Alignment problem with the ELF output

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revolution
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revolution 24 Sep 2005, 10:11

I have noticed an alignment problem with the ELF output

Code:

format ELF executable at 0

entry start

section executable readable writeable

org 0
use32

start:
        mov     al,[section_2]
        mov     bl,[section_3]
        mov     cl,[section_4]
        jmp     $

;for this section the program header has this:
;p_vaddr = 0x000000b4 <--- should be 0x00000000
;p_paddr = 0x000000b4 <--- should be 0x00000000

section executable readable
section_2 db 2

;for this section the program header has this:
;p_vaddr = 0x000010c7 <--- should be 0x00001000
;p_paddr = 0x000010c7 <--- should be 0x00001000

section executable
section_3 db 3

;for this section the program header has this:
;p_vaddr = 0x000020c8 <--- should be 0x00002000
;p_paddr = 0x000020c8 <--- should be 0x00002000

section writeable
org 0xaaa0
section_4 db 4

;for this section the program header has this:
;p_vaddr = 0x000030c9 <--- should be 0x00003000
;p_paddr = 0x000030c9 <--- should be 0x00003000

I think alignment to page boundaries is not working properly.

24 Sep 2005, 10:11

Tomasz Grysztar

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Tomasz Grysztar 27 Sep 2005, 14:35

In ELF executables the p_vaddr and p_offset must be the same modulo p_align. Thus the offset in file and address in memory for each section must have the same last three hexadecimal digits.

I forgot to mention in docs that for ELF executables the sections are not aligned by default (because of the above) - you can however use any "align" inside those sections freely, since the ELF executables are not relocatable (and thus $ is an absolute value).

27 Sep 2005, 14:35

revolution
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revolution 28 Sep 2005, 01:24

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you can however use any "align" inside those sections freely, since the ELF executables are not relocatable (and thus $ is an absolute value).

You are correct, my mistake, thanks for the info I will use this technique.

28 Sep 2005, 01:24

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