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Re: Is it possible to make the whole image above 4G on a 64 bit machine?
>> If it's possible to make the whole image above 4G, how I can do that?
>> If not, could you explain why? Thanks.
> You must use PIE to place an executable above 4G.
There are other requirements, too, independent of using -fPIE. Do this:
grep R_X86_64 /usr/include/elf.h | grep sign
to see several of the potential problems.
Any use of the relocation type:
#define R_X86_64_PC32 2 /* PC relative 32 bit signed */
must be within 2G of the destination. In practice this means that
you must tell the compiler to use a different memory model if you have
more than 2GB of subroutines (.text) in a single module (executable or
shared library.) Because this case is rare, then your favorite compiler
might not support it.
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