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1 /* Definitions for dealing with stack frames, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
2
3 Copyright 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996,
4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6 This file is part of GDB.
7
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
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
12
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15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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17
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19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
21 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
22
23 #if !defined (FRAME_H)
24 #define FRAME_H 1
25
26 /* The following is the intended naming schema for frame functions.
27 It isn't 100% consistent, but it is aproaching that. Frame naming
28 schema:
29
30 Prefixes:
31
32 get_frame_WHAT...(): Get WHAT from the THIS frame (functionaly
33 equivalent to THIS->next->unwind->what)
34
35 frame_unwind_WHAT...(): Unwind THIS frame's WHAT from the NEXT
36 frame.
37
38 put_frame_WHAT...(): Put a value into this frame (unsafe, need to
39 invalidate the frame / regcache afterwards) (better name more
40 strongly hinting at its unsafeness)
41
42 safe_....(): Safer version of various functions, doesn't throw an
43 error (leave this for later?). Returns non-zero / non-NULL if the
44 request succeeds, zero / NULL otherwize.
45
46 Suffixes:
47
48 void /frame/_WHAT(): Read WHAT's value into the buffer parameter.
49
50 ULONGEST /frame/_WHAT_unsigned(): Return an unsigned value (the
51 alternative is *frame_unsigned_WHAT).
52
53 LONGEST /frame/_WHAT_signed(): Return WHAT signed value.
54
55 What:
56
57 /frame/_memory* (frame, coreaddr, len [, buf]): Extract/return
58 *memory.
59
60 /frame/_register* (frame, regnum [, buf]): extract/return register.
61
62 CORE_ADDR /frame/_{pc,sp,...} (frame): Resume address, innner most
63 stack *address, ...
64
65 */
66
67 struct symtab_and_line;
68 struct frame_unwind;
69 struct frame_base;
70 struct block;
71 struct gdbarch;
72 struct ui_file;
73
74 /* The frame object. */
75
76 struct frame_info;
77
78 /* The frame object's ID. This provides a per-frame unique identifier
79 that can be used to relocate a `struct frame_info' after a target
80 resume or a frame cache destruct. It of course assumes that the
81 inferior hasn't unwound the stack past that frame. */
82
83 struct frame_id
84 {
85 /* The frame's stack address. This shall be constant through out
86 the lifetime of a frame. Note that this requirement applies to
87 not just the function body, but also the prologue and (in theory
88 at least) the epilogue. Since that value needs to fall either on
89 the boundary, or within the frame's address range, the frame's
90 outer-most address (the inner-most address of the previous frame)
91 is used. Watch out for all the legacy targets that still use the
92 function pointer register or stack pointer register. They are
93 wrong.
94
95 This field is valid only if stack_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
96 frame represents the null frame. */
97 CORE_ADDR stack_addr;
98
99 /* The frame's code address. This shall be constant through out the
100 lifetime of the frame. While the PC (a.k.a. resume address)
101 changes as the function is executed, this code address cannot.
102 Typically, it is set to the address of the entry point of the
103 frame's function (as returned by frame_func_unwind().
104
105 This field is valid only if code_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
106 frame is considered to have a wildcard code address, i.e. one that
107 matches every address value in frame comparisons. */
108 CORE_ADDR code_addr;
109
110 /* The frame's special address. This shall be constant through out the
111 lifetime of the frame. This is used for architectures that may have
112 frames that do not change the stack but are still distinct and have
113 some form of distinct identifier (e.g. the ia64 which uses a 2nd
114 stack for registers). This field is treated as unordered - i.e. will
115 not be used in frame ordering comparisons such as frame_id_inner().
116
117 This field is valid only if special_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
118 frame is considered to have a wildcard special address, i.e. one that
119 matches every address value in frame comparisons. */
120 CORE_ADDR special_addr;
121
122 /* Flags to indicate the above fields have valid contents. */
123 unsigned int stack_addr_p : 1;
124 unsigned int code_addr_p : 1;
125 unsigned int special_addr_p : 1;
126 };
127
128 /* Methods for constructing and comparing Frame IDs.
129
130 NOTE: Given stackless functions A and B, where A calls B (and hence
131 B is inner-to A). The relationships: !eq(A,B); !eq(B,A);
132 !inner(A,B); !inner(B,A); all hold.
