1 /* Definitions for dealing with stack frames, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
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22 #if !defined (FRAME_H)
25 /* The following is the intended naming schema for frame functions.
26 It isn't 100% consistent, but it is aproaching that. Frame naming
31 get_frame_WHAT...(): Get WHAT from the THIS frame (functionaly
32 equivalent to THIS->next->unwind->what)
34 frame_unwind_WHAT...(): Unwind THIS frame's WHAT from the NEXT
37 put_frame_WHAT...(): Put a value into this frame (unsafe, need to
38 invalidate the frame / regcache afterwards) (better name more
39 strongly hinting at its unsafeness)
41 safe_....(): Safer version of various functions, doesn't throw an
42 error (leave this for later?). Returns non-zero / non-NULL if the
43 request succeeds, zero / NULL otherwize.
47 void /frame/_WHAT(): Read WHAT's value into the buffer parameter.
49 ULONGEST /frame/_WHAT_unsigned(): Return an unsigned value (the
50 alternative is *frame_unsigned_WHAT).
52 LONGEST /frame/_WHAT_signed(): Return WHAT signed value.
56 /frame/_memory* (frame, coreaddr, len [, buf]): Extract/return
59 /frame/_register* (frame, regnum [, buf]): extract/return register.
61 CORE_ADDR /frame/_{pc,sp,...} (frame): Resume address, innner most
66 struct symtab_and_line
;
73 /* The frame object. */
77 /* The frame object's ID. This provides a per-frame unique identifier
78 that can be used to relocate a `struct frame_info' after a target
79 resume or a frame cache destruct. It of course assumes that the
80 inferior hasn't unwound the stack past that frame. */
84 /* The frame's stack address. This shall be constant through out
85 the lifetime of a frame. Note that this requirement applies to
86 not just the function body, but also the prologue and (in theory
87 at least) the epilogue. Since that value needs to fall either on
88 the boundary, or within the frame's address range, the frame's
89 outer-most address (the inner-most address of the previous frame)
90 is used. Watch out for all the legacy targets that still use the
91 function pointer register or stack pointer register. They are
94 This field is valid only if stack_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
95 frame represents the null frame. */
98 /* The frame's code address. This shall be constant through out the
99 lifetime of the frame. While the PC (a.k.a. resume address)
100 changes as the function is executed, this code address cannot.
101 Typically, it is set to the address of the entry point of the
102 frame's function (as returned by get_frame_func).
104 This field is valid only if code_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
105 frame is considered to have a wildcard code address, i.e. one that
106 matches every address value in frame comparisons. */
109 /* The frame's special address. This shall be constant through out the
110 lifetime of the frame. This is used for architectures that may have
111 frames that do not change the stack but are still distinct and have
112 some form of distinct identifier (e.g. the ia64 which uses a 2nd
113 stack for registers). This field is treated as unordered - i.e. will
114 not be used in frame ordering comparisons.
116 This field is valid only if special_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
117 frame is considered to have a wildcard special address, i.e. one that
118 matches every address value in frame comparisons. */
119 CORE_ADDR special_addr
;
121 /* Flags to indicate the above fields have valid contents. */
122 unsigned int stack_addr_p
: 1;
123 unsigned int code_addr_p
: 1;
124 unsigned int special_addr_p
: 1;
127 /* Methods for constructing and comparing Frame IDs. */
129 /* For convenience. All fields are zero. */
130 extern const struct frame_id null_frame_id
;
132 /* Flag to control debugging. */
134 extern int frame_debug
;
136 /* Construct a frame ID. The first parameter is the frame's constant
137 stack address (typically the outer-bound), and the second the
138 frame's constant code address (typically the entry point).
