2011-05-26 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / symfile.h
1 /* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB.
2
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20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
21
22 #if !defined (SYMFILE_H)
23 #define SYMFILE_H
24
25 /* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h". */
26 #include "symtab.h"
27
28 /* Opaque declarations. */
29 struct target_section;
30 struct objfile;
31 struct obj_section;
32 struct obstack;
33 struct block;
34
35 /* Comparison function for symbol look ups. */
36
37 typedef int (symbol_compare_ftype) (const char *string1,
38 const char *string2);
39
40 /* Partial symbols are stored in the psymbol_cache and pointers to
41 them are kept in a dynamically grown array that is obtained from
42 malloc and grown as necessary via realloc. Each objfile typically
43 has two of these, one for global symbols and one for static
44 symbols. Although this adds a level of indirection for storing or
45 accessing the partial symbols, it allows us to throw away duplicate
46 psymbols and set all pointers to the single saved instance. */
47
48 struct psymbol_allocation_list
49 {
50
51 /* Pointer to beginning of dynamically allocated array of pointers
52 to partial symbols. The array is dynamically expanded as
53 necessary to accommodate more pointers. */
54
55 struct partial_symbol **list;
56
57 /* Pointer to next available slot in which to store a pointer to a
58 partial symbol. */
59
60 struct partial_symbol **next;
61
62 /* Number of allocated pointer slots in current dynamic array (not
63 the number of bytes of storage). The "next" pointer will always
64 point somewhere between list[0] and list[size], and when at
65 list[size] the array will be expanded on the next attempt to
66 store a pointer. */
67
68 int size;
69 };
70
71 /* Define an array of addresses to accommodate non-contiguous dynamic
72 loading of modules. This is for use when entering commands, so we
73 can keep track of the section names until we read the file and can
74 map them to bfd sections. This structure is also used by solib.c
75 to communicate the section addresses in shared objects to
76 symbol_file_add (). */
77
78 struct section_addr_info
79 {
80 /* The number of sections for which address information is
81 available. */
82 size_t num_sections;
83 /* Sections whose names are file format dependent. */
84 struct other_sections
85 {
86 CORE_ADDR addr;
87 char *name;
88
89 /* SECTINDEX must be valid for associated BFD or set to -1. */
90 int sectindex;
91 } other[1];
92 };
93
94
95 /* A table listing the load segments in a symfile, and which segment
96 each BFD section belongs to. */
97 struct symfile_segment_data
98 {
99 /* How many segments are present in this file. If there are
100 two, the text segment is the first one and the data segment
101 is the second one. */
102 int num_segments;
103
104 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, the original base address
105 of each segment. */
106 CORE_ADDR *segment_bases;
107
108 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, the memory size of each
109 segment. */
110 CORE_ADDR *segment_sizes;
111
112 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, this is an array of entries
113 recording which segment contains each BFD section.
114 SEGMENT_INFO[I] is S+1 if the I'th BFD section belongs to segment
115 S, or zero if it is not in any segment. */
116 int *segment_info;
117 };
118
119 /* The "quick" symbol functions exist so that symbol readers can
120 avoiding an initial read of all the symbols. For example, symbol
121 readers might choose to use the "partial symbol table" utilities,
122 which is one implementation of the quick symbol functions.
123
124 The quick symbol functions are generally opaque: the underlying
125 representation is hidden from the caller.
126
127 In general, these functions should only look at whatever special
128 index the symbol reader creates -- looking through the symbol
129 tables themselves is handled by generic code. If a function is
130 defined as returning a "symbol table", this means that the function
131 should only return a newly-created symbol table; it should not
132 examine pre-existing ones.
133
134 The exact list of functions here was determined in an ad hoc way
135 based on gdb's history. */
136
137 struct quick_symbol_functions
138 {
139 /* Return true if this objfile has any "partial" symbols
140 available. */
141 int (*has_symbols) (struct objfile *objfile);
142
143 /* Return the symbol table for the "last" file appearing in
144 OBJFILE. */
145 struct symtab *(*find_last_source_symtab) (struct objfile *objfile);
146
147 /* Forget all cached full file names for OBJFILE. */
148 void (*forget_cached_source_info) (struct objfile *objfile);
149
150 /* Look up the symbol table, in OBJFILE, of a source file named
151 NAME. If there is no '/' in the name, a match after a '/' in the
152 symbol table's file name will also work. FULL_PATH is the
153 absolute file name, and REAL_PATH is the same, run through
154 gdb_realpath.
