From bb3b2cfeb206f5b10b859e134651b54120e3f530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Walleij Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:05:56 +0100 Subject: ARM: 9480/1: entry: expand comment in __switch_to As per discussion between the developers in the mail thread linked, expand the comment in __switch_to so that readers of the code understand what is going on. Suggested-by: Mark Rutland Acked-by: Mark Rutland Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij > Signed-off-by: Russell King --- Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst (limited to 'Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ac8aeacd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/ELF.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================================= +Linux-specific ELF idiosyncrasies +================================= + +Definitions +=========== + +"First" program header is the one with the smallest offset in the file: +e_phoff. + +"Last" program header is the one with the biggest offset in the file: +e_phoff + (e_phnum - 1) * sizeof(Elf_Phdr). + +PT_INTERP +========= + +First PT_INTERP program header is used to locate the filename of ELF +interpreter. Other PT_INTERP headers are ignored (since Linux 2.4.11). + +PT_GNU_STACK +============ + +Last PT_GNU_STACK program header defines userspace stack executability +(since Linux 2.6.6). Other PT_GNU_STACK headers are ignored. + +PT_GNU_PROPERTY +=============== + +ELF interpreter's last PT_GNU_PROPERTY program header is used (since +Linux 5.8). If interpreter doesn't have one, then the last PT_GNU_PROPERTY +program header of an executable is used. Other PT_GNU_PROPERTY headers +are ignored. -- cgit v1.3.1