1 /* dlfcn.h -- User functions for run-time dynamic loading.
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996 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
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11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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16 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
17 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
18 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
25 /* The MODE argument to `dlopen' contains one of the following: */
26 #define RTLD_LAZY 0x001 /* Lazy function call binding. */
27 #define RTLD_NOW 0x002 /* Immediate function call binding. */
28 #define RTLD_BINDING_MASK 0x3 /* Mask of binding time value. */
30 /* If the following bit is set in the MODE argument to `dlopen',
31 the symbols of the loaded object and its dependencies are made
32 visible as if the object were linked directly into the program. */
33 #define RTLD_GLOBAL 0x100
35 /* If the first argument of `dlsym' is set to RTLD_NEXT the run-time
36 address of the symbol called NAME in the next shared object is
37 returned. The "next" relation is defined by the order the shared
38 objects were loaded. */
39 #define RTLD_NEXT ((void *) -1l)
41 /* Open the shared object FILE and map it in; return a handle that can be
42 passed to `dlsym' to get symbol values from it. */
43 extern void *dlopen __P ((__const char *__file, int __mode));
45 /* Unmap and close a shared object opened by `dlopen'.
46 The handle cannot be used again after calling `dlclose'. */
47 extern int dlclose __P ((void *__handle));
49 /* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
50 of the symbol called NAME. */
51 extern void *dlsym __P ((void *__handle, __const char *__name));
53 /* When any of the above functions fails, call this function
54 to return a string describing the error. Each call resets
55 the error string so that a following call returns null. */
56 extern char *dlerror __P ((void));
58 /* Fill in *INFO with the following information about ADDRESS.
59 Returns 0 iff no shared object's segments contain that address. */
62 __const char *dli_fname; /* File name of defining object. */
63 void *dli_fbase; /* Load address of that object. */
64 __const char *dli_sname; /* Name of nearest symbol. */
65 void *dli_saddr; /* Exact value of nearest symbol. */
67 extern int dladdr __P ((void *__address, Dl_info *__info));