libloading/os/unix/mod.rs
1use core::{ffi::CStr, fmt, marker, mem, ptr, ptr::null};
2
3pub use self::consts::*;
4use crate::{as_filename::AsFilename, as_symbol_name::AsSymbolName, util::ensure_compatible_types};
5
6mod consts;
7
8/// Run code and handle errors reported by `dlerror`.
9///
10/// This function first executes the `closure` function containing calls to the functions that
11/// report their errors via `dlerror`. This closure may return either `None` or `Some(*)` to
12/// further affect operation of this function.
13///
14/// In case the `closure` returns `None`, `with_dlerror` inspects the `dlerror`. `dlerror` may
15/// decide to not provide any error description, in which case `Err(None)` is returned to the
16/// caller. Otherwise the `error` callback is invoked to allow inspection and conversion of the
17/// error message. The conversion result is returned as `Err(Some(Error))`.
18///
19/// If the operations that report their errors via `dlerror` were all successful, `closure` should
20/// return `Some(T)` instead. In this case `dlerror` is not inspected at all.
21///
22/// # Notes
23///
24/// The whole `dlerror` handling scheme is done via setting and querying some global state. For
25/// that reason it is not safe to use dynamic library loading in MT-capable environment at all.
26/// Only in POSIX 2008+TC1 a thread-local state was allowed for `dlerror`, making the dl* family of
27/// functions possibly MT-safe, depending on the implementation of `dlerror`.
28///
29/// In practice (as of 2020-04-01) most of the widely used targets use a thread-local for error
30/// state and have been doing so for a long time.
31pub fn with_dlerror<T, F, Error>(closure: F, error: fn(&CStr) -> Error) -> Result<T, Option<Error>>
32where
33 F: FnOnce() -> Option<T>,
34{
35 // We used to guard all uses of dl* functions with our own mutex. This made them safe to use in
36 // MT programs provided the only way a program used dl* was via this library. However, it also
37 // had a number of downsides or cases where it failed to handle the problems. For instance,
38 // if any other library called `dlerror` internally concurrently with `libloading` things would
39 // still go awry.
40 //
41 // On platforms where `dlerror` is still MT-unsafe, `dlsym` (`Library::get`) can spuriously
42 // succeed and return a null pointer for a symbol when the actual symbol look-up operation
43 // fails. Instances where the actual symbol _could_ be `NULL` are platform specific. For
44 // instance on GNU glibc based-systems (an excerpt from dlsym(3)):
45 //
46 // > The value of a symbol returned by dlsym() will never be NULL if the shared object is the
47 // > result of normal compilation, since a global symbol is never placed at the NULL
48 // > address. There are nevertheless cases where a lookup using dlsym() may return NULL as the
49 // > value of a symbol. For example, the symbol value may be the result of a GNU indirect
50 // > function (IFUNC) resolver function that returns NULL as the resolved value.
51
52 // While we could could call `dlerror` here to clear the previous error value, only the `dlsym`
53 // call depends on it being cleared beforehand and only in some cases too. We will instead
54 // clear the error inside the dlsym binding instead.
55 //
56 // In all the other cases, clearing the error here will only be hiding misuse of these bindings
57 // or a bug in implementation of dl* family of functions.
58 closure().ok_or_else(|| unsafe {
59 // This code will only get executed if the `closure` returns `None`.
60 let dlerror_str = dlerror();
61 if dlerror_str.is_null() {
62 // In non-dlsym case this may happen when there’re bugs in our bindings or there’s
63 // non-libloading user of libdl; possibly in another thread.
64 None
65 } else {
66 // You can’t even rely on error string being static here; call to subsequent dlerror
67 // may invalidate or overwrite the error message. Why couldn’t they simply give up the
68 // ownership over the message?
69 // TODO: should do locale-aware conversion here. OTOH Rust doesn’t seem to work well in
70 // any system that uses non-utf8 locale, so I doubt there’s a problem here.
71 Some(error(CStr::from_ptr(dlerror_str)))
72 // Since we do a copy of the error string above, maybe we should call dlerror again to
73 // let libdl know it may free its copy of the string now?
