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3.7 Explicitly Referencing a Symbol

Normally, a library module is loaded only when it defines one of more symbols that has been referenced. To force a library routine to be loaded, one need to explicitly create a reference to a symbol defined by that library routine. The function dld_create_reference is designed for this purpose:

Function: int dld_create_reference (const char *name)

Usually name is the name of the library routine that should be loaded, but it can be any symbol defined by that routine. After such a reference has been created, linking the appropriate library by dld_link would cause the required library routine to be loaded.

If the call is successful, dld_create_reference returns 0; otherwise, it returns a non-zero error code (see section Definition of Error Codes).

The library routine loaded by this method can be unlinked by dld_unlink_by_symbol (name). Once it has been unlinked, the corresponding reference created by dld_create_reference is also removed so that this routine will not be loaded in again by subsequent linking of the library.