1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * bank.c : Modules list
3 *****************************************************************************
4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2011 VLC authors and VideoLAN
6 * Authors: Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
7 * Ethan C. Baldridge <BaldridgeE@cadmus.com>
8 * Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
9 * Gildas Bazin <gbazin@videolan.org>
10 * RĂ©mi Denis-Courmont
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36 #include <sys/types.h>
43 #include <vlc_common.h>
44 #include <vlc_plugin.h>
45 #include <vlc_modules.h>
47 #include <vlc_block.h>
49 #include "config/configuration.h"
50 #include "modules/modules.h"
52 typedef struct vlc_modcap
59 static int vlc_modcap_cmp(const void *a
, const void *b
)
61 const vlc_modcap_t
*capa
= a
, *capb
= b
;
62 return strcmp(capa
->name
, capb
->name
);
65 static void vlc_modcap_free(void *data
)
67 vlc_modcap_t
*cap
= data
;
74 static int vlc_module_cmp (const void *a
, const void *b
)
76 const module_t
*const *ma
= a
, *const *mb
= b
;
77 /* Note that qsort() uses _ascending_ order,
78 * so the smallest module is the one with the biggest score. */
79 return (*mb
)->i_score
- (*ma
)->i_score
;
82 static void vlc_modcap_sort(const void *node
, const VISIT which
,
85 vlc_modcap_t
*const *cp
= node
, *cap
= *cp
;
87 if (which
!= postorder
&& which
!= leaf
)
90 qsort(cap
->modv
, cap
->modc
, sizeof (*cap
->modv
), vlc_module_cmp
);
100 } modules
= { VLC_STATIC_MUTEX
, NULL
, NULL
, 0 };
102 vlc_plugin_t
*vlc_plugins
= NULL
;
105 * Adds a module to the bank
107 static int vlc_module_store(module_t
*mod
)
109 const char *name
= module_get_capability(mod
);
110 vlc_modcap_t
*cap
= malloc(sizeof (*cap
));
111 if (unlikely(cap
== NULL
))
114 cap
->name
= strdup(name
);
118 if (unlikely(cap
->name
== NULL
))
121 vlc_modcap_t
**cp
= tsearch(cap
, &modules
.caps_tree
, vlc_modcap_cmp
);
122 if (unlikely(cp
== NULL
))
127 vlc_modcap_free(cap
);
131 module_t
**modv
= realloc(cap
->modv
, sizeof (*modv
) * (cap
->modc
+ 1));
132 if (unlikely(modv
== NULL
))
136 cap
->modv
[cap
->modc
] = mod
;
140 vlc_modcap_free(cap
);
145 * Adds a plugin (and all its modules) to the bank
147 static void vlc_plugin_store(vlc_plugin_t
*lib
)
149 /*vlc_assert_locked (&modules.lock);*/
151 lib
->next
= vlc_plugins
;
154 for (module_t
*m
= lib
->module
; m
!= NULL
; m
= m
->next
)
159 * Registers a statically-linked plug-in.
161 static vlc_plugin_t
*module_InitStatic(vlc_plugin_cb entry
)
163 /* Initializes the statically-linked library */
164 vlc_plugin_t
*lib
= vlc_plugin_describe (entry
);
165 if (unlikely(lib
== NULL
))
168 #ifdef HAVE_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS
169 atomic_init(&lib
->loaded
, true);
170 lib
->unloadable
= false;
175 #if defined(__ELF__) || !HAVE_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS
177 __attribute__((weak
))
179 # pragma weak vlc_static_modules
181 extern vlc_plugin_cb vlc_static_modules
[];
183 static void module_InitStaticModules(void)
185 if (!vlc_static_modules
)
188 for (unsigned i
= 0; vlc_static_modules
[i
]; i
++)
190 vlc_plugin_t
*lib
= module_InitStatic(vlc_static_modules
[i
]);
191 if (likely(lib
!= NULL
))
192 vlc_plugin_store(lib
);
196 static void module_InitStaticModules(void) { }
199 #ifdef HAVE_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS
200 static const char vlc_entry_name
[] = "vlc_entry" MODULE_SUFFIX
;
203 * Loads a dynamically-linked plug-in into memory and initialize it.
205 * The module can then be handled by module_need() and module_unneed().
