Module: Linking & Loading

Object file format, relocation tables and symbol tables, how to link and load.

Learning Outcomes

Linking & Loading

Understand the basic principle of linking and the format of object file (in particular the relocation table and the symbol table)
Understand the basic principle of loading

Readings

Linking & loading

Object files, symbol table, relocation table, resolving references

Lecture notes

Sample C code

Illustrating the use of objdump

Source code