Merge pull request #17113 from ziglang/elf-linker

elf: upstream zld/ELF functionality, part 1

19 files changed, 4871 insertions, 1230 deletions

diff --git a/src/arch/aarch64/CodeGen.zig b/src/arch/aarch64/CodeGen.zig
index 0f088fa867..2c6e3f5a7b 100644
--- a/src/arch/aarch64/CodeGen.zig
+++ b/src/arch/aarch64/CodeGen.zig
@@ -4314,10 +4314,10 @@ fn airCall(self: *Self, inst: Air.Inst.Index, modifier: std.builtin.CallModifier
     if (try self.air.value(callee, mod)) |func_value| {
         if (func_value.getFunction(mod)) |func| {
             if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
-                const atom_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(func.owner_decl);
-                const atom = elf_file.getAtom(atom_index);
-                _ = try atom.getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(elf_file);
-                const got_addr = @as(u32, @intCast(atom.getOffsetTableAddress(elf_file)));
+                const sym_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(func.owner_decl);
+                const sym = elf_file.symbol(sym_index);
+                _ = try sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(elf_file);
+                const got_addr = @as(u32, @intCast(sym.gotAddress(elf_file)));
                 try self.genSetReg(Type.usize, .x30, .{ .memory = got_addr });
             } else if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |macho_file| {
                 const atom = try macho_file.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(func.owner_decl);
diff --git a/src/arch/arm/CodeGen.zig b/src/arch/arm/CodeGen.zig
index 135f118731..937d4aa1dd 100644
--- a/src/arch/arm/CodeGen.zig
+++ b/src/arch/arm/CodeGen.zig
@@ -4294,10 +4294,10 @@ fn airCall(self: *Self, inst: Air.Inst.Index, modifier: std.builtin.CallModifier
     if (try self.air.value(callee, mod)) |func_value| {
         if (func_value.getFunction(mod)) |func| {
             if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
-                const atom_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(func.owner_decl);
-                const atom = elf_file.getAtom(atom_index);
-                _ = try atom.getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(elf_file);
-                const got_addr = @as(u32, @intCast(atom.getOffsetTableAddress(elf_file)));
+                const sym_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(func.owner_decl);
+                const sym = elf_file.symbol(sym_index);
+                _ = try sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(elf_file);
+                const got_addr = @as(u32, @intCast(sym.gotAddress(elf_file)));
                 try self.genSetReg(Type.usize, .lr, .{ .memory = got_addr });
             } else if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |_| {
                 unreachable; // unsupported architecture for MachO
diff --git a/src/arch/riscv64/CodeGen.zig b/src/arch/riscv64/CodeGen.zig
index e43778510b..d3f162ae0f 100644
--- a/src/arch/riscv64/CodeGen.zig
+++ b/src/arch/riscv64/CodeGen.zig
@@ -1747,10 +1747,10 @@ fn airCall(self: *Self, inst: Air.Inst.Index, modifier: std.builtin.CallModifier
         if (try self.air.value(callee, mod)) |func_value| {
             switch (mod.intern_pool.indexToKey(func_value.ip_index)) {
                 .func => |func| {
-                    const atom_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(func.owner_decl);
-                    const atom = elf_file.getAtom(atom_index);
-                    _ = try atom.getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(elf_file);
-                    const got_addr = @as(u32, @intCast(atom.getOffsetTableAddress(elf_file)));
+                    const sym_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(func.owner_decl);
+                    const sym = elf_file.symbol(sym_index);
+                    _ = try sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(elf_file);
+                    const got_addr = @as(u32, @intCast(sym.gotAddress(elf_file)));
                     try self.genSetReg(Type.usize, .ra, .{ .memory = got_addr });
                     _ = try self.addInst(.{
                         .tag = .jalr,
diff --git a/src/arch/sparc64/CodeGen.zig b/src/arch/sparc64/CodeGen.zig
index 6d575a9d45..df1a7cf970 100644
--- a/src/arch/sparc64/CodeGen.zig
+++ b/src/arch/sparc64/CodeGen.zig
@@ -1349,10 +1349,10 @@ fn airCall(self: *Self, inst: Air.Inst.Index, modifier: std.builtin.CallModifier
             switch (mod.intern_pool.indexToKey(func_value.ip_index)) {
                 .func => |func| {
                     const got_addr = if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| blk: {
-                        const atom_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(func.owner_decl);
-                        const atom = elf_file.getAtom(atom_index);
-                        _ = try atom.getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(elf_file);
-                        break :blk @as(u32, @intCast(atom.getOffsetTableAddress(elf_file)));
+                        const sym_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(func.owner_decl);
+                        const sym = elf_file.symbol(sym_index);
+                        _ = try sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(elf_file);
+                        break :blk @as(u32, @intCast(sym.gotAddress(elf_file)));
                     } else unreachable;
 
                     try self.genSetReg(Type.usize, .o7, .{ .memory = got_addr });
diff --git a/src/arch/x86_64/CodeGen.zig b/src/arch/x86_64/CodeGen.zig
index aec28b992c..e535894604 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86_64/CodeGen.zig
+++ b/src/arch/x86_64/CodeGen.zig
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ const Owner = union(enum) {
             .func_index => |func_index| {
                 const mod = ctx.bin_file.options.module.?;
                 const decl_index = mod.funcOwnerDeclIndex(func_index);
-                if (ctx.bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |macho_file| {
+                if (ctx.bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
+                    return elf_file.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(decl_index);
+                } else if (ctx.bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |macho_file| {
                     const atom = try macho_file.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(decl_index);
                     return macho_file.getAtom(atom).getSymbolIndex().?;
                 } else if (ctx.bin_file.cast(link.File.Coff)) |coff_file| {
@@ -136,7 +138,10 @@ const Owner = union(enum) {
                 } else unreachable;
             },
             .lazy_sym => |lazy_sym| {
-                if (ctx.bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |macho_file| {
+                if (ctx.bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
+                    return elf_file.getOrCreateMetadataForLazySymbol(lazy_sym) catch |err|
+                        ctx.fail("{s} creating lazy symbol", .{@errorName(err)});
+                } else if (ctx.bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |macho_file| {
                     const atom = macho_file.getOrCreateAtomForLazySymbol(lazy_sym) catch |err|
                         return ctx.fail("{s} creating lazy symbol", .{@errorName(err)});
                     return macho_file.getAtom(atom).getSymbolIndex().?;
@@ -8149,10 +8154,11 @@ fn airCall(self: *Self, inst: Air.Inst.Index, modifier: std.builtin.CallModifier
             else => null,
         }) |owner_decl| {
             if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
-                const atom_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(owner_decl);
-                const atom = elf_file.getAtom(atom_index);
-                _ = try atom.getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(elf_file);
-                const got_addr = atom.getOffsetTableAddress(elf_file);
+                const sym_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(owner_decl);
+                const sym = elf_file.symbol(sym_index);
+                sym.flags.needs_got = true;
+                _ = try sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(elf_file);
+                const got_addr = sym.gotAddress(elf_file);
                 try self.asmMemory(.{ ._, .call }, Memory.sib(.qword, .{
                     .base = .{ .reg = .ds },
                     .disp = @intCast(got_addr),
@@ -8178,7 +8184,18 @@ fn airCall(self: *Self, inst: Air.Inst.Index, modifier: std.builtin.CallModifier
         } else if (func_value.getExternFunc(mod)) |extern_func| {
             const decl_name = mod.intern_pool.stringToSlice(mod.declPtr(extern_func.decl).name);
             const lib_name = mod.intern_pool.stringToSliceUnwrap(extern_func.lib_name);
-            if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.Coff)) |coff_file| {
+            if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
+                const atom_index = try self.owner.getSymbolIndex(self);
+                const sym_index = try elf_file.getGlobalSymbol(decl_name, lib_name);
+                _ = try self.addInst(.{
+                    .tag = .call,
+                    .ops = .extern_fn_reloc,
+                    .data = .{ .reloc = .{
+                        .atom_index = atom_index,
+                        .sym_index = sym_index,
+                    } },
+                });
+            } else if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.Coff)) |coff_file| {
                 const atom_index = try self.owner.getSymbolIndex(self);
                 const sym_index = try coff_file.getGlobalSymbol(decl_name, lib_name);
                 _ = try self.addInst(.{
@@ -10215,11 +10232,12 @@ fn genLazySymbolRef(
     lazy_sym: link.File.LazySymbol,
 ) InnerError!void {
     if (self.bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
-        const atom_index = elf_file.getOrCreateAtomForLazySymbol(lazy_sym) catch |err|
+        const sym_index = elf_file.getOrCreateMetadataForLazySymbol(lazy_sym) catch |err|
             return self.fail("{s} creating lazy symbol", .{@errorName(err)});
-        const atom = elf_file.getAtom(atom_index);
-        _ = try atom.getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(elf_file);
-        const got_addr = atom.getOffsetTableAddress(elf_file);
+        const sym = elf_file.symbol(sym_index);
+        sym.flags.needs_got = true;
+        _ = try sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(elf_file);
+        const got_addr = sym.gotAddress(elf_file);
         const got_mem =
             Memory.sib(.qword, .{ .base = .{ .reg = .ds }, .disp = @intCast(got_addr) });
         switch (tag) {
diff --git a/src/arch/x86_64/Emit.zig b/src/arch/x86_64/Emit.zig
index 050772b2ce..ab1d63e64c 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86_64/Emit.zig
+++ b/src/arch/x86_64/Emit.zig
@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ pub fn emitMir(emit: *Emit) Error!void {
                     .offset = end_offset - 4,
                     .length = @as(u5, @intCast(end_offset - start_offset)),
                 }),
-                .linker_extern_fn => |symbol| if (emit.bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |macho_file| {
+                .linker_extern_fn => |symbol| if (emit.bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
+                    // Add relocation to the decl.
+                    const atom_ptr = elf_file.symbol(symbol.atom_index).atom(elf_file).?;
+                    try atom_ptr.addReloc(elf_file, .{
+                        .r_offset = end_offset - 4,
+                        .r_info = (@as(u64, @intCast(symbol.sym_index)) << 32) | std.elf.R_X86_64_PLT32,
+                        .r_addend = -4,
+                    });
+                } else if (emit.bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |macho_file| {
                     // Add relocation to the decl.
                     const atom_index = macho_file.getAtomIndexForSymbol(.{ .sym_index = symbol.atom_index }).?;
                     const target = macho_file.getGlobalByIndex(symbol.sym_index);
diff --git a/src/codegen.zig b/src/codegen.zig
index 4d1993434a..3d86e4b6bc 100644
--- a/src/codegen.zig
+++ b/src/codegen.zig
@@ -858,10 +858,11 @@ fn genDeclRef(
     const is_threadlocal = tv.val.isPtrToThreadLocal(mod) and !bin_file.options.single_threaded;
 
     if (bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
-        const atom_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(decl_index);
-        const atom = elf_file.getAtom(atom_index);
-        _ = try atom.getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(elf_file);
-        return GenResult.mcv(.{ .memory = atom.getOffsetTableAddress(elf_file) });
+        const sym_index = try elf_file.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(decl_index);
+        const sym = elf_file.symbol(sym_index);
+        sym.flags.needs_got = true;
+        _ = try sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(elf_file);
+        return GenResult.mcv(.{ .memory = sym.gotAddress(elf_file) });
     } else if (bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |macho_file| {
         const atom_index = try macho_file.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(decl_index);
         const sym_index = macho_file.getAtom(atom_index).getSymbolIndex().?;
@@ -896,7 +897,7 @@ fn genUnnamedConst(
         return GenResult.fail(bin_file.allocator, src_loc, "lowering unnamed constant failed: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
     };
     if (bin_file.cast(link.File.Elf)) |elf_file| {
-        return GenResult.mcv(.{ .memory = elf_file.getSymbol(local_sym_index).st_value });
+        return GenResult.mcv(.{ .memory = elf_file.symbol(local_sym_index).value });
     } else if (bin_file.cast(link.File.MachO)) |_| {
         return GenResult.mcv(.{ .load_direct = local_sym_index });
     } else if (bin_file.cast(link.File.Coff)) |_| {
diff --git a/src/link.zig b/src/link.zig
index 634f9679c4..4db946658a 100644
--- a/src/link.zig
+++ b/src/link.zig
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
         switch (base.tag) {
             // zig fmt: off
             .coff  => return @fieldParentPtr(Coff, "base", base).getGlobalSymbol(name, lib_name),
-            .elf   => unreachable,
+            .elf   => return @fieldParentPtr(Elf, "base", base).getGlobalSymbol(name, lib_name),
             .macho => return @fieldParentPtr(MachO, "base", base).getGlobalSymbol(name, lib_name),
             .plan9 => unreachable,
             .spirv => unreachable,
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ pub const File = struct {
 
     pub fn miscErrors(base: *File) []const ErrorMsg {
         switch (base.tag) {
+            .elf => return @fieldParentPtr(Elf, "base", base).misc_errors.items,
             .macho => return @fieldParentPtr(MachO, "base", base).misc_errors.items,
             else => return &.{},
         }
diff --git a/src/link/Dwarf.zig b/src/link/Dwarf.zig
index 48c828e54a..52d6550bcb 100644
--- a/src/link/Dwarf.zig
+++ b/src/link/Dwarf.zig
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ pub fn commitDeclState(
                         switch (self.bin_file.tag) {
                             .elf => {
                                 const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
-                                const debug_line_sect = &elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[elf_file.debug_line_section_index.?];
+                                const debug_line_sect = &elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.debug_line_section_index.?];
                                 const file_pos = debug_line_sect.sh_offset + src_fn.off;
                                 try pwriteDbgLineNops(elf_file.base.file.?, file_pos, 0, &[0]u8{}, src_fn.len);
                             },
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ pub fn commitDeclState(
                     const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
                     const shdr_index = elf_file.debug_line_section_index.?;
                     try elf_file.growNonAllocSection(shdr_index, needed_size, 1, true);
-                    const debug_line_sect = elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index];
+                    const debug_line_sect = elf_file.shdrs.items[shdr_index];
                     const file_pos = debug_line_sect.sh_offset + src_fn.off;
                     try pwriteDbgLineNops(
                         elf_file.base.file.?,
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ fn updateDeclDebugInfoAllocation(self: *Dwarf, atom_index: Atom.Index, len: u32)
                 switch (self.bin_file.tag) {
                     .elf => {
                         const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
-                        const debug_info_sect = &elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[elf_file.debug_info_section_index.?];
+                        const debug_info_sect = &elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.debug_info_section_index.?];
                         const file_pos = debug_info_sect.sh_offset + atom.off;
                         try pwriteDbgInfoNops(elf_file.base.file.?, file_pos, 0, &[0]u8{}, atom.len, false);
                     },
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ fn writeDeclDebugInfo(self: *Dwarf, atom_index: Atom.Index, dbg_info_buf: []cons
             const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
             const shdr_index = elf_file.debug_info_section_index.?;
             try elf_file.growNonAllocSection(shdr_index, needed_size, 1, true);
-            const debug_info_sect = elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index];
+            const debug_info_sect = &elf_file.shdrs.items[shdr_index];
             const file_pos = debug_info_sect.sh_offset + atom.off;
             try pwriteDbgInfoNops(
                 elf_file.base.file.?,
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ pub fn updateDeclLineNumber(self: *Dwarf, mod: *Module, decl_index: Module.Decl.
     switch (self.bin_file.tag) {
         .elf => {
             const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
-            const shdr = elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[elf_file.debug_line_section_index.?];
+            const shdr = elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.debug_line_section_index.?];
             const file_pos = shdr.sh_offset + atom.off + self.getRelocDbgLineOff();
             try elf_file.base.file.?.pwriteAll(&data, file_pos);
         },
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ pub fn writeDbgAbbrev(self: *Dwarf) !void {
             const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
             const shdr_index = elf_file.debug_abbrev_section_index.?;
             try elf_file.growNonAllocSection(shdr_index, needed_size, 1, false);
-            const debug_abbrev_sect = elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index];
+            const debug_abbrev_sect = &elf_file.shdrs.items[shdr_index];
             const file_pos = debug_abbrev_sect.sh_offset + abbrev_offset;
             try elf_file.base.file.?.pwriteAll(&abbrev_buf, file_pos);
         },
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ pub fn writeDbgInfoHeader(self: *Dwarf, module: *Module, low_pc: u64, high_pc: u
     switch (self.bin_file.tag) {
         .elf => {
             const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
-            const debug_info_sect = elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[elf_file.debug_info_section_index.?];
+            const debug_info_sect = &elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.debug_info_section_index.?];
             const file_pos = debug_info_sect.sh_offset;
             try pwriteDbgInfoNops(elf_file.base.file.?, file_pos, 0, di_buf.items, jmp_amt, false);
         },
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ pub fn writeDbgAranges(self: *Dwarf, addr: u64, size: u64) !void {
             const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
             const shdr_index = elf_file.debug_aranges_section_index.?;
             try elf_file.growNonAllocSection(shdr_index, needed_size, 16, false);
-            const debug_aranges_sect = elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index];
+            const debug_aranges_sect = &elf_file.shdrs.items[shdr_index];
             const file_pos = debug_aranges_sect.sh_offset;
             try elf_file.base.file.?.pwriteAll(di_buf.items, file_pos);
         },
@@ -2312,9 +2312,9 @@ pub fn writeDbgLineHeader(self: *Dwarf) !void {
             .elf => {
                 const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
                 const shdr_index = elf_file.debug_line_section_index.?;
-                const needed_size = elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index].sh_size + delta;
+                const needed_size = elf_file.shdrs.items[shdr_index].sh_size + delta;
                 try elf_file.growNonAllocSection(shdr_index, needed_size, 1, true);
-                const file_pos = elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index].sh_offset + first_fn.off;
+                const file_pos = elf_file.shdrs.items[shdr_index].sh_offset + first_fn.off;
 
                 const amt = try elf_file.base.file.?.preadAll(buffer, file_pos);
                 if (amt != buffer.len) return error.InputOutput;
@@ -2377,7 +2377,7 @@ pub fn writeDbgLineHeader(self: *Dwarf) !void {
     switch (self.bin_file.tag) {
         .elf => {
             const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
-            const debug_line_sect = elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[elf_file.debug_line_section_index.?];
+            const debug_line_sect = &elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.debug_line_section_index.?];
             const file_pos = debug_line_sect.sh_offset;
             try pwriteDbgLineNops(elf_file.base.file.?, file_pos, 0, di_buf.items, jmp_amt);
         },
@@ -2500,7 +2500,7 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Dwarf, module: *Module) !void {
             switch (self.bin_file.tag) {
                 .elf => {
                     const elf_file = self.bin_file.cast(File.Elf).?;
-                    const debug_info_sect = &elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[elf_file.debug_info_section_index.?];
+                    const debug_info_sect = &elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.debug_info_section_index.?];
                     break :blk debug_info_sect.sh_offset;
                 },
                 .macho => {
diff --git a/src/link/Elf.zig b/src/link/Elf.zig
index b039b8d761..3a600662bc 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf.zig
@@ -1,100 +1,4 @@
-const Elf = @This();
-
-const std = @import("std");
-const build_options = @import("build_options");
-const builtin = @import("builtin");
-const assert = std.debug.assert;
-const elf = std.elf;
-const fs = std.fs;
-const log = std.log.scoped(.link);
-const math = std.math;
-const mem = std.mem;
-
-const codegen = @import("../codegen.zig");
-const glibc = @import("../glibc.zig");
-const link = @import("../link.zig");
-const lldMain = @import("../main.zig").lldMain;
-const musl = @import("../musl.zig");
-const target_util = @import("../target.zig");
-const trace = @import("../tracy.zig").trace;
-
-const Air = @import("../Air.zig");
-const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
-pub const Atom = @import("Elf/Atom.zig");
-const Cache = std.Build.Cache;
-const Compilation = @import("../Compilation.zig");
-const Dwarf = @import("Dwarf.zig");
-const File = link.File;
-const Liveness = @import("../Liveness.zig");
-const LlvmObject = @import("../codegen/llvm.zig").Object;
-const Module = @import("../Module.zig");
-const InternPool = @import("../InternPool.zig");
-const Package = @import("../Package.zig");
-const StringTable = @import("strtab.zig").StringTable;
-const TableSection = @import("table_section.zig").TableSection;
-const Type = @import("../type.zig").Type;
-const TypedValue = @import("../TypedValue.zig");
-const Value = @import("../value.zig").Value;
-
-const default_entry_addr = 0x8000000;
-
-pub const base_tag: File.Tag = .elf;
-
-const Section = struct {
-    shdr: elf.Elf64_Shdr,
-    phdr_index: u16,
-
-    /// Index of the last allocated atom in this section.
-    last_atom_index: ?Atom.Index = null,
-
-    /// A list of atoms that have surplus capacity. This list can have false
-    /// positives, as functions grow and shrink over time, only sometimes being added
-    /// or removed from the freelist.
-    ///
-    /// An atom has surplus capacity when its overcapacity value is greater than
-    /// padToIdeal(minimum_atom_size). That is, when it has so
-    /// much extra capacity, that we could fit a small new symbol in it, itself with
-    /// ideal_capacity or more.
-    ///
-    /// Ideal capacity is defined by size + (size / ideal_factor)
-    ///
-    /// Overcapacity is measured by actual_capacity - ideal_capacity. Note that
-    /// overcapacity can be negative. A simple way to have negative overcapacity is to
-    /// allocate a fresh text block, which will have ideal capacity, and then grow it
-    /// by 1 byte. It will then have -1 overcapacity.
-    free_list: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Atom.Index) = .{},
-};
-
-const LazySymbolMetadata = struct {
-    const State = enum { unused, pending_flush, flushed };
-    text_atom: Atom.Index = undefined,
-    rodata_atom: Atom.Index = undefined,
-    text_state: State = .unused,
-    rodata_state: State = .unused,
-};
-
-const DeclMetadata = struct {
-    atom: Atom.Index,
-    shdr: u16,
-    /// A list of all exports aliases of this Decl.
-    exports: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u32) = .{},
-
-    fn getExport(m: DeclMetadata, elf_file: *const Elf, name: []const u8) ?u32 {
-        for (m.exports.items) |exp| {
-            if (mem.eql(u8, name, elf_file.getGlobalName(exp))) return exp;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    fn getExportPtr(m: *DeclMetadata, elf_file: *Elf, name: []const u8) ?*u32 {
-        for (m.exports.items) |*exp| {
-            if (mem.eql(u8, name, elf_file.getGlobalName(exp.*))) return exp;
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-};
-
-base: File,
+base: link.File,
 dwarf: ?Dwarf = null,
 
 ptr_width: PtrWidth,
@@ -102,14 +6,25 @@ ptr_width: PtrWidth,
 /// If this is not null, an object file is created by LLVM and linked with LLD afterwards.
 llvm_object: ?*LlvmObject = null,
 
+/// A list of all input files.
+/// Index of each input file also encodes the priority or precedence of one input file
+/// over another.
+files: std.MultiArrayList(File.Entry) = .{},
+zig_module_index: ?File.Index = null,
+linker_defined_index: ?File.Index = null,
+objects: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(File.Index) = .{},
+
 /// Stored in native-endian format, depending on target endianness needs to be bswapped on read/write.
 /// Same order as in the file.
-sections: std.MultiArrayList(Section) = .{},
+shdrs: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Shdr) = .{},
+/// Given index to a section, pulls index of containing phdr if any.
+phdr_to_shdr_table: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(u16, u16) = .{},
+/// File offset into the shdr table.
 shdr_table_offset: ?u64 = null,
 
 /// Stored in native-endian format, depending on target endianness needs to be bswapped on read/write.
 /// Same order as in the file.
-program_headers: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Phdr) = .{},
+phdrs: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Phdr) = .{},
 /// The index into the program headers of the PT_PHDR program header
 phdr_table_index: ?u16 = null,
 /// The index into the program headers of the PT_LOAD program header containing the phdr
@@ -128,17 +43,26 @@ phdr_load_rw_index: ?u16 = null,
 
 entry_addr: ?u64 = null,
 page_size: u32,
+default_sym_version: elf.Elf64_Versym,
 
 /// .shstrtab buffer
 shstrtab: StringTable(.strtab) = .{},
 /// .strtab buffer
 strtab: StringTable(.strtab) = .{},
 
-symtab_section_index: ?u16 = null,
+/// Representation of the GOT table as committed to the file.
+got: GotSection = .{},
+
 text_section_index: ?u16 = null,
 rodata_section_index: ?u16 = null,
-got_section_index: ?u16 = null,
 data_section_index: ?u16 = null,
+eh_frame_section_index: ?u16 = null,
+eh_frame_hdr_section_index: ?u16 = null,
+dynamic_section_index: ?u16 = null,
+got_section_index: ?u16 = null,
+got_plt_section_index: ?u16 = null,
+plt_section_index: ?u16 = null,
+rela_dyn_section_index: ?u16 = null,
 debug_info_section_index: ?u16 = null,
 debug_abbrev_section_index: ?u16 = null,
 debug_str_section_index: ?u16 = null,
@@ -146,24 +70,36 @@ debug_aranges_section_index: ?u16 = null,
 debug_line_section_index: ?u16 = null,
 shstrtab_section_index: ?u16 = null,
 strtab_section_index: ?u16 = null,
+symtab_section_index: ?u16 = null,
 
-/// The same order as in the file. ELF requires global symbols to all be after the
-/// local symbols, they cannot be mixed. So we must buffer all the global symbols and
-/// write them at the end. These are only the local symbols. The length of this array
-/// is the value used for sh_info in the .symtab section.
-local_symbols: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Sym) = .{},
-global_symbols: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Sym) = .{},
-
-local_symbol_free_list: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u32) = .{},
-global_symbol_free_list: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u32) = .{},
-
-got_table: TableSection(u32) = .{},
+// Linker-defined symbols
+dynamic_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+ehdr_start_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+init_array_start_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+init_array_end_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+fini_array_start_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+fini_array_end_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+preinit_array_start_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+preinit_array_end_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+got_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+plt_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+end_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+gnu_eh_frame_hdr_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+dso_handle_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+rela_iplt_start_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+rela_iplt_end_index: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+start_stop_indexes: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u32) = .{},
+
+/// An array of symbols parsed across all input files.
+symbols: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Symbol) = .{},
+symbols_extra: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(u32) = .{},
+resolver: std.AutoArrayHashMapUnmanaged(u32, Symbol.Index) = .{},
+symbols_free_list: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Symbol.Index) = .{},
 
 phdr_table_dirty: bool = false,
 shdr_table_dirty: bool = false,
 shstrtab_dirty: bool = false,
 strtab_dirty: bool = false,
-got_table_count_dirty: bool = false,
 
 debug_strtab_dirty: bool = false,
 debug_abbrev_section_dirty: bool = false,
@@ -171,7 +107,8 @@ debug_aranges_section_dirty: bool = false,
 debug_info_header_dirty: bool = false,
 debug_line_header_dirty: bool = false,
 
-error_flags: File.ErrorFlags = File.ErrorFlags{},
+error_flags: link.File.ErrorFlags = link.File.ErrorFlags{},
+misc_errors: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(link.File.ErrorMsg) = .{},
 
 /// Table of tracked LazySymbols.
 lazy_syms: LazySymbolTable = .{},
@@ -181,9 +118,8 @@ decls: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(Module.Decl.Index, DeclMetadata) = .{},
 
 /// List of atoms that are owned directly by the linker.
 atoms: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Atom) = .{},
-
-/// Table of atoms indexed by the symbol index.
-atom_by_index_table: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(u32, Atom.Index) = .{},
+/// Table of last atom index in a section and matching atom free list if any.
+last_atom_and_free_list_table: std.AutoArrayHashMapUnmanaged(u16, LastAtomAndFreeList) = .{},
 
 /// Table of unnamed constants associated with a parent `Decl`.
 /// We store them here so that we can free the constants whenever the `Decl`
@@ -204,15 +140,13 @@ atom_by_index_table: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(u32, Atom.Index) = .{},
 ///
 /// value assigned to label `foo` is an unnamed constant belonging/associated
 /// with `Decl` `main`, and lives as long as that `Decl`.
-unnamed_const_atoms: UnnamedConstTable = .{},
+unnamed_consts: UnnamedConstTable = .{},
 
-/// A table of relocations indexed by the owning them `TextBlock`.
-/// Note that once we refactor `TextBlock`'s lifetime and ownership rules,
-/// this will be a table indexed by index into the list of Atoms.
-relocs: RelocTable = .{},
+comdat_groups: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(ComdatGroup) = .{},
+comdat_groups_owners: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(ComdatGroupOwner) = .{},
+comdat_groups_table: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(u32, ComdatGroupOwner.Index) = .{},
 
-const RelocTable = std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(Atom.Index, std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Atom.Reloc));
-const UnnamedConstTable = std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(Module.Decl.Index, std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Atom.Index));
+const UnnamedConstTable = std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(Module.Decl.Index, std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Symbol.Index));
 const LazySymbolTable = std.AutoArrayHashMapUnmanaged(Module.Decl.OptionalIndex, LazySymbolMetadata);
 
 /// When allocating, the ideal_capacity is calculated by
@@ -237,40 +171,34 @@ pub fn openPath(allocator: Allocator, sub_path: []const u8, options: link.Option
     const self = try createEmpty(allocator, options);
     errdefer self.base.destroy();
 
-    const file = try options.emit.?.directory.handle.createFile(sub_path, .{
+    self.base.file = try options.emit.?.directory.handle.createFile(sub_path, .{
         .truncate = false,
         .read = true,
         .mode = link.determineMode(options),
     });
 
-    self.base.file = file;
     self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
 
     // Index 0 is always a null symbol.
-    try self.local_symbols.append(allocator, .{
-        .st_name = 0,
-        .st_info = 0,
-        .st_other = 0,
-        .st_shndx = 0,
-        .st_value = 0,
-        .st_size = 0,
-    });
-
-    // There must always be a null section in index 0
-    try self.sections.append(allocator, .{
-        .shdr = .{
-            .sh_name = 0,
-            .sh_type = elf.SHT_NULL,
-            .sh_flags = 0,
-            .sh_addr = 0,
-            .sh_offset = 0,
-            .sh_size = 0,
-            .sh_link = 0,
-            .sh_info = 0,
-            .sh_addralign = 0,
-            .sh_entsize = 0,
-        },
-        .phdr_index = undefined,
+    try self.symbols.append(allocator, .{});
+    // Index 0 is always a null symbol.
+    try self.symbols_extra.append(allocator, 0);
+    // Allocate atom index 0 to null atom
+    try self.atoms.append(allocator, .{});
+    // Append null file at index 0
+    try self.files.append(allocator, .null);
+    // There must always be a null shdr in index 0
+    try self.shdrs.append(allocator, .{
+        .sh_name = 0,
+        .sh_type = elf.SHT_NULL,
+        .sh_flags = 0,
+        .sh_addr = 0,
+        .sh_offset = 0,
+        .sh_size = 0,
+        .sh_link = 0,
+        .sh_info = 0,
+        .sh_addralign = 0,
+        .sh_entsize = 0,
     });
 
     try self.populateMissingMetadata();
@@ -292,6 +220,10 @@ pub fn createEmpty(gpa: Allocator, options: link.Options) !*Elf {
         .sparc64 => 0x2000,
         else => 0x1000,
     };
+    const default_sym_version: elf.Elf64_Versym = if (options.output_mode == .Lib and options.link_mode == .Dynamic)
+        elf.VER_NDX_GLOBAL
+    else
+        elf.VER_NDX_LOCAL;
 
     var dwarf: ?Dwarf = if (!options.strip and options.module != null)
         Dwarf.init(gpa, &self.base, options.target)
@@ -308,11 +240,13 @@ pub fn createEmpty(gpa: Allocator, options: link.Options) !*Elf {
         .dwarf = dwarf,
         .ptr_width = ptr_width,
         .page_size = page_size,
+        .default_sym_version = default_sym_version,
     };
     const use_llvm = options.use_llvm;
     if (use_llvm) {
         self.llvm_object = try LlvmObject.create(gpa, options);
     }
+
     return self;
 }
 
@@ -321,19 +255,27 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Elf) void {
 
     if (self.llvm_object) |llvm_object| llvm_object.destroy(gpa);
 
-    for (self.sections.items(.free_list)) |*free_list| {
-        free_list.deinit(gpa);
-    }
-    self.sections.deinit(gpa);
+    for (self.files.items(.tags), self.files.items(.data)) |tag, *data| switch (tag) {
+        .null => {},
+        .zig_module => data.zig_module.deinit(gpa),
+        .linker_defined => data.linker_defined.deinit(gpa),
+        .object => data.object.deinit(gpa),
+        // .shared_object => data.shared_object.deinit(gpa),
+    };
+    self.files.deinit(gpa);
+    self.objects.deinit(gpa);
 
-    self.program_headers.deinit(gpa);
+    self.shdrs.deinit(gpa);
+    self.phdr_to_shdr_table.deinit(gpa);
+    self.phdrs.deinit(gpa);
     self.shstrtab.deinit(gpa);
     self.strtab.deinit(gpa);
-    self.local_symbols.deinit(gpa);
-    self.global_symbols.deinit(gpa);
-    self.global_symbol_free_list.deinit(gpa);
-    self.local_symbol_free_list.deinit(gpa);
-    self.got_table.deinit(gpa);
+    self.symbols.deinit(gpa);
+    self.symbols_extra.deinit(gpa);
+    self.symbols_free_list.deinit(gpa);
+    self.got.deinit(gpa);
+    self.resolver.deinit(gpa);
+    self.start_stop_indexes.deinit(gpa);
 
     {
         var it = self.decls.iterator();
@@ -344,43 +286,41 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Elf) void {
     }
 
     self.atoms.deinit(gpa);
-    self.atom_by_index_table.deinit(gpa);
-    self.lazy_syms.deinit(gpa);
-
-    {
-        var it = self.unnamed_const_atoms.valueIterator();
-        while (it.next()) |atoms| {
-            atoms.deinit(gpa);
-        }
-        self.unnamed_const_atoms.deinit(gpa);
+    for (self.last_atom_and_free_list_table.values()) |*value| {
+        value.free_list.deinit(gpa);
     }
+    self.last_atom_and_free_list_table.deinit(gpa);
+    self.lazy_syms.deinit(gpa);
 
     {
-        var it = self.relocs.valueIterator();
-        while (it.next()) |relocs| {
-            relocs.deinit(gpa);
+        var it = self.unnamed_consts.valueIterator();
+        while (it.next()) |syms| {
+            syms.deinit(gpa);
         }
-        self.relocs.deinit(gpa);
+        self.unnamed_consts.deinit(gpa);
     }
 
     if (self.dwarf) |*dw| {
         dw.deinit();
     }
+
+    self.misc_errors.deinit(gpa);
+    self.comdat_groups.deinit(gpa);
+    self.comdat_groups_owners.deinit(gpa);
+    self.comdat_groups_table.deinit(gpa);
 }
 
-pub fn getDeclVAddr(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index, reloc_info: File.RelocInfo) !u64 {
+pub fn getDeclVAddr(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index, reloc_info: link.File.RelocInfo) !u64 {
     assert(self.llvm_object == null);
 
