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- /* dl_dlopen.xs
- *
- * Platform: SunOS/Solaris, possibly others which use dlopen.
- * Author: Paul Marquess (pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk)
- * Created: 10th July 1994
- *
- * Modified:
- * 15th July 1994 - Added code to explicitly save any error messages.
- * 3rd August 1994 - Upgraded to v3 spec.
- * 9th August 1994 - Changed to use IV
- * 10th August 1994 - Tim Bunce: Added RTLD_LAZY, switchable debugging,
- * basic FreeBSD support, removed ClearError
- *
- */
-
- /* Porting notes:
-
-
- Definition of Sunos dynamic Linking functions
- =============================================
- In order to make this implementation easier to understand here is a
- quick definition of the SunOS Dynamic Linking functions which are
- used here.
-
- dlopen
- ------
- void *
- dlopen(path, mode)
- char * path;
- int mode;
-
- This function takes the name of a dynamic object file and returns
- a descriptor which can be used by dlsym later. It returns NULL on
- error.
-
- The mode parameter must be set to 1 for Solaris 1 and to
- RTLD_LAZY on Solaris 2.
-
-
- dlsym
- ------
- void *
- dlsym(handle, symbol)
- void * handle;
- char * symbol;
-
- Takes the handle returned from dlopen and the name of a symbol to
- get the address of. If the symbol was found a pointer is
- returned. It returns NULL on error. If DL_PREPEND_UNDERSCORE is
- defined an underscore will be added to the start of symbol. This
- is required on some platforms (freebsd).
-
- dlerror
- ------
- char * dlerror()
-
- Returns a null-terminated string which describes the last error
- that occurred with either dlopen or dlsym. After each call to
- dlerror the error message will be reset to a null pointer. The
- SaveError function is used to save the error as soo as it happens.
-
-
- Return Types
- ============
- In this implementation the two functions, dl_load_file &
- dl_find_symbol, return void *. This is because the underlying SunOS
- dynamic linker calls also return void *. This is not necessarily
- the case for all architectures. For example, some implementation
- will want to return a char * for dl_load_file.
-
- If void * is not appropriate for your architecture, you will have to
- change the void * to whatever you require. If you are not certain of
- how Perl handles C data types, I suggest you start by consulting
- Dean Roerich's Perl 5 API document. Also, have a look in the typemap
- file (in the ext directory) for a fairly comprehensive list of types
- that are already supported. If you are completely stuck, I suggest you
- post a message to perl5-porters, comp.lang.perl or if you are really
- desperate to me.
-
- Remember when you are making any changes that the return value from
- dl_load_file is used as a parameter in the dl_find_symbol
- function. Also the return value from find_symbol is used as a parameter
- to install_xsub.
-
-
- Dealing with Error Messages
- ============================
- In order to make the handling of dynamic linking errors as generic as
- possible you should store any error messages associated with your
- implementation with the StoreError function.
-
- In the case of SunOS the function dlerror returns the error message
- associated with the last dynamic link error. As the SunOS dynamic
- linker functions dlopen & dlsym both return NULL on error every call
- to a SunOS dynamic link routine is coded like this
-
- RETVAL = dlopen(filename, 1) ;
- if (RETVAL == NULL)
- SaveError("%s",dlerror()) ;
-
- Note that SaveError() takes a printf format string. Use a "%s" as
- the first parameter if the error may contain and % characters.
-
- */
-
- #include "EXTERN.h"
- #include "perl.h"
- #include "XSUB.h"
-
- #ifdef I_DLFCN
- #include <dlfcn.h> /* the dynamic linker include file for Sunos/Solaris */
- #else
- #include <nlist.h>
- #include <link.h>
- #endif
-
- #ifndef HAS_DLERROR
- # ifdef __NetBSD__
- # define dlerror() strerror(errno)
- # else
- # define dlerror() "Unknown error - dlerror() not implemented"
- # endif
- #endif
-
-
- #include "dlutils.c" /* SaveError() etc */
-
-
- static void
- dl_private_init()
- {
- (void)dl_generic_private_init();
- }
-
- MODULE = DynaLoader PACKAGE = DynaLoader
-
- BOOT:
- (void)dl_private_init();
-
-
- void *
- dl_load_file(filename)
- char * filename
- CODE:
- int mode = 1; /* Solaris 1 */
- #ifdef RTLD_LAZY
- mode = RTLD_LAZY; /* Solaris 2 */
- #endif
- DLDEBUG(1,fprintf(stderr,"dl_load_file(%s):\n", filename));
- RETVAL = dlopen(filename, mode) ;
- DLDEBUG(2,fprintf(stderr," libref=%x\n", RETVAL));
- ST(0) = sv_newmortal() ;
- if (RETVAL == NULL)
- SaveError("%s",dlerror()) ;
- else
- sv_setiv( ST(0), (IV)RETVAL);
-
-
- void *
- dl_find_symbol(libhandle, symbolname)
- void * libhandle
- char * symbolname
- CODE:
- #ifdef DLSYM_NEEDS_UNDERSCORE
- char symbolname_buf[1024];
- symbolname = dl_add_underscore(symbolname, symbolname_buf);
- #endif
- DLDEBUG(2,fprintf(stderr,"dl_find_symbol(handle=%x, symbol=%s)\n",
- libhandle, symbolname));
- RETVAL = dlsym(libhandle, symbolname);
- DLDEBUG(2,fprintf(stderr," symbolref = %x\n", RETVAL));
- ST(0) = sv_newmortal() ;
- if (RETVAL == NULL)
- SaveError("%s",dlerror()) ;
- else
- sv_setiv( ST(0), (IV)RETVAL);
-
-
- void
- dl_undef_symbols()
- PPCODE:
-
-
-
- # These functions should not need changing on any platform:
-
- void
- dl_install_xsub(perl_name, symref, filename="$Package")
- char * perl_name
- void * symref
- char * filename
- CODE:
- DLDEBUG(2,fprintf(stderr,"dl_install_xsub(name=%s, symref=%x)\n",
- perl_name, symref));
- ST(0)=sv_2mortal(newRV((SV*)newXS(perl_name, (void(*)())symref, filename)));
-
-
- char *
- dl_error()
- CODE:
- RETVAL = LastError ;
- OUTPUT:
- RETVAL
-
- # end.
-