Wed May 22 00:40:50 1996 David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@azstarnet.com>
[glibc/history.git] / elf / dl-object.c
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1 /* Storage management for the chain of loaded shared objects.
2 Copyright (C) 1995 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 Library General Public License as
7 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8 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 Library General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
17 not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
18 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
20 #include <link.h>
21 #include <assert.h>
22 #include <string.h>
23 #include <stdlib.h>
24 #include <errno.h>
27 /* List of objects currently loaded. */
28 struct link_map *_dl_loaded;
30 /* Tail of that list which were loaded at startup. */
31 struct link_map *_dl_startup_loaded;
33 /* Allocate a `struct link_map' for a new object being loaded,
34 and enter it into the _dl_loaded list. */
36 struct link_map *
37 _dl_new_object (char *realname, const char *libname, int type)
39 struct link_map *new = malloc (sizeof *new);
40 if (! new)
41 _dl_signal_error (ENOMEM, libname,
42 "cannot allocate shared object descriptor");
44 memset (new, 0, sizeof *new);
45 new->l_name = realname;
46 new->l_libname = libname;
47 new->l_type = type;
49 if (_dl_loaded == NULL)
51 new->l_prev = new->l_next = NULL;
52 _dl_loaded = new;
54 else
56 struct link_map *l = _dl_loaded;
57 while (l->l_next)
58 l = l->l_next;
59 new->l_prev = l;
60 new->l_next = NULL;
61 l->l_next = new;
64 return new;