133
134 This is because, while B is inner-to A, B is not strictly inner-to A.
135 Being stackless, they have an identical .stack_addr value, and differ
136 only by their unordered .code_addr and/or .special_addr values.
137
138 Because frame_id_inner is only used as a safety net (e.g.,
139 detect a corrupt stack) the lack of strictness is not a problem.
140 Code needing to determine an exact relationship between two frames
141 must instead use frame_id_eq and frame_id_unwind. For instance,
142 in the above, to determine that A stepped-into B, the equation
143 "A.id != B.id && A.id == id_unwind (B)" can be used. */
144
145 /* For convenience. All fields are zero. */
146 extern const struct frame_id null_frame_id;
147
148 /* Construct a frame ID. The first parameter is the frame's constant
149 stack address (typically the outer-bound), and the second the
150 frame's constant code address (typically the entry point).
151 The special identifier address is set to indicate a wild card. */
152 extern struct frame_id frame_id_build (CORE_ADDR stack_addr,
153 CORE_ADDR code_addr);
154
155 /* Construct a special frame ID. The first parameter is the frame's constant
156 stack address (typically the outer-bound), the second is the
157 frame's constant code address (typically the entry point),
158 and the third parameter is the frame's special identifier address. */
159 extern struct frame_id frame_id_build_special (CORE_ADDR stack_addr,
160 CORE_ADDR code_addr,
161 CORE_ADDR special_addr);
162
163 /* Construct a wild card frame ID. The parameter is the frame's constant
164 stack address (typically the outer-bound). The code address as well
165 as the special identifier address are set to indicate wild cards. */
166 extern struct frame_id frame_id_build_wild (CORE_ADDR stack_addr);
167
168 /* Returns non-zero when L is a valid frame (a valid frame has a
169 non-zero .base). */
170 extern int frame_id_p (struct frame_id l);
171
172 /* Returns non-zero when L and R identify the same frame, or, if
173 either L or R have a zero .func, then the same frame base. */
174 extern int frame_id_eq (struct frame_id l, struct frame_id r);
175
176 /* Returns non-zero when L is strictly inner-than R (they have
177 different frame .bases). Neither L, nor R can be `null'. See note
178 above about frameless functions. */
179 extern int frame_id_inner (struct frame_id l, struct frame_id r);
180
181 /* Write the internal representation of a frame ID on the specified
182 stream. */
183 extern void fprint_frame_id (struct ui_file *file, struct frame_id id);
184
185
186 /* For every stopped thread, GDB tracks two frames: current and
187 selected. Current frame is the inner most frame of the selected
188 thread. Selected frame is the one being examined by the the GDB
189 CLI (selected using `up', `down', ...). The frames are created
190 on-demand (via get_prev_frame()) and then held in a frame cache. */
191 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-28: Er, there is a lie here. If you do the
192 sequence: `thread 1; up; thread 2; thread 1' you lose thread 1's
193 selected frame. At present GDB only tracks the selected frame of
194 the current thread. But be warned, that might change. */
195 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-14: At any time, only one thread's selected
196 and current frame can be active. Switching threads causes gdb to
197 discard all that cached frame information. Ulgh! Instead, current
198 and selected frame should be bound to a thread. */
199
200 /* On demand, create the inner most frame using information found in
201 the inferior. If the inner most frame can't be created, throw an
202 error. */
203 extern struct frame_info *get_current_frame (void);
204
205 /* Invalidates the frame cache (this function should have been called
206 invalidate_cached_frames).
207
208 FIXME: cagney/2002-11-28: The only difference between
209 flush_cached_frames() and reinit_frame_cache() is that the latter
210 explicitly sets the selected frame back to the current frame -- there
211 isn't any real difference (except that one delays the selection of
212 a new frame). Code can instead simply rely on get_selected_frame()
213 to reinit the selected frame as needed. As for invalidating the
214 cache, there should be two methods: one that reverts the thread's
215 selected frame back to current frame (for when the inferior
216 resumes) and one that does not (for when the user modifies the
217 target invalidating the frame cache). */
218 extern void flush_cached_frames (void);
219 extern void reinit_frame_cache (void);
220
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);
231
232 /* Select a specific frame. NULL, apparently implies re-select the
233 inner most frame. */
234 extern void select_frame (struct frame_info *);
235
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 *);
240
241 /* Given a frame's ID, relocate the frame. Returns NULL if the frame
242 is not found. */
243 extern struct frame_info *frame_find_by_id (struct frame_id id);
244
245 /* Base attributes of a frame: */
246
247 /* The frame's `resume' address. Where the program will resume in
248 this frame.
