Finding address of a C struct inside an ELF file compatible to ARM Architecture -

in project defined: (this not real code - abstraction purpose)

typedef struct { ... } my_struct; 

in c file declared:

my_struct my_struct_inst; 

and in other 2 c files used struct declaring:

extern my_struct my_struct_inst; 

and used it's contents.

i compiled code arm rvct2.2 , trying find address of structure:

1) when memory being allocated my_struct_inst? on compilation time? on run time?

2) in disassembly can see in .flash_ram section (probably kind of data belongs) there reference like: my_struct_inst % 0x190 got ida. mean? (that struct instance start @ offset 0x190 beginning of .flash_ram section?)

3) how actual address (where struct sitting in memory) being accessed when write my_struct_inst.some_member (should read abi documentation?)

the memory structure allocated @ compilation time.

the address defined linker script. see address of structure (assuming global variable), need generated elf file (lets call a.elf, example). run:

arm-eabi-objdump -t a.elf | grep my_struct_inst 

objdump "-t" list global symbols address , section belongs too. can replace "objdump" cross-compiled objdump have.