documentation/kernel/drivers/elf/section.h.md

section.h

Definitions needed to parse the elf section headers.

elf_section_type_E - enum

• Null - These sections can be ignored
• Program Data - These link to segments, if I remember right
• Symbol Table - Here are all the executables' symbols stored
• String Table - Here are all strings stored
• RelocationA - Contains relocation information
• Hash - Symbol Table hash table
• Dynamic Link - This provides information for the dynamic linker
• Note - notes that were created by the compiler / toolchain
• Nobits - Nulled data like .bss

elf_section_T - struct

Name	Type	Description
name_offset	uint32_t	The offset of the sections name in .shstrtab
type	uint32_t	The type of the section -> elf_section_type_E
flags	uint64_t	Sections attribute flags
virtual_address	uint64_t	The address where the section should be mapped to (if it's not 0)
offset	uint64_t	The sections offset in the file
length	uint64_t	The size of the section
link	uint32_t	Type specific link to another section
info	uint32_t	Type specific information
alignment	uint64_t	If the section is aligned, this value specifies the alignment
entry_size	uint64_t	The size of the sections entries

g_elf_section_type_strings - global variable

An array of strings matching elf_section_type_E.