> Because lw $v1,120($v1) will load .rodata+0x78 to v1 register, > jr v1, make PC(program counter)<--v1, > so content of .rodata+0x78 is address of instruction, is it right? > and switch have six case statements, so .rodata store six address of instruction. > like as: > 0000 0030 0000 0048 0000 0060 0000 0078 0000 0090 0000 00a8 Ah, now thats a better question .Sorry about the earlier answer, you are not looking in the right place. What is in the rodata address that you refer to. ?Is it not that the jump tables for the switch that you refer to. Those are addresses into the text sections. This particular part of the rodata would have its own reloc entries. Do a objdump -Dr and look at the reloc values in rodata. You can see the reloc values into the text around that place. Look at the relocation entries in the rodata section. The relocations for the jump addresses would be in the rodata section and those will be modified to the right address. Are these not addresses into the text section ? Now is this clear ? cheers Ramana
