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HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Release Notes: HP-UX Servers and Workstations > Chapter 7 Programming

Dynamic Loader

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The dynamic loader, dld.so(5), is used to dynamically load shared libraries during executable startup.

Summary of Change

The dynamic loader supports static and dynamic Thread Local Storage (TLS) model shared libraries.

Details of Change

The dynamic loader supports static and dynamic Thread Local Storage model shared libraries compiled with the +tls=static and +tls=dynamic compiler options respectively.

Shared libraries built with +tls=dynamic can be loaded using dlopen() and shl_load() system call.

Attempting to load a +tls=static shared libraries results in "Can't shl_load() a library containing Thread Local Storage:" error.

Impact

No impact identified.

Compatibility

No compatibility issue

Performance

No performance change

Obsolescence

Not applicable.

Documentation

The dld.so(5) manpage is updated, please refer to this manpage for the latest information on dynamic loader.

Machines Affected

IPF machines running HP-UX 11i v1.6.

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