139 The special identifier address is set to indicate a wild card. */
140 extern struct frame_id
frame_id_build (CORE_ADDR stack_addr
,
141 CORE_ADDR code_addr
);
143 /* Construct a special frame ID. The first parameter is the frame's constant
144 stack address (typically the outer-bound), the second is the
145 frame's constant code address (typically the entry point),
146 and the third parameter is the frame's special identifier address. */
147 extern struct frame_id
frame_id_build_special (CORE_ADDR stack_addr
,
149 CORE_ADDR special_addr
);
151 /* Construct a wild card frame ID. The parameter is the frame's constant
152 stack address (typically the outer-bound). The code address as well
153 as the special identifier address are set to indicate wild cards. */
154 extern struct frame_id
frame_id_build_wild (CORE_ADDR stack_addr
);
156 /* Returns non-zero when L is a valid frame (a valid frame has a
158 extern int frame_id_p (struct frame_id l
);
160 /* Returns non-zero when L and R identify the same frame, or, if
161 either L or R have a zero .func, then the same frame base. */
162 extern int frame_id_eq (struct frame_id l
, struct frame_id r
);
164 /* Write the internal representation of a frame ID on the specified
166 extern void fprint_frame_id (struct ui_file
*file
, struct frame_id id
);
169 /* Frame types. Some are real, some are signal trampolines, and some
170 are completely artificial (dummy). */
174 /* A true stack frame, created by the target program during normal
177 /* A fake frame, created by GDB when performing an inferior function
180 /* In a signal handler, various OSs handle this in various ways.
181 The main thing is that the frame may be far from normal. */
183 /* Sentinel or registers frame. This frame obtains register values
184 direct from the inferior's registers. */
188 /* For every stopped thread, GDB tracks two frames: current and
189 selected. Current frame is the inner most frame of the selected
190 thread. Selected frame is the one being examined by the the GDB
191 CLI (selected using `up', `down', ...). The frames are created
192 on-demand (via get_prev_frame()) and then held in a frame cache. */
193 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-28: Er, there is a lie here. If you do the
194 sequence: `thread 1; up; thread 2; thread 1' you lose thread 1's
195 selected frame. At present GDB only tracks the selected frame of
196 the current thread. But be warned, that might change. */
197 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-14: At any time, only one thread's selected
198 and current frame can be active. Switching threads causes gdb to
199 discard all that cached frame information. Ulgh! Instead, current
200 and selected frame should be bound to a thread. */
202 /* On demand, create the inner most frame using information found in
203 the inferior. If the inner most frame can't be created, throw an
205 extern struct frame_info
*get_current_frame (void);
207 /* Does the current target interface have enough state to be able to
208 query the current inferior for frame info, and is the inferior in a
209 state where that is possible? */
210 extern int has_stack_frames (void);
212 /* Invalidates the frame cache (this function should have been called
213 invalidate_cached_frames).
215 FIXME: cagney/2002-11-28: There should be two methods: one that
216 reverts the thread's selected frame back to current frame (for when
217 the inferior resumes) and one that does not (for when the user
218 modifies the target invalidating the frame cache). */
219 extern void reinit_frame_cache (void);
221 /* On demand, create the selected frame and then return it. If the
222 selected frame can not be created, this function prints then throws
223 an error. When MESSAGE is non-NULL, use it for the error message,
224 otherwize use a generic error message. */
225 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-28: At present, when there is no selected
226 frame, this function always returns the current (inner most) frame.
227 It should instead, when a thread has previously had its frame
228 selected (but not resumed) and the frame cache invalidated, find
229 and then return that thread's previously selected frame. */
230 extern struct frame_info
*get_selected_frame (const char *message
);
232 /* Select a specific frame. NULL, apparently implies re-select the
234 extern void select_frame (struct frame_info
*);
236 /* Given a FRAME, return the next (more inner, younger) or previous
237 (more outer, older) frame. */
238 extern struct frame_info
*get_prev_frame (struct frame_info
*);
239 extern struct frame_info
*get_next_frame (struct frame_info
*);
241 /* Given a frame's ID, relocate the frame. Returns NULL if the frame
243 extern struct frame_info
*frame_find_by_id (struct frame_id id
);
245 /* Base attributes of a frame: */
247 /* The frame's `resume' address. Where the program will resume in
250 This replaced: frame->pc; */
251 extern CORE_ADDR
get_frame_pc (struct frame_info
*);
253 /* An address (not necessarily aligned to an instruction boundary)
254 that falls within THIS frame's code block.