155
156 If no such symbol table can be found, returns 0.
157
158 Otherwise, sets *RESULT to the symbol table and returns 1. This
159 might return 1 and set *RESULT to NULL if the requested file is
160 an include file that does not have a symtab of its own. */
161 int (*lookup_symtab) (struct objfile *objfile,
162 const char *name,
163 const char *full_path,
164 const char *real_path,
165 struct symtab **result);
166
167 /* Check to see if the symbol is defined in a "partial" symbol table
168 of OBJFILE. KIND should be either GLOBAL_BLOCK or STATIC_BLOCK,
169 depending on whether we want to search global symbols or static
170 symbols. NAME is the name of the symbol to look for. DOMAIN
171 indicates what sort of symbol to search for.
172
173 Returns the newly-expanded symbol table in which the symbol is
174 defined, or NULL if no such symbol table exists. */
175 struct symtab *(*lookup_symbol) (struct objfile *objfile,
176 int kind, const char *name,
177 domain_enum domain);
178
179 /* This is called to expand symbol tables before looking up a
180 symbol. A backend can choose to implement this and then have its
181 `lookup_symbol' hook always return NULL, or the reverse. (It
182 doesn't make sense to implement both.) The arguments are as for
183 `lookup_symbol'. */
184 void (*pre_expand_symtabs_matching) (struct objfile *objfile,
185 enum block_enum block_kind,
186 const char *name,
187 domain_enum domain);
188
189 /* Print statistics about any indices loaded for OBJFILE. The
190 statistics should be printed to gdb_stdout. This is used for
191 "maint print statistics". */
192 void (*print_stats) (struct objfile *objfile);
193
194 /* Dump any indices loaded for OBJFILE. The dump should go to
195 gdb_stdout. This is used for "maint print objfiles". */
196 void (*dump) (struct objfile *objfile);
197
198 /* This is called by objfile_relocate to relocate any indices loaded
199 for OBJFILE. */
200 void (*relocate) (struct objfile *objfile,
201 struct section_offsets *new_offsets,
202 struct section_offsets *delta);
203
204 /* Find all the symbols in OBJFILE named FUNC_NAME, and ensure that
205 the corresponding symbol tables are loaded. */
206 void (*expand_symtabs_for_function) (struct objfile *objfile,
207 const char *func_name);
208
209 /* Read all symbol tables associated with OBJFILE. */
210 void (*expand_all_symtabs) (struct objfile *objfile);
211
212 /* Read all symbol tables associated with OBJFILE which have the
213 file name FILENAME.
214 This is for the purposes of examining code only, e.g., expand_line_sal.
215 The routine may ignore debug info that is known to not be useful with
216 code, e.g., DW_TAG_type_unit for dwarf debug info. */
217 void (*expand_symtabs_with_filename) (struct objfile *objfile,
218 const char *filename);
219
220 /* Return the file name of the file holding the symbol in OBJFILE
221 named NAME. If no such symbol exists in OBJFILE, return NULL. */
222 const char *(*find_symbol_file) (struct objfile *objfile, const char *name);
223
224 /* Find global or static symbols in all tables that are in NAMESPACE
225 and for which MATCH (symbol name, NAME) == 0, passing each to
226 CALLBACK, reading in partial symbol symbol tables as needed. Look
227 through global symbols if GLOBAL and otherwise static symbols.
228 Passes NAME, NAMESPACE, and DATA to CALLBACK with each symbol
229 found. After each block is processed, passes NULL to CALLBACK.
230 MATCH must be weaker than strcmp_iw in the sense that
231 strcmp_iw(x,y) == 0 --> MATCH(x,y) == 0. ORDERED_COMPARE, if
232 non-null, must be an ordering relation compatible with strcmp_iw
233 in the sense that
234 strcmp(x,y) == 0 --> ORDERED_COMPARE(x,y) == 0
235 and
236 strcmp(x,y) <= 0 --> ORDERED_COMPARE(x,y) <= 0
237 (allowing strcmp(x,y) < 0 while ORDERED_COMPARE(x, y) == 0).
238 CALLBACK returns 0 to indicate that the scan should continue, or
239 non-zero to indicate that the scan should be terminated. */
240
241 void (*map_matching_symbols) (const char *name, domain_enum namespace,
242 struct objfile *, int global,
243 int (*callback) (struct block *,
244 struct symbol *, void *),
245 void *data,
246 symbol_compare_ftype *match,
247 symbol_compare_ftype *ordered_compare);
248
249 /* Expand all symbol tables in OBJFILE matching some criteria.
