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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
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 __nonnull ((1));
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 __nonnull ((2));
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)
77 __THROW __nonnull ((2, 3));
78 #endif
80 /* When any of the above functions fails, call this function
81 to return a string describing the error. Each call resets
82 the error string so that a following call returns null. */
83 extern char *dlerror (void) __THROW;
86 #ifdef __USE_GNU
87 /* Structure containing information about object searched using
88 `dladdr'. */
89 typedef struct
91 __const char *dli_fname; /* File name of defining object. */
92 void *dli_fbase; /* Load address of that object. */
93 __const char *dli_sname; /* Name of nearest symbol. */
94 void *dli_saddr; /* Exact value of nearest symbol. */
95 } Dl_info;
97 /* Fill in *INFO with the following information about ADDRESS.
98 Returns 0 iff no shared object's segments contain that address. */
99 extern int dladdr (__const void *__address, Dl_info *__info)
100 __THROW __nonnull ((2));
102 /* Same as `dladdr', but additionally sets *EXTRA_INFO according to FLAGS. */
103 extern int dladdr1 (__const void *__address, Dl_info *__info,
104 void **__extra_info, int __flags) __THROW __nonnull ((2));
106 /* These are the possible values for the FLAGS argument to `dladdr1'.
107 This indicates what extra information is stored at *EXTRA_INFO.
108 It may also be zero, in which case the EXTRA_INFO argument is not used. */
109 enum
111 /* Matching symbol table entry (const ElfNN_Sym *). */
112 RTLD_DL_SYMENT = 1,
114 /* The object containing the address (struct link_map *). */
115 RTLD_DL_LINKMAP = 2
119 /* Get information about the shared object HANDLE refers to.
120 REQUEST is from among the values below, and determines the use of ARG.
122 On success, returns zero. On failure, returns -1 and records an error
123 message to be fetched with `dlerror'. */
124 extern int dlinfo (void *__restrict __handle,
125 int __request, void *__restrict __arg)
126 __THROW __nonnull ((1, 3));
128 /* These are the possible values for the REQUEST argument to `dlinfo'. */
129 enum
131 /* Treat ARG as `lmid_t *'; store namespace ID for HANDLE there. */
132 RTLD_DI_LMID = 1,
134 /* Treat ARG as `struct link_map **';
135 store the `struct link_map *' for HANDLE there. */
136 RTLD_DI_LINKMAP = 2,
138 /* Treat ARG as `Dl_serinfo *' (see below), and fill in to describe the
139 directories that will be searched for dependencies of this object.
140 RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE fills in just the `dls_cnt' and `dls_size'
141 entries to indicate the size of the buffer that must be passed to
142 RTLD_DI_SERINFO to fill in the full information. */
143 RTLD_DI_SERINFO = 4,
144 RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE = 5,
146 /* Treat ARG as `char *', and store there the directory name used to
147 expand $ORIGIN in this shared object's dependency file names. */
148 RTLD_DI_ORIGIN = 6,
150 RTLD_DI_CONFIGADDR = 3 /* Unsupported, defined by Solaris. */
154 /* This is the type of elements in `Dl_serinfo', below.
155 The `dls_name' member points to space in the buffer passed to `dlinfo'. */
156 typedef struct
158 char *dls_name; /* Name of library search path directory. */
159 unsigned int dls_flags; /* Indicates where this directory came from. */
160 } Dl_serpath;
162 /* This is the structure that must be passed (by reference) to `dlinfo' for
163 the RTLD_DI_SERINFO and RTLD_DI_SERINFOSIZE requests. */
164 typedef struct
166 size_t dls_size; /* Size in bytes of the whole buffer. */
167 unsigned int dls_cnt; /* Number of elements in `dls_serpath'. */
168 Dl_serpath dls_serpath[1]; /* Actually longer, dls_cnt elements. */
169 } Dl_serinfo;
170 #endif /* __USE_GNU */
173 __END_DECLS
175 #endif /* dlfcn.h */