File headers system code main() system data int e = 7 int *e = &e int x = 15 uninitialized data.debug , S 03 0 a() more system code.text.data.bss Page 3

4 Relocating Symbols and Resolving External References Def of local symbol e Symbols are lexical entities that name functions and variables. Each symbol has a value (tyically a memory address). Code consists of symbol definitions and references. References can be either local or external. int e=7; int main() { int r = a(); exit(0); Def of local symbol e int *e=&e; Ref to external symbol e Defs of local symbols x and y Ref to external symbol exit Ref to external (defined in symbol a Def of libc.so) Refs of local local symbols e,x,y 13 symbol a , S 03 m.o Relocation Info int e=7; int main() { int r = a(); exit(0); Disassembly of section.text: <main>: <main>: 0: 55 ushl %eb 1: 89 e5 movl %es,%eb 3: e8 fc ff ff ff call 4 <main+0x4> 4: R_386_PC32 a 8: 6a 00 ushl $0x0 a: e8 fc ff ff ff call b <main+0xb> b: R_386_PC32 exit f: 90 no Disassembly of section.data: <e>: 0: source: objdum , S 03 a.o Relocation Info (.text) Disassembly of section.text: a.o Relocation Info (.data) Disassembly of section.data: int *e=&e; <a>: 0: 55 ushl %eb 1: 8b movl 0x0,%edx 6: 00 3: R_386_32 e 7: a movl 0x0,%eax 8: R_386_32 x c: 89 e5 movl %es,%eb e: addl (%edx),%eax 10: 89 ec movl %eb,%es 12: addl 0x0,%eax 17: 00 14: R_386_32 y 18: 5d ol %eb 19: c3 ret int *e=&e; <e>: 0: <x>: 4: 0f : R_386_32 e , S , S 03 Page 4

5 Executable After Relocation and External Reference Resolution (.text) <main>: : 55 ushl %eb : 89 e5 movl %es,%eb : e call <a> : 6a 00 ushl $0x a: e8 35 ff ff ff call <_init+0x94> f: 90 no Executable After Relocation and External Reference Resolution(.data) int e=7; int main() { int r = a(); exit(0); Disassembly of section.data: 0804a018 <e>: 804a018: a01c <e>: 804a01c: 18 a <a>: : 55 ushl %eb 0804a020 <x>: : 8b 15 1c a0 04 movl 0x804a01c,%edx 804a020: 0f : 08 int *e=&e; : a1 20 a movl 0x804a020,%eax c: 89 e5 movl %es,%eb e: addl (%edx),%eax : 89 ec movl %eb,%es : d0 a3 04 addl 0x804a3d0,%eax : : 5d ol %eb : c3 ret , S , S 03 Strong and Weak Symbols Program symbols are either strong or weak strong: rocedures and initialized globals weak: uninitialized globals strong 1.c int foo=5; 2.c int foo; weak Linker s Symbol Rules Rule 1. A strong symbol can only aear once. Rule 2. A weak symbol can be overridden by a strong symbol of the same name. references to the weak symbol resolve to the strong symbol. strong 1() { 2() { strong Rule 3. If there are multile weak symbols, the linker can ick an arbitrary one , S , S 03 Page 5

