xref: /dragonfly/contrib/gdb-7/gdb/gdbcore.h (revision a32bc35d)
1 /* Machine independent variables that describe the core file under GDB.
2 
3    Copyright (C) 1986-1987, 1989-2001, 2004, 2007-2012 Free Software
4    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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
20 
21 /* Interface routines for core, executable, etc.  */
22 
23 #if !defined (GDBCORE_H)
24 #define GDBCORE_H 1
25 
26 struct type;
27 struct regcache;
28 
29 #include "bfd.h"
30 #include "exec.h"
31 
32 /* Return the name of the executable file as a string.
33    ERR nonzero means get error if there is none specified;
34    otherwise return 0 in that case.  */
35 
36 extern char *get_exec_file (int err);
37 
38 /* Nonzero if there is a core file.  */
39 
40 extern int have_core_file_p (void);
41 
42 /* Report a memory error with error().  */
43 
44 extern void memory_error (int status, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
45 
46 /* Like target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read.  */
47 
48 extern void read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
49 
50 /* Like target_read_stack, but report an error if can't read.  */
51 
52 extern void read_stack (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
53 
54 /* Read an integer from debugged memory, given address and number of
55    bytes.  */
56 
57 extern LONGEST read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
58 				    int len, enum bfd_endian byte_order);
59 extern int safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
60 				     enum bfd_endian byte_order,
61 				     LONGEST *return_value);
62 
63 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged memory, given address and
64    number of bytes.  */
65 
66 extern ULONGEST read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
67 					      int len,
68 					      enum bfd_endian byte_order);
69 
70 /* Read a null-terminated string from the debuggee's memory, given
71    address, a buffer into which to place the string, and the maximum
72    available space.  */
73 
74 extern void read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR, char *, int);
75 
76 /* Read the pointer of type TYPE at ADDR, and return the address it
77    represents.  */
78 
79 CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
80 
81 /* This takes a char *, not void *.  This is probably right, because
82    passing in an int * or whatever is wrong with respect to
83    byteswapping, alignment, different sizes for host vs. target types,
84    etc.  */
85 
86 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
87 
88 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer.  */
89 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
90                                            enum bfd_endian byte_order,
91 					   ULONGEST value);
92 
93 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer.  */
94 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
95                                          enum bfd_endian byte_order,
96                                          LONGEST value);
97 
98 /* Hook for `exec_file_command' command to call.  */
99 
100 extern void (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (char *filename);
101 
102 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
103    (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before).  */
104 
105 extern void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (char *filename);
106 
107 extern void specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (char *filename));
108 
109 /* Binary File Diddler for the core file.  */
110 
111 extern bfd *core_bfd;
112 
113 extern struct target_ops *core_target;
114 
115 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write.  */
116 
117 extern int write_files;
118 
119 extern void core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty);
120 
121 extern void exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty);
122 
123 extern void exec_file_clear (int from_tty);
124 
125 extern void validate_files (void);
126 
127 /* The current default bfd target.  */
128 
129 extern char *gnutarget;
130 
131 extern void set_gnutarget (char *);
132 
133 /* Structure to keep track of core register reading functions for
134    various core file types.  */
135 
136 struct core_fns
137   {
138 
139     /* BFD flavour that a core file handler is prepared to read.  This
140        can be used by the handler's core tasting function as a first
141        level filter to reject BFD's that don't have the right
142        flavour.  */
143 
144     enum bfd_flavour core_flavour;
145 
146     /* Core file handler function to call to recognize corefile
147        formats that BFD rejects.  Some core file format just don't fit
148        into the BFD model, or may require other resources to identify
149        them, that simply aren't available to BFD (such as symbols from
150        another file).  Returns nonzero if the handler recognizes the
151        format, zero otherwise.  */
152 
153     int (*check_format) (bfd *);
154 
155     /* Core file handler function to call to ask if it can handle a
156        given core file format or not.  Returns zero if it can't,
157        nonzero otherwise.  */
158 
159     int (*core_sniffer) (struct core_fns *, bfd *);
160 
161     /* Extract the register values out of the core file and supply them
162        into REGCACHE.
163 
164        CORE_REG_SECT points to the register values themselves, read into
165        memory.
166 
167        CORE_REG_SIZE is the size of that area.
168 
169        WHICH says which set of registers we are handling:
170          0 --- integer registers
171          2 --- floating-point registers, on machines where they are
172                discontiguous
173          3 --- extended floating-point registers, on machines where
174                these are present in yet a third area.  (GNU/Linux uses
175                this to get at the SSE registers.)
176 
177        REG_ADDR is the offset from u.u_ar0 to the register values relative to
178        core_reg_sect.  This is used with old-fashioned core files to locate the
179        registers in a large upage-plus-stack ".reg" section.  Original upage
180        address X is at location core_reg_sect+x+reg_addr.  */
181 
182     void (*core_read_registers) (struct regcache *regcache,
183 				 char *core_reg_sect,
184 				 unsigned core_reg_size,
185 				 int which, CORE_ADDR reg_addr);
186 
187     /* Finds the next struct core_fns.  They are allocated and
188        initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
189        to; an initializer calls deprecated_add_core_fns to add them to
190        the global chain.  */
191 
192     struct core_fns *next;
193 
194   };
195 
196 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-04-05: Replaced by "regset.h" and
197    regset_from_core_section().  */
198 extern void deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf);
199 extern int default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *cf, bfd * abfd);
200 extern int default_check_format (bfd * abfd);
201 
202 struct target_section *deprecated_core_resize_section_table (int num_added);
203 
204 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */
205