-    const this_atom_index = try self.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(decl_index);
-    const this_atom = self.getAtom(this_atom_index);
-    const target = this_atom.getSymbolIndex().?;
-    const vaddr = this_atom.getSymbol(self).st_value;
-    const atom_index = self.getAtomIndexForSymbol(reloc_info.parent_atom_index).?;
-    try Atom.addRelocation(self, atom_index, .{
-        .target = target,
-        .offset = reloc_info.offset,
-        .addend = reloc_info.addend,
-        .prev_vaddr = vaddr,
+    const this_sym_index = try self.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(decl_index);
+    const this_sym = self.symbol(this_sym_index);
+    const vaddr = this_sym.value;
+    const parent_atom = self.symbol(reloc_info.parent_atom_index).atom(self).?;
+    try parent_atom.addReloc(self, .{
+        .r_offset = reloc_info.offset,
+        .r_info = (@as(u64, @intCast(this_sym.esym_index)) << 32) | elf.R_X86_64_64,
+        .r_addend = reloc_info.addend,
     });
 
     return vaddr;
@@ -397,7 +337,7 @@ fn detectAllocCollision(self: *Elf, start: u64, size: u64) ?u64 {
 
     if (self.shdr_table_offset) |off| {
         const shdr_size: u64 = if (small_ptr) @sizeOf(elf.Elf32_Shdr) else @sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Shdr);
-        const tight_size = self.sections.slice().len * shdr_size;
+        const tight_size = self.shdrs.items.len * shdr_size;
         const increased_size = padToIdeal(tight_size);
         const test_end = off + increased_size;
         if (end > off and start < test_end) {
@@ -405,17 +345,17 @@ fn detectAllocCollision(self: *Elf, start: u64, size: u64) ?u64 {
         }
     }
 
-    for (self.sections.items(.shdr)) |section| {
+    for (self.shdrs.items) |section| {
         const increased_size = padToIdeal(section.sh_size);
         const test_end = section.sh_offset + increased_size;
         if (end > section.sh_offset and start < test_end) {
             return test_end;
         }
     }
-    for (self.program_headers.items) |program_header| {
-        const increased_size = padToIdeal(program_header.p_filesz);
-        const test_end = program_header.p_offset + increased_size;
-        if (end > program_header.p_offset and start < test_end) {
+    for (self.phdrs.items) |phdr| {
+        const increased_size = padToIdeal(phdr.p_filesz);
+        const test_end = phdr.p_offset + increased_size;
+        if (end > phdr.p_offset and start < test_end) {
             return test_end;
         }
     }
@@ -429,13 +369,13 @@ pub fn allocatedSize(self: *Elf, start: u64) u64 {
     if (self.shdr_table_offset) |off| {
         if (off > start and off < min_pos) min_pos = off;
     }
-    for (self.sections.items(.shdr)) |section| {
+    for (self.shdrs.items) |section| {
         if (section.sh_offset <= start) continue;
         if (section.sh_offset < min_pos) min_pos = section.sh_offset;
     }
-    for (self.program_headers.items) |program_header| {
-        if (program_header.p_offset <= start) continue;
-        if (program_header.p_offset < min_pos) min_pos = program_header.p_offset;
+    for (self.phdrs.items) |phdr| {
+        if (phdr.p_offset <= start) continue;
+        if (phdr.p_offset < min_pos) min_pos = phdr.p_offset;
     }
     return min_pos - start;
 }
@@ -457,19 +397,20 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
         .p64 => false,
     };
     const ptr_size: u8 = self.ptrWidthBytes();
+    const image_base = self.calcImageBase();
 
     if (self.phdr_table_index == null) {
-        self.phdr_table_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.program_headers.items.len));
+        self.phdr_table_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.phdrs.items.len));
         const p_align: u16 = switch (self.ptr_width) {
             .p32 => @alignOf(elf.Elf32_Phdr),
             .p64 => @alignOf(elf.Elf64_Phdr),
         };
-        try self.program_headers.append(gpa, .{
+        try self.phdrs.append(gpa, .{
             .p_type = elf.PT_PHDR,
             .p_offset = 0,
             .p_filesz = 0,
-            .p_vaddr = 0,
-            .p_paddr = 0,
+            .p_vaddr = image_base,
+            .p_paddr = image_base,
             .p_memsz = 0,
             .p_align = p_align,
             .p_flags = elf.PF_R,
@@ -478,31 +419,29 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
     }
 
     if (self.phdr_table_load_index == null) {
-        self.phdr_table_load_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.program_headers.items.len));
+        self.phdr_table_load_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.phdrs.items.len));
         // TODO Same as for GOT
-        const phdr_addr: u64 = if (self.base.options.target.ptrBitWidth() >= 32) 0x1000000 else 0x1000;
-        const p_align = self.page_size;
-        try self.program_headers.append(gpa, .{
+        try self.phdrs.append(gpa, .{
             .p_type = elf.PT_LOAD,
             .p_offset = 0,
             .p_filesz = 0,
-            .p_vaddr = phdr_addr,
-            .p_paddr = phdr_addr,
+            .p_vaddr = image_base,
+            .p_paddr = image_base,
             .p_memsz = 0,
-            .p_align = p_align,
+            .p_align = self.page_size,
             .p_flags = elf.PF_R,
         });
         self.phdr_table_dirty = true;
     }
 
     if (self.phdr_load_re_index == null) {
-        self.phdr_load_re_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.program_headers.items.len));
+        self.phdr_load_re_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.phdrs.items.len));
         const file_size = self.base.options.program_code_size_hint;
         const p_align = self.page_size;
         const off = self.findFreeSpace(file_size, p_align);
         log.debug("found PT_LOAD RE free space 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ off, off + file_size });
-        const entry_addr: u64 = self.entry_addr orelse if (self.base.options.target.cpu.arch == .spu_2) @as(u64, 0) else default_entry_addr;
-        try self.program_headers.append(gpa, .{
+        const entry_addr = self.defaultEntryAddress();
+        try self.phdrs.append(gpa, .{
             .p_type = elf.PT_LOAD,
             .p_offset = off,
             .p_filesz = file_size,
@@ -517,7 +456,7 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
     }
 
     if (self.phdr_got_index == null) {
-        self.phdr_got_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.program_headers.items.len));
+        self.phdr_got_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.phdrs.items.len));
         const file_size = @as(u64, ptr_size) * self.base.options.symbol_count_hint;
         // We really only need ptr alignment but since we are using PROGBITS, linux requires
         // page align.
@@ -528,7 +467,7 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
         // we'll need to re-use that function anyway, in case the GOT grows and overlaps something
         // else in virtual memory.
         const got_addr: u32 = if (self.base.options.target.ptrBitWidth() >= 32) 0x4000000 else 0x8000;
-        try self.program_headers.append(gpa, .{
+        try self.phdrs.append(gpa, .{
             .p_type = elf.PT_LOAD,
             .p_offset = off,
             .p_filesz = file_size,
@@ -542,7 +481,7 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
     }
 
     if (self.phdr_load_ro_index == null) {
-        self.phdr_load_ro_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.program_headers.items.len));
+        self.phdr_load_ro_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.phdrs.items.len));
         // TODO Find a hint about how much data need to be in rodata ?
         const file_size = 1024;
         // Same reason as for GOT
@@ -551,7 +490,7 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
         log.debug("found PT_LOAD RO free space 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ off, off + file_size });
         // TODO Same as for GOT
         const rodata_addr: u32 = if (self.base.options.target.ptrBitWidth() >= 32) 0xc000000 else 0xa000;
-        try self.program_headers.append(gpa, .{
+        try self.phdrs.append(gpa, .{
             .p_type = elf.PT_LOAD,
             .p_offset = off,
             .p_filesz = file_size,
@@ -565,7 +504,7 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
     }
 
     if (self.phdr_load_rw_index == null) {
-        self.phdr_load_rw_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.program_headers.items.len));
+        self.phdr_load_rw_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.phdrs.items.len));
         // TODO Find a hint about how much data need to be in data ?
         const file_size = 1024;
         // Same reason as for GOT
@@ -574,7 +513,7 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
         log.debug("found PT_LOAD RW free space 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ off, off + file_size });
         // TODO Same as for GOT
         const rwdata_addr: u32 = if (self.base.options.target.ptrBitWidth() >= 32) 0x10000000 else 0xc000;
-        try self.program_headers.append(gpa, .{
+        try self.phdrs.append(gpa, .{
             .p_type = elf.PT_LOAD,
             .p_offset = off,
             .p_filesz = file_size,
@@ -588,197 +527,174 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
     }
 
     if (self.shstrtab_section_index == null) {
-        self.shstrtab_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
+        self.shstrtab_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
         assert(self.shstrtab.buffer.items.len == 0);
         try self.shstrtab.buffer.append(gpa, 0); // need a 0 at position 0
         const off = self.findFreeSpace(self.shstrtab.buffer.items.len, 1);
         log.debug("found .shstrtab free space 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ off, off + self.shstrtab.buffer.items.len });
-        try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-            .shdr = .{
-                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".shstrtab"),
-                .sh_type = elf.SHT_STRTAB,
-                .sh_flags = 0,
-                .sh_addr = 0,
-                .sh_offset = off,
-                .sh_size = self.shstrtab.buffer.items.len,
-                .sh_link = 0,
-                .sh_info = 0,
-                .sh_addralign = 1,
-                .sh_entsize = 0,
-            },
-            .phdr_index = undefined,
+        try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+            .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".shstrtab"),
+            .sh_type = elf.SHT_STRTAB,
+            .sh_flags = 0,
+            .sh_addr = 0,
+            .sh_offset = off,
+            .sh_size = self.shstrtab.buffer.items.len,
+            .sh_link = 0,
+            .sh_info = 0,
+            .sh_addralign = 1,
+            .sh_entsize = 0,
         });
         self.shstrtab_dirty = true;
         self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
     }
 
     if (self.strtab_section_index == null) {
-        self.strtab_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
+        self.strtab_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
         assert(self.strtab.buffer.items.len == 0);
         try self.strtab.buffer.append(gpa, 0); // need a 0 at position 0
         const off = self.findFreeSpace(self.strtab.buffer.items.len, 1);
         log.debug("found .strtab free space 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ off, off + self.strtab.buffer.items.len });
-        try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-            .shdr = .{
-                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".strtab"),
-                .sh_type = elf.SHT_STRTAB,
-                .sh_flags = 0,
-                .sh_addr = 0,
-                .sh_offset = off,
-                .sh_size = self.strtab.buffer.items.len,
-                .sh_link = 0,
-                .sh_info = 0,
-                .sh_addralign = 1,
-                .sh_entsize = 0,
-            },
-            .phdr_index = undefined,
+        try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+            .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".strtab"),
+            .sh_type = elf.SHT_STRTAB,
+            .sh_flags = 0,
+            .sh_addr = 0,
+            .sh_offset = off,
+            .sh_size = self.strtab.buffer.items.len,
+            .sh_link = 0,
+            .sh_info = 0,
+            .sh_addralign = 1,
+            .sh_entsize = 0,
         });
         self.strtab_dirty = true;
         self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
     }
 
     if (self.text_section_index == null) {
-        self.text_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
-        const phdr = &self.program_headers.items[self.phdr_load_re_index.?];
-
-        try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-            .shdr = .{
-                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".text"),
-                .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
-                .sh_flags = elf.SHF_ALLOC | elf.SHF_EXECINSTR,
-                .sh_addr = phdr.p_vaddr,
-                .sh_offset = phdr.p_offset,
-                .sh_size = phdr.p_filesz,
-                .sh_link = 0,
-                .sh_info = 0,
-                .sh_addralign = 1,
-                .sh_entsize = 0,
-            },
-            .phdr_index = self.phdr_load_re_index.?,
+        self.text_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
+        const phdr = &self.phdrs.items[self.phdr_load_re_index.?];
+        try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+            .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".text"),
+            .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+            .sh_flags = elf.SHF_ALLOC | elf.SHF_EXECINSTR,
+            .sh_addr = phdr.p_vaddr,
+            .sh_offset = phdr.p_offset,
+            .sh_size = phdr.p_filesz,
+            .sh_link = 0,
+            .sh_info = 0,
+            .sh_addralign = 1,
+            .sh_entsize = 0,
         });
+        try self.phdr_to_shdr_table.putNoClobber(gpa, self.text_section_index.?, self.phdr_load_re_index.?);
+        try self.last_atom_and_free_list_table.putNoClobber(gpa, self.text_section_index.?, .{});
         self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
     }
 
     if (self.got_section_index == null) {
-        self.got_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
-        const phdr = &self.program_headers.items[self.phdr_got_index.?];
-
-        try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-            .shdr = .{
-                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".got"),
-                .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
-                .sh_flags = elf.SHF_ALLOC,
-                .sh_addr = phdr.p_vaddr,
-                .sh_offset = phdr.p_offset,
-                .sh_size = phdr.p_filesz,
-                .sh_link = 0,
-                .sh_info = 0,
-                .sh_addralign = @as(u16, ptr_size),
-                .sh_entsize = 0,
-            },
-            .phdr_index = self.phdr_got_index.?,
+        self.got_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
+        const phdr = &self.phdrs.items[self.phdr_got_index.?];
+        try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+            .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".got"),
+            .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+            .sh_flags = elf.SHF_ALLOC,
+            .sh_addr = phdr.p_vaddr,
+            .sh_offset = phdr.p_offset,
+            .sh_size = phdr.p_filesz,
+            .sh_link = 0,
+            .sh_info = 0,
+            .sh_addralign = @as(u16, ptr_size),
+            .sh_entsize = 0,
         });
+        try self.phdr_to_shdr_table.putNoClobber(gpa, self.got_section_index.?, self.phdr_got_index.?);
         self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
     }
 
     if (self.rodata_section_index == null) {
-        self.rodata_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
-        const phdr = &self.program_headers.items[self.phdr_load_ro_index.?];
-
-        try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-            .shdr = .{
-                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".rodata"),
-                .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
-                .sh_flags = elf.SHF_ALLOC,
-                .sh_addr = phdr.p_vaddr,
-                .sh_offset = phdr.p_offset,
-                .sh_size = phdr.p_filesz,
-                .sh_link = 0,
-                .sh_info = 0,
-                .sh_addralign = 1,
-                .sh_entsize = 0,
-            },
-            .phdr_index = self.phdr_load_ro_index.?,
+        self.rodata_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
+        const phdr = &self.phdrs.items[self.phdr_load_ro_index.?];
+        try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+            .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".rodata"),
+            .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+            .sh_flags = elf.SHF_ALLOC,
+            .sh_addr = phdr.p_vaddr,
+            .sh_offset = phdr.p_offset,
+            .sh_size = phdr.p_filesz,
+            .sh_link = 0,
+            .sh_info = 0,
+            .sh_addralign = 1,
+            .sh_entsize = 0,
         });
+        try self.phdr_to_shdr_table.putNoClobber(gpa, self.rodata_section_index.?, self.phdr_load_ro_index.?);
+        try self.last_atom_and_free_list_table.putNoClobber(gpa, self.rodata_section_index.?, .{});
         self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
     }
 
     if (self.data_section_index == null) {
-        self.data_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
-        const phdr = &self.program_headers.items[self.phdr_load_rw_index.?];
-
-        try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-            .shdr = .{
-                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".data"),
-                .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
-                .sh_flags = elf.SHF_WRITE | elf.SHF_ALLOC,
-                .sh_addr = phdr.p_vaddr,
-                .sh_offset = phdr.p_offset,
-                .sh_size = phdr.p_filesz,
-                .sh_link = 0,
-                .sh_info = 0,
-                .sh_addralign = @as(u16, ptr_size),
-                .sh_entsize = 0,
-            },
-            .phdr_index = self.phdr_load_rw_index.?,
+        self.data_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
+        const phdr = &self.phdrs.items[self.phdr_load_rw_index.?];
+        try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+            .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".data"),
+            .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+            .sh_flags = elf.SHF_WRITE | elf.SHF_ALLOC,
+            .sh_addr = phdr.p_vaddr,
+            .sh_offset = phdr.p_offset,
+            .sh_size = phdr.p_filesz,
+            .sh_link = 0,
+            .sh_info = 0,
+            .sh_addralign = @as(u16, ptr_size),
+            .sh_entsize = 0,
         });
+        try self.phdr_to_shdr_table.putNoClobber(gpa, self.data_section_index.?, self.phdr_load_rw_index.?);
+        try self.last_atom_and_free_list_table.putNoClobber(gpa, self.data_section_index.?, .{});
         self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
     }
 
     if (self.symtab_section_index == null) {
-        self.symtab_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
+        self.symtab_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
         const min_align: u16 = if (small_ptr) @alignOf(elf.Elf32_Sym) else @alignOf(elf.Elf64_Sym);
         const each_size: u64 = if (small_ptr) @sizeOf(elf.Elf32_Sym) else @sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Sym);
         const file_size = self.base.options.symbol_count_hint * each_size;
         const off = self.findFreeSpace(file_size, min_align);
         log.debug("found symtab free space 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ off, off + file_size });
-
-        try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-            .shdr = .{
-                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".symtab"),
-                .sh_type = elf.SHT_SYMTAB,
-                .sh_flags = 0,
-                .sh_addr = 0,
-                .sh_offset = off,
-                .sh_size = file_size,
-                // The section header index of the associated string table.
-                .sh_link = self.strtab_section_index.?,
-                .sh_info = @as(u32, @intCast(self.local_symbols.items.len)),
-                .sh_addralign = min_align,
-                .sh_entsize = each_size,
-            },
-            .phdr_index = undefined,
+        try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+            .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".symtab"),
+            .sh_type = elf.SHT_SYMTAB,
+            .sh_flags = 0,
+            .sh_addr = 0,
+            .sh_offset = off,
+            .sh_size = file_size,
+            // The section header index of the associated string table.
+            .sh_link = self.strtab_section_index.?,
+            .sh_info = @as(u32, @intCast(self.symbols.items.len)),
+            .sh_addralign = min_align,
+            .sh_entsize = each_size,
         });
         self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
     }
 
     if (self.dwarf) |*dw| {
         if (self.debug_str_section_index == null) {
-            self.debug_str_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
+            self.debug_str_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
             assert(dw.strtab.buffer.items.len == 0);
             try dw.strtab.buffer.append(gpa, 0);
-            try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-                .shdr = .{
-                    .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_str"),
-                    .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
-                    .sh_flags = elf.SHF_MERGE | elf.SHF_STRINGS,
-                    .sh_addr = 0,
-                    .sh_offset = 0,
-                    .sh_size = 0,
-                    .sh_link = 0,
-                    .sh_info = 0,
-                    .sh_addralign = 1,
-                    .sh_entsize = 1,
-                },
-                .phdr_index = undefined,
+            try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_str"),
+                .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+                .sh_flags = elf.SHF_MERGE | elf.SHF_STRINGS,
+                .sh_addr = 0,
+                .sh_offset = 0,
+                .sh_size = 0,
+                .sh_link = 0,
+                .sh_info = 0,
+                .sh_addralign = 1,
+                .sh_entsize = 1,
             });
             self.debug_strtab_dirty = true;
             self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
         }
 
         if (self.debug_info_section_index == null) {
-            self.debug_info_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
-
+            self.debug_info_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
             const file_size_hint = 200;
             const p_align = 1;
             const off = self.findFreeSpace(file_size_hint, p_align);
@@ -786,28 +702,24 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
                 off,
                 off + file_size_hint,
             });
-            try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-                .shdr = .{
-                    .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_info"),
-                    .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
-                    .sh_flags = 0,
-                    .sh_addr = 0,
-                    .sh_offset = off,
-                    .sh_size = file_size_hint,
-                    .sh_link = 0,
-                    .sh_info = 0,
-                    .sh_addralign = p_align,
-                    .sh_entsize = 0,
-                },
-                .phdr_index = undefined,
+            try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_info"),
+                .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+                .sh_flags = 0,
+                .sh_addr = 0,
+                .sh_offset = off,
+                .sh_size = file_size_hint,
+                .sh_link = 0,
+                .sh_info = 0,
+                .sh_addralign = p_align,
+                .sh_entsize = 0,
             });
             self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
             self.debug_info_header_dirty = true;
         }
 
         if (self.debug_abbrev_section_index == null) {
-            self.debug_abbrev_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
-
+            self.debug_abbrev_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
             const file_size_hint = 128;
             const p_align = 1;
             const off = self.findFreeSpace(file_size_hint, p_align);
@@ -815,28 +727,24 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
                 off,
                 off + file_size_hint,
             });
-            try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-                .shdr = .{
-                    .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_abbrev"),
-                    .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
-                    .sh_flags = 0,
-                    .sh_addr = 0,
-                    .sh_offset = off,
-                    .sh_size = file_size_hint,
-                    .sh_link = 0,
-                    .sh_info = 0,
-                    .sh_addralign = p_align,
-                    .sh_entsize = 0,
-                },
-                .phdr_index = undefined,
+            try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_abbrev"),
+                .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+                .sh_flags = 0,
+                .sh_addr = 0,
+                .sh_offset = off,
+                .sh_size = file_size_hint,
+                .sh_link = 0,
+                .sh_info = 0,
+                .sh_addralign = p_align,
+                .sh_entsize = 0,
             });
             self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
             self.debug_abbrev_section_dirty = true;
         }
 
         if (self.debug_aranges_section_index == null) {
-            self.debug_aranges_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
-
+            self.debug_aranges_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
             const file_size_hint = 160;
             const p_align = 16;
             const off = self.findFreeSpace(file_size_hint, p_align);
@@ -844,28 +752,24 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
                 off,
                 off + file_size_hint,
             });
-            try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-                .shdr = .{
-                    .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_aranges"),
-                    .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
-                    .sh_flags = 0,
-                    .sh_addr = 0,
-                    .sh_offset = off,
-                    .sh_size = file_size_hint,
-                    .sh_link = 0,
-                    .sh_info = 0,
-                    .sh_addralign = p_align,
-                    .sh_entsize = 0,
-                },
-                .phdr_index = undefined,
+            try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_aranges"),
+                .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+                .sh_flags = 0,
+                .sh_addr = 0,
+                .sh_offset = off,
+                .sh_size = file_size_hint,
+                .sh_link = 0,
+                .sh_info = 0,
+                .sh_addralign = p_align,
+                .sh_entsize = 0,
             });
             self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
             self.debug_aranges_section_dirty = true;
         }
 
         if (self.debug_line_section_index == null) {
-            self.debug_line_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
-
+            self.debug_line_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
             const file_size_hint = 250;
             const p_align = 1;
             const off = self.findFreeSpace(file_size_hint, p_align);
@@ -873,20 +777,17 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
                 off,
                 off + file_size_hint,
             });
-            try self.sections.append(gpa, .{
-                .shdr = .{
-                    .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_line"),
-                    .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
-                    .sh_flags = 0,
-                    .sh_addr = 0,
-                    .sh_offset = off,
-                    .sh_size = file_size_hint,
-                    .sh_link = 0,
-                    .sh_info = 0,
-                    .sh_addralign = p_align,
-                    .sh_entsize = 0,
-                },
-                .phdr_index = undefined,
+            try self.shdrs.append(gpa, .{
+                .sh_name = try self.shstrtab.insert(gpa, ".debug_line"),
+                .sh_type = elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+                .sh_flags = 0,
+                .sh_addr = 0,
+                .sh_offset = off,
+                .sh_size = file_size_hint,
+                .sh_link = 0,
+                .sh_info = 0,
+                .sh_addralign = p_align,
+                .sh_entsize = 0,
             });
             self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
             self.debug_line_header_dirty = true;
@@ -902,13 +803,13 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
         .p64 => @alignOf(elf.Elf64_Shdr),
     };
     if (self.shdr_table_offset == null) {
-        self.shdr_table_offset = self.findFreeSpace(self.sections.slice().len * shsize, shalign);
+        self.shdr_table_offset = self.findFreeSpace(self.shdrs.items.len * shsize, shalign);
         self.shdr_table_dirty = true;
     }
 
     {
         // Iterate over symbols, populating free_list and last_text_block.
-        if (self.local_symbols.items.len != 1) {
+        if (self.symbols.items.len != 1) {
             @panic("TODO implement setting up free_list and last_text_block from existing ELF file");
         }
         // We are starting with an empty file. The default values are correct, null and empty list.
@@ -920,7 +821,7 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
         // offset + it's filesize.
         var max_file_offset: u64 = 0;
 
-        for (self.sections.items(.shdr)) |shdr| {
+        for (self.shdrs.items) |shdr| {
             if (shdr.sh_offset + shdr.sh_size > max_file_offset) {
                 max_file_offset = shdr.sh_offset + shdr.sh_size;
             }
@@ -928,25 +829,47 @@ pub fn populateMissingMetadata(self: *Elf) !void {
 
         try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(&[_]u8{0}, max_file_offset);
     }
+
+    if (self.base.options.module) |module| {
+        if (self.zig_module_index == null) {
+            const index = @as(File.Index, @intCast(try self.files.addOne(gpa)));
+            self.files.set(index, .{ .zig_module = .{
+                .index = index,
+                .path = module.main_pkg.root_src_path,
+            } });
+            self.zig_module_index = index;
+            const zig_module = self.file(index).?.zig_module;
+
+            const name_off = try self.strtab.insert(gpa, std.fs.path.stem(module.main_pkg.root_src_path));
+            const symbol_index = try self.addSymbol();
+            try zig_module.local_symbols.append(gpa, symbol_index);
+            const symbol_ptr = self.symbol(symbol_index);
+            symbol_ptr.file_index = zig_module.index;
+            symbol_ptr.name_offset = name_off;
+
+            const esym_index = try zig_module.addLocalEsym(gpa);
+            const esym = &zig_module.local_esyms.items[esym_index];
+            esym.st_name = name_off;
+            esym.st_info |= elf.STT_FILE;
+            esym.st_shndx = elf.SHN_ABS;
+            symbol_ptr.esym_index = esym_index;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-fn growAllocSection(self: *Elf, shdr_index: u16, needed_size: u64) !void {
+pub fn growAllocSection(self: *Elf, shdr_index: u16, needed_size: u64) !void {
     // TODO Also detect virtual address collisions.
-    const shdr = &self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index];
-    const phdr_index = self.sections.items(.phdr_index)[shdr_index];
-    const phdr = &self.program_headers.items[phdr_index];
-    const maybe_last_atom_index = self.sections.items(.last_atom_index)[shdr_index];
+    const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shdr_index];
+    const phdr_index = self.phdr_to_shdr_table.get(shdr_index).?;
+    const phdr = &self.phdrs.items[phdr_index];
 
     if (needed_size > self.allocatedSize(shdr.sh_offset)) {
         // Must move the entire section.
         const new_offset = self.findFreeSpace(needed_size, self.page_size);
-        const existing_size = if (maybe_last_atom_index) |last_atom_index| blk: {
-            const last = self.getAtom(last_atom_index);
-            const sym = last.getSymbol(self);
-            break :blk (sym.st_value + sym.st_size) - phdr.p_vaddr;
-        } else if (shdr_index == self.got_section_index.?) blk: {
-            break :blk shdr.sh_size;
-        } else 0;
+        const existing_size = if (self.last_atom_and_free_list_table.get(shdr_index)) |meta| blk: {
+            const last = self.atom(meta.last_atom_index) orelse break :blk 0;
+            break :blk (last.value + last.size) - phdr.p_vaddr;
+        } else shdr.sh_size;
         shdr.sh_size = 0;
 
         log.debug("new '{?s}' file offset 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{
@@ -976,7 +899,7 @@ pub fn growNonAllocSection(
     min_alignment: u32,
     requires_file_copy: bool,
 ) !void {
-    const shdr = &self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index];
+    const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shdr_index];
 
     if (needed_size > self.allocatedSize(shdr.sh_offset)) {
         const existing_size = if (self.symtab_section_index.? == shdr_index) blk: {
@@ -989,7 +912,12 @@ pub fn growNonAllocSection(
         shdr.sh_size = 0;
         // Move all the symbols to a new file location.
         const new_offset = self.findFreeSpace(needed_size, min_alignment);
-        log.debug("moving '{?s}' from 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ self.shstrtab.get(shdr.sh_name), shdr.sh_offset, new_offset });
+
+        log.debug("moving '{?s}' from 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{
+            self.shstrtab.get(shdr.sh_name),
+            shdr.sh_offset,
+            new_offset,
+        });
 
         if (requires_file_copy) {
             const amt = try self.base.file.?.copyRangeAll(
@@ -1065,21 +993,50 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
     // corresponds to the Zig source code.
     const module = self.base.options.module orelse return error.LinkingWithoutZigSourceUnimplemented;
 
+    const compiler_rt_path: ?[]const u8 = blk: {
+        if (comp.compiler_rt_lib) |x| break :blk x.full_object_path;
+        if (comp.compiler_rt_obj) |x| break :blk x.full_object_path;
+        break :blk null;
+    };
+    _ = compiler_rt_path;
+
+    // Here we will parse input positional and library files (if referenced).
+    // This will roughly match in any linker backend we support.
+    var positionals = std.ArrayList(Compilation.LinkObject).init(gpa);
+    defer positionals.deinit();
+    try positionals.ensureUnusedCapacity(self.base.options.objects.len);
+    positionals.appendSliceAssumeCapacity(self.base.options.objects);
+
+    // This is a set of object files emitted by clang in a single `build-exe` invocation.
+    // For instance, the implicit `a.o` as compiled by `zig build-exe a.c` will end up
+    // in this set.
+    for (comp.c_object_table.keys()) |key| {
+        try positionals.append(.{ .path = key.status.success.object_path });
+    }
+
+    for (positionals.items) |obj| {
+        const in_file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(obj.path, .{});
+        defer in_file.close();
+
+        var parse_ctx: ParseErrorCtx = .{ .detected_cpu_arch = undefined };
+        self.parsePositional(in_file, obj.path, obj.must_link, &parse_ctx) catch |err|
+            try self.handleAndReportParseError(obj.path, err, &parse_ctx);
+    }
+
+    // Handle any lazy symbols that were emitted by incremental compilation.
     if (self.lazy_syms.getPtr(.none)) |metadata| {
         // Most lazy symbols can be updated on first use, but
         // anyerror needs to wait for everything to be flushed.
-        if (metadata.text_state != .unused) self.updateLazySymbolAtom(
-            File.LazySymbol.initDecl(.code, null, module),
-            metadata.text_atom,
-            self.text_section_index.?,
+        if (metadata.text_state != .unused) self.updateLazySymbol(
+            link.File.LazySymbol.initDecl(.code, null, module),
+            metadata.text_symbol_index,
         ) catch |err| return switch (err) {
             error.CodegenFail => error.FlushFailure,
             else => |e| e,
         };
-        if (metadata.rodata_state != .unused) self.updateLazySymbolAtom(
-            File.LazySymbol.initDecl(.const_data, null, module),
-            metadata.rodata_atom,
-            self.rodata_section_index.?,
+        if (metadata.rodata_state != .unused) self.updateLazySymbol(
+            link.File.LazySymbol.initDecl(.const_data, null, module),
+            metadata.rodata_symbol_index,
         ) catch |err| return switch (err) {
             error.CodegenFail => error.FlushFailure,
             else => |e| e,
@@ -1097,46 +1054,59 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
         try dw.flushModule(module);
     }
 
-    {
-        var it = self.relocs.iterator();
-        while (it.next()) |entry| {
-            const atom_index = entry.key_ptr.*;
-            const relocs = entry.value_ptr.*;
-            const atom = self.getAtom(atom_index);
-            const source_sym = atom.getSymbol(self);
-            const source_shdr = self.sections.items(.shdr)[source_sym.st_shndx];
-
-            log.debug("relocating '{?s}'", .{self.strtab.get(source_sym.st_name)});
-
-            for (relocs.items) |*reloc| {
-                const target_sym = self.local_symbols.items[reloc.target];
-                const target_vaddr = target_sym.st_value + reloc.addend;
-
-                if (target_vaddr == reloc.prev_vaddr) continue;
-
-                const section_offset = (source_sym.st_value + reloc.offset) - source_shdr.sh_addr;
-                const file_offset = source_shdr.sh_offset + section_offset;
-
-                log.debug("  ({x}: [() => 0x{x}] ({?s}))", .{
-                    reloc.offset,
-                    target_vaddr,
-                    self.strtab.get(target_sym.st_name),
-                });
-
-                switch (self.ptr_width) {
-                    .p32 => try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.asBytes(&@as(u32, @intCast(target_vaddr))), file_offset),
-                    .p64 => try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.asBytes(&target_vaddr), file_offset),
-                }
-
-                reloc.prev_vaddr = target_vaddr;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    try self.writeSymbols();
-
+    // If we haven't already, create a linker-generated input file comprising of
+    // linker-defined synthetic symbols only such as `_DYNAMIC`, etc.
+    if (self.linker_defined_index == null) {
+        const index = @as(File.Index, @intCast(try self.files.addOne(gpa)));
+        self.files.set(index, .{ .linker_defined = .{ .index = index } });
+        self.linker_defined_index = index;
+    }
+    try self.addLinkerDefinedSymbols();
+
+    // Now, we are ready to resolve the symbols across all input files.
+    // We will first resolve the files in the ZigModule, next in the parsed
+    // input Object files.
+    // Any qualifing unresolved symbol will be upgraded to an absolute, weak
+    // symbol for potential resolution at load-time.
+    self.resolveSymbols();
+    self.markImportsExports();
+    self.claimUnresolved();
+
+    // Scan and create missing synthetic entries such as GOT indirection.
+    try self.scanRelocs();
+
+    // Allocate atoms parsed from input object files, followed by allocating
+    // linker-defined synthetic symbols.
+    try self.allocateObjects();
+    self.allocateLinkerDefinedSymbols();
+
+    // Beyond this point, everything has been allocated a virtual address and we can resolve
+    // the relocations, and commit objects to file.
+    if (self.zig_module_index) |index| {
+        for (self.file(index).?.zig_module.atoms.keys()) |atom_index| {
+            const atom_ptr = self.atom(atom_index).?;
+            if (!atom_ptr.alive) continue;
+            const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[atom_ptr.output_section_index];
+            const file_offset = shdr.sh_offset + atom_ptr.value - shdr.sh_addr;
+            const size = math.cast(usize, atom_ptr.size) orelse return error.Overflow;
+            const code = try gpa.alloc(u8, size);
+            defer gpa.free(code);
+            const amt = try self.base.file.?.preadAll(code, file_offset);
+            if (amt != code.len) return error.InputOutput;
+            try atom_ptr.resolveRelocs(self, code);
+            try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(code, file_offset);
+        }
+    }
+    try self.writeObjects();
+
+    // Generate and emit the symbol table.
+    try self.updateSymtabSize();
+    try self.writeSymtab();
+
+    // Dump the state for easy debugging.
+    // State can be dumped via `--debug-log link_state`.
     if (build_options.enable_logging) {
-        self.logSymtab();
+        state_log.debug("{}", .{self.dumpState()});
     }
 
     if (self.dwarf) |*dw| {
@@ -1144,7 +1114,7 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
             try dw.writeDbgAbbrev();
             if (!self.shdr_table_dirty) {
                 // Then it won't get written with the others and we need to do it.
-                try self.writeSectHeader(self.debug_abbrev_section_index.?);
+                try self.writeShdr(self.debug_abbrev_section_index.?);
             }
             self.debug_abbrev_section_dirty = false;
         }
@@ -1152,7 +1122,7 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
         if (self.debug_info_header_dirty) {
             // Currently only one compilation unit is supported, so the address range is simply
             // identical to the main program header virtual address and memory size.
-            const text_phdr = &self.program_headers.items[self.phdr_load_re_index.?];
+            const text_phdr = &self.phdrs.items[self.phdr_load_re_index.?];
             const low_pc = text_phdr.p_vaddr;
             const high_pc = text_phdr.p_vaddr + text_phdr.p_memsz;
             try dw.writeDbgInfoHeader(module, low_pc, high_pc);
@@ -1162,11 +1132,11 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
         if (self.debug_aranges_section_dirty) {
             // Currently only one compilation unit is supported, so the address range is simply
             // identical to the main program header virtual address and memory size.
-            const text_phdr = &self.program_headers.items[self.phdr_load_re_index.?];
+            const text_phdr = &self.phdrs.items[self.phdr_load_re_index.?];
             try dw.writeDbgAranges(text_phdr.p_vaddr, text_phdr.p_memsz);
             if (!self.shdr_table_dirty) {
                 // Then it won't get written with the others and we need to do it.
-                try self.writeSectHeader(self.debug_aranges_section_index.?);
+                try self.writeShdr(self.debug_aranges_section_index.?);
             }
             self.debug_aranges_section_dirty = false;
         }
@@ -1184,11 +1154,11 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
         };
 
         const phdr_table_index = self.phdr_table_index.?;
-        const phdr_table = &self.program_headers.items[phdr_table_index];
-        const phdr_table_load = &self.program_headers.items[self.phdr_table_load_index.?];
+        const phdr_table = &self.phdrs.items[phdr_table_index];
+        const phdr_table_load = &self.phdrs.items[self.phdr_table_load_index.?];
 
         const allocated_size = self.allocatedSize(phdr_table.p_offset);
-        const needed_size = self.program_headers.items.len * phsize;
+        const needed_size = self.phdrs.items.len * phsize;
 
         if (needed_size > allocated_size) {
             phdr_table.p_offset = 0; // free the space
@@ -1207,11 +1177,11 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
 
         switch (self.ptr_width) {
             .p32 => {
-                const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf32_Phdr, self.program_headers.items.len);
+                const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf32_Phdr, self.phdrs.items.len);
                 defer gpa.free(buf);
 
                 for (buf, 0..) |*phdr, i| {
-                    phdr.* = progHeaderTo32(self.program_headers.items[i]);
+                    phdr.* = phdrTo32(self.phdrs.items[i]);
                     if (foreign_endian) {
                         mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf32_Phdr, phdr);
                     }
@@ -1219,11 +1189,11 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
                 try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(buf), phdr_table.p_offset);
             },
             .p64 => {
-                const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf64_Phdr, self.program_headers.items.len);
+                const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf64_Phdr, self.phdrs.items.len);
                 defer gpa.free(buf);
 
                 for (buf, 0..) |*phdr, i| {
-                    phdr.* = self.program_headers.items[i];
+                    phdr.* = self.phdrs.items[i];
                     if (foreign_endian) {
                         mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf64_Phdr, phdr);
                     }
@@ -1241,9 +1211,9 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
 
