Global Offset Table of a ELF executable

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I have a questions regarding the global offset table (got) of an ELF 
executable. Using objdump i observed that the GOT of an executable is 
writable and now READONLY. Does this mean that it is dynamic and keeps 
changing during the execution of the program ?

 From the ELF header specifications i read that this GOT contains 
pointers to the shared library functions that the executable is using. 
So do these values change during the life of the program or are the 
shared library function pointers consistent during execution.

Thanks

Karthik

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Reply Karthik 7/15/2004 6:57:05 PM


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