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Depends on D28954

Differential Revision: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D28956

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README
dummy.c Bug 1511181 - Reformat everything to the Google coding style r=ehsan a=clang-format 2018-11-30 11:46:48 +01:00
elf.cpp Bug 1547143 - Format the tree: Be prescriptive with the pointer style (left) r=Ehsan 2019-05-01 08:47:10 +00:00
elfhack.cpp Bug 1547143 - Format the tree: Be prescriptive with the pointer style (left) r=Ehsan 2019-05-01 08:47:10 +00:00
elfxx.h Bug 1547143 - Format the tree: Be prescriptive with the pointer style (left) r=Ehsan 2019-05-01 08:47:10 +00:00
inject.c Bug 1547143 - Format the tree: Be prescriptive with the pointer style (left) r=Ehsan 2019-05-01 08:47:10 +00:00
moz.build Bug 1484872 - Move LTO flags to python configure. r=froydnj 2018-08-21 08:40:26 +09:00
test-array.c Bug 1511181 - Reformat everything to the Google coding style r=ehsan a=clang-format 2018-11-30 11:46:48 +01:00
test-ctors.c Bug 1511181 - Reformat everything to the Google coding style r=ehsan a=clang-format 2018-11-30 11:46:48 +01:00
test.c Bug 1547143 - Format the tree: Be prescriptive with the pointer style (left) r=Ehsan 2019-05-01 08:47:10 +00:00

README

Elfhack is a program to optimize ELF binaries for size and cold startup
speed.

Presently, it is quite experimental, though it works well for the target
it was created for: Firefox's libxul.so.

Elfhack currently only does one thing: packing dynamic relocations ;
which ends up being a quite complex task, that can be summarized this
way:
- Remove RELATIVE relocations from the .rel.dyn/.rela.dyn section.
- Inject a small code able to apply relative relocations "by hand"
  after the .rel.dyn/.rela.dyn section.
- Inject a section containing relocative relocations in a different
  and more packed format, after the small code.
- Register the small code as DT_INIT function. Make the small code call
  what was initially the DT_INIT function, if there was one.
- Remove the hole between the new section containing relative
  relocations and the following sections, adjusting offsets and base
  addresses accordingly.
- Adjust PT_LOAD entries to fit new offsets, and add an additional
  PT_LOAD entry when that is necessary to handle the discrepancy between
  offsets and base addresses, meaning the section offsets may yet again
  need adjustments.
- Adjust various DT_* dynamic tags to fit the new ELF layout.
- Adjust section headers.
- Adjust ELF headers.

See http://glandium.org/blog/?p=1177#relocations for some figures.