libexec/rtld-elf/rtld.1

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.Dd May 6, 2012
.Dt RTLD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ld-elf.so.2 ,
.Nm ld-elf.so.1 ,
.Nm rtld ,
.Nm _rtld_functrace
.Nd run-time link-editor
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Ft int
.Fn _rtld_functrace "const char *callerso" "const char *calleeso" "const char *calleefun" "void *stack"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility is a self-contained shared object providing run-time
support for loading and link-editing shared objects into a process'
address space.
It is also commonly known as the dynamic linker.
It uses the data structures
contained within dynamically linked programs to determine which shared
libraries are needed and loads them using the
.Xr mmap 2
system call.
.Pp
After all shared libraries have been successfully loaded,
.Nm
proceeds to resolve external references from both the main program and
all objects loaded.
A mechanism is provided for initialization routines
to be called on a per-object basis, giving a shared object an opportunity
to perform any extra set-up before execution of the program proper begins.
This is useful for C++ libraries that contain static constructors.
.Pp
When resolving dependencies for the loaded objects,
.Nm
may be allowed to translate dynamic token strings in rpath and soname
by setting
.Fl "z origin"
option of the static linker
.Xr ld 1 .
The following strings are recognized now:
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa $PLATFORM"
.It Pa $ORIGIN
Translated to the full path of the loaded object.
.It Pa $OSNAME
Translated to the name of the operating system implementation.
.It Pa $OSREL
Translated to the release level of the operating system.
.It Pa $PLATFORM
Translated to the machine hardware platform.
.El
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility itself is loaded by the kernel together with any dynamically-linked
program that is to be executed.
The kernel transfers control to the
dynamic linker.
After the dynamic linker has finished loading,
relocating, and initializing the program and its required shared
objects, it transfers control to the entry point of the program.
The following search order is used to locate required shared objects:
.Pp
.Bl -enum -offset indent -compact
.It
.Dv DT_RPATH
of the referencing object unless that object also contains a
.Dv DT_RUNPATH
tag
.It
.Dv DT_RPATH
of the program unless the referencing object contains a
.Dv DT_RUNPATH
tag
.It
Path indicated by
.Ev LD_LIBRARY_PATH
environment variable
.It
.Dv DT_RUNPATH
of the referencing object
.It
Hints file produced by the
.Xr ldconfig 8
utility
.It
The
.Pa /lib
and
.Pa /usr/lib
directory unless the referencing object was linked using the
.Dq Fl z Ar nodefaultlib
option
.El
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility
recognizes a number of environment variables that can be used to modify
its behaviour as follows:
.Bl -tag -width ".Ev LD_LIBMAP_DISABLE"
.It Ev LD_DUMP_REL_POST
If set,
.Nm
will print a table containing all relocations after symbol
binding and relocation.
.It Ev LD_DUMP_REL_PRE
If set,
.Nm
will print a table containing all relocations before symbol
binding and relocation.
.It Ev LD_LIBMAP
A library replacement list in the same format as
.Xr libmap.conf 5 .
For convenience, the characters
.Ql =
and
.Ql \&,
can be used instead of a space and a newline.
This variable is parsed after
.Xr libmap.conf 5 ,
and will override its entries.
This variable is unset for set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
.It Ev LD_LIBMAP_DISABLE
If set, disables the use of
.Xr libmap.conf 5
and
.Ev LD_LIBMAP .
This variable is unset for set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
.It Ev LD_ELF_HINTS_PATH
This variable will override the default location of
.Dq hints
file.
This variable is unset for set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
.It Ev LD_LIBRARY_PATH
A colon separated list of directories, overriding the default search path
for shared libraries.
This variable is unset for set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
.It Ev LD_PRELOAD
A list of shared libraries, separated by colons and/or white space,
to be linked in before any
other shared libraries.
If the directory is not specified then
the directories specified by
.Ev LD_LIBRARY_PATH
will be searched first
