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load_elf_image

strat9_kernel::process::elf

Function load_elf_image 

Source 
pub fn load_elf_image(
    elf_data: &[u8],
    user_as: &AddressSpace,
) -> Result<LoadedElfInfo, &'static str>
Expand description

Load an ELF binary into the provided address space. Returns the entry point address.

§Duplication note (audit 2026-09-07)

This function duplicates the parsing / PT_LOAD / RELRO / PT_INTERP / TLS-extraction steps of load_elf_task_inner. Asterinas avoids the duplication by separating load_elf_to_vmar (image-loading sink) from do_execve (process setup). In Strat9-OS the two paths have diverged over time : this function does not allocate the TLS block itself (the caller in crate::syscall::exec does), and it does not build a Task struct.

A future refactor should extract the common parse → load_segments → RELRO → interp-load → tls-extract sequence into a single private helper parameterised by an ImageSink trait (Task-bound vs bare AS), mirroring Asterinas. Until then, every loader-side fix must be applied to both functions.