[PATCH v8 2/3] elf: Introduce _dl_debug_change_state

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Fri Jul 4 20:34:54 GMT 2025


On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> It combines updating r_state with the debugger notification.
>
> The second change to  _dl_open introduces an additional debugger
> notification for dlmopen, but debuggers are expected to ignore it.
> ---
>  elf/dl-close.c             |  6 ++----
>  elf/dl-debug.c             |  7 +++++++
>  elf/dl-load.c              |  3 +--
>  elf/dl-open.c              |  5 ++---
>  elf/rtld.c                 |  6 ++----
>  sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  6 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/elf/dl-close.c b/elf/dl-close.c
> index 47bd3dab81..83e4f012b2 100644
> --- a/elf/dl-close.c
> +++ b/elf/dl-close.c
> @@ -433,8 +433,7 @@ _dl_close_worker (struct link_map *map, bool force)
>    /* Notify the debugger we are about to remove some loaded objects.
>       LA_ACT_DELETE has already been signalled above for !unload_any.  */
>    struct r_debug *r = _dl_debug_update (nsid);
> -  r->r_state = RT_DELETE;
> -  _dl_debug_state ();
> +  _dl_debug_change_state (r, RT_DELETE);
>    LIBC_PROBE (unmap_start, 2, nsid, r);
>
>    if (unload_global)
> @@ -726,8 +725,7 @@ _dl_close_worker (struct link_map *map, bool force)
>    __rtld_lock_unlock_recursive (GL(dl_load_tls_lock));
>
>    /* Notify the debugger those objects are finalized and gone.  */
> -  r->r_state = RT_CONSISTENT;
> -  _dl_debug_state ();
> +  _dl_debug_change_state (r, RT_CONSISTENT);
>    LIBC_PROBE (unmap_complete, 2, nsid, r);
>
>  #ifdef SHARED
> diff --git a/elf/dl-debug.c b/elf/dl-debug.c
> index 09624eae9c..b033723679 100644
> --- a/elf/dl-debug.c
> +++ b/elf/dl-debug.c
> @@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ _dl_debug_update (Lmid_t ns)
>    return &r->base;
>  }
>
> +void
> +_dl_debug_change_state (struct r_debug *r, int state)
> +{
> +  atomic_store_release (&r->r_state, state);
> +  _dl_debug_state ();
> +}
> +
>  /* Initialize _r_debug_extended for the namespace NS.  LDBASE is the
>     run-time load address of the dynamic linker, to be put in
>     _r_debug_extended.r_ldbase.  Return the address of _r_debug.  */
> diff --git a/elf/dl-load.c b/elf/dl-load.c
> index 6e26ef0583..00b9da9ec7 100644
> --- a/elf/dl-load.c
> +++ b/elf/dl-load.c
> @@ -921,8 +921,7 @@ _dl_notify_new_object (int mode, Lmid_t nsid, struct link_map *l)
>        /* Notify the debugger we have added some objects.  We need to
>          call _dl_debug_initialize in a static program in case dynamic
>          linking has not been used before.  */
> -      r->r_state = RT_ADD;
> -      _dl_debug_state ();
> +      _dl_debug_change_state (r, RT_ADD);
>        LIBC_PROBE (map_start, 2, nsid, r);
>      }
>    else
> diff --git a/elf/dl-open.c b/elf/dl-open.c
> index f6227bdfd6..5526065352 100644
> --- a/elf/dl-open.c
> +++ b/elf/dl-open.c
> @@ -772,8 +772,7 @@ dl_open_worker (void *a)
>  #ifdef SHARED
>         bool was_not_consistent  = r->r_state != RT_CONSISTENT;
>  #endif
> -       r->r_state = RT_CONSISTENT;
> -       _dl_debug_state ();
> +       _dl_debug_change_state (r, RT_CONSISTENT);
>         LIBC_PROBE (map_complete, 3, nsid, r, args->map);
>
>  #ifdef SHARED
> @@ -842,7 +841,7 @@ no more namespaces available for dlmopen()"));
>         }
>
>        GL(dl_ns)[nsid].libc_map = NULL;
> -      _dl_debug_update (nsid)->r_state = RT_CONSISTENT;
> +      _dl_debug_change_state (_dl_debug_update (nsid), RT_CONSISTENT);
>      }
>    /* Never allow loading a DSO in a namespace which is empty.  Such
>       direct placements is only causing problems.  Also don't allow
> diff --git a/elf/rtld.c b/elf/rtld.c
> index 9038a50799..eec11bf790 100644
> --- a/elf/rtld.c
> +++ b/elf/rtld.c
> @@ -1778,8 +1778,7 @@ dl_main (const ElfW(Phdr) *phdr,
>    elf_setup_debug_entry (main_map, r);
>
>    /* We start adding objects.  */
> -  r->r_state = RT_ADD;
> -  _dl_debug_state ();
> +  _dl_debug_change_state (r, RT_ADD);
>    LIBC_PROBE (init_start, 2, LM_ID_BASE, r);
>
>    /* Auditing checkpoint: we are ready to signal that the initial map
> @@ -2334,8 +2333,7 @@ dl_main (const ElfW(Phdr) *phdr,
>    /* Notify the debugger all new objects are now ready to go.  We must re-get
>       the address since by now the variable might be in another object.  */
>    r = _dl_debug_update (LM_ID_BASE);
> -  r->r_state = RT_CONSISTENT;
> -  _dl_debug_state ();
> +  _dl_debug_change_state (r, RT_CONSISTENT);
>    LIBC_PROBE (init_complete, 2, LM_ID_BASE, r);
>
>    /* Auditing checkpoint: we have added all objects.  */
> diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h b/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
> index 528c80e2e0..74931fec25 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
> +++ b/sysdeps/generic/ldsodefs.h
> @@ -1087,8 +1087,14 @@ extern void _dl_debug_state (void);
>  rtld_hidden_proto (_dl_debug_state)
>
>  /* Initialize `struct r_debug_extended' for the namespace NS.  LDBASE
> -   is the run-time load address of the dynamic linker, to be put in the
> -   `r_ldbase' member.  Return the address of the structure.  */
> +   is the run-time load address of the dynamic linker, to be put in
> +   the `r_ldbase' member.
> +
> +   Return the address of the r_debug structure for the namespace.
> +   This is not merely a convenience or optimization, but it is
> +   necessary for the LIBC_PROBE Systemtap/debugger probes to work
> +   reliably: direct variable access can create probes that tools
> +   cannot consume.  */
>  extern struct r_debug *_dl_debug_initialize (ElfW(Addr) ldbase, Lmid_t ns)
>       attribute_hidden;
>
> @@ -1096,6 +1102,10 @@ extern struct r_debug *_dl_debug_initialize (ElfW(Addr) ldbase, Lmid_t ns)
>     of the namespace NS.  */
>  extern struct r_debug *_dl_debug_update (Lmid_t ns) attribute_hidden;
>
> +/* Update R->r_state to STATE and notify the debugger by calling
> +   _dl_debug_state.  */
> +void _dl_debug_change_state (struct r_debug *r, int state) attribute_hidden;
> +
>  /* Initialize the basic data structure for the search paths.  SOURCE
>     is either "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" or "--library-path".
>     GLIBC_HWCAPS_PREPEND adds additional glibc-hwcaps subdirectories to
> --
> 2.50.0
>
>

LGTM.

Reviewed-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.


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