2011-01-05 Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / gdbcore.h
1 /* Machine independent variables that describe the core file under GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
5 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6
7 This file is part of GDB.
8
9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
12 (at your option) any later version.
13
14 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 GNU General Public License for more details.
18
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
21
22 /* Interface routines for core, executable, etc. */
23
24 #if !defined (GDBCORE_H)
25 #define GDBCORE_H 1
26
27 struct type;
28 struct regcache;
29
30 #include "bfd.h"
31 #include "exec.h"
32
33 /* Return the name of the executable file as a string.
34 ERR nonzero means get error if there is none specified;
35 otherwise return 0 in that case. */
36
37 extern char *get_exec_file (int err);
38
39 /* Nonzero if there is a core file. */
40
41 extern int have_core_file_p (void);
42
43 /* Report a memory error with error(). */
44
45 extern void memory_error (int status, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
46
47 /* Like target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read. */
48
49 extern void read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
50
51 /* Like target_read_stack, but report an error if can't read. */
52
53 extern void read_stack (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
54
55 /* Read an integer from debugged memory, given address and number of
56 bytes. */
57
58 extern LONGEST read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
59 int len, enum bfd_endian byte_order);
60 extern int safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
61 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
62 LONGEST *return_value);
63
64 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged memory, given address and
65 number of bytes. */
66
67 extern ULONGEST read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
68 int len,
69 enum bfd_endian byte_order);
70
71 /* Read a null-terminated string from the debuggee's memory, given address,
72 * a buffer into which to place the string, and the maximum available space */
73
74 extern void read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR, char *, int);
75
76 /* Read the pointer of type TYPE at ADDR, and return the address it
77 represents. */
78
79 CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
80
81 /* This takes a char *, not void *. This is probably right, because
82 passing in an int * or whatever is wrong with respect to
83 byteswapping, alignment, different sizes for host vs. target types,
84 etc. */
85
86 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
87
88 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
89 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
90 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
91 ULONGEST value);
92
93 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
94 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
95 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
96 LONGEST value);
97 \f
98 /* Hook for `exec_file_command' command to call. */
99
100 extern void (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (char *filename);
101
102 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
103 (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before). */
104
105 extern void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (char *filename);
106
107 extern void specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (char *filename));
108
109 /* Binary File Diddler for the core file. */
110
111 extern bfd *core_bfd;
112
113 extern struct target_ops *core_target;
114
115 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
116
117 extern int write_files;
118
119 extern void core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty);
120
121 extern void exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty);
122
123 extern void exec_file_clear (int from_tty);
124
125 extern void validate_files (void);
126
127 /* The current default bfd target. */
128
129 extern char *gnutarget;
130
131 extern void set_gnutarget (char *);
132
133 /* Structure to keep track of core register reading functions for
134 various core file types. */
135
136 struct core_fns
137 {
138
139 /* BFD flavour that a core file handler is prepared to read. This
140 can be used by the handler's core tasting function as a first
141 level filter to reject BFD's that don't have the right
142 flavour. */
143
144 enum bfd_flavour core_flavour;
145
146 /* Core file handler function to call to recognize corefile
147 formats that BFD rejects. Some core file format just don't fit
148 into the BFD model, or may require other resources to identify
149 them, that simply aren't available to BFD (such as symbols from
150 another file). Returns nonzero if the handler recognizes the
151 format, zero otherwise. */
152
153 int (*check_format) (bfd *);
154
155 /* Core file handler function to call to ask if it can handle a
156 given core file format or not. Returns zero if it can't,
157 nonzero otherwise. */
158
159 int (*core_sniffer) (struct core_fns *, bfd *);
160
161 /* Extract the register values out of the core file and supply them
162 into REGCACHE.
163
164 CORE_REG_SECT points to the register values themselves, read into
165 memory.
166
167 CORE_REG_SIZE is the size of that area.
168
169 WHICH says which set of registers we are handling:
170 0 --- integer registers
171 2 --- floating-point registers, on machines where they are
172 discontiguous
173 3 --- extended floating-point registers, on machines where
174 these are present in yet a third area. (GNU/Linux uses
175 this to get at the SSE registers.)
176
177 REG_ADDR is the offset from u.u_ar0 to the register values relative to
178 core_reg_sect. This is used with old-fashioned core files to locate the
179 registers in a large upage-plus-stack ".reg" section. Original upage
180 address X is at location core_reg_sect+x+reg_addr. */
181
182 void (*core_read_registers) (struct regcache *regcache,
183 char *core_reg_sect,
184 unsigned core_reg_size,
185 int which, CORE_ADDR reg_addr);
186
187 /* Finds the next struct core_fns. They are allocated and
188 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
189 to; an initializer calls deprecated_add_core_fns to add them to
190 the global chain. */
191
192 struct core_fns *next;
193
194 };
195
196 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-04-05: Replaced by "regset.h" and
197 regset_from_core_section(). */
198 extern void deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf);
199 extern int default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *cf, bfd * abfd);
200 extern int default_check_format (bfd * abfd);
201
202 struct target_section *deprecated_core_resize_section_table (int num_added);
203
204 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */
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