作为一名Android开发工程师，尤其是音视频领域，NDK开发一直都是主流，但是我们是否有认真了解过我们经常使用的.so等文件具体是怎样的一个格式呢？？
一、ELF简介
ELF（Executableand Linking Format 可执行和链接格式），ELF文件格式是一个开放标准,各种UNIX系统的可执行文件都采用ELF格式,它有三种不同的类型:
- 可重定位的目标文件(Relocatable)也就是通常称的目标文件，后缀为
.o - 可执行文件(Executable)
- 共享库(Shared Object)共享文件：也就是通常称的库文件，后缀为
.so
二、ELF文件结构
elf-file-format
注意：段（Segment）与节（Section）的区别。很多地方对两者有所混淆。段是程序执行的必要组成，当多个目标文件链接成一个可执行文件时，会将相同权限的节合并到一个段中。相比而言，节的粒度更小。
如图所示，为ELF文件的基本结构，其主要由四部分组成：
- ELF Header
- ELF Program Header Table (或称Program Headers、程序头)
- ELF Section Header Table (或称Section Headers、节头表)
- ELF Sections
从图中，我们就能看出它们各自的数据结构以及相互之间的索引关系。
三、ELF示例
如下是一个C语言的Hello world示例，来帮助我们理解ELF文件类型：
#include
int main() {
printf("Hello, World!");
return 0;
}
使用如下命令编译：
gcc hello_world.c -o hello_world
在编译完成后，使用如下命令查看编译完成后的hello_worldELF文件信息：
readelf -a hello_world
显示信息如下：
ELF Header:
Magic: 7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Class: ELF64
Data: 2's complement, little endian
Version: 1 (current)
OS/ABI: UNIX - System V
ABI Version: 0
Type: EXEC (Executable file)
Machine: Advanced Micro Devices X86-64
Version: 0x1
Entry point address: 0x400430
Start of program headers: 64 (bytes into file)
Start of section headers: 6624 (bytes into file)
Flags: 0x0
Size of this header: 64 (bytes)
Size of program headers: 56 (bytes)
Number of program headers: 9
Size of section headers: 64 (bytes)
Number of section headers: 31
Section header string table index: 28
Section Headers:
[Nr] Name Type Address Offset
Size EntSize Flags Link Info Align
[ 0] NULL 0000000000000000 00000000
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0 0 0
[ 1] .interp PROGBITS 0000000000400238 00000238
000000000000001c 0000000000000000 A 0 0 1
[ 2] .note.ABI-tag NOTE 0000000000400254 00000254
0000000000000020 0000000000000000 A 0 0 4
[ 3] .note.gnu.build-i NOTE 0000000000400274 00000274
0000000000000024 0000000000000000 A 0 0 4
[ 4] .gnu.hash GNU_HASH 0000000000400298 00000298
000000000000001c 0000000000000000 A 5 0 8
[ 5] .dynsym DYNSYM 00000000004002b8 000002b8
0000000000000060 0000000000000018 A 6 1 8
[ 6] .dynstr STRTAB 0000000000400318 00000318
000000000000003f 0000000000000000 A 0 0 1
[ 7] .gnu.version VERSYM 0000000000400358 00000358
0000000000000008 0000000000000002 A 5 0 2
[ 8] .gnu.version_r VERNEED 0000000000400360 00000360
0000000000000020 0000000000000000 A 6 1 8
[ 9] .rela.dyn RELA 0000000000400380 00000380
0000000000000018 0000000000000018 A 5 0 8
[10] .rela.plt RELA 0000000000400398 00000398
0000000000000030 0000000000000018 AI 5 24 8
[11] .init PROGBITS 00000000004003c8 000003c8
000000000000001a 0000000000000000 AX 0 0 4
[12] .plt PROGBITS 00000000004003f0 000003f0
0000000000000030 0000000000000010 AX 0 0 16
[13] .plt.got PROGBITS 0000000000400420 00000420
0000000000000008 0000000000000000 AX 0 0 8
[14] .text PROGBITS 0000000000400430 00000430
0000000000000182 0000000000000000 AX 0 0 16
[15] .fini PROGBITS 00000000004005b4 000005b4
0000000000000009 0000000000000000 AX 0 0 4
[16] .rodata PROGBITS 00000000004005c0 000005c0
0000000000000012 0000000000000000 A 0 0 4
[17] .eh_frame_hdr PROGBITS 00000000004005d4 000005d4
0000000000000034 0000000000000000 A 0 0 4
[18] .eh_frame PROGBITS 0000000000400608 00000608
00000000000000f4 0000000000000000 A 0 0 8
[19] .init_array INIT_ARRAY 0000000000600e10 00000e10
0000000000000008 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8
[20] .fini_array FINI_ARRAY 0000000000600e18 00000e18
0000000000000008 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8
[21] .jcr PROGBITS 0000000000600e20 00000e20
0000000000000008 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8
[22] .dynamic DYNAMIC 0000000000600e28 00000e28
00000000000001d0 0000000000000010 WA 6 0 8
[23] .got PROGBITS 0000000000600ff8 00000ff8
0000000000000008 0000000000000008 WA 0 0 8
[24] .got.plt PROGBITS 0000000000601000 00001000
0000000000000028 0000000000000008 WA 0 0 8
[25] .data PROGBITS 0000000000601028 00001028
0000000000000010 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8
[26] .bss NOBITS 0000000000601038 00001038
0000000000000008 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 1
[27] .comment PROGBITS 0000000000000000 00001038
0000000000000035 0000000000000001 MS 0 0 1
[28] .shstrtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 000018d4
000000000000010c 0000000000000000 0 0 1
[29] .symtab SYMTAB 0000000000000000 00001070
0000000000000648 0000000000000018 30 47 8
[30] .strtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 000016b8
000000000000021c 0000000000000000 0 0 1
Key to Flags:
W (write), A (alloc), X (execute), M (merge), S (strings), l (large)
I (info), L (link order), G (group), T (TLS), E (exclude), x (unknown)
O (extra OS processing required) o (OS specific), p (processor specific)
There are no section groups in this file.
