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252b5132 1/* Generic BFD support for file formats.
9553c638 2 Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
aa820537 3 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 Written by Cygnus Support.
5
ed781d5d 6 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
252b5132 7
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8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
cd123cb7 10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
ed781d5d 11 (at your option) any later version.
252b5132 12
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13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
252b5132 17
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18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
21 MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22
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23
24/*
25SECTION
26 File formats
27
28 A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
3fde5a36 29 formats supported by BFD are:
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30
31 o <<bfd_object>>
32
33 The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.
34
35 o <<bfd_archive>>
36
37 The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.
38
39 o <<bfd_core>>
40
41 The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.
42
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43SUBSECTION
44 File format functions
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45*/
46
252b5132 47#include "sysdep.h"
3db64b00 48#include "bfd.h"
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49#include "libbfd.h"
50
51/* IMPORT from targets.c. */
52extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
53
54/*
55FUNCTION
56 bfd_check_format
57
58SYNOPSIS
ed781d5d 59 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
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60
61DESCRIPTION
62 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
63 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
64 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
65
66 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
67 call, only the named target and format combination is
68 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
69 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
70 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
71 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
72 the file, or an error results.
73
b34976b6 74 The function returns <<TRUE>> on success, otherwise <<FALSE>>
3fde5a36 75 with one of the following error codes:
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76
77 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
78 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
79 <<bfd_core>>.
80
81 o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
82 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
83 can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
84
85 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
86 none of the backends recognised the file format.
87
88 o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
89 more than one backend recognised the file format.
90*/
91
b34976b6 92bfd_boolean
c58b9523 93bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
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94{
95 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
96}
97
98/*
99FUNCTION
100 bfd_check_format_matches
101
102SYNOPSIS
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103 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format_matches
104 (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);
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105
106DESCRIPTION
b34976b6 107 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns FALSE with
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108 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
109 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
110 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
111 allocated with <<malloc>>.
112 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
113
114 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
3fde5a36 115 should free it.
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116*/
117
b34976b6 118bfd_boolean
c58b9523 119bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching)
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120{
121 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
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122 const bfd_target * const *target;
123 const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL;
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124 const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ, *match_targ;
125 int match_count, best_count, best_match;
3619ad04 126 int ar_match_index;
252b5132 127
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128 if (matching != NULL)
129 *matching = NULL;
130
3619ad04 131 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd)
cea4409c 132 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
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133 {
134 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
b34976b6 135 return FALSE;
1d713d9e 136 }
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137
138 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
b34976b6 139 return abfd->format == format;
252b5132 140
3fde5a36 141 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
252b5132 142 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
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143 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
144 match_count = 0;
3619ad04 145 ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries;
3fde5a36 146
5a1dcb7e 147 if (matching != NULL || *bfd_associated_vector != NULL)
252b5132 148 {
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149 bfd_size_type amt;
150
08f74004 151 amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries;
a50b1753 152 matching_vector = (const bfd_target **) bfd_malloc (amt);
252b5132 153 if (!matching_vector)
b34976b6 154 return FALSE;
252b5132 155 }
3fde5a36 156
252b5132 157 right_targ = 0;
3619ad04 158 ar_right_targ = 0;
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159 match_targ = 0;
160 best_match = 256;
161 best_count = 0;
252b5132 162
1d713d9e 163 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
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164 abfd->format = format;
165
166 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
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167 if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
168 {
dc810e39 169 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
5a1dcb7e 170 goto err_ret;
3fde5a36 171
1d713d9e 172 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
3fde5a36 173
1d713d9e 174 if (right_targ)
5a1dcb7e 175 goto ok_ret;
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176
177 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
178 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
179 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
180 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
181 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
182 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
183 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
184 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
185 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
186 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
187 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
188 target. */
189 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
5a1dcb7e 190 goto err_unrecog;
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191 }
192
193 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
194 {
195 const bfd_target *temp;
3619ad04 196 bfd_error_type err;
3fde5a36 197
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198 /* Don't check the default target twice. */
199 if (*target == &binary_vec
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200 || (!abfd->target_defaulted && *target == save_targ)
201 || (*target)->match_priority > best_match)
1d713d9e 202 continue;
3fde5a36 203
ed781d5d 204 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily. */
3fde5a36 205
dc810e39 206 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
5a1dcb7e 207 goto err_ret;
3fde5a36 208
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209 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
210 bfd_error_wrong_format. We didn't used to even pay any
211 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
