Add NativeLibrary Resolve Event

This change adds the Native library resolving event, to be raised as the last attempt to resolve a native DLL in an AssemblyLoadContext.

With this change, the DllImport resolution sequence is as follows (stopping at any step with successful resolution):

* If the invoking-assembly is not in the default load context, call AssemblyLoadContext.LoadUnmanagedDll()
* Run the default load logic, try loading from:
    * AppDomain cache
    * NATIVE_DLL_SEARCH_DIRECTORIES
    * Invoking-assembly directory, System32, etc. based on DllImportSearchPaths
* Raise the ResolvingUnmanagedDll event

API Review: https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/32850

The ResolveEventTests triggered a pre-existing bug in the exception handling code (#21964).
Disabling the test on ARM64 Windows until the issue is fixed.

Author: swaroop-sridhar

src/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Runtime/Loader/AssemblyLoadContext.cs

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ internal AssemblyLoadContext(bool fRepresentsTPALoadContext, bool isCollectible)
                 m_pNativeAssemblyLoadContext = InitializeAssemblyLoadContext(thisHandlePtr, fRepresentsTPALoadContext, isCollectible);
 
                 // Initialize event handlers to be null by default
+                ResolvingUnmanagedDll = null;
                 Resolving = null;
                 Unloading = null;
 
@@ -304,12 +305,12 @@ private Assembly GetFirstResolvedAssembly(AssemblyName assemblyName)
                     resolvedAssembly = handler(this, assemblyName);
                     if (resolvedAssembly != null)
                     {
-                        break;
+                        return resolvedAssembly;
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-            return resolvedAssembly;
+            return null;
         }
 
         private Assembly ValidateAssemblyNameWithSimpleName(Assembly assembly, string requestedSimpleName)
@@ -413,6 +414,36 @@ private static IntPtr ResolveUnmanagedDll(string unmanagedDllName, IntPtr gchMan
             return context.LoadUnmanagedDll(unmanagedDllName);
         }
 
+        // This method is invoked by the VM to resolve a native library using the ResolvingUnmanagedDll event
+        // after trying all other means of resolution.
+        private static IntPtr ResolveUnmanagedDllUsingEvent(string unmanagedDllName, Assembly assembly, IntPtr gchManagedAssemblyLoadContext)
+        {
+            AssemblyLoadContext context = (AssemblyLoadContext)(GCHandle.FromIntPtr(gchManagedAssemblyLoadContext).Target);
+            return context.GetResolvedUnmanagedDll(assembly, unmanagedDllName);
+        }
+
+        private IntPtr GetResolvedUnmanagedDll(Assembly assembly, string unmanagedDllName)
+        {
+            IntPtr resolvedDll = IntPtr.Zero;
+
+            Func<Assembly, string, IntPtr> dllResolveHandler = ResolvingUnmanagedDll;
+
+            if (dllResolveHandler != null)
+            {
+                // Loop through the event subscribers and return the first non-null native library handle
+                foreach (Func<Assembly, string, IntPtr>  handler in dllResolveHandler.GetInvocationList())
+                {
+                    resolvedDll = handler(assembly, unmanagedDllName);
+                    if (resolvedDll != IntPtr.Zero)
+                    {
+                        return resolvedDll;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return IntPtr.Zero;
+        }
+
         public static AssemblyLoadContext Default
         {
             get
@@ -509,7 +540,22 @@ internal static void OnProcessExit()
             }
         }
 
+        // Event handler for resolving native libraries.
+        // This event is raised if the native library could not be resolved via
+        // the default resolution logic [including AssemblyLoadContext.LoadUnmanagedDll()]
+        // 
+        // Inputs: Invoking assembly, and library name to resolve
+        // Returns: A handle to the loaded native library
+        public event Func<Assembly, string, IntPtr> ResolvingUnmanagedDll;
+
+        // Event handler for resolving managed assemblies.
+        // This event is raised if the managed assembly could not be resolved via
+        // the default resolution logic [including AssemblyLoadContext.Load()]
+        // 
+        // Inputs: The AssemblyLoadContext and AssemblyName to be loaded
+        // Returns: The Loaded assembly object.
         public event Func<AssemblyLoadContext, AssemblyName, Assembly> Resolving;
+
         public event Action<AssemblyLoadContext> Unloading;
 
         // Contains the reference to VM's representation of the AssemblyLoadContext

src/vm/dllimport.cpp

@@ -6275,7 +6275,7 @@ INT_PTR NDirect::GetNativeLibraryExport(NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE handle, LPCWSTR sy
 }
 
