[PATCH v4 04/22] elf: add elf segment iterator

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Wed Jan 14 04:14:29 PST 2026


We currently have only one place which iterates over elf segments, but
there are more to come, so add an iterator for it.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
---
 common/elf.c  | 8 +++-----
 include/elf.h | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/elf.c b/common/elf.c
index f772018deb3c5a07a9f76bc654e54ff46cc3612e..af73396b351d96489bd6fae1f035d379703ae528 100644
--- a/common/elf.c
+++ b/common/elf.c
@@ -161,19 +161,17 @@ static int load_elf_to_memory(struct elf_image *elf)
 static int load_elf_image_segments(struct elf_image *elf)
 {
 	void *buf = elf->hdr_buf;
-	void *phdr = (void *) (buf + elf_hdr_e_phoff(elf, buf));
-	int i, ret;
+	void *phdr;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* File as already been loaded */
 	if (!list_empty(&elf->list))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < elf_hdr_e_phnum(elf, buf) ; ++i) {
+	elf_for_each_segment(phdr, elf, buf) {
 		ret = request_elf_segment(elf, phdr);
 		if (ret)
 			goto elf_release_regions;
-
-		phdr += elf_size_of_phdr(elf);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/elf.h b/include/elf.h
index 994db642b0789942530f6ef7fdffdd2218afd7b6..a062af77004ab7fe730793552d2cce9d5675dd7f 100644
--- a/include/elf.h
+++ b/include/elf.h
@@ -439,4 +439,10 @@ static inline unsigned long elf_size_of_phdr(struct elf_image *elf)
 		return sizeof(Elf64_Phdr);
 }
 
+#define elf_for_each_segment(phdr, elf, buf) \
+	for (phdr = buf + elf_hdr_e_phoff(elf, buf); \
+	     phdr < buf + elf_hdr_e_phoff(elf, buf) + \
+	     elf_hdr_e_phnum(elf, buf) * elf_size_of_phdr(elf); \
+	     phdr += elf_size_of_phdr(elf))
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_ELF_H */

-- 
2.47.3




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