     {
         const shdr_index = self.shstrtab_section_index.?;
-        if (self.shstrtab_dirty or self.shstrtab.buffer.items.len != self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index].sh_size) {
+        if (self.shstrtab_dirty or self.shstrtab.buffer.items.len != self.shdrs.items[shdr_index].sh_size) {
             try self.growNonAllocSection(shdr_index, self.shstrtab.buffer.items.len, 1, false);
-            const shstrtab_sect = self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index];
+            const shstrtab_sect = &self.shdrs.items[shdr_index];
             try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(self.shstrtab.buffer.items, shstrtab_sect.sh_offset);
             self.shstrtab_dirty = false;
         }
@@ -1251,9 +1221,9 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
 
     {
         const shdr_index = self.strtab_section_index.?;
-        if (self.strtab_dirty or self.strtab.buffer.items.len != self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index].sh_size) {
+        if (self.strtab_dirty or self.strtab.buffer.items.len != self.shdrs.items[shdr_index].sh_size) {
             try self.growNonAllocSection(shdr_index, self.strtab.buffer.items.len, 1, false);
-            const strtab_sect = self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index];
+            const strtab_sect = self.shdrs.items[shdr_index];
             try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(self.strtab.buffer.items, strtab_sect.sh_offset);
             self.strtab_dirty = false;
         }
@@ -1261,9 +1231,9 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
 
     if (self.dwarf) |dwarf| {
         const shdr_index = self.debug_str_section_index.?;
-        if (self.debug_strtab_dirty or dwarf.strtab.buffer.items.len != self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index].sh_size) {
+        if (self.debug_strtab_dirty or dwarf.strtab.buffer.items.len != self.shdrs.items[shdr_index].sh_size) {
             try self.growNonAllocSection(shdr_index, dwarf.strtab.buffer.items.len, 1, false);
-            const debug_strtab_sect = self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index];
+            const debug_strtab_sect = self.shdrs.items[shdr_index];
             try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(dwarf.strtab.buffer.items, debug_strtab_sect.sh_offset);
             self.debug_strtab_dirty = false;
         }
@@ -1279,7 +1249,7 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
             .p64 => @alignOf(elf.Elf64_Shdr),
         };
         const allocated_size = self.allocatedSize(self.shdr_table_offset.?);
-        const needed_size = self.sections.slice().len * shsize;
+        const needed_size = self.shdrs.items.len * shsize;
 
         if (needed_size > allocated_size) {
             self.shdr_table_offset = null; // free the space
@@ -1288,12 +1258,11 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
 
         switch (self.ptr_width) {
             .p32 => {
-                const slice = self.sections.slice();
-                const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf32_Shdr, slice.len);
+                const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf32_Shdr, self.shdrs.items.len);
                 defer gpa.free(buf);
 
                 for (buf, 0..) |*shdr, i| {
-                    shdr.* = sectHeaderTo32(slice.items(.shdr)[i]);
+                    shdr.* = shdrTo32(self.shdrs.items[i]);
                     log.debug("writing section {?s}: {}", .{ self.shstrtab.get(shdr.sh_name), shdr.* });
                     if (foreign_endian) {
                         mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf32_Shdr, shdr);
@@ -1302,12 +1271,11 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
                 try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(buf), self.shdr_table_offset.?);
             },
             .p64 => {
-                const slice = self.sections.slice();
-                const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf64_Shdr, slice.len);
+                const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf64_Shdr, self.shdrs.items.len);
                 defer gpa.free(buf);
 
                 for (buf, 0..) |*shdr, i| {
-                    shdr.* = slice.items(.shdr)[i];
+                    shdr.* = self.shdrs.items[i];
                     log.debug("writing section {?s}: {}", .{ self.shstrtab.get(shdr.sh_name), shdr.* });
                     if (foreign_endian) {
                         mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf64_Shdr, shdr);
@@ -1338,7 +1306,194 @@ pub fn flushModule(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node
     assert(!self.shstrtab_dirty);
     assert(!self.strtab_dirty);
     assert(!self.debug_strtab_dirty);
-    assert(!self.got_table_count_dirty);
+    assert(!self.got.dirty);
+}
+
+const ParseError = error{
+    UnknownFileType,
+    InvalidCpuArch,
+    OutOfMemory,
+    Overflow,
+    InputOutput,
+    EndOfStream,
+    FileSystem,
+    NotSupported,
+} || std.os.SeekError || std.fs.File.OpenError || std.fs.File.ReadError;
+
+fn parsePositional(
+    self: *Elf,
+    in_file: std.fs.File,
+    path: []const u8,
+    must_link: bool,
+    ctx: *ParseErrorCtx,
+) ParseError!void {
+    const tracy = trace(@src());
+    defer tracy.end();
+    _ = must_link;
+
+    if (Object.isObject(in_file)) {
+        try self.parseObject(in_file, path, ctx);
+    } else return error.UnknownFileType;
+}
+
+fn parseObject(self: *Elf, in_file: std.fs.File, path: []const u8, ctx: *ParseErrorCtx) ParseError!void {
+    const tracy = trace(@src());
+    defer tracy.end();
+
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+    const data = try in_file.readToEndAlloc(gpa, std.math.maxInt(u32));
+    const index = @as(File.Index, @intCast(try self.files.addOne(gpa)));
+    self.files.set(index, .{ .object = .{
+        .path = path,
+        .data = data,
+        .index = index,
+    } });
+    try self.objects.append(gpa, index);
+
+    const object = self.file(index).?.object;
+    try object.parse(self);
+
+    ctx.detected_cpu_arch = object.header.?.e_machine.toTargetCpuArch().?;
+    if (ctx.detected_cpu_arch != self.base.options.target.cpu.arch) return error.InvalidCpuArch;
+}
+
+fn resolveSymbols(self: *Elf) void {
+    if (self.zig_module_index) |index| {
+        const zig_module = self.file(index).?.zig_module;
+        zig_module.resolveSymbols(self);
+    }
+
+    for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = self.file(index).?.object;
+        object.resolveSymbols(self);
+    }
+}
+
+fn markImportsExports(self: *Elf) void {
+    const mark = struct {
+        fn mark(elf_file: *Elf, file_index: File.Index) void {
+            for (elf_file.file(file_index).?.globals()) |global_index| {
+                const global = elf_file.symbol(global_index);
+                if (global.version_index == elf.VER_NDX_LOCAL) continue;
+                const file_ptr = global.file(elf_file) orelse continue;
+                const vis = @as(elf.STV, @enumFromInt(global.elfSym(elf_file).st_other));
+                if (vis == .HIDDEN) continue;
+                // if (file == .shared and !global.isAbs(self)) {
+                //     global.flags.import = true;
+                //     continue;
+                // }
+                if (file_ptr.index() == file_index) {
+                    global.flags.@"export" = true;
+                    if (elf_file.isDynLib() and vis != .PROTECTED) {
+                        global.flags.import = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }.mark;
+
+    if (self.zig_module_index) |index| {
+        mark(self, index);
+    }
+
+    for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+        mark(self, index);
+    }
+}
+
+fn claimUnresolved(self: *Elf) void {
+    if (self.zig_module_index) |index| {
+        const zig_module = self.file(index).?.zig_module;
+        zig_module.claimUnresolved(self);
+    }
+    for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = self.file(index).?.object;
+        object.claimUnresolved(self);
+    }
+}
+
+/// In scanRelocs we will go over all live atoms and scan their relocs.
+/// This will help us work out what synthetics to emit, GOT indirection, etc.
+/// This is also the point where we will report undefined symbols for any
+/// alloc sections.
+fn scanRelocs(self: *Elf) !void {
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+
+    var undefs = std.AutoHashMap(Symbol.Index, std.ArrayList(Atom.Index)).init(gpa);
+    defer {
+        var it = undefs.iterator();
+        while (it.next()) |entry| {
+            entry.value_ptr.deinit();
+        }
+        undefs.deinit();
+    }
+
+    if (self.zig_module_index) |index| {
+        const zig_module = self.file(index).?.zig_module;
+        try zig_module.scanRelocs(self, &undefs);
+    }
+    for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = self.file(index).?.object;
+        try object.scanRelocs(self, &undefs);
+    }
+
+    try self.reportUndefined(&undefs);
+
+    for (self.symbols.items) |*sym| {
+        if (sym.flags.needs_got) {
+            log.debug("'{s}' needs GOT", .{sym.name(self)});
+            // TODO how can we tell we need to write it again, aka the entry is dirty?
+            const gop = try sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(self);
+            try self.got.writeEntry(self, gop.index);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn allocateObjects(self: *Elf) !void {
+    for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = self.file(index).?.object;
+        for (object.atoms.items) |atom_index| {
+            const atom_ptr = self.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+            if (!atom_ptr.alive) continue;
+            try atom_ptr.allocate(self);
+        }
+
+        for (object.locals()) |local_index| {
+            const local = self.symbol(local_index);
+            const atom_ptr = local.atom(self) orelse continue;
+            if (!atom_ptr.alive) continue;
+            local.value = atom_ptr.value;
+        }
+
+        for (object.globals()) |global_index| {
+            const global = self.symbol(global_index);
+            const atom_ptr = global.atom(self) orelse continue;
+            if (!atom_ptr.alive) continue;
+            if (global.file_index == index) {
+                global.value = atom_ptr.value;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn writeObjects(self: *Elf) !void {
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+
+    for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = self.file(index).?.object;
+        for (object.atoms.items) |atom_index| {
+            const atom_ptr = self.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+            if (!atom_ptr.alive) continue;
+
+            const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[atom_ptr.output_section_index];
+            const file_offset = shdr.sh_offset + atom_ptr.value - shdr.sh_addr;
+            const code = try atom_ptr.codeInObjectUncompressAlloc(self);
+            defer gpa.free(code);
+
+            try atom_ptr.resolveRelocs(self, code);
+            try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(code, file_offset);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn linkWithLLD(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node) !void {
@@ -1563,9 +1718,9 @@ fn linkWithLLD(self: *Elf, comp: *Compilation, prog_node: *std.Progress.Node) !v
             try argv.append(entry);
         }
 
-        for (self.base.options.force_undefined_symbols.keys()) |symbol| {
+        for (self.base.options.force_undefined_symbols.keys()) |sym| {
             try argv.append("-u");
-            try argv.append(symbol);
+            try argv.append(sym);
         }
 
         switch (self.base.options.hash_style) {
@@ -2092,7 +2247,7 @@ fn writeElfHeader(self: *Elf) !void {
 
     const e_entry = if (elf_type == .REL) 0 else self.entry_addr.?;
 
-    const phdr_table_offset = self.program_headers.items[self.phdr_table_index.?].p_offset;
+    const phdr_table_offset = self.phdrs.items[self.phdr_table_index.?].p_offset;
     switch (self.ptr_width) {
         .p32 => {
             mem.writeInt(u32, hdr_buf[index..][0..4], @as(u32, @intCast(e_entry)), endian);
@@ -2139,7 +2294,7 @@ fn writeElfHeader(self: *Elf) !void {
     mem.writeInt(u16, hdr_buf[index..][0..2], e_phentsize, endian);
     index += 2;
 
-    const e_phnum = @as(u16, @intCast(self.program_headers.items.len));
+    const e_phnum = @as(u16, @intCast(self.phdrs.items.len));
     mem.writeInt(u16, hdr_buf[index..][0..2], e_phnum, endian);
     index += 2;
 
@@ -2150,7 +2305,7 @@ fn writeElfHeader(self: *Elf) !void {
     mem.writeInt(u16, hdr_buf[index..][0..2], e_shentsize, endian);
     index += 2;
 
-    const e_shnum = @as(u16, @intCast(self.sections.slice().len));
+    const e_shnum = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
     mem.writeInt(u16, hdr_buf[index..][0..2], e_shnum, endian);
     index += 2;
 
@@ -2162,268 +2317,23 @@ fn writeElfHeader(self: *Elf) !void {
     try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(hdr_buf[0..index], 0);
 }
 
-fn freeAtom(self: *Elf, atom_index: Atom.Index) void {
-    const atom = self.getAtom(atom_index);
-    log.debug("freeAtom {d} ({s})", .{ atom_index, atom.getName(self) });
-
-    Atom.freeRelocations(self, atom_index);
-
-    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
-    const shndx = atom.getSymbol(self).st_shndx;
-    const free_list = &self.sections.items(.free_list)[shndx];
-    var already_have_free_list_node = false;
-    {
-        var i: usize = 0;
-        // TODO turn free_list into a hash map
-        while (i < free_list.items.len) {
-            if (free_list.items[i] == atom_index) {
-                _ = free_list.swapRemove(i);
-                continue;
-            }
-            if (free_list.items[i] == atom.prev_index) {
-                already_have_free_list_node = true;
-            }
-            i += 1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    const maybe_last_atom_index = &self.sections.items(.last_atom_index)[shndx];
-    if (maybe_last_atom_index.*) |last_atom_index| {
-        if (last_atom_index == atom_index) {
-            if (atom.prev_index) |prev_index| {
-                // TODO shrink the section size here
-                maybe_last_atom_index.* = prev_index;
-            } else {
-                maybe_last_atom_index.* = null;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (atom.prev_index) |prev_index| {
-        const prev = self.getAtomPtr(prev_index);
-        prev.next_index = atom.next_index;
-
-        if (!already_have_free_list_node and prev.*.freeListEligible(self)) {
-            // The free list is heuristics, it doesn't have to be perfect, so we can
-            // ignore the OOM here.
-            free_list.append(gpa, prev_index) catch {};
-        }
-    } else {
-        self.getAtomPtr(atom_index).prev_index = null;
-    }
-
-    if (atom.next_index) |next_index| {
-        self.getAtomPtr(next_index).prev_index = atom.prev_index;
-    } else {
-        self.getAtomPtr(atom_index).next_index = null;
-    }
-
-    // Appending to free lists is allowed to fail because the free lists are heuristics based anyway.
-    const local_sym_index = atom.getSymbolIndex().?;
-
-    log.debug("adding %{d} to local symbols free list", .{local_sym_index});
-    self.local_symbol_free_list.append(gpa, local_sym_index) catch {};
-    self.local_symbols.items[local_sym_index] = .{
-        .st_name = 0,
-        .st_info = 0,
-        .st_other = 0,
-        .st_shndx = 0,
-        .st_value = 0,
-        .st_size = 0,
-    };
-    _ = self.atom_by_index_table.remove(local_sym_index);
-    self.getAtomPtr(atom_index).local_sym_index = 0;
-
-    self.got_table.freeEntry(gpa, local_sym_index);
-}
-
-fn shrinkAtom(self: *Elf, atom_index: Atom.Index, new_block_size: u64) void {
-    _ = self;
-    _ = atom_index;
-    _ = new_block_size;
-}
-
-fn growAtom(self: *Elf, atom_index: Atom.Index, new_block_size: u64, alignment: u64) !u64 {
-    const atom = self.getAtom(atom_index);
-    const sym = atom.getSymbol(self);
-    const align_ok = mem.alignBackward(u64, sym.st_value, alignment) == sym.st_value;
-    const need_realloc = !align_ok or new_block_size > atom.capacity(self);
-    if (!need_realloc) return sym.st_value;
-    return self.allocateAtom(atom_index, new_block_size, alignment);
-}
-
-pub fn createAtom(self: *Elf) !Atom.Index {
-    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
-    const atom_index = @as(Atom.Index, @intCast(self.atoms.items.len));
-    const atom = try self.atoms.addOne(gpa);
-    const local_sym_index = try self.allocateLocalSymbol();
-    try self.atom_by_index_table.putNoClobber(gpa, local_sym_index, atom_index);
-    atom.* = .{
-        .local_sym_index = local_sym_index,
-        .prev_index = null,
-        .next_index = null,
-    };
-    log.debug("creating ATOM(%{d}) at index {d}", .{ local_sym_index, atom_index });
-    return atom_index;
-}
-
-fn allocateAtom(self: *Elf, atom_index: Atom.Index, new_block_size: u64, alignment: u64) !u64 {
-    const atom = self.getAtom(atom_index);
-    const sym = atom.getSymbol(self);
-    const phdr_index = self.sections.items(.phdr_index)[sym.st_shndx];
-    const phdr = &self.program_headers.items[phdr_index];
-    const shdr = &self.sections.items(.shdr)[sym.st_shndx];
-    const free_list = &self.sections.items(.free_list)[sym.st_shndx];
-    const maybe_last_atom_index = &self.sections.items(.last_atom_index)[sym.st_shndx];
-    const new_atom_ideal_capacity = padToIdeal(new_block_size);
-
-    // We use these to indicate our intention to update metadata, placing the new atom,
-    // and possibly removing a free list node.
-    // It would be simpler to do it inside the for loop below, but that would cause a
-    // problem if an error was returned later in the function. So this action
-    // is actually carried out at the end of the function, when errors are no longer possible.
-    var atom_placement: ?Atom.Index = null;
-    var free_list_removal: ?usize = null;
-
-    // First we look for an appropriately sized free list node.
-    // The list is unordered. We'll just take the first thing that works.
-    const vaddr = blk: {
-        var i: usize = if (self.base.child_pid == null) 0 else free_list.items.len;
-        while (i < free_list.items.len) {
-            const big_atom_index = free_list.items[i];
-            const big_atom = self.getAtom(big_atom_index);
-            // We now have a pointer to a live atom that has too much capacity.
-            // Is it enough that we could fit this new atom?
-            const big_atom_sym = big_atom.getSymbol(self);
-            const capacity = big_atom.capacity(self);
-            const ideal_capacity = padToIdeal(capacity);
-            const ideal_capacity_end_vaddr = std.math.add(u64, big_atom_sym.st_value, ideal_capacity) catch ideal_capacity;
-            const capacity_end_vaddr = big_atom_sym.st_value + capacity;
-            const new_start_vaddr_unaligned = capacity_end_vaddr - new_atom_ideal_capacity;
-            const new_start_vaddr = mem.alignBackward(u64, new_start_vaddr_unaligned, alignment);
-            if (new_start_vaddr < ideal_capacity_end_vaddr) {
-                // Additional bookkeeping here to notice if this free list node
-                // should be deleted because the block that it points to has grown to take up
-                // more of the extra capacity.
-                if (!big_atom.freeListEligible(self)) {
-                    _ = free_list.swapRemove(i);
-                } else {
-                    i += 1;
-                }
-                continue;
-            }
-            // At this point we know that we will place the new block here. But the
-            // remaining question is whether there is still yet enough capacity left
-            // over for there to still be a free list node.
-            const remaining_capacity = new_start_vaddr - ideal_capacity_end_vaddr;
-            const keep_free_list_node = remaining_capacity >= min_text_capacity;
-
-            // Set up the metadata to be updated, after errors are no longer possible.
-            atom_placement = big_atom_index;
-            if (!keep_free_list_node) {
-                free_list_removal = i;
-            }
-            break :blk new_start_vaddr;
-        } else if (maybe_last_atom_index.*) |last_index| {
-            const last = self.getAtom(last_index);
-            const last_sym = last.getSymbol(self);
-            const ideal_capacity = padToIdeal(last_sym.st_size);
-            const ideal_capacity_end_vaddr = last_sym.st_value + ideal_capacity;
-            const new_start_vaddr = mem.alignForward(u64, ideal_capacity_end_vaddr, alignment);
-            // Set up the metadata to be updated, after errors are no longer possible.
-            atom_placement = last_index;
-            break :blk new_start_vaddr;
-        } else {
-            break :blk phdr.p_vaddr;
-        }
-    };
-
-    const expand_section = if (atom_placement) |placement_index|
-        self.getAtom(placement_index).next_index == null
-    else
-        true;
-    if (expand_section) {
-        const needed_size = (vaddr + new_block_size) - phdr.p_vaddr;
-        try self.growAllocSection(sym.st_shndx, needed_size);
-        maybe_last_atom_index.* = atom_index;
-
-        if (self.dwarf) |_| {
-            // The .debug_info section has `low_pc` and `high_pc` values which is the virtual address
-            // range of the compilation unit. When we expand the text section, this range changes,
-            // so the DW_TAG.compile_unit tag of the .debug_info section becomes dirty.
-            self.debug_info_header_dirty = true;
-            // This becomes dirty for the same reason. We could potentially make this more
-            // fine-grained with the addition of support for more compilation units. It is planned to
-            // model each package as a different compilation unit.
-            self.debug_aranges_section_dirty = true;
-        }
-    }
-    shdr.sh_addralign = @max(shdr.sh_addralign, alignment);
-
-    // This function can also reallocate an atom.
-    // In this case we need to "unplug" it from its previous location before
-    // plugging it in to its new location.
-    if (atom.prev_index) |prev_index| {
-        const prev = self.getAtomPtr(prev_index);
-        prev.next_index = atom.next_index;
-    }
-    if (atom.next_index) |next_index| {
-        const next = self.getAtomPtr(next_index);
-        next.prev_index = atom.prev_index;
-    }
-
-    if (atom_placement) |big_atom_index| {
-        const big_atom = self.getAtomPtr(big_atom_index);
-        const atom_ptr = self.getAtomPtr(atom_index);
-        atom_ptr.prev_index = big_atom_index;
-        atom_ptr.next_index = big_atom.next_index;
-        big_atom.next_index = atom_index;
-    } else {
-        const atom_ptr = self.getAtomPtr(atom_index);
-        atom_ptr.prev_index = null;
-        atom_ptr.next_index = null;
-    }
-    if (free_list_removal) |i| {
-        _ = free_list.swapRemove(i);
-    }
-    return vaddr;
-}
-
-pub fn allocateLocalSymbol(self: *Elf) !u32 {
-    try self.local_symbols.ensureUnusedCapacity(self.base.allocator, 1);
-
-    const index = blk: {
-        if (self.local_symbol_free_list.popOrNull()) |index| {
-            log.debug("  (reusing symbol index {d})", .{index});
-            break :blk index;
-        } else {
-            log.debug("  (allocating symbol index {d})", .{self.local_symbols.items.len});
-            const index = @as(u32, @intCast(self.local_symbols.items.len));
-            _ = self.local_symbols.addOneAssumeCapacity();
-            break :blk index;
-        }
-    };
-
-    self.local_symbols.items[index] = .{
-        .st_name = 0,
-        .st_info = 0,
-        .st_other = 0,
-        .st_shndx = 0,
-        .st_value = 0,
-        .st_size = 0,
-    };
-
-    return index;
-}
-
 fn freeUnnamedConsts(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index) void {
-    const unnamed_consts = self.unnamed_const_atoms.getPtr(decl_index) orelse return;
-    for (unnamed_consts.items) |atom| {
-        self.freeAtom(atom);
+    const unnamed_consts = self.unnamed_consts.getPtr(decl_index) orelse return;
+    for (unnamed_consts.items) |sym_index| {
+        self.freeDeclMetadata(sym_index);
     }
     unnamed_consts.clearAndFree(self.base.allocator);
 }
 
+fn freeDeclMetadata(self: *Elf, sym_index: Symbol.Index) void {
+    const sym = self.symbol(sym_index);
+    sym.atom(self).?.free(self);
+    log.debug("adding %{d} to local symbols free list", .{sym_index});
+    self.symbols_free_list.append(self.base.allocator, sym_index) catch {};
+    self.symbols.items[sym_index] = .{};
+    // TODO free GOT entry here
+}
+
 pub fn freeDecl(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index) void {
     if (self.llvm_object) |llvm_object| return llvm_object.freeDecl(decl_index);
 
@@ -2434,7 +2344,8 @@ pub fn freeDecl(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index) void {
 
     if (self.decls.fetchRemove(decl_index)) |const_kv| {
         var kv = const_kv;
-        self.freeAtom(kv.value.atom);
+        const sym_index = kv.value.symbol_index;
+        self.freeDeclMetadata(sym_index);
         self.freeUnnamedConsts(decl_index);
         kv.value.exports.deinit(self.base.allocator);
     }
@@ -2444,40 +2355,50 @@ pub fn freeDecl(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index) void {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn getOrCreateAtomForLazySymbol(self: *Elf, sym: File.LazySymbol) !Atom.Index {
+pub fn getOrCreateMetadataForLazySymbol(self: *Elf, sym: link.File.LazySymbol) !Symbol.Index {
     const mod = self.base.options.module.?;
     const gop = try self.lazy_syms.getOrPut(self.base.allocator, sym.getDecl(mod));
     errdefer _ = if (!gop.found_existing) self.lazy_syms.pop();
     if (!gop.found_existing) gop.value_ptr.* = .{};
-    const metadata: struct { atom: *Atom.Index, state: *LazySymbolMetadata.State } = switch (sym.kind) {
-        .code => .{ .atom = &gop.value_ptr.text_atom, .state = &gop.value_ptr.text_state },
-        .const_data => .{ .atom = &gop.value_ptr.rodata_atom, .state = &gop.value_ptr.rodata_state },
+    const metadata: struct {
+        symbol_index: *Symbol.Index,
+        state: *LazySymbolMetadata.State,
+    } = switch (sym.kind) {
+        .code => .{
+            .symbol_index = &gop.value_ptr.text_symbol_index,
+            .state = &gop.value_ptr.text_state,
+        },
+        .const_data => .{
+            .symbol_index = &gop.value_ptr.rodata_symbol_index,
+            .state = &gop.value_ptr.rodata_state,
+        },
     };
+    const zig_module = self.file(self.zig_module_index.?).?.zig_module;
     switch (metadata.state.*) {
-        .unused => metadata.atom.* = try self.createAtom(),
-        .pending_flush => return metadata.atom.*,
+        .unused => metadata.symbol_index.* = try zig_module.addAtom(switch (sym.kind) {
+            .code => self.text_section_index.?,
+            .const_data => self.rodata_section_index.?,
+        }, self),
+        .pending_flush => return metadata.symbol_index.*,
         .flushed => {},
     }
     metadata.state.* = .pending_flush;
-    const atom = metadata.atom.*;
+    const symbol_index = metadata.symbol_index.*;
     // anyerror needs to be deferred until flushModule
-    if (sym.getDecl(mod) != .none) try self.updateLazySymbolAtom(sym, atom, switch (sym.kind) {
-        .code => self.text_section_index.?,
-        .const_data => self.rodata_section_index.?,
-    });
-    return atom;
+    if (sym.getDecl(mod) != .none) try self.updateLazySymbol(sym, symbol_index);
+    return symbol_index;
 }
 
-pub fn getOrCreateAtomForDecl(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index) !Atom.Index {
+pub fn getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index) !Symbol.Index {
     const gop = try self.decls.getOrPut(self.base.allocator, decl_index);
     if (!gop.found_existing) {
+        const zig_module = self.file(self.zig_module_index.?).?.zig_module;
         gop.value_ptr.* = .{
-            .atom = try self.createAtom(),
-            .shdr = self.getDeclShdrIndex(decl_index),
+            .symbol_index = try zig_module.addAtom(self.getDeclShdrIndex(decl_index), self),
             .exports = .{},
         };
     }
-    return gop.value_ptr.atom;
+    return gop.value_ptr.symbol_index;
 }
 
 fn getDeclShdrIndex(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index) u16 {
@@ -2506,9 +2427,16 @@ fn getDeclShdrIndex(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index) u16 {
     return shdr_index;
 }
 
-fn updateDeclCode(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index, code: []const u8, stt_bits: u8) !*elf.Elf64_Sym {
+fn updateDeclCode(
+    self: *Elf,
+    decl_index: Module.Decl.Index,
+    sym_index: Symbol.Index,
+    code: []const u8,
+    stt_bits: u8,
+) !void {
     const gpa = self.base.allocator;
     const mod = self.base.options.module.?;
+    const zig_module = self.file(self.zig_module_index.?).?.zig_module;
     const decl = mod.declPtr(decl_index);
 
     const decl_name = mod.intern_pool.stringToSlice(try decl.getFullyQualifiedName(mod));
@@ -2516,63 +2444,60 @@ fn updateDeclCode(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index, code: []const u8, s
     log.debug("updateDeclCode {s}{*}", .{ decl_name, decl });
     const required_alignment = decl.getAlignment(mod);
 
-    const decl_metadata = self.decls.get(decl_index).?;
-    const atom_index = decl_metadata.atom;
-    const atom = self.getAtom(atom_index);
-    const local_sym_index = atom.getSymbolIndex().?;
-
-    const shdr_index = decl_metadata.shdr;
-    if (atom.getSymbol(self).st_size != 0 and self.base.child_pid == null) {
-        const local_sym = atom.getSymbolPtr(self);
-        local_sym.st_name = try self.strtab.insert(gpa, decl_name);
-        local_sym.st_info = (elf.STB_LOCAL << 4) | stt_bits;
-        local_sym.st_other = 0;
-        local_sym.st_shndx = shdr_index;
-
-        const capacity = atom.capacity(self);
-        const need_realloc = code.len > capacity or
-            !mem.isAlignedGeneric(u64, local_sym.st_value, required_alignment);
-
+    const sym = self.symbol(sym_index);
+    const esym = &zig_module.local_esyms.items[sym.esym_index];
+    const atom_ptr = sym.atom(self).?;
+    const shdr_index = sym.output_section_index;
+
+    sym.name_offset = try self.strtab.insert(gpa, decl_name);
+    atom_ptr.alive = true;
+    atom_ptr.name_offset = sym.name_offset;
+    esym.st_name = sym.name_offset;
+    esym.st_info |= stt_bits;
+    esym.st_size = code.len;
+
+    const old_size = atom_ptr.size;
+    const old_vaddr = atom_ptr.value;
+    atom_ptr.alignment = math.log2_int(u64, required_alignment);
+    atom_ptr.size = code.len;
+
+    if (old_size > 0 and self.base.child_pid == null) {
+        const capacity = atom_ptr.capacity(self);
+        const need_realloc = code.len > capacity or !mem.isAlignedGeneric(u64, sym.value, required_alignment);
         if (need_realloc) {
-            const vaddr = try self.growAtom(atom_index, code.len, required_alignment);
-            log.debug("growing {s} from 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ decl_name, local_sym.st_value, vaddr });
-            if (vaddr != local_sym.st_value) {
-                local_sym.st_value = vaddr;
+            try atom_ptr.grow(self);
+            log.debug("growing {s} from 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ decl_name, old_vaddr, atom_ptr.value });
+            if (old_vaddr != atom_ptr.value) {
+                sym.value = atom_ptr.value;
+                esym.st_value = atom_ptr.value;
 
                 log.debug("  (writing new offset table entry)", .{});
-                const got_entry_index = self.got_table.lookup.get(local_sym_index).?;
-                self.got_table.entries.items[got_entry_index] = local_sym_index;
-                try self.writeOffsetTableEntry(got_entry_index);
+                const extra = sym.extra(self).?;
+                try self.got.writeEntry(self, extra.got);
             }
-        } else if (code.len < local_sym.st_size) {
-            self.shrinkAtom(atom_index, code.len);
+        } else if (code.len < old_size) {
+            atom_ptr.shrink(self);
         }
-        local_sym.st_size = code.len;
     } else {
-        const local_sym = atom.getSymbolPtr(self);
-        local_sym.* = .{
-            .st_name = try self.strtab.insert(gpa, decl_name),
-            .st_info = (elf.STB_LOCAL << 4) | stt_bits,
-            .st_other = 0,
-            .st_shndx = shdr_index,
-            .st_value = 0,
-            .st_size = 0,
-        };
-        const vaddr = try self.allocateAtom(atom_index, code.len, required_alignment);
-        errdefer self.freeAtom(atom_index);
-        log.debug("allocated text block for {s} at 0x{x}", .{ decl_name, vaddr });
+        try atom_ptr.allocate(self);
+        errdefer self.freeDeclMetadata(sym_index);
+        log.debug("allocated atom for {s} at 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{
+            decl_name,
+            atom_ptr.value,
+            atom_ptr.value + atom_ptr.size,
+        });
 
-        local_sym.st_value = vaddr;
-        local_sym.st_size = code.len;
+        sym.value = atom_ptr.value;
+        esym.st_value = atom_ptr.value;
 
-        const got_entry_index = try atom.getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(self);
-        try self.writeOffsetTableEntry(got_entry_index);
+        sym.flags.needs_got = true;
+        const gop = try sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(self);
+        try self.got.writeEntry(self, gop.index);
     }
 
-    const local_sym = atom.getSymbolPtr(self);
-    const phdr_index = self.sections.items(.phdr_index)[shdr_index];
-    const section_offset = local_sym.st_value - self.program_headers.items[phdr_index].p_vaddr;
-    const file_offset = self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index].sh_offset + section_offset;
+    const phdr_index = self.phdr_to_shdr_table.get(shdr_index).?;
+    const section_offset = sym.value - self.phdrs.items[phdr_index].p_vaddr;
+    const file_offset = self.shdrs.items[shdr_index].sh_offset + section_offset;
 
     if (self.base.child_pid) |pid| {
         switch (builtin.os.tag) {
@@ -2582,7 +2507,7 @@ fn updateDeclCode(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index, code: []const u8, s
                     .iov_len = code.len,
                 }};
                 var remote_vec: [1]std.os.iovec_const = .{.{
-                    .iov_base = @as([*]u8, @ptrFromInt(@as(usize, @intCast(local_sym.st_value)))),
+                    .iov_base = @as([*]u8, @ptrFromInt(@as(usize, @intCast(sym.value)))),
                     .iov_len = code.len,
                 }};
                 const rc = std.os.linux.process_vm_writev(pid, &code_vec, &remote_vec, 0);
@@ -2596,8 +2521,6 @@ fn updateDeclCode(self: *Elf, decl_index: Module.Decl.Index, code: []const u8, s
     }
 
     try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(code, file_offset);
-
-    return local_sym;
 }
 
 pub fn updateFunc(self: *Elf, mod: *Module, func_index: InternPool.Index, air: Air, liveness: Liveness) !void {
@@ -2613,9 +2536,9 @@ pub fn updateFunc(self: *Elf, mod: *Module, func_index: InternPool.Index, air: A
     const decl_index = func.owner_decl;
     const decl = mod.declPtr(decl_index);
 
