Hatt Tom writes:

> If I use dlsym() to load the address manually ,will  GOT  be  needed any  
> more ?

If you always use dlopen(), and the dlsym() to call methods from a .so, you  
don't really need to link to it directly, any more, so this is a moot point.


> 2013/12/2 Nicholas Mc Guire <der.herr@hofr.at>:
> > On Mon, 02 Dec 2013, Hatt Tom wrote:
> >
> >> And also : why cannot I dlclose a .so that I've linked my executable
> >> to, in the usual fashion.
> >>
> >> is it because the reference count of that .so  would not alwayes to be  
> zero ?
> >>
> >> It seems puzzling to me ?
> >>
> > how would you ensure consistency of the GOT ?
> > I think the problem is that you would end up with invalid addresses in the  
> GOT
> > as they were setup by ld based on link-time information.
> >
> > thx!
> > hofrat
>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards!