From: Jakob Skaar <jakobrs100@gmail.com>
To: libc-help@sourceware.org
Subject: [Feature Request] dlopen_from function
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 09:23:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAO+Dw49vJeUt8KSOwjK6Tv5BfLRfuVpawWYriMruwpTArhg=bg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hi,
The behaviour of certain functions in libdl[^2] like the `dlopen`
function is dependent on where it is called from. This is normally
what you want, but sometimes you may want to specify the caller
address yourself, for example when intercepting/hooking the `dlopen`
function itself. For this reason, Apple has added the `dlopen_from`
function in macOS Big Sur. `dlopen_from` has an extra parameter, `void
*caller`, that specifies the "fake" caller address to be used instead
of `RETURN_ADDRESS(0)`[^3]. Using `dlopen_from` significantly
simplifies intercepting `dlopen` calls (see [here][1] for an example).
So my feature request is to implement `dlopen_from` in glibc too.
[1]: <https://github.com/clementgallet/libTAS/blob/70966f9e1f400dfdd5176bba63c11cb6026d3da6/src/library/dlhook.cpp#L108-L189>
[^2]: The same logic also applies to `dlmopen`, `dlsym`, and `dlvsym`.
[^3]: Header file where `dlopen_from` is declared:
<https://opensource.apple.com/source/dyld/dyld-832.7.3/include/dlfcn_private.h.auto.html>
next reply other threads:[~2021-06-19 7:23 UTC|newest]
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2021-06-19 7:23 Jakob Skaar [this message]
2021-06-23 7:37 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2021-06-23 12:12 ` Jakob Skaar
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