Linker and Libraries Guide

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Numbers and Symbols

	`$ADDVERS`
		See versioning

	`$PLATFORM`
		See search paths


A

	ABI (see Application Binary Interface and System V Application Binary Interface) ( ) ( )

	Application Binary Interface ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	`ar(1)` ( )

	archives ( )
		inclusion of shared objects in ( )
		link-editor processing ( )
		multiple passes through ( )
		naming conventions ( )

	`as(1)` ( )

	auxiliary filters ( ) ( )


B

	base address ( ) ( )

	binding ( )
		dependency ordering ( )
		lazy ( ) ( ) ( )
		to shared object dependencies ( ) ( )
		to version definitions ( )
		to weak version definitions ( )


C

	`cc(1)` ( ) ( ) ( )

	`COMMON` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	compilation environment
		See also link-editing and link-editor


D

	data representation ( )

	debugging aids
		link-editing ( )
		runtime linking ( )

	demonstrations
		`prefcnt` ( )
		`sotruss` ( )
		`symbindrep` ( )
		`whocalls` ( )

	dependency
		groups ( ) ( )

	dependency ordering ( )

	`dlclose(3X)` ( )

	`dldump(3X)` ( )

	`dlerror(3X)` ( )

	`dlfcn.h` ( )

	`dlmopen(3X)` ( )

	`dlopen(3X)` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		effects of ordering ( )
		group ( )

	`dlopen(3X)`
		group ( )

	`dlopen(3X)`
		modes
			`RTLD_GLOBAL` ( ) ( )
			`RTLD_GROUP` ( )
			`RTLD_LAZY` ( )
			`RTLD_NOLOAD` ( )
			`RTLD_NOW` ( )
			`RTLD_PARENT` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		of a dynamic executable ( )

	`dlopen(3X)`
		of a dynamic executable ( )

	`dlopen(3X)`
		shared object naming conventions ( )

	`dlsym(3X)` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		special handle
			`RTLD_DEFAULT` ( ) ( )
			`RTLD_NEXT` ( )

	`dump(1)` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	dynamic executables ( ) ( )

	dynamic information tags
		`NEEDED` ( ) ( )
		`RPATH` ( )
		`SONAME` ( )
		`TEXTREL` ( )

	dynamic linking ( )
		implementation ( ) ( ) ( )


E

	ELF ( ) ( ) ( )
		(see also object files) ( )

	`elf(3E)` ( )

	environment variables
		`LD_AUDIT` ( )
		`LD_BIND_NOT` ( )
		`LD_BIND_NOW` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		`LD_BREADTH` ( )
		`LD_DEBUG` ( )
		`LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT` ( )
		`LD_LIBRARY_PATH` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		`LD_LOADFLTR` ( )
		`LD_NOAUXFLTR` ( )
		`LD_OPTIONS` ( ) ( )
		`LD_PRELOAD` ( ) ( )
		`LD_PROFILE` ( )
		`LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT` ( )
		`LD_RUN_PATH` ( )
		`SGS_SUPPORT` ( )

	error messages
		link-editor
			illegal argument to option ( )
			illegal option ( )
			incompatible options ( )
			multiple instances of an option ( )
			multiply defined symbols ( )
			relocations against non-writable sections ( )
			shared object name conflicts ( )
			soname conflicts ( )
			symbol not assigned to version ( )
			symbol warnings ( ) ( )
			undefined symbols ( ) ( )
			undefined symbols from an implicit reference ( )
			version unavailable ( )
		runtime linker
			copy relocation size differences ( )
			relocation errors ( ) ( )
			unable to find shared object ( ) ( )
			unable to find version definition ( )
			unable to locate symbol ( )

	`exec(2)` ( ) ( ) ( )

	executable and linking format (see ELF) ( )


F

	`f77(1)` ( )

	filters ( )
		auxiliary ( ) ( )
			platform specific ( )
		standard ( ) ( )


G

	generating a shared object ( )

	generating an executable ( )

	generating the output file image ( )

	global offset table ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	global symbols ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )


I

	initialization and termination ( ) ( ) ( )

	input file processing ( )

	interface
		private ( )
		public ( ) ( )

	interposition ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	interpreter (see also runtime linker) ( )


L

	lazy binding ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	`ld(1)` ( )

	`LD_AUDIT` ( )

	`LD_BIND_NOT` ( )

	`LD_BIND_NOW` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	`LD_BREADTH` ( )

	`LD_DEBUG` ( )

	`LD_DEBUG_OUTPUT` ( )

	`LD_LIBRARY_PATH` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	`LD_LOADFLTR` ( )

	`LD_NOAUXFLTR` ( )

	`LD_OPTIONS` ( ) ( )

	`LD_PRELOAD` ( ) ( )

	`LD_PROFILE` ( )

	`LD_PROFILE_OUTPUT` ( )

	`LD_RUN_PATH` ( )

	`ld.so.1(1)` (see also runtime linker) ( ) ( )

	`ld.so.1(1)` (see runtime linker) ( )

	`ldd(1)` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	`ldd(1)` options ( )
		`--d` ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--i` ( )
		`--l` ( )
		`--r` ( ) ( )
		`--v` ( )

