/* dl_vmesa.xs * * Platform: VM/ESA, possibly others which use dllload etc. * Author: Neale Ferguson (neale@mailbox.tabnsw.com.au) * Created: 23rd Septemer, 1998 * * */ /* Porting notes: Definition of VM/ESA dynamic Linking functions ============================================== In order to make this implementation easier to understand here is a quick definition of the VM/ESA Dynamic Linking functions which are used here. dlopen ------ void * dlopen(const char *path) This function takes the name of a dynamic object file and returns a descriptor which can be used by dlsym later. It returns NULL on error. dllsym ------ void * dlsym(void *handle, char *symbol) Takes the handle returned from dlopen and the name of a symbol to get the address of. If the symbol was found a pointer is returned. It returns NULL on error. dlerror ------- char * dlerror() Returns a null-terminated string which describes the last error that occurred with the other dll functions. After each call to dlerror the error message will be reset to a null pointer. The SaveError function is used to save the error as soo as it happens. Return Types ============ In this implementation the two functions, dl_load_file & dl_find_symbol, return void *. This is because the underlying SunOS dynamic linker calls also return void *. This is not necessarily the case for all architectures. For example, some implementation will want to return a char * for dl_load_file. If void * is not appropriate for your architecture, you will have to change the void * to whatever you require. If you are not certain of how Perl handles C data types, I suggest you start by consulting Dean Roerich's Perl 5 API document. Also, have a look in the typemap file (in the ext directory) for a fairly comprehensive list of types that are already supported. If you are completely stuck, I suggest you post a message to perl5-porters, comp.lang.perl.misc or if you are really desperate to me. Remember when you are making any changes that the return value from dl_load_file is used as a parameter in the dl_find_symbol function. Also the return value from find_symbol is used as a parameter to install_xsub. Dealing with Error Messages ============================ In order to make the handling of dynamic linking errors as generic as possible you should store any error messages associated with your implementation with the StoreError function. In the case of VM/ESA the function dlerror returns the error message associated with the last dynamic link error. As the VM/ESA dynamic linker functions return NULL on error every call to a VM/ESA dynamic dynamic link routine is coded like this RETVAL = dlopen(filename) ; if (RETVAL == NULL) SaveError(aTHX_ "%s",dlerror()) ; Note that SaveError() takes a printf format string. Use a "%s" as the first parameter if the error may contain and % characters. */ #include "EXTERN.h" #include "perl.h" #include "XSUB.h" #include #include "dlutils.c" /* SaveError() etc */ static void dl_private_init(pTHX) { (void)dl_generic_private_init(aTHX); } MODULE = DynaLoader PACKAGE = DynaLoader BOOT: (void)dl_private_init(aTHX); void * dl_load_file(filename, flags=0) char * filename int flags CODE: if (flags & 0x01) Perl_warn(aTHX_ "Can't make loaded symbols global on this platform while loading %s",filename); DLDEBUG(1,PerlIO_printf(PerlIO_stderr(), "dl_load_file(%s,%x):\n", filename,flags)); RETVAL = dlopen(filename) ; DLDEBUG(2,PerlIO_printf(PerlIO_stderr(), " libref=%lx\n", (unsigned long) RETVAL)); ST(0) = sv_newmortal() ; if (RETVAL == NULL) SaveError(aTHX_ "%s",dlerror()) ; else sv_setiv( ST(0), (IV)RETVAL); void * dl_find_symbol(libhandle, symbolname) void * libhandle char * symbolname CODE: DLDEBUG(2, PerlIO_printf(PerlIO_stderr(), "dl_find_symbol(handle=%lx, symbol=%s)\n", (unsigned long) libhandle, symbolname)); RETVAL = dlsym(libhandle, symbolname); DLDEBUG(2, PerlIO_printf(PerlIO_stderr(), " symbolref = %lx\n", (unsigned long) RETVAL)); ST(0) = sv_newmortal() ; if (RETVAL == NULL) SaveError(aTHX_ "%s",dlerror()) ; else sv_setiv( ST(0), (IV)RETVAL); void dl_undef_symbols() PPCODE: # These functions should not need changing on any platform: void dl_install_xsub(perl_name, symref, filename="$Package") char * perl_name void * symref char * filename CODE: DLDEBUG(2,PerlIO_printf(PerlIO_stderr(), "dl_install_xsub(name=%s, symref=%lx)\n", perl_name, (unsigned long) symref)); ST(0) = sv_2mortal(newRV((SV*)newXS(perl_name, (void(*)(pTHX_ CV *))symref, filename))); char * dl_error() CODE: RETVAL = LastError ; OUTPUT: RETVAL # end.