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1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * plugin.c : Low-level dynamic library handling
3 *****************************************************************************
4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2007 VLC authors and VideoLAN
5 * $Id$
7 * Authors: Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
8 * Ethan C. Baldridge <BaldridgeE@cadmus.com>
9 * Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj@urpla.net>
10 * Gildas Bazin <gbazin@videolan.org>
12 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
13 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
14 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
15 * (at your option) any later version.
17 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
18 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
20 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
22 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
23 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
24 * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
25 *****************************************************************************/
27 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
28 # include "config.h"
29 #endif
31 #include <assert.h>
32 #include <vlc_common.h>
33 #include "modules/modules.h"
35 #include <sys/types.h>
36 #include <dlfcn.h>
38 #ifdef HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H
39 # include <valgrind/valgrind.h>
40 #endif
42 void *vlc_dlopen(const char *path, bool lazy)
44 #if defined (RTLD_NOW)
45 const int flags = lazy ? RTLD_LAZY : RTLD_NOW;
46 #elif defined (DL_LAZY)
47 const int flags = DL_LAZY;
48 VLC_UNUSED(lazy);
49 #else
50 const int flags = 0;
51 VLC_UNUSED(lazy);
52 #endif
53 return dlopen (path, flags);
56 int vlc_dlclose(void *handle)
58 #if !defined(__SANITIZE_ADDRESS__)
59 #ifdef HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H
60 if( RUNNING_ON_VALGRIND > 0 )
61 return 0; /* do not dlclose() so that we get proper stack traces */
62 #endif
63 int err = dlclose( handle );
64 assert(err == 0);
65 return err;
66 #else
67 (void) handle;
68 return 0;
69 #endif
72 void *vlc_dlsym(void *handle, const char *name)
74 return dlsym(handle, name);
77 char *vlc_dlerror(void)
79 const char *errmsg = dlerror();
80 /* XXX: This is not thread-safe at all. POSIX is helpless here. */
81 return (errmsg != NULL) ? strdup(errmsg) : NULL;