Unloading interdependent shared libraries

A system comprising a memory communicatively coupled to a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform an operation comprising:

• generating, in a mock resource at an interceptor module, a shared library correlation table (SLCT) comprising a reference count for a plurality of resources that comprises at least an executable resource and at least one shared resource;
• initiating, for each of the plurality of resources, a status in the SLCT;
• during a close function, selecting an entry in the SLCT;
• reducing a reference count of the selected entry in the SLCT;
• verifying a status of the selected entry based on the reference count;
• and
• causing an associated container of the selected entry to be removed from memory when the status of the selected entry indicates the associated container is not a shared resource.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable program stored on a computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a processor, causes the processor to perform an operation comprising:

• generating, in a mock resource at an interceptor module, a shared library correlation table (SLCT) comprising a reference count for a plurality of resources that comprises at least an executable resource and at least one shared resource;
• initiating, for each of the plurality of resources, a status in the SLCT;
• during a close function, selecting an entry in the SLCT;
• reducing a reference count of the selected entry in the SLCT;
• verifying a status of the selected entry based on the reference count;
• and
• causing an associated container of the selected entry to be removed from memory when the status of the selected entry indicates the associated container is not a shared resource.