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From: Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 17:46:21 -0500
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Maybe I can just compile /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 to learn only the
source code relevant to loader. Is there a way to just compile this
file?

On 4/29/21, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see the following system calls are used when a program is run. I'd
> like to understand how this process is done in detail. Is there a
> minimal loader C program that just covers the basics of loading this
> simple program?
>
> $ cat main.c
> int main() { return 0; }
> $ gcc main.c
> $ strace ./a.out
> execve("./a.out", ["./a.out"], 0x7ffe586d5e60 /* 50 vars */) = 0
> brk(NULL)                               = 0x562f27c1c000
> access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=116056, ...}) = 0
> mmap(NULL, 116056, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x7f71ab750000
> close(3)                                = 0
> openat(AT_FDCWD, "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3
> read(3, "\177ELF\2\1\1\3\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0>\0\1\0\0\0@n\2\0\0\0\0\0"...,
> 832) = 832
> fstat(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1839792, ...}) = 0
> mmap(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0x7f71ab74e000
> mmap(NULL, 1852680, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) =
> 0x7f71ab589000
> mprotect(0x7f71ab5ae000, 1662976, PROT_NONE) = 0
> mmap(0x7f71ab5ae000, 1355776, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x25000) = 0x7f71ab5ae000
> mmap(0x7f71ab6f9000, 303104, PROT_READ,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x170000) = 0x7f71ab6f9000
> mmap(0x7f71ab744000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1ba000) = 0x7f71ab744000
> mmap(0x7f71ab74a000, 13576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7f71ab74a000
> close(3)                                = 0
> arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_FS, 0x7f71ab74f540) = 0
> mprotect(0x7f71ab744000, 12288, PROT_READ) = 0
> mprotect(0x562f2789d000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
> mprotect(0x7f71ab797000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0
> munmap(0x7f71ab750000, 116056)          = 0
> exit_group(0)                           = ?
> +++ exited with 0 +++
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peng
>


-- 
Regards,
Peng