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252b5132 | 1 | /* Generic BFD support for file formats. |
b90efa5b | 2 | Copyright (C) 1990-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
252b5132 RH |
3 | Written by Cygnus Support. |
4 | ||
ed781d5d | 5 | This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library. |
252b5132 | 6 | |
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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 | |
cd123cb7 | 9 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or |
ed781d5d | 10 | (at your option) any later version. |
252b5132 | 11 | |
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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. | |
252b5132 | 16 | |
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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 | |
cd123cb7 NC |
19 | Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, |
20 | MA 02110-1301, USA. */ | |
21 | ||
252b5132 RH |
22 | |
23 | /* | |
24 | SECTION | |
25 | File formats | |
26 | ||
27 | A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The | |
3fde5a36 | 28 | formats supported by BFD are: |
252b5132 RH |
29 | |
30 | o <<bfd_object>> | |
31 | ||
32 | The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info. | |
33 | ||
34 | o <<bfd_archive>> | |
35 | ||
36 | The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index. | |
37 | ||
38 | o <<bfd_core>> | |
39 | ||
40 | The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump. | |
41 | ||
1b74d094 BW |
42 | SUBSECTION |
43 | File format functions | |
252b5132 RH |
44 | */ |
45 | ||
252b5132 | 46 | #include "sysdep.h" |
3db64b00 | 47 | #include "bfd.h" |
252b5132 RH |
48 | #include "libbfd.h" |
49 | ||
50 | /* IMPORT from targets.c. */ | |
51 | extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries; | |
52 | ||
53 | /* | |
54 | FUNCTION | |
55 | bfd_check_format | |
56 | ||
57 | SYNOPSIS | |
ed781d5d | 58 | bfd_boolean bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format); |
252b5132 RH |
59 | |
60 | DESCRIPTION | |
61 | Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible | |
62 | with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>, | |
63 | <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>). | |
64 | ||
65 | If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the | |
66 | call, only the named target and format combination is | |
67 | checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to | |
68 | <<default>>, then all the known target backends is | |
69 | interrogated to determine a match. If the default target | |
70 | matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize | |
71 | the file, or an error results. | |
72 | ||
b34976b6 | 73 | The function returns <<TRUE>> on success, otherwise <<FALSE>> |
3fde5a36 | 74 | with one of the following error codes: |
252b5132 RH |
75 | |
76 | o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> - | |
77 | if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or | |
78 | <<bfd_core>>. | |
79 | ||
80 | o <<bfd_error_system_call>> - | |
81 | if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches | |
82 | can cause bfd_error_system_calls. | |
83 | ||
84 | o <<file_not_recognised>> - | |
85 | none of the backends recognised the file format. | |
86 | ||
87 | o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> - | |
88 | more than one backend recognised the file format. | |
89 | */ | |
90 | ||
b34976b6 | 91 | bfd_boolean |
c58b9523 | 92 | bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format) |
252b5132 RH |
93 | { |
94 | return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL); | |
95 | } | |
96 | ||
c9ba0c87 AM |
97 | struct bfd_preserve |
98 | { | |
99 | void *marker; | |
100 | void *tdata; | |
101 | flagword flags; | |
102 | const struct bfd_arch_info *arch_info; | |
103 | struct bfd_section *sections; | |
104 | struct bfd_section *section_last; | |
105 | unsigned int section_count; | |
106 | struct bfd_hash_table section_htab; | |
107 | }; | |
108 | ||
109 | /* When testing an object for compatibility with a particular target | |
110 | back-end, the back-end object_p function needs to set up certain | |
111 | fields in the bfd on successfully recognizing the object. This | |
112 | typically happens in a piecemeal fashion, with failures possible at | |
113 | many points. On failure, the bfd is supposed to be restored to its | |
114 | initial state, which is virtually impossible. However, restoring a | |