249
250 This replaced: frame->pc; */
251 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_pc (struct frame_info *);
252
253 /* An address (not necessarily aligned to an instruction boundary)
254 that falls within THIS frame's code block.
255
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.
261
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. */
265
266 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_address_in_block (struct frame_info *this_frame);
267 extern CORE_ADDR frame_unwind_address_in_block (struct frame_info *next_frame);
268
269 /* The frame's inner-most bound. AKA the stack-pointer. Confusingly
270 known as top-of-stack. */
271
272 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_sp (struct frame_info *);
273 extern CORE_ADDR frame_sp_unwind (struct frame_info *);
274
275
276 /* Following on from the `resume' address. Return the entry point
277 address of the function containing that resume address, or zero if
278 that function isn't known. */
279 extern CORE_ADDR frame_func_unwind (struct frame_info *fi);
280 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_func (struct frame_info *fi);
281
282 /* Closely related to the resume address, various symbol table
283 attributes that are determined by the PC. Note that for a normal
284 frame, the PC refers to the resume address after the return, and
285 not the call instruction. In such a case, the address is adjusted
286 so that it (approximately) identifies the call site (and not the
287 return site).
288
289 NOTE: cagney/2002-11-28: The frame cache could be used to cache the
290 computed value. Working on the assumption that the bottle-neck is
291 in the single step code, and that code causes the frame cache to be
292 constantly flushed, caching things in a frame is probably of little
293 benefit. As they say `show us the numbers'.
294
295 NOTE: cagney/2002-11-28: Plenty more where this one came from:
296 find_frame_block(), find_frame_partial_function(),
297 find_frame_symtab(), find_frame_function(). Each will need to be
298 carefully considered to determine if the real intent was for it to
299 apply to the PC or the adjusted PC. */
300 extern void find_frame_sal (struct frame_info *frame,
301 struct symtab_and_line *sal);
302
303 /* Return the frame base (what ever that is) (DEPRECATED).
304
305 Old code was trying to use this single method for two conflicting
306 purposes. Such code needs to be updated to use either of:
307
308 get_frame_id: A low level frame unique identifier, that consists of
309 both a stack and a function address, that can be used to uniquely
310 identify a frame. This value is determined by the frame's
311 low-level unwinder, the stack part [typically] being the
312 top-of-stack of the previous frame, and the function part being the
313 function's start address. Since the correct identification of a
314 frameless function requires both the a stack and function address,
315 the old get_frame_base method was not sufficient.
316
317 get_frame_base_address: get_frame_locals_address:
318 get_frame_args_address: A set of high-level debug-info dependant
319 addresses that fall within the frame. These addresses almost
320 certainly will not match the stack address part of a frame ID (as
321 returned by get_frame_base).
322
323 This replaced: frame->frame; */
324
325 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_base (struct frame_info *);
