shared libraries and memory

David Timms dtimms at bigpond.net.au
Sat Jul 1 14:37:04 UTC 2006


Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote:
> When I use a shared library, is it all in memory,
> or is only the object code currently in use in
> memory?  I ask because I have some object code
> that will be used only rarely.
Are you asking whether if you have a 1 MB .so library loaded whether 
just the functions you are calling get loaded into memory or the whole 
.so file ?
{I don't know the answer!}
DaveT.




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