>> 1. Does the dynamic linker map the physical pages for .data segments >> such that GOT is at a fixed offset from code in logical address space? >> is this true? > >Yes, it has to do this or it wouldn't be possible to find the GOT. So, this method of paging is what makes it possible to share code pages across processes? Several sources online(/books) mention that PIC is the one which make code sharing across processes possible. - Chethan
