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1 /* Variables that describe the inferior process running under GDB:
2 Where it is, why it stopped, and how to step it.
3
4 Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
5 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
6 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7
8 This file is part of GDB.
9
10 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
13 (at your option) any later version.
14
15 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 GNU General Public License for more details.
19
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
22
23 #if !defined (INFERIOR_H)
24 #define INFERIOR_H 1
25
26 struct target_waitstatus;
27 struct frame_info;
28 struct ui_file;
29 struct type;
30 struct gdbarch;
31 struct regcache;
32 struct ui_out;
33 struct terminal_info;
34
35 /* For bpstat. */
36 #include "breakpoint.h"
37
38 /* For enum target_signal. */
39 #include "target.h"
40
41 /* For struct frame_id. */
42 #include "frame.h"
43
44 #include "progspace.h"
45
46 struct infcall_suspend_state;
47 struct infcall_control_state;
48
49 extern struct infcall_suspend_state *save_infcall_suspend_state (void);
50 extern struct infcall_control_state *save_infcall_control_state (void);
51
52 extern void restore_infcall_suspend_state (struct infcall_suspend_state *);
53 extern void restore_infcall_control_state (struct infcall_control_state *);
54
55 extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_restore_infcall_suspend_state
56 (struct infcall_suspend_state *);
57 extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_restore_infcall_control_state
58 (struct infcall_control_state *);
59
60 extern void discard_infcall_suspend_state (struct infcall_suspend_state *);
61 extern void discard_infcall_control_state (struct infcall_control_state *);
62
63 extern struct regcache *
64 get_infcall_suspend_state_regcache (struct infcall_suspend_state *);
65
66 /* The -1 ptid, often used to indicate either an error condition
67 or a "don't care" condition, i.e, "run all threads." */
68 extern ptid_t minus_one_ptid;
69
70 /* The null or zero ptid, often used to indicate no process. */
71 extern ptid_t null_ptid;
72
73 /* Attempt to find and return an existing ptid with the given PID, LWP,
74 and TID components. If none exists, create a new one and return
75 that. */
76 ptid_t ptid_build (int pid, long lwp, long tid);
77
78 /* Find/Create a ptid from just a pid. */
79 ptid_t pid_to_ptid (int pid);
80
81 /* Fetch the pid (process id) component from a ptid. */
82 int ptid_get_pid (ptid_t ptid);
83
84 /* Fetch the lwp (lightweight process) component from a ptid. */
85 long ptid_get_lwp (ptid_t ptid);
86
87 /* Fetch the tid (thread id) component from a ptid. */
88 long ptid_get_tid (ptid_t ptid);
89
90 /* Compare two ptids to see if they are equal. */
91 extern int ptid_equal (ptid_t p1, ptid_t p2);
92
93 /* Return true if PTID represents a process id. */
94 extern int ptid_is_pid (ptid_t ptid);
95
96 /* Returns true if PTID matches filter FILTER. FILTER can be the wild
97 card MINUS_ONE_PTID (all ptid match it); can be a ptid representing
98 a process (ptid_is_pid returns true), in which case, all lwps and
99 threads of that given process match, lwps and threads of other
100 processes do not; or, it can represent a specific thread, in which
101 case, only that thread will match true. PTID must represent a
102 specific LWP or THREAD, it can never be a wild card. */
103
104 extern int ptid_match (ptid_t ptid, ptid_t filter);
105
106 /* Save value of inferior_ptid so that it may be restored by
107 a later call to do_cleanups(). Returns the struct cleanup
108 pointer needed for later doing the cleanup. */
109 extern struct cleanup * save_inferior_ptid (void);
110
111 extern void set_sigint_trap (void);
112
113 extern void clear_sigint_trap (void);
114
115 /* Set/get file name for default use for standard in/out in the inferior. */
116
117 extern void set_inferior_io_terminal (const char *terminal_name);
118 extern const char *get_inferior_io_terminal (void);
119
120 /* Collected pid, tid, etc. of the debugged inferior. When there's
121 no inferior, PIDGET (inferior_ptid) will be 0. */
122
123 extern ptid_t inferior_ptid;
124
125 /* Are we simulating synchronous execution? This is used in async gdb
126 to implement the 'run', 'continue' etc commands, which will not
127 redisplay the prompt until the execution is actually over. */
128 extern int sync_execution;
129
130 /* Inferior environment. */
131
132 extern void clear_proceed_status (void);
133
134 extern void proceed (CORE_ADDR, enum target_signal, int);
135
136 extern int sched_multi;
137
138 /* When set, stop the 'step' command if we enter a function which has
139 no line number information. The normal behavior is that we step
140 over such function. */
141 extern int step_stop_if_no_debug;
