If I use dlsym() to load the address manually ,will GOT be needed any more ? 2013/12/2 Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@xxxxxxx>: > On Mon, 02 Dec 2013, Hatt Tom wrote: > >> And also : why cannot I dlclose a .so that I've linked my executable >> to, in the usual fashion. >> >> is it because the reference count of that .so would not alwayes to be zero ? >> >> It seems puzzling to me ? >> > how would you ensure consistency of the GOT ? > I think the problem is that you would end up with invalid addresses in the GOT > as they were setup by ld based on link-time information. > > thx! > hofrat -- Best Regards!
