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1 /* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB.
2
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4 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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6
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8
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16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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18
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
21
22 #if !defined (SYMFILE_H)
23 #define SYMFILE_H
24
25 /* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h". */
26 #include "symtab.h"
27
28 /* Opaque declarations. */
29 struct target_section;
30 struct objfile;
31 struct obj_section;
32 struct obstack;
33 struct block;
34
35 /* Partial symbols are stored in the psymbol_cache and pointers to
36 them are kept in a dynamically grown array that is obtained from
37 malloc and grown as necessary via realloc. Each objfile typically
38 has two of these, one for global symbols and one for static
39 symbols. Although this adds a level of indirection for storing or
40 accessing the partial symbols, it allows us to throw away duplicate
41 psymbols and set all pointers to the single saved instance. */
42
43 struct psymbol_allocation_list
44 {
45
46 /* Pointer to beginning of dynamically allocated array of pointers
47 to partial symbols. The array is dynamically expanded as
48 necessary to accommodate more pointers. */
49
50 struct partial_symbol **list;
51
52 /* Pointer to next available slot in which to store a pointer to a
53 partial symbol. */
54
55 struct partial_symbol **next;
56
57 /* Number of allocated pointer slots in current dynamic array (not
58 the number of bytes of storage). The "next" pointer will always
59 point somewhere between list[0] and list[size], and when at
60 list[size] the array will be expanded on the next attempt to
61 store a pointer. */
62
63 int size;
64 };
65
66 /* Define an array of addresses to accommodate non-contiguous dynamic
67 loading of modules. This is for use when entering commands, so we
68 can keep track of the section names until we read the file and can
69 map them to bfd sections. This structure is also used by solib.c
70 to communicate the section addresses in shared objects to
71 symbol_file_add (). */
72
73 struct section_addr_info
74 {
75 /* The number of sections for which address information is
76 available. */
77 size_t num_sections;
78 /* Sections whose names are file format dependent. */
79 struct other_sections
80 {
81 CORE_ADDR addr;
82 char *name;
83 int sectindex;
84 } other[1];
85 };
86
87
88 /* A table listing the load segments in a symfile, and which segment
89 each BFD section belongs to. */
90 struct symfile_segment_data
91 {
92 /* How many segments are present in this file. If there are
93 two, the text segment is the first one and the data segment
94 is the second one. */
95 int num_segments;
96
97 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, the original base address
98 of each segment. */
99 CORE_ADDR *segment_bases;
100
101 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, the memory size of each
102 segment. */
103 CORE_ADDR *segment_sizes;
104
105 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, this is an array of entries
106 recording which segment contains each BFD section.
107 SEGMENT_INFO[I] is S+1 if the I'th BFD section belongs to segment
108 S, or zero if it is not in any segment. */
109 int *segment_info;
110 };
111
112 /* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various
113 object file types. */
114
115 struct sym_fns
116 {
117
118 /* BFD flavour that we handle, or (as a special kludge, see
119 xcoffread.c, (enum bfd_flavour)-1 for xcoff). */
120
121 enum bfd_flavour sym_flavour;
122
123 /* Initializes anything that is global to the entire symbol table.
124 It is called during symbol_file_add, when we begin debugging an
125 entirely new program. */
126
127 void (*sym_new_init) (struct objfile *);
128
129 /* Reads any initial information from a symbol file, and initializes
130 the struct sym_fns SF in preparation for sym_read(). It is
131 called every time we read a symbol file for any reason. */
132
133 void (*sym_init) (struct objfile *);
134
135 /* sym_read (objfile, symfile_flags) Reads a symbol file into a psymtab
136 (or possibly a symtab). OBJFILE is the objfile struct for the
137 file we are reading. SYMFILE_FLAGS are the flags passed to
138 symbol_file_add & co. */
139
140 void (*sym_read) (struct objfile *, int);
141
142 /* Called when we are finished with an objfile. Should do all
143 cleanup that is specific to the object file format for the
144 particular objfile. */
145
146 void (*sym_finish) (struct objfile *);
147
148 /* This function produces a file-dependent section_offsets
149 structure, allocated in the objfile's storage, and based on the
150 parameter. The parameter is currently a CORE_ADDR (FIXME!) for
151 backward compatibility with the higher levels of GDB. It should
152 probably be changed to a string, where NULL means the default,
153 and others are parsed in a file dependent way. */
154
155 void (*sym_offsets) (struct objfile *, struct section_addr_info *);
156
157 /* This function produces a format-independent description of
158 the segments of ABFD. Each segment is a unit of the file
159 which may be relocated independently. */
160
161 struct symfile_segment_data *(*sym_segments) (bfd *abfd);
162
163 /* This function should read the linetable from the objfile when
164 the line table cannot be read while processing the debugging
165 information. */
166 void (*sym_read_linetable) (void);
167
168 /* Finds the next struct sym_fns. They are allocated and
169 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
170 to; an initializer calls add_symtab_fns to add them to the global
