When an executable is invoked directly, we calculate $ORIGIN by calling
readlink on /proc/self/exe, which the Linux kernel resolves to the
target of any symlinks. However, if an executable is run through ld.so,
we cannot use /proc/self/exe and instead use the path given as an
argument. This leads to a different calculation of $ORIGIN, which is
most notable in that it causes ldd to behave differently (e.g., by not
finding a library) from directly running the program.
To make the behavior consistent, take advantage of the fact that the
kernel also resolves /proc/self/fd/ symlinks to the target of any
symlinks in the same manner, so once we have opened the main executable
in order to load it, replace the user-provided path with the result of
calling readlink("/proc/self/fd/N").
(On non-Linux platforms this resolution does not happen and so no
behavior change is needed.)
The __fd_to_filename requires _fitoa_word and _itoa_word, which for
32-bits pulls a lot of definitions from _itoa.c (due _ITOA_NEEDED
being defined). To simplify the build move the required function
to a new file, _fitoa_word.c.
Checked on x86_64-linux-gnu and i686-linux-gnu.
Co-authored-by: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@ldpreload.com>
Reviewed-by: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@ldpreload.com>
Tested-by: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@ldpreload.com>
Adhemerval Zanella