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1 /* Machine independent variables that describe the core file under GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008
5 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6
7 This file is part of GDB.
8
9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
12 (at your option) any later version.
13
14 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 GNU General Public License for more details.
18
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
21
22 /* Interface routines for core, executable, etc. */
23
24 #if !defined (GDBCORE_H)
25 #define GDBCORE_H 1
26
27 struct type;
28 struct regcache;
29
30 #include "bfd.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 (int status, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
45
46 /* Like target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read. */
47
48 extern void read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
49
50 /* Read an integer from debugged memory, given address and number of
51 bytes. */
52
53 extern LONGEST read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
54 extern int safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len, LONGEST *return_value);
55
56 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged memory, given address and
57 number of bytes. */
58
59 extern ULONGEST read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
60
61 /* Read a null-terminated string from the debuggee's memory, given address,
62 * a buffer into which to place the string, and the maximum available space */
63
64 extern void read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR, char *, int);
65
66 /* Read the pointer of type TYPE at ADDR, and return the address it
67 represents. */
68
69 CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
70
71 /* This takes a char *, not void *. This is probably right, because
72 passing in an int * or whatever is wrong with respect to
73 byteswapping, alignment, different sizes for host vs. target types,
74 etc. */
75
76 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
77
78 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
79 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
80 ULONGEST value);
81
82 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
83 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
84 LONGEST value);
85
86 extern void generic_search (int len, char *data, char *mask,
87 CORE_ADDR startaddr, int increment,
88 CORE_ADDR lorange, CORE_ADDR hirange,
89 CORE_ADDR * addr_found, char *data_found);
90 \f
91 /* Hook for `exec_file_command' command to call. */
92
93 extern void (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (char *filename);
94
95 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
96 (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before). */
97
98 extern void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (char *filename);
99
100 extern void specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (char *filename));
101
102 /* Binary File Diddlers for the exec and core files. */
103
104 extern bfd *core_bfd;
105 extern bfd *exec_bfd;
106
107 /* The mtime when we last opened exec_bfd. */
108 extern long exec_bfd_mtime;
109
110 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
111
112 extern int write_files;
113
114 extern void core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty);
115
116 extern void exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty);
117
118 extern void exec_file_clear (int from_tty);
119
120 extern void validate_files (void);
121
122 /* The target vector for core files. */
123
124 extern struct target_ops core_ops;
125
126 /* The current default bfd target. */
127
128 extern char *gnutarget;
129
130 extern void set_gnutarget (char *);
131
132 /* Structure to keep track of core register reading functions for
133 various core file types. */
134
135 struct core_fns
136 {
137
138 /* BFD flavour that a core file handler is prepared to read. This
139 can be used by the handler's core tasting function as a first
140 level filter to reject BFD's that don't have the right
141 flavour. */
142
143 enum bfd_flavour core_flavour;
144
145 /* Core file handler function to call to recognize corefile
146 formats that BFD rejects. Some core file format just don't fit
147 into the BFD model, or may require other resources to identify
148 them, that simply aren't available to BFD (such as symbols from
149 another file). Returns nonzero if the handler recognizes the
150 format, zero otherwise. */
151
152 int (*check_format) (bfd *);
153
154 /* Core file handler function to call to ask if it can handle a
155 given core file format or not. Returns zero if it can't,
156 nonzero otherwise. */
157
158 int (*core_sniffer) (struct core_fns *, bfd *);
159
160 /* Extract the register values out of the core file and supply them
161 into REGCACHE.
162
163 CORE_REG_SECT points to the register values themselves, read into
164 memory.
165
166 CORE_REG_SIZE is the size of that area.
167
168 WHICH says which set of registers we are handling:
169 0 --- integer registers
170 2 --- floating-point registers, on machines where they are
171 discontiguous
172 3 --- extended floating-point registers, on machines where
173 these are present in yet a third area. (GNU/Linux uses
174 this to get at the SSE registers.)
175
176 REG_ADDR is the offset from u.u_ar0 to the register values relative to
177 core_reg_sect. This is used with old-fashioned core files to locate the
178 registers in a large upage-plus-stack ".reg" section. Original upage
179 address X is at location core_reg_sect+x+reg_addr. */
180
181 void (*core_read_registers) (struct regcache *regcache,
182 char *core_reg_sect,
183 unsigned core_reg_size,
184 int which, CORE_ADDR reg_addr);
185
186 /* Finds the next struct core_fns. They are allocated and
187 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
188 to; an initializer calls deprecated_add_core_fns to add them to
189 the global chain. */
190
191 struct core_fns *next;
192
193 };
194
195 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-04-05: Replaced by "regset.h" and
196 regset_from_core_section(). */
197 extern void deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf);
198 extern int default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *cf, bfd * abfd);
199 extern int default_check_format (bfd * abfd);
200
201 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */
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