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While reverse engineering an Android process, I wanted to explore the openat function. I noticed that there is a symbol "openat" and another symbol "__openat". What is the difference between these two?

Furthermore, if I use info function openat, I can see more openat related symbols. Can someone also explain what are the differences between these?

__dl___openat_2
__dl___openat
__openat_2@plt
openat
openat64
__openat_2
__openat
__openat_2@plt
__openat_2@plt
openattr
__openat_2@plt
sun.nio.fs.UnixNativeDispatcher.openatSupported
openat@plt
Java_sun_nio_fs_UnixNativeDispatcher_openat0
__openat_2@plt

UPDATE

Suppose I want to get a function pointer to openat, I can do this inside Android Studio

    int (*getptr)(int, const char*, int, ...);
    getptr = openat;

However, I cannot do it for __openat since this function does not seem to exist.

At least this is one difference between the two that I know.

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    isn't this libc file the source code for it?
    – mimak
    Commented May 16, 2023 at 8:44
  • Hi @mimak Thanks for pointing that out. That leads me to another observation (I added as an update to the post).
    – localacct
    Commented May 16, 2023 at 9:05

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