115 | subset of the bfd state works in practice. This function stores | |
116 | the subset. */ | |
117 | ||
118 | static bfd_boolean | |
119 | bfd_preserve_save (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_preserve *preserve) | |
120 | { | |
121 | preserve->tdata = abfd->tdata.any; | |
122 | preserve->arch_info = abfd->arch_info; | |
123 | preserve->flags = abfd->flags; | |
124 | preserve->sections = abfd->sections; | |
125 | preserve->section_last = abfd->section_last; | |
126 | preserve->section_count = abfd->section_count; | |
127 | preserve->section_htab = abfd->section_htab; | |
128 | preserve->marker = bfd_alloc (abfd, 1); | |
129 | if (preserve->marker == NULL) | |
130 | return FALSE; | |
131 | ||
132 | return bfd_hash_table_init (&abfd->section_htab, bfd_section_hash_newfunc, | |
133 | sizeof (struct section_hash_entry)); | |
134 | } | |
135 | ||
136 | /* Clear out a subset of BFD state. */ | |
137 | ||
138 | static void | |
139 | bfd_reinit (bfd *abfd) | |
140 | { | |
141 | abfd->tdata.any = NULL; | |
142 | abfd->arch_info = &bfd_default_arch_struct; | |
143 | abfd->flags &= BFD_FLAGS_SAVED; | |
144 | bfd_section_list_clear (abfd); | |
145 | } | |
146 | ||
147 | /* Restores bfd state saved by bfd_preserve_save. */ | |
148 | ||
149 | static void | |
150 | bfd_preserve_restore (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_preserve *preserve) | |
151 | { | |
152 | bfd_hash_table_free (&abfd->section_htab); | |
153 | ||
154 | abfd->tdata.any = preserve->tdata; | |
155 | abfd->arch_info = preserve->arch_info; | |
156 | abfd->flags = preserve->flags; | |
157 | abfd->section_htab = preserve->section_htab; | |
158 | abfd->sections = preserve->sections; | |
159 | abfd->section_last = preserve->section_last; | |
160 | abfd->section_count = preserve->section_count; | |
161 | ||
162 | /* bfd_release frees all memory more recently bfd_alloc'd than | |
163 | its arg, as well as its arg. */ | |
164 | bfd_release (abfd, preserve->marker); | |
165 | preserve->marker = NULL; | |
166 | } | |
167 | ||
168 | /* Called when the bfd state saved by bfd_preserve_save is no longer | |
169 | needed. */ | |
170 | ||
171 | static void | |
172 | bfd_preserve_finish (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, struct bfd_preserve *preserve) | |
173 | { | |
174 | /* It would be nice to be able to free more memory here, eg. old | |
175 | tdata, but that's not possible since these blocks are sitting | |
176 | inside bfd_alloc'd memory. The section hash is on a separate | |
177 | objalloc. */ | |
178 | bfd_hash_table_free (&preserve->section_htab); | |
179 | preserve->marker = NULL; | |
180 | } | |
181 | ||
252b5132 RH |
182 | /* |
183 | FUNCTION | |
184 | bfd_check_format_matches | |
185 | ||
186 | SYNOPSIS | |
c58b9523 AM |
187 | bfd_boolean bfd_check_format_matches |
188 | (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching); | |
252b5132 RH |
189 | |
190 | DESCRIPTION | |
b34976b6 | 191 | Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns FALSE with |
252b5132 RH |
192 | <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that |
193 | case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with | |
194 | a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched, | |
195 | allocated with <<malloc>>. | |
196 | Then the user may choose a format and try again. | |
197 | ||
198 | When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller | |
3fde5a36 | 199 | should free it. |
252b5132 RH |
200 | */ |
201 | ||
b34976b6 | 202 | bfd_boolean |
c58b9523 | 203 | bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching) |
252b5132 RH |
204 | { |
205 | extern const bfd_target binary_vec; | |
08f74004 AM |
206 | const bfd_target * const *target; |
207 | const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL; | |
0aabe54e AM |
208 | const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ, *match_targ; |
209 | int match_count, best_count, best_match; | |
3619ad04 | 210 | int ar_match_index; |
c9ba0c87 | 211 | struct bfd_preserve preserve; |
252b5132 | 212 | |
5a1dcb7e AM |
213 | if (matching != NULL) |
214 | *matching = NULL; | |
215 | ||
3619ad04 | 216 | if (!bfd_read_p (abfd) |
cea4409c | 217 | || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end) |
1d713d9e NC |
218 | { |
219 | bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation); | |
b34976b6 | 220 | return FALSE; |
1d713d9e | 221 | } |
252b5132 RH |
222 | |
223 | if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown) | |
