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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
9    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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, write to the Free Software
20    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
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 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add_from_bfd (bfd *, int,
193                                                  struct section_addr_info *,
194                                                  int, int);
195 
196 /* Create a new section_addr_info, with room for NUM_SECTIONS.  */
197 
198 extern struct section_addr_info *alloc_section_addr_info (size_t
199 							  num_sections);
200 
201 /* Return a freshly allocated copy of ADDRS.  The section names, if
202    any, are also freshly allocated copies of those in ADDRS.  */
203 extern struct section_addr_info *(copy_section_addr_info
204                                   (struct section_addr_info *addrs));
205 
206 /* Build (allocate and populate) a section_addr_info struct from an
207    existing section table.  */
208 
209 extern struct section_addr_info
210   *build_section_addr_info_from_section_table (const struct section_table
211 					       *start,
212 					       const struct section_table
213 					       *end);
214 
215 /* Free all memory allocated by
216    build_section_addr_info_from_section_table.  */
217 
218 extern void free_section_addr_info (struct section_addr_info *);
219 
220 
221 extern struct partial_symtab *start_psymtab_common (struct objfile *,
222 						    struct section_offsets *,
223 						    char *, CORE_ADDR,
224 						    struct partial_symbol **,
225 						    struct partial_symbol **);
226 
227 /* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol
228    obstack (and add a null character at the end in the copy).  Returns
229    the address of the copy.  */
230 
231 extern char *obsavestring (const char *, int, struct obstack *);
232 
233 /* Concatenate strings S1, S2 and S3; return the new string.  Space is
234    found in the OBSTACKP  */
235 
236 extern char *obconcat (struct obstack *obstackp, const char *, const char *,
237 		       const char *);
238 
239 			/*   Variables   */
240 
241 /* If non-zero, shared library symbols will be added automatically
242    when the inferior is created, new libraries are loaded, or when
243    attaching to the inferior.  This is almost always what users will
244    want to have happen; but for very large programs, the startup time
245    will be excessive, and so if this is a problem, the user can clear
246    this flag and then add the shared library symbols as needed.  Note
247    that there is a potential for confusion, since if the shared
248    library symbols are not loaded, commands like "info fun" will *not*
249    report all the functions that are actually present.  */
250 
251 extern int auto_solib_add;
252 
253 /* For systems that support it, a threshold size in megabytes.  If
254    automatically adding a new library's symbol table to those already
255    known to the debugger would cause the total shared library symbol
256    size to exceed this threshhold, then the shlib's symbols are not
257    added.  The threshold is ignored if the user explicitly asks for a
258    shlib to be added, such as when using the "sharedlibrary" command.  */
259 
260 extern int auto_solib_limit;
261 
262 /* From symfile.c */
263 
264 extern struct partial_symtab *allocate_psymtab (char *, struct objfile *);
265 
266 extern void discard_psymtab (struct partial_symtab *);
267 
268 extern void find_lowest_section (bfd *, asection *, void *);
269 
270 extern bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
271 
272 extern int get_section_index (struct objfile *, char *);
273 
274 /* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
275 extern enum overlay_debugging_state
276 {
277   ovly_off,
278   ovly_on,
279   ovly_auto
280 } overlay_debugging;
281 extern int overlay_cache_invalid;
282 
283 /* Return the "mapped" overlay section containing the PC.  */
284 extern asection *find_pc_mapped_section (CORE_ADDR);
285 
286 /* Return any overlay section containing the PC (even in its LMA
287    region).  */
288 extern asection *find_pc_overlay (CORE_ADDR);
289 
290 /* Return true if the section is an overlay.  */
291 extern int section_is_overlay (asection *);
292 
293 /* Return true if the overlay section is currently "mapped".  */
294 extern int section_is_mapped (asection *);
295 
296 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's VMA.  */
297 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_mapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
298 
299 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's LMA.  */
300 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_unmapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
301 
302 /* Map an address from a section's LMA to its VMA.  */
303 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_mapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
304 
305 /* Map an address from a section's VMA to its LMA.  */
306 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_unmapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
307 
308 /* Convert an address in an overlay section (force into VMA range).  */
309 extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
310 
311 /* Load symbols from a file.  */
312 extern void symbol_file_add_main (char *args, int from_tty);
313 
314 /* Clear GDB symbol tables.  */
315 extern void symbol_file_clear (int from_tty);
316 
317 extern bfd_byte *symfile_relocate_debug_section (bfd *abfd, asection *sectp,
318 						 bfd_byte * buf);
319 
320 /* From dwarfread.c */
321 
322 extern void dwarf_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int, file_ptr,
323 				  unsigned int, file_ptr, unsigned int);
324 
325 /* From dwarf2read.c */
326 
327 extern int dwarf2_has_info (struct objfile *);
328 
329 extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int);
330 extern void dwarf2_build_frame_info (struct objfile *);
331 
332 /* From mdebugread.c */
333 
334 /* Hack to force structures to exist before use in parameter list.  */
335 struct ecoff_debug_hack
336 {
337   struct ecoff_debug_swap *a;
338   struct ecoff_debug_info *b;
339 };
340 
341 extern void mdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
342 				   const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
343 				   struct ecoff_debug_info *);
344 
345 extern void elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
346 				      const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
347 				      asection *);
348 
349 #endif /* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */
350