326
327 /* Return the per-frame unique identifer. Can be used to relocate a
328 frame after a frame cache flush (and other similar operations). If
329 FI is NULL, return the null_frame_id.
330
331 NOTE: kettenis/20040508: These functions return a structure. On
332 platforms where structures are returned in static storage (vax,
333 m68k), this may trigger compiler bugs in code like:
334
335 if (frame_id_eq (get_frame_id (l), get_frame_id (r)))
336
337 where the return value from the first get_frame_id (l) gets
338 overwritten by the second get_frame_id (r). Please avoid writing
339 code like this. Use code like:
340
341 struct frame_id id = get_frame_id (l);
342 if (frame_id_eq (id, get_frame_id (r)))
343
344 instead, since that avoids the bug. */
345 extern struct frame_id get_frame_id (struct frame_info *fi);
346 extern struct frame_id frame_unwind_id (struct frame_info *next_frame);
347
348 /* Assuming that a frame is `normal', return its base-address, or 0 if
349 the information isn't available. NOTE: This address is really only
350 meaningful to the frame's high-level debug info. */
351 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_base_address (struct frame_info *);
352
353 /* Assuming that a frame is `normal', return the base-address of the
354 local variables, or 0 if the information isn't available. NOTE:
355 This address is really only meaningful to the frame's high-level
356 debug info. Typically, the argument and locals share a single
357 base-address. */
358 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_locals_address (struct frame_info *);
359
360 /* Assuming that a frame is `normal', return the base-address of the
361 parameter list, or 0 if that information isn't available. NOTE:
362 This address is really only meaningful to the frame's high-level
363 debug info. Typically, the argument and locals share a single
364 base-address. */
365 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_args_address (struct frame_info *);
366
367 /* The frame's level: 0 for innermost, 1 for its caller, ...; or -1
368 for an invalid frame). */
369 extern int frame_relative_level (struct frame_info *fi);
370
371 /* Return the frame's type. Some are real, some are signal
372 trampolines, and some are completely artificial (dummy). */
373
374 enum frame_type
375 {
376 /* A true stack frame, created by the target program during normal
377 execution. */
378 NORMAL_FRAME,
379 /* A fake frame, created by GDB when performing an inferior function
380 call. */
381 DUMMY_FRAME,
382 /* In a signal handler, various OSs handle this in various ways.
383 The main thing is that the frame may be far from normal. */
384 SIGTRAMP_FRAME,
385 /* Sentinel or registers frame. This frame obtains register values
386 direct from the inferior's registers. */
387 SENTINEL_FRAME
388 };
389 extern enum frame_type get_frame_type (struct frame_info *);
390
391 /* Unwind the stack frame so that the value of REGNUM, in the previous
392 (up, older) frame is returned. If VALUEP is NULL, don't
393 fetch/compute the value. Instead just return the location of the
394 value. */
395 extern void frame_register_unwind (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
396 int *optimizedp, enum lval_type *lvalp,
397 CORE_ADDR *addrp, int *realnump,
398 void *valuep);
399
400 /* Fetch a register from this, or unwind a register from the next
401 frame. Note that the get_frame methods are wrappers to
402 frame->next->unwind. They all [potentially] throw an error if the
403 fetch fails. */
404
405 extern void frame_unwind_register (struct frame_info *frame,
406 int regnum, void *buf);
407 extern void get_frame_register (struct frame_info *frame,
408 int regnum, void *buf);
409
410 extern LONGEST frame_unwind_register_signed (struct frame_info *frame,
411 int regnum);
412 extern LONGEST get_frame_register_signed (struct frame_info *frame,
413 int regnum);
414 extern ULONGEST frame_unwind_register_unsigned (struct frame_info *frame,
415 int regnum);
416 extern ULONGEST get_frame_register_unsigned (struct frame_info *frame,
417 int regnum);
418
419
420 /* Use frame_unwind_register_signed. */
421 extern void frame_unwind_unsigned_register (struct frame_info *frame,
422 int regnum, ULONGEST *val);
423
424 /* Get the value of the register that belongs to this FRAME. This
425 function is a wrapper to the call sequence ``frame_register_unwind
426 (get_next_frame (FRAME))''. As per frame_register_unwind(), if
427 VALUEP is NULL, the registers value is not fetched/computed. */
428
429 extern void frame_register (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
430 int *optimizedp, enum lval_type *lvalp,
431 CORE_ADDR *addrp, int *realnump,
432 void *valuep);
433
434 /* The reverse. Store a register value relative to the specified
435 frame. Note: this call makes the frame's state undefined. The
436 register and frame caches must be flushed. */
437 extern void put_frame_register (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
438 const void *buf);
439
440 /* Map between a frame register number and its name. A frame register
441 space is a superset of the cooked register space --- it also
442 includes builtin registers. If NAMELEN is negative, use the NAME's
443 length when doing the comparison. */
444
445 extern int frame_map_name_to_regnum (struct frame_info *frame,
446 const char *name, int namelen);
447 extern const char *frame_map_regnum_to_name (struct frame_info *frame,
448 int regnum);
449
450 /* Unwind the PC. Strictly speaking return the resume address of the
451 calling frame. For GDB, `pc' is the resume address and not a
452 specific register. */
453
454 extern CORE_ADDR frame_pc_unwind (struct frame_info *frame);
455
456 /* Discard the specified frame. Restoring the registers to the state
457 of the caller. */
458 extern void frame_pop (struct frame_info *frame);
459
460 /* Return memory from the specified frame. A frame knows its thread /
461 LWP and hence can find its way down to a target. The assumption
462 here is that the current and previous frame share a common address
463 space.
