There are some pretty pictures here which help to explain how x86_64 handles relocations in a much less cumbersome way: http://www.mindfruit.co.uk/2012/06/relocations-relocations.h...
There are some pretty pictures here which help to explain how x86_64 handles relocations in a much less cumbersome way: http://www.mindfruit.co.uk/2012/06/relocations-relocations.h...