Seonglae ChoRelocation is the process of connecting symbolic references with symbolic definitions
readelf --relocs
During relocation process, memory address placeholder would be replaced.
Relocation entries contain information that describes how to modify section contents.
Relocation helps to resolve all symbolic expressions.
Static Relocation
- References between modules being linked together.
- Processed by the toolchain linker.
Dynamic Relocation
- References to dynamically loaded libraries
- Processed by the run-time linker, ld.so