Here is a list of the documents that I found helpful while studying this issue. These links were valid and checked at the time this paper was put together. Google (or its cache) can always help you locate a copy if these links aren't valid anymore.

 * [[http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lki/index.html|Linux Kernel 2.4 Internals]] by Tigran Aivazian at The Linux Documentation Project.
 * ELF: From the Programmer's Perspective by Hongjiu Lu linked to from [[http://andercheran.aiind.upv.es/toni/prog/index_en.html|UNIX Systems Programming]]
 * The info page for "ld".
 * The GNU GCC Manual, specifically the parts about specifying attribtues:
    * attribute [[http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Attribute-Syntax.html|syntax]]
    * [[http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Function-Attributes.html|function]] attributes
    * [[http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Variable-Attributes.html|variable]] attributes
    * [[http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Type-Attributes.html|type]] attributes