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| 1 | +# Contract EcmaMetadata |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +This contract provides methods to get a view of the ECMA-335 metadata for a given module. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## APIs of contract |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +```csharp |
| 8 | +TargetSpan GetReadOnlyMetadataAddress(ModuleHandle handle); |
| 9 | +System.Reflection.Metadata.MetadataReader? GetMetadata(ModuleHandle handle); |
| 10 | +``` |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +Types from other contracts: |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +| Type | Contract | |
| 15 | +|------|----------| |
| 16 | +| ModuleHandle | [Loader](./Loader.md#apis-of-contract) | |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +## Version 1 |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +Data descriptors used: |
| 22 | +| Data Descriptor Name | Field | Meaning | |
| 23 | +| --- | --- | --- | |
| 24 | +| `Module` | `Base` | Pointer to start of PE file in memory | |
| 25 | +| `Module` | `DynamicMetadata` | Pointer to saved metadata for reflection emit modules | |
| 26 | +| `Module` | `FieldDefToDescMap` | Mapping table | |
| 27 | +| `DynamicMetadata` | `Size` | Size of the dynamic metadata blob (as a 32bit uint) | |
| 28 | +| `DynamicMetadata` | `Data` | Start of dynamic metadata data array | |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +```csharp |
| 32 | +using System.IO; |
| 33 | +using System.Reflection.Metadata; |
| 34 | +using System.Runtime.InteropServices; |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +TargetSpan GetReadOnlyMetadataAddress(ModuleHandle handle) |
| 37 | +{ |
| 38 | + TargetPointer baseAddress = Target.ReadPointer(handle.Address + /* Module::Base offset */); |
| 39 | + if (baseAddress == TargetPointer.Null) |
| 40 | + { |
| 41 | + return default; |
| 42 | + } |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | + // Read CLR header per https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/debug/pe-format |
| 45 | + ulong clrHeaderRVA = ... |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | + // Read Metadata per ECMA-335 II.25.3.3 CLI Header |
| 48 | + ulong metadataDirectoryAddress = baseAddress + clrHeaderRva + /* offset to Metadata */ |
| 49 | + int rva = Target.Read<int>(metadataDirectoryAddress); |
| 50 | + ulong size = Target.Read<int>(metadataDirectoryAddress + sizeof(int)); |
| 51 | + return new(baseAddress + rva, size); |
| 52 | +} |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +MetadataReader? GetMetadata(ModuleHandle handle) |
| 55 | +{ |
| 56 | + AvailableMetadataType type = GetAvailableMetadataType(handle); |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | + switch (type) |
| 59 | + { |
| 60 | + case AvailableMetadataType.None: |
| 61 | + return null; |
| 62 | + case AvailableMetadataType.ReadOnly: |
| 63 | + { |
| 64 | + TargetSpan address = GetReadOnlyMetadataAddress(handle); |
| 65 | + byte[] data = new byte[address.Size]; |
| 66 | + _target.ReadBuffer(address.Address, data); |
| 67 | + return MetadataReaderProvider.FromMetadataImage(ImmutableCollectionsMarshal.AsImmutableArray(data)).GetMetadataReader(); |
| 68 | + } |
| 69 | + case AvailableMetadataType.ReadWriteSavedCopy: |
| 70 | + { |
| 71 | + TargetSpan address = GetReadWriteSavedMetadataAddress(handle); |
| 72 | + byte[] data = new byte[address.Size]; |
| 73 | + _target.ReadBuffer(address.Address, data); |
| 74 | + return MetadataReaderProvider.FromMetadataImage(ImmutableCollectionsMarshal.AsImmutableArray(data)).GetMetadataReader(); |
| 75 | + } |
| 76 | + case AvailableMetadataType.ReadWrite: |
| 77 | + { |
