question regarding link_elf.c
PL
kadupl at wp.pl
Wed Sep 29 08:45:05 UTC 2010
Hi everyone,
I'm not quiet sure if it is proper place to ask the question I have. If
not, please
direct me to the correct place I should post questions like:
Im working on some modifications around link_elf.c. According to elf(5)
man pages,
Elf_Shdr structure contains field called 'sh_addr', containing the
address at
which first byte of a section shall reside in the memory image. I am
particularily
interested in '.text' and '.data' sections. After link_elf_load_file()
loads the
file into a memory, we have linker_file structure filled in, including
'address'
field. Now, assuming 'lf' being linker_file_t, already filled in by the
loading
routine, 'text_sh' being 'Elf_Shdr' for text section, and 'data_sh'
being 'Elf_Shdr'
for data section:
- lf->address + text_sh.sh_addr really points to the beginning of a
'.text' section
in memory, however..
- lf->address + data_sh.sh_addr does not point to the valid location of
'.data' section
in memory.
Sorry if my question is stupid, but im wondering why it is so ? I guess
it has something
to do with virtual memory mapping (?).
Thanks in advance for your kind help.
More information about the freebsd-hackers
mailing list