207 * \param path file path of the shared object
208 * \param fast whether to optimize loading for speed or safety
209 * (fast is used when the plug-in is registered but not used)
211 static vlc_plugin_t
*module_InitDynamic(vlc_object_t
*obj
, const char *path
,
214 module_handle_t handle
;
216 if (module_Load (obj
, path
, &handle
, fast
))
219 /* Try to resolve the symbol */
220 vlc_plugin_cb entry
=
221 (vlc_plugin_cb
) module_Lookup(handle
, vlc_entry_name
);
224 msg_Warn (obj
, "cannot find plug-in entry point in %s", path
);
228 /* We can now try to call the symbol */
229 vlc_plugin_t
*plugin
= vlc_plugin_describe(entry
);
230 if (unlikely(plugin
== NULL
))
232 /* With a well-written module we shouldn't have to print an
233 * additional error message here, but just make sure. */
234 msg_Err (obj
, "cannot initialize plug-in %s", path
);
238 plugin
->handle
= handle
;
239 atomic_init(&plugin
->loaded
, true);
242 module_Unload( handle
);
248 CACHE_READ_FILE
= 0x1,
249 CACHE_SCAN_DIR
= 0x2,
250 CACHE_WRITE_FILE
= 0x4,
253 typedef struct module_bank
260 vlc_plugin_t
**plugins
;
265 * Scans a plug-in from a file.
267 static int AllocatePluginFile (module_bank_t
*bank
, const char *abspath
,
268 const char *relpath
, const struct stat
*st
)
270 vlc_plugin_t
*plugin
= NULL
;
272 /* Check our plugins cache first then load plugin if needed */
273 if (bank
->mode
& CACHE_READ_FILE
)
275 plugin
= vlc_cache_lookup(&bank
->cache
, relpath
);
278 && (plugin
->mtime
!= (int64_t)st
->st_mtime
279 || plugin
->size
!= (uint64_t)st
->st_size
))
281 msg_Err(bank
->obj
, "stale plugins cache: modified %s",
283 vlc_plugin_destroy(plugin
);
290 plugin
= module_InitDynamic(bank
->obj
, abspath
, true);
294 plugin
->path
= xstrdup(relpath
);
295 plugin
->mtime
= st
->st_mtime
;
296 plugin
->size
= st
->st_size
;
303 vlc_plugin_store(plugin
);
305 if (bank
->mode
& CACHE_WRITE_FILE
) /* Add entry to to-be-saved cache */
307 bank
->plugins
= xrealloc(bank
->plugins
,
308 (bank
->size
+ 1) * sizeof (vlc_plugin_t
*));
309 bank
->plugins
[bank
->size
] = plugin
;
313 /* TODO: deal with errors */
318 * Recursively browses a directory to look for plug-ins.
320 static void AllocatePluginDir (module_bank_t
*bank
, unsigned maxdepth
,
321 const char *absdir
, const char *reldir
)
327 DIR *dh
= vlc_opendir (absdir
);
331 /* Parse the directory and try to load all files it contains. */
334 char *relpath
= NULL
, *abspath
= NULL
;
335 const char *file
= vlc_readdir (dh
);
340 if (!strcmp (file
, ".") || !strcmp (file
, ".."))
343 /* Compute path relative to plug-in base directory */
346 if (asprintf (&relpath
, "%s"DIR_SEP
"%s", reldir
, file
) == -1)
350 relpath
= strdup (file
);
351 if (unlikely(relpath
== NULL
))
354 /* Compute absolute path */
355 if (asprintf (&abspath
, "%s"DIR_SEP
"%s", bank
->base
, relpath
) == -1)
362 if (vlc_stat (abspath
, &st
) == -1)
365 if (S_ISREG (st
.st_mode
))
367 static const char prefix
[] = "lib";
368 static const char suffix
[] = "_plugin"LIBEXT
;
369 size_t len
= strlen (file
);
372 /* Check that file matches the "lib*_plugin"LIBEXT pattern */
373 if (len
> strlen (suffix
)
374 && !strncmp (file
, prefix
, strlen (prefix
))
375 && !strcmp (file
+ len
- strlen (suffix
), suffix
))
377 /* We load all the files ending with LIBEXT on OS/2,
378 * because OS/2 has a 8.3 length limitation for DLL name */
379 if (len
> strlen (LIBEXT
)
380 && !strcasecmp (file
+ len
- strlen (LIBEXT
), LIBEXT
))
382 AllocatePluginFile (bank
, abspath
, relpath
, &st
);
384 else if (S_ISDIR (st
.st_mode
))
385 /* Recurse into another directory */
386 AllocatePluginDir (bank
, maxdepth
, abspath
, relpath
);
395 * Scans for plug-ins within a file system hierarchy.
396 * \param path base directory to browse
398 static void AllocatePluginPath(vlc_object_t
*obj
, const char *path
,
408 if (mode
& CACHE_READ_FILE
)
409 bank
.cache
= vlc_cache_load(obj
, path
, &modules
.caches
);
411 msg_Dbg(bank
.obj
, "ignoring plugins cache file");
413 if (mode
& CACHE_SCAN_DIR
)
415 msg_Dbg(obj
, "recursively browsing `%s'", bank
.base
);
417 /* Don't go deeper than 5 subdirectories */
418 AllocatePluginDir(&bank
, 5, path
, NULL
);
421 /* Deal with unmatched cache entries from cache file */
422 while (bank
.cache
!= NULL
)
424 vlc_plugin_t
*plugin
= bank
.cache
;
426 bank
.cache
= plugin
->next
;
427 if (mode
& CACHE_SCAN_DIR
)
428 vlc_plugin_destroy(plugin
);
430 vlc_plugin_store(plugin
);
433 if (mode
& CACHE_WRITE_FILE
)
434 CacheSave(obj
, path
, bank
.plugins
, bank
.size
);
440 * Enumerates all dynamic plug-ins that can be found.
