// series · Linking & Loading
- part 1 of 2
howtf does ./app reach main()?
Trace one command from keystroke to main(), through the kernel, loader, and PLT/GOT, until two classic deploy errors stop being mysterious.
- part 2 of 2
howtf can a device be both present and not found?
A recurring production SEV, a device that was present and not found, and the decades-old linker rule that split one library's state into two. Part 2 of Linking & Loading.