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Understanding ELF using readelf and objdump
http://www.linuxforums.org/misc/understanding_elf_using_readelf_and_objdump.html
Biew: Alternative tool to inspect ELF structure
http://biew.sourceforge.net/download the source code of the GUI tool.
releated tools: file, objdump, size, readelf
1. Elf file types: executable, relocatable(.o), shared object(.so)
$file file_name
2. sections of ELF
.init
be called before calling main().
.fini
be called after main() return.
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.ctors
constructor pointer array. __CTOR_LIST__
.dtors
desctructor pointer array. __DTOR_LISt__
$objdump -s -j .ctors ./crtbegin.o
.text
__do_global_dtors_aux() travel over __DTOR_LIST__
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