gdb/symfile.h

   1 /* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB.
   2
   3    Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
   4    1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 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
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  15    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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  21    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  22
  23 #if !defined (SYMFILE_H)
  24 #define SYMFILE_H
  25
  26 /* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h".  */
  27
  28 /* Opaque declarations.  */
  29 struct section_table;
  30 struct objfile;
  31 struct obstack;
  32 struct block;
  33
  34 /* Partial symbols are stored in the psymbol_cache and pointers to
  35    them are kept in a dynamically grown array that is obtained from
  36    malloc and grown as necessary via realloc.  Each objfile typically
  37    has two of these, one for global symbols and one for static
  38    symbols.  Although this adds a level of indirection for storing or
  39    accessing the partial symbols, it allows us to throw away duplicate
  40    psymbols and set all pointers to the single saved instance.  */
  41
  42 struct psymbol_allocation_list
  43 {
  44
  45   /* Pointer to beginning of dynamically allocated array of pointers
  46      to partial symbols.  The array is dynamically expanded as
  47      necessary to accommodate more pointers.  */
  48
  49   struct partial_symbol **list;
  50
  51   /* Pointer to next available slot in which to store a pointer to a
  52      partial symbol.  */
  53
  54   struct partial_symbol **next;
  55
  56   /* Number of allocated pointer slots in current dynamic array (not
  57      the number of bytes of storage).  The "next" pointer will always
  58      point somewhere between list[0] and list[size], and when at
  59      list[size] the array will be expanded on the next attempt to
  60      store a pointer.  */
  61
  62   int size;
  63 };
  64
  65 /* Define an array of addresses to accommodate non-contiguous dynamic
  66    loading of modules.  This is for use when entering commands, so we
  67    can keep track of the section names until we read the file and can
  68    map them to bfd sections.  This structure is also used by solib.c
  69    to communicate the section addresses in shared objects to
  70    symbol_file_add ().  */
  71
  72 struct section_addr_info
  73 {
  74   /* The number of sections for which address information is
  75      available.  */
  76   size_t num_sections;
  77   /* Sections whose names are file format dependent. */
  78   struct other_sections
  79   {
  80     CORE_ADDR addr;
  81     char *name;
  82     int sectindex;
  83   } other[1];
  84 };
  85
  86 /* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various
  87    object file types.  */
  88
  89 struct sym_fns
  90 {
  91
  92   /* BFD flavour that we handle, or (as a special kludge, see
  93      xcoffread.c, (enum bfd_flavour)-1 for xcoff).  */
  94
  95   enum bfd_flavour sym_flavour;
  96
  97   /* Initializes anything that is global to the entire symbol table.
  98      It is called during symbol_file_add, when we begin debugging an
  99      entirely new program.  */
 100
 101   void (*sym_new_init) (struct objfile *);
 102
 103   /* Reads any initial information from a symbol file, and initializes
 104      the struct sym_fns SF in preparation for sym_read().  It is
 105      called every time we read a symbol file for any reason.  */
 106
 107   void (*sym_init) (struct objfile *);
 108
 109   /* sym_read (objfile, mainline) Reads a symbol file into a psymtab
 110      (or possibly a symtab).  OBJFILE is the objfile struct for the
 111      file we are reading.  MAINLINE is 1 if this is the main symbol
 112      table being read, and 0 if a secondary symbol file (e.g. shared
 113      library or dynamically loaded file) is being read.  */
 114
 115   void (*sym_read) (struct objfile *, int);
 116
 117   /* Called when we are finished with an objfile.  Should do all
 118      cleanup that is specific to the object file format for the
 119      particular objfile.  */
 120
 121   void (*sym_finish) (struct objfile *);
 122
 123   /* This function produces a file-dependent section_offsets
 124      structure, allocated in the objfile's storage, and based on the
 125      parameter.  The parameter is currently a CORE_ADDR (FIXME!) for
 126      backward compatibility with the higher levels of GDB.  It should
 127      probably be changed to a string, where NULL means the default,
 128      and others are parsed in a file dependent way.  */
 129
 130   void (*sym_offsets) (struct objfile *, struct section_addr_info *);
 131
 132   /* Finds the next struct sym_fns.  They are allocated and
 133      initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
 134      to; an initializer calls add_symtab_fns to add them to the global
 135      chain.  */
 136
 137   struct sym_fns *next;
 138
 139 };
 140
 141 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_offsets for readers that don't
 142    do anything special.  */
 143
 144 extern void default_symfile_offsets (struct objfile *objfile,
 145                                      struct section_addr_info *);
 146
 147
 148 extern void extend_psymbol_list (struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
 149                                  struct objfile *);
 150
 151 /* Add any kind of symbol to a psymbol_allocation_list.  */
 152
 153 /* #include "demangle.h" */
 154
 155 extern const
 156 struct partial_symbol *add_psymbol_to_list (char *, int, domain_enum,
 157                                             enum address_class,
 158                                             struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
 159                                             long, CORE_ADDR,
 160                                             enum language, struct objfile *);
 161
 162 extern void add_psymbol_with_dem_name_to_list (char *, int, char *, int,
 163                                                domain_enum,
 164                                                enum address_class,
 165                                                struct psymbol_allocation_list
 166                                                *, long, CORE_ADDR,
 167                                                enum language,
 168                                                struct objfile *);
 169
 170
 171 extern void init_psymbol_list (struct objfile *, int);
 172
 173 extern void sort_pst_symbols (struct partial_symtab *);
 174
 175 extern struct symtab *allocate_symtab (char *, struct objfile *);
 176
 177 extern int free_named_symtabs (char *);
 178
 179 extern void fill_in_vptr_fieldno (struct type *);
 180
 181 extern void add_symtab_fns (struct sym_fns *);
 182
 183 extern void syms_from_objfile (struct objfile *,
 184                                struct section_addr_info *,
 185                                struct section_offsets *, int, int, int);
 186
