pub struct PeObject<'data> { /* private fields */ }
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Portable Executable, an extension of COFF used on Windows.
This file format is used to carry program code. Debug information is usually moved to a separate
container, PdbObject
. The PE file contains a reference to the PDB and vice versa to verify
that the files belong together.
In rare instances, PE files might contain debug information. This is supported for DWARF debug information.
Implementations§
source§impl<'data> PeObject<'data>
impl<'data> PeObject<'data>
sourcepub fn parse(data: &'data [u8]) -> Result<PeObject<'data>, PeError>
pub fn parse(data: &'data [u8]) -> Result<PeObject<'data>, PeError>
Tries to parse a PE object from the given slice.
sourcepub fn file_format(&self) -> FileFormat
pub fn file_format(&self) -> FileFormat
The container file format, which is always FileFormat::Pe
.
sourcepub fn code_id(&self) -> Option<CodeId>
pub fn code_id(&self) -> Option<CodeId>
The code identifier of this object.
The code identifier consists of the time_date_stamp
field id the COFF header, followed by
the size_of_image
field in the optional header. If the optional PE header is not present,
this identifier is None
.
sourcepub fn debug_id(&self) -> DebugId
pub fn debug_id(&self) -> DebugId
The debug information identifier of this PE.
Since debug information is usually stored in an external
PdbObject
, this identifier actually refers to the
PDB. While strictly the filename of the PDB would also be necessary fully resolve
it, in most instances the GUID and age contained in this identifier are sufficient.
sourcepub fn debug_file_name(&self) -> Option<Cow<'_, str>>
pub fn debug_file_name(&self) -> Option<Cow<'_, str>>
The name of the referenced PDB file.
sourcepub fn arch(&self) -> Arch
pub fn arch(&self) -> Arch
The CPU architecture of this object, as specified in the COFF header.
sourcepub fn kind(&self) -> ObjectKind
pub fn kind(&self) -> ObjectKind
The kind of this object, as specified in the PE header.
sourcepub fn load_address(&self) -> u64
pub fn load_address(&self) -> u64
The address at which the image prefers to be loaded into memory.
ELF files store all internal addresses as if it was loaded at that address. When the image is actually loaded, that spot might already be taken by other images and so it must be relocated to a new address. During load time, the loader rewrites all addresses in the program code to match the new load address so that there is no runtime overhead when executing the code.
Addresses used in symbols
or debug_session
have already been rebased relative to that
load address, so that the caller only has to deal with addresses relative to the actual
start of the image.
sourcepub fn has_symbols(&self) -> bool
pub fn has_symbols(&self) -> bool
Determines whether this object exposes a public symbol table.
sourcepub fn symbols(&self) -> PeSymbolIterator<'data, '_> ⓘ
pub fn symbols(&self) -> PeSymbolIterator<'data, '_> ⓘ
Returns an iterator over symbols in the public symbol table.
sourcepub fn symbol_map(&self) -> SymbolMap<'data>
pub fn symbol_map(&self) -> SymbolMap<'data>
Returns an ordered map of symbols in the symbol table.
sourcepub fn has_debug_info(&self) -> bool
pub fn has_debug_info(&self) -> bool
Determines whether this object contains debug information.
Not usually the case, except for PE’s generated by some alternative toolchains which contain DWARF debug info.
sourcepub fn has_sources(&self) -> bool
pub fn has_sources(&self) -> bool
Determines whether this object contains embedded source.
sourcepub fn is_malformed(&self) -> bool
pub fn is_malformed(&self) -> bool
Determines whether this object is malformed and was only partially parsed
sourcepub fn debug_session(&self) -> Result<DwarfDebugSession<'data>, DwarfError>
pub fn debug_session(&self) -> Result<DwarfDebugSession<'data>, DwarfError>
Constructs a debugging session.
A debugging session loads certain information from the object file and creates caches for efficient access to various records in the debug information. Since this can be quite a costly process, try to reuse the debugging session as long as possible.
PE files usually don’t have embedded debugging information, but some toolchains (e.g. MinGW) generate DWARF debug info.
Constructing this session will also work if the object does not contain debugging
information, in which case the session will be a no-op. This can be checked via
has_debug_info
.
sourcepub fn has_unwind_info(&self) -> bool
pub fn has_unwind_info(&self) -> bool
Determines whether this object contains stack unwinding information.
sourcepub fn sections(&self) -> &[SectionTable]
pub fn sections(&self) -> &[SectionTable]
A list of the sections in this PE binary, used to resolve virtual addresses.
sourcepub fn section(&self, name: &str) -> Option<SectionTable>
pub fn section(&self, name: &str) -> Option<SectionTable>
Returns the SectionTable
for the section with this name, if present.
sourcepub fn exception_data(&self) -> Option<&ExceptionData<'_>>
pub fn exception_data(&self) -> Option<&ExceptionData<'_>>
Returns exception data containing unwind information.
sourcepub fn embedded_ppdb(
&self
) -> Result<Option<PeEmbeddedPortablePDB<'data>>, PeError>
pub fn embedded_ppdb( &self ) -> Result<Option<PeEmbeddedPortablePDB<'data>>, PeError>
Returns the raw buffer of Embedded Portable PDB Debug directory entry, if any.