Re: Binutils 2.10 and Dynamic Loader

[Nick Clifton <nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com>]

Hi Shay,

> I'm trying to use binutils 2.10 (BU),

There is now a 2.11 release of binutils, so if this is a bug, you may
find that this release fixes it.

> However , compiling the SO with BU 2.10 I see that the <data> section (see
>  below) is created for the string without pointing to the <.rodata> section,
>  and letting the loader to make 'complicated' relocation using the
>  relocation table (elf header). Since rodata is a section , the dynamic
>  loader ld.so.1 only adds the offset to that symbol , and there for the
>  relocation is done in wrong way.

Why is the relocation wrong ?  The location of the string is the same
as the location of the start of the .rodata section, just as specified
in the reloc.

>  Is it a problem of the 2.10 ld  , or a
>  problem of the dynamic loader (libc.2.0.6) ?

I would say that if the reloc is not being processed correctly then it
is a problem with the loader.

Cheers
        Nick