	`libdl.so.1` ( )

	`libelf.so.1` ( ) ( )

	`libldstab.so.1` ( )

	libraries
		archives ( )
		naming conventions ( )
		shared ( ) ( ) ( )

	link-editing ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		adding additional libraries ( )
		archive processing ( )
		binding to a version definition ( ) ( )
		dynamic ( ) ( ) ( )
		input file processing ( )
		library input processing ( )
		library linking options ( )
		mixing shared objects and archives ( )
		multiply defined symbols ( )
		position of files on command line ( )
		search paths ( ) ( )
		shared object processing ( )

	link-editor ( ) ( )
		debugging aids ( )
		error messages
			See error messages
		invoking directly ( )
		invoking using compiler driver ( )
		overview ( )
		sections ( )
		segments ( )
		specifying options ( )

	link-editor options
		`--a` ( )
		`-B dynamic` ( )
		`--B group` ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--B reduce` ( ) ( )
		`-B static` ( )
		`--B static` ( )
		`--D` ( )
		`--d` ( ) ( )
		`--e` ( )
		`--F` ( )
		`--f` ( )
		`--G` ( )
		`--h` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--i` ( )
		`--L` ( ) ( )
		`--l` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--M` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--m` ( ) ( )
		`--R` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--r` ( ) ( )
		`--S` ( )
		`--s` ( )
		`--t` ( ) ( )
		`--u` ( ) ( )
		`--Y` ( )
		`--z allextract` ( )
		`--z defaultextract` ( )
		`--z defs` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--z ignore` ( )
		`--z initfirst` ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--z loadfltr` ( ) ( )
		`--z muldefs` ( )
		`--z nodefs` ( ) ( )
		`--z nodelete` ( )
		`--z nodlopen` ( )
		`--z noversion` ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--z now` ( ) ( ) ( )
		`--z text` ( ) ( )
		`--z weakextract` ( ) ( )

	link-editor output
		dynamic executables ( )
		relocatable objects ( )
		shared objects ( )
		static executables ( )

	link-editor support interface (ld-support) ( )
		`ld_atexit()` ( )
		`ld_file()` ( )
		`ld_section()` ( )
		`ld_start()` ( )

	local symbols ( ) ( ) ( )

	`lorder(1)` ( ) ( )


M

	mapfiles ( ) ( )
		defaults ( )
		error messages ( )
		example ( )
		map structure ( )
		mapping directives ( )
		segment declarations ( )
		size-symbol declarations ( )
		structure ( )
		syntax ( )
		usage ( )

	`mmap(2)` ( )

	multiply defined symbols ( ) ( ) ( )


N

	Name-space ( )

	naming conventions
		archives ( )
		libraries ( )
		shared objects ( ) ( )

	`NEEDED` ( ) ( )

	`nm(1)` ( ) ( )


O

	object files ( )
		base address ( ) ( )
		data representation ( )
		global offset table (see global offset table) ( )
		note section ( ) ( )
		preloading at runtime ( )
		procedure linkage table (see procedure linkage table) ( ) ( )
		program header ( ) ( ) ( )
		program interpretor ( )
		program loading ( )
		relocation ( ) ( ) ( )
		section alignment ( )
		section attributes ( ) ( )
		section header ( ) ( )
		section names ( ) ( )
		section types ( ) ( )
		segment contents ( ) ( )
		segment permissions ( ) ( )
		segment types ( ) ( )
		string table ( ) ( )
		symbol table ( ) ( )


P

	packages
		`SUNWosdem` ( ) ( ) ( )
		`SUNWtool` ( )

	paging ( ) ( )

	performance
		allocating buffers dynamically ( )
		collapsing multiple definitions ( )
		improving locality of references ( ) ( )
		maximizing shareability ( )
		minimizing data segment ( )
		position-independent code (see position-dependent code) ( )
		relocations ( ) ( )
		the underlying system ( )
		using automatic variables ( )

	platform specific auxiliary filters ( )

	position-independent code ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	preloading objects (see `LD_PRELOAD` also) ( )

	procedure linkage table ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		SPARC ( ) ( )

	`profil(2)` ( )

	program interpreter ( ) ( ) ( )
		(see also runtime linker) ( )

	`pvs(1)` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )


R

	relocatable objects ( )

	relocation ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		copy ( )
		data references ( )
		function references ( )
		non-symbolic ( ) ( )
		runtime linker
			symbol lookup ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		symbolic ( ) ( )

	`RPATH` (see also runpath) ( )

	`RTLD_DEFAULT`
		See also dependency ordering

	`RTLD_GLOBAL` ( ) ( )

	`RTLD_GROUP` ( )

	`RTLD_LAZY` ( )

	`RTLD_NEXT`
		See also dependency ordering

	`RTLD_NOLOAD` ( )

	`RTLD_NOW` ( )

