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authorMark Hammond <mhammond@skippinet.com.au>2009-01-27 23:12:23 (GMT)
committerMark Hammond <mhammond@skippinet.com.au>2009-01-27 23:12:23 (GMT)
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On Windows, use the Python 'Activation Context' when loading extensions
to avoid problems loading the CRT from a private assembly. Via bug 4566.
Diffstat (limited to 'Python')
-rw-r--r--Python/dynload_win.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Python/dynload_win.c b/Python/dynload_win.c
index 7c71d9c..907a5a3 100644
--- a/Python/dynload_win.c
+++ b/Python/dynload_win.c
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
#include "importdl.h"
#include <windows.h>
+// "activation context" magic - see dl_nt.c...
+extern ULONG_PTR _Py_ActivateActCtx();
+void _Py_DeactivateActCtx(ULONG_PTR cookie);
+
const struct filedescr _PyImport_DynLoadFiletab[] = {
#ifdef _DEBUG
{"_d.pyd", "rb", C_EXTENSION},
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ dl_funcptr _PyImport_GetDynLoadFunc(const char *fqname, const char *shortname,
char pathbuf[260];
LPTSTR dummy;
unsigned int old_mode;
+ ULONG_PTR cookie = 0;
/* We use LoadLibraryEx so Windows looks for dependent DLLs
in directory of pathname first. However, Windows95
can sometimes not work correctly unless the absolute
@@ -184,10 +189,13 @@ dl_funcptr _PyImport_GetDynLoadFunc(const char *fqname, const char *shortname,
if (GetFullPathName(pathname,
sizeof(pathbuf),
pathbuf,
- &dummy))
+ &dummy)) {
+ ULONG_PTR cookie = _Py_ActivateActCtx();
/* XXX This call doesn't exist in Windows CE */
hDLL = LoadLibraryEx(pathname, NULL,
LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH);
+ _Py_DeactivateActCtx(cookie);
+ }
/* restore old error mode settings */
SetErrorMode(old_mode);