Program Headers:
Type Offset VirtAddr PhysAddr
FileSiz MemSiz Flags Align
PHDR 0x0000000000000040 0x0000000000400040 0x0000000000400040
0x00000000000001f8 0x00000000000001f8 R E 8
INTERP 0x0000000000000238 0x0000000000400238 0x0000000000400238
0x000000000000001c 0x000000000000001c R 1
[Requesting program interpreter: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2]
LOAD 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000400000 0x0000000000400000
0x00000000000006fc 0x00000000000006fc R E 200000
LOAD 0x0000000000000e10 0x0000000000600e10 0x0000000000600e10
0x0000000000000228 0x0000000000000230 RW 200000
DYNAMIC 0x0000000000000e28 0x0000000000600e28 0x0000000000600e28
0x00000000000001d0 0x00000000000001d0 RW 8
NOTE 0x0000000000000254 0x0000000000400254 0x0000000000400254
0x0000000000000044 0x0000000000000044 R 4
GNU_EH_FRAME 0x00000000000005d4 0x00000000004005d4 0x00000000004005d4
0x0000000000000034 0x0000000000000034 R 4
GNU_STACK 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000
0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 RW 10
GNU_RELRO 0x0000000000000e10 0x0000000000600e10 0x0000000000600e10
0x00000000000001f0 0x00000000000001f0 R 1
Section to Segment mapping:
Segment Sections...
00
01 .interp
02 .interp .note.ABI-tag .note.gnu.build-id .gnu.hash .dynsym .dynstr .gnu.version .gnu.version_r .rela.dyn .rela.plt .init .plt .plt.got .text .fini .rodata .eh_frame_hdr .eh_frame
03 .init_array .fini_array .jcr .dynamic .got .got.plt .data .bss
04 .dynamic
05 .note.ABI-tag .note.gnu.build-id
06 .eh_frame_hdr
07
08 .init_array .fini_array .jcr .dynamic .got
Dynamic section at offset 0xe28 contains 24 entries:
Tag Type Name/Value
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so.6]
0x000000000000000c (INIT) 0x4003c8
0x000000000000000d (FINI) 0x4005b4
0x0000000000000019 (INIT_ARRAY) 0x600e10
0x000000000000001b (INIT_ARRAYSZ) 8 (bytes)
0x000000000000001a (FINI_ARRAY) 0x600e18
0x000000000000001c (FINI_ARRAYSZ) 8 (bytes)
0x000000006ffffef5 (GNU_HASH) 0x400298
0x0000000000000005 (STRTAB) 0x400318
0x0000000000000006 (SYMTAB) 0x4002b8
0x000000000000000a (STRSZ) 63 (bytes)
0x000000000000000b (SYMENT) 24 (bytes)
0x0000000000000015 (DEBUG) 0x0
0x0000000000000003 (PLTGOT) 0x601000
0x0000000000000002 (PLTRELSZ) 48 (bytes)
0x0000000000000014 (PLTREL) RELA
0x0000000000000017 (JMPREL) 0x400398
0x0000000000000007 (RELA) 0x400380
0x0000000000000008 (RELASZ) 24 (bytes)
0x0000000000000009 (RELAENT) 24 (bytes)
0x000000006ffffffe (VERNEED) 0x400360
0x000000006fffffff (VERNEEDNUM) 1
0x000000006ffffff0 (VERSYM) 0x400358
0x0000000000000000 (NULL) 0x0
Relocation section '.rela.dyn' at offset 0x380 contains 1 entries:
Offset Info Type Sym. Value Sym. Name + Addend
000000600ff8 000300000006 R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT 0000000000000000 __gmon_start__ + 0
Relocation section '.rela.plt' at offset 0x398 contains 2 entries:
Offset Info Type Sym. Value Sym. Name + Addend
000000601018 000100000007 R_X86_64_JUMP_SLO 0000000000000000 printf@GLIBC_2.2.5 + 0
000000601020 000200000007 R_X86_64_JUMP_SLO 0000000000000000 __libc_start_main@GLIBC_2.2.5 + 0
The decoding of unwind sections for machine type Advanced Micro Devices X86-64 is not currently supported.
