xref: /dragonfly/contrib/gdb-7/gdb/findvar.c (revision d4ef6694)
1 /* Find a variable's value in memory, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
2 
3    Copyright (C) 1986-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 
5    This file is part of GDB.
6 
7    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10    (at your option) any later version.
11 
12    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
15    GNU General Public License for more details.
16 
17    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
19 
20 #include "defs.h"
21 #include "symtab.h"
22 #include "gdbtypes.h"
23 #include "frame.h"
24 #include "value.h"
25 #include "gdbcore.h"
26 #include "inferior.h"
27 #include "target.h"
28 #include "gdb_string.h"
29 #include "gdb_assert.h"
30 #include "floatformat.h"
31 #include "symfile.h"		/* for overlay functions */
32 #include "regcache.h"
33 #include "user-regs.h"
34 #include "block.h"
35 #include "objfiles.h"
36 #include "language.h"
37 
38 /* Basic byte-swapping routines.  All 'extract' functions return a
39    host-format integer from a target-format integer at ADDR which is
40    LEN bytes long.  */
41 
42 #if TARGET_CHAR_BIT != 8 || HOST_CHAR_BIT != 8
43   /* 8 bit characters are a pretty safe assumption these days, so we
44      assume it throughout all these swapping routines.  If we had to deal with
45      9 bit characters, we would need to make len be in bits and would have
46      to re-write these routines...  */
47 you lose
48 #endif
49 
50 LONGEST
51 extract_signed_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len,
52 			enum bfd_endian byte_order)
53 {
54   LONGEST retval;
55   const unsigned char *p;
56   const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
57   const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
58 
59   if (len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
60     error (_("\
61 That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
62 	   (int) sizeof (LONGEST));
63 
64   /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
65      the least significant.  */
66   if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
67     {
68       p = startaddr;
69       /* Do the sign extension once at the start.  */
70       retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
71       for (++p; p < endaddr; ++p)
72 	retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
73     }
74   else
75     {
76       p = endaddr - 1;
77       /* Do the sign extension once at the start.  */
78       retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
79       for (--p; p >= startaddr; --p)
80 	retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
81     }
82   return retval;
83 }
84 
85 ULONGEST
86 extract_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len,
87 			  enum bfd_endian byte_order)
88 {
89   ULONGEST retval;
90   const unsigned char *p;
91   const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
92   const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
93 
94   if (len > (int) sizeof (ULONGEST))
95     error (_("\
96 That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
97 	   (int) sizeof (ULONGEST));
98 
99   /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
100      the least significant.  */
101   retval = 0;
102   if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
103     {
104       for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
105 	retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
106     }
107   else
108     {
109       for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
110 	retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
111     }
112   return retval;
113 }
114 
115 /* Sometimes a long long unsigned integer can be extracted as a
116    LONGEST value.  This is done so that we can print these values
117    better.  If this integer can be converted to a LONGEST, this
118    function returns 1 and sets *PVAL.  Otherwise it returns 0.  */
119 
120 int
121 extract_long_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int orig_len,
122 			       enum bfd_endian byte_order, LONGEST *pval)
123 {
124   const gdb_byte *p;
125   const gdb_byte *first_addr;
126   int len;
127 
128   len = orig_len;
129   if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
130     {
131       for (p = addr;
132 	   len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p < addr + orig_len;
133 	   p++)
134 	{
135 	  if (*p == 0)
136 	    len--;
137 	  else
138 	    break;
139 	}
140       first_addr = p;
141     }
142   else
143     {
144       first_addr = addr;
145       for (p = addr + orig_len - 1;
146 	   len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p >= addr;
147 	   p--)
148 	{
149 	  if (*p == 0)
150 	    len--;
151 	  else
152 	    break;
153 	}
154     }
155 
156   if (len <= (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
157     {
158       *pval = (LONGEST) extract_unsigned_integer (first_addr,
159 						  sizeof (LONGEST),
160 						  byte_order);
161       return 1;
162     }
163 
164   return 0;
165 }
166 
167 
168 /* Treat the bytes at BUF as a pointer of type TYPE, and return the
169    address it represents.  */
170 CORE_ADDR
171 extract_typed_address (const gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type)
172 {
173   if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
174       && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
175     internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
176 		    _("extract_typed_address: "
177 		    "type is not a pointer or reference"));
178 
179   return gdbarch_pointer_to_address (get_type_arch (type), type, buf);
180 }
181 
182 /* All 'store' functions accept a host-format integer and store a
183    target-format integer at ADDR which is LEN bytes long.  */
184 
185 void
186 store_signed_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len,
187 		      enum bfd_endian byte_order, LONGEST val)
188 {
189   gdb_byte *p;
190   gdb_byte *startaddr = addr;
191   gdb_byte *endaddr = startaddr + len;
192 
193   /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
194      the most significant.  */
195   if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
