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1 /* Machine independent variables that describe the core file under GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 This file is part of GDB.
6
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
11
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
16
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19
20 /* Interface routines for core, executable, etc. */
21
22 #if !defined (GDBCORE_H)
23 #define GDBCORE_H 1
24
25 struct type;
26 struct regcache;
27
28 #include "bfd.h"
29 #include "exec.h"
30 #include "target.h"
31
32 /* Return the name of the executable file as a string.
33 ERR nonzero means get error if there is none specified;
34 otherwise return 0 in that case. */
35
36 extern char *get_exec_file (int err);
37
38 /* Nonzero if there is a core file. */
39
40 extern int have_core_file_p (void);
41
42 /* Report a memory error with error(). */
43
44 extern void memory_error (enum target_xfer_status status, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
45
46 /* The string 'memory_error' would use as exception message. Space
47 for the result is malloc'd, caller must free. */
48
49 extern char *memory_error_message (enum target_xfer_status err,
50 struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
51
52 /* Like target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read. */
53
54 extern void read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len);
55
56 /* Like target_read_stack, but report an error if can't read. */
57
58 extern void read_stack (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len);
59
60 /* Like target_read_code, but report an error if can't read. */
61
62 extern void read_code (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len);
63
64 /* Read an integer from debugged memory, given address and number of
65 bytes. */
66
67 extern LONGEST read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
68 int len, enum bfd_endian byte_order);
69 extern int safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
70 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
71 LONGEST *return_value);
72
73 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged memory, given address and
74 number of bytes. */
75
76 extern ULONGEST read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
77 int len,
78 enum bfd_endian byte_order);
79
80 /* Read an integer from debugged code memory, given address,
81 number of bytes, and byte order for code. */
82
83 extern LONGEST read_code_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
84 enum bfd_endian byte_order);
85
86 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged code memory, given address,
87 number of bytes, and byte order for code. */
88
89 extern ULONGEST read_code_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
90 int len,
91 enum bfd_endian byte_order);
92
93 /* Read a null-terminated string from the debuggee's memory, given
94 address, a buffer into which to place the string, and the maximum
95 available space. */
96
97 extern void read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR, char *, int);
98
99 /* Read the pointer of type TYPE at ADDR, and return the address it
100 represents. */
101
102 CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
103
104 /* Same as target_write_memory, but report an error if can't
105 write. */
106
107 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr,
108 ssize_t len);
109
110 /* Same as write_memory, but notify 'memory_changed' observers. */
111
112 extern void write_memory_with_notification (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
113 const bfd_byte *myaddr,
114 ssize_t len);
115
116 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
117 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
118 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
119 ULONGEST value);
120
121 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
122 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
123 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
124 LONGEST value);
125 \f
126 /* Hook for `exec_file_command' command to call. */
127
128 extern void (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (const char *filename);
129
130 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
131 (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before). */
132
133 extern void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (char *filename);
134
135 extern void specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (const char *filename));
136
137 /* Binary File Diddler for the core file. */
138
139 extern bfd *core_bfd;
140
141 extern struct target_ops *core_target;
142
143 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
144
145 extern int write_files;
146
147 extern void core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty);
148
149 extern void exec_file_attach (const char *filename, int from_tty);
150
151 /* If the filename of the main executable is unknown, attempt to
152 determine it. If a filename is determined, proceed as though
153 it was just specified with the "file" command. Do nothing if
154 the filename of the main executable is already known. */
155
156 extern void exec_file_locate_attach (int pid, int from_tty);
157
158 extern void exec_file_clear (int from_tty);
159
160 extern void validate_files (void);
161
162 /* The current default bfd target. */
163
164 extern char *gnutarget;
165
166 extern void set_gnutarget (char *);
167
168 /* Structure to keep track of core register reading functions for
169 various core file types. */
170
171 struct core_fns
172 {
173
174 /* BFD flavour that a core file handler is prepared to read. This
175 can be used by the handler's core tasting function as a first
176 level filter to reject BFD's that don't have the right
177 flavour. */
178
179 enum bfd_flavour core_flavour;
180
181 /* Core file handler function to call to recognize corefile
182 formats that BFD rejects. Some core file format just don't fit
183 into the BFD model, or may require other resources to identify
184 them, that simply aren't available to BFD (such as symbols from
185 another file). Returns nonzero if the handler recognizes the
186 format, zero otherwise. */
187
188 int (*check_format) (bfd *);
189
190 /* Core file handler function to call to ask if it can handle a
191 given core file format or not. Returns zero if it can't,
192 nonzero otherwise. */
193
194 int (*core_sniffer) (struct core_fns *, bfd *);
195
196 /* Extract the register values out of the core file and supply them
197 into REGCACHE.
198
199 CORE_REG_SECT points to the register values themselves, read into
200 memory.
201
202 CORE_REG_SIZE is the size of that area.
203
204 WHICH says which set of registers we are handling:
205 0 --- integer registers
206 2 --- floating-point registers, on machines where they are
207 discontiguous
208 3 --- extended floating-point registers, on machines where
209 these are present in yet a third area. (GNU/Linux uses
210 this to get at the SSE registers.)
211
212 REG_ADDR is the offset from u.u_ar0 to the register values relative to
213 core_reg_sect. This is used with old-fashioned core files to locate the
214 registers in a large upage-plus-stack ".reg" section. Original upage
215 address X is at location core_reg_sect+x+reg_addr. */
216
217 void (*core_read_registers) (struct regcache *regcache,
218 char *core_reg_sect,
219 unsigned core_reg_size,
220 int which, CORE_ADDR reg_addr);
221
222 /* Finds the next struct core_fns. They are allocated and
223 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
224 to; an initializer calls deprecated_add_core_fns to add them to
225 the global chain. */
226
227 struct core_fns *next;
228
229 };
230
231 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-04-05: Replaced by "regset.h" and
232 regset_from_core_section(). */
233 extern void deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf);
234 extern int default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *cf, bfd * abfd);
235 extern int default_check_format (bfd * abfd);
236
237 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */
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