Object files

Object files

File format

Data representation

ELF header
    ELF identification

Sections
    Rules for linking unrecognized sections
    Special sections

String table

Symbol table
    Symbol values

Relocation

Program header
    Base address
    Segment permissions
        Segment contents
        Note section

Program loading (Processor specific)

Dynamic linking
    Program interpreter
    Dynamic linker
    Dynamic section
    Shared object dependencies
        Substitution sequences
    Global offset table
    Procedure linkage table
    Hash table
    Initialization and termination functions