b34976b6 | 224 | return abfd->format == format; |
252b5132 | 225 | |
5a1dcb7e | 226 | if (matching != NULL || *bfd_associated_vector != NULL) |
252b5132 | 227 | { |
dc810e39 AM |
228 | bfd_size_type amt; |
229 | ||
08f74004 | 230 | amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries; |
a50b1753 | 231 | matching_vector = (const bfd_target **) bfd_malloc (amt); |
252b5132 | 232 | if (!matching_vector) |
b34976b6 | 233 | return FALSE; |
252b5132 | 234 | } |
3fde5a36 | 235 | |
1d713d9e | 236 | /* Presume the answer is yes. */ |
252b5132 | 237 | abfd->format = format; |
c9ba0c87 AM |
238 | save_targ = abfd->xvec; |
239 | preserve.marker = NULL; | |
252b5132 RH |
240 | |
241 | /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */ | |
1d713d9e NC |
242 | if (!abfd->target_defaulted) |
243 | { | |
dc810e39 | 244 | if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */ |
5a1dcb7e | 245 | goto err_ret; |
3fde5a36 | 246 | |
1d713d9e | 247 | right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd)); |
3fde5a36 | 248 | |
1d713d9e | 249 | if (right_targ) |
5a1dcb7e | 250 | goto ok_ret; |
1d713d9e NC |
251 | |
252 | /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all | |
253 | targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why, | |
254 | and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an | |
255 | archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does | |
256 | not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should | |
257 | not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but | |
258 | should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an | |
259 | object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target, | |
260 | because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the | |
261 | actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of | |
262 | this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary | |
263 | target. */ | |
264 | if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec) | |
5a1dcb7e | 265 | goto err_unrecog; |
1d713d9e NC |
266 | } |
267 | ||
c9ba0c87 AM |
268 | /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them all in the hope |
269 | that one will be uniquely recognized. */ | |
270 | right_targ = NULL; | |
271 | ar_right_targ = NULL; | |
272 | match_targ = NULL; | |
273 | best_match = 256; | |
274 | best_count = 0; | |
275 | match_count = 0; | |
276 | ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries; | |
277 | ||
1d713d9e NC |
278 | for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++) |
279 | { | |
280 | const bfd_target *temp; | |
3fde5a36 | 281 | |
25bbc984 L |
282 | /* Don't check the default target twice. */ |
283 | if (*target == &binary_vec | |
0aabe54e AM |
284 | || (!abfd->target_defaulted && *target == save_targ) |
285 | || (*target)->match_priority > best_match) | |
1d713d9e | 286 | continue; |
3fde5a36 | 287 | |
c9ba0c87 AM |
288 | /* If we already tried a match, the bfd is modified and may |
289 | have sections attached, which will confuse the next | |
290 | _bfd_check_format call. */ | |
291 | bfd_reinit (abfd); | |
292 | ||
293 | /* Change BFD's target temporarily. */ | |
294 | abfd->xvec = *target; | |
3fde5a36 | 295 | |
dc810e39 | 296 | if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) |
5a1dcb7e | 297 | goto err_ret; |
3fde5a36 | 298 | |
1d713d9e NC |
299 | /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume |
300 | bfd_error_wrong_format. We didn't used to even pay any | |
301 | attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some | |
302 | _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */ | |
303 | bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format); | |
304 | ||
305 | temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd)); | |
0aabe54e | 306 | if (temp) |
c9ba0c87 AM |
307 | { |
308 | match_targ = temp; | |
309 | if (preserve.marker != NULL) | |
310 | bfd_preserve_finish (abfd, &preserve); | |
3fde5a36 | 311 | |
89d7b8aa AM |
312 | if (abfd->format != bfd_archive |
313 | || (bfd_has_map (abfd) | |
314 | && bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_wrong_object_format)) | |
0aabe54e | 315 | { |
89d7b8aa AM |
316 | /* This format checks out as ok! */ |
317 | right_targ = temp; | |
318 | ||
319 | /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if | |
320 | other targets might match. People who want those | |
321 | other targets have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */ | |
