1 /* Handle loading/unloading of shared object for transformation.
2 Copyright (C) 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1997.
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
8 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
9 License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 Library General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
18 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
19 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
27 #include <bits/libc-lock.h>
28 #include <elf/ldsodefs.h>
29 #include <sys/param.h>
32 /* This is a tuning parameter. If a transformation module is not used
33 anymore it gets not immediately unloaded. Instead we wait a certain
34 number of load attempts for further modules. If none of the
35 subsequent load attempts name the same object it finally gets unloaded.
36 Otherwise it is still available which hopefully is the frequent case.
37 The following number is the number of unloading attempts we wait
39 #define TRIES_BEFORE_UNLOAD 2
42 /* Structure describing one loaded shared object. This normally are
43 objects to perform conversation but as a special case the db shared
44 object is also handled. */
47 /* Name of the object. */
50 /* Reference counter for the db functionality. If no conversion is
51 needed we unload the db library. */
54 /* The handle for the shared object. */
59 /* Array of loaded objects. This is shared by all threads so we have
60 to use semaphores to access it. */
62 __libc_lock_define_initialized (static, lock)
66 /* Comparison function for searching `loaded_object' tree. */
68 known_compare (const void *p1, const void *p2)
70 const struct loaded_object *s1 = (const struct loaded_object *) p1;
71 const struct loaded_object *s2 = (const struct loaded_object *) p2;
73 return (intptr_t) s1->handle - (intptr_t) s2->handle;
80 struct loaded_object *args = (struct loaded_object *) a;
81 /* Open and relocate the shared object. */
82 args->handle = _dl_open (args->name, RTLD_LAZY);
88 dlerror_run (void (*operate) (void *), void *args)
90 char *last_errstring = NULL;
93 (void) _dl_catch_error (&last_errstring, operate, args);
95 result = last_errstring != NULL;
97 free (last_errstring);
105 /* Arguments to get_sym. */
106 struct link_map *map;
109 /* Return values of get_sym. */
111 const ElfW(Sym) *ref;
117 struct get_sym_args *args = (struct get_sym_args *) a;
118 struct link_map *scope[2] = { args->map, NULL };
120 args->loadbase = _dl_lookup_symbol (args->name, &args->ref,
121 scope, args->map->l_name, 0);
126 __gconv_find_func (void *handle, const char *name)
128 struct get_sym_args args;
133 return (dlerror_run (get_sym, &args) ? NULL
134 : (void *) (args.loadbase + args.ref->st_value));
139 /* Open the gconv database if necessary. A non-negative return value
142 __gconv_find_shlib (const char *name)
145 struct loaded_object *found;
147 /* Acquire the lock. */
148 __libc_lock_lock (lock);
150 /* Search the tree of shared objects previously requested. Data in
151 the tree are `loaded_object' structures, whose first member is a
152 `const char *', the lookup key. The search returns a pointer to
153 the tree node structure; the first member of the is a pointer to
154 our structure (i.e. what will be a `loaded_object'); since the
155 first member of that is the lookup key string, &FCT_NAME is close
156 enough to a pointer to our structure to use as a lookup key that
157 will be passed to `known_compare' (above). */
159 found = __tfind (&name, &loaded, known_compare);
162 /* This name was not known before. */
163 found = malloc (sizeof (struct loaded_object));
166 /* Point the tree node at this new structure. */
168 found->counter = -TRIES_BEFORE_UNLOAD - 1;
169 found->handle = NULL;
171 if (__tsearch (found, &loaded, known_compare) == NULL)
173 /* Something went wrong while inserting the entry. */
180 /* Try to load the shared object if the usage count is 0. This
181 implies that if the shared object is not loadable, the handle is
182 NULL and the usage count > 0. */
185 if (found->counter < -TRIES_BEFORE_UNLOAD)
187 if (dlerror_run (do_open, found) == 0)
190 else if (found->handle != NULL)
191 found->counter = MAX (found->counter + 1, 1);
193 result = found->handle;
196 /* Release the lock. */
197 __libc_lock_unlock (lock);
203 /* This is very ugly but the tsearch functions provide no way to pass
204 information to the walker function. So we use a global variable.
205 It is MT safe since we use a lock. */
206 static void *release_handle;
209 do_release_shlib (const void *nodep, VISIT value, int level)
211 struct loaded_object *obj = *(struct loaded_object **) nodep;
213 if (value != preorder && value != leaf)
216 if (obj->handle == release_handle)
217 /* This is the object we want to unload. Now set the release
220 else if (obj->counter <= 0)
222 if (--obj->counter < -TRIES_BEFORE_UNLOAD && obj->handle != NULL)
224 /* Unload the shared object. We don't use the trick to
225 catch errors since in the case an error is signalled
226 something is really wrong. */
227 _dl_close ((struct link_map *) obj->handle);
235 /* Notify system that a shared object is not longer needed. */
237 __gconv_release_shlib (void *handle)
239 /* Acquire the lock. */
240 __libc_lock_lock (lock);
242 /* Urgh, this is ugly but we have no other possibility. */
243 release_handle = handle;
245 /* Process all entries. Please note that we also visit entries
246 with release counts <= 0. This way we can finally unload them
248 __twalk (loaded, do_release_shlib);
250 /* Release the lock. */
251 __libc_lock_unlock (lock);