-    const atom_index = try self.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(decl_index);
+    const sym_index = try self.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(decl_index);
     self.freeUnnamedConsts(decl_index);
-    Atom.freeRelocations(self, atom_index);
+    self.symbol(sym_index).atom(self).?.freeRelocs(self);
 
     var code_buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.base.allocator);
     defer code_buffer.deinit();
@@ -2638,13 +2561,14 @@ pub fn updateFunc(self: *Elf, mod: *Module, func_index: InternPool.Index, air: A
             return;
         },
     };
-    const local_sym = try self.updateDeclCode(decl_index, code, elf.STT_FUNC);
+    try self.updateDeclCode(decl_index, sym_index, code, elf.STT_FUNC);
     if (decl_state) |*ds| {
+        const sym = self.symbol(sym_index);
         try self.dwarf.?.commitDeclState(
             mod,
             decl_index,
-            local_sym.st_value,
-            local_sym.st_size,
+            sym.value,
+            sym.atom(self).?.size,
             ds,
         );
     }
@@ -2658,7 +2582,7 @@ pub fn updateDecl(
     self: *Elf,
     mod: *Module,
     decl_index: Module.Decl.Index,
-) File.UpdateDeclError!void {
+) link.File.UpdateDeclError!void {
     if (build_options.skip_non_native and builtin.object_format != .elf) {
         @panic("Attempted to compile for object format that was disabled by build configuration");
     }
@@ -2678,9 +2602,8 @@ pub fn updateDecl(
         }
     }
 
-    const atom_index = try self.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(decl_index);
-    Atom.freeRelocations(self, atom_index);
-    const atom = self.getAtom(atom_index);
+    const sym_index = try self.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(decl_index);
+    self.symbol(sym_index).atom(self).?.freeRelocs(self);
 
     var code_buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.base.allocator);
     defer code_buffer.deinit();
@@ -2697,14 +2620,14 @@ pub fn updateDecl(
         }, &code_buffer, .{
             .dwarf = ds,
         }, .{
-            .parent_atom_index = atom.getSymbolIndex().?,
+            .parent_atom_index = sym_index,
         })
     else
         try codegen.generateSymbol(&self.base, decl.srcLoc(mod), .{
             .ty = decl.ty,
             .val = decl_val,
         }, &code_buffer, .none, .{
-            .parent_atom_index = atom.getSymbolIndex().?,
+            .parent_atom_index = sym_index,
         });
 
     const code = switch (res) {
@@ -2716,13 +2639,14 @@ pub fn updateDecl(
         },
     };
 
-    const local_sym = try self.updateDeclCode(decl_index, code, elf.STT_OBJECT);
+    try self.updateDeclCode(decl_index, sym_index, code, elf.STT_OBJECT);
     if (decl_state) |*ds| {
+        const sym = self.symbol(sym_index);
         try self.dwarf.?.commitDeclState(
             mod,
             decl_index,
-            local_sym.st_value,
-            local_sym.st_size,
+            sym.value,
+            sym.atom(self).?.size,
             ds,
         );
     }
@@ -2732,14 +2656,10 @@ pub fn updateDecl(
     return self.updateDeclExports(mod, decl_index, mod.getDeclExports(decl_index));
 }
 
-fn updateLazySymbolAtom(
-    self: *Elf,
-    sym: File.LazySymbol,
-    atom_index: Atom.Index,
-    shdr_index: u16,
-) !void {
+fn updateLazySymbol(self: *Elf, sym: link.File.LazySymbol, symbol_index: Symbol.Index) !void {
     const gpa = self.base.allocator;
     const mod = self.base.options.module.?;
+    const zig_module = self.file(self.zig_module_index.?).?.zig_module;
 
     var required_alignment: u32 = undefined;
     var code_buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(gpa);
@@ -2755,9 +2675,6 @@ fn updateLazySymbolAtom(
     };
     const name = self.strtab.get(name_str_index).?;
 
-    const atom = self.getAtom(atom_index);
-    const local_sym_index = atom.getSymbolIndex().?;
-
     const src = if (sym.ty.getOwnerDeclOrNull(mod)) |owner_decl|
         mod.declPtr(owner_decl).srcLoc(mod)
     else
@@ -2773,7 +2690,7 @@ fn updateLazySymbolAtom(
         &required_alignment,
         &code_buffer,
         .none,
-        .{ .parent_atom_index = local_sym_index },
+        .{ .parent_atom_index = symbol_index },
     );
     const code = switch (res) {
         .ok => code_buffer.items,
@@ -2783,28 +2700,37 @@ fn updateLazySymbolAtom(
         },
     };
 
-    const phdr_index = self.sections.items(.phdr_index)[shdr_index];
-    const local_sym = atom.getSymbolPtr(self);
-    local_sym.* = .{
-        .st_name = name_str_index,
-        .st_info = (elf.STB_LOCAL << 4) | elf.STT_OBJECT,
-        .st_other = 0,
-        .st_shndx = shdr_index,
-        .st_value = 0,
-        .st_size = 0,
-    };
-    const vaddr = try self.allocateAtom(atom_index, code.len, required_alignment);
-    errdefer self.freeAtom(atom_index);
-    log.debug("allocated text block for {s} at 0x{x}", .{ name, vaddr });
+    const local_sym = self.symbol(symbol_index);
+    const phdr_index = self.phdr_to_shdr_table.get(local_sym.output_section_index).?;
+    local_sym.name_offset = name_str_index;
+    const local_esym = &zig_module.local_esyms.items[local_sym.esym_index];
+    local_esym.st_name = name_str_index;
+    local_esym.st_info |= elf.STT_OBJECT;
+    local_esym.st_size = code.len;
+    const atom_ptr = local_sym.atom(self).?;
+    atom_ptr.alive = true;
+    atom_ptr.name_offset = name_str_index;
+    atom_ptr.alignment = math.log2_int(u64, required_alignment);
+    atom_ptr.size = code.len;
+
+    try atom_ptr.allocate(self);
+    errdefer self.freeDeclMetadata(symbol_index);
+
+    log.debug("allocated atom for {s} at 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{
+        name,
+        atom_ptr.value,
+        atom_ptr.value + atom_ptr.size,
+    });
 
-    local_sym.st_value = vaddr;
-    local_sym.st_size = code.len;
+    local_sym.value = atom_ptr.value;
+    local_esym.st_value = atom_ptr.value;
 
-    const got_entry_index = try atom.getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(self);
-    try self.writeOffsetTableEntry(got_entry_index);
+    local_sym.flags.needs_got = true;
+    const gop = try local_sym.getOrCreateGotEntry(self);
+    try self.got.writeEntry(self, gop.index);
 
-    const section_offset = vaddr - self.program_headers.items[phdr_index].p_vaddr;
-    const file_offset = self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index].sh_offset + section_offset;
+    const section_offset = atom_ptr.value - self.phdrs.items[phdr_index].p_vaddr;
+    const file_offset = self.shdrs.items[local_sym.output_section_index].sh_offset + section_offset;
     try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(code, file_offset);
 }
 
@@ -2815,7 +2741,7 @@ pub fn lowerUnnamedConst(self: *Elf, typed_value: TypedValue, decl_index: Module
     defer code_buffer.deinit();
 
     const mod = self.base.options.module.?;
-    const gop = try self.unnamed_const_atoms.getOrPut(gpa, decl_index);
+    const gop = try self.unnamed_consts.getOrPut(gpa, decl_index);
     if (!gop.found_existing) {
         gop.value_ptr.* = .{};
     }
@@ -2831,12 +2757,13 @@ pub fn lowerUnnamedConst(self: *Elf, typed_value: TypedValue, decl_index: Module
     };
     const name = self.strtab.get(name_str_index).?;
 
-    const atom_index = try self.createAtom();
+    const zig_module = self.file(self.zig_module_index.?).?.zig_module;
+    const sym_index = try zig_module.addAtom(self.rodata_section_index.?, self);
 
     const res = try codegen.generateSymbol(&self.base, decl.srcLoc(mod), typed_value, &code_buffer, .{
         .none = {},
     }, .{
-        .parent_atom_index = self.getAtom(atom_index).getSymbolIndex().?,
+        .parent_atom_index = sym_index,
     });
     const code = switch (res) {
         .ok => code_buffer.items,
@@ -2850,25 +2777,34 @@ pub fn lowerUnnamedConst(self: *Elf, typed_value: TypedValue, decl_index: Module
 
     const required_alignment = typed_value.ty.abiAlignment(mod);
     const shdr_index = self.rodata_section_index.?;
-    const phdr_index = self.sections.items(.phdr_index)[shdr_index];
-    const local_sym = self.getAtom(atom_index).getSymbolPtr(self);
-    local_sym.st_name = name_str_index;
-    local_sym.st_info = (elf.STB_LOCAL << 4) | elf.STT_OBJECT;
-    local_sym.st_other = 0;
-    local_sym.st_shndx = shdr_index;
-    local_sym.st_size = code.len;
-    local_sym.st_value = try self.allocateAtom(atom_index, code.len, required_alignment);
-    errdefer self.freeAtom(atom_index);
-
-    log.debug("allocated text block for {s} at 0x{x}", .{ name, local_sym.st_value });
-
-    try unnamed_consts.append(gpa, atom_index);
-
-    const section_offset = local_sym.st_value - self.program_headers.items[phdr_index].p_vaddr;
-    const file_offset = self.sections.items(.shdr)[shdr_index].sh_offset + section_offset;
+    const phdr_index = self.phdr_to_shdr_table.get(shdr_index).?;
+    const local_sym = self.symbol(sym_index);
+    local_sym.name_offset = name_str_index;
+    const local_esym = &zig_module.local_esyms.items[local_sym.esym_index];
+    local_esym.st_name = name_str_index;
+    local_esym.st_info |= elf.STT_OBJECT;
+    local_esym.st_size = code.len;
+    const atom_ptr = local_sym.atom(self).?;
+    atom_ptr.alive = true;
+    atom_ptr.name_offset = name_str_index;
+    atom_ptr.alignment = math.log2_int(u64, required_alignment);
+    atom_ptr.size = code.len;
+
+    try atom_ptr.allocate(self);
+    errdefer self.freeDeclMetadata(sym_index);
+
+    log.debug("allocated atom for {s} at 0x{x} to 0x{x}", .{ name, atom_ptr.value, atom_ptr.value + atom_ptr.size });
+
+    local_sym.value = atom_ptr.value;
+    local_esym.st_value = atom_ptr.value;
+
+    try unnamed_consts.append(gpa, atom_ptr.atom_index);
+
+    const section_offset = atom_ptr.value - self.phdrs.items[phdr_index].p_vaddr;
+    const file_offset = self.shdrs.items[shdr_index].sh_offset + section_offset;
     try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(code, file_offset);
 
-    return self.getAtom(atom_index).getSymbolIndex().?;
+    return sym_index;
 }
 
 pub fn updateDeclExports(
@@ -2876,7 +2812,7 @@ pub fn updateDeclExports(
     mod: *Module,
     decl_index: Module.Decl.Index,
     exports: []const *Module.Export,
-) File.UpdateDeclExportsError!void {
+) link.File.UpdateDeclExportsError!void {
     if (build_options.skip_non_native and builtin.object_format != .elf) {
         @panic("Attempted to compile for object format that was disabled by build configuration");
     }
@@ -2889,14 +2825,12 @@ pub fn updateDeclExports(
 
     const gpa = self.base.allocator;
 
+    const zig_module = self.file(self.zig_module_index.?).?.zig_module;
     const decl = mod.declPtr(decl_index);
-    const atom_index = try self.getOrCreateAtomForDecl(decl_index);
-    const atom = self.getAtom(atom_index);
-    const decl_sym = atom.getSymbol(self);
+    const decl_sym_index = try self.getOrCreateMetadataForDecl(decl_index);
+    const decl_sym = self.symbol(decl_sym_index);
+    const decl_esym = zig_module.local_esyms.items[decl_sym.esym_index];
     const decl_metadata = self.decls.getPtr(decl_index).?;
-    const shdr_index = decl_metadata.shdr;
-
-    try self.global_symbols.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, exports.len);
 
     for (exports) |exp| {
         const exp_name = mod.intern_pool.stringToSlice(exp.opts.name);
@@ -2905,7 +2839,7 @@ pub fn updateDeclExports(
                 try mod.failed_exports.ensureUnusedCapacity(mod.gpa, 1);
                 mod.failed_exports.putAssumeCapacityNoClobber(
                     exp,
-                    try Module.ErrorMsg.create(self.base.allocator, decl.srcLoc(mod), "Unimplemented: ExportOptions.section", .{}),
+                    try Module.ErrorMsg.create(gpa, decl.srcLoc(mod), "Unimplemented: ExportOptions.section", .{}),
                 );
                 continue;
             }
@@ -2915,7 +2849,7 @@ pub fn updateDeclExports(
             .Strong => blk: {
                 const entry_name = self.base.options.entry orelse "_start";
                 if (mem.eql(u8, exp_name, entry_name)) {
-                    self.entry_addr = decl_sym.st_value;
+                    self.entry_addr = decl_sym.value;
                 }
                 break :blk elf.STB_GLOBAL;
             },
@@ -2924,37 +2858,30 @@ pub fn updateDeclExports(
                 try mod.failed_exports.ensureUnusedCapacity(mod.gpa, 1);
                 mod.failed_exports.putAssumeCapacityNoClobber(
                     exp,
-                    try Module.ErrorMsg.create(self.base.allocator, decl.srcLoc(mod), "Unimplemented: GlobalLinkage.LinkOnce", .{}),
+                    try Module.ErrorMsg.create(gpa, decl.srcLoc(mod), "Unimplemented: GlobalLinkage.LinkOnce", .{}),
                 );
                 continue;
             },
         };
-        const stt_bits: u8 = @as(u4, @truncate(decl_sym.st_info));
-        if (decl_metadata.getExport(self, exp_name)) |i| {
-            const sym = &self.global_symbols.items[i];
-            sym.* = .{
-                .st_name = try self.strtab.insert(gpa, exp_name),
-                .st_info = (stb_bits << 4) | stt_bits,
-                .st_other = 0,
-                .st_shndx = shdr_index,
-                .st_value = decl_sym.st_value,
-                .st_size = decl_sym.st_size,
-            };
-        } else {
-            const i = if (self.global_symbol_free_list.popOrNull()) |i| i else blk: {
-                _ = self.global_symbols.addOneAssumeCapacity();
-                break :blk self.global_symbols.items.len - 1;
-            };
-            try decl_metadata.exports.append(gpa, @as(u32, @intCast(i)));
-            self.global_symbols.items[i] = .{
-                .st_name = try self.strtab.insert(gpa, exp_name),
-                .st_info = (stb_bits << 4) | stt_bits,
-                .st_other = 0,
-                .st_shndx = shdr_index,
-                .st_value = decl_sym.st_value,
-                .st_size = decl_sym.st_size,
-            };
-        }
+        const stt_bits: u8 = @as(u4, @truncate(decl_esym.st_info));
+
+        const name_off = try self.strtab.insert(gpa, exp_name);
+        const sym_index = if (decl_metadata.@"export"(self, exp_name)) |exp_index| exp_index.* else blk: {
+            const sym_index = try zig_module.addGlobalEsym(gpa);
+            const lookup_gop = try zig_module.globals_lookup.getOrPut(gpa, name_off);
+            const esym = zig_module.elfSym(sym_index);
+            esym.st_name = name_off;
+            lookup_gop.value_ptr.* = sym_index;
+            try decl_metadata.exports.append(gpa, sym_index);
+            const gop = try self.getOrPutGlobal(name_off);
+            try zig_module.global_symbols.append(gpa, gop.index);
+            break :blk sym_index;
+        };
+        const esym = &zig_module.global_esyms.items[sym_index & 0x0fffffff];
+        esym.st_value = decl_sym.value;
+        esym.st_shndx = decl_sym.atom_index;
+        esym.st_info = (stb_bits << 4) | stt_bits;
+        esym.st_name = name_off;
     }
 }
 
@@ -2982,124 +2909,224 @@ pub fn deleteDeclExport(
     if (self.llvm_object) |_| return;
     const metadata = self.decls.getPtr(decl_index) orelse return;
     const mod = self.base.options.module.?;
-    const sym_index = metadata.getExportPtr(self, mod.intern_pool.stringToSlice(name)) orelse return;
-    self.global_symbol_free_list.append(self.base.allocator, sym_index.*) catch {};
-    self.global_symbols.items[sym_index.*].st_info = 0;
-    sym_index.* = 0;
+    const zig_module = self.file(self.zig_module_index.?).?.zig_module;
+    const exp_name = mod.intern_pool.stringToSlice(name);
+    const esym_index = metadata.@"export"(self, exp_name) orelse return;
+    log.debug("deleting export '{s}'", .{exp_name});
+    const esym = &zig_module.global_esyms.items[esym_index.*];
+    _ = zig_module.globals_lookup.remove(esym.st_name);
+    const sym_index = self.resolver.get(esym.st_name).?;
+    const sym = self.symbol(sym_index);
+    if (sym.file_index == zig_module.index) {
+        _ = self.resolver.swapRemove(esym.st_name);
+        sym.* = .{};
+    }
+    esym.* = null_sym;
 }
 
-fn writeProgHeader(self: *Elf, index: usize) !void {
-    const foreign_endian = self.base.options.target.cpu.arch.endian() != builtin.cpu.arch.endian();
-    const offset = self.program_headers.items[index].p_offset;
-    switch (self.ptr_width) {
-        .p32 => {
-            var phdr = [1]elf.Elf32_Phdr{progHeaderTo32(self.program_headers.items[index])};
-            if (foreign_endian) {
-                mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf32_Phdr, &phdr[0]);
-            }
-            return self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(&phdr), offset);
-        },
-        .p64 => {
-            var phdr = [1]elf.Elf64_Phdr{self.program_headers.items[index]};
-            if (foreign_endian) {
-                mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf64_Phdr, &phdr[0]);
-            }
-            return self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(&phdr), offset);
-        },
-    }
+fn addLinkerDefinedSymbols(self: *Elf) !void {
+    const linker_defined_index = self.linker_defined_index orelse return;
+    const linker_defined = self.file(linker_defined_index).?.linker_defined;
+    self.dynamic_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("_DYNAMIC", self);
+    self.ehdr_start_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__ehdr_start", self);
+    self.init_array_start_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__init_array_start", self);
+    self.init_array_end_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__init_array_end", self);
+    self.fini_array_start_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__fini_array_start", self);
+    self.fini_array_end_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__fini_array_end", self);
+    self.preinit_array_start_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__preinit_array_start", self);
+    self.preinit_array_end_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__preinit_array_end", self);
+    self.got_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_", self);
+    self.plt_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("_PROCEDURE_LINKAGE_TABLE_", self);
+    self.end_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("_end", self);
+
+    if (self.base.options.eh_frame_hdr) {
+        self.gnu_eh_frame_hdr_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__GNU_EH_FRAME_HDR", self);
+    }
+
+    if (self.globalByName("__dso_handle")) |index| {
+        if (self.symbol(index).file(self) == null)
+            self.dso_handle_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__dso_handle", self);
+    }
+
+    self.rela_iplt_start_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__rela_iplt_start", self);
+    self.rela_iplt_end_index = try linker_defined.addGlobal("__rela_iplt_end", self);
+
+    // for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+    //     const object = self.getFile(index).?.object;
+    //     for (object.atoms.items) |atom_index| {
+    //         if (self.getStartStopBasename(atom_index)) |name| {
+    //             const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+    //             try self.start_stop_indexes.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, 2);
+
+    //             const start = try std.fmt.allocPrintZ(gpa, "__start_{s}", .{name});
+    //             defer gpa.free(start);
+    //             const stop = try std.fmt.allocPrintZ(gpa, "__stop_{s}", .{name});
+    //             defer gpa.free(stop);
+
+    //             self.start_stop_indexes.appendAssumeCapacity(try internal.addSyntheticGlobal(start, self));
+    //             self.start_stop_indexes.appendAssumeCapacity(try internal.addSyntheticGlobal(stop, self));
+    //         }
+    //     }
+    // }
+
+    linker_defined.resolveSymbols(self);
 }
 
-fn writeSectHeader(self: *Elf, index: usize) !void {
-    const foreign_endian = self.base.options.target.cpu.arch.endian() != builtin.cpu.arch.endian();
-    switch (self.ptr_width) {
-        .p32 => {
-            var shdr: [1]elf.Elf32_Shdr = undefined;
-            shdr[0] = sectHeaderTo32(self.sections.items(.shdr)[index]);
-            if (foreign_endian) {
-                mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf32_Shdr, &shdr[0]);
-            }
-            const offset = self.shdr_table_offset.? + index * @sizeOf(elf.Elf32_Shdr);
-            return self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(&shdr), offset);
-        },
-        .p64 => {
-            var shdr = [1]elf.Elf64_Shdr{self.sections.items(.shdr)[index]};
-            if (foreign_endian) {
-                mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf64_Shdr, &shdr[0]);
+fn allocateLinkerDefinedSymbols(self: *Elf) void {
+    // _DYNAMIC
+    if (self.dynamic_section_index) |shndx| {
+        const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shndx];
+        const symbol_ptr = self.symbol(self.dynamic_index.?);
+        symbol_ptr.value = shdr.sh_addr;
+        symbol_ptr.output_section_index = shndx;
+    }
+
+    // __ehdr_start
+    {
+        const symbol_ptr = self.symbol(self.ehdr_start_index.?);
+        symbol_ptr.value = self.calcImageBase();
+        symbol_ptr.output_section_index = 1;
+    }
+
+    // __init_array_start, __init_array_end
+    if (self.sectionByName(".init_array")) |shndx| {
+        const start_sym = self.symbol(self.init_array_start_index.?);
+        const end_sym = self.symbol(self.init_array_end_index.?);
+        const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shndx];
+        start_sym.output_section_index = shndx;
+        start_sym.value = shdr.sh_addr;
+        end_sym.output_section_index = shndx;
+        end_sym.value = shdr.sh_addr + shdr.sh_size;
+    }
+
+    // __fini_array_start, __fini_array_end
+    if (self.sectionByName(".fini_array")) |shndx| {
+        const start_sym = self.symbol(self.fini_array_start_index.?);
+        const end_sym = self.symbol(self.fini_array_end_index.?);
+        const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shndx];
+        start_sym.output_section_index = shndx;
+        start_sym.value = shdr.sh_addr;
+        end_sym.output_section_index = shndx;
+        end_sym.value = shdr.sh_addr + shdr.sh_size;
+    }
+
+    // __preinit_array_start, __preinit_array_end
+    if (self.sectionByName(".preinit_array")) |shndx| {
+        const start_sym = self.symbol(self.preinit_array_start_index.?);
+        const end_sym = self.symbol(self.preinit_array_end_index.?);
+        const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shndx];
+        start_sym.output_section_index = shndx;
+        start_sym.value = shdr.sh_addr;
+        end_sym.output_section_index = shndx;
+        end_sym.value = shdr.sh_addr + shdr.sh_size;
+    }
+
+    // _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
+    if (self.got_plt_section_index) |shndx| {
+        const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shndx];
+        const symbol_ptr = self.symbol(self.got_index.?);
+        symbol_ptr.value = shdr.sh_addr;
+        symbol_ptr.output_section_index = shndx;
+    }
+
+    // _PROCEDURE_LINKAGE_TABLE_
+    if (self.plt_section_index) |shndx| {
+        const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shndx];
+        const symbol_ptr = self.symbol(self.plt_index.?);
+        symbol_ptr.value = shdr.sh_addr;
+        symbol_ptr.output_section_index = shndx;
+    }
+
+    // __dso_handle
+    if (self.dso_handle_index) |index| {
+        const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[1];
+        const symbol_ptr = self.symbol(index);
+        symbol_ptr.value = shdr.sh_addr;
+        symbol_ptr.output_section_index = 0;
+    }
+
+    // __GNU_EH_FRAME_HDR
+    if (self.eh_frame_hdr_section_index) |shndx| {
+        const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shndx];
+        const symbol_ptr = self.symbol(self.gnu_eh_frame_hdr_index.?);
+        symbol_ptr.value = shdr.sh_addr;
+        symbol_ptr.output_section_index = shndx;
+    }
+
+    // __rela_iplt_start, __rela_iplt_end
+    if (self.rela_dyn_section_index) |shndx| blk: {
+        if (self.base.options.link_mode != .Static or self.base.options.pie) break :blk;
+        const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shndx];
+        const end_addr = shdr.sh_addr + shdr.sh_size;
+        const start_addr = end_addr - self.calcNumIRelativeRelocs() * @sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Rela);
+        const start_sym = self.symbol(self.rela_iplt_start_index.?);
+        const end_sym = self.symbol(self.rela_iplt_end_index.?);
+        start_sym.value = start_addr;
+        start_sym.output_section_index = shndx;
+        end_sym.value = end_addr;
+        end_sym.output_section_index = shndx;
+    }
+
+    // _end
+    {
+        const end_symbol = self.symbol(self.end_index.?);
+        for (self.shdrs.items, 0..) |*shdr, shndx| {
+            if (shdr.sh_flags & elf.SHF_ALLOC != 0) {
+                end_symbol.value = shdr.sh_addr + shdr.sh_size;
+                end_symbol.output_section_index = @intCast(shndx);
             }
-            const offset = self.shdr_table_offset.? + index * @sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Shdr);
-            return self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(&shdr), offset);
-        },
+        }
+    }
+
+    // __start_*, __stop_*
+    {
+        var index: usize = 0;
+        while (index < self.start_stop_indexes.items.len) : (index += 2) {
+            const start = self.symbol(self.start_stop_indexes.items[index]);
+            const name = start.name(self);
+            const stop = self.symbol(self.start_stop_indexes.items[index + 1]);
+            const shndx = self.sectionByName(name["__start_".len..]).?;
+            const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[shndx];
+            start.value = shdr.sh_addr;
+            start.output_section_index = shndx;
+            stop.value = shdr.sh_addr + shdr.sh_size;
+            stop.output_section_index = shndx;
+        }
     }
 }
 
-fn writeOffsetTableEntry(self: *Elf, index: @TypeOf(self.got_table).Index) !void {
-    const entry_size: u16 = self.archPtrWidthBytes();
-    if (self.got_table_count_dirty) {
-        const needed_size = self.got_table.entries.items.len * entry_size;
-        try self.growAllocSection(self.got_section_index.?, needed_size);
-        self.got_table_count_dirty = false;
+fn updateSymtabSize(self: *Elf) !void {
+    var sizes = SymtabSize{};
+
+    if (self.zig_module_index) |index| {
+        const zig_module = self.file(index).?.zig_module;
+        zig_module.updateSymtabSize(self);
+        sizes.nlocals += zig_module.output_symtab_size.nlocals;
+        sizes.nglobals += zig_module.output_symtab_size.nglobals;
     }
-    const endian = self.base.options.target.cpu.arch.endian();
-    const shdr = &self.sections.items(.shdr)[self.got_section_index.?];
-    const off = shdr.sh_offset + @as(u64, entry_size) * index;
-    const phdr = &self.program_headers.items[self.phdr_got_index.?];
-    const vaddr = phdr.p_vaddr + @as(u64, entry_size) * index;
-    const got_entry = self.got_table.entries.items[index];
-    const got_value = self.getSymbol(got_entry).st_value;
-    switch (entry_size) {
-        2 => {
-            var buf: [2]u8 = undefined;
-            mem.writeInt(u16, &buf, @as(u16, @intCast(got_value)), endian);
-            try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(&buf, off);
-        },
-        4 => {
-            var buf: [4]u8 = undefined;
-            mem.writeInt(u32, &buf, @as(u32, @intCast(got_value)), endian);
-            try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(&buf, off);
-        },
-        8 => {
-            var buf: [8]u8 = undefined;
-            mem.writeInt(u64, &buf, got_value, endian);
-            try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(&buf, off);
-
-            if (self.base.child_pid) |pid| {
-                switch (builtin.os.tag) {
-                    .linux => {
-                        var local_vec: [1]std.os.iovec_const = .{.{
-                            .iov_base = &buf,
-                            .iov_len = buf.len,
-                        }};
-                        var remote_vec: [1]std.os.iovec_const = .{.{
-                            .iov_base = @as([*]u8, @ptrFromInt(@as(usize, @intCast(vaddr)))),
-                            .iov_len = buf.len,
-                        }};
-                        const rc = std.os.linux.process_vm_writev(pid, &local_vec, &remote_vec, 0);
-                        switch (std.os.errno(rc)) {
-                            .SUCCESS => assert(rc == buf.len),
-                            else => |errno| log.warn("process_vm_writev failure: {s}", .{@tagName(errno)}),
-                        }
-                    },
-                    else => return error.HotSwapUnavailableOnHostOperatingSystem,
-                }
-            }
-        },
-        else => unreachable,
+
+    for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = self.file(index).?.object;
+        object.updateSymtabSize(self);
+        sizes.nlocals += object.output_symtab_size.nlocals;
+        sizes.nglobals += object.output_symtab_size.nglobals;
     }
-}
 
-fn elf32SymFromSym(sym: elf.Elf64_Sym, out: *elf.Elf32_Sym) void {
-    out.* = .{
-        .st_name = sym.st_name,
-        .st_value = @as(u32, @intCast(sym.st_value)),
-        .st_size = @as(u32, @intCast(sym.st_size)),
-        .st_info = sym.st_info,
-        .st_other = sym.st_other,
-        .st_shndx = sym.st_shndx,
-    };
-}
+    if (self.got_section_index) |_| {
+        self.got.updateSymtabSize(self);
+        sizes.nlocals += self.got.output_symtab_size.nlocals;
+    }
+
+    if (self.linker_defined_index) |index| {
+        const linker_defined = self.file(index).?.linker_defined;
+        linker_defined.updateSymtabSize(self);
+        sizes.nlocals += linker_defined.output_symtab_size.nlocals;
+    }
+
+    const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[self.symtab_section_index.?];
+    shdr.sh_info = sizes.nlocals + 1;
+    self.markDirty(self.symtab_section_index.?, null);
 
-fn writeSymbols(self: *Elf) !void {
-    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
     const sym_size: u64 = switch (self.ptr_width) {
         .p32 => @sizeOf(elf.Elf32_Sym),
         .p64 => @sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Sym),
@@ -3108,54 +3135,80 @@ fn writeSymbols(self: *Elf) !void {
         .p32 => @alignOf(elf.Elf32_Sym),
         .p64 => @alignOf(elf.Elf64_Sym),
     };
+    const needed_size = (sizes.nlocals + sizes.nglobals + 1) * sym_size;
+    try self.growNonAllocSection(self.symtab_section_index.?, needed_size, sym_align, true);
+}
 
-    const shdr = &self.sections.items(.shdr)[self.symtab_section_index.?];
-    shdr.sh_info = @intCast(self.local_symbols.items.len);
-    self.markDirty(self.symtab_section_index.?, null);
+fn writeSymtab(self: *Elf) !void {
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+    const shdr = &self.shdrs.items[self.symtab_section_index.?];
+    const sym_size: u64 = switch (self.ptr_width) {
+        .p32 => @sizeOf(elf.Elf32_Sym),
+        .p64 => @sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Sym),
+    };
+    const nsyms = math.cast(usize, @divExact(shdr.sh_size, sym_size)) orelse return error.Overflow;
 
-    const nsyms = self.local_symbols.items.len + self.global_symbols.items.len;
-    const needed_size = nsyms * sym_size;
-    try self.growNonAllocSection(self.symtab_section_index.?, needed_size, sym_align, true);
+    log.debug("writing {d} symbols at 0x{x}", .{ nsyms, shdr.sh_offset });
+
+    const symtab = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf64_Sym, nsyms);
+    defer gpa.free(symtab);
+    symtab[0] = null_sym;
+
+    var ctx: struct { ilocal: usize, iglobal: usize, symtab: []elf.Elf64_Sym } = .{
+        .ilocal = 1,
+        .iglobal = shdr.sh_info,
+        .symtab = symtab,
+    };
+
+    if (self.zig_module_index) |index| {
+        const zig_module = self.file(index).?.zig_module;
+        zig_module.writeSymtab(self, ctx);
+        ctx.ilocal += zig_module.output_symtab_size.nlocals;
+        ctx.iglobal += zig_module.output_symtab_size.nglobals;
+    }
+
+    for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = self.file(index).?.object;
+        object.writeSymtab(self, ctx);
+        ctx.ilocal += object.output_symtab_size.nlocals;
+        ctx.iglobal += object.output_symtab_size.nglobals;
+    }
+
+    if (self.got_section_index) |_| {
+        try self.got.writeSymtab(self, ctx);
+        ctx.ilocal += self.got.output_symtab_size.nlocals;
+    }
+
+    if (self.linker_defined_index) |index| {
+        const linker_defined = self.file(index).?.linker_defined;
+        linker_defined.writeSymtab(self, ctx);
+        ctx.ilocal += linker_defined.output_symtab_size.nlocals;
+    }
 
     const foreign_endian = self.base.options.target.cpu.arch.endian() != builtin.cpu.arch.endian();
-    log.debug("writing {d} symbols at 0x{x}", .{ nsyms, shdr.sh_offset });
     switch (self.ptr_width) {
         .p32 => {
-            const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf32_Sym, nsyms);
+            const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf32_Sym, symtab.len);
             defer gpa.free(buf);
 
-            for (buf[0..self.local_symbols.items.len], self.local_symbols.items) |*sym, local| {
-                elf32SymFromSym(local, sym);
-                if (foreign_endian) {
-                    mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf32_Sym, sym);
-                }
-            }
-
-            for (buf[self.local_symbols.items.len..], self.global_symbols.items) |*sym, global| {
-                elf32SymFromSym(global, sym);
-                if (foreign_endian) {
-                    mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf32_Sym, sym);
-                }
+            for (buf, symtab) |*out, sym| {
+                out.* = .{
+                    .st_name = sym.st_name,
+                    .st_info = sym.st_info,
+                    .st_other = sym.st_other,
+                    .st_shndx = sym.st_shndx,
+                    .st_value = @as(u32, @intCast(sym.st_value)),
+                    .st_size = @as(u32, @intCast(sym.st_size)),
+                };
+                if (foreign_endian) mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf32_Sym, out);
             }
             try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(buf), shdr.sh_offset);
         },
         .p64 => {
-            const buf = try gpa.alloc(elf.Elf64_Sym, nsyms);
-            defer gpa.free(buf);
-            for (buf[0..self.local_symbols.items.len], self.local_symbols.items) |*sym, local| {
-                sym.* = local;
-                if (foreign_endian) {
-                    mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf64_Sym, sym);
-                }
-            }
-
-            for (buf[self.local_symbols.items.len..], self.global_symbols.items) |*sym, global| {
-                sym.* = global;
-                if (foreign_endian) {
-                    mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf64_Sym, sym);
-                }
+            if (foreign_endian) {
+                for (symtab) |*sym| mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf64_Sym, sym);
             }
-            try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(buf), shdr.sh_offset);
+            try self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(symtab), shdr.sh_offset);
         },
     }
 }
@@ -3170,11 +3223,11 @@ fn ptrWidthBytes(self: Elf) u8 {
 