74 }
75 })
76}
77
78/// A platform-specific counterpart of the cross-platform [`Library`](crate::Library).
79pub struct Library {
80 handle: *mut core::ffi::c_void,
81}
82
83unsafe impl Send for Library {}
84
85// That being said... this section in the volume 2 of POSIX.1-2008 states:
86//
87// > All functions defined by this volume of POSIX.1-2008 shall be thread-safe, except that the
88// > following functions need not be thread-safe.
89//
90// With notable absence of any dl* function other than dlerror in the list. By “this volume”
91// I suppose they refer precisely to the “volume 2”. dl* family of functions are specified
92// by this same volume, so the conclusion is indeed that dl* functions are required by POSIX
93// to be thread-safe. Great!
94//
95// See for more details:
96//
97// * https://github.com/nagisa/rust_libloading/pull/17
98// * http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/V2_chap02.html#tag_15_09_01
99unsafe impl Sync for Library {}
100
101impl Library {
102 /// Find and eagerly load a shared library (module).
103 ///
104 /// If the `filename` contains a [path separator], the `filename` is interpreted as a `path` to
105 /// a file. Otherwise, platform-specific algorithms are employed to find a library with a
106 /// matching file name.
107 ///
108 /// This is equivalent to <code>[Library::open](filename, [RTLD_LAZY] | [RTLD_LOCAL])</code>.
109 ///
110 /// [path separator]: std::path::MAIN_SEPARATOR
111 ///
112 /// # Safety
113 ///
114 /// When a library is loaded, initialisation routines contained within the library are executed.
115 /// For the purposes of safety, the execution of these routines is conceptually the same calling
116 /// an unknown foreign function and may impose arbitrary requirements on the caller for the
117 /// call to be sound.
118 ///
119 /// Additionally, the callers of this function must also ensure that execution of the
120 /// termination routines contained within the library is safe as well. These routines may be
121 /// executed when the library is unloaded.
122 #[inline]
123 pub unsafe fn new(filename: impl AsFilename) -> Result<Library, crate::Error> {
124 Library::open(Some(filename), RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL)
125 }
126
127 /// Load the `Library` representing the current executable.
128 ///
129 /// [`Library::get`] calls of the returned `Library` will look for symbols in following
130 /// locations in order:
131 ///
132 /// 1. The original program image;
133 /// 2. Any executable object files (e.g. shared libraries) loaded at program startup;
134 /// 3. Any executable object files loaded at runtime (e.g. via other `Library::new` calls or via
135 /// calls to the `dlopen` function).
136 ///
137 /// Note that the behaviour of a `Library` loaded with this method is different from that of
138 /// Libraries loaded with [`os::windows::Library::this`].
139 ///
140 /// This is equivalent to <code>[Library::open](None, [RTLD_LAZY] | [RTLD_LOCAL])</code>.
141 ///
142 /// [`os::windows::Library::this`]: crate::os::windows::Library::this
143 #[inline]
144 pub fn this() -> Library {
145 unsafe {
146 // SAFE: this does not load any new shared library images, no danger in it executing
147 // initialiser routines.
148 Library::open_char_ptr(null(), RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL).expect("this should never fail")
149 }
150 }
151
152 /// Find and load an executable object file (shared library).
153 ///
154 /// See documentation for [`Library::this`] for further description of the behaviour
155 /// when the `filename` is `None`. Otherwise see [`Library::new`].
156 ///
157 /// Corresponds to `dlopen(filename, flags)`.
158 ///
159 /// # Safety
160 ///
161 /// When a library is loaded, initialisation routines contained within the library are executed.
162 /// For the purposes of safety, the execution of these routines is conceptually the same calling
163 /// an unknown foreign function and may impose arbitrary requirements on the caller for the
164 /// call to be sound.
165 ///
166 /// Additionally, the callers of this function must also ensure that execution of the
167 /// termination routines contained within the library is safe as well. These routines may be
168 /// executed when the library is unloaded.
