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1 /* User functions for run-time dynamic loading.
2 Copyright (C) 1995-1999,2000,2001,2003,2004 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
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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)
44 /* Type for namespace indeces. */
45 typedef long int Lmid_t;
47 /* Special namespace ID values. */
48 # define LM_ID_BASE 0 /* Initial namespace. */
49 # define LM_ID_NEWLM -1 /* For dlmopen: request new namespace. */
50 #endif
53 __BEGIN_DECLS
55 /* Open the shared object FILE and map it in; return a handle that can be
56 passed to `dlsym' to get symbol values from it. */
57 extern void *dlopen (__const char *__file, int __mode) __THROW;
59 /* Unmap and close a shared object opened by `dlopen'.
60 The handle cannot be used again after calling `dlclose'. */
61 extern int dlclose (void *__handle) __THROW;
63 /* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
64 of the symbol called NAME. */
65 extern void *dlsym (void *__restrict __handle,
66 __const char *__restrict __name) __THROW;
68 #ifdef __USE_GNU
69 /* Like `dlopen', but request object to be allocated in a new namespace. */
70 extern void *dlmopen (Lmid_t __nsid, __const char *__file, int __mode) __THROW;
72 /* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
73 of the symbol called NAME with VERSION. */
74 extern void *dlvsym (void *__restrict __handle,
75 __const char *__restrict __name,
76 __const char *__restrict __version) __THROW;
77 #endif
79 /* When any of the above functions fails, call this function
80 to return a string describing the error. Each call resets
81 the error string so that a following call returns null. */
82 extern char *dlerror (void) __THROW;
85 #ifdef __USE_GNU
86 /* Structure containing information about object searched using
87 `dladdr'. */
88 typedef struct
90 __const char *dli_fname; /* File name of defining object. */
91 void *dli_fbase; /* Load address of that object. */
92 __const char *dli_sname; /* Name of nearest symbol. */
93 void *dli_saddr; /* Exact value of nearest symbol. */
94 } Dl_info;
96 /* Fill in *INFO with the following information about ADDRESS.
97 Returns 0 iff no shared object's segments contain that address. */
98 extern int dladdr (__const void *__address, Dl_info *__info) __THROW;
100 /* Same as `dladdr', but additionally sets *EXTRA_INFO according to FLAGS. */
101 extern int dladdr1 (__const void *__address, Dl_info *__info,
102 void **__extra_info, int __flags) __THROW;
104 /* These are the possible values for the FLAGS argument to `dladdr1'.
105 This indicates what extra information is stored at *EXTRA_INFO.
106 It may also be zero, in which case the EXTRA_INFO argument is not used. */
107 enum
109 /* Matching symbol table entry (const ElfNN_Sym *). */
110 RTLD_DL_SYMENT = 1,
112 /* The object containing the address (struct link_map *). */
113 RTLD_DL_LINKMAP = 2
117 /* Get information about the shared object HANDLE refers to.
118 REQUEST is from among the values below, and determines the use of ARG.
120 On success, returns zero. On failure, returns -1 and records an error
121 message to be fetched with `dlerror'. */
122 extern int dlinfo (void *__restrict __handle,
123 int __request, void *__restrict __arg);
125 /* These are the possible values for the REQUEST argument to `dlinfo'. */
126 enum
128 /* Treat ARG as `lmid_t *'; store namespace ID for HANDLE there. */
129 RTLD_DI_LMID = 1,
131 /* Treat ARG as `struct link_map **';
132 store the `struct link_map *' for HANDLE there. */
133 RTLD_DI_LINKMAP = 2,
135 /* Treat ARG as `Dl_serinfo *' (see below), and fill in to describe the
136 directories that will be searched for dependencies of this object.
137 RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE fills in just the `dls_cnt' and `dls_size'
138 entries to indicate the size of the buffer that must be passed to
139 RTLD_DI_SERINFO to fill in the full information. */
140 RTLD_DI_SERINFO = 4,
141 RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE = 5,
143 /* Treat ARG as `char *', and store there the directory name used to
144 expand $ORIGIN in this shared object's dependency file names. */
145 RTLD_DI_ORIGIN = 6,
147 RTLD_DI_CONFIGADDR = 3 /* Unsupported, defined by Solaris. */
151 /* This is the type of elements in `Dl_serinfo', below.
152 The `dls_name' member points to space in the buffer passed to `dlinfo'. */
153 typedef struct
155 char *dls_name; /* Name of library search path directory. */
156 unsigned int dls_flags; /* Indicates where this directory came from. */
157 } Dl_serpath;
159 /* This is the structure that must be passed (by reference) to `dlinfo' for
160 the RTLD_DI_SERINFO and RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE requests. */
161 typedef struct
163 size_t dls_size; /* Size in bytes of the whole buffer. */
164 unsigned int dls_cnt; /* Number of elements in `dls_serpath'. */
165 Dl_serpath dls_serpath[1]; /* Actually longer, dls_cnt elements. */
166 } Dl_serinfo;
167 #endif /* __USE_GNU */
170 __END_DECLS
172 #endif /* dlfcn.h */