250
251 FILE_MATCHER is called for each file in OBJFILE. The file name
252 and the DATA argument are passed to it. If it returns zero, this
253 file is skipped. If FILE_MATCHER is NULL such file is not skipped.
254
255 Otherwise, if KIND does not match this symbol is skipped.
256
257 If even KIND matches, then NAME_MATCHER is called for each symbol defined
258 in the file. The symbol's "natural" name and DATA are passed to
259 NAME_MATCHER.
260
261 If NAME_MATCHER returns zero, then this symbol is skipped.
262
263 Otherwise, this symbol's symbol table is expanded.
264
265 DATA is user data that is passed unmodified to the callback
266 functions. */
267 void (*expand_symtabs_matching) (struct objfile *objfile,
268 int (*file_matcher) (const char *, void *),
269 int (*name_matcher) (const char *, void *),
270 enum search_domain kind,
271 void *data);
272
273 /* Return the symbol table from OBJFILE that contains PC and
274 SECTION. Return NULL if there is no such symbol table. This
275 should return the symbol table that contains a symbol whose
276 address exactly matches PC, or, if there is no exact match, the
277 symbol table that contains a symbol whose address is closest to
278 PC. */
279 struct symtab *(*find_pc_sect_symtab) (struct objfile *objfile,
280 struct minimal_symbol *msymbol,
281 CORE_ADDR pc,
282 struct obj_section *section,
283 int warn_if_readin);
284
285 /* Call a callback for every file defined in OBJFILE whose symtab is
286 not already read in. FUN is the callback. It is passed the file's name,
287 the file's full name, and the DATA passed to this function. */
288 void (*map_symbol_filenames) (struct objfile *objfile,
289 void (*fun) (const char *, const char *,
290 void *),
291 void *data);
292 };
293
294 /* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various
295 object file types. */
296
297 struct sym_fns
298 {
299
300 /* BFD flavour that we handle, or (as a special kludge, see
301 xcoffread.c, (enum bfd_flavour)-1 for xcoff). */
302
303 enum bfd_flavour sym_flavour;
304
305 /* Initializes anything that is global to the entire symbol table.
306 It is called during symbol_file_add, when we begin debugging an
307 entirely new program. */
308
309 void (*sym_new_init) (struct objfile *);
310
311 /* Reads any initial information from a symbol file, and initializes
312 the struct sym_fns SF in preparation for sym_read(). It is
313 called every time we read a symbol file for any reason. */
314
315 void (*sym_init) (struct objfile *);
316
317 /* sym_read (objfile, symfile_flags) Reads a symbol file into a psymtab
318 (or possibly a symtab). OBJFILE is the objfile struct for the
319 file we are reading. SYMFILE_FLAGS are the flags passed to
320 symbol_file_add & co. */
321
322 void (*sym_read) (struct objfile *, int);
323
324 /* Read the partial symbols for an objfile. This may be NULL, in which case
325 gdb has to check other ways if this objfile has any symbols. This may
326 only be non-NULL if the objfile actually does have debuginfo available.
327 */
328
329 void (*sym_read_psymbols) (struct objfile *);
330
331 /* Called when we are finished with an objfile. Should do all
332 cleanup that is specific to the object file format for the
333 particular objfile. */
334
335 void (*sym_finish) (struct objfile *);
336
337 /* This function produces a file-dependent section_offsets
338 structure, allocated in the objfile's storage, and based on the
339 parameter. The parameter is currently a CORE_ADDR (FIXME!) for
340 backward compatibility with the higher levels of GDB. It should
341 probably be changed to a string, where NULL means the default,
342 and others are parsed in a file dependent way. */
343
344 void (*sym_offsets) (struct objfile *, struct section_addr_info *);
345
346 /* This function produces a format-independent description of
347 the segments of ABFD. Each segment is a unit of the file
348 which may be relocated independently. */
349
350 struct symfile_segment_data *(*sym_segments) (bfd *abfd);
351
