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1 /* Generic SDT probe support for GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 This file is part of GDB.
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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19
20 #if !defined (PROBE_H)
21 #define PROBE_H 1
22
23 #include "gdb_vecs.h"
24
25 /* Definition of a vector of probes. */
26
27 typedef struct probe *probe_p;
28 DEF_VEC_P (probe_p);
29
30 struct linespec_result;
31
32 /* Structure useful for passing the header names in the method
33 `gen_ui_out_table_header'. */
34
35 struct info_probe_column
36 {
37 /* The internal name of the field. This string cannot be capitalized nor
38 localized, e.g., "extra_field". */
39
40 const char *field_name;
41
42 /* The field name to be printed in the `info probes' command. This
43 string can be capitalized and localized, e.g., _("Extra Field"). */
44 const char *print_name;
45 };
46
47 typedef struct info_probe_column info_probe_column_s;
48 DEF_VEC_O (info_probe_column_s);
49
50 /* Operations associated with a probe. */
51
52 struct probe_ops
53 {
54 /* Method responsible for verifying if LINESPECP is a valid linespec for
55 a probe breakpoint. It should return 1 if it is, or zero if it is not.
56 It also should update LINESPECP in order to discard the breakpoint
57 option associated with this linespec. For example, if the option is
58 `-probe', and the LINESPECP is `-probe abc', the function should
59 return 1 and set LINESPECP to `abc'. */
60
61 int (*is_linespec) (const char **linespecp);
62
63 /* Function that should fill PROBES with known probes from OBJFILE. */
64
65 void (*get_probes) (VEC (probe_p) **probes, struct objfile *objfile);
66
67 /* Function used to relocate addresses from PROBE according to some DELTA
68 provided. */
69
70 void (*relocate) (struct probe *probe, CORE_ADDR delta);
71
72 /* Return the number of arguments of PROBE. */
73
74 unsigned (*get_probe_argument_count) (struct probe *probe);
75
76 /* Evaluate the Nth argument from the PROBE, returning a value
77 corresponding to it. The argument number is represented N. */
78
79 struct value *(*evaluate_probe_argument) (struct probe *probe,
80 unsigned n);
81
82 /* Compile the Nth argument of the PROBE to an agent expression.
83 The argument number is represented by N. */
84
85 void (*compile_to_ax) (struct probe *probe, struct agent_expr *aexpr,
86 struct axs_value *axs_value, unsigned n);
87
88 /* Set the semaphore associated with the PROBE. This function only makes
89 sense if the probe has a concept of semaphore associated to a
90 probe. */
91
92 void (*set_semaphore) (struct probe *probe, struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
93
94 /* Clear the semaphore associated with the PROBE. This function only
95 makes sense if the probe has a concept of semaphore associated to
96 a probe. */
97
98 void (*clear_semaphore) (struct probe *probe, struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
99
100 /* Function called to destroy PROBE's specific data. This function
101 shall not free PROBE itself. */
102
103 void (*destroy) (struct probe *probe);
104
105 /* Function responsible for providing the extra fields that will be
106 printed in the `info probes' command. It should fill HEADS
107 with whatever extra fields it needs. If the backend doesn't need
108 to print extra fields, it can set this method to NULL. */
109
110 void (*gen_info_probes_table_header) (VEC (info_probe_column_s) **heads);
111
112 /* Function that will fill VALUES with the values of the extra fields
113 to be printed for PROBE. If the backend implements the
114 `gen_ui_out_table_header' method, then it should implement
115 this method as well. The backend should also guarantee that the
116 order and the number of values in the vector is exactly the same
117 as the order of the extra fields provided in the method
118 `gen_ui_out_table_header'. If a certain field is to be skipped
119 when printing the information, you can push a NULL value in that
120 position in the vector. */
121
122 void (*gen_info_probes_table_values) (struct probe *probe,
