Drop-in replacement/wrapper around macOS' linker (ld) that respects segprot's `max_prot` value

ld64

#!/usr/bin/python2
import argparse
import sys
import subprocess
from itertools import takewhile
from macholib import MachO, ptypes

def parse_rwx(text):
    return ('r' in text and 1) | ('w' in text and 2) | ('x' in text and 4)

def apply_maxprots(path, maxprots):
    mach = MachO.MachO(path)
    header = mach.headers[0]
    offset = ptypes.sizeof(header.mach_header)

    for cload, ccmd, cdata in header.commands:
        if not hasattr(ccmd, 'segname'): break

        segname = ccmd.segname.to_str().strip(chr(0))

        if segname in maxprots and ccmd.maxprot != maxprots[segname]:
            fields = takewhile(lambda (n, _): n != 'maxprot', cload._fields_ + ccmd._fields_)
            index = offset + sum(ptypes.sizeof(typ) for _, typ in fields)

            with open(path, 'r+b') as fh:
                fh.seek(index)
                fh.write(chr(maxprots[segname]))

        offset += cload.cmdsize

try:
    subprocess.check_call(['/usr/bin/ld'] + sys.argv[1:])
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as ex:
    sys.exit(ex.returncode)

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('-o', default='a.out')
parser.add_argument('-segprot', nargs=3, action='append')
args, _ = parser.parse_known_args()

if args.segprot:
    segprots = {segment: parse_rwx(maxprot) for segment, maxprot, _ in args.segprot}
    apply_maxprots(args.o, segprots)

Mac OS Version 11.6 m1 does not work.
Could some one give a solution to help syscall.Mprotect works on m1 silicon?