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Date:      Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:29:05 -0400
From:      Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Alexander Kabaev <kan@FreeBSD.org>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: dlsym(RTLD_NEXT) and weak symbols
Message-ID:  <20081008192905.0b75b0a6@kan.dnsalias.net>
In-Reply-To: <48ED3545.6030609@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <48ED27EA.9020407@FreeBSD.org> <48ED3545.6030609@FreeBSD.org>

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On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:33:41 -0700
Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> The following patch fixes the issue for me:
>
<SKIP>

I do not think your patch is completely correct. How about this one
instead: 

=== rtld.c
==================================================================
--- rtld.c	(revision 183657)
+++ rtld.c	(local)
@@ -1925,7 +1925,7 @@
 {
     DoneList donelist;
     const Obj_Entry *obj, *defobj;
-    const Elf_Sym *def;
+    const Elf_Sym *def, *symp;
     unsigned long hash;
     int lockstate;
 
@@ -1951,11 +1951,28 @@
 	    if (handle == RTLD_NEXT)
 		obj = obj->next;
 	    for (; obj != NULL; obj = obj->next) {
-		if ((def = symlook_obj(name, hash, obj, ve, flags)) != NULL) {
-		    defobj = obj;
-		    break;
+	    	if ((symp = symlook_obj(name, hash, obj, ve, flags)) != NULL) {
+		    if (def == NULL || ELF_ST_BIND(symp->st_info) != STB_WEAK) {
+			def = symp;
+			defobj = obj;
+			if (ELF_ST_BIND(def->st_info) != STB_WEAK)
+			    break;
+		    }
 		}
 	    }
+	    /*
+	     * Search the dynamic linker itself, and possibly resolve the
+	     * symbol from there.  This is how the application links to
+	     * dynamic linker services such as dlopen.  Only the values listed
+	     * in the "exports" array can be resolved from the dynamic linker.
+	     */
+	    if (def == NULL || ELF_ST_BIND(def->st_info) == STB_WEAK) {
+		symp = symlook_obj(name, hash, &obj_rtld, ve, flags);
+		if (symp != NULL && is_exported(symp)) {
+		    def = symp;
+		    defobj = &obj_rtld;
+		}
+	    }
 	} else {
 	    assert(handle == RTLD_DEFAULT);
 	    def = symlook_default(name, hash, obj, &defobj, ve, flags);

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