 /// Does not necessarily match `ptrWidthBytes` for example can be 2 bytes
 /// in a 32-bit ELF file.
-fn archPtrWidthBytes(self: Elf) u8 {
-    return @as(u8, @intCast(self.base.options.target.ptrBitWidth() / 8));
+pub fn archPtrWidthBytes(self: Elf) u8 {
+    return @as(u8, @intCast(@divExact(self.base.options.target.ptrBitWidth(), 8)));
 }
 
-fn progHeaderTo32(phdr: elf.Elf64_Phdr) elf.Elf32_Phdr {
+fn phdrTo32(phdr: elf.Elf64_Phdr) elf.Elf32_Phdr {
     return .{
         .p_type = phdr.p_type,
         .p_flags = phdr.p_flags,
@@ -3187,7 +3240,30 @@ fn progHeaderTo32(phdr: elf.Elf64_Phdr) elf.Elf32_Phdr {
     };
 }
 
-fn sectHeaderTo32(shdr: elf.Elf64_Shdr) elf.Elf32_Shdr {
+fn writeShdr(self: *Elf, index: usize) !void {
+    const foreign_endian = self.base.options.target.cpu.arch.endian() != builtin.cpu.arch.endian();
+    switch (self.ptr_width) {
+        .p32 => {
+            var shdr: [1]elf.Elf32_Shdr = undefined;
+            shdr[0] = shdrTo32(self.shdrs.items[index]);
+            if (foreign_endian) {
+                mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf32_Shdr, &shdr[0]);
+            }
+            const offset = self.shdr_table_offset.? + index * @sizeOf(elf.Elf32_Shdr);
+            return self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(&shdr), offset);
+        },
+        .p64 => {
+            var shdr = [1]elf.Elf64_Shdr{self.shdrs.items[index]};
+            if (foreign_endian) {
+                mem.byteSwapAllFields(elf.Elf64_Shdr, &shdr[0]);
+            }
+            const offset = self.shdr_table_offset.? + index * @sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Shdr);
+            return self.base.file.?.pwriteAll(mem.sliceAsBytes(&shdr), offset);
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+fn shdrTo32(shdr: elf.Elf64_Shdr) elf.Elf32_Shdr {
     return .{
         .sh_name = shdr.sh_name,
         .sh_type = shdr.sh_type,
@@ -3448,61 +3524,474 @@ const CsuObjects = struct {
     }
 };
 
-fn logSymtab(self: Elf) void {
-    log.debug("locals:", .{});
-    for (self.local_symbols.items, 0..) |sym, id| {
-        log.debug("  {d}: {?s}: @{x} in {d}", .{ id, self.strtab.get(sym.st_name), sym.st_value, sym.st_shndx });
+pub fn calcImageBase(self: Elf) u64 {
+    if (self.base.options.pic) return 0; // TODO flag an error if PIC and image_base_override
+    return self.base.options.image_base_override orelse switch (self.ptr_width) {
+        .p32 => 0x1000,
+        .p64 => 0x1000000,
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn defaultEntryAddress(self: Elf) u64 {
+    if (self.entry_addr) |addr| return addr;
+    return switch (self.base.options.target.cpu.arch) {
+        .spu_2 => 0,
+        else => default_entry_addr,
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn isDynLib(self: Elf) bool {
+    return self.base.options.output_mode == .Lib and self.base.options.link_mode == .Dynamic;
+}
+
+pub fn sectionByName(self: *Elf, name: [:0]const u8) ?u16 {
+    for (self.shdrs.items, 0..) |*shdr, i| {
+        const this_name = self.shstrtab.getAssumeExists(shdr.sh_name);
+        if (mem.eql(u8, this_name, name)) return @as(u16, @intCast(i));
+    } else return null;
+}
+
+pub fn calcNumIRelativeRelocs(self: *Elf) u64 {
+    _ = self;
+    unreachable; // TODO
+}
+
+pub fn atom(self: *Elf, atom_index: Atom.Index) ?*Atom {
+    if (atom_index == 0) return null;
+    assert(atom_index < self.atoms.items.len);
+    return &self.atoms.items[atom_index];
+}
+
+pub fn addAtom(self: *Elf) !Atom.Index {
+    const index = @as(Atom.Index, @intCast(self.atoms.items.len));
+    const atom_ptr = try self.atoms.addOne(self.base.allocator);
+    atom_ptr.* = .{ .atom_index = index };
+    return index;
+}
+
+pub fn file(self: *Elf, index: File.Index) ?File {
+    const tag = self.files.items(.tags)[index];
+    return switch (tag) {
+        .null => null,
+        .linker_defined => .{ .linker_defined = &self.files.items(.data)[index].linker_defined },
+        .zig_module => .{ .zig_module = &self.files.items(.data)[index].zig_module },
+        .object => .{ .object = &self.files.items(.data)[index].object },
+    };
+}
+
+/// Returns pointer-to-symbol described at sym_index.
+pub fn symbol(self: *Elf, sym_index: Symbol.Index) *Symbol {
+    return &self.symbols.items[sym_index];
+}
+
+pub fn addSymbol(self: *Elf) !Symbol.Index {
+    try self.symbols.ensureUnusedCapacity(self.base.allocator, 1);
+    const index = blk: {
+        if (self.symbols_free_list.popOrNull()) |index| {
+            log.debug("  (reusing symbol index {d})", .{index});
+            break :blk index;
+        } else {
+            log.debug("  (allocating symbol index {d})", .{self.symbols.items.len});
+            const index = @as(Symbol.Index, @intCast(self.symbols.items.len));
+            _ = self.symbols.addOneAssumeCapacity();
+            break :blk index;
+        }
+    };
+    self.symbols.items[index] = .{ .index = index };
+    return index;
+}
+
+pub fn addSymbolExtra(self: *Elf, extra: Symbol.Extra) !u32 {
+    const fields = @typeInfo(Symbol.Extra).Struct.fields;
+    try self.symbols_extra.ensureUnusedCapacity(self.base.allocator, fields.len);
+    return self.addSymbolExtraAssumeCapacity(extra);
+}
+
+pub fn addSymbolExtraAssumeCapacity(self: *Elf, extra: Symbol.Extra) u32 {
+    const index = @as(u32, @intCast(self.symbols_extra.items.len));
+    const fields = @typeInfo(Symbol.Extra).Struct.fields;
+    inline for (fields) |field| {
+        self.symbols_extra.appendAssumeCapacity(switch (field.type) {
+            u32 => @field(extra, field.name),
+            else => @compileError("bad field type"),
+        });
+    }
+    return index;
+}
+
+pub fn symbolExtra(self: *Elf, index: u32) ?Symbol.Extra {
+    if (index == 0) return null;
+    const fields = @typeInfo(Symbol.Extra).Struct.fields;
+    var i: usize = index;
+    var result: Symbol.Extra = undefined;
+    inline for (fields) |field| {
+        @field(result, field.name) = switch (field.type) {
+            u32 => self.symbols_extra.items[i],
+            else => @compileError("bad field type"),
+        };
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+pub fn setSymbolExtra(self: *Elf, index: u32, extra: Symbol.Extra) void {
+    assert(index > 0);
+    const fields = @typeInfo(Symbol.Extra).Struct.fields;
+    inline for (fields, 0..) |field, i| {
+        self.symbols_extra.items[index + i] = switch (field.type) {
+            u32 => @field(extra, field.name),
+            else => @compileError("bad field type"),
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+const GetOrPutGlobalResult = struct {
+    found_existing: bool,
+    index: Symbol.Index,
+};
+
+pub fn getOrPutGlobal(self: *Elf, name_off: u32) !GetOrPutGlobalResult {
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+    const gop = try self.resolver.getOrPut(gpa, name_off);
+    if (!gop.found_existing) {
+        const index = try self.addSymbol();
+        const global = self.symbol(index);
+        global.name_offset = name_off;
+        gop.value_ptr.* = index;
     }
-    log.debug("globals:", .{});
-    for (self.global_symbols.items, 0..) |sym, id| {
-        log.debug("  {d}: {?s}: @{x} in {d}", .{ id, self.strtab.get(sym.st_name), sym.st_value, sym.st_shndx });
+    return .{
+        .found_existing = gop.found_existing,
+        .index = gop.value_ptr.*,
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn globalByName(self: *Elf, name: []const u8) ?Symbol.Index {
+    const name_off = self.strtab.getOffset(name) orelse return null;
+    return self.resolver.get(name_off);
+}
+
+pub fn getGlobalSymbol(self: *Elf, name: []const u8, lib_name: ?[]const u8) !u32 {
+    _ = lib_name;
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+    const off = try self.strtab.insert(gpa, name);
+    const zig_module = self.file(self.zig_module_index.?).?.zig_module;
+    const lookup_gop = try zig_module.globals_lookup.getOrPut(gpa, off);
+    if (!lookup_gop.found_existing) {
+        const esym_index = try zig_module.addGlobalEsym(gpa);
+        const esym = zig_module.elfSym(esym_index);
+        esym.st_name = off;
+        lookup_gop.value_ptr.* = esym_index;
+        const gop = try self.getOrPutGlobal(off);
+        try zig_module.global_symbols.append(gpa, gop.index);
+    }
+    return lookup_gop.value_ptr.*;
+}
+
+const GetOrCreateComdatGroupOwnerResult = struct {
+    found_existing: bool,
+    index: ComdatGroupOwner.Index,
+};
+
+pub fn getOrCreateComdatGroupOwner(self: *Elf, off: u32) !GetOrCreateComdatGroupOwnerResult {
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+    const gop = try self.comdat_groups_table.getOrPut(gpa, off);
+    if (!gop.found_existing) {
+        const index = @as(ComdatGroupOwner.Index, @intCast(self.comdat_groups_owners.items.len));
+        const owner = try self.comdat_groups_owners.addOne(gpa);
+        owner.* = .{};
+        gop.value_ptr.* = index;
     }
+    return .{
+        .found_existing = gop.found_existing,
+        .index = gop.value_ptr.*,
+    };
 }
 
-pub fn getProgramHeader(self: *const Elf, shdr_index: u16) elf.Elf64_Phdr {
-    const index = self.sections.items(.phdr_index)[shdr_index];
-    return self.program_headers.items[index];
+pub fn addComdatGroup(self: *Elf) !ComdatGroup.Index {
+    const index = @as(ComdatGroup.Index, @intCast(self.comdat_groups.items.len));
+    _ = try self.comdat_groups.addOne(self.base.allocator);
+    return index;
 }
 
-pub fn getProgramHeaderPtr(self: *Elf, shdr_index: u16) *elf.Elf64_Phdr {
-    const index = self.sections.items(.phdr_index)[shdr_index];
-    return &self.program_headers.items[index];
+pub fn comdatGroup(self: *Elf, index: ComdatGroup.Index) *ComdatGroup {
+    assert(index < self.comdat_groups.items.len);
+    return &self.comdat_groups.items[index];
 }
 
-/// Returns pointer-to-symbol described at sym_index.
-pub fn getSymbolPtr(self: *Elf, sym_index: u32) *elf.Elf64_Sym {
-    return &self.local_symbols.items[sym_index];
+pub fn comdatGroupOwner(self: *Elf, index: ComdatGroupOwner.Index) *ComdatGroupOwner {
+    assert(index < self.comdat_groups_owners.items.len);
+    return &self.comdat_groups_owners.items[index];
 }
 
-/// Returns symbol at sym_index.
-pub fn getSymbol(self: *const Elf, sym_index: u32) elf.Elf64_Sym {
-    return self.local_symbols.items[sym_index];
+fn reportUndefined(self: *Elf, undefs: anytype) !void {
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+    const max_notes = 4;
+
+    try self.misc_errors.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, undefs.count());
+
+    var it = undefs.iterator();
+    while (it.next()) |entry| {
+        const undef_index = entry.key_ptr.*;
+        const atoms = entry.value_ptr.*.items;
+        const nnotes = @min(atoms.len, max_notes);
+
+        var notes = try std.ArrayList(link.File.ErrorMsg).initCapacity(gpa, max_notes + 1);
+        defer notes.deinit();
+
+        for (atoms[0..nnotes]) |atom_index| {
+            const atom_ptr = self.atom(atom_index).?;
+            const file_ptr = self.file(atom_ptr.file_index).?;
+            const note = try std.fmt.allocPrint(gpa, "referenced by {s}:{s}", .{
+                file_ptr.fmtPath(),
+                atom_ptr.name(self),
+            });
+            notes.appendAssumeCapacity(.{ .msg = note });
+        }
+
+        if (atoms.len > max_notes) {
+            const remaining = atoms.len - max_notes;
+            const note = try std.fmt.allocPrint(gpa, "referenced {d} more times", .{remaining});
+            notes.appendAssumeCapacity(.{ .msg = note });
+        }
+
+        var err_msg = link.File.ErrorMsg{
+            .msg = try std.fmt.allocPrint(gpa, "undefined symbol: {s}", .{self.symbol(undef_index).name(self)}),
+        };
+        err_msg.notes = try notes.toOwnedSlice();
+
+        self.misc_errors.appendAssumeCapacity(err_msg);
+    }
 }
 
-/// Returns name of the symbol at sym_index.
-pub fn getSymbolName(self: *const Elf, sym_index: u32) []const u8 {
-    const sym = self.local_symbols.items[sym_index];
-    return self.strtab.get(sym.st_name).?;
+const ParseErrorCtx = struct {
+    detected_cpu_arch: std.Target.Cpu.Arch,
+};
+
+fn handleAndReportParseError(
+    self: *Elf,
+    path: []const u8,
+    err: ParseError,
+    ctx: *const ParseErrorCtx,
+) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
+    const cpu_arch = self.base.options.target.cpu.arch;
+    switch (err) {
+        error.UnknownFileType => try self.reportParseError(path, "unknown file type", .{}),
+        error.InvalidCpuArch => try self.reportParseError(
+            path,
+            "invalid cpu architecture: expected '{s}', but found '{s}'",
+            .{ @tagName(cpu_arch), @tagName(ctx.detected_cpu_arch) },
+        ),
+        else => |e| try self.reportParseError(
+            path,
+            "unexpected error: parsing object failed with error {s}",
+            .{@errorName(e)},
+        ),
+    }
 }
 
-/// Returns name of the global symbol at index.
-pub fn getGlobalName(self: *const Elf, index: u32) []const u8 {
-    const sym = self.global_symbols.items[index];
-    return self.strtab.get(sym.st_name).?;
+fn reportParseError(
+    self: *Elf,
+    path: []const u8,
+    comptime format: []const u8,
+    args: anytype,
+) error{OutOfMemory}!void {
+    const gpa = self.base.allocator;
+    try self.misc_errors.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, 1);
+    var notes = try gpa.alloc(link.File.ErrorMsg, 1);
+    errdefer gpa.free(notes);
+    notes[0] = .{ .msg = try std.fmt.allocPrint(gpa, "while parsing {s}", .{path}) };
+    self.misc_errors.appendAssumeCapacity(.{
+        .msg = try std.fmt.allocPrint(gpa, format, args),
+        .notes = notes,
+    });
 }
 
-pub fn getAtom(self: *const Elf, atom_index: Atom.Index) Atom {
-    assert(atom_index < self.atoms.items.len);
-    return self.atoms.items[atom_index];
+fn dumpState(self: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(fmtDumpState) {
+    return .{ .data = self };
 }
 
-pub fn getAtomPtr(self: *Elf, atom_index: Atom.Index) *Atom {
-    assert(atom_index < self.atoms.items.len);
-    return &self.atoms.items[atom_index];
+fn fmtDumpState(
+    self: *Elf,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+
+    if (self.zig_module_index) |index| {
+        const zig_module = self.file(index).?.zig_module;
+        try writer.print("zig_module({d}) : {s}\n", .{ index, zig_module.path });
+        try writer.print("{}\n", .{zig_module.fmtSymtab(self)});
+    }
+
+    for (self.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = self.file(index).?.object;
+        try writer.print("object({d}) : {}", .{ index, object.fmtPath() });
+        if (!object.alive) try writer.writeAll(" : [*]");
+        try writer.writeByte('\n');
+        try writer.print("{}{}{}{}{}\n", .{
+            object.fmtAtoms(self),
+            object.fmtCies(self),
+            object.fmtFdes(self),
+            object.fmtSymtab(self),
+            object.fmtComdatGroups(self),
+        });
+    }
+
+    if (self.linker_defined_index) |index| {
+        const linker_defined = self.file(index).?.linker_defined;
+        try writer.print("linker_defined({d}) : (linker defined)\n", .{index});
+        try writer.print("{}\n", .{linker_defined.fmtSymtab(self)});
+    }
+    try writer.print("{}\n", .{self.got.fmt(self)});
+}
+
+/// Binary search
+pub fn bsearch(comptime T: type, haystack: []align(1) const T, predicate: anytype) usize {
+    if (!@hasDecl(@TypeOf(predicate), "predicate"))
+        @compileError("Predicate is required to define fn predicate(@This(), T) bool");
+
+    var min: usize = 0;
+    var max: usize = haystack.len;
+    while (min < max) {
+        const index = (min + max) / 2;
+        const curr = haystack[index];
+        if (predicate.predicate(curr)) {
+            min = index + 1;
+        } else {
+            max = index;
+        }
+    }
+    return min;
 }
 
-/// Returns atom if there is an atom referenced by the symbol.
-/// Returns null on failure.
-pub fn getAtomIndexForSymbol(self: *Elf, sym_index: u32) ?Atom.Index {
-    return self.atom_by_index_table.get(sym_index);
+/// Linear search
+pub fn lsearch(comptime T: type, haystack: []align(1) const T, predicate: anytype) usize {
+    if (!@hasDecl(@TypeOf(predicate), "predicate"))
+        @compileError("Predicate is required to define fn predicate(@This(), T) bool");
+
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    while (i < haystack.len) : (i += 1) {
+        if (predicate.predicate(haystack[i])) break;
+    }
+    return i;
 }
+
+const default_entry_addr = 0x8000000;
+
+pub const base_tag: link.File.Tag = .elf;
+
+const LastAtomAndFreeList = struct {
+    /// Index of the last allocated atom in this section.
+    last_atom_index: Atom.Index = 0,
+
+    /// A list of atoms that have surplus capacity. This list can have false
+    /// positives, as functions grow and shrink over time, only sometimes being added
+    /// or removed from the freelist.
+    ///
+    /// An atom has surplus capacity when its overcapacity value is greater than
+    /// padToIdeal(minimum_atom_size). That is, when it has so
+    /// much extra capacity, that we could fit a small new symbol in it, itself with
+    /// ideal_capacity or more.
+    ///
+    /// Ideal capacity is defined by size + (size / ideal_factor)
+    ///
+    /// Overcapacity is measured by actual_capacity - ideal_capacity. Note that
+    /// overcapacity can be negative. A simple way to have negative overcapacity is to
+    /// allocate a fresh text block, which will have ideal capacity, and then grow it
+    /// by 1 byte. It will then have -1 overcapacity.
+    free_list: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Atom.Index) = .{},
+};
+
+const LazySymbolMetadata = struct {
+    const State = enum { unused, pending_flush, flushed };
+    text_symbol_index: Symbol.Index = undefined,
+    rodata_symbol_index: Symbol.Index = undefined,
+    text_state: State = .unused,
+    rodata_state: State = .unused,
+};
+
+const DeclMetadata = struct {
+    symbol_index: Symbol.Index,
+    /// A list of all exports aliases of this Decl.
+    exports: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Symbol.Index) = .{},
+
+    fn @"export"(m: DeclMetadata, elf_file: *Elf, name: []const u8) ?*u32 {
+        const zig_module = elf_file.file(elf_file.zig_module_index.?).?.zig_module;
+        for (m.exports.items) |*exp| {
+            const exp_name = elf_file.strtab.getAssumeExists(zig_module.elfSym(exp.*).st_name);
+            if (mem.eql(u8, name, exp_name)) return exp;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+};
+
+const ComdatGroupOwner = struct {
+    file: File.Index = 0,
+    const Index = u32;
+};
+
+pub const ComdatGroup = struct {
+    owner: ComdatGroupOwner.Index,
+    shndx: u16,
+    pub const Index = u32;
+};
+
+pub const SymtabSize = struct {
+    nlocals: u32 = 0,
+    nglobals: u32 = 0,
+};
+
+pub const null_sym = elf.Elf64_Sym{
+    .st_name = 0,
+    .st_info = 0,
+    .st_other = 0,
+    .st_shndx = 0,
+    .st_value = 0,
+    .st_size = 0,
+};
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const build_options = @import("build_options");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const elf = std.elf;
+const fs = std.fs;
+const log = std.log.scoped(.link);
+const state_log = std.log.scoped(.link_state);
+const math = std.math;
+const mem = std.mem;
+
+const codegen = @import("../codegen.zig");
+const glibc = @import("../glibc.zig");
+const link = @import("../link.zig");
+const lldMain = @import("../main.zig").lldMain;
+const musl = @import("../musl.zig");
+const target_util = @import("../target.zig");
+const trace = @import("../tracy.zig").trace;
+const synthetic_sections = @import("Elf/synthetic_sections.zig");
+
+const Air = @import("../Air.zig");
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+pub const Atom = @import("Elf/Atom.zig");
+const Cache = std.Build.Cache;
+const Compilation = @import("../Compilation.zig");
+const Dwarf = @import("Dwarf.zig");
+const Elf = @This();
+const File = @import("Elf/file.zig").File;
+const GotSection = synthetic_sections.GotSection;
+const LinkerDefined = @import("Elf/LinkerDefined.zig");
+const Liveness = @import("../Liveness.zig");
+const LlvmObject = @import("../codegen/llvm.zig").Object;
+const Module = @import("../Module.zig");
+const Object = @import("Elf/Object.zig");
+const InternPool = @import("../InternPool.zig");
+const Package = @import("../Package.zig");
+const Symbol = @import("Elf/Symbol.zig");
+const StringTable = @import("strtab.zig").StringTable;
+const TableSection = @import("table_section.zig").TableSection;
+const Type = @import("../type.zig").Type;
+const TypedValue = @import("../TypedValue.zig");
+const Value = @import("../value.zig").Value;
+const ZigModule = @import("Elf/ZigModule.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/Atom.zig b/src/link/Elf/Atom.zig
index b437be3282..82c2b46d1d 100644
--- a/src/link/Elf/Atom.zig
+++ b/src/link/Elf/Atom.zig
@@ -1,108 +1,604 @@
-const Atom = @This();
+/// Address allocated for this Atom.
+value: u64 = 0,
 
-const std = @import("std");
-const assert = std.debug.assert;
-const elf = std.elf;
+/// Name of this Atom.
+name_offset: u32 = 0,
 
-const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
+/// Index into linker's input file table.
+file_index: File.Index = 0,
 
-/// Each decl always gets a local symbol with the fully qualified name.
-/// The vaddr and size are found here directly.
-/// The file offset is found by computing the vaddr offset from the section vaddr
-/// the symbol references, and adding that to the file offset of the section.
-/// If this field is 0, it means the codegen size = 0 and there is no symbol or
-/// offset table entry.
-local_sym_index: u32,
+/// Size of this atom
+size: u64 = 0,
 
-/// Points to the previous and next neighbors, based on the `text_offset`.
-/// This can be used to find, for example, the capacity of this `TextBlock`.
-prev_index: ?Index,
-next_index: ?Index,
+/// Alignment of this atom as a power of two.
+alignment: u8 = 0,
 
-pub const Index = u32;
+/// Index of the input section.
+input_section_index: Index = 0,
 
-pub const Reloc = struct {
-    target: u32,
-    offset: u64,
-    addend: u32,
-    prev_vaddr: u64,
-};
+/// Index of the output section.
+output_section_index: Index = 0,
 
-pub fn getSymbolIndex(self: Atom) ?u32 {
-    if (self.local_sym_index == 0) return null;
-    return self.local_sym_index;
-}
+/// Index of the input section containing this atom's relocs.
+relocs_section_index: Index = 0,
+
+/// Index of this atom in the linker's atoms table.
+atom_index: Index = 0,
+
+/// Specifies whether this atom is alive or has been garbage collected.
+alive: bool = false,
+
+/// Specifies if the atom has been visited during garbage collection.
+visited: bool = false,
+
+/// Start index of FDEs referencing this atom.
+fde_start: u32 = 0,
 
-pub fn getSymbol(self: Atom, elf_file: *const Elf) elf.Elf64_Sym {
-    return elf_file.getSymbol(self.getSymbolIndex().?);
+/// End index of FDEs referencing this atom.
+fde_end: u32 = 0,
+
+/// Points to the previous and next neighbors, based on the `text_offset`.
+/// This can be used to find, for example, the capacity of this `TextBlock`.
+prev_index: Index = 0,
+next_index: Index = 0,
+
+pub fn name(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) []const u8 {
+    return elf_file.strtab.getAssumeExists(self.name_offset);
 }
 
-pub fn getSymbolPtr(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) *elf.Elf64_Sym {
-    return elf_file.getSymbolPtr(self.getSymbolIndex().?);
+pub fn inputShdr(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) elf.Elf64_Shdr {
+    const object = elf_file.file(self.file_index).?.object;
+    return object.shdrs.items[self.input_section_index];
 }
 
-pub fn getName(self: Atom, elf_file: *const Elf) []const u8 {
-    return elf_file.getSymbolName(self.getSymbolIndex().?);
+pub fn codeInObject(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) error{Overflow}![]const u8 {
+    const object = elf_file.file(self.file_index).?.object;
+    return object.shdrContents(self.input_section_index);
 }
 
-/// If entry already exists, returns index to it.
-/// Otherwise, creates a new entry in the Global Offset Table for this Atom.
-pub fn getOrCreateOffsetTableEntry(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) !u32 {
-    const sym_index = self.getSymbolIndex().?;
-    if (elf_file.got_table.lookup.get(sym_index)) |index| return index;
-    const index = try elf_file.got_table.allocateEntry(elf_file.base.allocator, sym_index);
-    elf_file.got_table_count_dirty = true;
-    return index;
+/// Returns atom's code and optionally uncompresses data if required (for compressed sections).
+/// Caller owns the memory.
+pub fn codeInObjectUncompressAlloc(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) ![]u8 {
+    const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+    const data = try self.codeInObject(elf_file);
+    const shdr = self.inputShdr(elf_file);
+    if (shdr.sh_flags & elf.SHF_COMPRESSED != 0) {
+        const chdr = @as(*align(1) const elf.Elf64_Chdr, @ptrCast(data.ptr)).*;
+        switch (chdr.ch_type) {
+            .ZLIB => {
+                var stream = std.io.fixedBufferStream(data[@sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Chdr)..]);
+                var zlib_stream = std.compress.zlib.decompressStream(gpa, stream.reader()) catch
+                    return error.InputOutput;
+                defer zlib_stream.deinit();
+                const size = std.math.cast(usize, chdr.ch_size) orelse return error.Overflow;
+                const decomp = try gpa.alloc(u8, size);
+                const nread = zlib_stream.reader().readAll(decomp) catch return error.InputOutput;
+                if (nread != decomp.len) {
+                    return error.InputOutput;
+                }
+                return decomp;
+            },
+            else => @panic("TODO unhandled compression scheme"),
+        }
+    } else return gpa.dupe(u8, data);
 }
 
-pub fn getOffsetTableAddress(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
-    const sym_index = self.getSymbolIndex().?;
-    const got_entry_index = elf_file.got_table.lookup.get(sym_index).?;
-    const target = elf_file.base.options.target;
-    const ptr_bits = target.ptrBitWidth();
-    const ptr_bytes: u64 = @divExact(ptr_bits, 8);
-    const got = elf_file.program_headers.items[elf_file.phdr_got_index.?];
-    return got.p_vaddr + got_entry_index * ptr_bytes;
+pub fn priority(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+    const index = elf_file.file(self.file_index).?.index();
+    return (@as(u64, @intCast(index)) << 32) | @as(u64, @intCast(self.input_section_index));
 }
 
 /// Returns how much room there is to grow in virtual address space.
 /// File offset relocation happens transparently, so it is not included in
 /// this calculation.
-pub fn capacity(self: Atom, elf_file: *const Elf) u64 {
-    const self_sym = self.getSymbol(elf_file);
-    if (self.next_index) |next_index| {
-        const next = elf_file.getAtom(next_index);
-        const next_sym = next.getSymbol(elf_file);
-        return next_sym.st_value - self_sym.st_value;
-    } else {
-        // We are the last block. The capacity is limited only by virtual address space.
-        return std.math.maxInt(u32) - self_sym.st_value;
-    }
+pub fn capacity(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+    const next_value = if (elf_file.atom(self.next_index)) |next| next.value else std.math.maxInt(u32);
+    return next_value - self.value;
 }
 
-pub fn freeListEligible(self: Atom, elf_file: *const Elf) bool {
+pub fn freeListEligible(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) bool {
     // No need to keep a free list node for the last block.
-    const next_index = self.next_index orelse return false;
-    const next = elf_file.getAtom(next_index);
-    const self_sym = self.getSymbol(elf_file);
-    const next_sym = next.getSymbol(elf_file);
-    const cap = next_sym.st_value - self_sym.st_value;
-    const ideal_cap = Elf.padToIdeal(self_sym.st_size);
+    const next = elf_file.atom(self.next_index) orelse return false;
+    const cap = next.value - self.value;
+    const ideal_cap = Elf.padToIdeal(self.size);
     if (cap <= ideal_cap) return false;
     const surplus = cap - ideal_cap;
     return surplus >= Elf.min_text_capacity;
 }
 