123 VEC (const_char_ptr) **values);
124 };
125
126 /* Definition of a vector of probe_ops. */
127
128 typedef const struct probe_ops *probe_ops_cp;
129 DEF_VEC_P (probe_ops_cp);
130 extern VEC (probe_ops_cp) *all_probe_ops;
131
132 /* The probe_ops associated with the generic probe. */
133
134 extern const struct probe_ops probe_ops_any;
135
136 /* Helper function that, given KEYWORDS, iterate over it trying to match
137 each keyword with LINESPECP. If it succeeds, it updates the LINESPECP
138 pointer and returns 1. Otherwise, nothing is done to LINESPECP and zero
139 is returned. */
140
141 extern int probe_is_linespec_by_keyword (const char **linespecp,
142 const char *const *keywords);
143
144 /* Return specific PROBE_OPS * matching *LINESPECP and possibly updating
145 *LINESPECP to skip its "-probe-type " prefix. Return &probe_ops_any if
146 *LINESPECP matches "-probe ", that is any unspecific probe. Return NULL if
147 *LINESPECP is not identified as any known probe type, *LINESPECP is not
148 modified in such case. */
149
150 extern const struct probe_ops *probe_linespec_to_ops (const char **linespecp);
151
152 /* The probe itself. The struct contains generic information about the
153 probe, and then some specific information which should be stored in
154 the `probe_info' field. */
155
156 struct probe
157 {
158 /* The operations associated with this probe. */
159 const struct probe_ops *pops;
160
161 /* The objfile which contains this probe. Even if the probe is also
162 present in a separate debug objfile, this variable always points to
163 the non-separate debug objfile. */
164 struct objfile *objfile;
165
166 /* The name of the probe. */
167 const char *name;
168
169 /* The provider of the probe. It generally defaults to the name of
170 the objfile which contains the probe. */
171 const char *provider;
172
173 /* The address where the probe is inserted. */
174 CORE_ADDR address;
175 };
176
177 /* A helper for linespec that decodes a probe specification. It returns a
178 symtabs_and_lines object and updates *ARGPTR or throws an error. The
179 argument PTYPE specifies the type of the probe(s) to be parsed. */
180
181 extern struct symtabs_and_lines parse_probes (char **argptr,
182 struct linespec_result *canon);
183
184 /* Helper function to register the proper probe_ops to a newly created probe.
185 This function is mainly called from `sym_get_probes'. */
186
187 extern void register_probe_ops (struct probe *probe);
188
189 /* Given a PC, find an associated probe with type PTYPE. If a probe is
190 found, return it. If no probe is found, return NULL. */
191
192 extern struct probe *find_probe_by_pc (CORE_ADDR pc);
193
194 /* Search OBJFILE for a probe with the given PROVIDER, NAME and PTYPE.
195 Return a VEC of all probes that were found. If no matching probe
196 is found, return NULL. The caller must free the VEC. */
197
198 extern VEC (probe_p) *find_probes_in_objfile (struct objfile *objfile,
199 const char *provider,
200 const char *name);
201
202 /* Generate a `info probes' command output for probe_ops represented by
203 POPS. If POPS is NULL it considers any probes types. It is a helper
204 function that can be used by the probe backends to print their
205 `info probe TYPE'. */
206
207 extern void info_probes_for_ops (char *arg, int from_tty,
208 const struct probe_ops *pops);
209
210 /* Return the `cmd_list_element' associated with the `info probes' command,
211 or create a new one if it doesn't exist. Helper function that serves the
212 purpose of avoiding the case of a backend using the `cmd_list_element'
213 associated with `info probes', without having it registered yet. */
214
215 extern struct cmd_list_element **info_probes_cmdlist_get (void);
216
217 /* A convenience function that finds a probe at the PC in FRAME and
218 evaluates argument N, with 0 <= N < number_of_args. If there is no
219 probe at that location, or if the probe does not have enough arguments,
220 this returns NULL. */
221
222 extern struct value *probe_safe_evaluate_at_pc (struct frame_info *frame,
223 unsigned n);
224
225 #endif /* !defined (PROBE_H) */
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