[PATCH v2 08/21] elf: create elf_open_binary_into()
Sascha Hauer
s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Tue Jan 6 04:53:11 PST 2026
elf_open_binary() returns a dynamically allocated struct elf_image *. We
do not have malloc in the PBL, so for better PBL support create
elf_open_binary_into() which takes a struct elf_image * as argument.
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply at anthropic.com>
---
common/elf.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++-------
include/elf.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/common/elf.c b/common/elf.c
index b3cc9b59644aa6e6e029fa44988dbdc0787c42f6..d51c99192f327abc0eb4ca68109bc88c6a451d94 100644
--- a/common/elf.c
+++ b/common/elf.c
@@ -318,6 +318,23 @@ static void elf_init_struct(struct elf_image *elf)
elf->filename = NULL;
}
+int elf_open_binary_into(struct elf_image *elf, void *buf)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ memset(elf, 0, sizeof(*elf));
+ elf_init_struct(elf);
+
+ elf->hdr_buf = buf;
+ ret = elf_check_image(elf, buf);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ elf->entry = elf_hdr_e_entry(elf, elf->hdr_buf);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
struct elf_image *elf_open_binary(void *buf)
{
int ret;
@@ -327,17 +344,12 @@ struct elf_image *elf_open_binary(void *buf)
if (!elf)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
- elf_init_struct(elf);
-
- elf->hdr_buf = buf;
- ret = elf_check_image(elf, buf);
+ ret = elf_open_binary_into(elf, buf);
if (ret) {
free(elf);
- return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
}
- elf->entry = elf_hdr_e_entry(elf, elf->hdr_buf);
-
return elf;
}
diff --git a/include/elf.h b/include/elf.h
index 84b98553cff69257f8c2fbfb2e7504a4400e0f53..64574cb4836cd67f54538ad1621d7fc5fbf58f92 100644
--- a/include/elf.h
+++ b/include/elf.h
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ static inline size_t elf_get_mem_size(struct elf_image *elf)
return elf->high_addr - elf->low_addr;
}
+int elf_open_binary_into(struct elf_image *elf, void *buf);
struct elf_image *elf_open_binary(void *buf);
struct elf_image *elf_open(const char *filename);
void elf_close(struct elf_image *elf);
--
2.47.3
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