256 When a function call is the last statement in a block, the return
257 address for the call may land at the start of the next block.
258 Similarly, if a no-return function call is the last statement in
259 the function, the return address may end up pointing beyond the
260 function, and possibly at the start of the next function.
262 These methods make an allowance for this. For call frames, this
263 function returns the frame's PC-1 which "should" be an address in
264 the frame's block. */
266 extern CORE_ADDR
get_frame_address_in_block (struct frame_info
*this_frame
);
268 /* The frame's inner-most bound. AKA the stack-pointer. Confusingly
269 known as top-of-stack. */
271 extern CORE_ADDR
get_frame_sp (struct frame_info
*);
273 /* Following on from the `resume' address. Return the entry point
274 address of the function containing that resume address, or zero if
275 that function isn't known. */
276 extern CORE_ADDR
get_frame_func (struct frame_info
*fi
);
278 /* Closely related to the resume address, various symbol table
279 attributes that are determined by the PC. Note that for a normal
280 frame, the PC refers to the resume address after the return, and
281 not the call instruction. In such a case, the address is adjusted
282 so that it (approximately) identifies the call site (and not the
285 NOTE: cagney/2002-11-28: The frame cache could be used to cache the
286 computed value. Working on the assumption that the bottle-neck is
287 in the single step code, and that code causes the frame cache to be
288 constantly flushed, caching things in a frame is probably of little
289 benefit. As they say `show us the numbers'.
291 NOTE: cagney/2002-11-28: Plenty more where this one came from:
292 find_frame_block(), find_frame_partial_function(),
293 find_frame_symtab(), find_frame_function(). Each will need to be
294 carefully considered to determine if the real intent was for it to
295 apply to the PC or the adjusted PC. */
296 extern void find_frame_sal (struct frame_info
*frame
,
297 struct symtab_and_line
*sal
);
299 /* Set the current source and line to the location given by frame
300 FRAME, if possible. When CENTER is true, adjust so the relevant
301 line is in the center of the next 'list'. */
303 void set_current_sal_from_frame (struct frame_info
*, int);
305 /* Return the frame base (what ever that is) (DEPRECATED).
307 Old code was trying to use this single method for two conflicting
308 purposes. Such code needs to be updated to use either of:
310 get_frame_id: A low level frame unique identifier, that consists of
311 both a stack and a function address, that can be used to uniquely
312 identify a frame. This value is determined by the frame's
313 low-level unwinder, the stack part [typically] being the
314 top-of-stack of the previous frame, and the function part being the
315 function's start address. Since the correct identification of a
316 frameless function requires both the a stack and function address,
317 the old get_frame_base method was not sufficient.
319 get_frame_base_address: get_frame_locals_address:
320 get_frame_args_address: A set of high-level debug-info dependant
321 addresses that fall within the frame. These addresses almost
322 certainly will not match the stack address part of a frame ID (as
323 returned by get_frame_base).
325 This replaced: frame->frame; */
327 extern CORE_ADDR
get_frame_base (struct frame_info
*);
