Relocation Calculations

The following notation is used to describe relocation computations.

A

The addend used to compute the value of the relocatable field.

B

The base address at which a shared object is loaded into memory during execution. Generally, a shared object file is built with a base virtual address of 0. However, the execution address of the shared object is different. See Program Header.

G

The offset into the global offset table at which the address of the relocation entry's symbol resides during execution. See Global Offset Table (Processor-Specific).

GOT

The address of the global offset table. See Global Offset Table (Processor-Specific).

L

The section offset or address of the procedure linkage table entry for a symbol. See Procedure Linkage Table (Processor-Specific).

P

The section offset or address of the storage unit being relocated, computed using r_offset.

S

The value of the symbol whose index resides in the relocation entry.

Z

The size of the symbol whose index resides in the relocation entry.