Using libtldl for dynamic loading

[Roger Leigh]

I would like to be able to use dynamically-loaded modules/plug-ins in
a project.

I am reading the autobook, which gives details (and examples) for
using libdl and libltdl.  I can get the libdl example to work, where
dlopen()/dlsym() work just fine.  However, libltdl does not.  It dumps
core when I try to use a function pointer obtained with lt_dlsym().
Possibly the module isn't being mapped in properly.  I can't get it to
work with plain gcc-generated .so modules, or libtool-generated .so's
with a .la file too.  strace does show it being opened though:

open(".libs/ltdl-module.so", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\7\0\000"..., 1024) = 
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=6058, ...}) = 0
getcwd("/tmp/examples/ltdl-1.0", 128)   = 23
old_mmap(NULL, 6984, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40014000
mprotect(0x40015000, 2888, PROT_NONE)   = 0
old_mmap(0x40015000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 
0x40015000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=73359, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 73359, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4014d000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\2007\0"..., 1024) = 
1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=130088, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 132708, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4015f000
mprotect(0x4017f000, 1636, PROT_NONE)   = 0
old_mmap(0x4017f000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 
0x1f000) = 0x4017f000
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0x4014d000, 73359)               = 0
munmap(0x40014000, 6984)                = 0
munmap(0x4015f000, 132708)              = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---


gdb shows these mappings, which don't seem to include ltdl-module or libm:

(gdb) info proc mappings
process 16697
cmdline = '/tmp/examples/ltdl-1.0/ltdl-loader'
cwd = '/tmp/examples/ltdl-1.0'
exe = '/tmp/examples/ltdl-1.0/ltdl-loader'
Mapped address spaces:

        Start Addr   End Addr       Size     Offset objfile
         0x8048000  0x8049000     0x1000          0       
/tmp/examples/ltdl-1.0/ltdl-loader
         0x8049000  0x804a000     0x1000          0       
/tmp/examples/ltdl-1.0/ltdl-loader
         0x804a000  0x804b000     0x1000          0        
        0x40000000 0x40013000    0x13000          0       /lib/ld-2.2.5.so
        0x40013000 0x40014000     0x1000    0x13000       /lib/ld-2.2.5.so
        0x40026000 0x4002b000     0x5000          0        
/usr/lib/libltdl.so.3.1.0
        0x4002b000 0x4002c000     0x1000     0x4000        
/usr/lib/libltdl.so.3.1.0
        0x4002c000 0x4002e000     0x2000          0       /lib/libdl-2.2.5.so
        0x4002e000 0x4002f000     0x1000     0x1000       /lib/libdl-2.2.5.so
        0x4002f000 0x40030000     0x1000          0        
        0x40030000 0x40143000   0x113000          0       /lib/libc-2.2.5.so
        0x40143000 0x40149000     0x6000   0x113000       /lib/libc-2.2.5.so
        0x40149000 0x4014d000     0x4000          0        
        0xbfffe000 0xc0000000     0x2000 0xfffff000

I get this with both the copies I typed in, and the pristine examples
(no typos!).  Is there anything I should be doing in addition to the
instructions in the autobook, or is libltdl broken?  I'm using Debian
libtool 1.4.2a from Debian stable and unstable, with gcc 2.95.4 and
3.2.0.


Thanks,
Roger

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