196     {
197       for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
198 	{
199 	  *p = val & 0xff;
200 	  val >>= 8;
201 	}
202     }
203   else
204     {
205       for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
206 	{
207 	  *p = val & 0xff;
208 	  val >>= 8;
209 	}
210     }
211 }
212 
213 void
214 store_unsigned_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len,
215 			enum bfd_endian byte_order, ULONGEST val)
216 {
217   unsigned char *p;
218   unsigned char *startaddr = (unsigned char *) addr;
219   unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
220 
221   /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
222      the most significant.  */
223   if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
224     {
225       for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
226 	{
227 	  *p = val & 0xff;
228 	  val >>= 8;
229 	}
230     }
231   else
232     {
233       for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
234 	{
235 	  *p = val & 0xff;
236 	  val >>= 8;
237 	}
238     }
239 }
240 
241 /* Store the address ADDR as a pointer of type TYPE at BUF, in target
242    form.  */
243 void
244 store_typed_address (gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr)
245 {
246   if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
247       && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
248     internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
249 		    _("store_typed_address: "
250 		    "type is not a pointer or reference"));
251 
252   gdbarch_address_to_pointer (get_type_arch (type), type, buf, addr);
253 }
254 
255 
256 
257 /* Return a `value' with the contents of (virtual or cooked) register
258    REGNUM as found in the specified FRAME.  The register's type is
259    determined by register_type().  */
260 
261 struct value *
262 value_of_register (int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
263 {
264   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
265   CORE_ADDR addr;
266   int optim;
267   int unavail;
268   struct value *reg_val;
269   int realnum;
270   gdb_byte raw_buffer[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
271   enum lval_type lval;
272 
273   /* User registers lie completely outside of the range of normal
274      registers.  Catch them early so that the target never sees them.  */
275   if (regnum >= gdbarch_num_regs (gdbarch)
276 		+ gdbarch_num_pseudo_regs (gdbarch))
277     return value_of_user_reg (regnum, frame);
278 
279   frame_register (frame, regnum, &optim, &unavail,
280 		  &lval, &addr, &realnum, raw_buffer);
281 
282   reg_val = allocate_value (register_type (gdbarch, regnum));
283 
284   if (!optim && !unavail)
285     memcpy (value_contents_raw (reg_val), raw_buffer,
286 	    register_size (gdbarch, regnum));
287   else
288     memset (value_contents_raw (reg_val), 0,
289 	    register_size (gdbarch, regnum));
290 
291   VALUE_LVAL (reg_val) = lval;
292   set_value_address (reg_val, addr);
293   VALUE_REGNUM (reg_val) = regnum;
294   set_value_optimized_out (reg_val, optim);
295   if (unavail)
296     mark_value_bytes_unavailable (reg_val, 0, register_size (gdbarch, regnum));
297   VALUE_FRAME_ID (reg_val) = get_frame_id (frame);
298   return reg_val;
299 }
300 
301 /* Return a `value' with the contents of (virtual or cooked) register
302    REGNUM as found in the specified FRAME.  The register's type is
303    determined by register_type().  The value is not fetched.  */
304 
305 struct value *
306 value_of_register_lazy (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum)
307 {
308   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
309   struct value *reg_val;
310 
311   gdb_assert (regnum < (gdbarch_num_regs (gdbarch)
312 			+ gdbarch_num_pseudo_regs (gdbarch)));
313 
314   /* We should have a valid (i.e. non-sentinel) frame.  */
315   gdb_assert (frame_id_p (get_frame_id (frame)));
316 
317   reg_val = allocate_value_lazy (register_type (gdbarch, regnum));
318   VALUE_LVAL (reg_val) = lval_register;
319   VALUE_REGNUM (reg_val) = regnum;
320   VALUE_FRAME_ID (reg_val) = get_frame_id (frame);
321   return reg_val;
322 }
323 
324 /* Given a pointer of type TYPE in target form in BUF, return the
325    address it represents.  */
326 CORE_ADDR
327 unsigned_pointer_to_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
328 			     struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
329 {
330   enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
331 
332   return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order);
333 }
334 
335 CORE_ADDR
336 signed_pointer_to_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
337 			   struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
338 {
339   enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
340 
341   return extract_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order);
342 }
343 
344 /* Given an address, store it as a pointer of type TYPE in target
345    format in BUF.  */
346 void
347 unsigned_address_to_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct type *type,
348 			     gdb_byte *buf, CORE_ADDR addr)
349 {
350   enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
351 
352   store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order, addr);
353 }
354 
355 void
356 address_to_signed_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct type *type,
357 			   gdb_byte *buf, CORE_ADDR addr)
358 {
359   enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
360 
361   store_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order, addr);
362 }
363 
364 /* Will calling read_var_value or locate_var_value on SYM end
365    up caring what frame it is being evaluated relative to?  SYM must
366    be non-NULL.  */
367 int
368 symbol_read_needs_frame (struct symbol *sym)
369 {
370   switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
371     {
372       /* All cases listed explicitly so that gcc -Wall will detect it if
373          we failed to consider one.  */
374     case LOC_COMPUTED:
375       /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
376 	 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_COMPUTED_OPS method when available.
