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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 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 3 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
12
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
17
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20
21 /* Interface routines for core, executable, etc. */
22
23 #if !defined (GDBCORE_H)
24 #define GDBCORE_H 1
25
26 struct type;
27 struct regcache;
28
29 #include "bfd.h"
30
31 /* Return the name of the executable file as a string.
32 ERR nonzero means get error if there is none specified;
33 otherwise return 0 in that case. */
34
35 extern char *get_exec_file (int err);
36
37 /* Nonzero if there is a core file. */
38
39 extern int have_core_file_p (void);
40
41 /* Read "memory data" from whatever target or inferior we have.
42 Returns zero if successful, errno value if not. EIO is used for
43 address out of bounds. If breakpoints are inserted, returns shadow
44 contents, not the breakpoints themselves. From breakpoint.c. */
45
46 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-06-10: Code reading from a live inferior can use
47 the get_frame_memory methods, code reading from an exec can use the
48 target methods. */
49
50 extern int read_memory_nobpt (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr,
51 unsigned len);
52
53 /* Report a memory error with error(). */
54
55 extern void memory_error (int status, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
56
57 /* Like target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read. */
58
59 extern void read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
60
61 /* Read an integer from debugged memory, given address and number of
62 bytes. */
63
64 extern LONGEST read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
65 extern int safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len, LONGEST *return_value);
66
67 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged memory, given address and
68 number of bytes. */
69
70 extern ULONGEST read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
71
72 /* Read a null-terminated string from the debuggee's memory, given address,
73 * a buffer into which to place the string, and the maximum available space */
74
75 extern void read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR, char *, int);
76
77 /* Read the pointer of type TYPE at ADDR, and return the address it
78 represents. */
79
80 CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
81
82 /* This takes a char *, not void *. This is probably right, because
83 passing in an int * or whatever is wrong with respect to
84 byteswapping, alignment, different sizes for host vs. target types,
85 etc. */
86
87 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
88
89 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
90 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
91 ULONGEST value);
92
93 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
94 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
95 LONGEST value);
96
97 extern void generic_search (int len, char *data, char *mask,
98 CORE_ADDR startaddr, int increment,
99 CORE_ADDR lorange, CORE_ADDR hirange,
100 CORE_ADDR * addr_found, char *data_found);
101 \f
102 /* Hook for `exec_file_command' command to call. */
103
104 extern void (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (char *filename);
105
106 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
107 (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before). */
108
109 extern void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (char *filename);
110
111 extern void specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (char *filename));
112
113 /* Binary File Diddlers for the exec and core files. */
114
115 extern bfd *core_bfd;
116 extern bfd *exec_bfd;
117
118 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
119
120 extern int write_files;
121
122 extern void core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty);
123
124 extern void exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty);
125
126 extern void exec_file_clear (int from_tty);
127
128 extern void validate_files (void);
129
130 /* The target vector for core files. */
131
132 extern struct target_ops core_ops;
133
134 /* The current default bfd target. */
135
136 extern char *gnutarget;
137
138 extern void set_gnutarget (char *);
139
140 /* Structure to keep track of core register reading functions for
141 various core file types. */
142
143 struct core_fns
144 {
145
146 /* BFD flavour that a core file handler is prepared to read. This
147 can be used by the handler's core tasting function as a first
148 level filter to reject BFD's that don't have the right
149 flavour. */
150
151 enum bfd_flavour core_flavour;
152
153 /* Core file handler function to call to recognize corefile
154 formats that BFD rejects. Some core file format just don't fit
155 into the BFD model, or may require other resources to identify
156 them, that simply aren't available to BFD (such as symbols from
157 another file). Returns nonzero if the handler recognizes the
158 format, zero otherwise. */
159
160 int (*check_format) (bfd *);
161
162 /* Core file handler function to call to ask if it can handle a
163 given core file format or not. Returns zero if it can't,
164 nonzero otherwise. */
165
166 int (*core_sniffer) (struct core_fns *, bfd *);
167
168 /* Extract the register values out of the core file and supply them
169 into REGCACHE.
170
171 CORE_REG_SECT points to the register values themselves, read into
172 memory.
173
174 CORE_REG_SIZE is the size of that area.
175
176 WHICH says which set of registers we are handling:
177 0 --- integer registers
178 2 --- floating-point registers, on machines where they are
179 discontiguous
180 3 --- extended floating-point registers, on machines where
181 these are present in yet a third area. (GNU/Linux uses
182 this to get at the SSE registers.)
183
184 REG_ADDR is the offset from u.u_ar0 to the register values relative to
185 core_reg_sect. This is used with old-fashioned core files to locate the
186 registers in a large upage-plus-stack ".reg" section. Original upage
187 address X is at location core_reg_sect+x+reg_addr. */
188
189 void (*core_read_registers) (struct regcache *regcache,
190 char *core_reg_sect,
191 unsigned core_reg_size,
192 int which, CORE_ADDR reg_addr);
193
194 /* Finds the next struct core_fns. They are allocated and
195 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
196 to; an initializer calls deprecated_add_core_fns to add them to
197 the global chain. */
198
199 struct core_fns *next;
200
201 };
202
203 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-04-05: Replaced by "regset.h" and
204 regset_from_core_section(). */
205 extern void deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf);
206 extern int default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *cf, bfd * abfd);
207 extern int default_check_format (bfd * abfd);
208
209 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */
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