329 /* Return the per-frame unique identifer. Can be used to relocate a
330 frame after a frame cache flush (and other similar operations). If
331 FI is NULL, return the null_frame_id.
333 NOTE: kettenis/20040508: These functions return a structure. On
334 platforms where structures are returned in static storage (vax,
335 m68k), this may trigger compiler bugs in code like:
337 if (frame_id_eq (get_frame_id (l), get_frame_id (r)))
339 where the return value from the first get_frame_id (l) gets
340 overwritten by the second get_frame_id (r). Please avoid writing
341 code like this. Use code like:
343 struct frame_id id = get_frame_id (l);
344 if (frame_id_eq (id, get_frame_id (r)))
346 instead, since that avoids the bug. */
347 extern struct frame_id
get_frame_id (struct frame_info
*fi
);
348 extern struct frame_id
frame_unwind_id (struct frame_info
*next_frame
);
350 /* Assuming that a frame is `normal', return its base-address, or 0 if
351 the information isn't available. NOTE: This address is really only
352 meaningful to the frame's high-level debug info. */
353 extern CORE_ADDR
get_frame_base_address (struct frame_info
*);
355 /* Assuming that a frame is `normal', return the base-address of the
356 local variables, or 0 if the information isn't available. NOTE:
357 This address is really only meaningful to the frame's high-level
358 debug info. Typically, the argument and locals share a single
360 extern CORE_ADDR
get_frame_locals_address (struct frame_info
*);
362 /* Assuming that a frame is `normal', return the base-address of the
363 parameter list, or 0 if that information isn't available. NOTE:
364 This address is really only meaningful to the frame's high-level
365 debug info. Typically, the argument and locals share a single
367 extern CORE_ADDR
get_frame_args_address (struct frame_info
*);
369 /* The frame's level: 0 for innermost, 1 for its caller, ...; or -1
370 for an invalid frame). */
371 extern int frame_relative_level (struct frame_info
*fi
);
373 /* Return the frame's type. */
375 extern enum frame_type
get_frame_type (struct frame_info
*);
377 /* For frames where we can not unwind further, describe why. */
379 enum unwind_stop_reason
381 /* No particular reason; either we haven't tried unwinding yet,
382 or we didn't fail. */
385 /* The previous frame's analyzer returns an invalid result
388 FIXME drow/2006-08-16: This is how GDB used to indicate end of
389 stack. We should migrate to a model where frames always have a
390 valid ID, and this becomes not just an error but an internal
391 error. But that's a project for another day. */
394 /* All the conditions after this point are considered errors;
395 abnormal stack termination. If a backtrace stops for one
396 of these reasons, we'll let the user know. This marker
397 is not a valid stop reason. */
400 /* This frame ID looks like it ought to belong to a NEXT frame,
401 but we got it for a PREV frame. Normally, this is a sign of
402 unwinder failure. It could also indicate stack corruption. */
405 /* This frame has the same ID as the previous one. That means
406 that unwinding further would almost certainly give us another
407 frame with exactly the same ID, so break the chain. Normally,
408 this is a sign of unwinder failure. It could also indicate
412 /* The frame unwinder didn't find any saved PC, but we needed
413 one to unwind further. */
417 /* Return the reason why we can't unwind past this frame. */
419 enum unwind_stop_reason
get_frame_unwind_stop_reason (struct frame_info
*);
421 /* Translate a reason code to an informative string. */
423 const char *frame_stop_reason_string (enum unwind_stop_reason
);
425 /* Unwind the stack frame so that the value of REGNUM, in the previous
426 (up, older) frame is returned. If VALUEP is NULL, don't
427 fetch/compute the value. Instead just return the location of the
429 extern void frame_register_unwind (struct frame_info
*frame
, int regnum
,
430 int *optimizedp
, enum lval_type
*lvalp
,
431 CORE_ADDR
*addrp
, int *realnump
,
434 /* Fetch a register from this, or unwind a register from the next
435 frame. Note that the get_frame methods are wrappers to
436 frame->next->unwind. They all [potentially] throw an error if the
437 fetch fails. The value methods never return NULL, but usually
438 do return a lazy value. */
440 extern void frame_unwind_register (struct frame_info
*frame
,
441 int regnum
, gdb_byte
*buf
);
442 extern void get_frame_register (struct frame_info
*frame
,
