Linux内核无法以区的概念来识别可执行文件。内核使用包括连续页的VMA(virtual memory area)来识别进程。
在每个VMA中可能映射了一个或多个区。每个VMA代表一个ELF文件的段。
那么,内核如何知道哪个区属于某个VMA(段)?映射关系保存在Program Header Table(PHT)中readelf -S test
There are 30 section headers, starting at offset 0xa88:Section Headers:[Nr] Name Type Address OffsetSize EntSize Flags Link Info Align[ 0] NULL 0000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000 0 0 0[ 1] .interp PROGBITS 0000000000400200 00000200000000000000001c 0000000000000000 A 0 0 1[ 2] .note.ABI-tag NOTE 000000000040021c 0000021c0000000000000020 0000000000000000 A 0 0 4[ 3] .note.gnu.build-i NOTE 000000000040023c 0000023c0000000000000024 0000000000000000 A 0 0 4[ 4] .gnu.hash GNU_HASH 0000000000400260 00000260000000000000001c 0000000000000000 A 5 0 8[ 5] .dynsym DYNSYM 0000000000400280 000002800000000000000078 0000000000000018 A 6 1 8[ 6] .dynstr STRTAB 00000000004002f8 000002f80000000000000044 0000000000000000 A 0 0 1[ 7] .gnu.version VERSYM 000000000040033c 0000033c000000000000000a 0000000000000002 A 5 0 2[ 8] .gnu.version_r VERNEED 0000000000400348 000003480000000000000020 0000000000000000 A 6 1 8[ 9] .rela.dyn RELA 0000000000400368 000003680000000000000018 0000000000000018 A 5 0 8[10] .rela.plt RELA 0000000000400380 000003800000000000000048 0000000000000018 A 5 12 8[11] .init PROGBITS 00000000004003c8 000003c80000000000000018 0000000000000000 AX 0 0 4[12] .plt PROGBITS 00000000004003e0 000003e00000000000000040 0000000000000010 AX 0 0 4[13] .text PROGBITS 0000000000400420 000004200000000000000238 0000000000000000 AX 0 0 16[14] .fini PROGBITS 0000000000400658 00000658000000000000000e 0000000000000000 AX 0 0 4[15] .rodata PROGBITS 0000000000400668 000006680000000000000053 0000000000000000 A 0 0 8[16] .eh_frame_hdr PROGBITS 00000000004006bc 000006bc0000000000000024 0000000000000000 A 0 0 4[17] .eh_frame PROGBITS 00000000004006e0 000006e0000000000000007c 0000000000000000 A 0 0 8[18] .ctors PROGBITS 0000000000600760 000007600000000000000010 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8[19] .dtors PROGBITS 0000000000600770 000007700000000000000010 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8[20] .jcr PROGBITS 0000000000600780 000007800000000000000008 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8[21] .dynamic DYNAMIC 0000000000600788 000007880000000000000190 0000000000000010 WA 6 0 8[22] .got PROGBITS 0000000000600918 000009180000000000000008 0000000000000008 WA 0 0 8[23] .got.plt PROGBITS 0000000000600920 000009200000000000000030 0000000000000008 WA 0 0 8[24] .data PROGBITS 0000000000600950 000009500000000000000008 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 4[25] .bss NOBITS 0000000000600958 000009580000000000000018 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8[26] .comment PROGBITS 0000000000000000 00000958000000000000002c 0000000000000001 MS 0 0 1[27] .shstrtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 0000098400000000000000fe 0000000000000000 0 0 1[28] .symtab SYMTAB 0000000000000000 000012080000000000000648 0000000000000018 29 46 8[29] .strtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 00001850000000000000021e 0000000000000000 0 0 1Key to Flags:W (write), A (alloc), X (execute), M (merge), S (strings)I (info), L (link order), G (group), x (unknown)O (extra OS processing required) o (OS specific), p (processor specific)
.text区存储的是程序的代码(二进制指令),该区的标志为X表示可执行。
如上所示,段有多种类型,下面介绍LOAD类型
LOAD:该段的内容从可执行文件中获取。Offset标识内核从文件读取的位置。FileSiz标识读取多少字节。
