Hi Ian, Do you mean -fpic and -fPIC will make GOT and PLT different? If yes, what are the differences? regards, George --- Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Lin George <george4academic@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Could you provide a little more information > please? I > > mean what is the different things generated by > -fpic > > and -fPIC in a shared library? > > To make the code position independent and to permit > the executable to > override symbols defined in the shared library, all > global variables > are accessed via a table of addresses (the Global > Offset Table, or > GOT) and all functions are called via a table of > branches (the > Procedure Linkage Table, or PLT). The dynamic > linker initializes the > GOT and PLT at runtime. The precise details depend > on the platform. > > Ian > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
