Does dlopen() set errno?
c, dlopen, linux
Solution
No (emphasis added).
Upon successful completion, dlopen() shall return a symbol table handle. If file cannot be found, cannot be opened for reading, is not of an appropriate executable object file format for processing by dlopen(), or if an error occurs during the process of loading file or relocating its symbolic references, dlopen() shall return a null pointer. More detailed diagnostic information shall be available through dlerror().
As noted by others, nothing prohibits `dlopen()` (or, more likely, functions that `dlopen()` calls) from modifying `errno`. But a standard-conforming `dlopen()` will not report its own errors through `errno`. You need to call `dlerror()`.
Problem
Everything is in the title really. The man page does not say anything. Some google reports some people checking errno after dlopen, but just few and with various results. The function does return a success/non-success value, but how should one figure out the cause of the failure. So does `dlopen()` set errno? where are the different errno values defined, then? If not, what should be used to check what caused the failure?