package builder import ( "bytes" "debug/elf" "encoding/binary" "errors" "io" "os" "path/filepath" "time" "github.com/blakesmith/ar" ) // makeArchive creates an arcive for static linking from a list of object files // given as a parameter. It is equivalent to the following command: // // ar -rcs func makeArchive(archivePath string, objs []string) error { // Open the archive file. arfile, err := os.Create(archivePath) if err != nil { return err } defer arfile.Close() arwriter := ar.NewWriter(arfile) err = arwriter.WriteGlobalHeader() if err != nil { return &os.PathError{Op: "write ar header", Path: archivePath, Err: err} } // Open all object files and read the symbols for the symbol table. symbolTable := []struct { name string // symbol name fileIndex int // index into objfiles }{} objfiles := make([]struct { file *os.File archiveOffset int32 }, len(objs)) for i, objpath := range objs { objfile, err := os.Open(objpath) if err != nil { return err } objfiles[i].file = objfile // Read the symbols and add them to the symbol table. dbg, err := elf.NewFile(objfile) if err != nil { return err } symbols, err := dbg.Symbols() if err != nil { return err } for _, symbol := range symbols { bind := elf.ST_BIND(symbol.Info) if bind != elf.STB_GLOBAL && bind != elf.STB_WEAK { // Don't include local symbols (STB_LOCAL). continue } if elf.ST_TYPE(symbol.Info) != elf.STT_FUNC { // Not a function. // TODO: perhaps globals variables should also be included? continue } // Include in archive. symbolTable = append(symbolTable, struct { name string fileIndex int }{symbol.Name, i}) } } // Create the symbol table buffer. // For some (sparse) details on the file format: // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar_(Unix)#System_V_(or_GNU)_variant buf := &bytes.Buffer{} binary.Write(buf, binary.BigEndian, int32(len(symbolTable))) for range symbolTable { // This is a placeholder index, it will be updated after all files have // been written to the archive (see the end of this function). err = binary.Write(buf, binary.BigEndian, int32(0)) if err != nil { return err } } for _, sym := range symbolTable { _, err := buf.Write([]byte(sym.name + "\x00")) if err != nil { return err } } for buf.Len()%2 != 0 { // The symbol table must be aligned. // This appears to be required by lld. buf.WriteByte(0) } // Write the symbol table. err = arwriter.WriteHeader(&ar.Header{ Name: "/", ModTime: time.Unix(0, 0), Uid: 0, Gid: 0, Mode: 0, Size: int64(buf.Len()), }) if err != nil { return err } // Keep track of the start of the symbol table. symbolTableStart, err := arfile.Seek(0, os.SEEK_CUR) if err != nil { return err } // Write symbol table contents. _, err = arfile.Write(buf.Bytes()) if err != nil { return err } // Add all object files to the archive. for i, objfile := range objfiles { // Store the start index, for when we'll update the symbol table with // the correct file start indices. offset, err := arfile.Seek(0, os.SEEK_CUR) if err != nil { return err } if int64(int32(offset)) != offset { return errors.New("large archives (4GB+) not supported: " + archivePath) } objfiles[i].archiveOffset = int32(offset) // Write the file header. st, err := objfile.file.Stat() if err != nil { return err } err = arwriter.WriteHeader(&ar.Header{ Name: filepath.Base(objfile.file.Name()), ModTime: time.Unix(0, 0), Uid: 0, Gid: 0, Mode: 0644, Size: st.Size(), }) if err != nil { return err } // Copy the file contents into the archive. n, err := io.Copy(arwriter, objfile.file) if err != nil { return err } if n != st.Size() { return errors.New("file modified during ar creation: " + archivePath) } // File is not needed anymore. objfile.file.Close() } // Create symbol indices. indicesBuf := &bytes.Buffer{} for _, sym := range symbolTable { err = binary.Write(indicesBuf, binary.BigEndian, objfiles[sym.fileIndex].archiveOffset) if err != nil { return err } } // Overwrite placeholder indices. _, err = arfile.WriteAt(indicesBuf.Bytes(), symbolTableStart+4) return err }