	`RTLD_PARENT` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	runpath ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	runtime environment ( ) ( ) ( )

	runtime linker ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		initialization and termination routines ( )
		lazy binding ( ) ( ) ( )
		link-maps ( )
		loading additional objects ( )
		name-space ( )
		programming interface (see also `dlopen(3X)` family of routines) ( )
		relocation processing ( )
		search paths ( ) ( )
		security ( ) ( )
		shared object processing ( )
		version definition verification ( )

	runtime linker support interfaces (rtld-audit) ( ) ( )
		`la_i86_pltenter()` ( )
		`la_objclose()` ( )
		`la_objopen()` ( )
		`la_pltexit()` ( )
		`la_preinit()` ( )
		`la_sparcv8_pltenter()` ( )
		`la_symbind32()` ( )
		`la_version()` ( )

	runtime linker support interfaces (rtld-debugger) ( ) ( )
		`ps_global_sym()` ( )
		`ps_pglobal_sym()` ( ) ( )
		`ps_plog()` ( )
		`ps_pread()` ( )
		`ps_pwrite()` ( )
		`rd_delete()` ( )
		`rd_errstr()` ( )
		`rd_event_addr()` ( )
		`rd_event_enable()` ( )
		`rd_event_getmsg()` ( )
		`rd_init()` ( )
		`rd_loadobj_iter()` ( )
		`rd_log()` ( )
		`rd_new()` ( )
		`rd_objpad_enable()` ( )
		`rd_plt_resolution()` ( )
		`rd_reset()` ( )

	runtime linking ( )


S

	SCD (see SPARC Compliance Definition) ( )

	search paths
		link-editing ( )
		runtime linker ( ) ( )
			`$PLATFORM` token ( )

	section types ( ) ( ) ( )
		`.bss` ( )
		`.data` ( ) ( )
		`.dynamic` ( ) ( )
		`.dynstr` ( )
		`.dynsym` ( )
		`.fini` ( ) ( )
		`.got` ( ) ( )
		`.init` ( ) ( )
		`.interp` ( )
		`.picdata` ( )
		`.plt` ( ) ( ) ( )
		`.rela.text` ( )
		`.rodata` ( )
		`.strtab` ( ) ( )
		`.SUNW_version` ( )
		`.symtab` ( ) ( )
		`.text` ( )

	sections ( ) ( )
		(see also section types) ( )

	security ( ) ( )

	segments ( ) ( )
		data ( )
		data ( )
		text ( )
		text ( )

	`SGS_SUPPORT` ( )

	shared libraries (see shared objects) ( )

	shared objects ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		as filters (see filters) ( )
		building (see also performance) ( )
		dependency ordering ( )
		explicit definition ( )
		implementation ( ) ( ) ( )
		implicit definition ( )
		link-editor processing ( )
		naming conventions ( ) ( )
		recording a runtime name ( )
		with dependencies ( )

	`size(1)` ( )

	`SONAME` ( )

	SPARC Compliance Definition ( )

	standard filters ( ) ( )

	static executables ( )

	`strings(1)` ( )

	`strip(1)` ( )

	`SUNWosdem` ( ) ( ) ( )

	`SUNWtoo` ( )

	support interfaces
		link-editor (ld-support) ( )
		runtime linker (rtld-audit) ( ) ( )
		runtime linker (rtld-debugger) ( ) ( )

	symbol reserved names ( )
		`_DYNAMIC` ( )
		`_edata` ( )
		`_end` ( )
		`_END_` ( )
		`_etext` ( )
		`_fini` ( )
		`_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_` ( ) ( )
		`_init` ( )
		`main` ( )
		`_PROCEDURE_LINKAGE_TABLE_` ( )
		`_start` ( )
		`_START_` ( )

	symbol resolution ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		complex ( )
		fatal ( )
		interposition (see interposition) ( )
		multiple definitions ( )
		search scope
			`group` ( )
		simple ( )
		symbol visibility
			`global` ( )
			`local` ( )

	symbols
		absolute ( ) ( )
		archive extraction ( )
		auto-reduction ( ) ( ) ( )
		`COMMON` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		defined ( )
		definition ( ) ( )
		existence test ( )
		global ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		local ( ) ( ) ( )
		private interface ( )
		public interface ( )
		reference ( ) ( )
		runtime lookup ( ) ( )
			deferred ( ) ( ) ( )
		scope ( ) ( )
		tentative ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
			ordering in the output file ( )
			realignment ( )
		undefined ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		weak ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	System V Application Binary Interface ( )


T

	tentative symbols ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	`TEXTREL` ( )

	`tsort(1)` ( ) ( )


U

	undefined symbols ( )

	`/usr/ccs/bin/ld`
		See link-editor

	`/usr/lib` ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )

	`usr/lib/ld.so.1` ( )

	`/usr/lib/ld.so.1` ( )


V

	versioning ( )
		base version definition ( )
		binding to a definition ( ) ( )
			`$ADDVERS` ( )
		defining a public interface ( ) ( )
		definitions ( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
		file control directive ( )
		filename ( ) ( )
		generating definitions within an image ( ) ( ) ( )
		normalization ( )
		overview ( )
		runtime verification ( ) ( )

	virtual addressing ( )


W

	weak symbols ( ) ( ) ( )
		undefined ( )

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