A question about setting location counter to a new value in output section

Hao Lee haolee.swjtu@gmail.com
Fri Apr 6 03:58:00 GMT 2018


Hi, Alan

> Symbol values in an ELF executable or shared object are virtual
> addresses, not section offsets.

I finally understand what you said. nm command gives me the virtual
address not the relative offset from the start of custom_section. The
documentation is correct. The output of nm is also correct. My
understanding is wrong. Many thanks for your help!

Regards,
Hao Lee



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