glibc/dlfcn/dlfcn.h

/* User functions for run-time dynamic loading.
   Copyright (C) 1995-1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   This file is part of the GNU C Library.

   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
   Lesser General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
   02111-1307 USA.  */

#ifndef	_DLFCN_H
#define	_DLFCN_H 1

#include <features.h>

/* Collect various system dependent definitions and declarations.  */
#include <bits/dlfcn.h>


#ifdef __USE_GNU
/* If the first argument of `dlsym' or `dlvsym' is set to RTLD_NEXT
   the run-time address of the symbol called NAME in the next shared
   object is returned.  The "next" relation is defined by the order
   the shared objects were loaded.  */
# define RTLD_NEXT	((void *) -1l)

/* If the first argument to `dlsym' or `dlvsym' is set to RTLD_DEFAULT
   the run-time address of the symbol called NAME in the global scope
   is returned.  */
# define RTLD_DEFAULT	((void *) 0)
#endif


__BEGIN_DECLS

/* Open the shared object FILE and map it in; return a handle that can be
   passed to `dlsym' to get symbol values from it.  */
extern void *dlopen (__const char *__file, int __mode) __THROW;

/* Unmap and close a shared object opened by `dlopen'.
   The handle cannot be used again after calling `dlclose'.  */
extern int dlclose (void *__handle) __THROW;

/* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
   of the symbol called NAME.  */
extern void *dlsym (void *__restrict __handle,
		    __const char *__restrict __name) __THROW;

#ifdef __USE_GNU
/* Find the run-time address in the shared object HANDLE refers to
   of the symbol called NAME with VERSION.  */
extern void *dlvsym (void *__restrict __handle,
		     __const char *__restrict __name,
		     __const char *__restrict __version) __THROW;
#endif

/* When any of the above functions fails, call this function
   to return a string describing the error.  Each call resets
   the error string so that a following call returns null.  */
extern char *dlerror (void) __THROW;


#ifdef __USE_GNU
/* Structure containing information about object searched using
   `dladdr'.  */
typedef struct
{
  __const char *dli_fname;	/* File name of defining object.  */
  void *dli_fbase;		/* Load address of that object.  */
  __const char *dli_sname;	/* Name of nearest symbol.  */
  void *dli_saddr;		/* Exact value of nearest symbol.  */
} Dl_info;

/* Fill in *INFO with the following information about ADDRESS.
   Returns 0 iff no shared object's segments contain that address.  */
extern int dladdr (__const void *__address, Dl_info *__info) __THROW;
#endif

__END_DECLS

#endif	/* dlfcn.h */