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Why doesn't my objdump -D of program look different from .S

I am learning the toolchains for my C++ and trying out the objdump.

The disassembled file from objdump doesn't even have the word "Hello World". Why is that? Is it not reliable at all?

Solution

  • The following code:

    #include <stdio.h>
int main(void) { printf("Hello world\n"); }

    can be completely disassembled with objdump -Dslx my_prog, which reveals, amongst other things, the following:

    Contents of section .rodata:
 400598 01000200 00000000 00000000 00000000  ................
 4005a8 48656c6c 6f20776f 726c6400           Hello world.

    If yours is different, then please post code, etc.