212 _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
213 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
214
215 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
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216 if (temp)
217 match_targ = temp;
3fde5a36 218
fbb3bb98 219 if (temp && (abfd->format != bfd_archive || bfd_has_map (abfd)))
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220 {
221 /* This format checks out as ok! */
1d713d9e 222 right_targ = temp;
3fde5a36 223
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224 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
225 targets might match. People who want those other targets
226 have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */
227 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
0aabe54e 228 goto ok_ret;
3619ad04 229
5a1dcb7e 230 if (matching_vector)
08f74004 231 matching_vector[match_count] = temp;
3619ad04 232 match_count++;
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233
234 if (temp->match_priority < best_match)
235 {
236 best_match = temp->match_priority;
237 best_count = 0;
238 }
239 best_count++;
1d713d9e 240 }
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241 else if (temp
242 || (err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
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243 || err == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
244 {
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245 /* An archive with no armap or objects of the wrong type,
246 or an ambiguous match. We want this target to match
247 if we get no better matches. */
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248 if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
249 ar_right_targ = *target;
5a1dcb7e 250 if (matching_vector)
08f74004 251 matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
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252 ar_match_index++;
253 }
254 else if (err != bfd_error_wrong_format)
5a1dcb7e 255 goto err_ret;
1d713d9e 256 }
3fde5a36 257
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258 if (best_count == 1)
259 match_count = 1;
260
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261 if (match_count == 0)
262 {
263 /* Try partial matches. */
264 right_targ = ar_right_targ;
ed781d5d 265
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266 if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0])
267 {
268 match_count = 1;
269 }
270 else
271 {
272 match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries;
ed781d5d 273
5a1dcb7e 274 if (matching_vector && match_count > 1)
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275 memcpy (matching_vector,
276 matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries,
277 sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count);
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278 }
279 }
280
5a1dcb7e 281 if (match_count > 1)
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282 {
283 const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector;
284
285 while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL)
286 {
287 int i = match_count;
288
289 while (--i >= 0)
290 if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ)
291 break;
292
293 if (i >= 0)
294 {
295 match_count = 1;
296 break;
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297 }
298 }
299 }
300
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301 if (match_count == 1)
302 {
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303 abfd->xvec = right_targ;
304 /* If we come out of the loop knowing that the last target that
305 matched is the one we want, then ABFD should still be in a usable
306 state (except possibly for XVEC). */
307 if (match_targ != right_targ)
308 {
309 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
310 goto err_ret;
311 match_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
312 }
3fde5a36 313
0aabe54e 314 ok_ret:
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315 /* If the file was opened for update, then `output_has_begun'
316 some time ago when the file was created. Do not recompute
317 sections sizes or alignments in _bfd_set_section_contents.
318 We can not set this flag until after checking the format,
319 because it will interfere with creation of BFD sections. */
320 if (abfd->direction == both_direction)
321 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
322
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323 if (matching_vector)
324 free (matching_vector);
b34976b6 325 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
252b5132 326 }
252b5132 327
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328 if (match_count == 0)
329 {
5a1dcb7e 330 err_unrecog:
252b5132 331 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
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332 err_ret:
333 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
334 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
335 if (matching_vector)
c58b9523 336 free (matching_vector);
5a1dcb7e 337 return FALSE;
252b5132 338 }
3619ad04 339
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340 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type. */
341 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format. */
342 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
343
344 if (matching)
345 {
346 *matching = (char **) matching_vector;
347 matching_vector[match_count] = NULL;
348 /* Return target names. This is a little nasty. Maybe we
349 should do another bfd_malloc? */
350 while (--match_count >= 0)
3619ad04 351 {
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352 const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name;
353 *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name;
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354 }
355 }
b34976b6 356 return FALSE;
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357}
358
359/*
360FUNCTION
361 bfd_set_format
362
363SYNOPSIS
ed781d5d 364 bfd_boolean bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
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365
366DESCRIPTION
367 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
368 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
369 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
370 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
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371*/
372
b34976b6 373bfd_boolean
c58b9523 374bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
252b5132 375{
3619ad04 376 if (bfd_read_p (abfd)
cea4409c 377 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
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378 {
379 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
b34976b6 380 return FALSE;
1d713d9e 381 }
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382
383 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
b34976b6 384 return abfd->format == format;
252b5132 385
1d713d9e 386 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
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387 abfd->format = format;
388
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389 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
390 {
391 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
b34976b6 392 return FALSE;
1d713d9e 393 }
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b34976b6 395 return TRUE;
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396}
397
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398/*
399FUNCTION
400 bfd_format_string
401
402SYNOPSIS
ed781d5d 403 const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format);
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404
405DESCRIPTION
406 Return a pointer to a const string
407 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
408 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
409*/
410
3619ad04 411const char *
c58b9523 412bfd_format_string (bfd_format format)
252b5132 413{
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414 if (((int) format < (int) bfd_unknown)
415 || ((int) format >= (int) bfd_type_end))
252b5132 416 return "invalid";
3fde5a36 417
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418 switch (format)
419 {
420 case bfd_object:
7dee875e 421 return "object"; /* Linker/assembler/compiler output. */
3fde5a36 422 case bfd_archive:
1d713d9e 423 return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */
3fde5a36 424 case bfd_core:
1d713d9e 425 return "core"; /* Core dump. */
3fde5a36 426 default:
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427 return "unknown";
428 }
252b5132 429}
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