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1 /* User functions for run-time dynamic loading.
2 Copyright (C) 1995-1999,2000,2001,2003 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>
24 #define __need_size_t
25 #include <stddef.h>
27 /* Collect various system dependent definitions and declarations. */
28 #include <bits/dlfcn.h>
31 #ifdef __USE_GNU
32 /* If the first argument of `dlsym' or `dlvsym' is set to RTLD_NEXT
33 the run-time address of the symbol called NAME in the next shared
34 object is returned. The "next" relation is defined by the order
35 the shared objects were loaded. */
36 # define RTLD_NEXT ((void *) -1l)
38 /* If the first argument to `dlsym' or `dlvsym' is set to RTLD_DEFAULT
39 the run-time address of the symbol called NAME in the global scope
40 is returned. */
41 # define RTLD_DEFAULT ((void *) 0)
42 #endif
45 __BEGIN_DECLS
47 /* Open the shared object FILE and map it in; return a handle that can be
48 passed to `dlsym' to get symbol values from it.
50 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
51 marked with __THROW. */
52 extern void *dlopen (__const char *__file, int __mode);
54 /* Unmap and close a shared object opened by `dlopen'.
55 The handle cannot be used again after calling `dlclose'. */
56 extern int dlclose (void *__handle) __THROW;
58 /* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
59 of the symbol called NAME. */
60 extern void *dlsym (void *__restrict __handle,
61 __const char *__restrict __name) __THROW;
63 #ifdef __USE_GNU
64 /* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
65 of the symbol called NAME with VERSION. */
66 extern void *dlvsym (void *__restrict __handle,
67 __const char *__restrict __name,
68 __const char *__restrict __version) __THROW;
69 #endif
71 /* When any of the above functions fails, call this function
72 to return a string describing the error. Each call resets
73 the error string so that a following call returns null. */
74 extern char *dlerror (void) __THROW;
77 #ifdef __USE_GNU
78 /* Structure containing information about object searched using
79 `dladdr'. */
80 typedef struct
82 __const char *dli_fname; /* File name of defining object. */
83 void *dli_fbase; /* Load address of that object. */
84 __const char *dli_sname; /* Name of nearest symbol. */
85 void *dli_saddr; /* Exact value of nearest symbol. */
86 } Dl_info;
88 /* Fill in *INFO with the following information about ADDRESS.
89 Returns 0 iff no shared object's segments contain that address. */
90 extern int dladdr (__const void *__address, Dl_info *__info) __THROW;
92 /* Same as `dladdr', but additionally sets *EXTRA_INFO according to FLAGS. */
93 extern int dladdr1 (__const void *__address, Dl_info *__info,
94 void **__extra_info, int __flags) __THROW;
96 /* These are the possible values for the FLAGS argument to `dladdr1'.
97 This indicates what extra information is stored at *EXTRA_INFO.
98 It may also be zero, in which case the EXTRA_INFO argument is not used. */
99 enum
101 /* Matching symbol table entry (const ElfNN_Sym *). */
102 RTLD_DL_SYMENT = 1,
104 /* The object containing the address (struct link_map *). */
105 RTLD_DL_LINKMAP = 2
109 /* Get information about the shared object HANDLE refers to.
110 REQUEST is from among the values below, and determines the use of ARG.
112 On success, returns zero. On failure, returns -1 and records an error
113 message to be fetched with `dlerror'. */
114 extern int dlinfo (void *__restrict __handle,
115 int __request, void *__restrict __arg);
117 /* These are the possible values for the REQUEST argument to `dlinfo'. */
118 enum
120 /* Treat ARG as `struct link_map **';
121 store the `struct link_map *' for HANDLE there. */
122 RTLD_DI_LINKMAP = 2,
124 /* Treat ARG as `Dl_serinfo *' (see below), and fill in to describe the
125 directories that will be searched for dependencies of this object.
126 RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE fills in just the `dls_cnt' and `dls_size'
127 entries to indicate the size of the buffer that must be passed to
128 RTLD_DI_SERINFO to fill in the full information. */
129 RTLD_DI_SERINFO = 4,
130 RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE = 5,
132 /* Treat ARG as `char *', and store there the directory name used to
133 expand $ORIGIN in this shared object's dependency file names. */
134 RTLD_DI_ORIGIN = 6,
136 RTLD_DI_LMID = 1, /* Unsupported, defined by Solaris. */
137 RTLD_DI_CONFIGADDR = 3 /* Unsupported, defined by Solaris. */
141 /* This is the type of elements in `Dl_serinfo', below.
142 The `dls_name' member points to space in the buffer passed to `dlinfo'. */
143 typedef struct
145 char *dls_name; /* Name of library search path directory. */
146 unsigned int dls_flags; /* Indicates where this directory came from. */
147 } Dl_serpath;
149 /* This is the structure that must be passed (by reference) to `dlinfo' for
150 the RTLD_DI_SERINFO and RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE requests. */
151 typedef struct
153 size_t dls_size; /* Size in bytes of the whole buffer. */
154 unsigned int dls_cnt; /* Number of elements in `dls_serpath'. */
155 Dl_serpath dls_serpath[1]; /* Actually longer, dls_cnt elements. */
156 } Dl_serinfo;
157 #endif /* __USE_GNU */
160 __END_DECLS
162 #endif /* dlfcn.h */