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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc b/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
index 836597da8..7158e952b 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/autoload.cc
@@ -333,20 +333,44 @@ union retchain
};
-/* This function is a workaround for the problem reported here:
+/* This function handles the problem described here:
+
+ http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2269637.mspx
+ https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ff919712
+
+ It also contains a workaround for the problem reported here:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2011-02/msg00552.html
and discussed here:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2011-02/threads.html#00007
To wit: winmm.dll calls FreeLibrary in its DllMain and that can result
- in LoadLibraryExW returning an ERROR_INVALID_ADDRESS. */
+ in LoadLibraryExW returning an ERROR_INVALID_ADDRESS. */
static __inline bool
-dll_load (HANDLE& handle, WCHAR *name)
+dll_load (HANDLE& handle, PWCHAR name)
{
- HANDLE h = LoadLibraryW (name);
- if (!h && handle && wincap.use_dont_resolve_hack ()
- && GetLastError () == ERROR_INVALID_ADDRESS)
- h = LoadLibraryExW (name, NULL, DONT_RESOLVE_DLL_REFERENCES);
+ HANDLE h;
+
+ /* On systems supporting LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH flags, try to load
+ explicitely from the system dir first. */
+ if (wincap.has_load_lib_search_flags ())
+ h = LoadLibraryExW (name, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
+ if (!h)
+ {
+ WCHAR dll_path[MAX_PATH];
+
+ /* If that failed, try loading with full path, which sometimes
+ fails for no good reason. */
+ wcpcpy (wcpcpy (dll_path, windows_system_directory), name);
+ h = LoadLibraryW (dll_path);
+ /* If that failed according to the second problem outlined in the
+ comment preceeding this function. */
+ if (!h && handle && wincap.use_dont_resolve_hack ()
+ && GetLastError () == ERROR_INVALID_ADDRESS)
+ h = LoadLibraryExW (dll_path, NULL, DONT_RESOLVE_DLL_REFERENCES);
+ /* Last resort: Try loading just by name. */
+ if (!h)
+ h = LoadLibraryW (name);
+ }
if (!h)
return false;
handle = h;
@@ -420,18 +444,15 @@ std_dll_init ()
{
fenv_t fpuenv;
fegetenv (&fpuenv);
- WCHAR dll_path[MAX_PATH];
DWORD err = ERROR_SUCCESS;
int i;
- /* http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2269637.mspx */
- wcpcpy (wcpcpy (dll_path, windows_system_directory), dll->name);
/* MSDN seems to imply that LoadLibrary can fail mysteriously, so,
since there have been reports of this in the mailing list, retry
several times before giving up. */
for (i = 1; i <= RETRY_COUNT; i++)
{
/* If loading the library succeeds, just leave the loop. */
- if (dll_load (dll->handle, dll_path))
+ if (dll_load (dll->handle, dll->name))
break;
/* Otherwise check error code returned by LoadLibrary. If the
error code is neither NOACCESS nor DLL_INIT_FAILED, break out
@@ -444,15 +465,10 @@ std_dll_init ()
}
if ((uintptr_t) dll->handle <= 1)
{
- /* If LoadLibrary with full path returns one of the weird errors
- reported on the Cygwin mailing list, retry with only the DLL
- name. Only do this when the above retry loop has been exhausted. */
- if (i > RETRY_COUNT && dll_load (dll->handle, dll->name))
- /* got it with the fallback */;
- else if ((func->decoration & 1))
+ if ((func->decoration & 1))
dll->handle = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
else
- api_fatal ("unable to load %W, %E", dll_path);
+ api_fatal ("unable to load %W, %E", dll->name);
}
fesetenv (&fpuenv);
}