Symbol table '.dynsym' contains 4 entries:
Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND
1: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND printf@GLIBC_2.2.5 (2)
2: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND __libc_start_main@GLIBC_2.2.5 (2)
3: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND __gmon_start__
Symbol table '.symtab' contains 67 entries:
Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND
1: 0000000000400238 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 1
2: 0000000000400254 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 2
3: 0000000000400274 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 3
4: 0000000000400298 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 4
5: 00000000004002b8 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 5
6: 0000000000400318 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 6
7: 0000000000400358 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 7
8: 0000000000400360 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 8
9: 0000000000400380 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 9
10: 0000000000400398 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 10
11: 00000000004003c8 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 11
12: 00000000004003f0 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 12
13: 0000000000400420 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 13
14: 0000000000400430 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 14
15: 00000000004005b4 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 15
16: 00000000004005c0 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 16
17: 00000000004005d4 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 17
18: 0000000000400608 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 18
19: 0000000000600e10 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 19
20: 0000000000600e18 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 20
21: 0000000000600e20 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 21
22: 0000000000600e28 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 22
23: 0000000000600ff8 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 23
24: 0000000000601000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 24
25: 0000000000601028 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 25
26: 0000000000601038 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 26
27: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 27
28: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS crtstuff.c
29: 0000000000600e20 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 21 __JCR_LIST__
30: 0000000000400460 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 deregister_tm_clones
31: 00000000004004a0 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 register_tm_clones
32: 00000000004004e0 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 __do_global_dtors_aux
33: 0000000000601038 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 26 completed.7594
34: 0000000000600e18 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 20 __do_global_dtors_aux_fin
35: 0000000000400500 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 frame_dummy
36: 0000000000600e10 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 19 __frame_dummy_init_array_
37: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS hello_world.c
38: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS crtstuff.c
39: 00000000004006f8 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 18 __FRAME_END__
40: 0000000000600e20 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 21 __JCR_END__
41: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS
42: 0000000000600e18 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 19 __init_array_end
43: 0000000000600e28 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 22 _DYNAMIC
44: 0000000000600e10 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 19 __init_array_start
45: 00000000004005d4 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 17 __GNU_EH_FRAME_HDR
46: 0000000000601000 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 24 _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
47: 00000000004005b0 2 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 __libc_csu_fini
48: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _ITM_deregisterTMCloneTab
49: 0000000000601028 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT 25 data_start
50: 0000000000601038 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 25 _edata
51: 00000000004005b4 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 15 _fini
52: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND printf@@GLIBC_2.2.5
53: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_
54: 0000000000601028 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 25 __data_start
55: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND __gmon_start__
56: 0000000000601030 0 OBJECT GLOBAL HIDDEN 25 __dso_handle
57: 00000000004005c0 4 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 16 _IO_stdin_used
58: 0000000000400540 101 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 __libc_csu_init
59: 0000000000601040 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 26 _end
60: 0000000000400430 42 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 _start
61: 0000000000601038 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 26 __bss_start
62: 0000000000400526 26 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 main
63: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _Jv_RegisterClasses
64: 0000000000601038 0 OBJECT GLOBAL HIDDEN 25 __TMC_END__
65: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _ITM_registerTMCloneTable
66: 00000000004003c8 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 11 _init
Version symbols section '.gnu.version' contains 4 entries:
Addr: 0000000000400358 Offset: 0x000358 Link: 5 (.dynsym)
000: 0 (*local*) 2 (GLIBC_2.2.5) 2 (GLIBC_2.2.5) 0 (*local*)
Version needs section '.gnu.version_r' contains 1 entries:
Addr: 0x0000000000400360 Offset: 0x000360 Link: 6 (.dynstr)
000000: Version: 1 File: libc.so.6 Cnt: 1
0x0010: Name: GLIBC_2.2.5 Flags: none Version: 2
Displaying notes found at file offset 0x00000254 with length 0x00000020:
Owner Data size Description
GNU 0x00000010 NT_GNU_ABI_TAG (ABI version tag)
OS: Linux, ABI: 2.6.32
Displaying notes found at file offset 0x00000274 with length 0x00000024:
Owner Data size Description
GNU 0x00000014 NT_GNU_BUILD_ID (unique build ID bitstring)
Build ID: 8536b12b7afe5ab7bc13e77d30f3d4c84fa099ee
如上是一个完成的ELF文件信息，其实对于我们来讲，分析ELF文件格式更多是为了帮助我们理解程序运行的原理，比如程序是如何找到对应的函数等等，其实都是有特定的规则，比如在此文件的238行，我们能够找到我们写的main函数以及228行中的print函数等，这些信息都是可以帮助我们理解计算机世界里的活动轨迹，关于ELF的更多细节，详见参考链接。
四、参考
- 计算机那些事(4)——ELF文件结构