[plt-scheme] reliable exit handlers for foreign functions
On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> In any case, I couldn't find it either on my system -- the only
> place that had it is /usr/lib64/dietlibc/lib-x86_64/libc.so.
There is another insight here: atexits tend to be dangerous with dsos
(ouch when the atexit handler has been unloaded because of a dlclose).
ELF provides _init/_fini sections, but of course such functionality is
infeasible for ffi.
So, just trying find a proper solution:
Eli, is it possible to add a facility for exit/unload handlers associated
with ffi-libs?
Something like
(register-unload-handler ffi-lib thunk)
to be called right before the dlclose (or when scheme exits, in the case
there is no dlclose at all)
-- vyzo