-pub fn addRelocation(elf_file: *Elf, atom_index: Index, reloc: Reloc) !void {
+pub fn allocate(self: *Atom, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    const shdr = &elf_file.shdrs.items[self.output_section_index];
+    const meta = elf_file.last_atom_and_free_list_table.getPtr(self.output_section_index).?;
+    const free_list = &meta.free_list;
+    const last_atom_index = &meta.last_atom_index;
+    const new_atom_ideal_capacity = Elf.padToIdeal(self.size);
+    const alignment = try std.math.powi(u64, 2, self.alignment);
+
+    // We use these to indicate our intention to update metadata, placing the new atom,
+    // and possibly removing a free list node.
+    // It would be simpler to do it inside the for loop below, but that would cause a
+    // problem if an error was returned later in the function. So this action
+    // is actually carried out at the end of the function, when errors are no longer possible.
+    var atom_placement: ?Atom.Index = null;
+    var free_list_removal: ?usize = null;
+
+    // First we look for an appropriately sized free list node.
+    // The list is unordered. We'll just take the first thing that works.
+    self.value = blk: {
+        var i: usize = if (elf_file.base.child_pid == null) 0 else free_list.items.len;
+        while (i < free_list.items.len) {
+            const big_atom_index = free_list.items[i];
+            const big_atom = elf_file.atom(big_atom_index).?;
+            // We now have a pointer to a live atom that has too much capacity.
+            // Is it enough that we could fit this new atom?
+            const cap = big_atom.capacity(elf_file);
+            const ideal_capacity = Elf.padToIdeal(cap);
+            const ideal_capacity_end_vaddr = std.math.add(u64, big_atom.value, ideal_capacity) catch ideal_capacity;
+            const capacity_end_vaddr = big_atom.value + cap;
+            const new_start_vaddr_unaligned = capacity_end_vaddr - new_atom_ideal_capacity;
+            const new_start_vaddr = std.mem.alignBackward(u64, new_start_vaddr_unaligned, alignment);
+            if (new_start_vaddr < ideal_capacity_end_vaddr) {
+                // Additional bookkeeping here to notice if this free list node
+                // should be deleted because the block that it points to has grown to take up
+                // more of the extra capacity.
+                if (!big_atom.freeListEligible(elf_file)) {
+                    _ = free_list.swapRemove(i);
+                } else {
+                    i += 1;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+            // At this point we know that we will place the new block here. But the
+            // remaining question is whether there is still yet enough capacity left
+            // over for there to still be a free list node.
+            const remaining_capacity = new_start_vaddr - ideal_capacity_end_vaddr;
+            const keep_free_list_node = remaining_capacity >= Elf.min_text_capacity;
+
+            // Set up the metadata to be updated, after errors are no longer possible.
+            atom_placement = big_atom_index;
+            if (!keep_free_list_node) {
+                free_list_removal = i;
+            }
+            break :blk new_start_vaddr;
+        } else if (elf_file.atom(last_atom_index.*)) |last| {
+            const ideal_capacity = Elf.padToIdeal(last.size);
+            const ideal_capacity_end_vaddr = last.value + ideal_capacity;
+            const new_start_vaddr = std.mem.alignForward(u64, ideal_capacity_end_vaddr, alignment);
+            // Set up the metadata to be updated, after errors are no longer possible.
+            atom_placement = last.atom_index;
+            break :blk new_start_vaddr;
+        } else {
+            break :blk shdr.sh_addr;
+        }
+    };
+
+    const expand_section = if (atom_placement) |placement_index|
+        elf_file.atom(placement_index).?.next_index == 0
+    else
+        true;
+    if (expand_section) {
+        const needed_size = (self.value + self.size) - shdr.sh_addr;
+        try elf_file.growAllocSection(self.output_section_index, needed_size);
+        last_atom_index.* = self.atom_index;
+
+        if (elf_file.dwarf) |_| {
+            // The .debug_info section has `low_pc` and `high_pc` values which is the virtual address
+            // range of the compilation unit. When we expand the text section, this range changes,
+            // so the DW_TAG.compile_unit tag of the .debug_info section becomes dirty.
+            elf_file.debug_info_header_dirty = true;
+            // This becomes dirty for the same reason. We could potentially make this more
+            // fine-grained with the addition of support for more compilation units. It is planned to
+            // model each package as a different compilation unit.
+            elf_file.debug_aranges_section_dirty = true;
+        }
+    }
+    shdr.sh_addralign = @max(shdr.sh_addralign, alignment);
+
+    // This function can also reallocate an atom.
+    // In this case we need to "unplug" it from its previous location before
+    // plugging it in to its new location.
+    if (elf_file.atom(self.prev_index)) |prev| {
+        prev.next_index = self.next_index;
+    }
+    if (elf_file.atom(self.next_index)) |next| {
+        next.prev_index = self.prev_index;
+    }
+
+    if (atom_placement) |big_atom_index| {
+        const big_atom = elf_file.atom(big_atom_index).?;
+        self.prev_index = big_atom_index;
+        self.next_index = big_atom.next_index;
+        big_atom.next_index = self.atom_index;
+    } else {
+        self.prev_index = 0;
+        self.next_index = 0;
+    }
+    if (free_list_removal) |i| {
+        _ = free_list.swapRemove(i);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn shrink(self: *Atom, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    _ = self;
+    _ = elf_file;
+}
+
+pub fn grow(self: *Atom, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    const alignment = try std.math.powi(u64, 2, self.alignment);
+    const align_ok = std.mem.alignBackward(u64, self.value, alignment) == self.value;
+    const need_realloc = !align_ok or self.size > self.capacity(elf_file);
+    if (need_realloc) try self.allocate(elf_file);
+}
+
+pub fn free(self: *Atom, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    log.debug("freeAtom {d} ({s})", .{ self.atom_index, self.name(elf_file) });
+
+    const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+    const zig_module = elf_file.file(self.file_index).?.zig_module;
+    const shndx = self.output_section_index;
+    const meta = elf_file.last_atom_and_free_list_table.getPtr(shndx).?;
+    const free_list = &meta.free_list;
+    const last_atom_index = &meta.last_atom_index;
+    var already_have_free_list_node = false;
+    {
+        var i: usize = 0;
+        // TODO turn free_list into a hash map
+        while (i < free_list.items.len) {
+            if (free_list.items[i] == self.atom_index) {
+                _ = free_list.swapRemove(i);
+                continue;
+            }
+            if (free_list.items[i] == self.prev_index) {
+                already_have_free_list_node = true;
+            }
+            i += 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (elf_file.atom(last_atom_index.*)) |last_atom| {
+        if (last_atom.atom_index == self.atom_index) {
+            if (elf_file.atom(self.prev_index)) |_| {
+                // TODO shrink the section size here
+                last_atom_index.* = self.prev_index;
+            } else {
+                last_atom_index.* = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (elf_file.atom(self.prev_index)) |prev| {
+        prev.next_index = self.next_index;
+        if (!already_have_free_list_node and prev.*.freeListEligible(elf_file)) {
+            // The free list is heuristics, it doesn't have to be perfect, so we can
+            // ignore the OOM here.
+            free_list.append(gpa, prev.atom_index) catch {};
+        }
+    } else {
+        self.prev_index = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (elf_file.atom(self.next_index)) |next| {
+        next.prev_index = self.prev_index;
+    } else {
+        self.next_index = 0;
+    }
+
+    // TODO create relocs free list
+    self.freeRelocs(elf_file);
+    assert(zig_module.atoms.swapRemove(self.atom_index));
+    self.* = .{};
+}
+
+pub fn relocs(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) error{Overflow}![]align(1) const elf.Elf64_Rela {
+    return switch (elf_file.file(self.file_index).?) {
+        .zig_module => |x| x.relocs.items[self.relocs_section_index].items,
+        .object => |x| x.getRelocs(self.relocs_section_index),
+        else => unreachable,
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn addReloc(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf, reloc: elf.Elf64_Rela) !void {
     const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
-    const gop = try elf_file.relocs.getOrPut(gpa, atom_index);
-    if (!gop.found_existing) {
-        gop.value_ptr.* = .{};
+    const file_ptr = elf_file.file(self.file_index).?;
+    assert(file_ptr == .zig_module);
+    const zig_module = file_ptr.zig_module;
+    const rels = &zig_module.relocs.items[self.relocs_section_index];
+    try rels.append(gpa, reloc);
+}
+
+pub fn freeRelocs(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    const file_ptr = elf_file.file(self.file_index).?;
+    assert(file_ptr == .zig_module);
+    const zig_module = file_ptr.zig_module;
+    zig_module.relocs.items[self.relocs_section_index].clearRetainingCapacity();
+}
+
+pub fn scanRelocs(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf, undefs: anytype) !void {
+    const file_ptr = elf_file.file(self.file_index).?;
+    const rels = try self.relocs(elf_file);
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    while (i < rels.len) : (i += 1) {
+        const rel = rels[i];
+
+        if (rel.r_type() == elf.R_X86_64_NONE) continue;
+
+        const symbol = switch (file_ptr) {
+            .zig_module => |x| elf_file.symbol(x.symbol(rel.r_sym())),
+            .object => |x| elf_file.symbol(x.symbols.items[rel.r_sym()]),
+            else => unreachable,
+        };
+
+        // Check for violation of One Definition Rule for COMDATs.
+        if (symbol.file(elf_file) == null) {
+            // TODO convert into an error
+            log.debug("{}: {s}: {s} refers to a discarded COMDAT section", .{
+                file_ptr.fmtPath(),
+                self.name(elf_file),
+                symbol.name(elf_file),
+            });
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Report an undefined symbol.
+        try self.reportUndefined(elf_file, symbol, rel, undefs);
+
+        // While traversing relocations, mark symbols that require special handling such as
+        // pointer indirection via GOT, or a stub trampoline via PLT.
+        switch (rel.r_type()) {
+            elf.R_X86_64_64 => {},
+
+            elf.R_X86_64_32,
+            elf.R_X86_64_32S,
+            => {},
+
+            elf.R_X86_64_GOT32,
+            elf.R_X86_64_GOT64,
+            elf.R_X86_64_GOTPC32,
+            elf.R_X86_64_GOTPC64,
+            elf.R_X86_64_GOTPCREL,
+            elf.R_X86_64_GOTPCREL64,
+            elf.R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX,
+            elf.R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX,
+            => {
+                symbol.flags.needs_got = true;
+            },
+
+            elf.R_X86_64_PLT32,
+            elf.R_X86_64_PLTOFF64,
+            => {
+                if (symbol.flags.import) {
+                    symbol.flags.needs_plt = true;
+                }
+            },
+
+            elf.R_X86_64_PC32 => {},
+
+            else => @panic("TODO"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// This function will report any undefined non-weak symbols that are not imports.
+fn reportUndefined(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf, sym: *const Symbol, rel: elf.Elf64_Rela, undefs: anytype) !void {
+    const rel_esym = switch (elf_file.file(self.file_index).?) {
+        .zig_module => |x| x.elfSym(rel.r_sym()).*,
+        .object => |x| x.symtab[rel.r_sym()],
+        else => unreachable,
+    };
+    const esym = sym.elfSym(elf_file);
+    if (rel_esym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF and
+        rel_esym.st_bind() == elf.STB_GLOBAL and
+        sym.esym_index > 0 and
+        !sym.flags.import and
+        esym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF)
+    {
+        const gop = try undefs.getOrPut(sym.index);
+        if (!gop.found_existing) {
+            gop.value_ptr.* = std.ArrayList(Atom.Index).init(elf_file.base.allocator);
+        }
+        try gop.value_ptr.append(self.atom_index);
+    }
+}
+
+/// TODO mark relocs dirty
+pub fn resolveRelocs(self: Atom, elf_file: *Elf, code: []u8) !void {
+    relocs_log.debug("0x{x}: {s}", .{ self.value, self.name(elf_file) });
+
+    const file_ptr = elf_file.file(self.file_index).?;
+    var stream = std.io.fixedBufferStream(code);
+    const cwriter = stream.writer();
+
+    for (try self.relocs(elf_file)) |rel| {
+        const r_type = rel.r_type();
+        if (r_type == elf.R_X86_64_NONE) continue;
+
+        const target = switch (file_ptr) {
+            .zig_module => |x| elf_file.symbol(x.symbol(rel.r_sym())),
+            .object => |x| elf_file.symbol(x.symbols.items[rel.r_sym()]),
+            else => unreachable,
+        };
+
+        // We will use equation format to resolve relocations:
+        // https://intezer.com/blog/malware-analysis/executable-and-linkable-format-101-part-3-relocations/
+        //
+        // Address of the source atom.
+        const P = @as(i64, @intCast(self.value + rel.r_offset));
+        // Addend from the relocation.
+        const A = rel.r_addend;
+        // Address of the target symbol - can be address of the symbol within an atom or address of PLT stub.
+        const S = @as(i64, @intCast(target.address(.{}, elf_file)));
+        // Address of the global offset table.
+        const GOT = blk: {
+            const shndx = if (elf_file.got_plt_section_index) |shndx|
+                shndx
+            else if (elf_file.got_section_index) |shndx|
+                shndx
+            else
+                null;
+            break :blk if (shndx) |index| @as(i64, @intCast(elf_file.shdrs.items[index].sh_addr)) else 0;
+        };
+        // Relative offset to the start of the global offset table.
+        const G = @as(i64, @intCast(target.gotAddress(elf_file))) - GOT;
+        // // Address of the thread pointer.
+        // const TP = @as(i64, @intCast(elf_file.getTpAddress()));
+        // // Address of the dynamic thread pointer.
+        // const DTP = @as(i64, @intCast(elf_file.getDtpAddress()));
+
+        relocs_log.debug("  {s}: {x}: [{x} => {x}] G({x}) ({s})", .{
+            fmtRelocType(r_type),
+            rel.r_offset,
+            P,
+            S + A,
+            G + GOT + A,
+            target.name(elf_file),
+        });
+
+        try stream.seekTo(rel.r_offset);
+
+        switch (rel.r_type()) {
+            elf.R_X86_64_NONE => unreachable,
+
+            elf.R_X86_64_64 => try cwriter.writeIntLittle(i64, S + A),
+
+            elf.R_X86_64_PLT32,
+            elf.R_X86_64_PC32,
+            => try cwriter.writeIntLittle(i32, @as(i32, @intCast(S + A - P))),
+
+            else => {
+                log.err("TODO: unhandled relocation type {}", .{fmtRelocType(rel.r_type())});
+                @panic("TODO unhandled relocation type");
+            },
+        }
     }
-    try gop.value_ptr.append(gpa, reloc);
 }
 
