2012-07-18 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / probe.h
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 struct linespec_result;
26
27 /* Structure useful for passing the header names in the method
28 `gen_ui_out_table_header'. */
29
30 struct info_probe_column
31 {
32 /* The internal name of the field. This string cannot be capitalized nor
33 localized, e.g., "extra_field". */
34
35 const char *field_name;
36
37 /* The field name to be printed in the `info probes' command. This
38 string can be capitalized and localized, e.g., _("Extra Field"). */
39 const char *print_name;
40 };
41
42 typedef struct info_probe_column info_probe_column_s;
43 DEF_VEC_O (info_probe_column_s);
44
45 /* Operations associated with a probe. */
46
47 struct probe_ops
48 {
49 /* Method responsible for verifying if LINESPECP is a valid linespec for
50 a probe breakpoint. It should return 1 if it is, or zero if it is not.
51 It also should update LINESPECP in order to discard the breakpoint
52 option associated with this linespec. For example, if the option is
53 `-probe', and the LINESPECP is `-probe abc', the function should
54 return 1 and set LINESPECP to `abc'. */
55
56 int (*is_linespec) (const char **linespecp);
57
58 /* Function that should fill PROBES with known probes from OBJFILE. */
59
60 void (*get_probes) (VEC (probe_p) **probes, struct objfile *objfile);
61
62 /* Function used to relocate addresses from PROBE according to some DELTA
63 provided. */
64
65 void (*relocate) (struct probe *probe, CORE_ADDR delta);
66
67 /* Return the number of arguments of PROBE. */
68
69 unsigned (*get_probe_argument_count) (struct probe *probe);
70
71 /* Evaluate the Nth argument from the PROBE, returning a value
72 corresponding to it. The argument number is represented N. */
73
74 struct value *(*evaluate_probe_argument) (struct probe *probe,
75 unsigned n);
76
77 /* Compile the Nth argument of the PROBE to an agent expression.
78 The argument number is represented by N. */
79
80 void (*compile_to_ax) (struct probe *probe, struct agent_expr *aexpr,
81 struct axs_value *axs_value, unsigned n);
82
83 /* Set the semaphore associated with the PROBE. This function only makes
84 sense if the probe has a concept of semaphore associated to a
85 probe. */
86
87 void (*set_semaphore) (struct probe *probe, struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
88
89 /* Clear the semaphore associated with the PROBE. This function only
90 makes sense if the probe has a concept of semaphore associated to
91 a probe. */
92
93 void (*clear_semaphore) (struct probe *probe, struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
94
95 /* Function called to destroy PROBE's specific data. This function
96 shall not free PROBE itself. */
97
98 void (*destroy) (struct probe *probe);
99
100 /* Function responsible for providing the extra fields that will be
101 printed in the `info probes' command. It should fill HEADS
102 with whatever extra fields it needs. If the backend doesn't need
103 to print extra fields, it can set this method to NULL. */
104
105 void (*gen_info_probes_table_header) (VEC (info_probe_column_s) **heads);
106
107 /* Function that will fill VALUES with the values of the extra fields
108 to be printed for PROBE. If the backend implements the
109 `gen_ui_out_table_header' method, then it should implement
110 this method as well. The backend should also guarantee that the
111 order and the number of values in the vector is exactly the same
112 as the order of the extra fields provided in the method
113 `gen_ui_out_table_header'. If a certain field is to be skipped
114 when printing the information, you can push a NULL value in that
115 position in the vector. */
116
117 void (*gen_info_probes_table_values) (struct probe *probe,
118 VEC (const_char_ptr) **values);
119 };
120
121 /* Definition of a vector of probe_ops. */
122
123 typedef const struct probe_ops *probe_ops_cp;
124 DEF_VEC_P (probe_ops_cp);
125 extern VEC (probe_ops_cp) *all_probe_ops;
126
127 /* The probe_ops associated with the generic probe. */
128
129 extern const struct probe_ops probe_ops_any;
130
131 /* Helper function that, given KEYWORDS, iterate over it trying to match
132 each keyword with LINESPECP. If it succeeds, it updates the LINESPECP
133 pointer and returns 1. Otherwise, nothing is done to LINESPECP and zero
134 is returned. */
135
136 extern int probe_is_linespec_by_keyword (const char **linespecp,
137 const char *const *keywords);
138
139 /* Return specific PROBE_OPS * matching *LINESPECP and possibly updating
140 *LINESPECP to skip its "-probe-type " prefix. Return &probe_ops_any if
141 *LINESPECP matches "-probe ", that is any unspecific probe. Return NULL if
142 *LINESPECP is not identified as any known probe type, *LINESPECP is not
143 modified in such case. */
144
145 extern const struct probe_ops *probe_linespec_to_ops (const char **linespecp);
146
147 /* The probe itself. The struct contains generic information about the
148 probe, and then some specific information which should be stored in
149 the `probe_info' field. */
150
151 struct probe
152 {
153 /* The operations associated with this probe. */
154 const struct probe_ops *pops;
155
156 /* The objfile which contains this probe. Even if the probe is also
157 present in a separate debug objfile, this variable always points to
158 the non-separate debug objfile. */
159 struct objfile *objfile;
160
161 /* The name of the probe. */
162 const char *name;
163
164 /* The provider of the probe. It generally defaults to the name of
165 the objfile which contains the probe. */
166 const char *provider;
167
168 /* The address where the probe is inserted. */
169 CORE_ADDR address;
170 };
171
172 /* A helper for linespec that decodes a probe specification. It returns a
173 symtabs_and_lines object and updates *ARGPTR or throws an error. The
174 argument PTYPE specifies the type of the probe(s) to be parsed. */
175
176 extern struct symtabs_and_lines parse_probes (char **argptr,
177 struct linespec_result *canon);
178
179 /* Helper function to register the proper probe_ops to a newly created probe.
180 This function is mainly called from `sym_get_probes'. */
181
182 extern void register_probe_ops (struct probe *probe);
183
184 /* Given a PC, find an associated probe with type PTYPE. If a probe is
185 found, return it. If no probe is found, return NULL. */
186
187 extern struct probe *find_probe_by_pc (CORE_ADDR pc);
188
189 /* Search OBJFILE for a probe with the given PROVIDER, NAME and PTYPE.
190 Return a VEC of all probes that were found. If no matching probe
191 is found, return NULL. The caller must free the VEC. */
192
193 extern VEC (probe_p) *find_probes_in_objfile (struct objfile *objfile,
194 const char *provider,
195 const char *name);
196
197 /* Generate a `info probes' command output for probe_ops represented by
198 POPS. If POPS is NULL it considers any probes types. It is a helper
199 function that can be used by the probe backends to print their
200 `info probe TYPE'. */
201
202 extern void info_probes_for_ops (char *arg, int from_tty,
203 const struct probe_ops *pops);
204
205 /* Return the `cmd_list_element' associated with the `info probes' command,
206 or create a new one if it doesn't exist. Helper function that serves the
207 purpose of avoiding the case of a backend using the `cmd_list_element'
208 associated with `info probes', without having it registered yet. */
209
210 extern struct cmd_list_element **info_probes_cmdlist_get (void);
211
212 /* A convenience function that finds a probe at the PC in FRAME and
213 evaluates argument N, with 0 <= N < number_of_args. If there is no
214 probe at that location, or if the probe does not have enough arguments,
215 this returns NULL. */
216
217 extern struct value *probe_safe_evaluate_at_pc (struct frame_info *frame,
218 unsigned n);
219
220 #endif /* !defined (PROBE_H) */
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