322 | if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0]) | |
323 | goto ok_ret; | |
324 | ||
325 | if (matching_vector) | |
326 | matching_vector[match_count] = temp; | |
327 | match_count++; | |
328 | ||
329 | if (temp->match_priority < best_match) | |
330 | { | |
331 | best_match = temp->match_priority; | |
332 | best_count = 0; | |
333 | } | |
334 | best_count++; | |
335 | } | |
336 | else | |
337 | { | |
338 | /* An archive with no armap or objects of the wrong | |
339 | type. We want this target to match if we get no | |
340 | better matches. */ | |
341 | if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0]) | |
342 | ar_right_targ = *target; | |
343 | if (matching_vector) | |
344 | matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target; | |
345 | ar_match_index++; | |
0aabe54e | 346 | } |
c9ba0c87 | 347 | |
89d7b8aa AM |
348 | if (!bfd_preserve_save (abfd, &preserve)) |
349 | goto err_ret; | |
350 | } | |
351 | else if (bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_wrong_format) | |
c9ba0c87 | 352 | goto err_ret; |
1d713d9e | 353 | } |
3fde5a36 | 354 | |
0aabe54e AM |
355 | if (best_count == 1) |
356 | match_count = 1; | |
357 | ||
3619ad04 AM |
358 | if (match_count == 0) |
359 | { | |
360 | /* Try partial matches. */ | |
361 | right_targ = ar_right_targ; | |
ed781d5d | 362 | |
3619ad04 AM |
363 | if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0]) |
364 | { | |
365 | match_count = 1; | |
366 | } | |
367 | else | |
368 | { | |
369 | match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries; | |
ed781d5d | 370 | |
5a1dcb7e | 371 | if (matching_vector && match_count > 1) |
ed781d5d NC |
372 | memcpy (matching_vector, |
373 | matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries, | |
374 | sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count); | |
08f74004 AM |
375 | } |
376 | } | |
377 | ||
03ae2d5e AM |
378 | /* We have more than one equally good match. If any of the best |
379 | matches is a target in config.bfd targ_defvec or targ_selvecs, | |
380 | choose it. */ | |
5a1dcb7e | 381 | if (match_count > 1) |
08f74004 AM |
382 | { |
383 | const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector; | |
384 | ||
385 | while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL) | |
386 | { | |
387 | int i = match_count; | |
388 | ||
389 | while (--i >= 0) | |
03ae2d5e AM |
390 | if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ |
391 | && right_targ->match_priority <= best_match) | |
08f74004 AM |
392 | break; |
393 | ||
394 | if (i >= 0) | |
395 | { | |
396 | match_count = 1; | |
397 | break; | |
3619ad04 AM |
398 | } |
399 | } | |
400 | } | |
401 | ||
03ae2d5e AM |
402 | /* We still have more than one equally good match, and at least some |
403 | of the targets support match priority. Choose the first of the | |
404 | best matches. */ | |
033539e2 | 405 | if (matching_vector && match_count > 1 && best_count != match_count) |
03ae2d5e AM |
406 | { |
407 | int i; | |
408 | ||
409 | for (i = 0; i < match_count; i++) | |
410 | { | |
411 | right_targ = matching_vector[i]; | |
412 | if (right_targ->match_priority <= best_match) | |
413 | break; | |
414 | } | |
415 | match_count = 1; | |
416 | } | |
417 | ||
c9ba0c87 AM |
418 | /* There is way too much undoing of half-known state here. We |
419 | really shouldn't iterate on live bfd's. Note that saving the | |
420 | whole bfd and restoring it would be even worse; the first thing | |
421 | you notice is that the cached bfd file position gets out of sync. */ | |
422 | if (preserve.marker != NULL) | |
423 | bfd_preserve_restore (abfd, &preserve); | |
424 | ||
1d713d9e NC |
425 | if (match_count == 1) |
426 | { | |
0aabe54e AM |
427 | abfd->xvec = right_targ; |
428 | /* If we come out of the loop knowing that the last target that | |
429 | matched is the one we want, then ABFD should still be in a usable | |
430 | state (except possibly for XVEC). */ | |
431 | if (match_targ != right_targ) | |
432 | { | |
c9ba0c87 | 433 | bfd_reinit (abfd); |
0aabe54e AM |
434 | if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) |
435 | goto err_ret; | |
436 | match_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd)); | |
c9ba0c87 | 437 | BFD_ASSERT (match_targ != NULL); |
0aabe54e | 438 | } |
3fde5a36 | 439 | |
0aabe54e | 440 | ok_ret: |
26ae6d5e DJ |
441 | /* If the file was opened for update, then `output_has_begun' |
442 | some time ago when the file was created. Do not recompute | |