-pub fn freeRelocations(elf_file: *Elf, atom_index: Index) void {
-    var removed_relocs = elf_file.relocs.fetchRemove(atom_index);
-    if (removed_relocs) |*relocs| relocs.value.deinit(elf_file.base.allocator);
+pub fn fmtRelocType(r_type: u32) std.fmt.Formatter(formatRelocType) {
+    return .{ .data = r_type };
+}
+
+fn formatRelocType(
+    r_type: u32,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    const str = switch (r_type) {
+        elf.R_X86_64_NONE => "R_X86_64_NONE",
+        elf.R_X86_64_64 => "R_X86_64_64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_PC32 => "R_X86_64_PC32",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOT32 => "R_X86_64_GOT32",
+        elf.R_X86_64_PLT32 => "R_X86_64_PLT32",
+        elf.R_X86_64_COPY => "R_X86_64_COPY",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT => "R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT",
+        elf.R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT => "R_X86_64_JUMP_SLOT",
+        elf.R_X86_64_RELATIVE => "R_X86_64_RELATIVE",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOTPCREL => "R_X86_64_GOTPCREL",
+        elf.R_X86_64_32 => "R_X86_64_32",
+        elf.R_X86_64_32S => "R_X86_64_32S",
+        elf.R_X86_64_16 => "R_X86_64_16",
+        elf.R_X86_64_PC16 => "R_X86_64_PC16",
+        elf.R_X86_64_8 => "R_X86_64_8",
+        elf.R_X86_64_PC8 => "R_X86_64_PC8",
+        elf.R_X86_64_DTPMOD64 => "R_X86_64_DTPMOD64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_DTPOFF64 => "R_X86_64_DTPOFF64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_TPOFF64 => "R_X86_64_TPOFF64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_TLSGD => "R_X86_64_TLSGD",
+        elf.R_X86_64_TLSLD => "R_X86_64_TLSLD",
+        elf.R_X86_64_DTPOFF32 => "R_X86_64_DTPOFF32",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOTTPOFF => "R_X86_64_GOTTPOFF",
+        elf.R_X86_64_TPOFF32 => "R_X86_64_TPOFF32",
+        elf.R_X86_64_PC64 => "R_X86_64_PC64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOTOFF64 => "R_X86_64_GOTOFF64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOTPC32 => "R_X86_64_GOTPC32",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOT64 => "R_X86_64_GOT64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOTPCREL64 => "R_X86_64_GOTPCREL64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOTPC64 => "R_X86_64_GOTPC64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOTPLT64 => "R_X86_64_GOTPLT64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_PLTOFF64 => "R_X86_64_PLTOFF64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_SIZE32 => "R_X86_64_SIZE32",
+        elf.R_X86_64_SIZE64 => "R_X86_64_SIZE64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOTPC32_TLSDESC => "R_X86_64_GOTPC32_TLSDESC",
+        elf.R_X86_64_TLSDESC_CALL => "R_X86_64_TLSDESC_CALL",
+        elf.R_X86_64_TLSDESC => "R_X86_64_TLSDESC",
+        elf.R_X86_64_IRELATIVE => "R_X86_64_IRELATIVE",
+        elf.R_X86_64_RELATIVE64 => "R_X86_64_RELATIVE64",
+        elf.R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX => "R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX",
+        elf.R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX => "R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX",
+        elf.R_X86_64_NUM => "R_X86_64_NUM",
+        else => "R_X86_64_UNKNOWN",
+    };
+    try writer.print("{s}", .{str});
+}
+
+pub fn format(
+    atom: Atom,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = atom;
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    _ = writer;
+    @compileError("do not format symbols directly");
+}
+
+pub fn fmt(atom: Atom, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(format2) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .atom = atom,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
 }
+
+const FormatContext = struct {
+    atom: Atom,
+    elf_file: *Elf,
+};
+
+fn format2(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = options;
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    const atom = ctx.atom;
+    const elf_file = ctx.elf_file;
+    try writer.print("atom({d}) : {s} : @{x} : sect({d}) : align({x}) : size({x})", .{
+        atom.atom_index,           atom.name(elf_file), atom.value,
+        atom.output_section_index, atom.alignment,      atom.size,
+    });
+    // if (atom.fde_start != atom.fde_end) {
+    //     try writer.writeAll(" : fdes{ ");
+    //     for (atom.getFdes(elf_file), atom.fde_start..) |fde, i| {
+    //         try writer.print("{d}", .{i});
+    //         if (!fde.alive) try writer.writeAll("([*])");
+    //         if (i < atom.fde_end - 1) try writer.writeAll(", ");
+    //     }
+    //     try writer.writeAll(" }");
+    // }
+    const gc_sections = if (elf_file.base.options.gc_sections) |gc_sections| gc_sections else false;
+    if (gc_sections and !atom.alive) {
+        try writer.writeAll(" : [*]");
+    }
+}
+
+// TODO this has to be u32 but for now, to avoid redesigning elfSym machinery for
+// ZigModule, keep it at u16 with the intention of bumping it to u32 in the near
+// future.
+pub const Index = u16;
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const elf = std.elf;
+const log = std.log.scoped(.link);
+const relocs_log = std.log.scoped(.link_relocs);
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const Atom = @This();
+const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
+const File = @import("file.zig").File;
+const Symbol = @import("Symbol.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/LinkerDefined.zig b/src/link/Elf/LinkerDefined.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c6666e8bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/link/Elf/LinkerDefined.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+index: File.Index,
+symtab: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Sym) = .{},
+symbols: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Symbol.Index) = .{},
+
+output_symtab_size: Elf.SymtabSize = .{},
+
+pub fn deinit(self: *LinkerDefined, allocator: Allocator) void {
+    self.symtab.deinit(allocator);
+    self.symbols.deinit(allocator);
+}
+
+pub fn addGlobal(self: *LinkerDefined, name: [:0]const u8, elf_file: *Elf) !u32 {
+    const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+    try self.symtab.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, 1);
+    try self.symbols.ensureUnusedCapacity(gpa, 1);
+    self.symtab.appendAssumeCapacity(.{
+        .st_name = try elf_file.strtab.insert(gpa, name),
+        .st_info = elf.STB_GLOBAL << 4,
+        .st_other = @intFromEnum(elf.STV.HIDDEN),
+        .st_shndx = elf.SHN_ABS,
+        .st_value = 0,
+        .st_size = 0,
+    });
+    const off = try elf_file.strtab.insert(gpa, name);
+    const gop = try elf_file.getOrPutGlobal(off);
+    self.symbols.addOneAssumeCapacity().* = gop.index;
+    return gop.index;
+}
+
+pub fn resolveSymbols(self: *LinkerDefined, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    for (self.symbols.items, 0..) |index, i| {
+        const sym_idx = @as(Symbol.Index, @intCast(i));
+        const this_sym = self.symtab.items[sym_idx];
+
+        if (this_sym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF) continue;
+
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        if (self.asFile().symbolRank(this_sym, false) < global.symbolRank(elf_file)) {
+            global.value = 0;
+            global.name_offset = global.name_offset;
+            global.atom_index = 0;
+            global.file_index = self.index;
+            global.esym_index = sym_idx;
+            global.version_index = elf_file.default_sym_version;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn updateSymtabSize(self: *LinkerDefined, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    for (self.globals()) |global_index| {
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(global_index);
+        if (global.file(elf_file)) |file| if (file.index() != self.index) continue;
+        global.flags.output_symtab = true;
+        self.output_symtab_size.nlocals += 1;
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn writeSymtab(self: *LinkerDefined, elf_file: *Elf, ctx: anytype) void {
+    var ilocal = ctx.ilocal;
+    for (self.globals()) |global_index| {
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(global_index);
+        if (global.file(elf_file)) |file| if (file.index() != self.index) continue;
+        if (!global.flags.output_symtab) continue;
+        global.setOutputSym(elf_file, &ctx.symtab[ilocal]);
+        ilocal += 1;
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn globals(self: *LinkerDefined) []const Symbol.Index {
+    return self.symbols.items;
+}
+
+pub fn asFile(self: *LinkerDefined) File {
+    return .{ .linker_defined = self };
+}
+
+pub fn fmtSymtab(self: *LinkerDefined, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(formatSymtab) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .self = self,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+const FormatContext = struct {
+    self: *LinkerDefined,
+    elf_file: *Elf,
+};
+
+fn formatSymtab(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    try writer.writeAll("  globals\n");
+    for (ctx.self.globals()) |index| {
+        const global = ctx.elf_file.symbol(index);
+        try writer.print("    {}\n", .{global.fmt(ctx.elf_file)});
+    }
+}
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const elf = std.elf;
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
+const File = @import("file.zig").File;
+const LinkerDefined = @This();
+// const Object = @import("Object.zig");
+const Symbol = @import("Symbol.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/Object.zig b/src/link/Elf/Object.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0a6ef2a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/link/Elf/Object.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,872 @@
+archive: ?[]const u8 = null,
+path: []const u8,
+data: []const u8,
+index: File.Index,
+
+header: ?elf.Elf64_Ehdr = null,
+shdrs: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Shdr) = .{},
+strings: StringTable(.object_strings) = .{},
+symtab: []align(1) const elf.Elf64_Sym = &[0]elf.Elf64_Sym{},
+strtab: []const u8 = &[0]u8{},
+first_global: ?Symbol.Index = null,
+
+symbols: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Symbol.Index) = .{},
+atoms: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Atom.Index) = .{},
+comdat_groups: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Elf.ComdatGroup.Index) = .{},
+
+fdes: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Fde) = .{},
+cies: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Cie) = .{},
+
+alive: bool = true,
+num_dynrelocs: u32 = 0,
+
+output_symtab_size: Elf.SymtabSize = .{},
+
+pub fn isObject(file: std.fs.File) bool {
+    const reader = file.reader();
+    const header = reader.readStruct(elf.Elf64_Ehdr) catch return false;
+    defer file.seekTo(0) catch {};
+    if (!mem.eql(u8, header.e_ident[0..4], "\x7fELF")) return false;
+    if (header.e_ident[elf.EI_VERSION] != 1) return false;
+    if (header.e_type != elf.ET.REL) return false;
+    if (header.e_version != 1) return false;
+    return true;
+}
+
+pub fn deinit(self: *Object, allocator: Allocator) void {
+    allocator.free(self.data);
+    self.shdrs.deinit(allocator);
+    self.strings.deinit(allocator);
+    self.symbols.deinit(allocator);
+    self.atoms.deinit(allocator);
+    self.comdat_groups.deinit(allocator);
+    self.fdes.deinit(allocator);
+    self.cies.deinit(allocator);
+}
+
+pub fn parse(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    var stream = std.io.fixedBufferStream(self.data);
+    const reader = stream.reader();
+
+    self.header = try reader.readStruct(elf.Elf64_Ehdr);
+
+    if (self.header.?.e_shnum == 0) return;
+
+    const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+
+    const shoff = math.cast(usize, self.header.?.e_shoff) orelse return error.Overflow;
+    const shdrs = @as(
+        [*]align(1) const elf.Elf64_Shdr,
+        @ptrCast(self.data.ptr + shoff),
+    )[0..self.header.?.e_shnum];
+    try self.shdrs.appendUnalignedSlice(gpa, shdrs);
+    try self.strings.buffer.appendSlice(gpa, try self.shdrContents(self.header.?.e_shstrndx));
+
+    const symtab_index = for (self.shdrs.items, 0..) |shdr, i| switch (shdr.sh_type) {
+        elf.SHT_SYMTAB => break @as(u16, @intCast(i)),
+        else => {},
+    } else null;
+
+    if (symtab_index) |index| {
+        const shdr = shdrs[index];
+        self.first_global = shdr.sh_info;
+
+        const symtab = try self.shdrContents(index);
+        const nsyms = @divExact(symtab.len, @sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Sym));
+        self.symtab = @as([*]align(1) const elf.Elf64_Sym, @ptrCast(symtab.ptr))[0..nsyms];
+        self.strtab = try self.shdrContents(@as(u16, @intCast(shdr.sh_link)));
+    }
+
+    try self.initAtoms(elf_file);
+    try self.initSymtab(elf_file);
+
+    // for (self.shdrs.items, 0..) |shdr, i| {
+    //     const atom = elf_file.atom(self.atoms.items[i]) orelse continue;
+    //     if (!atom.alive) continue;
+    //     if (shdr.sh_type == elf.SHT_X86_64_UNWIND or mem.eql(u8, atom.name(elf_file), ".eh_frame"))
+    //         try self.parseEhFrame(@as(u16, @intCast(i)), elf_file);
+    // }
+}
+
+fn initAtoms(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    const shdrs = self.shdrs.items;
+    try self.atoms.resize(elf_file.base.allocator, shdrs.len);
+    @memset(self.atoms.items, 0);
+
+    for (shdrs, 0..) |shdr, i| {
+        if (shdr.sh_flags & elf.SHF_EXCLUDE != 0 and
+            shdr.sh_flags & elf.SHF_ALLOC == 0 and
+            shdr.sh_type != elf.SHT_LLVM_ADDRSIG) continue;
+
+        switch (shdr.sh_type) {
+            elf.SHT_GROUP => {
+                if (shdr.sh_info >= self.symtab.len) {
+                    // TODO convert into an error
+                    log.debug("{}: invalid symbol index in sh_info", .{self.fmtPath()});
+                    continue;
+                }
+                const group_info_sym = self.symtab[shdr.sh_info];
+                const group_signature = blk: {
+                    if (group_info_sym.st_name == 0 and group_info_sym.st_type() == elf.STT_SECTION) {
+                        const sym_shdr = shdrs[group_info_sym.st_shndx];
+                        break :blk self.strings.getAssumeExists(sym_shdr.sh_name);
+                    }
+                    break :blk self.getString(group_info_sym.st_name);
+                };
+
+                const shndx = @as(u16, @intCast(i));
+                const group_raw_data = try self.shdrContents(shndx);
+                const group_nmembers = @divExact(group_raw_data.len, @sizeOf(u32));
+                const group_members = @as([*]align(1) const u32, @ptrCast(group_raw_data.ptr))[0..group_nmembers];
+
+                if (group_members[0] != 0x1) { // GRP_COMDAT
+                    // TODO convert into an error
+                    log.debug("{}: unknown SHT_GROUP format", .{self.fmtPath()});
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                const group_signature_off = try self.strings.insert(elf_file.base.allocator, group_signature);
+                const gop = try elf_file.getOrCreateComdatGroupOwner(group_signature_off);
+                const comdat_group_index = try elf_file.addComdatGroup();
+                const comdat_group = elf_file.comdatGroup(comdat_group_index);
+                comdat_group.* = .{
+                    .owner = gop.index,
+                    .shndx = shndx,
+                };
+                try self.comdat_groups.append(elf_file.base.allocator, comdat_group_index);
+            },
+
+            elf.SHT_SYMTAB_SHNDX => @panic("TODO"),
+
+            elf.SHT_NULL,
+            elf.SHT_REL,
+            elf.SHT_RELA,
+            elf.SHT_SYMTAB,
+            elf.SHT_STRTAB,
+            => {},
+
+            else => {
+                const name = self.strings.getAssumeExists(shdr.sh_name);
+                const shndx = @as(u16, @intCast(i));
+                if (self.skipShdr(shndx, elf_file)) continue;
+                try self.addAtom(shdr, shndx, name, elf_file);
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Parse relocs sections if any.
+    for (shdrs, 0..) |shdr, i| switch (shdr.sh_type) {
+        elf.SHT_REL, elf.SHT_RELA => {
+            const atom_index = self.atoms.items[shdr.sh_info];
+            if (elf_file.atom(atom_index)) |atom| {
+                atom.relocs_section_index = @as(u16, @intCast(i));
+            }
+        },
+        else => {},
+    };
+}
+
+fn addAtom(self: *Object, shdr: elf.Elf64_Shdr, shndx: u16, name: [:0]const u8, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    const atom_index = try elf_file.addAtom();
+    const atom = elf_file.atom(atom_index).?;
+    atom.atom_index = atom_index;
+    atom.name_offset = try elf_file.strtab.insert(elf_file.base.allocator, name);
+    atom.file_index = self.index;
+    atom.input_section_index = shndx;
+    atom.output_section_index = self.getOutputSectionIndex(elf_file, shdr);
+    atom.alive = true;
+    self.atoms.items[shndx] = atom_index;
+
+    if (shdr.sh_flags & elf.SHF_COMPRESSED != 0) {
+        const data = try self.shdrContents(shndx);
+        const chdr = @as(*align(1) const elf.Elf64_Chdr, @ptrCast(data.ptr)).*;
+        atom.size = chdr.ch_size;
+        atom.alignment = math.log2_int(u64, chdr.ch_addralign);
+    } else {
+        atom.size = shdr.sh_size;
+        atom.alignment = math.log2_int(u64, shdr.sh_addralign);
+    }
+}
+
+fn getOutputSectionIndex(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf, shdr: elf.Elf64_Shdr) u16 {
+    const name = blk: {
+        const name = self.strings.getAssumeExists(shdr.sh_name);
+        // if (shdr.sh_flags & elf.SHF_MERGE != 0) break :blk name;
+        const sh_name_prefixes: []const [:0]const u8 = &.{
+            ".text",       ".data.rel.ro", ".data", ".rodata", ".bss.rel.ro",       ".bss",
+            ".init_array", ".fini_array",  ".tbss", ".tdata",  ".gcc_except_table", ".ctors",
+            ".dtors",      ".gnu.warning",
+        };
+        inline for (sh_name_prefixes) |prefix| {
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, name, prefix) or std.mem.startsWith(u8, name, prefix ++ ".")) {
+                break :blk prefix;
+            }
+        }
+        break :blk name;
+    };
+    const @"type" = switch (shdr.sh_type) {
+        elf.SHT_NULL => unreachable,
+        elf.SHT_PROGBITS => blk: {
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, name, ".init_array") or std.mem.startsWith(u8, name, ".init_array."))
+                break :blk elf.SHT_INIT_ARRAY;
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, name, ".fini_array") or std.mem.startsWith(u8, name, ".fini_array."))
+                break :blk elf.SHT_FINI_ARRAY;
+            break :blk shdr.sh_type;
+        },
+        elf.SHT_X86_64_UNWIND => elf.SHT_PROGBITS,
+        else => shdr.sh_type,
+    };
+    const flags = blk: {
+        const flags = shdr.sh_flags & ~@as(u64, elf.SHF_COMPRESSED | elf.SHF_GROUP | elf.SHF_GNU_RETAIN);
+        break :blk switch (@"type") {
+            elf.SHT_INIT_ARRAY, elf.SHT_FINI_ARRAY => flags | elf.SHF_WRITE,
+            else => flags,
+        };
+    };
+    _ = flags;
+    const out_shndx = elf_file.sectionByName(name) orelse {
+        log.err("{}: output section {s} not found", .{ self.fmtPath(), name });
+        @panic("TODO: missing output section!");
+    };
+    return out_shndx;
+}
+
+fn skipShdr(self: *Object, index: u16, elf_file: *Elf) bool {
+    _ = elf_file;
+    const shdr = self.shdrs.items[index];
+    const name = self.strings.getAssumeExists(shdr.sh_name);
+    const ignore = blk: {
+        if (mem.startsWith(u8, name, ".note")) break :blk true;
+        if (mem.startsWith(u8, name, ".comment")) break :blk true;
+        if (mem.startsWith(u8, name, ".llvm_addrsig")) break :blk true;
+        if (mem.startsWith(u8, name, ".eh_frame")) break :blk true;
+        // if (elf_file.base.options.strip and shdr.sh_flags & elf.SHF_ALLOC == 0 and
+        //     mem.startsWith(u8, name, ".debug")) break :blk true;
+        if (shdr.sh_flags & elf.SHF_ALLOC == 0 and mem.startsWith(u8, name, ".debug")) break :blk true;
+        break :blk false;
+    };
+    return ignore;
+}
+
+fn initSymtab(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+    const first_global = self.first_global orelse self.symtab.len;
+    const shdrs = self.shdrs.items;
+
+    try self.symbols.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(gpa, self.symtab.len);
+
+    for (self.symtab[0..first_global], 0..) |sym, i| {
+        const index = try elf_file.addSymbol();
+        self.symbols.appendAssumeCapacity(index);
+        const sym_ptr = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        const name = blk: {
+            if (sym.st_name == 0 and sym.st_type() == elf.STT_SECTION) {
+                const shdr = shdrs[sym.st_shndx];
+                break :blk self.strings.getAssumeExists(shdr.sh_name);
+            }
+            break :blk self.getString(sym.st_name);
+        };
+        sym_ptr.value = sym.st_value;
+        sym_ptr.name_offset = try elf_file.strtab.insert(gpa, name);
+        sym_ptr.esym_index = @as(u32, @intCast(i));
+        sym_ptr.atom_index = if (sym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_ABS) 0 else self.atoms.items[sym.st_shndx];
+        sym_ptr.file_index = self.index;
+        sym_ptr.output_section_index = if (sym_ptr.atom(elf_file)) |atom_ptr|
+            atom_ptr.output_section_index
+        else
+            0;
+    }
+
+    for (self.symtab[first_global..]) |sym| {
+        const name = self.getString(sym.st_name);
+        const off = try elf_file.strtab.insert(gpa, name);
+        const gop = try elf_file.getOrPutGlobal(off);
+        self.symbols.addOneAssumeCapacity().* = gop.index;
+    }
+}
+
+fn parseEhFrame(self: *Object, shndx: u16, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    const relocs_shndx = for (self.shdrs.items, 0..) |shdr, i| switch (shdr.sh_type) {
+        elf.SHT_RELA => if (shdr.sh_info == shndx) break @as(u16, @intCast(i)),
+        else => {},
+    } else {
+        log.debug("{s}: missing reloc section for unwind info section", .{self.fmtPath()});
+        return;
+    };
+
+    const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+    const raw = try self.shdrContents(shndx);
+    const relocs = try self.getRelocs(relocs_shndx);
+    const fdes_start = self.fdes.items.len;
+    const cies_start = self.cies.items.len;
+
+    var it = eh_frame.Iterator{ .data = raw };
+    while (try it.next()) |rec| {
+        const rel_range = filterRelocs(relocs, rec.offset, rec.size + 4);
+        switch (rec.tag) {
+            .cie => try self.cies.append(gpa, .{
+                .offset = rec.offset,
+                .size = rec.size,
+                .rel_index = @as(u32, @intCast(rel_range.start)),
+                .rel_num = @as(u32, @intCast(rel_range.len)),
+                .rel_section_index = relocs_shndx,
+                .input_section_index = shndx,
+                .file_index = self.index,
+            }),
+            .fde => try self.fdes.append(gpa, .{
+                .offset = rec.offset,
+                .size = rec.size,
+                .cie_index = undefined,
+                .rel_index = @as(u32, @intCast(rel_range.start)),
+                .rel_num = @as(u32, @intCast(rel_range.len)),
+                .rel_section_index = relocs_shndx,
+                .input_section_index = shndx,
+                .file_index = self.index,
+            }),
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Tie each FDE to its CIE
+    for (self.fdes.items[fdes_start..]) |*fde| {
+        const cie_ptr = fde.offset + 4 - fde.ciePointer(elf_file);
+        const cie_index = for (self.cies.items[cies_start..], cies_start..) |cie, cie_index| {
+            if (cie.offset == cie_ptr) break @as(u32, @intCast(cie_index));
+        } else {
+            // TODO convert into an error
+            log.debug("{s}: no matching CIE found for FDE at offset {x}", .{
+                self.fmtPath(),
+                fde.offset,
+            });
+            continue;
+        };
+        fde.cie_index = cie_index;
+    }
+
+    // Tie each FDE record to its matching atom
+    const SortFdes = struct {
+        pub fn lessThan(ctx: *Elf, lhs: Fde, rhs: Fde) bool {
+            const lhs_atom = lhs.atom(ctx);
+            const rhs_atom = rhs.atom(ctx);
+            return lhs_atom.priority(ctx) < rhs_atom.priority(ctx);
+        }
+    };
+    mem.sort(Fde, self.fdes.items[fdes_start..], elf_file, SortFdes.lessThan);
+
+    // Create a back-link from atom to FDEs
+    var i: u32 = @as(u32, @intCast(fdes_start));
+    while (i < self.fdes.items.len) {
+        const fde = self.fdes.items[i];
+        const atom = fde.atom(elf_file);
+        atom.fde_start = i;
+        i += 1;
+        while (i < self.fdes.items.len) : (i += 1) {
+            const next_fde = self.fdes.items[i];
+            if (atom.atom_index != next_fde.atom(elf_file).atom_index) break;
+        }
+        atom.fde_end = i;
+    }
+}
+
+fn filterRelocs(
+    relocs: []align(1) const elf.Elf64_Rela,
+    start: u64,
+    len: u64,
+) struct { start: u64, len: u64 } {
+    const Predicate = struct {
+        value: u64,
+
+        pub fn predicate(self: @This(), rel: elf.Elf64_Rela) bool {
+            return rel.r_offset < self.value;
+        }
+    };
+    const LPredicate = struct {
+        value: u64,
+
+        pub fn predicate(self: @This(), rel: elf.Elf64_Rela) bool {
+            return rel.r_offset >= self.value;
+        }
+    };
+
+    const f_start = Elf.bsearch(elf.Elf64_Rela, relocs, Predicate{ .value = start });
+    const f_len = Elf.lsearch(elf.Elf64_Rela, relocs[f_start..], LPredicate{ .value = start + len });
+
+    return .{ .start = f_start, .len = f_len };
+}
+
+pub fn scanRelocs(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf, undefs: anytype) !void {
+    for (self.atoms.items) |atom_index| {
+        const atom = elf_file.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+        if (!atom.alive) continue;
+        const shdr = atom.inputShdr(elf_file);
+        if (shdr.sh_flags & elf.SHF_ALLOC == 0) continue;
+        if (shdr.sh_type == elf.SHT_NOBITS) continue;
+        try atom.scanRelocs(elf_file, undefs);
+    }
+
+    for (self.cies.items) |cie| {
+        for (try cie.relocs(elf_file)) |rel| {
+            const sym = elf_file.symbol(self.symbols.items[rel.r_sym()]);
+            if (sym.flags.import) {
+                if (sym.type(elf_file) != elf.STT_FUNC)
+                    // TODO convert into an error
+                    log.debug("{s}: {s}: CIE referencing external data reference", .{
+                        self.fmtPath(),
+                        sym.name(elf_file),
+                    });
+                sym.flags.needs_plt = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn resolveSymbols(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    const first_global = self.first_global orelse return;
+    for (self.globals(), 0..) |index, i| {
+        const esym_index = @as(Symbol.Index, @intCast(first_global + i));
+        const esym = self.symtab[esym_index];
+
+        if (esym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF) continue;
+
+        if (esym.st_shndx != elf.SHN_ABS and esym.st_shndx != elf.SHN_COMMON) {
+            const atom_index = self.atoms.items[esym.st_shndx];
+            const atom = elf_file.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+            if (!atom.alive) continue;
+        }
+
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        if (self.asFile().symbolRank(esym, !self.alive) < global.symbolRank(elf_file)) {
+            const atom_index = switch (esym.st_shndx) {
+                elf.SHN_ABS, elf.SHN_COMMON => 0,
+                else => self.atoms.items[esym.st_shndx],
+            };
+            const output_section_index = if (elf_file.atom(atom_index)) |atom|
+                atom.output_section_index
+            else
+                0;
+            global.value = esym.st_value;
+            global.atom_index = atom_index;
+            global.esym_index = esym_index;
+            global.file_index = self.index;
+            global.output_section_index = output_section_index;
+            global.version_index = elf_file.default_sym_version;
+            if (esym.st_bind() == elf.STB_WEAK) global.flags.weak = true;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn claimUnresolved(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    const first_global = self.first_global orelse return;
+    for (self.globals(), 0..) |index, i| {
+        const esym_index = @as(u32, @intCast(first_global + i));
+        const esym = self.symtab[esym_index];
+        if (esym.st_shndx != elf.SHN_UNDEF) continue;
+
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        if (global.file(elf_file)) |_| {
+            if (global.elfSym(elf_file).st_shndx != elf.SHN_UNDEF) continue;
+        }
+
+        const is_import = blk: {
+            if (!elf_file.isDynLib()) break :blk false;
+            const vis = @as(elf.STV, @enumFromInt(esym.st_other));
+            if (vis == .HIDDEN) break :blk false;
+            break :blk true;
+        };
+
+        global.value = 0;
+        global.atom_index = 0;
+        global.esym_index = esym_index;
+        global.file_index = self.index;
+        global.version_index = if (is_import) elf.VER_NDX_LOCAL else elf_file.default_sym_version;
+        global.flags.import = is_import;
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn resetGlobals(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    for (self.globals()) |index| {
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        const name = global.name;
+        global.* = .{};
+        global.name = name;
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn markLive(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    const first_global = self.first_global orelse return;
+    for (self.globals(), 0..) |index, i| {
+        const sym_idx = first_global + i;
+        const sym = self.symtab[sym_idx];
+        if (sym.st_bind() == elf.STB_WEAK) continue;
+
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        const file = global.getFile(elf_file) orelse continue;
+        const should_keep = sym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF or
+            (sym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_COMMON and global.elfSym(elf_file).st_shndx != elf.SHN_COMMON);
+        if (should_keep and !file.isAlive()) {
+            file.setAlive();
+            file.markLive(elf_file);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn checkDuplicates(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    const first_global = self.first_global orelse return;
+    for (self.globals(), 0..) |index, i| {
+        const sym_idx = @as(u32, @intCast(first_global + i));
+        const this_sym = self.symtab[sym_idx];
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        const global_file = global.getFile(elf_file) orelse continue;
+
+        if (self.index == global_file.getIndex() or
+            this_sym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF or
+            this_sym.st_bind() == elf.STB_WEAK or
+            this_sym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_COMMON) continue;
+
+        if (this_sym.st_shndx != elf.SHN_ABS) {
+            const atom_index = self.atoms.items[this_sym.st_shndx];
+            const atom = elf_file.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+            if (!atom.alive) continue;
+        }
+
+        elf_file.base.fatal("multiple definition: {}: {}: {s}", .{
+            self.fmtPath(),
+            global_file.fmtPath(),
+            global.getName(elf_file),
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+/// We will create dummy shdrs per each resolved common symbols to make it
+/// play nicely with the rest of the system.
+pub fn convertCommonSymbols(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    const first_global = self.first_global orelse return;
+    for (self.globals(), 0..) |index, i| {
+        const sym_idx = @as(u32, @intCast(first_global + i));
+        const this_sym = self.symtab[sym_idx];
+        if (this_sym.st_shndx != elf.SHN_COMMON) continue;
+
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        const global_file = global.getFile(elf_file).?;
+        if (global_file.getIndex() != self.index) {
+            if (elf_file.options.warn_common) {
+                elf_file.base.warn("{}: multiple common symbols: {s}", .{
+                    self.fmtPath(),
+                    global.getName(elf_file),
+                });
+            }
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+
+        const atom_index = try elf_file.addAtom();
+        try self.atoms.append(gpa, atom_index);
+
+        const is_tls = global.getType(elf_file) == elf.STT_TLS;
+        const name = if (is_tls) ".tls_common" else ".common";
+
+        const atom = elf_file.atom(atom_index).?;
+        atom.atom_index = atom_index;
+        atom.name = try elf_file.strtab.insert(gpa, name);
+        atom.file = self.index;
+        atom.size = this_sym.st_size;
+        const alignment = this_sym.st_value;
+        atom.alignment = math.log2_int(u64, alignment);
+
+        var sh_flags: u32 = elf.SHF_ALLOC | elf.SHF_WRITE;
+        if (is_tls) sh_flags |= elf.SHF_TLS;
+        const shndx = @as(u16, @intCast(self.shdrs.items.len));
+        const shdr = try self.shdrs.addOne(gpa);
+        shdr.* = .{
+            .sh_name = try self.strings.insert(gpa, name),
+            .sh_type = elf.SHT_NOBITS,
+            .sh_flags = sh_flags,
+            .sh_addr = 0,
+            .sh_offset = 0,
+            .sh_size = this_sym.st_size,
+            .sh_link = 0,
+            .sh_info = 0,
+            .sh_addralign = alignment,
+            .sh_entsize = 0,
+        };
+        atom.shndx = shndx;
+
+        global.value = 0;
+        global.atom = atom_index;
+        global.flags.weak = false;
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn updateSymtabSize(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    for (self.locals()) |local_index| {
+        const local = elf_file.symbol(local_index);
+        if (local.atom(elf_file)) |atom| if (!atom.alive) continue;
+        const esym = local.elfSym(elf_file);
+        switch (esym.st_type()) {
+            elf.STT_SECTION, elf.STT_NOTYPE => continue,
+            else => {},
+        }
+        local.flags.output_symtab = true;
+        self.output_symtab_size.nlocals += 1;
+    }
+
+    for (self.globals()) |global_index| {
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(global_index);
+        if (global.file(elf_file)) |file| if (file.index() != self.index) continue;
+        if (global.atom(elf_file)) |atom| if (!atom.alive) continue;
+        global.flags.output_symtab = true;
+        if (global.isLocal()) {
+            self.output_symtab_size.nlocals += 1;
+        } else {
+            self.output_symtab_size.nglobals += 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn writeSymtab(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf, ctx: anytype) void {
+    var ilocal = ctx.ilocal;
+    for (self.locals()) |local_index| {
+        const local = elf_file.symbol(local_index);
+        if (!local.flags.output_symtab) continue;
+        local.setOutputSym(elf_file, &ctx.symtab[ilocal]);
+        ilocal += 1;
+    }
+
+    var iglobal = ctx.iglobal;
+    for (self.globals()) |global_index| {
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(global_index);
+        if (global.file(elf_file)) |file| if (file.index() != self.index) continue;
+        if (!global.flags.output_symtab) continue;
+        if (global.isLocal()) {
+            global.setOutputSym(elf_file, &ctx.symtab[ilocal]);
+            ilocal += 1;
+        } else {
+            global.setOutputSym(elf_file, &ctx.symtab[iglobal]);
+            iglobal += 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn locals(self: *Object) []const Symbol.Index {
+    const end = self.first_global orelse self.symbols.items.len;
+    return self.symbols.items[0..end];
+}
+
+pub fn globals(self: *Object) []const Symbol.Index {
+    const start = self.first_global orelse self.symbols.items.len;
+    return self.symbols.items[start..];
+}
+
+pub fn shdrContents(self: *Object, index: u32) error{Overflow}![]const u8 {
+    assert(index < self.shdrs.items.len);
+    const shdr = self.shdrs.items[index];
+    const offset = math.cast(usize, shdr.sh_offset) orelse return error.Overflow;
+    const size = math.cast(usize, shdr.sh_size) orelse return error.Overflow;
+    return self.data[offset..][0..size];
+}
+
+fn getString(self: *Object, off: u32) [:0]const u8 {
+    assert(off < self.strtab.len);
+    return mem.sliceTo(@as([*:0]const u8, @ptrCast(self.strtab.ptr + off)), 0);
+}
+
+pub fn comdatGroupMembers(self: *Object, index: u16) error{Overflow}![]align(1) const u32 {
+    const raw = try self.shdrContents(index);
+    const nmembers = @divExact(raw.len, @sizeOf(u32));
+    const members = @as([*]align(1) const u32, @ptrCast(raw.ptr))[1..nmembers];
+    return members;
+}
+
+pub fn asFile(self: *Object) File {
+    return .{ .object = self };
+}
+
+pub fn getRelocs(self: *Object, shndx: u32) error{Overflow}![]align(1) const elf.Elf64_Rela {
+    const raw = try self.shdrContents(shndx);
+    const num = @divExact(raw.len, @sizeOf(elf.Elf64_Rela));
+    return @as([*]align(1) const elf.Elf64_Rela, @ptrCast(raw.ptr))[0..num];
+}
+
+pub fn format(
+    self: *Object,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = self;
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    _ = writer;
+    @compileError("do not format objects directly");
+}
+
+pub fn fmtSymtab(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(formatSymtab) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .object = self,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+const FormatContext = struct {
+    object: *Object,
+    elf_file: *Elf,
+};
+
+fn formatSymtab(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    const object = ctx.object;
+    try writer.writeAll("  locals\n");
+    for (object.locals()) |index| {
+        const local = ctx.elf_file.symbol(index);
+        try writer.print("    {}\n", .{local.fmt(ctx.elf_file)});
+    }
+    try writer.writeAll("  globals\n");
+    for (object.globals()) |index| {
+        const global = ctx.elf_file.symbol(index);
+        try writer.print("    {}\n", .{global.fmt(ctx.elf_file)});
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn fmtAtoms(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(formatAtoms) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .object = self,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+fn formatAtoms(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    const object = ctx.object;
+    try writer.writeAll("  atoms\n");
+    for (object.atoms.items) |atom_index| {
+        const atom = ctx.elf_file.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+        try writer.print("    {}\n", .{atom.fmt(ctx.elf_file)});
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn fmtCies(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(formatCies) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .object = self,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+fn formatCies(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    const object = ctx.object;
+    try writer.writeAll("  cies\n");
+    for (object.cies.items, 0..) |cie, i| {
+        try writer.print("    cie({d}) : {}\n", .{ i, cie.fmt(ctx.elf_file) });
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn fmtFdes(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(formatFdes) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .object = self,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+fn formatFdes(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    const object = ctx.object;
+    try writer.writeAll("  fdes\n");
+    for (object.fdes.items, 0..) |fde, i| {
+        try writer.print("    fde({d}) : {}\n", .{ i, fde.fmt(ctx.elf_file) });
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn fmtComdatGroups(self: *Object, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(formatComdatGroups) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .object = self,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+fn formatComdatGroups(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    const object = ctx.object;
+    const elf_file = ctx.elf_file;
+    try writer.writeAll("  comdat groups\n");
+    for (object.comdat_groups.items) |cg_index| {
+        const cg = elf_file.comdatGroup(cg_index);
+        const cg_owner = elf_file.comdatGroupOwner(cg.owner);
+        if (cg_owner.file != object.index) continue;
+        const cg_members = object.comdatGroupMembers(cg.shndx) catch continue;
+        for (cg_members) |shndx| {
+            const atom_index = object.atoms.items[shndx];
+            const atom = elf_file.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+            try writer.print("    atom({d}) : {s}\n", .{ atom_index, atom.name(elf_file) });
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn fmtPath(self: *Object) std.fmt.Formatter(formatPath) {
+    return .{ .data = self };
+}
+
+fn formatPath(
+    object: *Object,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    if (object.archive) |path| {
+        try writer.writeAll(path);
+        try writer.writeByte('(');
+        try writer.writeAll(object.path);
+        try writer.writeByte(')');
+    } else try writer.writeAll(object.path);
+}
+
+const Object = @This();
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const eh_frame = @import("eh_frame.zig");
+const elf = std.elf;
+const fs = std.fs;
+const log = std.log.scoped(.link);
+const math = std.math;
+const mem = std.mem;
+
+const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
+const Atom = @import("Atom.zig");
+const Cie = eh_frame.Cie;
+const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
+const Fde = eh_frame.Fde;
+const File = @import("file.zig").File;
+const StringTable = @import("../strtab.zig").StringTable;
+const Symbol = @import("Symbol.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/Symbol.zig b/src/link/Elf/Symbol.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42b9b81ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/link/Elf/Symbol.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
+//! Represents a defined symbol.
+
+index: Index = 0,
+
+/// Allocated address value of this symbol.
+value: u64 = 0,
+
+/// Offset into the linker's string table.
+name_offset: u32 = 0,
+
+/// Index of file where this symbol is defined.
+file_index: File.Index = 0,
+
+/// Index of atom containing this symbol.
+/// Index of 0 means there is no associated atom with this symbol.
+/// Use `atom` to get the pointer to the atom.
+atom_index: Atom.Index = 0,
+
+/// Assigned output section index for this atom.
+output_section_index: u16 = 0,
+
+/// Index of the source symbol this symbol references.
+/// Use `elfSym` to pull the source symbol from the relevant file.
+esym_index: Index = 0,
+
+/// Index of the source version symbol this symbol references if any.
+/// If the symbol is unversioned it will have either VER_NDX_LOCAL or VER_NDX_GLOBAL.
+version_index: elf.Elf64_Versym = elf.VER_NDX_LOCAL,
+
+/// Misc flags for the symbol packaged as packed struct for compression.
+flags: Flags = .{},
+
+extra_index: u32 = 0,
+
+pub fn isAbs(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) bool {
+    const file_ptr = symbol.file(elf_file).?;
+    // if (file_ptr == .shared) return symbol.sourceSymbol(elf_file).st_shndx == elf.SHN_ABS;
+    return !symbol.flags.import and symbol.atom(elf_file) == null and symbol.output_section_index == 0 and
+        file_ptr != .linker_defined;
+}
+
+pub fn isLocal(symbol: Symbol) bool {
+    return !(symbol.flags.import or symbol.flags.@"export");
+}
+
+pub fn isIFunc(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) bool {
+    return symbol.type(elf_file) == elf.STT_GNU_IFUNC;
+}
+
+pub fn @"type"(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) u4 {
+    const s_sym = symbol.elfSym(elf_file);
+    // const file_ptr = symbol.file(elf_file).?;
+    // if (s_sym.st_type() == elf.STT_GNU_IFUNC and file_ptr == .shared) return elf.STT_FUNC;
+    return s_sym.st_type();
+}
+
+pub fn name(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) [:0]const u8 {
+    return elf_file.strtab.getAssumeExists(symbol.name_offset);
+}
+
+pub fn atom(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) ?*Atom {
+    return elf_file.atom(symbol.atom_index);
+}
+
+pub fn file(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) ?File {
+    return elf_file.file(symbol.file_index);
+}
+
+pub fn elfSym(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) elf.Elf64_Sym {
+    const file_ptr = symbol.file(elf_file).?;
+    switch (file_ptr) {
+        .zig_module => |x| return x.elfSym(symbol.esym_index).*,
+        .linker_defined => |x| return x.symtab.items[symbol.esym_index],
+        .object => |x| return x.symtab[symbol.esym_index],
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn symbolRank(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) u32 {
+    const file_ptr = symbol.file(elf_file) orelse return std.math.maxInt(u32);
+    const sym = symbol.elfSym(elf_file);
+    const in_archive = switch (file_ptr) {
+        .object => |x| !x.alive,
+        else => false,
+    };
+    return file_ptr.symbolRank(sym, in_archive);
+}
+
+pub fn address(symbol: Symbol, opts: struct {
+    plt: bool = true,
+}, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+    _ = elf_file;
+    _ = opts;
+    // if (symbol.flags.copy_rel) {
+    //     return elf_file.sectionAddress(elf_file.copy_rel_sect_index.?) + symbol.value;
+    // }
+    // if (symbol.flags.plt and opts.plt) {
+    //     const extra = symbol.getExtra(elf_file).?;
+    //     if (!symbol.flags.is_canonical and symbol.flags.got) {
+    //         // We have a non-lazy bound function pointer, use that!
+    //         return elf_file.getPltGotEntryAddress(extra.plt_got);
+    //     }
+    //     // Lazy-bound function it is!
+    //     return elf_file.getPltEntryAddress(extra.plt);
+    // }
+    return symbol.value;
+}
+
+pub fn gotAddress(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+    if (!symbol.flags.has_got) return 0;
+    const extras = symbol.extra(elf_file).?;
+    const entry = elf_file.got.entries.items[extras.got];
+    return entry.address(elf_file);
+}
+
+const GetOrCreateGotEntryResult = struct {
+    found_existing: bool,
+    index: GotSection.Index,
+};
+
+pub fn getOrCreateGotEntry(symbol: *Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) !GetOrCreateGotEntryResult {
+    assert(symbol.flags.needs_got);
+    if (symbol.flags.has_got) return .{ .found_existing = true, .index = symbol.extra(elf_file).?.got };
+    const index = try elf_file.got.addGotSymbol(symbol.index, elf_file);
+    symbol.flags.has_got = true;
+    return .{ .found_existing = false, .index = index };
+}
+
+// pub fn tlsGdAddress(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+//     if (!symbol.flags.tlsgd) return 0;
+//     const extra = symbol.getExtra(elf_file).?;
+//     return elf_file.getGotEntryAddress(extra.tlsgd);
+// }
+
+// pub fn gotTpAddress(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+//     if (!symbol.flags.gottp) return 0;
+//     const extra = symbol.getExtra(elf_file).?;
+//     return elf_file.getGotEntryAddress(extra.gottp);
+// }
+
+// pub fn tlsDescAddress(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+//     if (!symbol.flags.tlsdesc) return 0;
+//     const extra = symbol.getExtra(elf_file).?;
+//     return elf_file.getGotEntryAddress(extra.tlsdesc);
+// }
+
+// pub fn alignment(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) !u64 {
+//     const file = symbol.getFile(elf_file) orelse return 0;
+//     const shared = file.shared;
+//     const s_sym = symbol.getSourceSymbol(elf_file);
+//     const shdr = shared.getShdrs()[s_sym.st_shndx];
+//     const alignment = @max(1, shdr.sh_addralign);
+//     return if (s_sym.st_value == 0)
+//         alignment
+//     else
+//         @min(alignment, try std.math.powi(u64, 2, @ctz(s_sym.st_value)));
+// }
+
+pub fn addExtra(symbol: *Symbol, extras: Extra, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    symbol.extra_index = try elf_file.addSymbolExtra(extras);
+}
+
+pub fn extra(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) ?Extra {
+    return elf_file.symbolExtra(symbol.extra_index);
+}
+
+pub fn setExtra(symbol: Symbol, extras: Extra, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    elf_file.setSymbolExtra(symbol.extra_index, extras);
+}
+
+pub fn setOutputSym(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf, out: *elf.Elf64_Sym) void {
+    const file_ptr = symbol.file(elf_file) orelse {
+        out.* = Elf.null_sym;
+        return;
+    };
+    const esym = symbol.elfSym(elf_file);
+    const st_type = symbol.type(elf_file);
+    const st_bind: u8 = blk: {
+        if (symbol.isLocal()) break :blk 0;
+        if (symbol.flags.weak) break :blk elf.STB_WEAK;
+        // if (file_ptr == .shared) break :blk elf.STB_GLOBAL;
+        break :blk esym.st_bind();
+    };
+    const st_shndx = blk: {
+        // if (symbol.flags.copy_rel) break :blk elf_file.copy_rel_sect_index.?;
+        // if (file_ptr == .shared or s_sym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF) break :blk elf.SHN_UNDEF;
+        if (symbol.atom(elf_file) == null and file_ptr != .linker_defined)
+            break :blk elf.SHN_ABS;
+        break :blk symbol.output_section_index;
+    };
+    const st_value = blk: {
+        // if (symbol.flags.copy_rel) break :blk symbol.address(.{}, elf_file);
+        // if (file_ptr == .shared or s_sym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF) {
+        //     if (symbol.flags.is_canonical) break :blk symbol.address(.{}, elf_file);
+        //     break :blk 0;
+        // }
+        // if (st_shndx == elf.SHN_ABS) break :blk symbol.value;
+        // const shdr = &elf_file.sections.items(.shdr)[st_shndx];
+        // if (Elf.shdrIsTls(shdr)) break :blk symbol.value - elf_file.getTlsAddress();
+        break :blk symbol.value;
+    };
+    out.* = .{
+        .st_name = symbol.name_offset,
+        .st_info = (st_bind << 4) | st_type,
+        .st_other = esym.st_other,
+        .st_shndx = st_shndx,
+        .st_value = st_value,
+        .st_size = esym.st_size,
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn format(
+    symbol: Symbol,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = symbol;
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    _ = writer;
+    @compileError("do not format symbols directly");
+}
+
+const FormatContext = struct {
+    symbol: Symbol,
+    elf_file: *Elf,
+};
+
+pub fn fmtName(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(formatName) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .symbol = symbol,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+fn formatName(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = options;
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    const elf_file = ctx.elf_file;
+    const symbol = ctx.symbol;
+    try writer.writeAll(symbol.name(elf_file));
+    switch (symbol.version_index & elf.VERSYM_VERSION) {
+        elf.VER_NDX_LOCAL, elf.VER_NDX_GLOBAL => {},
+        else => {
+            unreachable;
+            // const shared = symbol.getFile(elf_file).?.shared;
+            // try writer.print("@{s}", .{shared.getVersionString(symbol.version_index)});
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn fmt(symbol: Symbol, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(format2) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .symbol = symbol,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+fn format2(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = options;
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    const symbol = ctx.symbol;
+    try writer.print("%{d} : {s} : @{x}", .{ symbol.index, symbol.fmtName(ctx.elf_file), symbol.value });
+    if (symbol.file(ctx.elf_file)) |file_ptr| {
+        if (symbol.isAbs(ctx.elf_file)) {
+            if (symbol.elfSym(ctx.elf_file).st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF) {
+                try writer.writeAll(" : undef");
+            } else {
+                try writer.writeAll(" : absolute");
+            }
+        } else if (symbol.output_section_index != 0) {
+            try writer.print(" : sect({d})", .{symbol.output_section_index});
