+#ifdef CONFIG_DYNAMIC_ENGINES
+static void *dlopen_external(struct thread_data *td, const char *engine)
+{
+ char engine_path[PATH_MAX];
+ void *dlhandle;
+
+ sprintf(engine_path, "%s/lib%s.so", FIO_EXT_ENG_DIR, engine);
+
+ dlhandle = dlopen(engine_path, RTLD_LAZY);
+ if (!dlhandle)
+ log_info("Engine %s not found; Either name is invalid, was not built, or fio-engine-%s package is missing.\n",
+ engine, engine);
+
+ return dlhandle;
+}
+#else
+#define dlopen_external(td, engine) (NULL)
+#endif
+