464
465 If the memory read fails, these methods throw an error.
466
467 NOTE: cagney/2003-06-03: Should there be unwind versions of these
468 methods? That isn't clear. Can code, for instance, assume that
469 this and the previous frame's memory or architecture are identical?
470 If architecture / memory changes are always separated by special
471 adaptor frames this should be ok. */
472
473 extern void get_frame_memory (struct frame_info *this_frame, CORE_ADDR addr,
474 void *buf, int len);
475 extern LONGEST get_frame_memory_signed (struct frame_info *this_frame,
476 CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
477 extern ULONGEST get_frame_memory_unsigned (struct frame_info *this_frame,
478 CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
479
480 /* Same as above, but return non-zero when the entire memory read
481 succeeds, zero otherwize. */
482 extern int safe_frame_unwind_memory (struct frame_info *this_frame,
483 CORE_ADDR addr, void *buf, int len);
484
485 /* Return this frame's architecture. */
486
487 extern struct gdbarch *get_frame_arch (struct frame_info *this_frame);
488
489
490 /* Values for the source flag to be used in print_frame_info_base(). */
491 enum print_what
492 {
493 /* Print only the source line, like in stepi. */
494 SRC_LINE = -1,
495 /* Print only the location, i.e. level, address (sometimes)
496 function, args, file, line, line num. */
497 LOCATION,
498 /* Print both of the above. */
499 SRC_AND_LOC,
500 /* Print location only, but always include the address. */
501 LOC_AND_ADDRESS
502 };
503
504 /* Allocate additional space for appendices to a struct frame_info.
505 NOTE: Much of GDB's code works on the assumption that the allocated
506 saved_regs[] array is the size specified below. If you try to make
507 that array smaller, GDB will happily walk off its end. */
508
509 #ifdef SIZEOF_FRAME_SAVED_REGS
510 #error "SIZEOF_FRAME_SAVED_REGS can not be re-defined"
511 #endif
512 #define SIZEOF_FRAME_SAVED_REGS \
513 (sizeof (CORE_ADDR) * (NUM_REGS+NUM_PSEUDO_REGS))
514
515 /* Allocate zero initialized memory from the frame cache obstack.
516 Appendices to the frame info (such as the unwind cache) should
517 allocate memory using this method. */
518
519 extern void *frame_obstack_zalloc (unsigned long size);
520 #define FRAME_OBSTACK_ZALLOC(TYPE) ((TYPE *) frame_obstack_zalloc (sizeof (TYPE)))
521 #define FRAME_OBSTACK_CALLOC(NUMBER,TYPE) ((TYPE *) frame_obstack_zalloc ((NUMBER) * sizeof (TYPE)))
522
523 /* Create a regcache, and copy the frame's registers into it. */
524 struct regcache *frame_save_as_regcache (struct frame_info *this_frame);
525
526 extern struct block *get_frame_block (struct frame_info *,
527 CORE_ADDR *addr_in_block);
528
529 /* Return the `struct block' that belongs to the selected thread's
530 selected frame. If the inferior has no state, return NULL.
531
532 NOTE: cagney/2002-11-29:
533
534 No state? Does the inferior have any execution state (a core file
535 does, an executable does not). At present the code tests
536 `target_has_stack' but I'm left wondering if it should test
537 `target_has_registers' or, even, a merged target_has_state.
538
539 Should it look at the most recently specified SAL? If the target
540 has no state, should this function try to extract a block from the
541 most recently selected SAL? That way `list foo' would give it some
542 sort of reference point. Then again, perhaps that would confuse
543 things.
544
545 Calls to this function can be broken down into two categories: Code
546 that uses the selected block as an additional, but optional, data
547 point; Code that uses the selected block as a prop, when it should
548 have the relevant frame/block/pc explicitly passed in.