443 int regnum
, gdb_byte
*buf
);
445 struct value
*frame_unwind_register_value (struct frame_info
*frame
,
447 struct value
*get_frame_register_value (struct frame_info
*frame
,
450 extern LONGEST
frame_unwind_register_signed (struct frame_info
*frame
,
452 extern LONGEST
get_frame_register_signed (struct frame_info
*frame
,
454 extern ULONGEST
frame_unwind_register_unsigned (struct frame_info
*frame
,
456 extern ULONGEST
get_frame_register_unsigned (struct frame_info
*frame
,
460 /* Get the value of the register that belongs to this FRAME. This
461 function is a wrapper to the call sequence ``frame_register_unwind
462 (get_next_frame (FRAME))''. As per frame_register_unwind(), if
463 VALUEP is NULL, the registers value is not fetched/computed. */
465 extern void frame_register (struct frame_info
*frame
, int regnum
,
466 int *optimizedp
, enum lval_type
*lvalp
,
467 CORE_ADDR
*addrp
, int *realnump
,
470 /* The reverse. Store a register value relative to the specified
471 frame. Note: this call makes the frame's state undefined. The
472 register and frame caches must be flushed. */
473 extern void put_frame_register (struct frame_info
*frame
, int regnum
,
474 const gdb_byte
*buf
);
476 /* Read LEN bytes from one or multiple registers starting with REGNUM
477 in frame FRAME, starting at OFFSET, into BUF. */
478 extern int get_frame_register_bytes (struct frame_info
*frame
, int regnum
,
479 CORE_ADDR offset
, int len
,
482 /* Write LEN bytes to one or multiple registers starting with REGNUM
483 in frame FRAME, starting at OFFSET, into BUF. */
484 extern void put_frame_register_bytes (struct frame_info
*frame
, int regnum
,
485 CORE_ADDR offset
, int len
,
486 const gdb_byte
*myaddr
);
488 /* Unwind the PC. Strictly speaking return the resume address of the
489 calling frame. For GDB, `pc' is the resume address and not a
490 specific register. */
492 extern CORE_ADDR
frame_pc_unwind (struct frame_info
*frame
);
494 /* Discard the specified frame. Restoring the registers to the state
496 extern void frame_pop (struct frame_info
*frame
);
498 /* Return memory from the specified frame. A frame knows its thread /
499 LWP and hence can find its way down to a target. The assumption
500 here is that the current and previous frame share a common address
503 If the memory read fails, these methods throw an error.
505 NOTE: cagney/2003-06-03: Should there be unwind versions of these
506 methods? That isn't clear. Can code, for instance, assume that
507 this and the previous frame's memory or architecture are identical?
508 If architecture / memory changes are always separated by special
509 adaptor frames this should be ok. */
511 extern void get_frame_memory (struct frame_info
*this_frame
, CORE_ADDR addr
,
512 gdb_byte
*buf
, int len
);
513 extern LONGEST
get_frame_memory_signed (struct frame_info
*this_frame
,
514 CORE_ADDR memaddr
, int len
);
515 extern ULONGEST
get_frame_memory_unsigned (struct frame_info
*this_frame
,
516 CORE_ADDR memaddr
, int len
);
518 /* Same as above, but return non-zero when the entire memory read
519 succeeds, zero otherwize. */
520 extern int safe_frame_unwind_memory (struct frame_info
*this_frame
,
521 CORE_ADDR addr
, gdb_byte
*buf
, int len
);
523 /* Return this frame's architecture. */
525 extern struct gdbarch
*get_frame_arch (struct frame_info
*this_frame
);
528 /* Values for the source flag to be used in print_frame_info_base(). */
531 /* Print only the source line, like in stepi. */
533 /* Print only the location, i.e. level, address (sometimes)
534 function, args, file, line, line num. */
536 /* Print both of the above. */
538 /* Print location only, but always include the address. */
542 /* Allocate zero initialized memory from the frame cache obstack.
543 Appendices to the frame info (such as the unwind cache) should
544 allocate memory using this method. */
546 extern void *frame_obstack_zalloc (unsigned long size
);
547 #define FRAME_OBSTACK_ZALLOC(TYPE) ((TYPE *) frame_obstack_zalloc (sizeof (TYPE)))
548 #define FRAME_OBSTACK_CALLOC(NUMBER,TYPE) ((TYPE *) frame_obstack_zalloc ((NUMBER) * sizeof (TYPE)))
550 /* Create a regcache, and copy the frame's registers into it. */
551 struct regcache
*frame_save_as_regcache (struct frame_info
*this_frame
);
553 extern struct block
*get_frame_block (struct frame_info
*,
554 CORE_ADDR
*addr_in_block
);
556 /* Return the `struct block' that belongs to the selected thread's
557 selected frame. If the inferior has no state, return NULL.