377 	 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
378 	 function) location in a function's symbol.  Oops!  For the
379 	 moment enable this when/where applicable.  */
380       return SYMBOL_COMPUTED_OPS (sym)->read_needs_frame (sym);
381 
382     case LOC_REGISTER:
383     case LOC_ARG:
384     case LOC_REF_ARG:
385     case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
386     case LOC_LOCAL:
387       return 1;
388 
389     case LOC_UNDEF:
390     case LOC_CONST:
391     case LOC_STATIC:
392     case LOC_TYPEDEF:
393 
394     case LOC_LABEL:
395       /* Getting the address of a label can be done independently of the block,
396          even if some *uses* of that address wouldn't work so well without
397          the right frame.  */
398 
399     case LOC_BLOCK:
400     case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
401     case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
402     case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
403       return 0;
404     }
405   return 1;
406 }
407 
408 /* Private data to be used with minsym_lookup_iterator_cb.  */
409 
410 struct minsym_lookup_data
411 {
412   /* The name of the minimal symbol we are searching for.  */
413   const char *name;
414 
415   /* The field where the callback should store the minimal symbol
416      if found.  It should be initialized to NULL before the search
417      is started.  */
418   struct minimal_symbol *result;
419 };
420 
421 /* A callback function for gdbarch_iterate_over_objfiles_in_search_order.
422    It searches by name for a minimal symbol within the given OBJFILE.
423    The arguments are passed via CB_DATA, which in reality is a pointer
424    to struct minsym_lookup_data.  */
425 
426 static int
427 minsym_lookup_iterator_cb (struct objfile *objfile, void *cb_data)
428 {
429   struct minsym_lookup_data *data = (struct minsym_lookup_data *) cb_data;
430 
431   gdb_assert (data->result == NULL);
432 
433   data->result = lookup_minimal_symbol (data->name, NULL, objfile);
434 
435   /* The iterator should stop iff a match was found.  */
436   return (data->result != NULL);
437 }
438 
439 /* A default implementation for the "la_read_var_value" hook in
440    the language vector which should work in most situations.  */
441 
442 struct value *
443 default_read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
444 {
445   struct value *v;
446   struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
447   CORE_ADDR addr;
448 
449   /* Call check_typedef on our type to make sure that, if TYPE is
450      a TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF, its length is set to the length of the target type
451      instead of zero.  However, we do not replace the typedef type by the
452      target type, because we want to keep the typedef in order to be able to
453      set the returned value type description correctly.  */
454   check_typedef (type);
455 
456   if (symbol_read_needs_frame (var))
457     gdb_assert (frame);
458 
459   switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (var))
460     {
461     case LOC_CONST:
462       /* Put the constant back in target format.  */
463       v = allocate_value (type);
464       store_signed_integer (value_contents_raw (v), TYPE_LENGTH (type),
465 			    gdbarch_byte_order (get_type_arch (type)),
466 			    (LONGEST) SYMBOL_VALUE (var));
467       VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
468       return v;
469 
470     case LOC_LABEL:
471       /* Put the constant back in target format.  */
472       v = allocate_value (type);
473       if (overlay_debugging)
474 	{
475 	  CORE_ADDR addr
476 	    = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
477 					SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (var));
478 
479 	  store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type, addr);
480 	}
481       else
482 	store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type,
483 			      SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var));
484       VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
485       return v;
486 
487     case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
488       v = allocate_value (type);
489       memcpy (value_contents_raw (v), SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES (var),
490 	      TYPE_LENGTH (type));
491       VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
492       return v;
493 
494     case LOC_STATIC:
495       v = allocate_value_lazy (type);
496       if (overlay_debugging)
497 	addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
498 					 SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (var));
499       else
500 	addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
501       break;
502 
503     case LOC_ARG:
504       addr = get_frame_args_address (frame);
505       if (!addr)
506 	error (_("Unknown argument list address for `%s'."),
507 	       SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
508       addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
509       v = allocate_value_lazy (type);
510       break;
511 
512     case LOC_REF_ARG:
513       {
514 	struct value *ref;
515 	CORE_ADDR argref;
516 
517 	argref = get_frame_args_address (frame);
518 	if (!argref)
519 	  error (_("Unknown argument list address for `%s'."),
520 		 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
521 	argref += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
522 	ref = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), argref);
523 	addr = value_as_address (ref);
524 	v = allocate_value_lazy (type);
525 	break;
526       }
527 
528     case LOC_LOCAL:
529       addr = get_frame_locals_address (frame);
530       addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
531       v = allocate_value_lazy (type);
532       break;
533 
534     case LOC_TYPEDEF:
535       error (_("Cannot look up value of a typedef `%s'."),
536 	     SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
537       break;
538 
539     case LOC_BLOCK:
540       v = allocate_value_lazy (type);
541       if (overlay_debugging)
542 	addr = symbol_overlayed_address
543 	  (BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var)), SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (var));
544       else
545 	addr = BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var));
546       break;
547 
548     case LOC_REGISTER:
549     case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
550       {
551 	int regno = SYMBOL_REGISTER_OPS (var)
552 		      ->register_number (var, get_frame_arch (frame));
553 	struct value *regval;
554 
555 	if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM_ADDR)
556 	  {
557 	    regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
558 					  regno,
559 					  frame);
560 
561 	    if (regval == NULL)
562 	      error (_("Value of register variable not available for `%s'."),
563 	             SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
564 
565 	    addr = value_as_address (regval);
566 	    v = allocate_value_lazy (type);
567 	  }
568 	else
569 	  {
570 	    regval = value_from_register (type, regno, frame);
571 
572 	    if (regval == NULL)
573 	      error (_("Value of register variable not available for `%s'."),
574 	             SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
575 	    return regval;
576 	  }
577       }
578       break;
579 
580     case LOC_COMPUTED:
581       /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
582 	 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_COMPUTED_OPS method when available.
583 	 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
584 	 function) location in a function's symbol.  Oops!  For the
585 	 moment enable this when/where applicable.  */
586       return SYMBOL_COMPUTED_OPS (var)->read_variable (var, frame);
587 
588     case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
589       {
590 	struct minsym_lookup_data lookup_data;
591 	struct minimal_symbol *msym;
592 	struct obj_section *obj_section;
593 
594 	memset (&lookup_data, 0, sizeof (lookup_data));
595 	lookup_data.name = SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (var);
596 
597 	gdbarch_iterate_over_objfiles_in_search_order
598 	  (get_objfile_arch (SYMBOL_SYMTAB (var)->objfile),
599 	   minsym_lookup_iterator_cb, &lookup_data,
600 	   SYMBOL_SYMTAB (var)->objfile);
601 	msym = lookup_data.result;
602 
603 	if (msym == NULL)
604 	  error (_("No global symbol \"%s\"."), SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (var));
605 	if (overlay_debugging)
606 	  addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym),
607 					   SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (msym));
608 	else
609 	  addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym);
610 
611 	obj_section = SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (msym);
612 	if (obj_section
613 	    && (obj_section->the_bfd_section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL) != 0)
614 	  addr = target_translate_tls_address (obj_section->objfile, addr);
615 	v = allocate_value_lazy (type);
616       }
617       break;
618 
619     case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
620       return allocate_optimized_out_value (type);
621 
622     default:
623       error (_("Cannot look up value of a botched symbol `%s'."),
624 	     SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
625       break;
626     }
627 
628   VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory;
629   set_value_address (v, addr);
630   return v;
631 }
632 
633 /* Calls VAR's language la_read_var_value hook with the given arguments.  */
634 
635 struct value *
636 read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
637 {
638   const struct language_defn *lang = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (var));
639 
640   gdb_assert (lang != NULL);
641   gdb_assert (lang->la_read_var_value != NULL);
642 
643   return lang->la_read_var_value (var, frame);
644 }
645 
646 /* Install default attributes for register values.  */
647 
648 struct value *
649 default_value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum,
650 			     struct frame_info *frame)
651 {
652   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
653   int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
654   struct value *value = allocate_value (type);
655 
656   VALUE_LVAL (value) = lval_register;
657   VALUE_FRAME_ID (value) = get_frame_id (frame);
658   VALUE_REGNUM (value) = regnum;
659 
660   /* Any structure stored in more than one register will always be
661      an integral number of registers.  Otherwise, you need to do
662      some fiddling with the last register copied here for little
663      endian machines.  */
664   if (gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG
665       && len < register_size (gdbarch, regnum))
666     /* Big-endian, and we want less than full size.  */
667     set_value_offset (value, register_size (gdbarch, regnum) - len);
668   else
669     set_value_offset (value, 0);
670 
671   return value;
672 }
673 
674 /* VALUE must be an lval_register value.  If regnum is the value's
675    associated register number, and len the length of the values type,
676    read one or more registers in FRAME, starting with register REGNUM,
677    until we've read LEN bytes.
