Post Syndicated from LWN.net original https://lwn.net/Articles/961117/

The dynamic linker is a critical component of modern Linux systems, being
responsible for setting up the address space of most processes. While statically
linked binaries have become more popular over time as the tradeoffs that
originally led to dynamic linking become less relevant, dynamic linking is still
the default. This article looks at what steps the dynamic linker takes to
prepare a program for execution.