442 * This function will recursively browse the default plug-ins directory and any
443 * directory listed in the VLC_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable.
444 * For performance reasons, a cache is normally used so that plug-in shared
445 * objects do not need to loaded and linked into the process.
447 static void AllocateAllPlugins (vlc_object_t
*p_this
)
450 cache_mode_t mode
= 0;
452 if (var_InheritBool(p_this
, "plugins-cache"))
453 mode
|= CACHE_READ_FILE
;
454 if (var_InheritBool(p_this
, "plugins-scan"))
455 mode
|= CACHE_SCAN_DIR
;
456 if (var_InheritBool(p_this
, "reset-plugins-cache"))
457 mode
= (mode
| CACHE_WRITE_FILE
) & ~CACHE_READ_FILE
;
460 /* Windows Store Apps can not load external plugins with absolute paths. */
461 AllocatePluginPath (p_this
, "plugins", mode
);
463 /* Contruct the special search path for system that have a relocatable
464 * executable. Set it to <vlc path>/plugins. */
465 char *vlcpath
= config_GetLibDir ();
466 if (likely(vlcpath
!= NULL
)
467 && likely(asprintf (&paths
, "%s" DIR_SEP
"plugins", vlcpath
) != -1))
469 AllocatePluginPath (p_this
, paths
, mode
);
473 #endif /* VLC_WINSTORE_APP */
475 /* If the user provided a plugin path, we add it to the list */
476 paths
= getenv( "VLC_PLUGIN_PATH" );
480 paths
= strdup( paths
); /* don't harm the environment ! :) */
481 if( unlikely(paths
== NULL
) )
484 for( char *buf
, *path
= strtok_r( paths
, PATH_SEP
, &buf
);
486 path
= strtok_r( NULL
, PATH_SEP
, &buf
) )
487 AllocatePluginPath (p_this
, path
, mode
);
493 * Ensures that a plug-in is loaded.
495 * \note This function is thread-safe but not re-entrant.
497 * \return 0 on success, -1 on failure
499 int module_Map(vlc_object_t
*obj
, vlc_plugin_t
*plugin
)
501 static vlc_mutex_t lock
= VLC_STATIC_MUTEX
;
503 if (atomic_load_explicit(&plugin
->loaded
, memory_order_acquire
))
504 return 0; /* fast path: already loaded */
506 /* Try to load the plug-in (without locks, so read-only) */
507 module_handle_t handle
;
509 assert(plugin
->abspath
!= NULL
);
511 if (module_Load(obj
, plugin
->abspath
, &handle
, false))
514 vlc_plugin_cb entry
=
515 (vlc_plugin_cb
) module_Lookup(handle
, vlc_entry_name
);
518 msg_Err(obj
, "cannot find plug-in entry point in %s", plugin
->abspath
);
519 module_Unload(handle
);
523 vlc_mutex_lock(&lock
);
524 if (!atomic_load_explicit(&plugin
->loaded
, memory_order_relaxed
))
525 { /* Lock is held, update the plug-in structure */
526 if (vlc_plugin_resolve(plugin
, entry
))
528 vlc_mutex_unlock(&lock
);
532 plugin
->handle
= handle
;
533 atomic_store_explicit(&plugin
->loaded
, true, memory_order_release
);
535 else /* Another thread won the race to load the plugin */
536 module_Unload(handle
);
537 vlc_mutex_unlock(&lock
);
543 * Ensures that a module is not loaded.
545 * \note This function is not thread-safe. The caller must ensure that the
546 * plug-in is no longer used before calling this function.
548 static void module_Unmap(vlc_plugin_t
*plugin
)
550 if (!plugin
->unloadable
)
552 if (!atomic_exchange_explicit(&plugin
->loaded
, false,
553 memory_order_acquire
))
556 assert(plugin
->handle
!= NULL
);
557 module_Unload(plugin
->handle
);
560 int module_Map(vlc_object_t
*obj
, vlc_plugin_t
*plugin
)
562 (void) obj
; (void) plugin
;
566 static void module_Unmap(vlc_plugin_t
*plugin
)
570 #endif /* HAVE_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS */
575 * Creates a module bank structure which will be filled later
576 * on with all the modules found.
