[m-dev.] Trying to add shared objects support for ARM

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Fri Dec 9 07:52:15 AEDT 2005


On 05-Dec-2005, Sergey Khorev <iamphet at nm.ru> wrote:
> I wonder what file should I compile with -fpic -S to see manipulations with GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE? Doesn't this really mean "compile with -fpic and then disassemly"? ;)

IIRC, GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE is typically used to refer to global or static variables.
So try e.g. something like

	int x;
	int foo (void) {
		static int y;
		x++; y++;
		return x + y;
	}

Also perhaps look at taking the address of functions
and calling functions via function pointers.

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