Forcing Ctypes.cdll.loadlibrary() To Reload Library From File
I have the following code import ctypes lib1 = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary('./mylib.so') # modify mylib.so (code generation and compilation) or even delete it lib2 = ctypes.cdll.LoadLi
Solution 1:
I don't know how to instruct ctypes how to unload a library (didn't find a way on [Python 3]: ctypes - A foreign function library for Python, but that doesn't mean that there isn't one).
It can be done manually, by forcing the loader to (decrement the library's reference count and) unload it via [man7]: DLCLOSE(3P) (also read [man7]: DLOPEN(3) for additional info on loading / unloading libraries).
dll.c:
#include<stdio.h>intfunc0(int arg0) {
int alter_factor = 2;
printf("From C - arg0: %d, alter_factor: %d\n", arg0, alter_factor);
return arg0 * alter_factor;
}
code.py:
#!/usr/bin/env python3import sys
import ctypes
DLL_NAME = "./dll.so"defhandle_dll(dll_name=DLL_NAME):
dll_dll = ctypes.CDLL(dll_name)
func0_func = dll_dll.func0
func0_func.argtypes = [ctypes.c_int]
func0_func.restype = ctypes.c_int
return dll_dll, func0_func
defmain():
dlclose_func = ctypes.CDLL(None).dlclose
dlclose_func.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p]
dlclose_func.restype = ctypes.c_int
dll, func0 = handle_dll()
res = func0(42)
print(res)
dlclose_func(dll._handle)
input("In another terminal, modify the C code (e.g. change `alter_factor`), recompile (gcc -fPIC -shared -o dll.so dll.c), and when done press ENTER here...")
dll, func0 = handle_dll()
res = func0(42)
print(res)
if __name__ == "__main__":
print("Python {:s} on {:s}\n".format(sys.version, sys.platform))
main()
Output:
[cfati@cfati-ubtu16x64-0:~/Work/Dev/StackOverflow/q050964033]> python3 code.py
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 232017, 16:37:01)
[GCC 5.4.020160609] on linux
From C - arg0:42, alter_factor:284
In another terminal, modify the C code (e.g. change `alter_factor`), recompile (gcc -fPIC -shared -o dll.so dll.c), andwhen done press ENTER here...
From C - arg0:42, alter_factor:3126
Solution 2:
Simplifying CristiFatis answer a bit, I wrote a close-library function. The following code can be used to develop in your shared library and call it (in the most recent version) from python.
import ctypes
def ctypesCloseLibrary(lib):
dlclose_func = ctypes.CDLL(None).dlclose
dlclose_func.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p]
dlclose_func.restype = ctypes.c_int
dlclose_func(lib._handle)
if __name__== "__main__":
lib = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary('./mylib.so')
# do things with lib_MyClass
ctypesCloseLibrary(lib)
Just call ctypesCloseLibrary
when you want lib
to be reloadable by lib = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary('./mylib.so')
.
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