alt Hacker NewsDoesn't the loaded code have to be patched for relocations?
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monocasa • today at 3:47 PM
Not on modern archs that provide decent support for PIE (position independent executables).
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t-3 • today at 3:50 PM
Not if it's position-independent.
It does, so not 100% is reused. The patched parts are in different sections though, so the entire .text (code) section ends up being reused.