 // static
-NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE NDirect::LoadLibraryModuleViaHost(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD, AppDomain* pDomain, PCWSTR wszLibName)
+NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE NDirect::LoadLibraryModuleViaHost(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD, PCWSTR wszLibName)
 {
     STANDARD_VM_CONTRACT;
     //Dynamic Pinvoke Support:
@@ -6290,7 +6290,8 @@ NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE NDirect::LoadLibraryModuleViaHost(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD,
     }
 #endif
 
-    LPVOID hmod = NULL;
+    NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE hmod = NULL;
+    AppDomain* pDomain = GetAppDomain();
     CLRPrivBinderCoreCLR *pTPABinder = pDomain->GetTPABinderContext();
     Assembly* pAssembly = pMD->GetMethodTable()->GetAssembly();
 
@@ -6349,11 +6350,92 @@ NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE NDirect::LoadLibraryModuleViaHost(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD,
     args[ARGNUM_1]  = PTR_TO_ARGHOLDER(ptrManagedAssemblyLoadContext);
 
     // Make the call
-    CALL_MANAGED_METHOD(hmod,LPVOID,args);
+    CALL_MANAGED_METHOD(hmod, NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE, args);
 
     GCPROTECT_END();
 
-    return (NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE)hmod;
+    return hmod;
+}
+
+// Return the AssemblyLoadContext for an assembly
+INT_PTR GetManagedAssemblyLoadContext(Assembly* pAssembly)
+{
+    STANDARD_VM_CONTRACT;
+
+    PTR_ICLRPrivBinder pBindingContext = pAssembly->GetManifestFile()->GetBindingContext();
+    if (pBindingContext == NULL)
+    {
+        // GetBindingContext() returns NULL for System.Private.CoreLib
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    UINT_PTR assemblyBinderID = 0;
+    IfFailThrow(pBindingContext->GetBinderID(&assemblyBinderID));
+
+    AppDomain *pDomain = GetAppDomain();
+    ICLRPrivBinder *pCurrentBinder = reinterpret_cast<ICLRPrivBinder *>(assemblyBinderID);
+
+#ifdef FEATURE_COMINTEROP
+    if (AreSameBinderInstance(pCurrentBinder, pDomain->GetWinRtBinder()))
+    {
+        // No ALC associated handle with WinRT Binders.
+        return NULL;
+    }
+#endif // FEATURE_COMINTEROP
+
+    // The code here deals with two implementations of ICLRPrivBinder interface: 
+    //    - CLRPrivBinderCoreCLR for the TPA binder in the default ALC, and 
+    //    - CLRPrivBinderAssemblyLoadContext for custom ALCs.
+    // in order obtain the associated ALC handle.
+    INT_PTR ptrManagedAssemblyLoadContext = AreSameBinderInstance(pCurrentBinder, pDomain->GetTPABinderContext())
+        ? ((CLRPrivBinderCoreCLR *)pCurrentBinder)->GetManagedAssemblyLoadContext() 
+        : ((CLRPrivBinderAssemblyLoadContext *)pCurrentBinder)->GetManagedAssemblyLoadContext();
+
+    return ptrManagedAssemblyLoadContext;
+}
+
+// static
+NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE NDirect::LoadLibraryModuleViaEvent(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD, PCWSTR wszLibName)
+{
+    STANDARD_VM_CONTRACT;
+
+    NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE hmod = NULL;
+    Assembly* pAssembly = pMD->GetMethodTable()->GetAssembly();
+    INT_PTR ptrManagedAssemblyLoadContext = GetManagedAssemblyLoadContext(pAssembly);
+
+    if (ptrManagedAssemblyLoadContext == NULL)
+    {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    GCX_COOP();
+
+    struct {
+        STRINGREF DllName;
+        OBJECTREF AssemblyRef;
+    } gc = { NULL, NULL };
+
+    GCPROTECT_BEGIN(gc);
+
+    gc.DllName = StringObject::NewString(wszLibName);
+    gc.AssemblyRef = pAssembly->GetExposedObject();
+
+    // Prepare to invoke  System.Runtime.Loader.AssemblyLoadContext.ResolveUnmanagedDllUsingEvent method
+    // While ResolveUnmanagedDllUsingEvent() could compute the AssemblyLoadContext using the AssemblyRef
+    // argument, it will involve another pInvoke to the runtime. So AssemblyLoadContext is passed in 
+    // as an additional argument.
+    PREPARE_NONVIRTUAL_CALLSITE(METHOD__ASSEMBLYLOADCONTEXT__RESOLVEUNMANAGEDDLLUSINGEVENT);
+    DECLARE_ARGHOLDER_ARRAY(args, 3);
+    args[ARGNUM_0] = STRINGREF_TO_ARGHOLDER(gc.DllName);
+    args[ARGNUM_1] = OBJECTREF_TO_ARGHOLDER(gc.AssemblyRef);
+    args[ARGNUM_2] = PTR_TO_ARGHOLDER(ptrManagedAssemblyLoadContext);
+
+    // Make the call
+    CALL_MANAGED_METHOD(hmod, NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE, args);
+
+    GCPROTECT_END();
+
+    return hmod;
 }
 
