I was wondering what the difference between:
int a = 0b00000100;
int a = 0x04;
int a = 4;
When compiled with gcc.
I seem to get a different binary when compiling with what seems to be the same number, just in different notations. When I run objdump on it however, there doesn't seem to be any differences. Could somebody tell me what's going on?
This is my output:
[email protected]:[~]: cat testbin.c && echo && cat testbin2.c
#include "stdio.h"
int main () {
int a = 0b00000100;
int b = 0x05;
int c = 6;
printf("%d - %d - %d\n", a, b, c);
return (0);
}
#include "stdio.h"
int main () {
int a = 4;
int b = 5;
int c = 6;
printf("%d - %d - %d\n", a, b, c);
return (0);
}
[email protected]:[~]: gcc testbin.c -o testbin
[email protected]:[~]: gcc testbin2.c -o testbin2
[email protected]:[~]: md5sum testbin testbin2
fd6aaa31bdf685ea9444e1edc209565e testbin
3a3fc241bfc2917ee29999b5befecd2a testbin2
[email protected]:[~]: objdump -d testbin > testbin.obj && objdump -d testbin2 > testbin2.obj
[email protected]:[~]: diff testbin.obj testbin2.obj
2c2
< testbin: file format elf64-x86-64
---
> testbin2: file format elf64-x86-64
[email protected]:[~]: gcc -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/6/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 6.3.0-18' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-6 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-6-amd64/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-6-amd64 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-6-amd64 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-target-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 6.3.0 20170516 (Debian 6.3.0-18)
[email protected]:[~]:
Notice that the executables are different, they have different hashes, but objdump -d doesn't show anything different.
I think that the issue has nothing to do with the integer formats and everything to do with the filenames.
I compiled the following program twice, first using the filename FIRST_PROG.c and executable name COMPILED_1 and the second time using the filename SECOND_PROC.c and executable name COMPILED_2 using gcc with no other flags set:
int main() {
return 0;
}
If you hd the contents of the generated executable, at a certain offset you see this:
00001720 66 72 61 6d 65 5f 64 75 6d 6d 79 5f 69 6e 69 74 |frame_dummy_init|
00001730 5f 61 72 72 61 79 5f 65 6e 74 72 79 00 46 49 52 |_array_entry.FIR|
00001740 53 54 5f 50 52 4f 47 2e 63 00 5f 5f 46 52 41 4d |ST_PROG.c.__FRAM|
Notice that the name of the source file, FIRST_PROG.c, is embedded into the generated executable. Looking at the same location in the second file shows this:
00001720 66 72 61 6d 65 5f 64 75 6d 6d 79 5f 69 6e 69 74 |frame_dummy_init|
00001730 5f 61 72 72 61 79 5f 65 6e 74 72 79 00 53 45 43 |_array_entry.SEC|
00001740 4f 4e 44 5f 50 52 4f 47 2e 63 00 5f 5f 46 52 41 |OND_PROG.c.__FRA|
You can see SECOND_PROG.c is embedded into the binary as well.
Dumping both executables with objdump -s doesn't show this anywhere, which matches the clean diff you had from your programs. However, using readelf -a to list the contents of the executable that's generated does show this:
Symbol table '.symtab' contains 66 entries:
Num: Value Size Type Bind Vis Ndx Name
0: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT UND
1: 0000000000400238 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 1
2: 0000000000400254 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 2
3: 0000000000400274 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 3
4: 0000000000400298 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 4
5: 00000000004002b8 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 5
6: 0000000000400300 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 6
7: 0000000000400338 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 7
8: 0000000000400340 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 8
9: 0000000000400360 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 9
10: 0000000000400378 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 10
11: 0000000000400390 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 11
12: 00000000004003b0 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 12
13: 00000000004003d0 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 13
14: 00000000004003e0 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 14
15: 0000000000400564 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 15
16: 0000000000400570 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 16
17: 0000000000400574 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 17
18: 00000000004005a8 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 18
19: 0000000000600e10 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 19
20: 0000000000600e18 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 20
21: 0000000000600e20 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 21
22: 0000000000600e28 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 22
23: 0000000000600ff8 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 23
24: 0000000000601000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 24
25: 0000000000601020 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 25
26: 0000000000601030 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 26
27: 0000000000000000 0 SECTION LOCAL DEFAULT 27
28: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS crtstuff.c
29: 0000000000600e20 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 21 __JCR_LIST__
30: 0000000000400410 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 deregister_tm_clones
31: 0000000000400450 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 register_tm_clones
32: 0000000000400490 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 __do_global_dtors_aux
33: 0000000000601030 1 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 26 completed.7585
34: 0000000000600e18 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 20 __do_global_dtors_aux_fin
35: 00000000004004b0 0 FUNC LOCAL DEFAULT 14 frame_dummy
36: 0000000000600e10 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 19 __frame_dummy_init_array_
37: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS FIRST_PROG.c
38: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS crtstuff.c
39: 0000000000400698 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 18 __FRAME_END__
40: 0000000000600e20 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 21 __JCR_END__
41: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS
42: 0000000000600e18 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 19 __init_array_end
43: 0000000000600e28 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 22 _DYNAMIC
44: 0000000000600e10 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 19 __init_array_start
45: 0000000000400574 0 NOTYPE LOCAL DEFAULT 17 __GNU_EH_FRAME_HDR
46: 0000000000601000 0 OBJECT LOCAL DEFAULT 24 _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_
47: 0000000000400560 2 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 __libc_csu_fini
48: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _ITM_deregisterTMCloneTab
49: 0000000000601020 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT 25 data_start
50: 0000000000601030 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 25 _edata
51: 0000000000400564 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 15 _fini
52: 0000000000000000 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT UND __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_
53: 0000000000601020 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 25 __data_start
54: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND __gmon_start__
55: 0000000000601028 0 OBJECT GLOBAL HIDDEN 25 __dso_handle
56: 0000000000400570 4 OBJECT GLOBAL DEFAULT 16 _IO_stdin_used
57: 00000000004004f0 101 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 __libc_csu_init
58: 0000000000601038 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 26 _end
59: 00000000004003e0 42 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 _start
60: 0000000000601030 0 NOTYPE GLOBAL DEFAULT 26 __bss_start
61: 00000000004004d6 11 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 14 main
62: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _Jv_RegisterClasses
63: 0000000000601030 0 OBJECT GLOBAL HIDDEN 25 __TMC_END__
64: 0000000000000000 0 NOTYPE WEAK DEFAULT UND _ITM_registerTMCloneTable
65: 0000000000400390 0 FUNC GLOBAL DEFAULT 11 _init
Notice that entry 37 contains the name of the source file. If you try diffing the output of readelf -a, you do get some pretty helpful information:
81c81
< [28] .shstrtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 0000189f
---
> [28] .shstrtab STRTAB 0000000000000000 000018a0
86c86
< 0000000000000207 0000000000000000 0 0 1
---
> 0000000000000208 0000000000000000 0 0 1
211c211
< 37: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS FIRST_PROG.c
---
> 37: 0000000000000000 0 FILE LOCAL DEFAULT ABS SECOND_PROG.c
258c258
< Build ID: 2c64961288049002e34a1f14e55d6c80dd96816c
---
> Build ID: 5425dec81aae53bd30e85fe94659d320bb774dcc
It seems like many of these differences boil down to just having a different name for the source file.
So my official answer is "this has nothing whatsoever to do with integer literals and is purely a function of compiling files with different names."