/* * Copyright (C) 2022 The Android Open Source Project * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ #pragma once #include #include #include namespace android::mediautils { /** * Returns a shared pointer to the library instance. * * When the last reference to the library is removed, the library will be dlclose(). * * Notes: * 1) The Android bionic linker always uses RTLD_GLOBAL for executable linking * which provides the symbols for other subsequent libraries. * * 2) RTLD_GLOBAL like RTLD_NODELETE disables unloading of the library * when the reference count drops to zero. * * 3) RTLD_LOCAL is the default in the absence of RTLD_GLOBAL. * RTLD_LOCAL may be ignored in some situations, for example: * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56808889/static-objects-destructed-before-dlclose * * 4) We default to use RTLD_LAZY to delay symbol relocations until needed. * This flag may be ignored by Android. RTLD_LAZY may allow * unresolved symbols if not accessed, or symbols added later with another library * loaded with RTLD_GLOBAL. See RTLD_NOW for comparison. * * 5) Avoid both staticly loading and dynamically loading the same library. * This is known to cause double free issues as library symbols may map to * the same location. RTLD_DEEPBIND does not appear supported as of T. * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34073051/when-we-are-supposed-to-use-rtld-deepbind * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31209693/static-library-linked-two-times * * Details on Android linker and debugging here: * See: adb shell setprop debug.ld.all dlerror,dlopen,dlsym * See: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/bionic/+/master/android-changes-for-ndk-developers.md * * Some other relevant info: * See: Soong double_loadable:true go/double_loadable * See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Definition_Rule#Summary * * TODO(b/228093151): Consider moving to platform/system. * * \param libraryName * \param flags one of the dlopen RTLD_* flags. https://linux.die.net/man/3/dlopen * \return shared_ptr to the library. This will be nullptr if it isn't found. */ std::shared_ptr loadLibrary(const char *libraryName, int flags = RTLD_LAZY); /** * Returns a shared pointer to an object in the library * * The object will be a global variable or method in the library. * The object reference counting is aliased to the library shared ptr. * * Note: If any internals of the shared library are exposed, for example by * a method returning a pointer to library globals, * or returning an object whose class definition is from the library, * then the shared_ptr must be kept alive while such references to * library internals exist to prevent library unloading. * * See usage of RTLD_NODELETE as a flag to prevent unloading. * * \param objectName of the library object. * \param library a shared pointer to the library returned by loadLibrary(). * \return shared_ptr to the object, but whose refcount is * aliased to the library shared ptr. */ std::shared_ptr getUntypedObjectFromLibrary( const char *objectName, const std::shared_ptr& library); /** * Returns a shared pointer to an object in the library * * This is the template typed version of getUntypedObjectFromLibrary(). * * \param objectName of the library object. * \param library a shared pointer to the library * \return shared_ptr to the object, but whose refcount is * aliased to the library shared ptr. */ template std::shared_ptr getObjectFromLibrary( const char *objectName, const std::shared_ptr& library) { return std::static_pointer_cast(getUntypedObjectFromLibrary(objectName, library)); } } // android::mediautils