142
143 /* If set, the inferior should be controlled in non-stop mode. In
144 this mode, each thread is controlled independently. Execution
145 commands apply only to the selected thread by default, and stop
146 events stop only the thread that had the event -- the other threads
147 are kept running freely. */
148 extern int non_stop;
149
150 /* If set (default), when following a fork, GDB will detach from one
151 the fork branches, child or parent. Exactly which branch is
152 detached depends on 'set follow-fork-mode' setting. */
153 extern int detach_fork;
154
155 extern void generic_mourn_inferior (void);
156
157 extern void terminal_save_ours (void);
158
159 extern void terminal_ours (void);
160
161 extern CORE_ADDR unsigned_pointer_to_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
162 struct type *type,
163 const gdb_byte *buf);
164 extern void unsigned_address_to_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
165 struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf,
166 CORE_ADDR addr);
167 extern CORE_ADDR signed_pointer_to_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
168 struct type *type,
169 const gdb_byte *buf);
170 extern void address_to_signed_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
171 struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf,
172 CORE_ADDR addr);
173
174 extern void wait_for_inferior (int treat_exec_as_sigtrap);
175
176 extern void prepare_for_detach (void);
177
178 extern void fetch_inferior_event (void *);
179
180 extern void init_wait_for_inferior (void);
181
182 extern void close_exec_file (void);
183
184 extern void reopen_exec_file (void);
185
186 /* The `resume' routine should only be called in special circumstances.
187 Normally, use `proceed', which handles a lot of bookkeeping. */
188
189 extern void resume (int, enum target_signal);
190
191 /* From misc files */
192
193 extern void default_print_registers_info (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
194 struct ui_file *file,
195 struct frame_info *frame,
196 int regnum, int all);
197
198 extern void child_terminal_info (char *, int);
199
200 extern void term_info (char *, int);
201
202 extern void terminal_ours_for_output (void);
203
204 extern void terminal_inferior (void);
205
206 extern void terminal_init_inferior (void);
207
208 extern void terminal_init_inferior_with_pgrp (int pgrp);
209
210 /* From fork-child.c */
211
212 extern int fork_inferior (char *, char *, char **,
213 void (*)(void),
214 void (*)(int), void (*)(void), char *);
215
216
217 extern void startup_inferior (int);
218
219 extern char *construct_inferior_arguments (int, char **);
220
221 /* From infrun.c */
222
223 extern int debug_infrun;
224
225 extern int stop_on_solib_events;
226
227 extern void start_remote (int from_tty);
228
229 extern void normal_stop (void);
230
231 extern int signal_stop_state (int);
232
233 extern int signal_print_state (int);
234
235 extern int signal_pass_state (int);
236
237 extern int signal_stop_update (int, int);
238
239 extern int signal_print_update (int, int);
240
241 extern int signal_pass_update (int, int);
242
243 extern void get_last_target_status(ptid_t *ptid,
244 struct target_waitstatus *status);
245
246 extern void follow_inferior_reset_breakpoints (void);
247
248 /* Throw an error indicating the current thread is running. */
249 extern void error_is_running (void);
250
251 /* Calls error_is_running if the current thread is running. */
252 extern void ensure_not_running (void);
253
254 void set_step_info (struct frame_info *frame, struct symtab_and_line sal);
255
256 /* From infcmd.c */
257
258 extern void post_create_inferior (struct target_ops *, int);
259
260 extern void attach_command (char *, int);
261
262 extern char *get_inferior_args (void);
263
264 extern void set_inferior_args (char *);
265
266 extern void set_inferior_args_vector (int, char **);
267
268 extern void registers_info (char *, int);
269
270 extern void nexti_command (char *, int);
271
272 extern void stepi_command (char *, int);
273
274 extern void continue_1 (int all_threads);
275
276 extern void continue_command (char *, int);
277
278 extern void interrupt_target_command (char *args, int from_tty);
279
280 extern void interrupt_target_1 (int all_threads);
281
282 extern void delete_longjmp_breakpoint_cleanup (void *arg);
283
284 extern void detach_command (char *, int);
285
286 extern void notice_new_inferior (ptid_t, int, int);
287
288 /* Address at which inferior stopped. */
289
290 extern CORE_ADDR stop_pc;
291
292 /* Nonzero if stopped due to completion of a stack dummy routine. */
293
294 extern enum stop_stack_kind stop_stack_dummy;
295
296 /* Nonzero if program stopped due to a random (unexpected) signal in
297 inferior process. */
298
299 extern int stopped_by_random_signal;
300
301 /* STEP_OVER_ALL means step over all subroutine calls.