 // Try to load the module alongside the assembly where the PInvoke was declared.
@@ -6633,15 +6715,13 @@ HINSTANCE NDirect::LoadLibraryModule(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD, LoadLibErrorTracke
     AppDomain* pDomain = GetAppDomain();
 
     // AssemblyLoadContext is not supported in AppX mode and thus,
-    // we should not perform PInvoke resolution via it when operating in
-    // AppX mode.
+    // we should not perform PInvoke resolution via it when operating in AppX mode.
     if (!AppX::IsAppXProcess())
     {
-        hmod = LoadLibraryModuleViaHost(pMD, pDomain, wszLibName);
+        hmod = LoadLibraryModuleViaHost(pMD, wszLibName);
         if (hmod != NULL)
         {
 #ifdef FEATURE_PAL
-            // Register the system library handle with PAL and get a PAL library handle
             hmod = PAL_RegisterLibraryDirect(hmod, wszLibName);
 #endif // FEATURE_PAL
             return hmod.Extract();
@@ -6663,27 +6743,37 @@ HINSTANCE NDirect::LoadLibraryModule(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD, LoadLibErrorTracke
     if (SString::_wcsicmp(wszLibName, MAIN_CLR_MODULE_NAME_W) == 0)
     {
         hmod = GetCLRModule();
+        if (hmod != NULL)
+        {
+            return hmod.Extract();
+        }
     }
 #endif // FEATURE_PAL
 
-    if (hmod == NULL)
+    hmod = LoadLibraryModuleBySearch(pMD, pErrorTracker, wszLibName);
+    if (hmod != NULL)
     {
-        hmod = LoadLibraryModuleBySearch(pMD, pErrorTracker, wszLibName);
+#ifdef FEATURE_PAL
+        hmod = PAL_RegisterLibraryDirect(hmod, wszLibName);
+#endif // FEATURE_PAL
+
+        // If we have a handle add it to the cache.
+        pDomain->AddUnmanagedImageToCache(wszLibName, hmod);
+        return hmod.Extract();
+    }
+
+    if (!AppX::IsAppXProcess())
+    {
+        hmod = LoadLibraryModuleViaEvent(pMD, wszLibName);
         if (hmod != NULL)
         {
 #ifdef FEATURE_PAL
-            // Register the system library handle with PAL and get a PAL library handle
             hmod = PAL_RegisterLibraryDirect(hmod, wszLibName);
 #endif // FEATURE_PAL
+            return hmod.Extract();
         }
     }
 
-    if (hmod != NULL)
-    {
-        // If we have a handle add it to the cache.
-        pDomain->AddUnmanagedImageToCache(wszLibName, hmod);
-    }
-
     return hmod.Extract();
 }
 

src/vm/dllimport.h

@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ class NDirect
 
     static NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE LoadFromNativeDllSearchDirectories(AppDomain* pDomain, LPCWSTR libName, DWORD flags, LoadLibErrorTracker *pErrorTracker);
     static NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE LoadFromPInvokeAssemblyDirectory(Assembly *pAssembly, LPCWSTR libName, DWORD flags, LoadLibErrorTracker *pErrorTracker);
-    static NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE LoadLibraryModuleViaHost(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD, AppDomain* pDomain, const wchar_t* wszLibName);
+    static NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE LoadLibraryModuleViaHost(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD, LPCWSTR wszLibName);
+    static NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE LoadLibraryModuleViaEvent(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD, LPCWSTR wszLibName);
     static NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE LoadLibraryModuleBySearch(NDirectMethodDesc * pMD, LoadLibErrorTracker * pErrorTracker, const wchar_t* wszLibName);
     static NATIVE_LIBRARY_HANDLE LoadLibraryModuleBySearch(Assembly *callingAssembly, BOOL searchAssemblyDirectory, DWORD dllImportSearchPathFlag, LoadLibErrorTracker * pErrorTracker, const wchar_t* wszLibName);
 

src/vm/metasig.h

@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ DEFINE_METASIG_T(IM(RefGuid_OutIntPtr_RetCustomQueryInterfaceResult, r(g(GUID))
 #endif //FEATURE_COMINTEROP
 
