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F45M

Joined: 22 Nov 2006
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F45M 11 Dec 2006, 10:21

I think ELF has only two flags for section declaration viz.
executable and writable (I know it from the docs came with Fasm).

Why we do not have readable flag as well ?
Is it because ELF have no support for readonly data ?

I may be wrong and newer versions of Fasm may allow additional flags.

help

11 Dec 2006, 10:21

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 11 Dec 2006, 11:26

Every ELF section is readable, there's no flag that specifies it.
The ELF executable segments have "readable" flag, however.

11 Dec 2006, 11:26

F45M

Joined: 22 Nov 2006
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F45M 16 Dec 2006, 07:04

So, can I ommit both executable and writable flags and thus have
a read-only section ?

16 Dec 2006, 07:04

Tomasz Grysztar

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Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 16 Dec 2006, 08:20

That's right.

16 Dec 2006, 08:20

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