169 pub unsafe fn open<P>(
170 filename: Option<P>,
171 flags: core::ffi::c_int,
172 ) -> Result<Library, crate::Error>
173 where
174 P: AsFilename,
175 {
176 let Some(filename) = filename else {
177 return Self::open_char_ptr(null(), flags);
178 };
179 filename.posix_filename(|posix_filename| Library::open_char_ptr(posix_filename, flags))
180 }
181
182 /// private helper to call dlopen+dlerror once we de-tangled the string into a raw pointer to a
183 /// 0 terminated utf-8 string. caller must ensure that the string is actually 0 terminated.
184 unsafe fn open_char_ptr(
185 filename: *const core::ffi::c_char,
186 flags: core::ffi::c_int,
187 ) -> Result<Library, crate::Error> {
188 with_dlerror(
189 move || {
190 let result = dlopen(filename, flags);
191
192 // ensure filename lives until dlopen completes
193 if result.is_null() {
194 None
195 } else {
196 Some(Library { handle: result })
197 }
198 },
199 |desc| crate::Error::DlOpen {
200 source: desc.into(),
201 },
202 )
203 .map_err(|e| e.unwrap_or(crate::Error::DlOpenUnknown))
204 }
205
206 unsafe fn get_impl<T, F>(
207 &self,
208 symbol: impl AsSymbolName,
209 on_null: F,
210 ) -> Result<Symbol<T>, crate::Error>
211 where
212 F: FnOnce() -> Result<Symbol<T>, crate::Error>,
213 {
214 ensure_compatible_types::<T, *mut core::ffi::c_void>()?;
215 // `dlsym` may return nullptr in two cases: when a symbol genuinely points to a null
216 // pointer or the symbol cannot be found. In order to detect this case a double dlerror
217 // pattern must be used, which is, sadly, a little bit racy.
218 //
219 // We try to leave as little space as possible for this to occur, but we can’t exactly
220 // fully prevent it.
221 symbol.symbol_name(|posix_symbol| {
222 let result = with_dlerror(
223 || {
224 dlerror();
225 let symbol = dlsym(self.handle, posix_symbol);
226 if symbol.is_null() {
227 None
228 } else {
229 Some(Symbol {
230 pointer: symbol,
231 pd: marker::PhantomData,
232 })
233 }
234 },
235 |desc| crate::Error::DlSym {
236 source: desc.into(),
237 },
238 );
239 match result {
240 Err(None) => on_null(),
241 Err(Some(e)) => Err(e),
242 Ok(x) => Ok(x),
243 }
244 })
245 }
246
247 /// Get a pointer to a function or static variable by symbol name.
248 ///
249 /// The `symbol` may not contain any null bytes, with the exception of the last byte. Providing
250 /// a null terminated `symbol` may help to avoid an allocation.
251 ///
252 /// Symbol is interpreted as-is; no mangling is done. This means that symbols like `x::y` are
253 /// most likely invalid.
254 ///
255 /// # Safety
256 ///
257 /// Users of this API must specify the correct type of the function or variable loaded. Using a
258 /// `Symbol` with a wrong type is undefined.
259 ///
260 /// # Platform-specific behaviour
261 ///
262 /// Implementation of thread local variables is extremely platform specific and uses of such
263 /// variables that work on e.g. Linux may have unintended behaviour on other targets.
264 ///
265 /// On POSIX implementations where the `dlerror` function is not confirmed to be MT-safe (such
266 /// as FreeBSD), this function will unconditionally return an error when the underlying `dlsym`
267 /// call returns a null pointer. There are rare situations where `dlsym` returns a genuine null
268 /// pointer without it being an error. If loading a null pointer is something you care about,
269 /// consider using the [`Library::get_singlethreaded`] call.
270 #[inline(always)]
271 pub unsafe fn get<T>(&self, symbol: impl AsSymbolName) -> Result<Symbol<T>, crate::Error> {
272 #[cfg_attr(libloading_docs, allow(unused_extern_crates))]
273 #[cfg(libloading_docs)]
274 extern crate cfg_if;
275 cfg_if::cfg_if! {
276 // These targets are known to have MT-safe `dlerror`.
