Exercising Application Code

An audit library receives information as objects are added to a process. At the time the audit library receives such information, the object being monitored might not be ready to execute. For example, an auditor can receive an la_objopen() call for a loaded object. However, the object must load its own dependencies and be relocated before any code within the object can be exercised. An audit library might want to inspect the loaded object by obtaining a handle using dlopen(3C). This handle can then be used to search for interfaces using dlsym(3C). However, interfaces obtained in this manner should not be called unless it is known that the initialization of the destination object has completed.