The result is the same #include<stdio.h>
extern int g __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))); int g; int foo(int a, int b) { g = a + b; printf("%x, %x", &g, foo); return g; } load and call `foo' in the library, an outputting (with vdso) is cc15bc, cc03fc and open f.map 0x15bc, 0x3fc It shows Linux simply maps the library to memory *using* library segment layout. Using e.cc to call it #include <exception> #include <typeinfo> #include <cstddef> #include <dlfcn.h> #include <stdio.h> int main(void) { void* handle = dlopen("./f.so", RTLD_NOW); typedef int (*gso)(int, int); gso f; *(void**) (&f) = dlsym(handle, "foo"); f(1, 2); return 0; } gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44). 2009/11/26 Richard Henderson <r...@redhat.com>: > On 11/25/2009 06:24 PM, yunfeng zhang wrote: >> >> It seems that original limitation isn't clear or sufficient >> >> For a sample: >> >> // f.c >> int g; >> void foo(void) >> { >> g = 1; >> } >> >> compile with `gcc -shared -fPIC -Wl,-soname,f.so,-Map,f.map -o f.so >> f.c'... > > With -fPIC, the variable G may be overridden by another variable of the same > name from another shared object earlier in the search path. That is, the > offset is *not* fixed because the final address of G may reside in a > different .so file. > > Change your program to > > static int g; > > or > > extern int g __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))); > int g; > > and compare the results. In either case G is known to resolve to the > instance present in f.so. In either case we'll use a constant offset. > > You really need to understand how ELF actually works before suggesting that > it's broken. > > > r~ >