NM command and symbol meanings
Posted on 14 Ağustos 2015 in Programlama by admin
/* * File name: test.c * For C code compile with: * gcc -c test.c * * For C++ code compile with: * g++ -c test.cpp */ int global_var; int global_var_init = 26; static int static_var; static int static_var_init = 25; static int static_function() { return 0; } int global_function(int p) { static int local_static_var; static int local_static_var_init=5; local_static_var = p; return local_static_var_init + local_static_var; } int global_function2() { int x; int y; return x+y; } #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" #endif void non_mangled_function() { // I do nothing } int main(void) { global_var = 1; static_var = 2; return 0; }
If the previous code is compiled with the gcc C compiler, the output of the nm command is the following:
# nm test.o
0000000a T global_function
00000025 T global_function2
00000004 C global_var
00000000 D global_var_init
00000004 b local_static_var.1255
00000008 d local_static_var_init.1256
0000003b T main
00000036 T non_mangled_function
00000000 t static_function
00000000 b static_var
00000004 d static_var_init
When the C++ compiler is used, the output differs:
# nm test.o
0000000a T _Z15global_functioni
00000025 T _Z16global_function2v
00000004 b _ZL10static_var
00000000 t _ZL15static_functionv
00000004 d _ZL15static_var_init
00000008 b _ZZ15global_functioniE16local_static_var
00000008 d _ZZ15global_functioniE21local_static_var_init
U __gxx_personality_v0
00000000 B global_var
00000000 D global_var_init
0000003b T main
00000036 T non_mangled_function
The differences between the outputs also show an example of solving the name mangling problem by using extern “C” in C++ code.