Tag
linking
- Oct 20, 2026 Sections, Symbols, and Relocations in an ELF Object File Why a compiled object file is more than machine code: the section header table, the symbol table and its string table, and the relocation records a linker consumes. compilers
- Mar 26, 2025 Section Headers, String Tables, and the Bookkeeping a Linker Needs What the section table adds that segments do not carry, how names are resolved through a string table by offset, and why a stripped binary can still run without it. systems programming
- Feb 27, 2025 Trait Coherence and Orphan Rules in Open Worlds Why a global instance table needs an ownership restriction, how orphan rules prevent overlapping implementations, and what coherence costs downstream crates. programming languages
- Apr 26, 2024 Relocation Entries and the Arithmetic a Linker Performs How REL and RELA entries encode the patch a linker must apply, why the addend is sometimes stored in the section and sometimes in the entry, and what R_X86_64_RELATIVE actually computes. systems programming