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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 The Android Open Source Project
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
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+ *  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+ *    distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
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+ * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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+ * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
+ * OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
+ * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+ * OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
+ * OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+ * SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include <thread>
+
+#include "gtest_globals.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+// Access libtest_elftls_shared_var.so's TLS variable using an IE access.
+__attribute__((tls_model("initial-exec"))) extern "C" __thread int elftls_shared_var;
+
+TEST(elftls_dl, dlopen_shared_var_ie) {
+  // libtest_elftls_shared_var_ie.so can be dlopen'ed, even though it contains a
+  // TLS IE access, because its IE access references a TLS variable from
+  // libtest_elftls_shared_var.so, which is DT_NEEDED by the executable. This
+  // pattern appears in sanitizers, which use TLS IE instrumentation in shared
+  // objects to access special variables exported from the executable or from a
+  // preloaded solib.
+  void* lib = dlopen("libtest_elftls_shared_var_ie.so", RTLD_LOCAL | RTLD_NOW);
+  ASSERT_NE(nullptr, lib);
+
+  auto bump_shared_var = reinterpret_cast<int(*)()>(dlsym(lib, "bump_shared_var"));
+  ASSERT_NE(nullptr, bump_shared_var);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(21, ++elftls_shared_var);
+  ASSERT_EQ(22, bump_shared_var());
+
+  std::thread([bump_shared_var] {
+    ASSERT_EQ(21, ++elftls_shared_var);
+    ASSERT_EQ(22, bump_shared_var());
+  }).join();
+}
+
+TEST(elftls_dl, dlopen_ie_error) {
+  std::string helper = GetTestlibRoot() +
+      "/elftls_dlopen_ie_error_helper/elftls_dlopen_ie_error_helper";
+  std::string src_path = GetTestlibRoot() + "/libtest_elftls_shared_var_ie.so";
+  std::string dst_path = GetTestlibRoot() + "/libtest_elftls_shared_var.so";
+#if defined(__BIONIC__)
+  std::string error =
+      "dlerror: dlopen failed: TLS symbol \"elftls_shared_var\" in dlopened \"" + dst_path + "\" " +
+      "referenced from \"" + src_path + "\" using IE access model\n";
+#else
+  // glibc will reserve some surplus static TLS memory, allowing this test to pass.
+  std::string error = "success\n";
+#endif
+
+  chmod(helper.c_str(), 0755); // TODO: "x" lost in CTS, b/34945607
+  ExecTestHelper eth;
+  eth.SetArgs({ helper.c_str(), nullptr });
+  eth.Run([&]() { execve(helper.c_str(), eth.GetArgs(), eth.GetEnv()); }, 0, error.c_str());
+}