| 78 | + var targetEcmaMetadata = GetReadWriteMetadata(handle); |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | + // From the multiple different target spans, we need to build a single |
| 81 | + // contiguous ECMA-335 metadata blob. |
| 82 | + BlobBuilder builder = new BlobBuilder(); |
| 83 | + builder.WriteUInt32(0x424A5342); |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | + // major version |
| 86 | + builder.WriteUInt16(1); |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | + // minor version |
| 89 | + builder.WriteUInt16(1); |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | + // reserved |
| 92 | + builder.WriteUInt32(0); |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | + string version = targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.MetadataVersion; |
| 95 | + builder.WriteInt32(AlignUp(version.Length, 4)); |
| 96 | + Write4ByteAlignedString(builder, version); |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | + // reserved |
| 99 | + builder.WriteUInt16(0); |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | + // number of streams |
| 102 | + ushort numStreams = 5; // #Strings, #US, #Blob, #GUID, #~ (metadata) |
| 103 | + if (targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.VariableSizedColumnsAreAll4BytesLong) |
| 104 | + { |
| 105 | + // We direct MetadataReader to use 4-byte encoding for all variable-sized columns |
| 106 | + // by providing the marker stream for a "minimal delta" image. |
| 107 | + numStreams++; |
| 108 | + } |
| 109 | + builder.WriteUInt16(numStreams); |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | + // Write Stream headers |
| 112 | + if (targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.VariableSizedColumnsAreAll4BytesLong) |
| 113 | + { |
| 114 | + // Write the #JTD stream to indicate that all variable-sized columns are 4 bytes long. |
| 115 | + WriteStreamHeader(builder, "#JTD", 0).WriteInt32(builder.Count); |
| 116 | + } |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | + BlobWriter stringsOffset = WriteStreamHeader(builder, "#Strings", (int)AlignUp(targetEcmaMetadata.StringHeap.Size, 4ul)); |
| 119 | + BlobWriter blobOffset = WriteStreamHeader(builder, "#Blob", (int)targetEcmaMetadata.BlobHeap.Size); |
| 120 | + BlobWriter guidOffset = WriteStreamHeader(builder, "#GUID", (int)targetEcmaMetadata.GuidHeap.Size); |
| 121 | + BlobWriter userStringOffset = WriteStreamHeader(builder, "#US", (int)targetEcmaMetadata.UserStringHeap.Size); |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | + // We'll use the "uncompressed" tables stream name as the runtime may have created the *Ptr tables |
| 124 | + // that are only present in the uncompressed tables stream. |
| 125 | + BlobWriter tablesOffset = WriteStreamHeader(builder, "#-", 0); |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | + // Write the heap-style Streams |
| 128 | +
|
| 129 | + stringsOffset.WriteInt32(builder.Count); |
| 130 | + WriteTargetSpan(builder, targetEcmaMetadata.StringHeap); |
| 131 | + for (ulong i = targetEcmaMetadata.StringHeap.Size; i < AlignUp(targetEcmaMetadata.StringHeap.Size, 4ul); i++) |
| 132 | + { |
| 133 | + builder.WriteByte(0); |
| 134 | + } |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | + blobOffset.WriteInt32(builder.Count); |
| 137 | + WriteTargetSpan(builder, targetEcmaMetadata.BlobHeap); |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | + guidOffset.WriteInt32(builder.Count); |
| 140 | + WriteTargetSpan(builder, targetEcmaMetadata.GuidHeap); |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | + userStringOffset.WriteInt32(builder.Count); |
| 143 | + WriteTargetSpan(builder, targetEcmaMetadata.UserStringHeap); |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | + // Write tables stream |
| 146 | + tablesOffset.WriteInt32(builder.Count); |
| 147 | + |
