• Linux x86 Program Start Up or - How the heck do we get to main()?

• Beginner's Guide to Linkers

• Program Library HOWTO

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• Advanced C and CPP Compiling Notes

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• Where do executables look for shared objects at runtime?

• Better understanding Linux secondary dependencies solving with examples

version

• Linking with multiple versions of a library
• Version numbers in shared object files
• 7.2 Libtool’s versioning system

Position Independent Code (PIC)

• Position Independent Code and x86-64 libraries

Address space layout randomization (ASLR) / Position-independent executable (PIE)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_space_layout_randomization
• What is the -fPIE option for position-independent executables in gcc and ld?

linker

gold

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(linker)
• Replacing ld with gold - any experience?

lld

• Is the lld linker a drop-in replacement for ld and gold?

Loader

• Understanding ld-linux.so.2

prelink

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelink
• 动态库优化——Prelink（预连接）技术

LD_PRELOAD

• http://yurichev.com/mirrors/LD_PRELOAD/lca2009.pdf
• http://lilydjwg.is-programmer.com/2011/6/26/use-ld_preload-to-redirect-file-read-and-write.27558.html
• https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/63599/is-there-any-way-to-block-ld-preload-and-ld-library-path-on-linux

ldconfig

• http://www.cnblogs.com/lwm-1988/archive/2012/05/28/2520725.html

ldd

• Hierarchical ldd(1)

static library

• How can I force linking with a static library when a shared library of same name is present

g++ -o main main.cpp -Wl,-Bstatic -lmath -Wl,-Bdynamic

g++ -o main main.cpp -l:libmath.a

glibc version

• How to check glibc version on Linux

symbols in lib

• How do i find out what all symbols are exported from a shared object?
• Find where is a shared library symbol defined on a live system / list all symbols exported on a system

nm -g /usr/lib/blah.a
readelf -Ws /usr/lib/blah.so

scanelf -l -s _ZN6Kopete6Global10PropertiesC2Ev | grep _ZN6Kopete6Global10PropertiesC2Ev

exit / atexit / __run_exit_handlers

• What would you use an exit handler for?
• When is a function registered with atexit() called

dlopen / dlclose

• https://linux.die.net/man/3/dlopen

• C++: dlclose doesn't unload the shared library

• Preventing a DLL (or shared library) from being unloaded

• What exactly does -rdynamic do and when exactly is it needed?

• http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Program-Library-HOWTO/dl-libraries.html

• What is the use of _start() in C?

• Compiling without libc

• A Whirlwind Tutorial on Creating Really Teensy ELF Executables for Linux

ar / ranlib

• ar, ranlib, ld issue

Trouble shooting

failed to map segment from shared object: Operation not permitted

restore /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so

• CentOS 7 /lib64被重命名后的解决
• How to recover after deleting the symbolic link libc.so.6?
• What is /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 and why can it be used to execute file?

-l:

• https://github.com/ros/catkin/issues/694