302 STEP_OVER_UNDEBUGGABLE means step over calls to undebuggable functions.
303 STEP_OVER_NONE means don't step over any subroutine calls. */
304
305 enum step_over_calls_kind
306 {
307 STEP_OVER_NONE,
308 STEP_OVER_ALL,
309 STEP_OVER_UNDEBUGGABLE
310 };
311
312 /* Anything but NO_STOP_QUIETLY means we expect a trap and the caller
313 will handle it themselves. STOP_QUIETLY is used when running in
314 the shell before the child program has been exec'd and when running
315 through shared library loading. STOP_QUIETLY_REMOTE is used when
316 setting up a remote connection; it is like STOP_QUIETLY_NO_SIGSTOP
317 except that there is no need to hide a signal. */
318
319 /* It is also used after attach, due to attaching to a process. This
320 is a bit trickier. When doing an attach, the kernel stops the
321 debuggee with a SIGSTOP. On newer GNU/Linux kernels (>= 2.5.61)
322 the handling of SIGSTOP for a ptraced process has changed. Earlier
323 versions of the kernel would ignore these SIGSTOPs, while now
324 SIGSTOP is treated like any other signal, i.e. it is not muffled.
325
326 If the gdb user does a 'continue' after the 'attach', gdb passes
327 the global variable stop_signal (which stores the signal from the
328 attach, SIGSTOP) to the ptrace(PTRACE_CONT,...) call. This is
329 problematic, because the kernel doesn't ignore such SIGSTOP
330 now. I.e. it is reported back to gdb, which in turn presents it
331 back to the user.
332
333 To avoid the problem, we use STOP_QUIETLY_NO_SIGSTOP, which allows
334 gdb to clear the value of stop_signal after the attach, so that it
335 is not passed back down to the kernel. */
336
337 enum stop_kind
338 {
339 NO_STOP_QUIETLY = 0,
340 STOP_QUIETLY,
341 STOP_QUIETLY_REMOTE,
342 STOP_QUIETLY_NO_SIGSTOP
343 };
344
345 /* Reverse execution. */
346 enum exec_direction_kind
347 {
348 EXEC_FORWARD,
349 EXEC_REVERSE,
350 EXEC_ERROR
351 };
352
353 extern enum exec_direction_kind execution_direction;
354
355 /* Save register contents here when executing a "finish" command or are
356 about to pop a stack dummy frame, if-and-only-if proceed_to_finish is set.
357 Thus this contains the return value from the called function (assuming
358 values are returned in a register). */
359
360 extern struct regcache *stop_registers;
361
362 /* True if we are debugging displaced stepping. */
363 extern int debug_displaced;
364
365 /* Dump LEN bytes at BUF in hex to FILE, followed by a newline. */
366 void displaced_step_dump_bytes (struct ui_file *file,
367 const gdb_byte *buf, size_t len);
368
369 struct displaced_step_closure *get_displaced_step_closure_by_addr (CORE_ADDR addr);
370 \f
371 /* Possible values for gdbarch_call_dummy_location. */
372 #define ON_STACK 1
373 #define AT_ENTRY_POINT 4
374 #define AT_SYMBOL 5
375
376 /* If STARTUP_WITH_SHELL is set, GDB's "run"
377 will attempts to start up the debugee under a shell.
378 This is in order for argument-expansion to occur. E.g.,
379 (gdb) run *
380 The "*" gets expanded by the shell into a list of files.
381 While this is a nice feature, it turns out to interact badly
382 with some of the catch-fork/catch-exec features we have added.
383 In particular, if the shell does any fork/exec's before
384 the exec of the target program, that can confuse GDB.
385 To disable this feature, set STARTUP_WITH_SHELL to 0.
386 To enable this feature, set STARTUP_WITH_SHELL to 1.
387 The catch-exec traps expected during start-up will
388 be 1 if target is not started up with a shell, 2 if it is.
