The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
The Position Independent Executables (PIE) feature loads executable binaries at random memory addresses so that the kernel can disallow text relocation. To generate a position-independent binary:
Specify the -fpie option to gcc when compiling.
Specify the -pie option to ld when linking.
To test whether a binary or library is relocatable, use the following command:
# readelf -d elfname | grep TEXTREL