+        }
+        if (symbol.atom(ctx.elf_file)) |atom_ptr| {
+            try writer.print(" : atom({d})", .{atom_ptr.atom_index});
+        }
+        var buf: [2]u8 = .{'_'} ** 2;
+        if (symbol.flags.@"export") buf[0] = 'E';
+        if (symbol.flags.import) buf[1] = 'I';
+        try writer.print(" : {s}", .{&buf});
+        if (symbol.flags.weak) try writer.writeAll(" : weak");
+        switch (file_ptr) {
+            inline else => |x| try writer.print(" : {s}({d})", .{ @tagName(file_ptr), x.index }),
+        }
+    } else try writer.writeAll(" : unresolved");
+}
+
+pub const Flags = packed struct {
+    /// Whether the symbol is imported at runtime.
+    import: bool = false,
+
+    /// Whether the symbol is exported at runtime.
+    @"export": bool = false,
+
+    /// Whether this symbol is weak.
+    weak: bool = false,
+
+    /// Whether the symbol makes into the output symtab or not.
+    output_symtab: bool = false,
+
+    /// Whether the symbol contains GOT indirection.
+    needs_got: bool = false,
+    has_got: bool = false,
+
+    /// Whether the symbol contains PLT indirection.
+    needs_plt: bool = false,
+    plt: bool = false,
+    /// Whether the PLT entry is canonical.
+    is_canonical: bool = false,
+
+    /// Whether the symbol contains COPYREL directive.
+    copy_rel: bool = false,
+    has_copy_rel: bool = false,
+    has_dynamic: bool = false,
+
+    /// Whether the symbol contains TLSGD indirection.
+    tlsgd: bool = false,
+
+    /// Whether the symbol contains GOTTP indirection.
+    gottp: bool = false,
+
+    /// Whether the symbol contains TLSDESC indirection.
+    tlsdesc: bool = false,
+};
+
+pub const Extra = struct {
+    got: u32 = 0,
+    plt: u32 = 0,
+    plt_got: u32 = 0,
+    dynamic: u32 = 0,
+    copy_rel: u32 = 0,
+    tlsgd: u32 = 0,
+    gottp: u32 = 0,
+    tlsdesc: u32 = 0,
+};
+
+pub const Index = u32;
+
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const elf = std.elf;
+const std = @import("std");
+const synthetic_sections = @import("synthetic_sections.zig");
+
+const Atom = @import("Atom.zig");
+const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
+const File = @import("file.zig").File;
+const GotSection = synthetic_sections.GotSection;
+const LinkerDefined = @import("LinkerDefined.zig");
+// const Object = @import("Object.zig");
+// const SharedObject = @import("SharedObject.zig");
+const Symbol = @This();
+const ZigModule = @import("ZigModule.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/ZigModule.zig b/src/link/Elf/ZigModule.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46a382abf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/link/Elf/ZigModule.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+//! ZigModule encapsulates the state of the incrementally compiled Zig module.
+//! It stores the associated input local and global symbols, allocated atoms,
+//! and any relocations that may have been emitted.
+//! Think about this as fake in-memory Object file for the Zig module.
+
+/// Path is owned by Module and lives as long as *Module.
+path: []const u8,
+index: File.Index,
+
+local_esyms: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Sym) = .{},
+global_esyms: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Sym) = .{},
+local_symbols: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Symbol.Index) = .{},
+global_symbols: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Symbol.Index) = .{},
+globals_lookup: std.AutoHashMapUnmanaged(u32, Symbol.Index) = .{},
+
+atoms: std.AutoArrayHashMapUnmanaged(Atom.Index, void) = .{},
+relocs: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(std.ArrayListUnmanaged(elf.Elf64_Rela)) = .{},
+
+output_symtab_size: Elf.SymtabSize = .{},
+
+pub fn deinit(self: *ZigModule, allocator: Allocator) void {
+    self.local_esyms.deinit(allocator);
+    self.global_esyms.deinit(allocator);
+    self.local_symbols.deinit(allocator);
+    self.global_symbols.deinit(allocator);
+    self.globals_lookup.deinit(allocator);
+    self.atoms.deinit(allocator);
+    for (self.relocs.items) |*list| {
+        list.deinit(allocator);
+    }
+    self.relocs.deinit(allocator);
+}
+
+pub fn addLocalEsym(self: *ZigModule, allocator: Allocator) !Symbol.Index {
+    try self.local_esyms.ensureUnusedCapacity(allocator, 1);
+    const index = @as(Symbol.Index, @intCast(self.local_esyms.items.len));
+    const esym = self.local_esyms.addOneAssumeCapacity();
+    esym.* = Elf.null_sym;
+    esym.st_info = elf.STB_LOCAL << 4;
+    return index;
+}
+
+pub fn addGlobalEsym(self: *ZigModule, allocator: Allocator) !Symbol.Index {
+    try self.global_esyms.ensureUnusedCapacity(allocator, 1);
+    const index = @as(Symbol.Index, @intCast(self.global_esyms.items.len));
+    const esym = self.global_esyms.addOneAssumeCapacity();
+    esym.* = Elf.null_sym;
+    esym.st_info = elf.STB_GLOBAL << 4;
+    return index | 0x10000000;
+}
+
+pub fn addAtom(self: *ZigModule, output_section_index: u16, elf_file: *Elf) !Symbol.Index {
+    const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+
+    const atom_index = try elf_file.addAtom();
+    try self.atoms.putNoClobber(gpa, atom_index, {});
+    const atom_ptr = elf_file.atom(atom_index).?;
+    atom_ptr.file_index = self.index;
+    atom_ptr.output_section_index = output_section_index;
+
+    const symbol_index = try elf_file.addSymbol();
+    try self.local_symbols.append(gpa, symbol_index);
+    const symbol_ptr = elf_file.symbol(symbol_index);
+    symbol_ptr.file_index = self.index;
+    symbol_ptr.atom_index = atom_index;
+    symbol_ptr.output_section_index = output_section_index;
+
+    const esym_index = try self.addLocalEsym(gpa);
+    const esym = &self.local_esyms.items[esym_index];
+    esym.st_shndx = atom_index;
+    symbol_ptr.esym_index = esym_index;
+
+    const relocs_index = @as(Atom.Index, @intCast(self.relocs.items.len));
+    const relocs = try self.relocs.addOne(gpa);
+    relocs.* = .{};
+    atom_ptr.relocs_section_index = relocs_index;
+
+    return symbol_index;
+}
+
+pub fn resolveSymbols(self: *ZigModule, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    for (self.globals(), 0..) |index, i| {
+        const esym_index = @as(Symbol.Index, @intCast(i)) | 0x10000000;
+        const esym = self.global_esyms.items[i];
+
+        if (esym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_UNDEF) continue;
+
+        if (esym.st_shndx != elf.SHN_ABS and esym.st_shndx != elf.SHN_COMMON) {
+            const atom_index = esym.st_shndx;
+            const atom = elf_file.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+            if (!atom.alive) continue;
+        }
+
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        if (self.asFile().symbolRank(esym, false) < global.symbolRank(elf_file)) {
+            const atom_index = switch (esym.st_shndx) {
+                elf.SHN_ABS, elf.SHN_COMMON => 0,
+                else => esym.st_shndx,
+            };
+            const output_section_index = if (elf_file.atom(atom_index)) |atom|
+                atom.output_section_index
+            else
+                0;
+            global.value = esym.st_value;
+            global.atom_index = atom_index;
+            global.esym_index = esym_index;
+            global.file_index = self.index;
+            global.output_section_index = output_section_index;
+            global.version_index = elf_file.default_sym_version;
+            if (esym.st_bind() == elf.STB_WEAK) global.flags.weak = true;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn claimUnresolved(self: *ZigModule, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    for (self.globals(), 0..) |index, i| {
+        const esym_index = @as(Symbol.Index, @intCast(i)) | 0x10000000;
+        const esym = self.global_esyms.items[i];
+
+        if (esym.st_shndx != elf.SHN_UNDEF) continue;
+
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(index);
+        if (global.file(elf_file)) |_| {
+            if (global.elfSym(elf_file).st_shndx != elf.SHN_UNDEF) continue;
+        }
+
+        const is_import = blk: {
+            if (!elf_file.isDynLib()) break :blk false;
+            const vis = @as(elf.STV, @enumFromInt(esym.st_other));
+            if (vis == .HIDDEN) break :blk false;
+            break :blk true;
+        };
+
+        global.value = 0;
+        global.atom_index = 0;
+        global.esym_index = esym_index;
+        global.file_index = self.index;
+        global.version_index = if (is_import) elf.VER_NDX_LOCAL else elf_file.default_sym_version;
+        global.flags.import = is_import;
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn scanRelocs(self: *ZigModule, elf_file: *Elf, undefs: anytype) !void {
+    for (self.atoms.keys()) |atom_index| {
+        const atom = elf_file.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+        if (!atom.alive) continue;
+        try atom.scanRelocs(elf_file, undefs);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn updateSymtabSize(self: *ZigModule, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+    for (self.locals()) |local_index| {
+        const local = elf_file.symbol(local_index);
+        const esym = local.elfSym(elf_file);
+        switch (esym.st_type()) {
+            elf.STT_SECTION, elf.STT_NOTYPE => {
+                local.flags.output_symtab = false;
+                continue;
+            },
+            else => {},
+        }
+        local.flags.output_symtab = true;
+        self.output_symtab_size.nlocals += 1;
+    }
+
+    for (self.globals()) |global_index| {
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(global_index);
+        if (global.file(elf_file)) |file| if (file.index() != self.index) {
+            global.flags.output_symtab = false;
+            continue;
+        };
+        global.flags.output_symtab = true;
+        if (global.isLocal()) {
+            self.output_symtab_size.nlocals += 1;
+        } else {
+            self.output_symtab_size.nglobals += 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn writeSymtab(self: *ZigModule, elf_file: *Elf, ctx: anytype) void {
+    var ilocal = ctx.ilocal;
+    for (self.locals()) |local_index| {
+        const local = elf_file.symbol(local_index);
+        if (!local.flags.output_symtab) continue;
+        local.setOutputSym(elf_file, &ctx.symtab[ilocal]);
+        ilocal += 1;
+    }
+
+    var iglobal = ctx.iglobal;
+    for (self.globals()) |global_index| {
+        const global = elf_file.symbol(global_index);
+        if (global.file(elf_file)) |file| if (file.index() != self.index) continue;
+        if (!global.flags.output_symtab) continue;
+        if (global.isLocal()) {
+            global.setOutputSym(elf_file, &ctx.symtab[ilocal]);
+            ilocal += 1;
+        } else {
+            global.setOutputSym(elf_file, &ctx.symtab[iglobal]);
+            iglobal += 1;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn symbol(self: *ZigModule, index: Symbol.Index) Symbol.Index {
+    const is_global = index & 0x10000000 != 0;
+    const actual_index = index & 0x0fffffff;
+    if (is_global) return self.global_symbols.items[actual_index];
+    return self.local_symbols.items[actual_index];
+}
+
+pub fn elfSym(self: *ZigModule, index: Symbol.Index) *elf.Elf64_Sym {
+    const is_global = index & 0x10000000 != 0;
+    const actual_index = index & 0x0fffffff;
+    if (is_global) return &self.global_esyms.items[actual_index];
+    return &self.local_esyms.items[actual_index];
+}
+
+pub fn locals(self: *ZigModule) []const Symbol.Index {
+    return self.local_symbols.items;
+}
+
+pub fn globals(self: *ZigModule) []const Symbol.Index {
+    return self.global_symbols.items;
+}
+
+pub fn asFile(self: *ZigModule) File {
+    return .{ .zig_module = self };
+}
+
+pub fn fmtSymtab(self: *ZigModule, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(formatSymtab) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .self = self,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+const FormatContext = struct {
+    self: *ZigModule,
+    elf_file: *Elf,
+};
+
+fn formatSymtab(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    try writer.writeAll("  locals\n");
+    for (ctx.self.locals()) |index| {
+        const local = ctx.elf_file.symbol(index);
+        try writer.print("    {}\n", .{local.fmt(ctx.elf_file)});
+    }
+    try writer.writeAll("  globals\n");
+    for (ctx.self.globals()) |index| {
+        const global = ctx.elf_file.symbol(index);
+        try writer.print("    {}\n", .{global.fmt(ctx.elf_file)});
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn fmtAtoms(self: *ZigModule, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(formatAtoms) {
+    return .{ .data = .{
+        .self = self,
+        .elf_file = elf_file,
+    } };
+}
+
+fn formatAtoms(
+    ctx: FormatContext,
+    comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+    options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !void {
+    _ = unused_fmt_string;
+    _ = options;
+    try writer.writeAll("  atoms\n");
+    for (ctx.self.atoms.keys()) |atom_index| {
+        const atom = ctx.elf_file.atom(atom_index) orelse continue;
+        try writer.print("    {}\n", .{atom.fmt(ctx.elf_file)});
+    }
+}
+
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const std = @import("std");
+const elf = std.elf;
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const Atom = @import("Atom.zig");
+const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
+const File = @import("file.zig").File;
+const Module = @import("../../Module.zig");
+const Symbol = @import("Symbol.zig");
+const ZigModule = @This();
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/eh_frame.zig b/src/link/Elf/eh_frame.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c676504e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/link/Elf/eh_frame.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,449 @@
+pub const Fde = struct {
+    /// Includes 4byte size cell.
+    offset: u64,
+    size: u64,
+    cie_index: u32,
+    rel_index: u32 = 0,
+    rel_num: u32 = 0,
+    rel_section_index: u32 = 0,
+    input_section_index: u32 = 0,
+    file_index: u32 = 0,
+    alive: bool = true,
+    /// Includes 4byte size cell.
+    out_offset: u64 = 0,
+
+    pub fn address(fde: Fde, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+        const base: u64 = if (elf_file.eh_frame_section_index) |shndx|
+            elf_file.shdrs.items[shndx].sh_addr
+        else
+            0;
+        return base + fde.out_offset;
+    }
+
+    pub fn data(fde: Fde, elf_file: *Elf) error{Overflow}![]const u8 {
+        const object = elf_file.file(fde.file_index).?.object;
+        const contents = try object.shdrContents(fde.input_section_index);
+        return contents[fde.offset..][0..fde.calcSize()];
+    }
+
+    pub fn cie(fde: Fde, elf_file: *Elf) Cie {
+        const object = elf_file.file(fde.file_index).?.object;
+        return object.cies.items[fde.cie_index];
+    }
+
+    pub fn ciePointer(fde: Fde, elf_file: *Elf) u32 {
+        return std.mem.readIntLittle(u32, fde.data(elf_file)[4..8]);
+    }
+
+    pub fn calcSize(fde: Fde) u64 {
+        return fde.size + 4;
+    }
+
+    pub fn atom(fde: Fde, elf_file: *Elf) error{Overflow}!*Atom {
+        const object = elf_file.file(fde.file_index).?.object;
+        const rel = (try fde.relocs(elf_file))[0];
+        const sym = object.symtab[rel.r_sym()];
+        const atom_index = object.atoms.items[sym.st_shndx];
+        return elf_file.atom(atom_index).?;
+    }
+
+    pub fn relocs(fde: Fde, elf_file: *Elf) error{Overflow}![]align(1) const elf.Elf64_Rela {
+        const object = elf_file.file(fde.file_index).?.object;
+        return (try object.getRelocs(fde.rel_section_index))[fde.rel_index..][0..fde.rel_num];
+    }
+
+    pub fn format(
+        fde: Fde,
+        comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+        options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+        writer: anytype,
+    ) !void {
+        _ = fde;
+        _ = unused_fmt_string;
+        _ = options;
+        _ = writer;
+        @compileError("do not format FDEs directly");
+    }
+
+    pub fn fmt(fde: Fde, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(format2) {
+        return .{ .data = .{
+            .fde = fde,
+            .elf_file = elf_file,
+        } };
+    }
+
+    const FdeFormatContext = struct {
+        fde: Fde,
+        elf_file: *Elf,
+    };
+
+    fn format2(
+        ctx: FdeFormatContext,
+        comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+        options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+        writer: anytype,
+    ) !void {
+        _ = unused_fmt_string;
+        _ = options;
+        const fde = ctx.fde;
+        const elf_file = ctx.elf_file;
+        const base_addr = fde.address(elf_file);
+        const atom_name = if (fde.atom(elf_file)) |atom_ptr|
+            atom_ptr.name(elf_file)
+        else |_|
+            "";
+        try writer.print("@{x} : size({x}) : cie({d}) : {s}", .{
+            base_addr + fde.out_offset,
+            fde.calcSize(),
+            fde.cie_index,
+            atom_name,
+        });
+        if (!fde.alive) try writer.writeAll(" : [*]");
+    }
+};
+
+pub const Cie = struct {
+    /// Includes 4byte size cell.
+    offset: u64,
+    size: u64,
+    rel_index: u32 = 0,
+    rel_num: u32 = 0,
+    rel_section_index: u32 = 0,
+    input_section_index: u32 = 0,
+    file_index: u32 = 0,
+    /// Includes 4byte size cell.
+    out_offset: u64 = 0,
+    alive: bool = false,
+
+    pub fn address(cie: Cie, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+        const base: u64 = if (elf_file.eh_frame_section_index) |shndx|
+            elf_file.shdrs.items[shndx].sh_addr
+        else
+            0;
+        return base + cie.out_offset;
+    }
+
+    pub fn data(cie: Cie, elf_file: *Elf) error{Overflow}![]const u8 {
+        const object = elf_file.file(cie.file_index).?.object;
+        const contents = try object.shdrContents(cie.input_section_index);
+        return contents[cie.offset..][0..cie.calcSize()];
+    }
+
+    pub fn calcSize(cie: Cie) u64 {
+        return cie.size + 4;
+    }
+
+    pub fn relocs(cie: Cie, elf_file: *Elf) error{Overflow}![]align(1) const elf.Elf64_Rela {
+        const object = elf_file.file(cie.file_index).?.object;
+        return (try object.getRelocs(cie.rel_section_index))[cie.rel_index..][0..cie.rel_num];
+    }
+
+    pub fn eql(cie: Cie, other: Cie, elf_file: *Elf) error{Overflow}!bool {
+        if (!std.mem.eql(u8, try cie.data(elf_file), try other.data(elf_file))) return false;
+
+        const cie_relocs = try cie.relocs(elf_file);
+        const other_relocs = try other.relocs(elf_file);
+        if (cie_relocs.len != other_relocs.len) return false;
+
+        for (cie_relocs, other_relocs) |cie_rel, other_rel| {
+            if (cie_rel.r_offset - cie.offset != other_rel.r_offset - other.offset) return false;
+            if (cie_rel.r_type() != other_rel.r_type()) return false;
+            if (cie_rel.r_addend != other_rel.r_addend) return false;
+
+            const cie_object = elf_file.file(cie.file_index).?.object;
+            const other_object = elf_file.file(other.file_index).?.object;
+            const cie_sym = cie_object.symbol(cie_rel.r_sym(), elf_file);
+            const other_sym = other_object.symbol(other_rel.r_sym(), elf_file);
+            if (!std.mem.eql(u8, std.mem.asBytes(&cie_sym), std.mem.asBytes(&other_sym))) return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    pub fn format(
+        cie: Cie,
+        comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+        options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+        writer: anytype,
+    ) !void {
+        _ = cie;
+        _ = unused_fmt_string;
+        _ = options;
+        _ = writer;
+        @compileError("do not format CIEs directly");
+    }
+
+    pub fn fmt(cie: Cie, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(format2) {
+        return .{ .data = .{
+            .cie = cie,
+            .elf_file = elf_file,
+        } };
+    }
+
+    const CieFormatContext = struct {
+        cie: Cie,
+        elf_file: *Elf,
+    };
+
+    fn format2(
+        ctx: CieFormatContext,
+        comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+        options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+        writer: anytype,
+    ) !void {
+        _ = unused_fmt_string;
+        _ = options;
+        const cie = ctx.cie;
+        const elf_file = ctx.elf_file;
+        const base_addr = cie.address(elf_file);
+        try writer.print("@{x} : size({x})", .{
+            base_addr + cie.out_offset,
+            cie.calcSize(),
+        });
+        if (!cie.alive) try writer.writeAll(" : [*]");
+    }
+};
+
+pub const Iterator = struct {
+    data: []const u8,
+    pos: u64 = 0,
+
+    pub const Record = struct {
+        tag: enum { fde, cie },
+        offset: u64,
+        size: u64,
+    };
+
+    pub fn next(it: *Iterator) !?Record {
+        if (it.pos >= it.data.len) return null;
+
+        var stream = std.io.fixedBufferStream(it.data[it.pos..]);
+        const reader = stream.reader();
+
+        var size = try reader.readIntLittle(u32);
+        if (size == 0xFFFFFFFF) @panic("TODO");
+
+        const id = try reader.readIntLittle(u32);
+        const record = Record{
+            .tag = if (id == 0) .cie else .fde,
+            .offset = it.pos,
+            .size = size,
+        };
+        it.pos += size + 4;
+
+        return record;
+    }
+};
+
+pub fn calcEhFrameSize(elf_file: *Elf) !usize {
+    var offset: u64 = 0;
+
+    var cies = std.ArrayList(Cie).init(elf_file.base.allocator);
+    defer cies.deinit();
+
+    for (elf_file.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = elf_file.file(index).?.object;
+
+        outer: for (object.cies.items) |*cie| {
+            for (cies.items) |other| {
+                if (other.eql(cie.*, elf_file)) {
+                    // We already have a CIE record that has the exact same contents, so instead of
+                    // duplicating them, we mark this one dead and set its output offset to be
+                    // equal to that of the alive record. This way, we won't have to rewrite
+                    // Fde.cie_index field when committing the records to file.
+                    cie.out_offset = other.out_offset;
+                    continue :outer;
+                }
+            }
+            cie.alive = true;
+            cie.out_offset = offset;
+            offset += cie.calcSize();
+            try cies.append(cie.*);
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (elf_file.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = elf_file.file(index).?.object;
+        for (object.fdes.items) |*fde| {
+            if (!fde.alive) continue;
+            fde.out_offset = offset;
+            offset += fde.calcSize();
+        }
+    }
+
+    return offset + 4; // NULL terminator
+}
+
+pub fn calcEhFrameHdrSize(elf_file: *Elf) usize {
+    var count: usize = 0;
+    for (elf_file.objects.items) |index| {
+        for (elf_file.file(index).?.object.fdes.items) |fde| {
+            if (!fde.alive) continue;
+            count += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return eh_frame_hdr_header_size + count * 8;
+}
+
+fn resolveReloc(rec: anytype, sym: *const Symbol, rel: elf.Elf64_Rela, elf_file: *Elf, contents: []u8) !void {
+    const offset = rel.r_offset - rec.offset;
+    const P = @as(i64, @intCast(rec.address(elf_file) + offset));
+    const S = @as(i64, @intCast(sym.address(.{}, elf_file)));
+    const A = rel.r_addend;
+
+    relocs_log.debug("  {s}: {x}: [{x} => {x}] ({s})", .{
+        Atom.fmtRelocType(rel.r_type()),
+        offset,
+        P,
+        S + A,
+        sym.name(elf_file),
+    });
+
+    var where = contents[offset..];
+    switch (rel.r_type()) {
+        elf.R_X86_64_32 => std.mem.writeIntLittle(i32, where[0..4], @as(i32, @truncate(S + A))),
+        elf.R_X86_64_64 => std.mem.writeIntLittle(i64, where[0..8], S + A),
+        elf.R_X86_64_PC32 => std.mem.writeIntLittle(i32, where[0..4], @as(i32, @intCast(S - P + A))),
+        elf.R_X86_64_PC64 => std.mem.writeIntLittle(i64, where[0..8], S - P + A),
+        else => unreachable,
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn writeEhFrame(elf_file: *Elf, writer: anytype) !void {
+    const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+
+    relocs_log.debug("{x}: .eh_frame", .{elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.eh_frame_section_index.?].sh_addr});
+
+    for (elf_file.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = elf_file.file(index).?.object;
+
+        for (object.cies.items) |cie| {
+            if (!cie.alive) continue;
+
+            const contents = try gpa.dupe(u8, try cie.data(elf_file));
+            defer gpa.free(contents);
+
+            for (try cie.relocs(elf_file)) |rel| {
+                const sym = object.symbol(rel.r_sym(), elf_file);
+                try resolveReloc(cie, sym, rel, elf_file, contents);
+            }
+
+            try writer.writeAll(contents);
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (elf_file.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = elf_file.file(index).?.object;
+
+        for (object.fdes.items) |fde| {
+            if (!fde.alive) continue;
+
+            const contents = try gpa.dupe(u8, try fde.data(elf_file));
+            defer gpa.free(contents);
+
+            std.mem.writeIntLittle(
+                i32,
+                contents[4..8],
+                @as(i32, @truncate(@as(i64, @intCast(fde.out_offset + 4)) - @as(i64, @intCast(fde.cie(elf_file).out_offset)))),
+            );
+
+            for (try fde.relocs(elf_file)) |rel| {
+                const sym = object.symbol(rel.r_sym(), elf_file);
+                try resolveReloc(fde, sym, rel, elf_file, contents);
+            }
+
+            try writer.writeAll(contents);
+        }
+    }
+
+    try writer.writeIntLittle(u32, 0);
+}
+
+pub fn writeEhFrameHdr(elf_file: *Elf, writer: anytype) !void {
+    try writer.writeByte(1); // version
+    try writer.writeByte(EH_PE.pcrel | EH_PE.sdata4);
+    try writer.writeByte(EH_PE.udata4);
+    try writer.writeByte(EH_PE.datarel | EH_PE.sdata4);
+
+    const eh_frame_shdr = elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.eh_frame_section_index.?];
+    const eh_frame_hdr_shdr = elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.eh_frame_hdr_section_index.?];
+    const num_fdes = @as(u32, @intCast(@divExact(eh_frame_hdr_shdr.sh_size - eh_frame_hdr_header_size, 8)));
+    try writer.writeIntLittle(
+        u32,
+        @as(u32, @bitCast(@as(
+            i32,
+            @truncate(@as(i64, @intCast(eh_frame_shdr.sh_addr)) - @as(i64, @intCast(eh_frame_hdr_shdr.sh_addr)) - 4),
+        ))),
+    );
+    try writer.writeIntLittle(u32, num_fdes);
+
+    const Entry = struct {
+        init_addr: u32,
+        fde_addr: u32,
+
+        pub fn lessThan(ctx: void, lhs: @This(), rhs: @This()) bool {
+            _ = ctx;
+            return lhs.init_addr < rhs.init_addr;
+        }
+    };
+
+    var entries = std.ArrayList(Entry).init(elf_file.base.allocator);
+    defer entries.deinit();
+    try entries.ensureTotalCapacityPrecise(num_fdes);
+
+    for (elf_file.objects.items) |index| {
+        const object = elf_file.file(index).?.object;
+        for (object.fdes.items) |fde| {
+            if (!fde.alive) continue;
+
+            const relocs = try fde.relocs(elf_file);
+            assert(relocs.len > 0); // Should this be an error? Things are completely broken anyhow if this trips...
+            const rel = relocs[0];
+            const sym = object.symbol(rel.r_sym(), elf_file);
+            const P = @as(i64, @intCast(fde.address(elf_file)));
+            const S = @as(i64, @intCast(sym.address(.{}, elf_file)));
+            const A = rel.r_addend;
+            entries.appendAssumeCapacity(.{
+                .init_addr = @as(u32, @bitCast(@as(i32, @truncate(S + A - @as(i64, @intCast(eh_frame_hdr_shdr.sh_addr)))))),
+                .fde_addr = @as(
+                    u32,
+                    @bitCast(@as(i32, @truncate(P - @as(i64, @intCast(eh_frame_hdr_shdr.sh_addr))))),
+                ),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    std.mem.sort(Entry, entries.items, {}, Entry.lessThan);
+    try writer.writeAll(std.mem.sliceAsBytes(entries.items));
+}
+
+const eh_frame_hdr_header_size: u64 = 12;
+
+const EH_PE = struct {
+    pub const absptr = 0x00;
+    pub const uleb128 = 0x01;
+    pub const udata2 = 0x02;
+    pub const udata4 = 0x03;
+    pub const udata8 = 0x04;
+    pub const sleb128 = 0x09;
+    pub const sdata2 = 0x0A;
+    pub const sdata4 = 0x0B;
+    pub const sdata8 = 0x0C;
+    pub const pcrel = 0x10;
+    pub const textrel = 0x20;
+    pub const datarel = 0x30;
+    pub const funcrel = 0x40;
+    pub const aligned = 0x50;
+    pub const indirect = 0x80;
+    pub const omit = 0xFF;
+};
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const elf = std.elf;
+const relocs_log = std.log.scoped(.link_relocs);
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const Atom = @import("Atom.zig");
+const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
+const Object = @import("Object.zig");
+const Symbol = @import("Symbol.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/file.zig b/src/link/Elf/file.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b49f43bf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/link/Elf/file.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+pub const File = union(enum) {
+    zig_module: *ZigModule,
+    linker_defined: *LinkerDefined,
+    object: *Object,
+    // shared_object: *SharedObject,
+
+    pub fn index(file: File) Index {
+        return switch (file) {
+            inline else => |x| x.index,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn fmtPath(file: File) std.fmt.Formatter(formatPath) {
+        return .{ .data = file };
+    }
+
+    fn formatPath(
+        file: File,
+        comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+        options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+        writer: anytype,
+    ) !void {
+        _ = unused_fmt_string;
+        _ = options;
+        switch (file) {
+            .zig_module => |x| try writer.print("{s}", .{x.path}),
+            .linker_defined => try writer.writeAll("(linker defined)"),
+            .object => |x| try writer.print("{}", .{x.fmtPath()}),
+            // .shared_object => |x| try writer.writeAll(x.path),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn isAlive(file: File) bool {
+        return switch (file) {
+            .zig_module => true,
+            .linker_defined => true,
+            inline else => |x| x.alive,
+        };
+    }
+
+    /// Encodes symbol rank so that the following ordering applies:
+    /// * strong defined
+    /// * weak defined
+    /// * strong in lib (dso/archive)
+    /// * weak in lib (dso/archive)
+    /// * common
+    /// * common in lib (archive)
+    /// * unclaimed
+    pub fn symbolRank(file: File, sym: elf.Elf64_Sym, in_archive: bool) u32 {
+        const base: u3 = blk: {
+            if (sym.st_shndx == elf.SHN_COMMON) break :blk if (in_archive) 6 else 5;
+            // if (file == .shared or in_archive) break :blk switch (sym.st_bind()) {
+            if (in_archive) break :blk switch (sym.st_bind()) {
+                elf.STB_GLOBAL => 3,
+                else => 4,
+            };
+            break :blk switch (sym.st_bind()) {
+                elf.STB_GLOBAL => 1,
+                else => 2,
+            };
+        };
+        return (@as(u32, base) << 24) + file.index();
+    }
+
+    pub fn setAlive(file: File) void {
+        switch (file) {
+            .zig_module, .linker_defined => {},
+            inline else => |x| x.alive = true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn markLive(file: File, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+        switch (file) {
+            .zig_module, .linker_defined => {},
+            inline else => |x| x.markLive(elf_file),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn globals(file: File) []const Symbol.Index {
+        return switch (file) {
+            inline else => |x| x.globals(),
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub const Index = u32;
+
+    pub const Entry = union(enum) {
+        null: void,
+        zig_module: ZigModule,
+        linker_defined: LinkerDefined,
+        object: Object,
+        // shared_object: SharedObject,
+    };
+};
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const elf = std.elf;
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
+const LinkerDefined = @import("LinkerDefined.zig");
+const Object = @import("Object.zig");
+// const SharedObject = @import("SharedObject.zig");
+const Symbol = @import("Symbol.zig");
+const ZigModule = @import("ZigModule.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/Elf/synthetic_sections.zig b/src/link/Elf/synthetic_sections.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f178f1370f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/link/Elf/synthetic_sections.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,433 @@
+pub const GotSection = struct {
+    entries: std.ArrayListUnmanaged(Entry) = .{},
+    needs_rela: bool = false,
+    dirty: bool = false,
+    output_symtab_size: Elf.SymtabSize = .{},
+
+    pub const Index = u32;
+
+    const Tag = enum {
+        got,
+        tlsld,
+        tlsgd,
+        gottp,
+        tlsdesc,
+    };
+
+    const Entry = struct {
+        tag: Tag,
+        symbol_index: Symbol.Index,
+        cell_index: Index,
+
+        /// Returns how many indexes in the GOT this entry uses.
+        pub inline fn len(entry: Entry) usize {
+            return switch (entry.tag) {
+                .got, .gottp => 1,
+                .tlsld, .tlsgd, .tlsdesc => 2,
+            };
+        }
+
+        pub fn address(entry: Entry, elf_file: *Elf) u64 {
+            const ptr_bytes = @as(u64, elf_file.archPtrWidthBytes());
+            const shdr = &elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.got_section_index.?];
+            return shdr.sh_addr + @as(u64, entry.cell_index) * ptr_bytes;
+        }
+    };
+
+    pub fn deinit(got: *GotSection, allocator: Allocator) void {
+        got.entries.deinit(allocator);
+    }
+
+    fn allocateEntry(got: *GotSection, allocator: Allocator) !Index {
+        try got.entries.ensureUnusedCapacity(allocator, 1);
+        // TODO add free list
+        const index = @as(Index, @intCast(got.entries.items.len));
+        const entry = got.entries.addOneAssumeCapacity();
+        const cell_index: Index = if (index > 0) blk: {
+            const last = got.entries.items[index - 1];
+            break :blk last.cell_index + @as(Index, @intCast(last.len()));
+        } else 0;
+        entry.* = .{ .tag = undefined, .symbol_index = undefined, .cell_index = cell_index };
+        got.dirty = true;
+        return index;
+    }
+
+    pub fn addGotSymbol(got: *GotSection, sym_index: Symbol.Index, elf_file: *Elf) !Index {
+        const index = try got.allocateEntry(elf_file.base.allocator);
+        const entry = &got.entries.items[index];
+        entry.tag = .got;
+        entry.symbol_index = sym_index;
+        const symbol = elf_file.symbol(sym_index);
+        if (symbol.flags.import or symbol.isIFunc(elf_file) or (elf_file.base.options.pic and !symbol.isAbs(elf_file)))
+            got.needs_rela = true;
+        if (symbol.extra(elf_file)) |extra| {
+            var new_extra = extra;
+            new_extra.got = index;
+            symbol.setExtra(new_extra, elf_file);
+        } else try symbol.addExtra(.{ .got = index }, elf_file);
+        return index;
+    }
+
+    // pub fn addTlsGdSymbol(got: *GotSection, sym_index: Symbol.Index, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    //     const index = got.next_index;
+    //     const symbol = elf_file.getSymbol(sym_index);
+    //     if (symbol.flags.import or elf_file.options.output_mode == .lib) got.needs_rela = true;
+    //     if (symbol.getExtra(elf_file)) |extra| {
+    //         var new_extra = extra;
+    //         new_extra.tlsgd = index;
+    //         symbol.setExtra(new_extra, elf_file);
+    //     } else try symbol.addExtra(.{ .tlsgd = index }, elf_file);
+    //     try got.symbols.append(elf_file.base.allocator, .{ .tlsgd = sym_index });
+    //     got.next_index += 2;
+    // }
+
+    // pub fn addGotTpSymbol(got: *GotSection, sym_index: Symbol.Index, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    //     const index = got.next_index;
+    //     const symbol = elf_file.getSymbol(sym_index);
+    //     if (symbol.flags.import or elf_file.options.output_mode == .lib) got.needs_rela = true;
+    //     if (symbol.getExtra(elf_file)) |extra| {
+    //         var new_extra = extra;
+    //         new_extra.gottp = index;
+    //         symbol.setExtra(new_extra, elf_file);
+    //     } else try symbol.addExtra(.{ .gottp = index }, elf_file);
+    //     try got.symbols.append(elf_file.base.allocator, .{ .gottp = sym_index });
+    //     got.next_index += 1;
+    // }
+
+    // pub fn addTlsDescSymbol(got: *GotSection, sym_index: Symbol.Index, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    //     const index = got.next_index;
+    //     const symbol = elf_file.getSymbol(sym_index);
+    //     got.needs_rela = true;
+    //     if (symbol.getExtra(elf_file)) |extra| {
+    //         var new_extra = extra;
+    //         new_extra.tlsdesc = index;
+    //         symbol.setExtra(new_extra, elf_file);
+    //     } else try symbol.addExtra(.{ .tlsdesc = index }, elf_file);
+    //     try got.symbols.append(elf_file.base.allocator, .{ .tlsdesc = sym_index });
+    //     got.next_index += 2;
+    // }
+
+    pub fn size(got: GotSection, elf_file: *Elf) usize {
+        var s: usize = 0;
+        for (got.entries.items) |entry| {
+            s += elf_file.archPtrWidthBytes() * entry.len();
+        }
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    pub fn writeEntry(got: *GotSection, elf_file: *Elf, index: Index) !void {
+        const entry_size: u16 = elf_file.archPtrWidthBytes();
+        if (got.dirty) {
+            const needed_size = got.size(elf_file);
+            try elf_file.growAllocSection(elf_file.got_section_index.?, needed_size);
+            got.dirty = false;
+        }
+        const endian = elf_file.base.options.target.cpu.arch.endian();
+        const entry = got.entries.items[index];
+        const shdr = &elf_file.shdrs.items[elf_file.got_section_index.?];
+        const off = shdr.sh_offset + @as(u64, entry_size) * entry.cell_index;
+        const vaddr = shdr.sh_addr + @as(u64, entry_size) * entry.cell_index;
+        const value = elf_file.symbol(entry.symbol_index).value;
+        switch (entry_size) {
+            2 => {
+                var buf: [2]u8 = undefined;
+                std.mem.writeInt(u16, &buf, @as(u16, @intCast(value)), endian);
+                try elf_file.base.file.?.pwriteAll(&buf, off);
+            },
+            4 => {
+                var buf: [4]u8 = undefined;
+                std.mem.writeInt(u32, &buf, @as(u32, @intCast(value)), endian);
+                try elf_file.base.file.?.pwriteAll(&buf, off);
+            },
+            8 => {
+                var buf: [8]u8 = undefined;
+                std.mem.writeInt(u64, &buf, value, endian);
+                try elf_file.base.file.?.pwriteAll(&buf, off);
+
+                if (elf_file.base.child_pid) |pid| {
+                    switch (builtin.os.tag) {
+                        .linux => {
+                            var local_vec: [1]std.os.iovec_const = .{.{
+                                .iov_base = &buf,
+                                .iov_len = buf.len,
+                            }};
+                            var remote_vec: [1]std.os.iovec_const = .{.{
+                                .iov_base = @as([*]u8, @ptrFromInt(@as(usize, @intCast(vaddr)))),
+                                .iov_len = buf.len,
+                            }};
+                            const rc = std.os.linux.process_vm_writev(pid, &local_vec, &remote_vec, 0);
+                            switch (std.os.errno(rc)) {
+                                .SUCCESS => assert(rc == buf.len),
+                                else => |errno| log.warn("process_vm_writev failure: {s}", .{@tagName(errno)}),
+                            }
+                        },
+                        else => return error.HotSwapUnavailableOnHostOperatingSystem,
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            else => unreachable,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // pub fn write(got: GotSection, elf_file: *Elf, writer: anytype) !void {
+    //     const is_shared = elf_file.options.output_mode == .lib;
+    //     const apply_relocs = elf_file.options.apply_dynamic_relocs;
+
+    //     for (got.symbols.items) |sym| {
+    //         const symbol = elf_file.getSymbol(sym.getIndex());
+    //         switch (sym) {
+    //             .got => {
+    //                 const value: u64 = blk: {
+    //                     const value = symbol.getAddress(.{ .plt = false }, elf_file);
+    //                     if (symbol.flags.import) break :blk 0;
+    //                     if (symbol.isIFunc(elf_file))
+    //                         break :blk if (apply_relocs) value else 0;
+    //                     if (elf_file.options.pic and !symbol.isAbs(elf_file))
+    //                         break :blk if (apply_relocs) value else 0;
+    //                     break :blk value;
+    //                 };
+    //                 try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, value);
+    //             },
+
+    //             .tlsgd => {
+    //                 if (symbol.flags.import) {
+    //                     try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, 0);
+    //                     try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, 0);
+    //                 } else {
+    //                     try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, if (is_shared) @as(u64, 0) else 1);
+    //                     const offset = symbol.getAddress(.{}, elf_file) - elf_file.getDtpAddress();
+    //                     try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, offset);
+    //                 }
+    //             },
+
+    //             .gottp => {
+    //                 if (symbol.flags.import) {
+    //                     try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, 0);
+    //                 } else if (is_shared) {
+    //                     const offset = if (apply_relocs)
+    //                         symbol.getAddress(.{}, elf_file) - elf_file.getTlsAddress()
+    //                     else
+    //                         0;
+    //                     try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, offset);
+    //                 } else {
+    //                     const offset = @as(i64, @intCast(symbol.getAddress(.{}, elf_file))) -
+    //                         @as(i64, @intCast(elf_file.getTpAddress()));
+    //                     try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, @as(u64, @bitCast(offset)));
+    //                 }
+    //             },
+
+    //             .tlsdesc => {
+    //                 try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, 0);
+    //                 try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, 0);
+    //             },
+    //         }
+    //     }
+
+    //     if (got.emit_tlsld) {
+    //         try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, if (is_shared) @as(u64, 0) else 1);
+    //         try writer.writeIntLittle(u64, 0);
+    //     }
+    // }
+
+    // pub fn addRela(got: GotSection, elf_file: *Elf) !void {
+    //     const is_shared = elf_file.options.output_mode == .lib;
+    //     try elf_file.rela_dyn.ensureUnusedCapacity(elf_file.base.allocator, got.numRela(elf_file));
+
+    //     for (got.symbols.items) |sym| {
+    //         const symbol = elf_file.getSymbol(sym.getIndex());
+    //         const extra = symbol.getExtra(elf_file).?;
+
+    //         switch (sym) {
+    //             .got => {
+    //                 const offset = symbol.gotAddress(elf_file);
+
+    //                 if (symbol.flags.import) {
+    //                     elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //                         .offset = offset,
+    //                         .sym = extra.dynamic,
+    //                         .type = elf.R_X86_64_GLOB_DAT,
+    //                     });
+    //                     continue;
+    //                 }
+
+    //                 if (symbol.isIFunc(elf_file)) {
+    //                     elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //                         .offset = offset,
+    //                         .type = elf.R_X86_64_IRELATIVE,
+    //                         .addend = @intCast(symbol.getAddress(.{ .plt = false }, elf_file)),
+    //                     });
+    //                     continue;
+    //                 }
+
+    //                 if (elf_file.options.pic and !symbol.isAbs(elf_file)) {
+    //                     elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //                         .offset = offset,
+    //                         .type = elf.R_X86_64_RELATIVE,
+    //                         .addend = @intCast(symbol.getAddress(.{ .plt = false }, elf_file)),
+    //                     });
+    //                 }
+    //             },
+
+    //             .tlsgd => {
+    //                 const offset = symbol.getTlsGdAddress(elf_file);
+    //                 if (symbol.flags.import) {
+    //                     elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //                         .offset = offset,
+    //                         .sym = extra.dynamic,
+    //                         .type = elf.R_X86_64_DTPMOD64,
+    //                     });
+    //                     elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //                         .offset = offset + 8,
+    //                         .sym = extra.dynamic,
+    //                         .type = elf.R_X86_64_DTPOFF64,
+    //                     });
+    //                 } else if (is_shared) {
+    //                     elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //                         .offset = offset,
+    //                         .sym = extra.dynamic,
+    //                         .type = elf.R_X86_64_DTPMOD64,
+    //                     });
+    //                 }
+    //             },
+
+    //             .gottp => {
+    //                 const offset = symbol.getGotTpAddress(elf_file);
+    //                 if (symbol.flags.import) {
+    //                     elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //                         .offset = offset,
+    //                         .sym = extra.dynamic,
+    //                         .type = elf.R_X86_64_TPOFF64,
+    //                     });
+    //                 } else if (is_shared) {
+    //                     elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //                         .offset = offset,
+    //                         .type = elf.R_X86_64_TPOFF64,
+    //                         .addend = @intCast(symbol.getAddress(.{}, elf_file) - elf_file.getTlsAddress()),
+    //                     });
+    //                 }
+    //             },
+
+    //             .tlsdesc => {
+    //                 const offset = symbol.getTlsDescAddress(elf_file);
+    //                 elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //                     .offset = offset,
+    //                     .sym = extra.dynamic,
+    //                     .type = elf.R_X86_64_TLSDESC,
+    //                 });
+    //             },
+    //         }
+    //     }
+
+    //     if (is_shared and got.emit_tlsld) {
+    //         const offset = elf_file.getTlsLdAddress();
+    //         elf_file.addRelaDynAssumeCapacity(.{
+    //             .offset = offset,
+    //             .type = elf.R_X86_64_DTPMOD64,
+    //         });
+    //     }
+    // }
+
+    // pub fn numRela(got: GotSection, elf_file: *Elf) usize {
+    //     const is_shared = elf_file.options.output_mode == .lib;
+    //     var num: usize = 0;
+    //     for (got.symbols.items) |sym| {
+    //         const symbol = elf_file.symbol(sym.index());
+    //         switch (sym) {
+    //             .got => if (symbol.flags.import or
+    //                 symbol.isIFunc(elf_file) or (elf_file.options.pic and !symbol.isAbs(elf_file)))
+    //             {
+    //                 num += 1;
+    //             },
+
+    //             .tlsgd => if (symbol.flags.import) {
+    //                 num += 2;
+    //             } else if (is_shared) {
+    //                 num += 1;
+    //             },
+
+    //             .gottp => if (symbol.flags.import or is_shared) {
+    //                 num += 1;
+    //             },
+
+    //             .tlsdesc => num += 1,
+    //         }
+    //     }
+    //     if (is_shared and got.emit_tlsld) num += 1;
+    //     return num;
+    // }
+
+    pub fn updateSymtabSize(got: *GotSection, elf_file: *Elf) void {
+        _ = elf_file;
+        got.output_symtab_size.nlocals = @as(u32, @intCast(got.entries.items.len));
+    }
+
+    pub fn writeSymtab(got: GotSection, elf_file: *Elf, ctx: anytype) !void {
+        const gpa = elf_file.base.allocator;
+        for (got.entries.items, ctx.ilocal..) |entry, ilocal| {
+            const suffix = switch (entry.tag) {
+                .tlsld => "$tlsld",
+                .tlsgd => "$tlsgd",
+                .got => "$got",
+                .gottp => "$gottp",
+                .tlsdesc => "$tlsdesc",
+            };
+            const symbol = elf_file.symbol(entry.symbol_index);
+            const name = try std.fmt.allocPrint(gpa, "{s}{s}", .{ symbol.name(elf_file), suffix });
+            defer gpa.free(name);
+            const st_name = try elf_file.strtab.insert(gpa, name);
+            const st_value = switch (entry.tag) {
+                .got => symbol.gotAddress(elf_file),
+                else => unreachable,
+            };
+            const st_size: u64 = entry.len() * elf_file.archPtrWidthBytes();
+            ctx.symtab[ilocal] = .{
+                .st_name = st_name,
+                .st_info = elf.STT_OBJECT,
+                .st_other = 0,
+                .st_shndx = elf_file.got_section_index.?,
+                .st_value = st_value,
+                .st_size = st_size,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    const FormatCtx = struct {
+        got: GotSection,
+        elf_file: *Elf,
+    };
+
+    pub fn fmt(got: GotSection, elf_file: *Elf) std.fmt.Formatter(format2) {
+        return .{ .data = .{ .got = got, .elf_file = elf_file } };
+    }
+
+    pub fn format2(
+        ctx: FormatCtx,
+        comptime unused_fmt_string: []const u8,
+        options: std.fmt.FormatOptions,
+        writer: anytype,
+    ) !void {
+        _ = options;
+        _ = unused_fmt_string;
+        try writer.writeAll("GOT\n");
+        for (ctx.got.entries.items) |entry| {
+            const symbol = ctx.elf_file.symbol(entry.symbol_index);
+            try writer.print("  {d}@0x{x} => {d}@0x{x} ({s})\n", .{
+                entry.cell_index,
+                entry.address(ctx.elf_file),
+                entry.symbol_index,
+                symbol.address(.{}, ctx.elf_file),
+                symbol.name(ctx.elf_file),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const elf = std.elf;
+const log = std.log.scoped(.link);
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const Elf = @import("../Elf.zig");
+const Symbol = @import("Symbol.zig");
diff --git a/src/link/strtab.zig b/src/link/strtab.zig
index 0d71c9bf83..f854225ef6 100644
--- a/src/link/strtab.zig
+++ b/src/link/strtab.zig
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ pub fn StringTable(comptime log_scope: @Type(.EnumLiteral)) type {
             });
         }
 
-        pub fn get(self: Self, off: u32) ?[]const u8 {
+        pub fn get(self: Self, off: u32) ?[:0]const u8 {
             log.debug("getting string at 0x{x}", .{off});
             if (off >= self.buffer.items.len) return null;
             return mem.sliceTo(@as([*:0]const u8, @ptrCast(self.buffer.items.ptr + off)), 0);
         }
 
-        pub fn getAssumeExists(self: Self, off: u32) []const u8 {
+        pub fn getAssumeExists(self: Self, off: u32) [:0]const u8 {
             return self.get(off) orelse unreachable;
         }