1 /* dynl.c - dynamic linking
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23 /* "dynl.c" dynamically link&load object files.
25 Modified for libguile by Marius Vollmer */
27 #if 0 /* Disabled until we know for sure that it isn't needed */
28 /* XXX - This is only here to drag in a definition of __eprintf. This
29 is needed for proper operation of dynamic linking. The real
30 solution would probably be a shared libgcc. */
36 maybe_drag_in_eprintf ()
38 assert (!maybe_drag_in_eprintf
);
45 #include "libguile/_scm.h"
46 #include "libguile/dynl.h"
47 #include "libguile/smob.h"
48 #include "libguile/keywords.h"
49 #include "libguile/ports.h"
50 #include "libguile/strings.h"
51 #include "libguile/deprecation.h"
52 #include "libguile/lang.h"
53 #include "libguile/validate.h"
54 #include "libguile/dynwind.h"
56 #include "guile-ltdl.h"
59 From the libtool manual: "Note that libltdl is not threadsafe,
60 i.e. a multithreaded application has to use a mutex for libltdl.".
62 Guile does not currently support pre-emptive threads, so there is
63 no mutex. Previously SCM_DEFER_INTS and SCM_ALLOW_INTS were used:
64 they are mentioned here in case somebody is grepping for thread
69 sysdep_dynl_link (const char *fname
, const char *subr
)
71 scm_lt_dlhandle handle
;
72 handle
= scm_lt_dlopenext (fname
);
78 fn
= scm_makfrom0str (fname
);
79 msg
= scm_makfrom0str (scm_lt_dlerror ());
80 scm_misc_error (subr
, "file: ~S, message: ~S", scm_list_2 (fn
, msg
));
82 return (void *) handle
;
86 sysdep_dynl_unlink (void *handle
, const char *subr
)
88 if (scm_lt_dlclose ((scm_lt_dlhandle
) handle
))
90 scm_misc_error (subr
, (char *) scm_lt_dlerror (), SCM_EOL
);
95 sysdep_dynl_func (const char *symb
, void *handle
, const char *subr
)
99 fptr
= scm_lt_dlsym ((scm_lt_dlhandle
) handle
, symb
);
102 scm_misc_error (subr
, (char *) scm_lt_dlerror (), SCM_EOL
);
113 scm_t_bits scm_tc16_dynamic_obj
;
115 #define DYNL_FILENAME SCM_SMOB_OBJECT
116 #define DYNL_HANDLE(x) ((void *) SCM_SMOB_DATA_2 (x))
117 #define SET_DYNL_HANDLE(x, v) (SCM_SET_SMOB_DATA_2 ((x), (scm_t_bits) (v)))
121 dynl_obj_mark (SCM ptr
)
123 return DYNL_FILENAME (ptr
);
128 dynl_obj_print (SCM exp
, SCM port
, scm_print_state
*pstate
)
130 scm_puts ("#<dynamic-object ", port
);
131 scm_iprin1 (DYNL_FILENAME (exp
), port
, pstate
);
132 if (DYNL_HANDLE (exp
) == NULL
)
133 scm_puts (" (unlinked)", port
);
134 scm_putc ('>', port
);
139 SCM_DEFINE (scm_dynamic_link
, "dynamic-link", 1, 0, 0,
141 "Find the shared object (shared library) denoted by\n"
142 "@var{filename} and link it into the running Guile\n"
143 "application. The returned\n"
144 "scheme object is a ``handle'' for the library which can\n"
145 "be passed to @code{dynamic-func}, @code{dynamic-call} etc.\n\n"
146 "Searching for object files is system dependent. Normally,\n"
147 "if @var{filename} does have an explicit directory it will\n"
148 "be searched for in locations\n"
149 "such as @file{/usr/lib} and @file{/usr/local/lib}.")
150 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_dynamic_link
156 file
= scm_to_locale_string (filename
);
157 scm_frame_free (file
);
158 handle
= sysdep_dynl_link (file
, FUNC_NAME
);
160 SCM_RETURN_NEWSMOB2 (scm_tc16_dynamic_obj
, SCM_UNPACK (filename
), handle
);
165 SCM_DEFINE (scm_dynamic_object_p
, "dynamic-object?", 1, 0, 0,
167 "Return @code{#t} if @var{obj} is a dynamic object handle,\n"
168 "or @code{#f} otherwise.")