 DEFINE_METASIG_T(SM(IntPtr_AssemblyName_RetAssemblyBase, I C(ASSEMBLY_NAME), C(ASSEMBLYBASE)))
+DEFINE_METASIG_T(SM(Str_AssemblyBase_IntPtr_RetIntPtr, s C(ASSEMBLYBASE) I, I))
 
 // ThreadPool
 DEFINE_METASIG(SM(Obj_Bool_RetVoid, j F, v))

src/vm/mscorlib.h

@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ DEFINE_METHOD(FIRSTCHANCE_EVENTARGS,  CTOR,                   .ctor,
 DEFINE_CLASS(ASSEMBLYLOADCONTEXT,  Loader,                AssemblyLoadContext)
 DEFINE_METHOD(ASSEMBLYLOADCONTEXT,  RESOLVE,          Resolve,                      SM_IntPtr_AssemblyName_RetAssemblyBase)
 DEFINE_METHOD(ASSEMBLYLOADCONTEXT,  RESOLVEUNMANAGEDDLL,          ResolveUnmanagedDll,                      SM_Str_IntPtr_RetIntPtr)
+DEFINE_METHOD(ASSEMBLYLOADCONTEXT,  RESOLVEUNMANAGEDDLLUSINGEVENT, ResolveUnmanagedDllUsingEvent, SM_Str_AssemblyBase_IntPtr_RetIntPtr)
 DEFINE_METHOD(ASSEMBLYLOADCONTEXT,  RESOLVEUSINGEVENT,          ResolveUsingResolvingEvent,                      SM_IntPtr_AssemblyName_RetAssemblyBase)
 DEFINE_FIELD(ASSEMBLYLOADCONTEXT,   ASSEMBLY_LOAD,          AssemblyLoad)
 DEFINE_METHOD(ASSEMBLYLOADCONTEXT,  ON_ASSEMBLY_LOAD,       OnAssemblyLoad, SM_Assembly_RetVoid)

tests/issues.targets

@@ -388,6 +388,9 @@
         <ExcludeList Include="$(XunitTestBinBase)/Loader/classloader/DefaultInterfaceMethods/methodimpl/methodimpl/*">
             <Issue>9565</Issue>
         </ExcludeList>
+        <ExcludeList Include="$(XunitTestBinBase)/Interop/NativeLibraryResolveEvent/ResolveEventTests/*">
+            <Issue>21964</Issue>
+        </ExcludeList>
         <ExcludeList Include="$(XunitTestBinBase)/Regressions/coreclr/16064/methodimpl/*">
             <Issue>9565</Issue>
         </ExcludeList>
@@ -819,6 +822,9 @@
         <ExcludeList Include="$(XunitTestBinBase)/Interop/NativeLibrary/NativeLibraryTests/*">
             <Issue>Issue building native components for the test. Since tests are currently built on Windows, the native components end up at Core_Root instead of Test directory, which is not suitable for the test.</Issue>
         </ExcludeList>
+        <ExcludeList Include="$(XunitTestBinBase)/Interop/MarshalAPI/ResolveEvent/ResolveEventTests/*">
+            <Issue>Issue building native components for the test. Since tests are currently built on Windows, the native components end up at Core_Root instead of Test directory, which is not suitable for the test.</Issue>
+        </ExcludeList>
         <ExcludeList Include="$(XunitTestBinBase)/CoreMangLib/cti/system/byte/ByteToString3/*">
             <Issue>needs triage</Issue>
         </ExcludeList>

tests/src/Interop/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ add_subdirectory(StringMarshalling/VBByRefStr)
 add_subdirectory(MarshalAPI/FunctionPointer)
 add_subdirectory(MarshalAPI/IUnknown)
 add_subdirectory(NativeLibrary)
+add_subdirectory(NativeLibraryResolveEvent)
 add_subdirectory(SizeConst)
 add_subdirectory(DllImportAttribute/ExeFile)
 add_subdirectory(DllImportAttribute/FileNameContainDot)

tests/src/Interop/NativeLibraryResolveEvent/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
+project (ResolvedLib)
+include_directories(${INC_PLATFORM_DIR})
+set(SOURCES ResolvedLib.cpp)
+
+# add the executable
+add_library (ResolvedLib SHARED ${SOURCES})
+target_link_libraries(ResolvedLib ${LINK_LIBRARIES_ADDITIONAL})
+
+# add the install targets
+install (TARGETS ResolvedLib DESTINATION bin)
+
+