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Michael Kerrisk 39720f03eb dlsym.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
After research, We think
* dlsym(),
* dlvsym()
are thread-safe. But, there are not markings of them in
glibc document.

[mtk: Split out patch for formerly single dlopen.3 page]

Signed-off-by: Zeng Linggang <zenglg.jy@cn.fujitsu.com>

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:45 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk b23510e5db dlopen.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
After research, we think
* dlopen(),
* dlmopen(),
* dlclose()
are thread-safe. But, there are not markings of them in
glibc document.

[mtk: Split out patch for formerly single dlopen.3 page]

Signed-off-by: Zeng Linggang <zenglg.jy@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:45 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk eab0df1736 dlerror.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
After research, we think
* dlerror()
is thread-safe. But, there are not markings of it in
glibc document.

[mtk: Split out patch for formerly single dlopen.3 page]

Signed-off-by: Zeng Linggang <zenglg.jy@cn.fujitsu.com>

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Zeng Linggang 06c0008da9 dladdr.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that are thread-safe
After research, we think
* dladdr(),
* dladdr1()
are thread-safe. But, there are not markings of them in
glibc document.

[mtk: Split out patches for formerly single dlopen.3 page]

Signed-off-by: Zeng Linggang <zenglg.jy@cn.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 92bade29b9 atexit.3: SEE ALSO: add dlopen(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk b198e0ae76 dlopen.3: Move atexit() discussion under "Initialization and Finalization"
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 6ceba646b4 dlopen.3: Mention other functions in the dlopen API in the initial paragraph
Doing so helps orient the reader.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 747b2b0a98 dlopen.3: dlclose() will unload the object when all references have been released
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 9ebcbe1377 dlopen.3: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk c72bea436f dlerror.3: Note that the returned string does not include a trailing newline
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk c85226feb3 dlerror.3: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 78978ec9a7 dlerror.3: Note that the returned message may be in a statically allocated buffer
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 982eac0dba dlopen.3: Corrections and improvements after comments from Carlos O'Donell
Reported-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 374b34d32e dlopen.3: Remove dlerror() content that was migrated to dlerror(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 936b64f661 dlsym.3: SEE ALSO: add dlerror(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk da9356be20 dlinfo.3: SEE ALSO: add dlerror(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 75b7da85c3 dlerror.3: Migrate dlerror(3) to a separate man page
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk b6779d1d8f dlopen.3: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk e83ed17d21 dlopen.3: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 7766185cf8 dlopen.3: EXAMPLE: Remove mention of "-rdynamic"
That option isn't needed for compiling and running this program.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 896c71d0bd dlopen.3: Remove content migrated to new dlsym() page
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 273b4e247c dlinfo.3: SEE ALSO: add dlysm(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk de7d051d35 dladdr.3: SEE ALSO: add dlysm(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk efe8c6fd04 dlvsym.3: Adjust link to point to new self-contained dlsym(3) page
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 15e1b31b8e dlsym.3: Move dlsym() and dlvsym3() content to their own page
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk c7c01315dc dlopen.3: Rework the discussion of initialization and finalization functions
Deemphasize the obsolete _init/_fini and give more prominence
to gcc constructors/destructors.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk e8290357ce dlopen.3: Move discussion of _init() and _fini() to NOTES
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 7e936c2917 dlopen.3: Remove reference to ld.so info page
The command "info ld.so" simply shows the man page...

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 65175b1d2a dlopen.3: Note some dlmopen() restrictions
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk fe854f153e dlopen.3: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 54d5fd1e44 elf.5: wfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk a547929c7f elf.5: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 43151de329 ldd.1, sprof.1, execve.2, dlopen.3, ld.so.8: Prefer "shared object" over "shared library"
The man pages variously use "shared library" or "shared object".
Try to more consistently use one term ("shared object"), while
also pointing out on a few pages that the terms are synonymous.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:44 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk b5d07fd924 ld.so.8: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 9c1697549f dlopen.3: Improvements after input from Carlos O'Donell
Reported-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 020fed6aba dlmopen.3: New link to dlopen.3
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk efdd68a5b2 dlopen.3: Document dlmopen(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 9987012c0c dladdr.3: SEE ALSO: add dlinfo(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 46db2df163 dlopen.3: SEE ALSO: add dlinfo(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 2b8adcef3d dlinfo.3: New page describing dlinfo(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk a7634f0141 dl_iterate_phdr.3: SEE ALSO: add dladdr(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 6c46d3bc43 dlopen.3: SEE ALSO: add dladdr(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 10b22cd92b dladdr1.3: New link to (new) dladdr(3) page 2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk affaa041c3 dladdr.3: New page documenting dladdr() and dladdr1()
Relocate/rewrite dladdr() text formerly contained in dlopen(3).

Add documentation of dladdr1().

Peter Baudis's "caveat text" was moved from dlopen() into
this page.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 3f4c09d0d3 dlopen.3: Integrate dlvsym() discussion into main page text
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 705e06be7f dlopen.3: Minor fix: remind reader that _init() and _fini() are obsolete
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 6445992d72 dlopen.3: Remove dladdr() content
This content will be migrated to a new page.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 8ac45f42e7 dlopen.3: tfix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk 0a78ab7b0a dlopen.3: Minor wording fix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00
Michael Kerrisk adb1cfab52 dlopen.3: Add VERSIONS section
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
2015-08-08 17:35:43 +02:00