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1 /* Machine independent variables that describe the core file under GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
21 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22
23 /* Interface routines for core, executable, etc. */
24
25 #if !defined (GDBCORE_H)
26 #define GDBCORE_H 1
27
28 struct type;
29
30 #include "bfd.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 /* Read "memory data" from whatever target or inferior we have.
43 Returns zero if successful, errno value if not. EIO is used for
44 address out of bounds. If breakpoints are inserted, returns shadow
45 contents, not the breakpoints themselves. From breakpoint.c. */
46
47 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-06-10: Code reading from a live inferior can use
48 the get_frame_memory methods, code reading from an exec can use the
49 target methods. */
50
51 extern int read_memory_nobpt (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr,
52 unsigned len);
53
54 /* Report a memory error with error(). */
55
56 extern void memory_error (int status, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
57
58 /* Like target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read. */
59
60 extern void read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
61
62 /* Read an integer from debugged memory, given address and number of
63 bytes. */
64
65 extern LONGEST read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
66 extern int safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len, LONGEST *return_value);
67
68 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged memory, given address and
69 number of bytes. */
70
71 extern ULONGEST read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
72
73 /* Read a null-terminated string from the debuggee's memory, given address,
74 * a buffer into which to place the string, and the maximum available space */
75
76 extern void read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR, char *, int);
77
78 /* Read the pointer of type TYPE at ADDR, and return the address it
79 represents. */
80
81 CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
82
83 /* This takes a char *, not void *. This is probably right, because
84 passing in an int * or whatever is wrong with respect to
85 byteswapping, alignment, different sizes for host vs. target types,
86 etc. */
87
88 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
89
90 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
91 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
92 ULONGEST value);
93
94 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
95 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
96 LONGEST value);
97
98 extern void generic_search (int len, char *data, char *mask,
99 CORE_ADDR startaddr, int increment,
100 CORE_ADDR lorange, CORE_ADDR hirange,
101 CORE_ADDR * addr_found, char *data_found);
102 \f
103 /* Hook for `exec_file_command' command to call. */
104
105 extern void (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (char *filename);
106
107 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
108 (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before). */
109
110 extern void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (char *filename);
111
112 extern void specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (char *filename));
113
114 /* Binary File Diddlers for the exec and core files. */
115
116 extern bfd *core_bfd;
117 extern bfd *exec_bfd;
118
119 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
120
121 extern int write_files;
122
123 extern void core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty);
124
125 extern void exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty);
126
127 extern void exec_file_clear (int from_tty);
128
129 extern void validate_files (void);
130
131 extern CORE_ADDR register_addr (int regno, CORE_ADDR blockend);
132
133 /* The target vector for core files. */
134
135 extern struct target_ops core_ops;
136
137 /* The current default bfd target. */
138
139 extern char *gnutarget;
140
141 extern void set_gnutarget (char *);
142
143 /* Structure to keep track of core register reading functions for
144 various core file types. */
145
146 struct core_fns
147 {
148
149 /* BFD flavour that a core file handler is prepared to read. This
150 can be used by the handler's core tasting function as a first
151 level filter to reject BFD's that don't have the right
152 flavour. */
153
154 enum bfd_flavour core_flavour;
155
156 /* Core file handler function to call to recognize corefile
157 formats that BFD rejects. Some core file format just don't fit
158 into the BFD model, or may require other resources to identify
159 them, that simply aren't available to BFD (such as symbols from
160 another file). Returns nonzero if the handler recognizes the
161 format, zero otherwise. */
162
163 int (*check_format) (bfd *);
164
165 /* Core file handler function to call to ask if it can handle a
166 given core file format or not. Returns zero if it can't,
167 nonzero otherwise. */
168
169 int (*core_sniffer) (struct core_fns *, bfd *);
170
171 /* Extract the register values out of the core file and store them where
172 `read_register' will find them.
173
174 CORE_REG_SECT points to the register values themselves, read into
175 memory.
176
177 CORE_REG_SIZE is the size of that area.
178
179 WHICH says which set of registers we are handling:
180 0 --- integer registers
181 2 --- floating-point registers, on machines where they are
182 discontiguous
183 3 --- extended floating-point registers, on machines where
184 these are present in yet a third area. (GNU/Linux uses
185 this to get at the SSE registers.)
186
187 REG_ADDR is the offset from u.u_ar0 to the register values relative to
188 core_reg_sect. This is used with old-fashioned core files to locate the
189 registers in a large upage-plus-stack ".reg" section. Original upage
190 address X is at location core_reg_sect+x+reg_addr. */
191
192 void (*core_read_registers) (char *core_reg_sect,
193 unsigned core_reg_size,
194 int which, CORE_ADDR reg_addr);
195
196 /* Finds the next struct core_fns. They are allocated and
197 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
198 to; an initializer calls deprecated_add_core_fns to add them to
199 the global chain. */
200
201 struct core_fns *next;
202
203 };
204
205 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-04-05: Replaced by "regset.h" and
206 regset_from_core_section(). */
207 extern void deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf);
208 extern int default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *cf, bfd * abfd);
209 extern int default_check_format (bfd * abfd);
210
211 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */