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1 /* Generic BFD support for file formats.
2 Copyright (C) 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Cygnus Support.
4
5 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
6
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
11
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
16
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
20
21 /*
22 SECTION
23 File formats
24
25 A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
26 formats supported by BFD are:
27
28 o <<bfd_object>>
29
30 The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.
31
32 o <<bfd_archive>>
33
34 The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.
35
36 o <<bfd_core>>
37
38 The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.
39
40
41 */
42
43 #include "bfd.h"
44 #include "sysdep.h"
45 #include "libbfd.h"
46
47 /* IMPORT from targets.c. */
48 extern CONST size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
49
50 /*
51 FUNCTION
52 bfd_check_format
53
54 SYNOPSIS
55 boolean bfd_check_format(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
56
57 DESCRIPTION
58 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
59 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
60 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
61
62 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
63 call, only the named target and format combination is
64 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
65 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
66 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
67 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
68 the file, or an error results.
69
70 The function returns <<true>> on success, otherwise <<false>>
71 with one of the following error codes:
72
73 o <<invalid_operation>> -
74 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
75 <<bfd_core>>.
76
77 o <<system_call_error>> -
78 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
79 can cause system_call_errors.
80
81 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
82 none of the backends recognised the file format.
83
84 o <<file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
85 more than one backend recognised the file format.
86 */
87
88 boolean
89 bfd_check_format (abfd, format)
90 bfd *abfd;
91 bfd_format format;
92 {
93 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
94 }
95
96 /*
97 FUNCTION
98 bfd_check_format_matches
99
100 SYNOPSIS
101 boolean bfd_check_format_matches(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);
102
103 DESCRIPTION
104 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns false with
105 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
106 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
107 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
108 allocated with <<malloc>>.
109 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
110
111 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
112 should free it.
113 */
114
115 boolean
116 bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, matching)
117 bfd *abfd;
118 bfd_format format;
119 char ***matching;
120 {
121 bfd_target **target, *save_targ, *right_targ;
122 char **matching_vector;
123 int match_count;
124
125 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd) ||
126 ((int)(abfd->format) < (int)bfd_unknown) ||
127 ((int)(abfd->format) >= (int)bfd_type_end)) {
128 bfd_error = invalid_operation;
129 return false;
130 }
131
132 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
133 return (abfd->format == format)? true: false;
134
135
136 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
137 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
138
139 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
140 match_count = 0;
141 if (matching)
142 {
143 *matching = matching_vector =
144 (char **) bfd_xmalloc_by_size_t (sizeof (char *) *
145 (_bfd_target_vector_entries + 1));
146 matching_vector[0] = NULL;
147 }
148 right_targ = 0;
149
150
151 /* presume the answer is yes */
152 abfd->format = format;
153
154 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
155
156 if (!abfd->target_defaulted) {
157 bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr)0, SEEK_SET); /* rewind! */
158
159 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
160 if (right_targ) {
161 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Set the target as returned */
162 if (matching)
163 free (matching_vector);
164 return true; /* File position has moved, BTW */
165 }
166 }
167
168 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++) {
169 bfd_target *temp;
170
171 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily */
172 bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr)0, SEEK_SET);
173 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume wrong_format.
174 We didn't used to even pay any attention to bfd_error, so I suspect
175 that some _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
176 bfd_error = wrong_format;
177 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
178 if (temp) { /* This format checks out as ok! */
179 right_targ = temp;
180 if (matching)
181 {
182 matching_vector[match_count] = temp->name;
183 matching_vector[match_count + 1] = NULL;
184 }
185 match_count++;
186 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other targets
187 might match. People who want those other targets have to set
188 the GNUTARGET variable. */
189 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
190 {
191 if (matching)
192 {
193 matching_vector[0] = temp->name;
194 matching_vector[1] = NULL;
195 }
196 match_count = 1;
197 break;
198 }
199 #ifdef GNU960
200 /* Big- and little-endian b.out archives look the same, but it doesn't
201 * matter: there is no difference in their headers, and member file byte
202 * orders will (I hope) be handled appropriately by bfd. Ditto for big
203 * and little coff archives. And the 4 coff/b.out object formats are
204 * unambiguous. So accept the first match we find.
205 */
206 break;
207 #endif
208 } else if (bfd_error != wrong_format) {
209 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
210 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
211 if (matching && bfd_error != file_ambiguously_recognized)
212 free (matching_vector);
213 return false;
214 }
215 }
216
217 if (match_count == 1) {
218 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Change BFD's target permanently */
219 if (matching)
220 free (matching_vector);
221 return true; /* File position has moved, BTW */
222 }
223
224 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type */
225 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format */
226 if (match_count == 0)
227 {
228 bfd_error = file_not_recognized;
229 if (matching)
230 free (matching_vector);
231 }
232 else
233 bfd_error = file_ambiguously_recognized;
234 return false;
235 }
236
237 /*
238 FUNCTION
239 bfd_set_format
240
241 SYNOPSIS
242 boolean bfd_set_format(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
243
244 DESCRIPTION
245 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
246 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
247 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
248 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
249
250 */
251
252 boolean
253 bfd_set_format (abfd, format)
254 bfd *abfd;
255 bfd_format format;
256 {
257
258 if (bfd_read_p (abfd) ||
259 ((int)abfd->format < (int)bfd_unknown) ||
260 ((int)abfd->format >= (int)bfd_type_end)) {
261 bfd_error = invalid_operation;
262 return false;
263 }
264
265 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
266 return (abfd->format == format) ? true:false;
267
268 /* presume the answer is yes */
269 abfd->format = format;
270
271 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd))) {
272 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
273 return false;
274 }
275
276 return true;
277 }
278
279
280 /*
281 FUNCTION
282 bfd_format_string
283
284 SYNOPSIS
285 CONST char *bfd_format_string(bfd_format format);
286
287 DESCRIPTION
288 Return a pointer to a const string
289 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
290 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
291 */
292
293 CONST char *
294 bfd_format_string (format)
295 bfd_format format;
296 {
297 if (((int)format <(int) bfd_unknown)
298 || ((int)format >=(int) bfd_type_end))
299 return "invalid";
300
301 switch (format) {
302 case bfd_object:
303 return "object"; /* linker/assember/compiler output */
304 case bfd_archive:
305 return "archive"; /* object archive file */
306 case bfd_core:
307 return "core"; /* core dump */
308 default:
309 return "unknown";
310 }
311 }
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