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Artlav



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Artlav 22 Sep 2007, 21:00
Iam writing a loader/dynamic linker of ELF binaries for windows, and got stuck with some symbols relocations.

Specifically, program (any of coreutils) contains following code:
Code:
mov edx,[0804C744h]
mov eax,[edx+14h]
cmp eax,[edx+18h]
jnb ...
    

The 0804C744h offset is in the empty space after the program image, so i assume it should be filled by linker.

The address is found in .dynsym like that:
Code:
st_name="opterr",st_value=0x0804C740,st_size=0x00000004,st_info=0x11,st_other=0x00,st_shndx=0x0017
st_name="stdout",st_value=0x0804C744,st_size=0x00000004,st_info=0x11,st_other=0x00,st_shndx=0x0017
st_name="stderr",st_value=0x0804C748,st_size=0x00000004,st_info=0x11,st_other=0x00,st_shndx=0x0017
    

So, i assume that something about stdout should be at that address.

The question is, what should it be?
Looks like a file description struct, but mingw one doesn't fit the code, and i wasn't able to locate linux one description in glibc or kernel sources.

Or, more generally, where could i get a comprehensible manual on meaning of .got, .got.plt values, usage and ELF loading process in general (other than TIS ELF.pdf and glibc and linux sources)?
Post 22 Sep 2007, 21:00
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