On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 04:01:51PM -0600, Tycho Andersen wrote: > $ gcc -c -fpie -Wa,--noexecstack -fno-jump-tables -nostdlib tester.c -o tester.o > $ ld -r tester.o -o tester.bin Are you sure you want -r? > So now I'm confused. .rodata is clearly my string (using a cheap hack by doing > objdump -D to display it), but the code at 0x4 in .text has me confused, > > 4: 48 8d 05 00 00 00 00 lea rax,[rip+0x0] # b <main+0xb> You should always use the -r flag to objdump when disassembling object files. Segher