6 Linker Puzzles 1() { 1() { 1() { 1() { int x=7; int y=5; 1() { int x=7; 1() { 2() { double x; 2() { double x; 2() { 2() { Link time error: two strong symbols (1) References to x will refer to the same uninitialized int. Is this what you really want? Writes to x in 2 might overwrite y! Evil! Writes to x in 2 will overwrite y! Nasty! References to x will refer to the same initialized variable. Nightmare scenario: two identical weak structs, comiled by different comilers with different alignment rules , S 03 Packaging Commonly Used Functions How to ackage functions commonly used by rogrammers? Math, I/O, memory management, string maniulation, etc. Awkward, given the linker framework so far: Otion 1: Put all functions in a single source file Programmers link big object file into their rograms Sace and time inefficient Otion 2: Put each function in a searate source file Programmers exlicitly link aroriate binaries into their rograms More efficient, but burdensome on the rogrammer Solution: static libraries (.a archive files) Concatenate related relocatable object files into a single file with an index (called an archive). Enhance linker so that it tries to resolve unresolved external references by looking for the symbols in one or more archives. If an archive member file resolves reference, link into executable , S 03 Static Libraries (archives) Creating Static Libraries 1.c 2.c atoi.c rintf.c rando 1.o 2.o libc.a static library (archive) of relocatable object files concatenated into one file. atoi.o rintf.o... random.o Linker (ld) executable object file (only contains code and data for libc functions that are called from 1.c and 2.c) Archiver (ar) libc.a C standard library ar rs libc.a \ atoi.o rintf.o random.o Further imroves modularity and efficiency by ackaging commonly used functions [e.g., C standard library (libc), math library (libm)] Linker selectively only the.o files in the archive that are 23 actually needed by the rogram , S 03 Archiver allows incremental udates: Recomile function that changes and relace.o file in archive , S 03 Page 6

7 Commonly Used Libraries libc.a (the C standard library) 8 MB archive of 900 object files. I/O, memory allocation, signal handling, string handling, data and time, random numbers, integer math libm.a (the C math library) 1 MB archive of 226 object files. floating oint math (sin, cos, tan, log, ex, sqrt, ) % ar -t /usr/lib/libc.a sort % ar -t /usr/lib/libm.a sort fork.o e_acos.o e_acosf.o frintf.o e_acosh.o fu_control.o e_acoshf.o futc.o e_acoshl.o freoen.o e_acosl.o fscanf.o e_asin.o fseek.o e_asinf.o fstab.o e_asinl.o , S 03 Using Static Libraries Linker s algorithm for resolving external references: Scan.o files and.a files in the command line order. During the scan, kee a list of the current unresolved references. As each new.o or.a file obj is encountered, try to resolve each unresolved reference in the list against the symbols in obj. If any entries in the unresolved list at end of scan, then error. Problem: Command line order matters! Moral: ut libraries at the end of the command line. bass> gcc -L. libtest.o -lmine bass> gcc -L. -lmine libtest.o libtest.o: In function `main': libtest.o(.text+0x4): undefined reference to `libfun' , S 03 Loading Executable Binaries Executable object file for examle rogram ELF header Program header table (required for executables).text section.data section.bss section.rel.text.rel.data.debug Section header table (required for relocatables) 0 Process image init and shared lib segments.text segment (r/o).data segment (initialized r/w).bss segment (uninitialized r/w) Virtual addr 0x080483e0 0x x0804a010 0x0804a3b , S 03 Shared Libraries Static libraries have the following disadvantages: Potential for dulicating lots of common code in the executable files on a filesystem. e.g., every C rogram needs the standard C library Potential for dulicating lots of code in the virtual memory sace of many rocesses. Minor bug fixes of system libraries require each alication to exlicitly relink Solution: Shared libraries (dynamic link libraries, DLLs) whose members are dynamically loaded into memory and linked into an alication at run-time. Dynamic linking can occur when executable is first loaded and run.» Common case for Linux, handled automatically by ld-linux.so. Dynamic linking can also occur after rogram has begun.» In Linux, this is done exlicitly by user with dloen().» Basis for High-Performance Web Servers. Shared library routines can be shared by multile rocesses , S 03 Page 7

8 Dynamically Linked Shared Libraries The Comlete Picture s (cc1, as) s (cc1,as) m.o a.o m.o a.o libwhatever.a Linker (ld) Static Linker (ld) Partially linked executable (on disk) libc.so Shared library of dynamically relocatable object files libc.so libm.so Loader/Dynamic Linker libc.so functions called by (ld-linux.so) and are loaded, linked, and (otentially) shared among Fully linked executable rocesses. (in memory) P , S 03 Loader/Dynamic Linker (ld-linux.so) , S 03 Page 8