549
550 The latter can be eliminated by correctly parameterizing the code,
551 the former though is more interesting. Per the "address" command,
552 it occurs in the CLI code and makes it possible for commands to
553 work, even when the inferior has no state. */
554
555 extern struct block *get_selected_block (CORE_ADDR *addr_in_block);
556
557 extern struct symbol *get_frame_function (struct frame_info *);
558
559 extern CORE_ADDR get_pc_function_start (CORE_ADDR);
560
561 extern struct frame_info *find_relative_frame (struct frame_info *, int *);
562
563 extern void show_and_print_stack_frame (struct frame_info *fi, int print_level,
564 enum print_what print_what);
565
566 extern void print_stack_frame (struct frame_info *, int print_level,
567 enum print_what print_what);
568
569 extern void show_stack_frame (struct frame_info *);
570
571 extern void print_frame_info (struct frame_info *, int print_level,
572 enum print_what print_what, int args);
573
574 extern struct frame_info *block_innermost_frame (struct block *);
575
576 extern int deprecated_pc_in_call_dummy (CORE_ADDR pc);
577
578 /* FIXME: cagney/2003-02-02: Should be deprecated or replaced with a
579 function called get_frame_register_p(). This slightly weird (and
580 older) variant of get_frame_register() returns zero (indicating the
581 register is unavailable) if either: the register isn't cached; or
582 the register has been optimized out. Problem is, neither check is
583 exactly correct. A register can't be optimized out (it may not
584 have been saved as part of a function call); The fact that a
585 register isn't in the register cache doesn't mean that the register
586 isn't available (it could have been fetched from memory). */
587
588 extern int frame_register_read (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
589 void *buf);
590
591 /* From stack.c. */
592 extern void args_info (char *, int);
593
594 extern void locals_info (char *, int);
595
596 extern void (*deprecated_selected_frame_level_changed_hook) (int);
597
598 extern void return_command (char *, int);
599
600
601 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-11-27:
602
603 You might think that the below global can simply be replaced by a
604 call to either get_selected_frame() or select_frame().
605
606 Unfortunately, it isn't that easy.
607
608 The relevant code needs to be audited to determine if it is
609 possible (or practical) to instead pass the applicable frame in as a
610 parameter. For instance, DEPRECATED_DO_REGISTERS_INFO() relied on
611 the deprecated_selected_frame global, while its replacement,
612 PRINT_REGISTERS_INFO(), is parameterized with the selected frame.
613 The only real exceptions occur at the edge (in the CLI code) where
614 user commands need to pick up the selected frame before proceeding.
615
616 This is important. GDB is trying to stamp out the hack:
617
618 saved_frame = deprecated_selected_frame;
619 deprecated_selected_frame = ...;
620 hack_using_global_selected_frame ();
621 deprecated_selected_frame = saved_frame;
622
623 Take care! */
624
625 extern struct frame_info *deprecated_selected_frame;
626
627 /* NOTE: drow/2003-09-06:
628
629 This function is "a step sideways" for uses of deprecated_selected_frame.
630 They should be fixed as above, but meanwhile, we needed a solution for
631 cases where functions are called with a NULL frame meaning either "the
632 program is not running" or "use the selected frame". Lazy building of
633 deprecated_selected_frame confuses the situation, because now
634 deprecated_selected_frame can be NULL even when the inferior is running.
635
636 This function calls get_selected_frame if the inferior should have a
637 frame, or returns NULL otherwise. */
638
639 extern struct frame_info *deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame (void);
640
641 /* Create a frame using the specified BASE and PC. */
642
643 extern struct frame_info *create_new_frame (CORE_ADDR base, CORE_ADDR pc);
644
645 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-12-06: Has the PC in the current frame changed?
646 "infrun.c", Thanks to DECR_PC_AFTER_BREAK, can change the PC after
647 the initial frame create. This puts things back in sync.
648
649 This replaced: frame->pc = ....; */
650 extern void deprecated_update_frame_pc_hack (struct frame_info *frame,
651 CORE_ADDR pc);
652
653 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-12-18: Has the frame's base changed? Or to be
654 more exact, was that initial guess at the frame's base as returned
655 by the deleted read_fp() wrong? If it was, fix it. This shouldn't
656 be necessary since the code should be getting the frame's base
657 correct from the outset.
658
659 This replaced: frame->frame = ....; */
660 extern void deprecated_update_frame_base_hack (struct frame_info *frame,
661 CORE_ADDR base);
662
663 #endif /* !defined (FRAME_H) */
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