169 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_dynamic_object_p
171 return scm_from_bool (SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_dynamic_obj
, obj
));
176 SCM_DEFINE (scm_dynamic_unlink
, "dynamic-unlink", 1, 0, 0,
178 "Unlink a dynamic object from the application, if possible. The\n"
179 "object must have been linked by @code{dynamic-link}, with \n"
180 "@var{dobj} the corresponding handle. After this procedure\n"
181 "is called, the handle can no longer be used to access the\n"
183 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_dynamic_unlink
185 /*fixme* GC-problem */
186 SCM_VALIDATE_SMOB (SCM_ARG1
, dobj
, dynamic_obj
);
187 if (DYNL_HANDLE (dobj
) == NULL
) {
188 SCM_MISC_ERROR ("Already unlinked: ~S", scm_list_1 (dobj
));
190 sysdep_dynl_unlink (DYNL_HANDLE (dobj
), FUNC_NAME
);
191 SET_DYNL_HANDLE (dobj
, NULL
);
192 return SCM_UNSPECIFIED
;
198 SCM_DEFINE (scm_dynamic_func
, "dynamic-func", 2, 0, 0,
199 (SCM name
, SCM dobj
),
200 "Return a ``handle'' for the function @var{name} in the\n"
201 "shared object referred to by @var{dobj}. The handle\n"
202 "can be passed to @code{dynamic-call} to actually\n"
203 "call the function.\n\n"
204 "Regardless whether your C compiler prepends an underscore\n"
205 "@samp{_} to the global names in a program, you should\n"
206 "@strong{not} include this underscore in @var{name}\n"
207 "since it will be added automatically when necessary.")
208 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_dynamic_func
210 /* The returned handle is formed by casting the address of the function to a
211 * long value and converting this to a scheme number
216 SCM_VALIDATE_STRING (1, name
);
217 /*fixme* GC-problem */
218 SCM_VALIDATE_SMOB (SCM_ARG2
, dobj
, dynamic_obj
);
219 if (DYNL_HANDLE (dobj
) == NULL
) {
220 SCM_MISC_ERROR ("Already unlinked: ~S", dobj
);
225 chars
= scm_to_locale_string (name
);
226 scm_frame_free (chars
);
227 func
= (void (*) ()) sysdep_dynl_func (chars
, DYNL_HANDLE (dobj
),
230 return scm_from_ulong ((unsigned long) func
);
236 SCM_DEFINE (scm_dynamic_call
, "dynamic-call", 2, 0, 0,
237 (SCM func
, SCM dobj
),
238 "Call a C function in a dynamic object. Two styles of\n"
239 "invocation are supported:\n\n"
241 "@item @var{func} can be a function handle returned by\n"
242 "@code{dynamic-func}. In this case @var{dobj} is\n"
244 "@item @var{func} can be a string with the name of the\n"
245 "function to call, with @var{dobj} the handle of the\n"
246 "dynamic object in which to find the function.\n"
247 "This is equivalent to\n"
249 "(dynamic-call (dynamic-func @var{func} @var{dobj}) #f)\n"
250 "@end smallexample\n"
252 "In either case, the function is passed no arguments\n"
253 "and its return value is ignored.")
254 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_dynamic_call
258 if (scm_is_string (func
))
259 func
= scm_dynamic_func (func
, dobj
);
260 fptr
= (void (*) ()) scm_to_ulong (func
);
262 return SCM_UNSPECIFIED
;
267 free_string_pointers (void *data
)
269 scm_i_free_string_pointers ((char **)data
);
272 SCM_DEFINE (scm_dynamic_args_call
, "dynamic-args-call", 3, 0, 0,
273 (SCM func
, SCM dobj
, SCM args
),
274 "Call the C function indicated by @var{func} and @var{dobj},\n"
275 "just like @code{dynamic-call}, but pass it some arguments and\n"
276 "return its return value. The C function is expected to take\n"
277 "two arguments and return an @code{int}, just like @code{main}:\n"
279 "int c_func (int argc, char **argv);\n"
280 "@end smallexample\n\n"
281 "The parameter @var{args} must be a list of strings and is\n"
282 "converted into an array of @code{char *}. The array is passed\n"
283 "in @var{argv} and its size in @var{argc}. The return value is\n"
284 "converted to a Scheme number and returned from the call to\n"
285 "@code{dynamic-args-call}.")
286 #define FUNC_NAME s_scm_dynamic_args_call
288 int (*fptr
) (int argc
, char **argv
);
294 if (scm_is_string (func
))
295 func
= scm_dynamic_func (func
, dobj
);
297 fptr
= (int (*) (int, char **)) scm_to_ulong (func
);
299 argv
= scm_i_allocate_string_pointers (args
);
300 scm_frame_unwind_handler (free_string_pointers
, argv
,
301 SCM_F_WIND_EXPLICITLY
);
302 for (argc
= 0; argv
[argc
]; argc
++)
304 result
= (*fptr
) (argc
, argv
);
307 return scm_from_int (result
);
312 scm_init_dynamic_linking ()
314 scm_tc16_dynamic_obj
= scm_make_smob_type ("dynamic-object", 0);
315 scm_set_smob_mark (scm_tc16_dynamic_obj
, dynl_obj_mark
);
316 scm_set_smob_print (scm_tc16_dynamic_obj
, dynl_obj_print
);
318 #include "libguile/dynl.x"