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| -rw-r--r-- | ldso/ldso/dl-startup.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/ldso/ldso/dl-startup.c b/ldso/ldso/dl-startup.c index a51b583a4..449266077 100644 --- a/ldso/ldso/dl-startup.c +++ b/ldso/ldso/dl-startup.c @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ /* * The main trick with this program is that initially, we ourselves are not - * dynamicly linked. This means that we cannot access any global variables or - * call any functions. No globals initially, since the Global Offset Table + * dynamically linked. This means that we cannot access any global variables + * or call any functions. No globals initially, since the Global Offset Table * (GOT) is initialized by the linker assuming a virtual address of 0, and no * function calls initially since the Procedure Linkage Table (PLT) is not yet * initialized. @@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ * * Fortunately, the linker itself leaves a few clues lying around, and when the * kernel starts the image, there are a few further clues. First of all, there - * is Auxiliary Vector Table information sitting on which is provided to us by - * the kernel, and which includes information about the load address that the - * program interpreter was loaded at, the number of sections, the address the - * application was loaded at and so forth. Here this information is stored in - * the array auxvt. For details see linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c where it calls - * NEW_AUX_ENT() a bunch of time.... + * is Auxiliary Vector Table information sitting on the stack which is provided + * to us by the kernel, and which includes information about the address + * that the program interpreter was loaded at, the number of sections, the + * address the application was loaded at, and so forth. Here this information + * is stored in the array auxvt. For details see linux/fs/binfmt_elf.c where + * it calls NEW_AUX_ENT() a bunch of times.... * * Next, we need to find the GOT. On most arches there is a register pointing * to the GOT, but just in case (and for new ports) I've added some (slow) C |