followed by the set of built-in standard directories.
This variable is unset for set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
.It Ev LD_BIND_NOW
When set to a nonempty string, causes
.Nm
to relocate all external function calls before starting execution of the
program.
Normally, function calls are bound lazily, at the first call
of each function.
.Ev LD_BIND_NOW
increases the start-up time of a program, but it avoids run-time
surprises caused by unexpectedly undefined functions.
.It Ev LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS
When set to a nonempty string, causes
.Nm
to exit after loading the shared objects and printing a summary which includes
the absolute pathnames of all objects, to standard output.
.It Ev LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS_ALL
When set to a nonempty string, causes
.Nm
to expand the summary to indicate which objects caused each object to
be loaded.
.It Ev LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS_FMT1
.It Ev LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS_FMT2
When set, these variables are interpreted as format strings a la
.Xr printf 3
to customize the trace output and are used by
.Xr ldd 1 Ns 's
.Fl f
option and allows
.Xr ldd 1
to be operated as a filter more conveniently.
If the dependency name starts with string
.Pa lib ,
.Ev LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS_FMT1
is used, otherwise
.Ev LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS_FMT2
is used.
The following conversions can be used:
.Bl -tag -width 4n
.It Li %a
The main program's name
(also known as
.Dq __progname ) .
.It Li \&%A
The value of the environment variable
.Ev LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS_PROGNAME .
Typically used to print both the names of programs and shared libraries
being inspected using
.Xr ldd 1 .
.It Li %o
The library name.
.It Li %p
The full pathname as determined by
.Nm rtld Ns 's
library search rules.
.It Li %x
The library's load address.
.El
.Pp
Additionally,
.Ql \en
and
.Ql \et
are recognized and have their usual meaning.
.It Ev LD_UTRACE
If set,
.Nm
will log events such as the loading and unloading of shared objects via
.Xr utrace 2 .
.It Ev LD_LOADFLTR
If set,
.Nm
will process the filtee dependencies of the loaded objects immediately,
instead of postponing it until required.
Normally, the filtees are opened at the time of the first symbol resolution
from the filter object.
.El
.Pp
If a shared object preloaded by the
.Ev LD_PRELOAD
mechanism contains a public symbol
.Dq _rtld_functrace ,
.Nm
will transfer control to this function each time
it needs to resolve an unbound function symbol.
By returning a non-zero value,
.Fn _rtld_functrace
can advise the linker to keep tracing the specified
combination of caller shared object and called function;
returning 0 will prevent
.Fn _rtld_functrace
to be called for this combination again.
.Pp
When implementing a custom
.Fn _rtld_functrace
function, be aware of the possibility that
.Fn _rtld_functrace
might be called for functions called on its behalf,
or that multiple threads could enter
.Fn _rtld_functrace
at the same time.
.Sh DIFFERENCES BETWEEN .1 and .2
ABI changes have been made to support TLS allocation and initialization
and to give threading libraries a chance to complete initialization of the
TCB prior to the calling of the _init() functions for the dynamically loaded
libraries.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/ld-elf.so.hints" -compact
.It Pa /var/run/ld-elf.so.hints
Hints file.
.It Pa /etc/libmap.conf
The libmap configuration file.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
To set up an
.Fn _rtld_functrace
for printing out the functions as they are called, this code can be used:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
#include <string.h>

static int nl = 10;

int
_rtld_functrace(const char *callerso, const char *calleeso,
    const char *calleefun, void *stack)
{
	write(2, "calling ", 8);
	write(2, calleefun, strlen(calleefun));
	write(2, &nl, 1);
	return 1;
}
.Ed
.Pp
If put in a file named
.Pa ft.c
and compiled with
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ cc -shared -fPIC ft.c -o ft.so
.Ed
.Pp
setting
.Ev LD_PRELOAD
to the path of
.Pa ft.so
will activate it.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ld 1 ,
.Xr ldd 1 ,
.Xr elf 5 ,
.Xr libmap.conf 5 ,
.Xr ldconfig 8