Executable file format

Collaboration diagram for Executable file format:

Modules
	Executable and Linkable Format (ELF)

Data Structures
struct	execfmt
	An executable file format. More...
struct	executable
	Represents a loaded executable. More...
struct	exec_params
	Executable parameters. More...

Functions
error_t	execfmt_register (struct execfmt *)
	Register a new executable file format.
error_t	execfmt_execute (const struct exec_params *)
	Execute a given executable file's content. More...

Detailed Description

Executable file format

Similarily to the Linux kernel's, the binary format (execfmt) API is used to define supported executable file format.

When executing a file from userland, it is matched against all registered execfmt entries. If no matching binary format is found the file is deemed 'unexecutable'. Else, the execfmt's callback are used to parse/load the file in memory (if necessary), and execute it.

See also

Linux Kernel functions and structures's execfmt API

Function Documentation

execfmt_execute()

error_t execfmt_execute

(

const struct exec_params *

params

)

Prior to being executed, the file is matched against all known (aka supported) executable file formats, and loaded into memory. If any of these steps fail, this function returns the failing step's error value.