277 if #[cfg(any(
278 target_os = "linux",
279 target_os = "android",
280 target_os = "openbsd",
281 target_os = "macos",
282 target_os = "ios",
283 target_os = "solaris",
284 target_os = "illumos",
285 target_os = "redox",
286 target_os = "fuchsia",
287 target_os = "cygwin",
288 target_os = "twizzler",
289 ))] {
290 self.get_singlethreaded(symbol)
291 } else {
292 self.get_impl(symbol, || Err(crate::Error::DlSymUnknown))
293 }
294 }
295 }
296
297 /// Get a pointer to function or static variable by symbol name.
298 ///
299 /// The `symbol` may not contain any null bytes, with the exception of the last byte. Providing
300 /// a null terminated `symbol` may help to avoid an allocation.
301 ///
302 /// Symbol is interpreted as-is; no mangling is done. This means that symbols like `x::y` are
303 /// most likely invalid.
304 ///
305 /// # Safety
306 ///
307 /// Users of this API must specify the correct type of the function or variable loaded.
308 ///
309 /// It is up to the user of this library to ensure that no other calls to an MT-unsafe
310 /// implementation of `dlerror` occur during the execution of this function. Failing that, the
311 /// behaviour of this function is not defined.
312 ///
313 /// # Platform-specific behaviour
314 ///
315 /// The implementation of thread-local variables is extremely platform specific and uses of such
316 /// variables that work on e.g. Linux may have unintended behaviour on other targets.
317 #[inline(always)]
318 pub unsafe fn get_singlethreaded<T>(
319 &self,
320 symbol: impl AsSymbolName,
321 ) -> Result<Symbol<T>, crate::Error> {
322 self.get_impl(symbol, || {
323 Ok(Symbol {
324 pointer: ptr::null_mut(),
325 pd: marker::PhantomData,
326 })
327 })
328 }
329
330 /// Convert the `Library` to a raw handle.
331 ///
332 /// The handle returned by this function shall be usable with APIs which accept handles
333 /// as returned by `dlopen`.
334 pub fn into_raw(self) -> *mut core::ffi::c_void {
335 let handle = self.handle;
336 mem::forget(self);
337 handle
338 }
339
340 /// Convert a raw handle returned by `dlopen`-family of calls to a `Library`.
341 ///
342 /// # Safety
343 ///
344 /// The pointer shall be a result of a successful call of the `dlopen`-family of functions or a
345 /// pointer previously returned by `Library::into_raw` call. It must be valid to call `dlclose`
346 /// with this pointer as an argument.
347 pub unsafe fn from_raw(handle: *mut core::ffi::c_void) -> Library {
348 Library { handle }
349 }
350
351 /// Unload the library.
352 ///
353 /// This method might be a no-op, depending on the flags with which the `Library` was opened,
354 /// what library was opened or other platform specifics.
355 ///
356 /// You only need to call this if you are interested in handling any errors that may arise when
357 /// library is unloaded. Otherwise the implementation of `Drop` for `Library` will close the
358 /// library and ignore the errors were they arise.
359 ///
360 /// The underlying data structures may still get leaked if an error does occur.
361 pub fn close(self) -> Result<(), crate::Error> {
362 let result = with_dlerror(
363 || {
364 if unsafe { dlclose(self.handle) } == 0 {
365 Some(())
366 } else {
367 None
368 }
369 },
370 |desc| crate::Error::DlClose {
371 source: desc.into(),
372 },
373 )
374 .map_err(|e| e.unwrap_or(crate::Error::DlCloseUnknown));
375 // While the library is not free'd yet in case of an error, there is no reason to try
376 // dropping it again, because all that will do is try calling `dlclose` again. only
377 // this time it would ignore the return result, which we already seen failing…
378 mem::forget(self);
379 result
380 }
381}
382
383impl Drop for Library {
384 fn drop(&mut self) {
385 unsafe {
386 dlclose(self.handle);
387 }
388 }
389}
390
391impl fmt::Debug for Library {
392 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
393 f.write_fmt(format_args!("Library@{:p}", self.handle))
394 }
395}
396
397/// Symbol from a library.
