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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1998-10-15 03:09:58 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>1998-10-15 03:09:58 +0000
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+/* 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("%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 <dll.h>
+
+
+#include "dlutils.c" /* SaveError() etc */
+
+
+static void
+dl_private_init()
+{
+ (void)dl_generic_private_init();
+}
+
+MODULE = DynaLoader PACKAGE = DynaLoader
+
+BOOT:
+ (void)dl_private_init();
+
+
+void *
+dl_load_file(filename, flags=0)
+ char * filename
+ int flags
+ CODE:
+ if (flags & 0x01)
+ warn("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("%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("%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(*)_((CV *)))symref, filename)));
+
+
+char *
+dl_error()
+ CODE:
+ RETVAL = LastError ;
+ OUTPUT:
+ RETVAL
+
+# end.