352 /* This function should read the linetable from the objfile when
353 the line table cannot be read while processing the debugging
354 information. */
355
356 void (*sym_read_linetable) (void);
357
358 /* Relocate the contents of a debug section SECTP. The
359 contents are stored in BUF if it is non-NULL, or returned in a
360 malloc'd buffer otherwise. */
361
362 bfd_byte *(*sym_relocate) (struct objfile *, asection *sectp, bfd_byte *buf);
363
364 /* The "quick" (aka partial) symbol functions for this symbol
365 reader. */
366 const struct quick_symbol_functions *qf;
367 };
368
369 extern struct section_addr_info *
370 build_section_addr_info_from_objfile (const struct objfile *objfile);
371
372 extern void relative_addr_info_to_section_offsets
373 (struct section_offsets *section_offsets, int num_sections,
374 struct section_addr_info *addrs);
375
376 extern void addr_info_make_relative (struct section_addr_info *addrs,
377 bfd *abfd);
378
379 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_offsets for readers that don't
380 do anything special. */
381
382 extern void default_symfile_offsets (struct objfile *objfile,
383 struct section_addr_info *);
384
385 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_segments for readers that don't
386 do anything special. */
387
388 extern struct symfile_segment_data *default_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd);
389
390 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_relocate for readers that don't
391 do anything special. */
392
393 extern bfd_byte *default_symfile_relocate (struct objfile *objfile,
394 asection *sectp, bfd_byte *buf);
395
396 extern struct symtab *allocate_symtab (const char *, struct objfile *);
397
398 extern void add_symtab_fns (const struct sym_fns *);
399
400 /* This enum encodes bit-flags passed as ADD_FLAGS parameter to
401 syms_from_objfile, symbol_file_add, etc. */
402
403 enum symfile_add_flags
404 {
405 /* Be chatty about what you are doing. */
406 SYMFILE_VERBOSE = 1 << 1,
407
408 /* This is the main symbol file (as opposed to symbol file for dynamically
409 loaded code). */
410 SYMFILE_MAINLINE = 1 << 2,
411
412 /* Do not call breakpoint_re_set when adding this symbol file. */
413 SYMFILE_DEFER_BP_RESET = 1 << 3,
414
415 /* Do not immediately read symbols for this file. By default,
416 symbols are read when the objfile is created. */
417 SYMFILE_NO_READ = 1 << 4
418 };
419
420 extern void syms_from_objfile (struct objfile *,
421 struct section_addr_info *,
422 struct section_offsets *, int, int);
423
424 extern void new_symfile_objfile (struct objfile *, int);
425
426 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add (char *, int,
427 struct section_addr_info *, int);
428
429 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add_from_bfd (bfd *, int,
430 struct section_addr_info *,
431 int, struct objfile *parent);
432
433 extern void symbol_file_add_separate (bfd *, int, struct objfile *);
434
435 extern char *find_separate_debug_file_by_debuglink (struct objfile *);
436
437 /* Create a new section_addr_info, with room for NUM_SECTIONS. */
438
439 extern struct section_addr_info *alloc_section_addr_info (size_t
440 num_sections);
441
442 /* Build (allocate and populate) a section_addr_info struct from an
443 existing section table. */
444
445 extern struct section_addr_info
446 *build_section_addr_info_from_section_table (const struct target_section
447 *start,
448 const struct target_section
449 *end);
450
451 /* Free all memory allocated by
452 build_section_addr_info_from_section_table. */
453
454 extern void free_section_addr_info (struct section_addr_info *);
455
456
457 /* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol
458 obstack (and add a null character at the end in the copy). Returns
459 the address of the copy. */
460
461 extern char *obsavestring (const char *, int, struct obstack *);
462
463 /* Concatenate NULL terminated variable argument list of `const char
464 *' strings; return the new string. Space is found in the OBSTACKP.