398///
399/// A major difference compared to the cross-platform `Symbol` is that this does not ensure that the
400/// `Symbol` does not outlive the `Library` it comes from.
401pub struct Symbol<T> {
402 pointer: *mut core::ffi::c_void,
403 pd: marker::PhantomData<T>,
404}
405
406impl<T> Symbol<T> {
407 /// Convert the loaded `Symbol` into a raw pointer.
408 pub fn into_raw(self) -> *mut core::ffi::c_void {
409 self.pointer
410 }
411
412 /// Convert the loaded `Symbol` into a raw pointer.
413 /// For unix this does the same as into_raw.
414 pub fn as_raw_ptr(self) -> *mut core::ffi::c_void {
415 self.pointer
416 }
417}
418
419impl<T> Symbol<Option<T>> {
420 /// Lift Option out of the symbol.
421 pub fn lift_option(self) -> Option<Symbol<T>> {
422 if self.pointer.is_null() {
423 None
424 } else {
425 Some(Symbol {
426 pointer: self.pointer,
427 pd: marker::PhantomData,
428 })
429 }
430 }
431}
432
433unsafe impl<T: Send> Send for Symbol<T> {}
434unsafe impl<T: Sync> Sync for Symbol<T> {}
435
436impl<T> Clone for Symbol<T> {
437 fn clone(&self) -> Symbol<T> {
438 Symbol { ..*self }
439 }
440}
441
442impl<T> core::ops::Deref for Symbol<T> {
443 type Target = T;
444 fn deref(&self) -> &T {
445 unsafe {
446 // Additional reference level for a dereference on `deref` return value.
447 &*(&self.pointer as *const *mut _ as *const T)
448 }
449 }
450}
451
452impl<T> fmt::Debug for Symbol<T> {
453 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
454 unsafe {
455 let mut info = mem::MaybeUninit::<DlInfo>::uninit();
456 if dladdr(self.pointer, info.as_mut_ptr()) != 0 {
457 let info = info.assume_init();
458 if info.dli_sname.is_null() {
459 f.write_fmt(format_args!(
460 "Symbol@{:p} from {:?}",
461 self.pointer,
462 CStr::from_ptr(info.dli_fname)
463 ))
464 } else {
465 f.write_fmt(format_args!(
466 "Symbol {:?}@{:p} from {:?}",
467 CStr::from_ptr(info.dli_sname),
468 self.pointer,
469 CStr::from_ptr(info.dli_fname)
470 ))
471 }
472 } else {
473 f.write_fmt(format_args!("Symbol@{:p}", self.pointer))
474 }
475 }
476 }
477}
478
479// Platform specific things
480#[cfg_attr(
481 any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android", target_os = "twizzler"),
482 link(name = "dl")
483)]
484#[cfg_attr(any(target_os = "freebsd", target_os = "dragonfly"), link(name = "c"))]
485extern "C" {
486 fn dlopen(
487 filename: *const core::ffi::c_char,
488 flags: core::ffi::c_int,
489 ) -> *mut core::ffi::c_void;
490 fn dlclose(handle: *mut core::ffi::c_void) -> core::ffi::c_int;
491 fn dlsym(
492 handle: *mut core::ffi::c_void,
493 symbol: *const core::ffi::c_char,
494 ) -> *mut core::ffi::c_void;
495 fn dlerror() -> *mut core::ffi::c_char;
496 fn dladdr(addr: *mut core::ffi::c_void, info: *mut DlInfo) -> core::ffi::c_int;
497}
498
499#[repr(C)]
500struct DlInfo {
501 dli_fname: *const core::ffi::c_char,
502 dli_fbase: *mut core::ffi::c_void,
503 dli_sname: *const core::ffi::c_char,
504 dli_saddr: *mut core::ffi::c_void,
505}