ppc32/objdump : retrieving the symbol's name behind the GOT offset ?

yon ar c'hall yon.ar.chall@gmail.com
Sat Jan 11 09:42:00 GMT 2014


On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> wrote:
>> When it's related to the access to an object via the GOT,
>> objdump/ppc32 produces such disassembled code :
>>
>>     lwz     r9,-32764(r30)
>>
>> Is there any mean (with objdump, or any other tool) for quickly
>> retrieving the corresponding real symbol's name of the targeted object
>> (local or global) ?
>
> You'll need to scan the dynamic relocations for the relocation that
> applies to that particular GOT entry. That relocation will give you
> the symbol table index (in .dynsym) of the corresponding symbol.
>

What about local objects - hidden or default, which do not appear in
the .dynsym ?

-Yon

> -cary



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