578 void module_InitBank (void)
580 vlc_mutex_lock (&modules
.lock
);
582 if (modules
.usage
== 0)
584 /* Fills the module bank structure with the core module infos.
585 * This is very useful as it will allow us to consider the core
586 * library just as another module, and for instance the configuration
587 * options of core will be available in the module bank structure just
588 * as for every other module. */
589 vlc_plugin_t
*plugin
= module_InitStatic(vlc_entry__core
);
590 if (likely(plugin
!= NULL
))
591 vlc_plugin_store(plugin
);
592 config_SortConfig ();
596 /* We do retain the module bank lock until the plugins are loaded as well.
597 * This is ugly, this staged loading approach is needed: LibVLC gets
598 * some configuration parameters relevant to loading the plugins from
599 * the core (builtin) module. The module bank becomes shared read-only data
600 * once it is ready, so we need to fully serialize initialization.
601 * DO NOT UNCOMMENT the following line unless you managed to squeeze
602 * module_LoadPlugins() before you unlock the mutex. */
603 /*vlc_mutex_unlock (&modules.lock);*/
607 * Unloads all unused plugin modules and empties the module
608 * bank in case of success.
610 void module_EndBank (bool b_plugins
)
612 vlc_plugin_t
*libs
= NULL
;
613 block_t
*caches
= NULL
;
614 void *caps_tree
= NULL
;
616 /* If plugins were _not_ loaded, then the caller still has the bank lock
617 * from module_InitBank(). */
619 vlc_mutex_lock (&modules
.lock
);
621 vlc_assert_locked (&modules.lock); not for static mutexes :( */
623 assert (modules
.usage
> 0);
624 if (--modules
.usage
== 0)
626 config_UnsortConfig ();
628 caches
= modules
.caches
;
629 caps_tree
= modules
.caps_tree
;
631 modules
.caches
= NULL
;
632 modules
.caps_tree
= NULL
;
634 vlc_mutex_unlock (&modules
.lock
);
636 tdestroy(caps_tree
, vlc_modcap_free
);
640 vlc_plugin_t
*lib
= libs
;
644 vlc_plugin_destroy(lib
);
647 block_ChainRelease(caches
);
650 #undef module_LoadPlugins
652 * Loads module descriptions for all available plugins.
653 * Fills the module bank structure with the plugin modules.
655 * \param p_this vlc object structure
656 * \return total number of modules in bank after loading all plug-ins
658 size_t module_LoadPlugins (vlc_object_t
*obj
)
660 /*vlc_assert_locked (&modules.lock); not for static mutexes :( */
662 if (modules
.usage
== 1)
664 module_InitStaticModules ();
665 #ifdef HAVE_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS
666 msg_Dbg (obj
, "searching plug-in modules");
667 AllocateAllPlugins (obj
);
669 config_UnsortConfig ();
670 config_SortConfig ();
672 twalk(modules
.caps_tree
, vlc_modcap_sort
);
674 vlc_mutex_unlock (&modules
.lock
);
677 module_t
**list
= module_list_get (&count
);
678 module_list_free (list
);
679 msg_Dbg (obj
, "plug-ins loaded: %zu modules", count
);
684 * Frees the flat list of VLC modules.
685 * @param list list obtained by module_list_get()
686 * @param length number of items on the list
689 void module_list_free (module_t
**list
)
695 * Gets the flat list of VLC modules.
696 * @param n [OUT] pointer to the number of modules
697 * @return table of module pointers (release with module_list_free()),
698 * or NULL in case of error (in that case, *n is zeroed).
700 module_t
**module_list_get (size_t *n
)
702 module_t
**tab
= NULL
;
707 for (vlc_plugin_t
*lib
= vlc_plugins
; lib
!= NULL
; lib
= lib
->next
)
709 module_t
**nt
= realloc(tab
, (i
+ lib
->modules_count
) * sizeof (*tab
));
710 if (unlikely(nt
== NULL
))
718 for (module_t
*m
= lib
->module
; m
!= NULL
; m
= m
->next
)
726 * Builds a sorted list of all VLC modules with a given capability.
727 * The list is sorted from the highest module score to the lowest.
728 * @param list pointer to the table of modules [OUT]
729 * @param name name of capability of modules to look for
730 * @return the number of matching found, or -1 on error (*list is then NULL).
731 * @note *list must be freed with module_list_free().
733 ssize_t
module_list_cap (module_t
***restrict list
, const char *name
)
735 const vlc_modcap_t
**cp
= tfind(&name
, &modules
.caps_tree
, vlc_modcap_cmp
);
742 const vlc_modcap_t
*cap
= *cp
;
743 size_t n
= cap
->modc
;
744 module_t
**tab
= malloc (sizeof (*tab
) * n
);
746 if (unlikely(tab
== NULL
))
749 memcpy(tab
, cap
->modv
, sizeof (*tab
) * n
);