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diff --git a/src/common/linux/dump_symbols.cc b/src/common/linux/dump_symbols.cc
index 517edee3..014e7c3e 100644
--- a/src/common/linux/dump_symbols.cc
+++ b/src/common/linux/dump_symbols.cc
@@ -152,14 +152,16 @@ typename ElfClass::Addr GetLoadingAddress(
int nheader) {
typedef typename ElfClass::Phdr Phdr;
+ // For non-PIC executables (e_type == ET_EXEC), the load address is
+ // the start address of the first PT_LOAD segment. (ELF requires
+ // the segments to be sorted by load address.) For PIC executables
+ // and dynamic libraries (e_type == ET_DYN), this address will
+ // normally be zero.
for (int i = 0; i < nheader; ++i) {
const Phdr& header = program_headers[i];
- // For executable, it is the PT_LOAD segment with offset to zero.
- if (header.p_type == PT_LOAD &&
- header.p_offset == 0)
+ if (header.p_type == PT_LOAD)
return header.p_vaddr;
}
- // For other types of ELF, return 0.
return 0;
}