389 - RT
390 If you disable this, you need to decrement
391 START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED in tm.h. */
392 #define STARTUP_WITH_SHELL 1
393 #if !defined(START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED)
394 #define START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED 2
395 #endif
396
397 struct private_inferior;
398
399 /* Inferior process specific part of `struct infcall_control_state'.
400
401 Inferior thread counterpart is `struct thread_control_state'. */
402
403 struct inferior_control_state
404 {
405 /* See the definition of stop_kind above. */
406 enum stop_kind stop_soon;
407 };
408
409 /* Inferior process specific part of `struct infcall_suspend_state'.
410
411 Inferior thread counterpart is `struct thread_suspend_state'. */
412
413 struct inferior_suspend_state
414 {
415 };
416
417 /* GDB represents the state of each program execution with an object
418 called an inferior. An inferior typically corresponds to a process
419 but is more general and applies also to targets that do not have a
420 notion of processes. Each run of an executable creates a new
421 inferior, as does each attachment to an existing process.
422 Inferiors have unique internal identifiers that are different from
423 target process ids. Each inferior may in turn have multiple
424 threads running in it. */
425
426 struct inferior
427 {
428 /* Pointer to next inferior in singly-linked list of inferiors. */
429 struct inferior *next;
430
431 /* Convenient handle (GDB inferior id). Unique across all
432 inferiors. */
433 int num;
434
435 /* Actual target inferior id, usually, a process id. This matches
436 the ptid_t.pid member of threads of this inferior. */
437 int pid;
438
439 /* State of GDB control of inferior process execution.
440 See `struct inferior_control_state'. */
441 struct inferior_control_state control;
442
443 /* State of inferior process to restore after GDB is done with an inferior
444 call. See `struct inferior_suspend_state'. */
445 struct inferior_suspend_state suspend;
446
447 /* True if this was an auto-created inferior, e.g. created from
448 following a fork; false, if this inferior was manually added by
449 the user, and we should not attempt to prune it
450 automatically. */
451 int removable;
452
453 /* The address space bound to this inferior. */
454 struct address_space *aspace;
455
456 /* The program space bound to this inferior. */
457 struct program_space *pspace;
458
459 /* The arguments string to use when running. */
460 char *args;
461
462 /* The size of elements in argv. */
463 int argc;
464
465 /* The vector version of arguments. If ARGC is nonzero,
466 then we must compute ARGS from this (via the target).
467 This is always coming from main's argv and therefore
468 should never be freed. */
469 char **argv;
470
471 /* The name of terminal device to use for I/O. */
472 char *terminal;
473
474 /* Environment to use for running inferior,
475 in format described in environ.h. */
476 struct gdb_environ *environment;
477
478 /* Nonzero if this child process was attached rather than
479 forked. */
480 int attach_flag;
481
482 /* If this inferior is a vfork child, then this is the pointer to
483 its vfork parent, if GDB is still attached to it. */
484 struct inferior *vfork_parent;
485
486 /* If this process is a vfork parent, this is the pointer to the
487 child. Since a vfork parent is left frozen by the kernel until
488 the child execs or exits, a process can only have one vfork child
489 at a given time. */
490 struct inferior *vfork_child;
491
492 /* True if this inferior should be detached when it's vfork sibling
493 exits or execs. */
494 int pending_detach;
495
496 /* True if this inferior is a vfork parent waiting for a vfork child
497 not under our control to be done with the shared memory region,
498 either by exiting or execing. */
499 int waiting_for_vfork_done;
500
501 /* True if we're in the process of detaching from this inferior. */
502 int detaching;
503
504 /* What is left to do for an execution command after any thread of
505 this inferior stops. For continuations associated with a
506 specific thread, see `struct thread_info'. */
507 struct continuation *continuations;
508
509 /* Private data used by the target vector implementation. */
510 struct private_inferior *private;
511
512 /* We keep a count of the number of times the user has requested a
513 particular syscall to be tracked, and pass this information to the
514 target. This lets capable targets implement filtering directly. */
515
516 /* Number of times that "any" syscall is requested. */
517 int any_syscall_count;
518
519 /* Count of each system call. */
520 VEC(int) *syscalls_counts;
521
522 /* This counts all syscall catch requests, so we can readily determine
523 if any catching is necessary. */
524 int total_syscalls_count;
525
526 /* Per inferior data-pointers required by other GDB modules. */
527 void **data;
528 unsigned num_data;
529 };
530
531 /* Keep a registry of per-inferior data-pointers required by other GDB
532 modules. */
533
534 extern const struct inferior_data *register_inferior_data (void);
535 extern const struct inferior_data *register_inferior_data_with_cleanup
536 (void (*cleanup) (struct inferior *, void *));
537 extern void clear_inferior_data (struct inferior *inf);
538 extern void set_inferior_data (struct inferior *inf,
539 const struct inferior_data *data, void *value);
540 extern void *inferior_data (struct inferior *inf,
541 const struct inferior_data *data);
542
543 /* Create an empty inferior list, or empty the existing one. */
544 extern void init_inferior_list (void);
545
546 /* Add an inferior to the inferior list, print a message that a new
547 inferior is found, and return the pointer to the new inferior.
