tnfctl_internal_open(3TNF) TNF Library Functions tnfctl_internal_open(3TNF)
NAME
tnfctl_internal_open - create handle for internal process probe control
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -ltnfctl [ library ... ]
#include <tnf/tnfctl.h>
tnfctl_errcode_t tnfctl_internal_open(tnfctl_handle_t **ret_val);
DESCRIPTION
tnfctl_internal_open() returns in ret_val a pointer to an opaque handle that can be used to control probes in the same process as the call-
er (internal process probe control). The process must have libtnfprobe.so.1 loaded. Probes in libraries that are brought in by dlopen(3C)
will be visible after the library has been opened. Probes in libraries closed by a dlclose(3C) will not be visible after the library has
been disassociated. See the NOTES section for more details.
RETURN VALUES
tnfctl_internal_open() returns TNFCTL_ERR_NONE upon success.
ERRORS
TNFCTL_ERR_ALLOCFAIL A memory allocation failure occurred.
TNFCTL_ERR_BUSY Another client is already tracing this program (internally or externally).
TNFCTL_ERR_NOLIBTNFPROBE libtnfprobe.so.1 is not linked in the target process.
TNFCTL_ERR_INTERNAL An internal error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWtnfc |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT Level |MT-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
ld(1), prex(1), TNF_PROBE(3TNF), dlopen(3C), dlclose(3C), libtnfctl(3TNF), tracing(3TNF), attributes(5)
Linker and Libraries Guide
NOTES
libtnfctl interposes on dlopen(3C) and dlclose(3C) in order to be notified of libraries being dynamically opened and closed. This interpo-
sition is necessary for internal process probe control to update its list of probes. In these interposition functions, a lock is acquired
to synchronize on traversal of the library list maintained by the runtime linker. To avoid deadlocking on this lock, tnfctl_inter-
nal_open() should not be called from within the init section of a library that can be opened by dlopen(3C).
Since interposition does not work as expected when a library is opened dynamically, tnfctl_internal_open() should not be used if the client
opened libtnfctl through dlopen(3C). In this case, the client program should be built with a static dependency on libtnfctl. Also, if the
client program is explicitly linking in -ldl, it should link -ltnfctl before -ldl.
Probes in filtered libraries (see ld(1)) will not be seen because the filtee (backing library) is loaded lazily on the first symbol refer-
ence and not at process startup or dlopen(3C) time. A workaround is to call tnfctl_check_libs(3TNF) once the caller is sure that the filtee
has been loaded.
SunOS 5.10 1 Mar 2004 tnfctl_internal_open(3TNF)