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Before main() 分析
作者：alert7
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时间: 2001-9-25
★ 前言
本文分析了在main()之前的ELF程序流程，试图让您更清楚的把握程序的流程的脉络走向。
从而更深入的了解ELF。不正确之处，还请斧正。
★ 综述
ELF的可执行文件与共享库在结构上非常类似,它们具有一张程序段表,用来描述这些段如何映射到进程空间.
对于可执行文件来说,段的加载位置是固定的,程序段表中如实反映了段的加载地址.对于共享库来说,段的加
载位置是浮动的,位置无关的,程序段表反映的是以0作为基准地址的相对加载地址.尽管共享库的连接是不
充分的,为了便于测试动态链接器,Linux允许直接加载共享库运行.如果应用程序具有动态链接器的描述段,
内核在完成程序段加载后,紧接着加载动态链接器,并且启动动态链接器的入口.如果没有动态链接器的描述段,
就直接交给用户程序入口。
上述这部分请参考：linuxforum论坛上opera写的《分析ELF的加载过程》
在控制权交给动态链接器的入口后，首先调用_dl_start函数获得真实的程序入口（注：该入口地址
不是main的地址，也就是说一般程序的入口不是main）,然后循环调用每个共享object的初始化函数，
接着跳转到真实的程序入口，一般为_start（程序中的_start）的一个例程，该例程压入一些参数到堆栈，
就直接调用__libc_start_main函数。在__libc_start_main函数中替动态连接器和自己程序安排
destructor，并运行程序的初始化函数。然后才把控制权交给main()函数。
★ main()之前流程
下面就是动态链接器的入口。
/* Initial entry point code for the dynamic linker.
The C function `_dl_start' is the real entry point;
its return value is the user program's entry point. */
#define RTLD_START asm ("\
.text\n\
.globl _start\n\
.globl _dl_start_user\n\
_start:\n\
pushl %esp\n\
call _dl_start\n\/*该函数返回时候，%eax中存放着user entry point address*/
popl %ebx\n\/*%ebx放着是esp的内容*/
_dl_start_user:\n\
# Save the user entry point address in %edi.\n\
movl %eax, %edi\n\/*入口地址放在%edi*/
# Point %ebx at the GOT.
call 0f\n\
0: popl %ebx\n\
addl $_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_+[.-0b], %ebx\n\
# Store the highest stack address\n\
movl __libc_stack_end@GOT(%ebx), %eax\n\
movl %esp, (%eax)\n\/*把栈顶%esp放到GOT的__libc_stack_end中*/
# See if we were run as a command with the executable file\n\
# name as an extra leading argument.\n\
movl _dl_skip_args@GOT(%ebx), %eax\n\
movl (%eax), %eax\n\
# Pop the original argument count.\n\
popl %ecx\n\
# Subtract _dl_skip_args from it.\n\
subl %eax, %ecx\n\
# Adjust the stack pointer to skip _dl_skip_args words.\n\
leal (%esp,%eax,4), %esp\n\
# Push back the modified argument count.\n\
pushl %ecx\n\
# Push the searchlist of the main object as argument in\n\
# _dl_init_next call below.\n\
movl _dl_main_searchlist@GOT(%ebx), %eax\n\
movl (%eax), %esi\n\
0: movl %esi,%eax\n\
# Call _dl_init_next to return the address of an initializer\n\
# function to run.\n\
call _dl_init_next@PLT\n\/*该函数返回初始化函数的地址，返回地址放在%eax中*/
# Check for zero return, when out of initializers.\n\
testl %eax, %eax\n\
jz 1f\n\
# Call the shared object initializer function.\n\
# NOTE: We depend only on the registers (%ebx, %esi and %edi)\n\
# and the return address pushed by this call;\n\
# the initializer is called with the stack just\n\
# as it appears on entry, and it is free to move\n\
# the stack around, as long as it winds up jumping to\n\
# the return address on the top of the stack.\n\
call *%eax\n\/*调用共享object初始化函数*/
# Loop to call _dl_init_next for the next initializer.\n\
jmp 0b\n\
1: # Clear the startup flag.\n\
movl _dl_starting_up@GOT(%ebx), %eax\n\
movl $0, (%eax)\n\
# Pass our finalizer function to the user in %edx, as per ELF ABI.\n\
movl _dl_fini@GOT(%ebx), %edx\n\
# Jump to the user's entry point.\n\
jmp *%edi\n\
.previous\n\
");
sysdeps\i386\start.s中
user's entry也就是下面的_start例程
/* This is the canonical entry point, usually the first thing in the text
segment. The SVR4/i386 ABI (pages 3-31, 3-32) says that when the entry
point runs, most registers' values are unspecified, except for:
%edx Contains a function pointer to be registered with `atexit'.
This is how the dynamic linker arranges to have DT_FINI
functions called for shared libraries that have been loaded
before this code runs.
%esp The stack contains the arguments and environment:
0(%esp) argc
4(%esp) argv[0]
...
(4*argc)(%esp) NULL
(4*(argc+1))(%esp) envp[0]
...