| 148 | + // Write tables stream header |
| 149 | + builder.WriteInt32(0); // reserved |
| 150 | + builder.WriteByte(2); // major version |
| 151 | + builder.WriteByte(0); // minor version |
| 152 | + uint heapSizes = |
| 153 | + (targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.LargeStringHeap ? 1u << 0 : 0) | |
| 154 | + (targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.LargeBlobHeap ? 1u << 1 : 0) | |
| 155 | + (targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.LargeGuidHeap ? 1u << 2 : 0); |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | + builder.WriteByte((byte)heapSizes); |
| 158 | + builder.WriteByte(1); // reserved |
| 159 | +
|
| 160 | + ulong validTables = 0; |
| 161 | + for (int i = 0; i < targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.RowCount.Length; i++) |
| 162 | + { |
| 163 | + if (targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.RowCount[i] != 0) |
| 164 | + { |
| 165 | + validTables |= 1ul << i; |
| 166 | + } |
| 167 | + } |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | + ulong sortedTables = 0; |
| 170 | + for (int i = 0; i < targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.IsSorted.Length; i++) |
| 171 | + { |
| 172 | + if (targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.IsSorted[i]) |
| 173 | + { |
| 174 | + sortedTables |= 1ul << i; |
| 175 | + } |
| 176 | + } |
| 177 | + |
| 178 | + builder.WriteUInt64(validTables); |
| 179 | + builder.WriteUInt64(sortedTables); |
| 180 | + |
| 181 | + foreach (int rowCount in targetEcmaMetadata.Schema.RowCount) |
| 182 | + { |
| 183 | + if (rowCount > 0) |
| 184 | + { |
| 185 | + builder.WriteInt32(rowCount); |
| 186 | + } |
| 187 | + } |
| 188 | + |
| 189 | + // Write the tables |
| 190 | + foreach (TargetSpan span in targetEcmaMetadata.Tables) |
| 191 | + { |
| 192 | + WriteTargetSpan(builder, span); |
| 193 | + } |
| 194 | + |
| 195 | + MemoryStream metadataStream = new MemoryStream(); |
| 196 | + builder.WriteContentTo(metadataStream); |
| 197 | + return MetadataReaderProvider.FromMetadataStream(metadataStream).GetMetadataReader(); |
| 198 | + |
| 199 | + void WriteTargetSpan(BlobBuilder builder, TargetSpan span) |
| 200 | + { |
| 201 | + Blob blob = builder.ReserveBytes(checked((int)span.Size)); |
| 202 | + _target.ReadBuffer(span.Address, blob.GetBytes().AsSpan()); |
| 203 | + } |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | + static BlobWriter WriteStreamHeader(BlobBuilder builder, string name, int size) |
| 206 | + { |
| 207 | + BlobWriter offset = new(builder.ReserveBytes(4)); |
| 208 | + builder.WriteInt32(size); |
| 209 | + Write4ByteAlignedString(builder, name); |
| 210 | + return offset; |
| 211 | + } |
| 212 | + |
| 213 | + static void Write4ByteAlignedString(BlobBuilder builder, string value) |
| 214 | + { |
| 215 | + int bufferStart = builder.Count; |
| 216 | + builder.WriteUTF8(value); |
| 217 | + builder.WriteByte(0); |
| 218 | + int stringEnd = builder.Count; |
| 219 | + for (int i = stringEnd; i < bufferStart + AlignUp(value.Length, 4); i++) |
| 220 | + { |
| 221 | + builder.WriteByte(0); |
| 222 | + } |
| 223 | + } |
| 224 | + } |
| 225 | + } |
| 226 | +} |
| 227 | +``` |
| 228 | + |
| 229 | +### Helper Methods |
| 230 | + |
| 231 | +``` csharp |
| 232 | +using System; |
| 233 | +using System.Numerics; |
| 234 | + |
| 235 | +struct EcmaMetadataSchema |
| 236 | +{ |
| 237 | + public EcmaMetadataSchema(string metadataVersion, bool largeStringHeap, bool largeBlobHeap, bool largeGuidHeap, int[] rowCount, bool[] isSorted, bool variableSizedColumnsAre4BytesLong) |
| 238 | + { |
| 239 | + MetadataVersion = metadataVersion; |
| 240 | + LargeStringHeap = largeStringHeap; |
| 241 | + LargeBlobHeap = largeBlobHeap; |
| 242 | + LargeGuidHeap = largeGuidHeap; |
