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authorJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2013-02-02 10:29:17 +0100
committerJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2013-02-02 10:29:17 +0100
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Improve link_map.l_addr comment.
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-rw-r--r--elf/link.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/elf/link.h b/elf/link.h
index 500871f451..a50ba83662 100644
--- a/elf/link.h
+++ b/elf/link.h
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ struct link_map
     /* These first few members are part of the protocol with the debugger.
        This is the same format used in SVR4.  */
 
-    ElfW(Addr) l_addr;		/* Base address shared object is loaded at.  */
+    ElfW(Addr) l_addr;		/* Difference between the address in the ELF
+				   file and the addresses in memory.  */
     char *l_name;		/* Absolute file name object was found in.  */
     ElfW(Dyn) *l_ld;		/* Dynamic section of the shared object.  */
     struct link_map *l_next, *l_prev; /* Chain of loaded objects.  */