引言
本文是对程序员的自我修养:链接、装载与库中第3章的实践总结(和结构相关的示意图都是用Gliffy Diagrams画的🤓),通过使用工具readelf、objdump对目标文件进行解析,学习目标文件的结构。
1. 目标文件
1.1 目标文件的定义
编译器编译源代码后生成的文件叫做目标文件。在Linux下,使用gcc -c xxxx.c编译生成.o文件。
1.2 编译过程回顾
目标文件的文件类型为ELF,在Linux下对应文件后缀为.o的文件,Window下对应文件后缀为.obj的文件。使用file命令可以查看到.o和.obj文件均为ELF类型。
ckt@ubuntu:~/work/elf$ file simple.o
simple.o: ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
ckt@ubuntu:~/work/elf$ file mp4_player.obj
mp4_player.obj: ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped
目标文件只是ELF文件的可重定位文件(Relocatable file),ELF文件一共有4种类型:Relocatable file、Executable file、Shared object file和Core Dump file
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示例
在Linux下,使用命令 gcc -c xxxx.c就可以编译生成.o文件
ckt@ubuntu:~/work/elf$ gcc -c simple.c
ckt@ubuntu:~/work/elf$ ls
simple.c simple.o
在 simple.c中,我们只加入了下面这一个函数fun,函数内容为空
void fun()
{
}
使用UltraEdit将simple.o打开,里面的内容有机器指令代码、数据等,我们的程序就是由这些字节组成的。对于程序员来说,使用高级语言(C/C++,Java等)实现的代码是最容易阅读和理解的,但是对于计算机来说,它只懂得机器语言,它更喜欢二进制,将0转换为低电平,1转换成高电平,这样一个程序就可以跑起来了。
我们可以使用工具readelf 和objdump对目标文件simple.o进行分析。为了加深对目标文件的理解,在使用readelf & objdump进行前,需要先要了解ELF文件的结构。
00000000h: 7F 45 4C 46 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; �ELF............
00000010h: 01 00 3E 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ..>.............
00000020h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000030h: 00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 0B 00 08 00 ; ....@.....@.....
00000040h: 55 48 89 E5 5D C3 00 00 00 47 43 43 3A 20 28 55 ; UH夊]?..GCC: (U
00000050h: 62 75 6E 74 75 2F 4C 69 6E 61 72 6F 20 34 2E 36 ; buntu/Linaro 4.6
00000060h: 2E 33 2D 31 75 62 75 6E 74 75 35 29 20 34 2E 36 ; .3-1ubuntu5) 4.6
00000070h: 2E 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; .3..............
00000080h: 01 7A 52 00 01 78 10 01 1B 0C 07 08 90 01 00 00 ; .zR..x......?..
00000090h: 1C 00 00 00 1C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 ; ................
000000a0h: 00 41 0E 10 86 02 43 0D 06 41 0C 07 08 00 00 00 ; .A..?C..A......
000000b0h: 00 2E 73 79 6D 74 61 62 00 2E 73 74 72 74 61 62 ; ..symtab..strtab
000000c0h: 00 2E 73 68 73 74 72 74 61 62 00 2E 74 65 78 74 ; ..shstrtab..text
000000d0h: 00 2E 64 61 74 61 00 2E 62 73 73 00 2E 63 6F 6D ; ..data..bss..com
000000e0h: 6D 65 6E 74 00 2E 6E 6F 74 65 2E 47 4E 55 2D 73 ; ment..note.GNU-s
000000f0h: 74 61 63 6B 00 2E 72 65 6C 61 2E 65 68 5F 66 72 ; tack..rela.eh_fr
00000100h: 61 6D 65 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ame.............
00000110h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000120h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000130h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000140h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1B 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ; ................
00000150h: 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000160h: 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; @...............
00000170h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000180h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 21 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ; ........!.......
00000190h: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000001a0h: 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; H...............
000001b0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000001c0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 27 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 ; ........'.......
000001d0h: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000001e0h: 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; H...............
000001f0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000200h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2C 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ; ........,.......
00000210h: 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; 0...............
00000220h: 48 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; H.......+.......
00000230h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000240h: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 35 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ; ........5.......
00000250h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000260h: 73 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; s...............
00000270h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000280h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4A 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 ; ........J.......
00000290h: 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000002a0h: 78 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; x.......8.......