| 243 | + |
| 244 | + _rowCount = rowCount; |
| 245 | + _isSorted = isSorted; |
| 246 | + |
| 247 | + VariableSizedColumnsAreAll4BytesLong = variableSizedColumnsAre4BytesLong; |
| 248 | + } |
| 249 | + |
| 250 | + public readonly string MetadataVersion; |
| 251 | + |
| 252 | + public readonly bool LargeStringHeap; |
| 253 | + public readonly bool LargeBlobHeap; |
| 254 | + public readonly bool LargeGuidHeap; |
| 255 | + |
| 256 | + // Table data, these structures hold MetadataTable.Count entries |
| 257 | + private readonly int[] _rowCount; |
| 258 | + public readonly ReadOnlySpan<int> RowCount => _rowCount; |
| 259 | + |
| 260 | + private readonly bool[] _isSorted; |
| 261 | + public readonly ReadOnlySpan<bool> IsSorted => _isSorted; |
| 262 | + |
| 263 | + // In certain scenarios the size of the tables is forced to be the maximum size |
| 264 | + // Otherwise the size of columns should be computed based on RowSize/the various heap flags |
| 265 | + public readonly bool VariableSizedColumnsAreAll4BytesLong; |
| 266 | +} |
| 267 | + |
| 268 | +class TargetEcmaMetadata |
| 269 | +{ |
| 270 | + public TargetEcmaMetadata(EcmaMetadataSchema schema, |
| 271 | + TargetSpan[] tables, |
| 272 | + TargetSpan stringHeap, |
| 273 | + TargetSpan userStringHeap, |
| 274 | + TargetSpan blobHeap, |
| 275 | + TargetSpan guidHeap) |
| 276 | + { |
| 277 | + Schema = schema; |
| 278 | + _tables = tables; |
| 279 | + StringHeap = stringHeap; |
| 280 | + UserStringHeap = userStringHeap; |
| 281 | + BlobHeap = blobHeap; |
| 282 | + GuidHeap = guidHeap; |
| 283 | + } |
| 284 | + |
| 285 | + public EcmaMetadataSchema Schema { get; init; } |
| 286 | + |
| 287 | + private TargetSpan[] _tables; |
| 288 | + public ReadOnlySpan<TargetSpan> Tables => _tables; |
| 289 | + public TargetSpan StringHeap { get; init; } |
| 290 | + public TargetSpan UserStringHeap { get; init; } |
| 291 | + public TargetSpan BlobHeap { get; init; } |
| 292 | + public TargetSpan GuidHeap { get; init; } |
| 293 | +} |
| 294 | + |
| 295 | +[Flags] |
| 296 | +enum AvailableMetadataType |
| 297 | +{ |
| 298 | + None = 0, |
| 299 | + ReadOnly = 1, |
| 300 | + ReadWriteSavedCopy = 2, |
| 301 | + ReadWrite = 4 |
| 302 | +} |
| 303 | + |
| 304 | +AvailableMetadataType GetAvailableMetadataType(ModuleHandle handle) |
| 305 | +{ |
| 306 | + Data.Module module = new Data.Module(Target, handle.Address); |
| 307 | + |
| 308 | + AvailableMetadataType flags = AvailableMetadataType.None; |
| 309 | + |
| 310 | + TargetPointer dynamicMetadata = Target.ReadPointer(handle.Address + /* Module::DynamicMetadata offset */); |
| 311 | + |
| 312 | + if (dynamicMetadata != TargetPointer.Null) |
| 313 | + flags |= AvailableMetadataType.ReadWriteSavedCopy; |
| 314 | + else |
| 315 | + flags |= AvailableMetadataType.ReadOnly; |
| 316 | + |
| 317 | + return flags; |
| 318 | +} |
| 319 | + |
| 320 | +TargetSpan GetReadWriteSavedMetadataAddress(ModuleHandle handle) |
| 321 | +{ |
| 322 | + Data.Module module = new Data.Module(Target, handle.Address); |
| 323 | + TargetPointer dynamicMetadata = Target.ReadPointer(handle.Address + /* Module::DynamicMetadata offset */); |
| 324 | + |
| 325 | + ulong size = Target.Read<uint>(handle.Address + /* DynamicMetadata::Size offset */); |
| 326 | + TargetPointer result = handle.Address + /* DynamicMetadata::Data offset */; |
| 327 | + return new(result, size); |
| 328 | +} |
| 329 | + |
| 330 | +TargetEcmaMetadata GetReadWriteMetadata(ModuleHandle handle) |
| 331 | +{ |
| 332 | + // [cdac] TODO. |
| 333 | +} |
| 334 | + |
| 335 | +T AlignUp<T>(T input, T alignment) |
| 336 | + where T : IBinaryInteger<T> |
| 337 | +{ |
| 338 | + return input + (alignment - T.One) & ~(alignment - T.One); |
| 339 | +} |
| 340 | +``` |
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