check if an executable is dynamic and die if it is

Only implemented for ELf. Someone might want to implement it for ecoff and some point

src/base/loader/elf_object.cc:
src/base/loader/elf_object.hh:
src/base/loader/object_file.cc:
src/base/loader/object_file.hh:
    add a function to check if an executable is dynamic
src/sim/process.cc:
    check if an executable is dynamic and die if it is

--HG--
extra : convert_revision : 830b1b50b08a5abaf895ce6251bbc702c986eebf

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/sim/process.cc b/src/sim/process.cc
index b43fa7d00..63ff33969 100644
--- a/src/sim/process.cc
+++ b/src/sim/process.cc
@@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ LiveProcess::create(const std::string &nm, System *system, int stdin_fd,
         fatal("Can't load object file %s", executable);
     }
 
+    if (objFile->isDynamic())
+       fatal("Object file is a dynamic executable however only static "
+             "executables are supported!\n        Please recompile your "
+             "executable as a static binary and try again.\n");
+
 #if THE_ISA == ALPHA_ISA
     if (objFile->getArch() != ObjectFile::Alpha)
         fatal("Object file architecture does not match compiled ISA (Alpha).");