Re: [PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with cross dependencies.
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 3:50 AM, Joe Watkinswrote: > FWIW, I wouldn't mind improvements in this area (apcu and the apc bc layer > suffer from this). > apcu_bc is exactly what precipitated this discussion for me. :) > Anything from a better error message, all the way to removing the necessary > load order limitation would be nice. > I've gotten enough encouragement to merit writing up a formal RFC and work on a prototype. Minimum goals are going to be: 1) Better error message when ordering/dep/conflict is wrong. 2) Programmatic interface to get dep order without having to first know dep order. and as a stetch goal: 3) make dep resolution for php.ini listed exts automatically shuffle loads as needed. -Sara -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with cross dependencies.
Morning all, FWIW, I wouldn't mind improvements in this area (apcu and the apc bc layer suffer from this). Anything from a better error message, all the way to removing the necessary load order limitation would be nice. Cheers Joe On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Derick Rethanswrote: > On Fri, 3 Mar 2017, Sara Golemon wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Derick Rethans wrote: > > >> The average PHP extension is dependent only on the PHP runtime it was > > >> built for and probably one or more 3rd party libraries. However, a > > >> special class of extensions (such as PDO drivers and much of the XML > > >> family) have dependencies on other PHP extensions which may (or may > > >> not) be preset at the time they are loaded in via ini settings and/or > > >> dl(). > > > > > > See also: > > > https://derickrethans.nl/undefined-symbol.html > > > > > Exactly! The same underlying issue at work. > > > > Would I be correct in assuming there's a desire to resolve this issue? > > Or are we considering "know your dependencies and configure for them" > > to be enough? > > Getting this addressed would certainly be great. For the MongoDB > extension we've worked around it so that we can at least show a > reasonable error message though. > > cheers, > Derick > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >
Re: [PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with cross dependencies.
On Fri, 3 Mar 2017, Sara Golemon wrote: > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Derick Rethanswrote: > >> The average PHP extension is dependent only on the PHP runtime it was > >> built for and probably one or more 3rd party libraries. However, a > >> special class of extensions (such as PDO drivers and much of the XML > >> family) have dependencies on other PHP extensions which may (or may > >> not) be preset at the time they are loaded in via ini settings and/or > >> dl(). > > > > See also: > > https://derickrethans.nl/undefined-symbol.html > > > Exactly! The same underlying issue at work. > > Would I be correct in assuming there's a desire to resolve this issue? > Or are we considering "know your dependencies and configure for them" > to be enough? Getting this addressed would certainly be great. For the MongoDB extension we've worked around it so that we can at least show a reasonable error message though. cheers, Derick -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with cross dependencies.
>> Would I be correct in assuming there's a desire to resolve this issue? >> Or are we considering "know your dependencies and configure for them" >> to be enough? >> > > Configuration should be dead simple, having this load order requirements > is not dead simple. It is actually very complicated because it is > sometimes not trivial to find out what extension need to be loaded in > which order. Especially (never encountered it with PHP extensions but > other stuff) if you have many dependencies that need to be loaded in the > right order. > > Definitely should be addressed! > I certainly agree, but I didn't want to jump in too deep given that this seems to be a relatively rare occurrence and sometimes a little extra documentation can be a lot more valuable than code. -Sara -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with cross dependencies.
On 3/3/2017 8:14 PM, Sara Golemon wrote: > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Derick Rethanswrote: >> See also: >> https://derickrethans.nl/undefined-symbol.html >> > Exactly! The same underlying issue at work. > > Would I be correct in assuming there's a desire to resolve this issue? > Or are we considering "know your dependencies and configure for them" > to be enough? > > -Sara > Configuration should be dead simple, having this load order requirements is not dead simple. It is actually very complicated because it is sometimes not trivial to find out what extension need to be loaded in which order. Especially (never encountered it with PHP extensions but other stuff) if you have many dependencies that need to be loaded in the right order. Definitely should be addressed! -- Richard "Fleshgrinder" Fussenegger -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with cross dependencies.
