1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * linux_specific.c: Linux-specific initialization
3 *****************************************************************************
4 * Copyright © 2008 Rémi Denis-Courmont
6 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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8 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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19 *****************************************************************************/
28 #include <vlc_common.h>
29 #include "../libvlc.h"
31 static const char default_path
[] = PKGLIBDIR
;
33 static void set_libvlc_path (void)
35 /* Find the path to libvlc (i.e. ourselves) */
36 FILE *maps
= fopen ("/proc/self/maps", "rt");
42 uintptr_t needle
= (uintptr_t)set_libvlc_path
;
46 ssize_t len
= getline (&line
, &linelen
, maps
);
51 if (sscanf (line
, "%p-%p", &start
, &end
) < 2)
53 if (needle
< (uintptr_t)start
|| (uintptr_t)end
<= needle
)
55 char *dir
= strchr (line
, '/');
58 char *file
= strrchr (line
, '/');
62 if (asprintf (&psz_vlcpath
, "%s/"PACKAGE
, dir
) == -1)
71 psz_vlcpath
= (char *)default_path
; /* default, cannot fail */
74 static void unset_libvlc_path (void)
76 if (psz_vlcpath
!= default_path
)
84 } once
= { VLC_STATIC_MUTEX
, 0 };
87 # include <gnu/libc-version.h>
91 void system_Init (libvlc_int_t
*libvlc
, int *argc
, const char *argv
[])
94 const char *glcv
= gnu_get_libc_version ();
96 /* gettext in glibc 2.5-2.7 is not thread-safe. LibVLC keeps crashing,
97 * especially in sterror_r(). Even if we have NLS disabled, the calling
98 * process might have called setlocale(). */
99 if (strverscmp (glcv
, "2.5") >= 0 && strverscmp (glcv
, "2.8") < 0)
101 fputs ("LibVLC has detected an unusable buggy GNU/libc version.\n"
102 "Please update to version 2.8 or newer.\n", stderr
);
104 #ifndef DISABLE_BUGGY_GLIBC_CHECK
110 vlc_mutex_lock (&once
.lock
);
111 if (once
.refs
++ == 0)
113 vlc_mutex_unlock (&once
.lock
);
115 (void)libvlc
; (void)argc
; (void)argv
;
118 void system_Configure (libvlc_int_t
*libvlc
,
119 int argc
, const char *const argv
[])
121 (void)libvlc
; (void)argc
; (void)argv
;
124 void system_End (libvlc_int_t
*libvlc
)
126 vlc_mutex_lock (&once
.lock
);
127 if (--once
.refs
== 0)
128 unset_libvlc_path ();
129 vlc_mutex_unlock (&once
.lock
);