678 
679    If any of the registers we try to read are optimized out, then mark the
680    complete resulting value as optimized out.  */
681 
682 void
683 read_frame_register_value (struct value *value, struct frame_info *frame)
684 {
685   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
686   int offset = 0;
687   int reg_offset = value_offset (value);
688   int regnum = VALUE_REGNUM (value);
689   int len = TYPE_LENGTH (check_typedef (value_type (value)));
690 
691   gdb_assert (VALUE_LVAL (value) == lval_register);
692 
693   /* Skip registers wholly inside of REG_OFFSET.  */
694   while (reg_offset >= register_size (gdbarch, regnum))
695     {
696       reg_offset -= register_size (gdbarch, regnum);
697       regnum++;
698     }
699 
700   /* Copy the data.  */
701   while (len > 0)
702     {
703       struct value *regval = get_frame_register_value (frame, regnum);
704       int reg_len = TYPE_LENGTH (value_type (regval)) - reg_offset;
705 
706       if (value_optimized_out (regval))
707 	{
708 	  set_value_optimized_out (value, 1);
709 	  break;
710 	}
711 
712       /* If the register length is larger than the number of bytes
713          remaining to copy, then only copy the appropriate bytes.  */
714       if (reg_len > len)
715 	reg_len = len;
716 
717       value_contents_copy (value, offset, regval, reg_offset, reg_len);
718 
719       offset += reg_len;
720       len -= reg_len;
721       reg_offset = 0;
722       regnum++;
723     }
724 }
725 
726 /* Return a value of type TYPE, stored in register REGNUM, in frame FRAME.  */
727 
728 struct value *
729 value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
730 {
731   struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
732   struct type *type1 = check_typedef (type);
733   struct value *v;
734 
735   if (gdbarch_convert_register_p (gdbarch, regnum, type1))
736     {
737       int optim, unavail, ok;
738 
739       /* The ISA/ABI need to something weird when obtaining the
740          specified value from this register.  It might need to
741          re-order non-adjacent, starting with REGNUM (see MIPS and
742          i386).  It might need to convert the [float] register into
743          the corresponding [integer] type (see Alpha).  The assumption
744          is that gdbarch_register_to_value populates the entire value
745          including the location.  */
746       v = allocate_value (type);
747       VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_register;
748       VALUE_FRAME_ID (v) = get_frame_id (frame);
749       VALUE_REGNUM (v) = regnum;
750       ok = gdbarch_register_to_value (gdbarch, frame, regnum, type1,
751 				      value_contents_raw (v), &optim,
752 				      &unavail);
753 
754       if (!ok)
755 	{
756 	  if (optim)
757 	    set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
758 	  if (unavail)
759 	    mark_value_bytes_unavailable (v, 0, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
760 	}
761     }
762   else
763     {
764       /* Construct the value.  */
765       v = gdbarch_value_from_register (gdbarch, type, regnum, frame);
766 
767       /* Get the data.  */
768       read_frame_register_value (v, frame);
769     }
770 
771   return v;
772 }
773 
774 /* Return contents of register REGNUM in frame FRAME as address,
775    interpreted as value of type TYPE.   Will abort if register
776    value is not available.  */
777 
778 CORE_ADDR
779 address_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
780 {
781   struct value *value;
782   CORE_ADDR result;
783 
784   value = value_from_register (type, regnum, frame);
785   gdb_assert (value);
786 
787   result = value_as_address (value);
788   release_value (value);
789   value_free (value);
790 
791   return result;
792 }
793 
794