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from ctypes import CDLL, RTLD_GLOBAL, pointer, c_int, POINTER, c_char, create_string_buffer

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def TryPreloadXenomai():

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    """

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    Xenomai 3 (at least for version <= 3.0.6) do not handle properly dlclose

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    of shared objects whose dlopen did trigger xenomai_init.

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    As a workaround, this pre-loads xenomai libraries that need to be 

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    initialized and call xenomai_init once for all.

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    Xenomai auto init of libs MUST be disabled (see --auto-init-solib in xeno-config)

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    """

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    try:

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        for name in ["cobalt", "modechk", "copperplate", "alchemy"]:

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            globals()[name] = CDLL("lib"+name+".so", mode=RTLD_GLOBAL)

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        cobalt.xenomai_init(pointer(c_int(0)), pointer((POINTER(c_char)*2)(create_string_buffer("prog_name"), None)))  

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    except:

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        pass