On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Derick Rethanswrote: >> The average PHP extension is dependent only on the PHP runtime it was >> built for and probably one or more 3rd party libraries. However, a >> special class of extensions (such as PDO drivers and much of the XML >> family) have dependencies on other PHP extensions which may (or may >> not) be preset at the time they are loaded in via ini settings and/or >> dl(). > > See also: > https://derickrethans.nl/undefined-symbol.html > Exactly! The same underlying issue at work. Would I be correct in assuming there's a desire to resolve this issue? Or are we considering "know your dependencies and configure for them" to be enough? -Sara -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with cross dependencies.
On Tue, 28 Feb 2017, Sara Golemon wrote: > The average PHP extension is dependent only on the PHP runtime it was > built for and probably one or more 3rd party libraries. However, a > special class of extensions (such as PDO drivers and much of the XML > family) have dependencies on other PHP extensions which may (or may > not) be preset at the time they are loaded in via ini settings and/or > dl(). See also: https://derickrethans.nl/undefined-symbol.html cheers, Derick -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with cross dependencies.
On 28/02/17 20:13, Sara Golemon wrote: > The average PHP extension is dependent only on the PHP runtime it was > built for and probably one or more 3rd party libraries. However, a > special class of extensions (such as PDO drivers and much of the XML > family) have dependencies on other PHP extensions which may (or may > not) be preset at the time they are loaded in via ini settings and/or > dl(). > > This situation was partially addressed by Wez back in PHP 5.2 with the > addition of zend_module_dep in the module entry header. Combined with > RTLD_LAZY during DL_LOAD() (a portability macro for dlopen()), this > allows modules to be inspected for dependencies and conflicts prior to > being registered with the runtime. I, for a long time, thought that the module deps facility was broken, until I discovered, that it was just not working for me, because I used a function pointer: https://github.com/m6w6/ext-http/commit/7493ad081ec06081cb8ca0f804d98a263f93ffbc > > Unfortunately RTLD_LAZY has some limitations. From `man dlopen`: > """Lazy binding is performed only for function references; references > to variables are always immediately bound when the shared object is > loaded.""" Given PHP's heavy use of XG() macros to access "globals", > the odds of a missing symbol during module load is therefore fairly > high resulting in an inability to inspect zend_module_dep structures > and provide a meaningful error message to end users. In my book, using XG() should be avoided and must not be used outside of the owning module. If really needed, there should be an appropriate public API. IMO. -- Regards, Mike signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[PHP-DEV] [Request for Comment] Loading dynamic libraries with cross dependencies.
The average PHP extension is dependent only on the PHP runtime it was built for and probably one or more 3rd party libraries. However, a special class of extensions (such as PDO drivers and much of the XML family) have dependencies on other PHP extensions which may (or may not) be preset at the time they are loaded in via ini settings and/or dl(). This situation was partially addressed by Wez back in PHP 5.2 with the addition of zend_module_dep in the module entry header. Combined with RTLD_LAZY during DL_LOAD() (a portability macro for dlopen()), this allows modules to be inspected for dependencies and conflicts prior to being registered with the runtime. Unfortunately RTLD_LAZY has some limitations. From `man dlopen`: """Lazy binding is performed only for function references; references to variables are always immediately bound when the shared object is loaded.""" Given PHP's heavy use of XG() macros to access "globals", the odds of a missing symbol during module load is therefore fairly high resulting in an inability to inspect zend_module_dep structures and provide a meaningful error message to end users. Why do I care what the error message looks like? Full disclosure: The company I work for wants to know reliably what order to list extensions in php.ini files that are partially autogenerated. atm this comes in the form of an explicitly curated relationships table, but that's not the most scalable approach. Additionally, resolving this will likely help other users when presented with what are currently somewhat cryptic load errors. (e.g. "Unable to load 'foo': unresolved symbol _libf2_blarg") I'd like to open a discussion on how we might address this in future releases of PHP. Some back-of-the-napkin brainstorming has yielded the following, but I'd love to hear others' thoughts on the subject: Make use of the already extant PHP_ADD_EXTENSION_DEP config.m4 macro to produce a look-aside data structure which can be accessed without fully loading the extension. This look-aside could be stored in an arbitrary .text section in the DSO or as a separate file. (I prefer bundling with the DSO for what I hope are obvious reasons). -Sara -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php