 187 extern void new_symfile_objfile (struct objfile *, int, int);
 188
 189 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add (char *, int,
 190                                         struct section_addr_info *, int, int);
 191
 192 /* Create a new section_addr_info, with room for NUM_SECTIONS.  */
 193
 194 extern struct section_addr_info *alloc_section_addr_info (size_t
 195                                                           num_sections);
 196
 197 /* Build (allocate and populate) a section_addr_info struct from an
 198    existing section table.  */
 199
 200 extern struct section_addr_info
 201   *build_section_addr_info_from_section_table (const struct section_table
 202                                                *start,
 203                                                const struct section_table
 204                                                *end);
 205
 206 /* Free all memory allocated by
 207    build_section_addr_info_from_section_table.  */
 208
 209 extern void free_section_addr_info (struct section_addr_info *);
 210
 211
 212 extern struct partial_symtab *start_psymtab_common (struct objfile *,
 213                                                     struct section_offsets *,
 214                                                     char *, CORE_ADDR,
 215                                                     struct partial_symbol **,
 216                                                     struct partial_symbol **);
 217
 218 /* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol
 219    obstack (and add a null character at the end in the copy).  Returns
 220    the address of the copy.  */
 221
 222 extern char *obsavestring (const char *, int, struct obstack *);
 223
 224 /* Concatenate strings S1, S2 and S3; return the new string.  Space is
 225    found in the OBSTACKP  */
 226
 227 extern char *obconcat (struct obstack *obstackp, const char *, const char *,
 228                        const char *);
 229
 230                         /*   Variables   */
 231
 232 /* If non-zero, shared library symbols will be added automatically
 233    when the inferior is created, new libraries are loaded, or when
 234    attaching to the inferior.  This is almost always what users will
 235    want to have happen; but for very large programs, the startup time
 236    will be excessive, and so if this is a problem, the user can clear
 237    this flag and then add the shared library symbols as needed.  Note
 238    that there is a potential for confusion, since if the shared
 239    library symbols are not loaded, commands like "info fun" will *not*
 240    report all the functions that are actually present.  */
 241
 242 extern int auto_solib_add;
 243
 244 /* For systems that support it, a threshold size in megabytes.  If
 245    automatically adding a new library's symbol table to those already
 246    known to the debugger would cause the total shared library symbol
 247    size to exceed this threshhold, then the shlib's symbols are not
 248    added.  The threshold is ignored if the user explicitly asks for a
 249    shlib to be added, such as when using the "sharedlibrary" command.  */
 250
 251 extern int auto_solib_limit;
 252
 253 /* From symfile.c */
 254
 255 extern struct partial_symtab *allocate_psymtab (char *, struct objfile *);
 256
 257 extern void discard_psymtab (struct partial_symtab *);
 258
 259 extern void find_lowest_section (bfd *, asection *, void *);
 260
 261 extern bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
 262
 263 extern int get_section_index (struct objfile *, char *);
 264
 265 /* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
 266 extern enum overlay_debugging_state
 267 {
 268   ovly_off,
 269   ovly_on,
 270   ovly_auto
 271 } overlay_debugging;
 272 extern int overlay_cache_invalid;
 273
 274 /* Return the "mapped" overlay section containing the PC.  */
 275 extern asection *find_pc_mapped_section (CORE_ADDR);
 276
 277 /* Return any overlay section containing the PC (even in its LMA
 278    region).  */
 279 extern asection *find_pc_overlay (CORE_ADDR);
 280
 281 /* Return true if the section is an overlay.  */
 282 extern int section_is_overlay (asection *);
 283
 284 /* Return true if the overlay section is currently "mapped".  */
 285 extern int section_is_mapped (asection *);
 286
 287 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's VMA.  */
 288 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_mapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
 289
 290 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's LMA.  */
 291 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_unmapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
 292
 293 /* Map an address from a section's LMA to its VMA.  */
 294 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_mapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
 295
 296 /* Map an address from a section's VMA to its LMA.  */
 297 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_unmapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
 298
 299 /* Convert an address in an overlay section (force into VMA range).  */
 300 extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
 301
 302 /* Load symbols from a file.  */
 303 extern void symbol_file_add_main (char *args, int from_tty);
 304
 305 /* Read inferior memory at ADDR to find the header of a loaded object file
 306    and read its in-core symbols out of inferior memory.  TEMPL is a bfd
 307    representing the target's format.  */
 308 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add_from_memory (bfd *templ, CORE_ADDR addr,
 309                                                     int from_tty);
 310
 311 /* Clear GDB symbol tables.  */
 312 extern void symbol_file_clear (int from_tty);
 313
 314 extern bfd_byte *symfile_relocate_debug_section (bfd *abfd, asection *sectp,
 315                                                  bfd_byte * buf);
 316
 317 /* From dwarfread.c */
 318
 319 extern void dwarf_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int, file_ptr,
 320                                   unsigned int, file_ptr, unsigned int);
 321
 322 /* From dwarf2read.c */
 323
 324 extern int dwarf2_has_info (struct objfile *);
 325
 326 extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int);
 327 extern void dwarf2_build_frame_info (struct objfile *);
 328
 329 /* From mdebugread.c */
 330
 331 /* Hack to force structures to exist before use in parameter list.  */
 332 struct ecoff_debug_hack
 333 {
 334   struct ecoff_debug_swap *a;
 335   struct ecoff_debug_info *b;
 336 };
 337
 338 extern void mdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
 339                                    const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
 340                                    struct ecoff_debug_info *);
 341
 342 extern void elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
 343                                       const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
 344                                       asection *);
 345
 346 #endif /* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */