LLVM-READOBJ(1)

NAME
llvm-readobj - LLVM Object Reader

SYNOPSIS

llvm-readobj [options] [input...]

DESCRIPTION

The llvm-readobj tool displays low-level format-specific information about one or more object files.

If input is "-", llvm-readobj reads from standard input. Otherwise, it will read from the specified filenames.

DIFFERENCES TO LLVM-READELF

llvm-readelf is an alias for the llvm-readobj <llvm-readobj.html> tool with a slightly different command-line interface and output that is GNU compatible. Following is a list of differences between llvm-readelf and llvm-readobj:

•   llvm-readelf uses GNU for the --elf-output-style option by default. llvm-readobj uses LLVM.

•   llvm-readelf allows single-letter grouped flags (e.g. llvm-readelf -SW is the same as llvm-readelf -S -W). llvm-readobj does not allow grouping.

•   llvm-readelf provides -s as an alias for --symbols, for GNU readelf compatibility, whereas it is an alias for --section-headers in llvm-readobj.

•   llvm-readobj provides -t as an alias for --symbols. llvm-readelf does not.

•   llvm-readobj provides --sr, --sd, --st and --dt as aliases for --section-relocations, --section-data, --section-symbols and --dyn-symbols respectively. llvm-readelf does not provide these aliases, to avoid conflicting with grouped flags.

GENERAL AND MULTI-FORMAT OPTIONS

These options are applicable to more than one file format, or are unrelated to file formats.

--all
    Equivalent to specifying all the main display options relevant to the file format.

--addrsig
    Display the address-significance table.

--decompress, -z
    Dump decompressed section content when used with -x or -p. If the section(s) are not compressed, they are displayed as is.

--demangle, -C
    Display demangled symbol names in the output. This option is only for ELF and XCOFF file formats.

--expand-relocs
    When used with --relocs, display each relocation in an expanded multi-line format.

--file-header, -h
    Display file headers.

--headers, -e
    Equivalent to setting: --file-header, --program-headers, and --sections.

--help
    Display a summary of command line options.

--hex-dump=<section[,section,...]>, -x
    Display the specified section(s) as hexadecimal bytes. section may be a section index or section name.

--memtag

    Display information about memory tagging present in the binary. This includes various memtag-specific dynamic entries, decoded global descriptor sections, and decoded Android-specific ELF notes.

--needed-libs
    Display the needed libraries.

--no-demangle
    Do not demangle symbol names in the output. This option is only for ELF and XCOFF file formats. The option is enabled by default.

--offloading
    Display list of HIP offload bundles.

--relocations, --relocs, -r
    Display the relocation entries in the file.

--sections, --section-headers, -S
    Display all sections.

--section-data, --sd
    When used with --sections, display section data for each section shown. This option has no effect for GNU style output.

--section-relocations, --sr
    When used with --sections, display relocations for each section shown. This option has no effect for GNU style output.

--section-symbols, --st
    When used with --sections, display symbols for each section shown. This option has no effect for GNU style output.

--sort-symbols=<sort_key[,sort_key]>
    Specify the keys to sort symbols before displaying symtab. Valid values for sort_key are name and type.

--stackmap
    Display contents of the stackmap section.

--string-dump=<section[,section,...]>, -p
    Display the specified section(s) as a list of strings. section may be a section index or section name.

--string-table
    Display contents of the string table.

--symbols, --syms, -s
    Display the symbol table.

--unwind, -u
    Display unwind information.

--version
    Display the version of the llvm-readobj executable.

@<FILE>
    Read command-line options from response file <FILE>.

ELF SPECIFIC OPTIONS

The following options are implemented only for the ELF file format.

--arch-specific, -A
    Display architecture-specific information, e.g. the ARM attributes section on ARM.

--bb-addr-map
    Display the contents of the basic block address map section(s), which contain the address of each function, along with the relative offset of each basic block.

    When pgo analysis maps are present, all analyses are printed as their raw value.

--pretty-pgo-analysis-map
    When pgo analysis maps are present in the basic block address map section(s), analyses with special formats (i.e. BlockFrequency, BranchProbability, etc) are printed using the same format as their respective analysis pass.

    Requires --bb-addr-map to have an effect.

--dependent-libraries
    Display the dependent libraries section.

--dyn-relocations
    Display the dynamic relocation entries.

--dyn-symbols, --dyn-syms, --dt
    Display the dynamic symbol table.

--dynamic-table, --dynamic, -d
    Display the dynamic table.

--cg-profile
    Display the callgraph profile section.

--histogram, -I
    Display a bucket list histogram for dynamic symbol hash tables.

--elf-linker-options
    Display the linker options section.

--elf-output-style=<value>
    Format ELF information in the specified style. Valid options are LLVM, GNU, and JSON. LLVM output (the default) is an expanded and structured format. GNU output mimics the equivalent GNU readelf output. JSON is JSON formatted output intended for machine consumption.

--section-groups, -g
    Display section groups.

--gnu-hash-table
    Display the GNU hash table for dynamic symbols.

--hash-symbols
    Display the expanded hash table with dynamic symbol data.

--hash-table
    Display the hash table for dynamic symbols.

--memtag
    Display information about memory tagging present in the binary. This includes various dynamic entries, decoded global descriptor sections, and decoded Android-specific ELF notes.

--notes, -n
    Display all notes.

--pretty-print
    When used with --elf-output-style, JSON output will be formatted in a more readable format.

--program-headers, --segments, -l
    Display the program headers.

--section-mapping
    Display the section to segment mapping.

--stack-sizes
    Display the contents of the stack sizes section(s), i.e. pairs of function names and the size of their stack frames. Currently only implemented for GNU style output.

--version-info, -V
    Display version sections.

MACH-O SPECIFIC OPTIONS

The following options are implemented only for the Mach-O file format.

--macho-data-in-code
    Display the Data in Code command.

--macho-dsymtab
    Display the Dsymtab command.

--macho-indirect-symbols
    Display indirect symbols.

--macho-linker-options
    Display the Mach-O-specific linker options.

--macho-segment
    Display the Segment command.

--macho-version-min
    Display the version min command.

PE/COFF SPECIFIC OPTIONS

The following options are implemented only for the PE/COFF file format.

--codeview
    Display CodeView debug information.

--codeview-ghash
    Enable global hashing for CodeView type stream de-duplication.

--codeview-merged-types
    Display the merged CodeView type stream.

--codeview-subsection-bytes
    Dump raw contents of CodeView debug sections and records.

--coff-basereloc
    Display the .reloc section.

--coff-debug-directory
    Display the debug directory.

--coff-tls-directory
    Display the TLS directory.

--coff-directives
    Display the .drectve section.

--coff-exports
    Display the export table.

--coff-imports
    Display the import table.

--coff-load-config
    Display the load config.

--coff-resources
    Display the .rsrc section.

XCOFF SPECIFIC OPTIONS

The following options are implemented only for the XCOFF file format.

--auxiliary-header
    Display XCOFF Auxiliary header.

--exception-section
    Display XCOFF exception section entries.

--loader-section-header
    Display XCOFF loader section header.

--loader-section-symbols
    Display symbol table of loader section.

--loader-section-relocations
    Display relocation entries of loader section.

EXIT STATUS

llvm-readobj returns 0 under normal operation. It returns a non-zero exit code if there were any errors.

SEE ALSO

llvm-nm(1) <llvm-nm.html>, llvm-objdump(1) <llvm-objdump.html>, llvm-readelf(1) <llvm-readelf.html>

Author
Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/).

Copyright
2003-2026, LLVM Project