Source: cirosantilli/elf-hello-world/rel-text

= `.rel.text`

Besides `sh_type == SHT_RELA`, there also exists `SHT_REL`, which would have section name `.text.rel` (not present in this object file).

Those represent the same `struct`, but without the addend, e.g.:
``
typedef struct {
    Elf64_Addr  r_offset;
    Elf64_Xword r_info;
} Elf64_Rela;
``

The ELF standard says that in many cases the both can be used, and it is just a matter of convenience.

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