559 NOTE: cagney/2002-11-29:
561 No state? Does the inferior have any execution state (a core file
562 does, an executable does not). At present the code tests
563 `target_has_stack' but I'm left wondering if it should test
564 `target_has_registers' or, even, a merged target_has_state.
566 Should it look at the most recently specified SAL? If the target
567 has no state, should this function try to extract a block from the
568 most recently selected SAL? That way `list foo' would give it some
569 sort of reference point. Then again, perhaps that would confuse
572 Calls to this function can be broken down into two categories: Code
573 that uses the selected block as an additional, but optional, data
574 point; Code that uses the selected block as a prop, when it should
575 have the relevant frame/block/pc explicitly passed in.
577 The latter can be eliminated by correctly parameterizing the code,
578 the former though is more interesting. Per the "address" command,
579 it occurs in the CLI code and makes it possible for commands to
580 work, even when the inferior has no state. */
582 extern struct block
*get_selected_block (CORE_ADDR
*addr_in_block
);
584 extern struct symbol
*get_frame_function (struct frame_info
*);
586 extern CORE_ADDR
get_pc_function_start (CORE_ADDR
);
588 extern struct frame_info
*find_relative_frame (struct frame_info
*, int *);
590 extern void show_and_print_stack_frame (struct frame_info
*fi
, int print_level
,
591 enum print_what print_what
);
593 extern void print_stack_frame (struct frame_info
*, int print_level
,
594 enum print_what print_what
);
596 extern void print_frame_info (struct frame_info
*, int print_level
,
597 enum print_what print_what
, int args
);
599 extern struct frame_info
*block_innermost_frame (struct block
*);
601 extern int deprecated_pc_in_call_dummy (CORE_ADDR pc
);
603 /* FIXME: cagney/2003-02-02: Should be deprecated or replaced with a
604 function called get_frame_register_p(). This slightly weird (and
605 older) variant of get_frame_register() returns zero (indicating the
606 register is unavailable) if either: the register isn't cached; or
607 the register has been optimized out. Problem is, neither check is
608 exactly correct. A register can't be optimized out (it may not
609 have been saved as part of a function call); The fact that a
610 register isn't in the register cache doesn't mean that the register
611 isn't available (it could have been fetched from memory). */
613 extern int frame_register_read (struct frame_info
*frame
, int regnum
,
617 extern void args_info (char *, int);
619 extern void locals_info (char *, int);
621 extern void (*deprecated_selected_frame_level_changed_hook
) (int);
623 extern void return_command (char *, int);
625 /* Set FRAME's unwinder temporarily, so that we can call a sniffer.
626 Return a cleanup which should be called if unwinding fails, and
627 discarded if it succeeds. */
629 struct cleanup
*frame_prepare_for_sniffer (struct frame_info
*frame
,
630 const struct frame_unwind
*unwind
);
632 /* Notes (cagney/2002-11-27, drow/2003-09-06):
634 You might think that calls to this function can simply be replaced by a
635 call to get_selected_frame().
637 Unfortunately, it isn't that easy.
639 The relevant code needs to be audited to determine if it is
640 possible (or practical) to instead pass the applicable frame in as a
641 parameter. For instance, DEPRECATED_DO_REGISTERS_INFO() relied on
642 the deprecated_selected_frame global, while its replacement,
643 PRINT_REGISTERS_INFO(), is parameterized with the selected frame.
644 The only real exceptions occur at the edge (in the CLI code) where
645 user commands need to pick up the selected frame before proceeding.
647 There are also some functions called with a NULL frame meaning either "the
648 program is not running" or "use the selected frame".
650 This is important. GDB is trying to stamp out the hack:
652 saved_frame = deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame ();
654 hack_using_global_selected_frame ();
655 select_frame (saved_frame);
659 This function calls get_selected_frame if the inferior should have a
660 frame, or returns NULL otherwise. */
662 extern struct frame_info
*deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame (void);
664 /* Create a frame using the specified BASE and PC. */
666 extern struct frame_info
*create_new_frame (CORE_ADDR base
, CORE_ADDR pc
);
668 #endif /* !defined (FRAME_H) */