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John Gilmore 1991-09-28 14:10:47 +00:00
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/*doc*
@table @code
@item sym_ptr_ptr
The symbol table pointer points to a pointer to the symbol ascociated with the
The symbol table pointer points to a pointer to the symbol associated with the
relocation request. This would naturally be the pointer into the table
returned by the back end's get_symtab action. @xref{Symbols}. The
symbol is referenced through a pointer to a pointer so that tools like
the linker can fixup all the symbols of the same name by modifying
the linker can fix up all the symbols of the same name by modifying
only one pointer. The relocation routine looks in the symbol and uses
the base of the section the symbol is attached to and the value of
the symbol as the initial relocation offset. If the symbol pointer is