548 Caller may use this pointer to initialize the private inferior
549 data. */
550 extern struct inferior *add_inferior (int pid);
551
552 /* Same as add_inferior, but don't print new inferior notifications to
553 the CLI. */
554 extern struct inferior *add_inferior_silent (int pid);
555
556 /* Delete an existing inferior list entry, due to inferior exit. */
557 extern void delete_inferior (int pid);
558
559 extern void delete_inferior_1 (struct inferior *todel, int silent);
560
561 /* Same as delete_inferior, but don't print new inferior notifications
562 to the CLI. */
563 extern void delete_inferior_silent (int pid);
564
565 /* Delete an existing inferior list entry, due to inferior detaching. */
566 extern void detach_inferior (int pid);
567
568 extern void exit_inferior (int pid);
569
570 extern void exit_inferior_silent (int pid);
571
572 extern void exit_inferior_num_silent (int num);
573
574 extern void inferior_appeared (struct inferior *inf, int pid);
575
576 /* Get rid of all inferiors. */
577 extern void discard_all_inferiors (void);
578
579 /* Translate the integer inferior id (GDB's homegrown id, not the system's)
580 into a "pid" (which may be overloaded with extra inferior information). */
581 extern int gdb_inferior_id_to_pid (int);
582
583 /* Translate a target 'pid' into the integer inferior id (GDB's
584 homegrown id, not the system's). */
585 extern int pid_to_gdb_inferior_id (int pid);
586
587 /* Boolean test for an already-known pid. */
588 extern int in_inferior_list (int pid);
589
590 /* Boolean test for an already-known inferior id (GDB's homegrown id,
591 not the system's). */
592 extern int valid_gdb_inferior_id (int num);
593
594 /* Search function to lookup an inferior by target 'pid'. */
595 extern struct inferior *find_inferior_pid (int pid);
596
597 /* Search function to lookup an inferior by GDB 'num'. */
598 extern struct inferior *find_inferior_id (int num);
599
600 /* Find an inferior bound to PSPACE. */
601 extern struct inferior *
602 find_inferior_for_program_space (struct program_space *pspace);
603
604 /* Inferior iterator function.
605
606 Calls a callback function once for each inferior, so long as the
607 callback function returns false. If the callback function returns
608 true, the iteration will end and the current inferior will be
609 returned. This can be useful for implementing a search for a
610 inferior with arbitrary attributes, or for applying some operation
611 to every inferior.
612
613 It is safe to delete the iterated inferior from the callback. */
614 extern struct inferior *iterate_over_inferiors (int (*) (struct inferior *,
615 void *),
616 void *);
617
618 /* Returns true if the inferior list is not empty. */
619 extern int have_inferiors (void);
620
621 /* Returns true if there are any live inferiors in the inferior list
622 (not cores, not executables, real live processes). */
623 extern int have_live_inferiors (void);
624
625 /* Return a pointer to the current inferior. It is an error to call
626 this if there is no current inferior. */
627 extern struct inferior *current_inferior (void);
628
629 extern void set_current_inferior (struct inferior *);
630
631 extern struct cleanup *save_current_inferior (void);
632
633 extern struct inferior *inferior_list;
634
635 /* Prune away automatically added inferiors that aren't required
636 anymore. */
637 extern void prune_inferiors (void);
638
639 extern int number_of_inferiors (void);
640
641 extern struct inferior *add_inferior_with_spaces (void);
642
643 extern void update_observer_mode (void);
644
645 #endif /* !defined (INFERIOR_H) */
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