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1 /* User functions for run-time dynamic loading.
2 Copyright (C) 1995-1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
17 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
18 02111-1307 USA. */
20 #ifndef _DLFCN_H
21 #define _DLFCN_H 1
23 #include <features.h>
25 /* Collect various system dependent definitions and declarations. */
26 #include <bits/dlfcn.h>
29 #ifdef __USE_GNU
30 /* If the first argument of `dlsym' or `dlvsym' is set to RTLD_NEXT
31 the run-time address of the symbol called NAME in the next shared
32 object is returned. The "next" relation is defined by the order
33 the shared objects were loaded. */
34 # define RTLD_NEXT ((void *) -1l)
36 /* If the first argument to `dlsym' or `dlvsym' is set to RTLD_DEFAULT
37 the run-time address of the symbol called NAME in the global scope
38 is returned. */
39 # define RTLD_DEFAULT ((void *) 0)
40 #endif
43 __BEGIN_DECLS
45 /* Open the shared object FILE and map it in; return a handle that can be
46 passed to `dlsym' to get symbol values from it. */
47 extern void *dlopen (__const char *__file, int __mode) __THROW;
49 /* Unmap and close a shared object opened by `dlopen'.
50 The handle cannot be used again after calling `dlclose'. */
51 extern int dlclose (void *__handle) __THROW;
53 /* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
54 of the symbol called NAME. */
55 extern void *dlsym (void *__restrict __handle,
56 __const char *__restrict __name) __THROW;
58 #ifdef __USE_GNU
59 /* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
60 of the symbol called NAME with VERSION. */
61 extern void *dlvsym (void *__restrict __handle,
62 __const char *__restrict __name,
63 __const char *__restrict __version) __THROW;
64 #endif
66 /* When any of the above functions fails, call this function
67 to return a string describing the error. Each call resets
68 the error string so that a following call returns null. */
69 extern char *dlerror (void) __THROW;
72 #ifdef __USE_GNU
73 /* Structure containing information about object searched using
74 `dladdr'. */
75 typedef struct
77 __const char *dli_fname; /* File name of defining object. */
78 void *dli_fbase; /* Load address of that object. */
79 __const char *dli_sname; /* Name of nearest symbol. */
80 void *dli_saddr; /* Exact value of nearest symbol. */
81 } Dl_info;
83 /* Fill in *INFO with the following information about ADDRESS.
84 Returns 0 iff no shared object's segments contain that address. */
85 extern int dladdr (__const void *__address, Dl_info *__info) __THROW;
86 #endif
88 __END_DECLS
90 #endif /* dlfcn.h */