NULL
*/
.text
.globl _start
_start:
/* Clear the frame pointer. The ABI suggests this be done, to mark
the outermost frame obviously. */
xorl %ebp, %ebp
/* Extract the arguments as encoded on the stack and set up
the arguments for `main': argc, argv. envp will be determined
later in __libc_start_main. */
popl %esi /* Pop the argument count. */
movl %esp, %ecx /* argv starts just at the current stack top.*/
/* Before pushing the arguments align the stack to a double word
boundary to avoid penalties from misaligned accesses. Thanks
to Edward Seidl for pointing this out. */
andl $0xfffffff8, %esp
pushl %eax /* Push garbage because we allocate
28 more bytes. */
/* Provide the highest stack address to the user code (for stacks
which grow downwards). */
pushl %esp
pushl %edx /* Push address of the shared library
termination function. */
/* Push address of our own entry points to .fini and .init. */
pushl $_fini
pushl $_init
pushl %ecx /* Push second argument: argv. */
pushl %esi /* Push first argument: argc. */
pushl $main
/* Call the user's main function, and exit with its value.
But let the libc call main. */
call __libc_start_main
hlt /* Crash if somehow `exit' does return. */
__libc_start_main在sysdeps\generic\libc_start.c中
假设定义的是PIC的代码。
struct startup_info
{
void *sda_base;
int (*main) (int, char **, char **, void *);
int (*init) (int, char **, char **, void *);
void (*fini) (void);
};
int
__libc_start_main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp,
void *auxvec, void (*rtld_fini) (void),
struct startup_info *stinfo,
char **stack_on_entry)
{
/* the PPC SVR4 ABI says that the top thing on the stack will
be a NULL pointer, so if not we assume that we're being called
as a statically-linked program by Linux... */
if (*stack_on_entry != NULL)
{
/* ...in which case, we have argc as the top thing on the
stack, followed by argv (NULL-terminated), envp (likewise),
and the auxilary vector. */
argc = *(int *) stack_on_entry;
argv = stack_on_entry + 1;
envp = argv + argc + 1;
auxvec = envp;
while (*(char **) auxvec != NULL)
++auxvec;
++auxvec;
rtld_fini = NULL;
}
/* Store something that has some relationship to the end of the
stack, for backtraces. This variable should be thread-specific. */
__libc_stack_end = stack_on_entry + 4;
/* Set the global _environ variable correctly. */
__environ = envp;
/* Register the destructor of the dynamic linker if there is any. */
if (rtld_fini != NULL)
atexit (rtld_fini);/*替动态连接器安排destructor*/
/* Call the initializer of the libc. */
__libc_init_first (argc, argv, envp);/*一个空函数*/
/* Register the destructor of the program, if any. */
if (stinfo->fini)
atexit (stinfo->fini);/*安排程序自己的destructor*/
/* Call the initializer of the program, if any. */
/*运行程序的初始化函数*/
if (stinfo->init)
stinfo->init (argc, argv, __environ, auxvec);
/*运行程序main函数，到此，控制权才交给我们一般所说的程序入口*/
exit (stinfo->main (argc, argv, __environ, auxvec));
}
void
__libc_init_first (int argc __attribute__ ((unused)), ...)
{
}
int
atexit (void (*func) (void))
{
struct exit_function *new = __new_exitfn ();
if (new == NULL)
return -1;
new->flavor = ef_at;
new->func.at = func;
return 0;
}
/* Run initializers for MAP and its dependencies, in inverse dependency
order (that is, leaf nodes first). */
ElfW(Addr)
internal_function
_dl_init_next (struct r_scope_elem *searchlist)
{
unsigned int i;
/* The search list for symbol lookup is a flat list in top-down
dependency order, so processing that list from back to front gets us
breadth-first leaf-to-root order. */
i = searchlist->r_nlist;
while (i-- > 0)
{
struct link_map *l = searchlist->r_list[i];
if (l->l_init_called)
/* This object is all done. */
continue;
if (l->l_init_running)
{
/* This object's initializer was just running.
Now mark it as having run, so this object
will be skipped in the future. */
l->l_init_running = 0;
l->l_init_called = 1;
continue;
}
if (l->l_info[DT_INIT]
&& (l->l_name[0] != '\0' || l->l_type != lt_executable))
{
/* Run this object's initializer. */
l->l_init_running = 1;
/* Print a debug message if wanted. */
if (_dl_debug_impcalls)
_dl_debug_message (1, "\ncalling init: ",
l->l_name[0] ? l->l_name : _dl_argv[0],
"\n\n", NULL);
/*共享库的基地址+init在基地址中的偏移量*/
return l->l_addr + l->l_info[DT_INIT]->d_un.d_ptr;
}
/* No initializer for this object.
Mark it so we will skip it in the future. */
l->l_init_called = 1;
}
/* Notify the debugger all new objects are now ready to go. */
_r_debug.r_state = RT_CONSISTENT;
_dl_debug_state ();
return 0;
}
在main()之前的程序流程看试有点简单，但正在运行的时候还是比较复杂的
(自己用GBD跟踪下就知道了),因为一般的程序都需要涉及到PLT，GOT标号的
重定位。弄清楚这个对ELF由为重要，以后有机会再补上一篇吧。
★ 手动确定程序和动态连接器的入口
[alert7@redhat62 alert7]$ cat helo.c
#include
int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
printf("