443 | sections sizes or alignments in _bfd_set_section_contents. | |
444 | We can not set this flag until after checking the format, | |
445 | because it will interfere with creation of BFD sections. */ | |
446 | if (abfd->direction == both_direction) | |
447 | abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE; | |
448 | ||
5a1dcb7e AM |
449 | if (matching_vector) |
450 | free (matching_vector); | |
c9ba0c87 AM |
451 | |
452 | /* File position has moved, BTW. */ | |
453 | return TRUE; | |
252b5132 | 454 | } |
252b5132 | 455 | |
252b5132 RH |
456 | if (match_count == 0) |
457 | { | |
5a1dcb7e | 458 | err_unrecog: |
252b5132 | 459 | bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized); |
5a1dcb7e AM |
460 | err_ret: |
461 | abfd->xvec = save_targ; | |
462 | abfd->format = bfd_unknown; | |
463 | if (matching_vector) | |
c58b9523 | 464 | free (matching_vector); |
c9ba0c87 AM |
465 | if (preserve.marker != NULL) |
466 | bfd_preserve_restore (abfd, &preserve); | |
5a1dcb7e | 467 | return FALSE; |
252b5132 | 468 | } |
3619ad04 | 469 | |
c9ba0c87 AM |
470 | /* Restore original target type and format. */ |
471 | abfd->xvec = save_targ; | |
472 | abfd->format = bfd_unknown; | |
5a1dcb7e AM |
473 | bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized); |
474 | ||
475 | if (matching) | |
476 | { | |
477 | *matching = (char **) matching_vector; | |
478 | matching_vector[match_count] = NULL; | |
479 | /* Return target names. This is a little nasty. Maybe we | |
480 | should do another bfd_malloc? */ | |
481 | while (--match_count >= 0) | |
3619ad04 | 482 | { |
5a1dcb7e AM |
483 | const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name; |
484 | *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name; | |
3619ad04 AM |
485 | } |
486 | } | |
b34976b6 | 487 | return FALSE; |
252b5132 RH |
488 | } |
489 | ||
490 | /* | |
491 | FUNCTION | |
492 | bfd_set_format | |
493 | ||
494 | SYNOPSIS | |
ed781d5d | 495 | bfd_boolean bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format); |
252b5132 RH |
496 | |
497 | DESCRIPTION | |
498 | This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the | |
499 | format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not | |
500 | support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD | |
501 | is not open for writing, then an error occurs. | |
252b5132 RH |
502 | */ |
503 | ||
b34976b6 | 504 | bfd_boolean |
c58b9523 | 505 | bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format) |
252b5132 | 506 | { |
3619ad04 | 507 | if (bfd_read_p (abfd) |
cea4409c | 508 | || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end) |
1d713d9e NC |
509 | { |
510 | bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation); | |
b34976b6 | 511 | return FALSE; |
1d713d9e | 512 | } |
252b5132 RH |
513 | |
514 | if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown) | |
b34976b6 | 515 | return abfd->format == format; |
252b5132 | 516 | |
1d713d9e | 517 | /* Presume the answer is yes. */ |
252b5132 RH |
518 | abfd->format = format; |
519 | ||
1d713d9e NC |
520 | if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd))) |
521 | { | |
522 | abfd->format = bfd_unknown; | |
b34976b6 | 523 | return FALSE; |
1d713d9e | 524 | } |
252b5132 | 525 | |
b34976b6 | 526 | return TRUE; |
252b5132 RH |
527 | } |
528 | ||
252b5132 RH |
529 | /* |
530 | FUNCTION | |
531 | bfd_format_string | |
532 | ||
533 | SYNOPSIS | |
ed781d5d | 534 | const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format); |
252b5132 RH |
535 | |
536 | DESCRIPTION | |
537 | Return a pointer to a const string | |
538 | <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>, | |
539 | depending upon the value of @var{format}. | |
540 | */ | |
541 | ||
3619ad04 | 542 | const char * |
c58b9523 | 543 | bfd_format_string (bfd_format format) |
252b5132 | 544 | { |
c58b9523 AM |
545 | if (((int) format < (int) bfd_unknown) |
546 | || ((int) format >= (int) bfd_type_end)) | |
252b5132 | 547 | return "invalid"; |
3fde5a36 | 548 | |
1d713d9e NC |
549 | switch (format) |
550 | { | |
551 | case bfd_object: | |
7dee875e | 552 | return "object"; /* Linker/assembler/compiler output. */ |
3fde5a36 | 553 | case bfd_archive: |
1d713d9e | 554 | return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */ |
3fde5a36 | 555 | case bfd_core: |
1d713d9e | 556 | return "core"; /* Core dump. */ |
3fde5a36 | 557 | default: |
1d713d9e NC |
558 | return "unknown"; |
559 | } | |
252b5132 | 560 | } |