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In strace we see "unexpected reloc type 0x38" What does that code 0x38 mean?

Code:

mprotect(0x59a000, 42229760, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE) = 0
writev(2, [{"startsap", 8}, {": ", 2}, {"error while loading shared libra"..., 36}, {": ", 2}, {"/opt/sap/sap.lib.so."..., 36}, {": ", 2}, {"unexpected reloc type 0x38", 26}, {"", 0}, {"", 0}, {"\n", 1}], 1
0) = 113
exit_group(127)                         = ?

Moderator's Comments:

Please use code tags, thanks!

sigsegv doesn't mean much on its own. You need to see the context to fix it.

agreed, but im more interested in "unexpected reloc type 0x38" What does that code 0x38 mean?

It means the loader knows nothing about this particular relocation type, i.e. 0x38 is undefined. Usually due to different tool chains or libc versions.

Thanks fpmurphy.
Do we have any official document to read about this code 0x38 ?

Examine the various ELF headers (start with elf.h) to obtain a list of valid relocation codes (typically R_*) for your particular architecture.

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