10-11-2001
The relocation table of a shared object is not updated properly via the run-time linking method (dlopen). This means the calling process can make function calls into the shared object fine, but the shared object can not call it's own functions unless they are local/static because they have the wrong address location in the relocation table (illegal exception).
One solution is to build the shared object using a mapfile specifying all the funcions as local. However, make the shared object's interface (functions that will be called by a another process) global but call a local function that does the actual work. This means you will actually have two function (a global and local) doing the same thing.
Keep in mind there are other solutions depending on your situation. This is the one that worked for me because of the complexity of my shared object. If you have a one module shared object the mapfile can be eliminated by making functions local using the modifier static (a c/c++ key word).
example:
static void function(void)
{
}
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Programming
I asked the next question in a former thread :
Can I safely share objects that have virtual functions (i.e. have
virtual function table pointers) between two processes ?
Where will the pointers point to in each process ?
The objects are supposed to reside in shared memory
I received a... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Seeker
6 Replies
2. Programming
Hi
I'm getting
ld: fatal: option -h and building a dynamic executable are incompatible
ld: fatal: Flags processing errors
When I run
ld -shared -L/usr/dt/lib -lDtSvc -o builtin.so Workspace.o
after running
gcc -fPIC -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/dt/include -c Workspace.c
I'm... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: laho
6 Replies
3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Friends !
I have a library, say libxyz.a.
To view all the object files in the archive, i issued the command :
ar -t libxyz.a
which displayed all the object files it contains.
Now, I would like to know the functions in each object file.
Is there any such command that displays... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mrgubbala
3 Replies
4. Programming
hi all !
Do I need all the shared objects to be present while compiling my code which has reference to a only one shared object, which in turn refers to another shared object.
for example I want to compile example.c which refers to sample.so
sample.so has refrence to anothersample.so
do... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: disclaimer
2 Replies
5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi. Does anyone know by how much a text size of an executable(on ibm) would grow if you link one shared object(library)? Is it a constant number or it depends on a .so that is linked? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Yura
3 Replies
6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
i am trying to debug a binary which is using a shared lib.
but i could not succeed in tracking the code flow in the classes defined
in this library.
i get: class MyClass <opaque> error
i followed the instructions in the link below:... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: yakari
0 Replies
7. AIX
I have two envoirmets(Envoirment A and Envoirment B) running on same server(AIX vesion 5.3).Both have different groups.I am facing a strange problem.Shared objects of one envoirment (Envoirment A)are getting loaded into the second(Envoirment B).So the servers that have dependency on shared objects... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: nitin@tcs
2 Replies
8. Programming
G'day,
I have been working with a large application that makes extensive use of templates. When compiled under Unix (with g++), this sees some rather impressive bloat. I have been trying to make a temporary quick-fix by using the -frepo option, which results in dramatically smaller shared... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: Elric of Grans
0 Replies
9. Linux
dear Experts,
please help,
actually i am trying to create a .so(shared object through make file through ld)
i am not understaning how to proceed i have tried like
through command like i can do it in 2 step like
my progam :test2.c
$gcc -fPIC -c test2.c
$ld -shared -soname test2.so -o... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vin_pll
1 Replies
10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi All......
I have my tool in my one server lets say E1 and same tool I tried to install in E2 server so everything is fine but, while executing the my tool for example...
$ ./batch
At that time Im getting this following error.
./batch: error while loading shared libraries: libqabwvcd.so:... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ksrivani
3 Replies
dlsym(3C) dlsym(3C)
NAME
dlsym() - get the address of a symbol in shared library
SYNOPSIS
[flag]... file... [library]...
Multithread Usage
This routine is thread-safe.
DESCRIPTION
is one of a family of routines that give the user direct access to the dynamic linking facilities (using the option on the compiler or com-
mand line). allows a process to obtain the address of a symbol defined within a shared object previously opened by handle is a either the
value returned by a call to or one of the special flags and In the former case, the corresponding shared object must not have been closed
using name is the symbol's name as a character string.
searches for the named symbol in all shared objects loaded automatically as a result of loading the object referenced by handle (see
dlopen(3C)).
If handle is the search begins with the "next" object after the object from which was invoked. Objects are searched using a load order
symbol resolution algorithm (see dlopen(3C)). The "next" object, and all other objects searched, are either of global scope (because they
were loaded at startup or as part of a operation with the flag) or are objects loaded by the same operation that loaded the caller of
If handle is the search begins with the object from which was invoked. Objects are searched using the load order symbol resolution algo-
rithm.
If handle is then the symbol search is done in the scope of the object that invoked For example, if the caller object was loaded as a
result of with (see dlopen(3C)), it does not search symbols in objects that were not loaded in same invocation as the caller object.
RETURN VALUE
If handle does not refer to a valid object opened by or if the named symbol cannot be found within any of the objects associated with han-
dle, returns NULL. More detailed diagnostic information is available through
ERRORS
If fails, a subsequent call to returns one of the following values:
Cannot apply relocation in library.
Internal error encountered in
Invalid
handle.
End of liblist, invalid argument.
Out of memory.
failed on entry to or exit from
failed on exit from
failed on entry to
Unknown symbol.
APPLICATION USAGE
can be used to navigate an intentionally created hierarchy of multiply defined symbols created through interposition. For example, if a
program wished to create an implementation of that embedded some statistics gathering about memory allocations, such an implementation
could define its own which would gather the necessary information, and use with to find the "real" which would perform the actual memory
allocation. Of course, this "real" could be another user-defined interface that added its own value and then used to find the system
EXAMPLES
The following example shows how you can use and to access either function or data objects. For simplicity, error checking has been omit-
ted.
void *handle;
int i, *iptr;
int (*fptr)(int);
/* open the needed object */
handle = dlopen("/usr/mydir/mylib.sl", RTLD_LAZY);
/* find address of function and data objects */
fptr = (int (*)(int))dlsym(handle, "some_function");
iptr = (int *)dlsym(handle, "int_object");
/* invoke function, passing value of integer as a parameter */
i = (*fptr)(*iptr);
The next example shows how one can use with to add functionality to an existing interface. Again, error checking has been omitted.
extern void record_malloc(void *, size_t);
void *
malloc(size_t sz)
{
void *ptr;
void *(*real_malloc)(size_t);
real_malloc = (void * (*) (size_t))
dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "malloc");
ptr = (*real_malloc)(sz);
record_malloc(ptr, sz);
return ptr;
}
SEE ALSO
dlclose(3C), dlerrno(3C), dlerror(3C), dlopen(3C).
Texts and Tutorials
(See the option)
(See manuals(5) for ordering information)
dlsym(3C)