000002b0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000002c0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 45 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 ; ........E.......
000002d0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000002e0h: B0 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ?..............
000002f0h: 09 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000300h: 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 ; ................
00000310h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000320h: B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ?......T.......
00000330h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000340h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 ; ................
00000350h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000360h: C8 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 D8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ?......?......
00000370h: 0A 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000380h: 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 ; ................
00000390h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000003a0h: A0 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ?..............
000003b0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000003c0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000003d0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000003e0h: 01 00 00 00 04 00 F1 FF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ......?........
000003f0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 01 00 ; ................
00000400h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000410h: 00 00 00 00 03 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000420h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 03 00 ; ................
00000430h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000440h: 00 00 00 00 03 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000450h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 06 00 ; ................
00000460h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000470h: 00 00 00 00 03 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
00000480h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 12 00 01 00 ; ................
00000490h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ................
000004a0h: 00 73 69 6D 70 6C 65 2E 63 00 66 75 6E 00 00 00 ; .simple.c.fun...
000004b0h: 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 ; ...............
000004c0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ; ........
ELF文件结构
和class文件类似,ELF文件存放数据的格式也是固定的,计算机在解析目标文件时,就是按照它每个字段的数据结构进行逐字解析的。ELF文件结构信息定义在/usr/include/elf.h中,整个ELF文件的结构如下图:
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ELF Header
ELF Header是ELF文件的第一部分,64 bit的ELF文件头的结构体如下:
typedef struct
{
unsigned char e_ident[EI_NIDENT]; /* Magic number and other info */
Elf64_Half e_type; /* Object file type */
Elf64_Half e_machine; /* Architecture */
Elf64_Word e_version; /* Object file version */
Elf64_Addr e_entry; /* Entry point virtual address */
Elf64_Off e_phoff; /* Program header table file offset */
Elf64_Off e_shoff; /* Section header table file offset */
Elf64_Word e_flags; /* Processor-specific flags */
Elf64_Half e_ehsize; /* ELF header size in bytes */
Elf64_Half e_phentsize; /* Program header table entry size */
Elf64_Half e_phnum; /* Program header table entry count */
Elf64_Half e_shentsize; /* Section header table entry size */
Elf64_Half e_shnum; /* Section header table entry count */
Elf64_Half e_shstrndx; /* Section header string table index */
} Elf64_Ehdr;
接下来我们会使用到第一个分析目标文件的工具readelf,通过man readelf命令,我们可以查到readelf的作用就是用来显示ELF文件的信息
DESCRIPTION
readelf displays information about one or more ELF format object files.
使用readelf -h simple.o来进行对Header的解析,通过man readelf命令同样可以查询到对-h参数的说明,
-h用来显示ELF header的相关信息。
OPTIONS
-h
--file-header
Displays the information contained in the ELF header at the start of the file.
Header中主要存放的是一些基本信息,通过Header中的信息,我们可以确定后面其他字段的大小和起始地址,通常比较关心的部分是:ELF文件类型、是32bit还是64bit、Header部分大小、Section部分大小和拥有Section的个数等。
结合Elf64_Ehdr来看,对应解析结果如下:
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Section
完成了对Header的解析,再接着分析Section部分,Section对应结构体如下:
typedef struct
{
