in rts/linker/Elf.c [1827:1879]
int ocRunInit_ELF( ObjectCode *oc )
{
Elf_Word i;
char* ehdrC = (char*)(oc->image);
Elf_Ehdr* ehdr = (Elf_Ehdr*) ehdrC;
Elf_Shdr* shdr = (Elf_Shdr*) (ehdrC + ehdr->e_shoff);
char* sh_strtab = ehdrC + shdr[elf_shstrndx(ehdr)].sh_offset;
int argc, envc;
char **argv, **envv;
getProgArgv(&argc, &argv);
getProgEnvv(&envc, &envv);
// XXX Apparently in some archs .init may be something
// special! See DL_DT_INIT_ADDRESS macro in glibc
// as well as ELF_FUNCTION_PTR_IS_SPECIAL. We've not handled
// it here, please file a bug report if it affects you.
for (i = 0; i < elf_shnum(ehdr); i++) {
init_t *init_start, *init_end, *init;
int is_bss = false;
SectionKind kind = getSectionKind_ELF(&shdr[i], &is_bss);
if (kind == SECTIONKIND_CODE_OR_RODATA
&& 0 == memcmp(".init", sh_strtab + shdr[i].sh_name, 5)) {
init_t init_f = (init_t)(oc->sections[i].start);
init_f(argc, argv, envv);
}
if (kind == SECTIONKIND_INIT_ARRAY) {
char *init_startC = oc->sections[i].start;
init_start = (init_t*)init_startC;
init_end = (init_t*)(init_startC + shdr[i].sh_size);
for (init = init_start; init < init_end; init++) {
(*init)(argc, argv, envv);
}
}
// XXX could be more strict and assert that it's
// SECTIONKIND_RWDATA; but allowing RODATA seems harmless enough.
if ((kind == SECTIONKIND_RWDATA || kind == SECTIONKIND_CODE_OR_RODATA)
&& 0 == memcmp(".ctors", sh_strtab + shdr[i].sh_name, 6)) {
char *init_startC = oc->sections[i].start;
init_start = (init_t*)init_startC;
init_end = (init_t*)(init_startC + shdr[i].sh_size);
// ctors run in reverse
for (init = init_end - 1; init >= init_start; init--) {
(*init)(argc, argv, envv);
}
}
}
freeProgEnvv(envc, envv);
return 1;
}