465 Argument list must be terminated by a sentinel expression `(char *)
466 NULL'. */
467
468 extern char *obconcat (struct obstack *obstackp, ...) ATTRIBUTE_SENTINEL;
469
470 /* Variables */
471
472 /* If non-zero, shared library symbols will be added automatically
473 when the inferior is created, new libraries are loaded, or when
474 attaching to the inferior. This is almost always what users will
475 want to have happen; but for very large programs, the startup time
476 will be excessive, and so if this is a problem, the user can clear
477 this flag and then add the shared library symbols as needed. Note
478 that there is a potential for confusion, since if the shared
479 library symbols are not loaded, commands like "info fun" will *not*
480 report all the functions that are actually present. */
481
482 extern int auto_solib_add;
483
484 /* From symfile.c */
485
486 extern void set_initial_language (void);
487
488 extern void find_lowest_section (bfd *, asection *, void *);
489
490 extern bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
491
492 extern bfd *bfd_open_maybe_remote (const char *);
493
494 extern int get_section_index (struct objfile *, char *);
495
496 /* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
497 extern enum overlay_debugging_state
498 {
499 ovly_off,
500 ovly_on,
501 ovly_auto
502 } overlay_debugging;
503 extern int overlay_cache_invalid;
504
505 /* Return the "mapped" overlay section containing the PC. */
506 extern struct obj_section *find_pc_mapped_section (CORE_ADDR);
507
508 /* Return any overlay section containing the PC (even in its LMA
509 region). */
510 extern struct obj_section *find_pc_overlay (CORE_ADDR);
511
512 /* Return true if the section is an overlay. */
513 extern int section_is_overlay (struct obj_section *);
514
515 /* Return true if the overlay section is currently "mapped". */
516 extern int section_is_mapped (struct obj_section *);
517
518 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's VMA. */
519 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_mapped_range (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
520
521 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's LMA. */
522 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_unmapped_range (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
523
524 /* Map an address from a section's LMA to its VMA. */
525 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_mapped_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
526
527 /* Map an address from a section's VMA to its LMA. */
528 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_unmapped_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
529
530 /* Convert an address in an overlay section (force into VMA range). */
531 extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
532
533 /* Load symbols from a file. */
534 extern void symbol_file_add_main (char *args, int from_tty);
535
536 /* Clear GDB symbol tables. */
537 extern void symbol_file_clear (int from_tty);
538
539 /* Default overlay update function. */
540 extern void simple_overlay_update (struct obj_section *);
541
542 extern bfd_byte *symfile_relocate_debug_section (struct objfile *, asection *,
543 bfd_byte *);
544
545 extern int symfile_map_offsets_to_segments (bfd *,
546 struct symfile_segment_data *,
547 struct section_offsets *,
548 int, const CORE_ADDR *);
549 struct symfile_segment_data *get_symfile_segment_data (bfd *abfd);
550 void free_symfile_segment_data (struct symfile_segment_data *data);
551
552 extern struct cleanup *increment_reading_symtab (void);
553
554 /* From dwarf2read.c */
555
556 /* Names for a dwarf2 debugging section. The field NORMAL is the normal
557 section name (usually from the DWARF standard), while the field COMPRESSED
558 is the name of compressed sections. If your object file format doesn't
559 support compressed sections, the field COMPRESSED can be NULL. Likewise,
560 the debugging section is not supported, the field NORMAL can be NULL too.
561 It doesn't make sense to have a NULL NORMAL field but a non-NULL COMPRESSED
562 field. */
563
564 struct dwarf2_section_names {
565 const char *normal;
566 const char *compressed;
567 };
568
569 /* List of names for dward2 debugging sections. Also most object file formats
570 use the standardized (ie ELF) names, some (eg XCOFF) have customized names
571 due to restrictions.
572 The table for the standard names is defined in dwarf2read.c. Please
573 update all instances of dwarf2_debug_sections if you add a field to this
574 structure. It is always safe to use { NULL, NULL } in this case. */
575
576 struct dwarf2_debug_sections {
577 struct dwarf2_section_names info;
578 struct dwarf2_section_names abbrev;
579 struct dwarf2_section_names line;
580 struct dwarf2_section_names loc;
581 struct dwarf2_section_names macinfo;
582 struct dwarf2_section_names str;
583 struct dwarf2_section_names ranges;
584 struct dwarf2_section_names types;
585 struct dwarf2_section_names frame;
586 struct dwarf2_section_names eh_frame;
587 struct dwarf2_section_names gdb_index;
588 };
589
590 extern int dwarf2_has_info (struct objfile *,
591 const struct dwarf2_debug_sections *);
592
593 /* Dwarf2 sections that can be accessed by dwarf2_get_section_info. */
594 enum dwarf2_section_enum {
595 DWARF2_DEBUG_FRAME,
596 DWARF2_EH_FRAME
597 };
598
599 extern void dwarf2_get_section_info (struct objfile *,
600 enum dwarf2_section_enum,
601 asection **, gdb_byte **,
602 bfd_size_type *);
603
604 extern int dwarf2_initialize_objfile (struct objfile *);
605 extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *);
606 extern void dwarf2_build_frame_info (struct objfile *);
607
608 void dwarf2_free_objfile (struct objfile *);
609
610 /* From mdebugread.c */
611
612 /* Hack to force structures to exist before use in parameter list. */
613 struct ecoff_debug_hack
614 {
615 struct ecoff_debug_swap *a;
616 struct ecoff_debug_info *b;
617 };
618
619 extern void mdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
620 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
621 struct ecoff_debug_info *);
622
623 extern void elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
624 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
625 asection *);
626
627 #endif /* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */
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