Elf64_Word sh_name; /* Section name (string tbl index) */
Elf64_Word sh_type; /* Section type */
Elf64_Xword sh_flags; /* Section flags */
Elf64_Addr sh_addr; /* Section virtual addr at execution */
Elf64_Off sh_offset; /* Section file offset */
Elf64_Xword sh_size; /* Section size in bytes */
Elf64_Word sh_link; /* Link to another section */
Elf64_Word sh_info; /* Additional section information */
Elf64_Xword sh_addralign; /* Section alignment */
Elf64_Xword sh_entsize; /* Entry size if section holds table */
} Elf64_Shdr;
Section部分主要存放的是机器指令代码和数据,执行命令readelf -S -W simple.o对Section部分的解析,解析结果和Elf64_Shdr也是一一对应的。
ckt@ubuntu:~/work/elf$ readelf -S -W simple.o
There are 11 section headers, starting at offset 0x108:
Section Headers:
[Nr] Name Type Address Off Size ES Flg Lk Inf Al
[ 0] NULL 0000000000000000 000000 000000 00 0 0 0
[ 1] .text PROGBITS 0000000000000000 000040 000006 00 AX 0 0 4
[ 2] .data PROGBITS 0000000000000000 000048 000000 00 WA 0 0 4
[ 3] .bss NOBITS 0000000000000000 000048 000000 00 WA 0 0 4
[ 4] .comment PROGBITS 0000000000000000 000048 00002b 01 MS 0 0 1
[ 5] .note.GNU-stack PROGBITS 0000000000000000 000073 000000 00 0 0 1
[ 6] .eh_frame PROGBITS 0000000000000000 000078 000038 00 A 0 0 8
[ 7] .rela.eh_frame RELA 0000000000000000 0004b0 000018 18 9 6 8
[ 8] .shstrtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 0000b0 000054 00 0 0 1
[ 9] .symtab SYMTAB 0000000000000000 0003c8 0000d8 18 10 8 8
[10] .strtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 0004a0 00000e 00 0 0 1
Key to Flags:
W (write), A (alloc), X (execute), M (merge), S (strings), l (large)
I (info), L (link order), G (group), T (TLS), E (exclude), x (unknown)
O (extra OS processing required) o (OS specific), p (processor specific)
对于这部分内容,通常我们比较的Section是.text(存放代码)、.data(存放全局静态变量和局部静态变量)和.bss(存未初始化的全局变量和局部静态变量) ,在后面会对这几个段分别分进行解析。
根据readelf -S -W simple.o的输出结果,我们可以算出整个simple.o的组成部分和起始地址,使用ls -l 命令查看simple.o的大小,和simple.o结束地址0x0000048c是吻合的。
ckt@ubuntu:~/work/elf$ ls -l simple.o
-rw-rw-r-- 1 ckt ckt 1224 Apr 12 18:42 simple.o
解析目标文件
分析完ELF文件结构,接着来解析一个目标文件。首先,准备好源码SimpleSection.c,执行命令gcc -c SimpleSection.c生成目标文件SimpleSection.o。
int printf(const char* format, ...);
int global_init_var = 84;
int global_uninit_var;
void func1(int i)
{
printf("%d\n", i);
}
int main(void)
{
static int static_var = 85;
static int static_var2;
int a = 1;
int b;
func1(static_var + static_var2 + a + b);
return 0;
}
在这部分,我们会使用另外一个命令objdump,使用man objdump查看该命令,objdump是用来显示目标文件相关信息的。
DESCRIPTION
objdump displays information about one or more object files.
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查看目标文件的Section
执行命令objdump -h SimpleSection.o对Section部分进行解析,我们可以得到每个段的大小
ckt@ubuntu:~/work/elf$ objdump -h SimpleSection.o
SimpleSection.o: file format elf64-x86-64
Sections:
Idx Name Size VMA LMA File off Algn
0 .text 00000052 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000040 2**2
CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, CODE
1 .data 00000008 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000094 2**2
CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
2 .bss 00000004 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000009c 2**2
ALLOC
3 .rodata 00000004 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000009c 2**0
CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, DATA
4 .comment 0000002b 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000000a0 2**0
CONTENTS, READONLY
5 .note.GNU-stack 00000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000000cb 2**0
CONTENTS, READONLY
6 .eh_frame 00000058 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000000d0 2**3
CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, RELOC, READONLY, DATA
我们的代码是存放到.text中,已初始化全局变量和局部静态变量存放在.data中,未初始化全局变量和局部静态变量存放在.bss中
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代码段
执行命令objdump -s -d SimpleSection.o对代码段(.text)的解析结果如下:
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数据段和只读数据段
执行命令objdump -s -d SimpleSection.o对数据段和只读数据段解析结果如下:
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BSS段
执行命令objdump -x -s -d SimpleSection.o打印出目标文件的符号表,通过符号表我们可以知道各个变量的存放位置,只有未初始化的局部静态变量static_var2被放到了.bss段,而global_uninit_var被放入了comment段
另外,被初始化为0的静态变量也会被放入.bss段,因为未初始变量的值也是0,经过优化后被放入.bss段,这样可以节省磁盘空间,因为.bss不占磁盘空间
例如,下面的代码中x1会被放入.bss段,而x2被放入.data段
static int x1 = 0;
static int x2 = 12;