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1 /* Machine independent variables that describe the core file under GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2014 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 /* This takes a char *, not void *. This is probably right, because
105 passing in an int * or whatever is wrong with respect to
106 byteswapping, alignment, different sizes for host vs. target types,
107 etc. */
108
109 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr,
110 ssize_t len);
111
112 /* Same as write_memory, but notify 'memory_changed' observers. */
113
114 extern void write_memory_with_notification (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
115 const bfd_byte *myaddr,
116 ssize_t len);
117
118 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
119 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
120 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
121 ULONGEST value);
122
123 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
124 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
125 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
126 LONGEST value);
127 \f
128 /* Hook for `exec_file_command' command to call. */
129
130 extern void (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (char *filename);
131
132 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
133 (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before). */
134
135 extern void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (char *filename);
136
137 extern void specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (char *filename));
138
139 /* Binary File Diddler for the core file. */
140
141 extern bfd *core_bfd;
142
143 extern struct target_ops *core_target;
144
145 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
146
147 extern int write_files;
148
149 extern void core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty);
150
151 extern void exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty);
152
153 extern void exec_file_clear (int from_tty);
154
155 extern void validate_files (void);
156
157 /* The current default bfd target. */
158
159 extern char *gnutarget;
160
161 extern void set_gnutarget (char *);
162
163 /* Structure to keep track of core register reading functions for
164 various core file types. */
165
166 struct core_fns
167 {
168
169 /* BFD flavour that a core file handler is prepared to read. This
170 can be used by the handler's core tasting function as a first
171 level filter to reject BFD's that don't have the right
172 flavour. */
173
174 enum bfd_flavour core_flavour;
175
176 /* Core file handler function to call to recognize corefile
177 formats that BFD rejects. Some core file format just don't fit
178 into the BFD model, or may require other resources to identify
179 them, that simply aren't available to BFD (such as symbols from
180 another file). Returns nonzero if the handler recognizes the
181 format, zero otherwise. */
182
183 int (*check_format) (bfd *);
184
185 /* Core file handler function to call to ask if it can handle a
186 given core file format or not. Returns zero if it can't,
187 nonzero otherwise. */
188
189 int (*core_sniffer) (struct core_fns *, bfd *);
190
191 /* Extract the register values out of the core file and supply them
192 into REGCACHE.
193
194 CORE_REG_SECT points to the register values themselves, read into
195 memory.
196
197 CORE_REG_SIZE is the size of that area.
198
199 WHICH says which set of registers we are handling:
200 0 --- integer registers
201 2 --- floating-point registers, on machines where they are
202 discontiguous
203 3 --- extended floating-point registers, on machines where
204 these are present in yet a third area. (GNU/Linux uses
205 this to get at the SSE registers.)
206
207 REG_ADDR is the offset from u.u_ar0 to the register values relative to
208 core_reg_sect. This is used with old-fashioned core files to locate the
209 registers in a large upage-plus-stack ".reg" section. Original upage
210 address X is at location core_reg_sect+x+reg_addr. */
211
212 void (*core_read_registers) (struct regcache *regcache,
213 char *core_reg_sect,
214 unsigned core_reg_size,
215 int which, CORE_ADDR reg_addr);
216
217 /* Finds the next struct core_fns. They are allocated and
218 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
219 to; an initializer calls deprecated_add_core_fns to add them to
220 the global chain. */
221
222 struct core_fns *next;
223
224 };
225
226 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-04-05: Replaced by "regset.h" and
227 regset_from_core_section(). */
228 extern void deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf);
229 extern int default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *cf, bfd * abfd);
230 extern int default_check_format (bfd * abfd);
231
232 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */
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