171 chain. */
172
173 struct sym_fns *next;
174
175 };
176
177 extern struct section_addr_info *
178 build_section_addr_info_from_objfile (const struct objfile *objfile);
179
180 extern void relative_addr_info_to_section_offsets
181 (struct section_offsets *section_offsets, int num_sections,
182 struct section_addr_info *addrs);
183
184 extern void addr_info_make_relative (struct section_addr_info *addrs,
185 bfd *abfd);
186
187 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_offsets for readers that don't
188 do anything special. */
189
190 extern void default_symfile_offsets (struct objfile *objfile,
191 struct section_addr_info *);
192
193 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_segments for readers that don't
194 do anything special. */
195
196 extern struct symfile_segment_data *default_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd);
197
198 extern void extend_psymbol_list (struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
199 struct objfile *);
200
201 /* Add any kind of symbol to a psymbol_allocation_list. */
202
203 /* #include "demangle.h" */
204
205 extern const
206 struct partial_symbol *add_psymbol_to_list (char *, int, int, domain_enum,
207 enum address_class,
208 struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
209 long, CORE_ADDR,
210 enum language, struct objfile *);
211
212 extern void init_psymbol_list (struct objfile *, int);
213
214 extern void sort_pst_symbols (struct partial_symtab *);
215
216 extern struct symtab *allocate_symtab (char *, struct objfile *);
217
218 extern int free_named_symtabs (char *);
219
220 extern void add_symtab_fns (struct sym_fns *);
221
222 /* This enum encodes bit-flags passed as ADD_FLAGS parameter to
223 syms_from_objfile, symbol_file_add, etc. */
224
225 enum symfile_add_flags
226 {
227 /* Be chatty about what you are doing. */
228 SYMFILE_VERBOSE = 1 << 1,
229
230 /* This is the main symbol file (as opposed to symbol file for dynamically
231 loaded code). */
232 SYMFILE_MAINLINE = 1 << 2,
233
234 /* Do not call breakpoint_re_set when adding this symbol file. */
235 SYMFILE_DEFER_BP_RESET = 1 << 3
236 };
237
238 extern void syms_from_objfile (struct objfile *,
239 struct section_addr_info *,
240 struct section_offsets *, int, int);
241
242 extern void new_symfile_objfile (struct objfile *, int);
243
244 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add (char *, int,
245 struct section_addr_info *, int);
246
247 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add_from_bfd (bfd *, int,
248 struct section_addr_info *,
249 int);
250
251 extern void symbol_file_add_separate (bfd *, int, struct objfile *);
252
253 extern char *find_separate_debug_file_by_debuglink (struct objfile *);
254
255 /* Create a new section_addr_info, with room for NUM_SECTIONS. */
256
257 extern struct section_addr_info *alloc_section_addr_info (size_t
258 num_sections);
259
260 /* Build (allocate and populate) a section_addr_info struct from an
261 existing section table. */
262
263 extern struct section_addr_info
264 *build_section_addr_info_from_section_table (const struct target_section
265 *start,
266 const struct target_section
267 *end);
268
269 /* Free all memory allocated by
270 build_section_addr_info_from_section_table. */
271
272 extern void free_section_addr_info (struct section_addr_info *);
273
274
275 extern struct partial_symtab *start_psymtab_common (struct objfile *,
276 struct section_offsets *,
277 const char *, CORE_ADDR,
278 struct partial_symbol **,
279 struct partial_symbol **);
280
281 /* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol
282 obstack (and add a null character at the end in the copy). Returns
283 the address of the copy. */
284
285 extern char *obsavestring (const char *, int, struct obstack *);
286
287 /* Concatenate strings S1, S2 and S3; return the new string. Space is
288 found in the OBSTACKP */
289
290 extern char *obconcat (struct obstack *obstackp, const char *, const char *,
291 const char *);
292
293 /* Variables */
294
295 /* If non-zero, shared library symbols will be added automatically
296 when the inferior is created, new libraries are loaded, or when
297 attaching to the inferior. This is almost always what users will
298 want to have happen; but for very large programs, the startup time
299 will be excessive, and so if this is a problem, the user can clear
300 this flag and then add the shared library symbols as needed. Note
301 that there is a potential for confusion, since if the shared
302 library symbols are not loaded, commands like "info fun" will *not*
303 report all the functions that are actually present. */
304
305 extern int auto_solib_add;
306
307 /* For systems that support it, a threshold size in megabytes. If
308 automatically adding a new library's symbol table to those already
309 known to the debugger would cause the total shared library symbol
310 size to exceed this threshhold, then the shlib's symbols are not
311 added. The threshold is ignored if the user explicitly asks for a
312 shlib to be added, such as when using the "sharedlibrary" command. */
313
314 extern int auto_solib_limit;
315
316 /* From symfile.c */
317
318 extern void set_initial_language (void);
319
320 extern struct partial_symtab *allocate_psymtab (const char *,
321 struct objfile *);
322
323 extern void discard_psymtab (struct partial_symtab *);
324
325 extern void find_lowest_section (bfd *, asection *, void *);
326
327 extern bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
328
329 extern bfd *bfd_open_maybe_remote (const char *);
330
331 extern int get_section_index (struct objfile *, char *);
332
333 /* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
334 extern enum overlay_debugging_state
335 {
336 ovly_off,
337 ovly_on,
338 ovly_auto
339 } overlay_debugging;
340 extern int overlay_cache_invalid;
341
342 /* Return the "mapped" overlay section containing the PC. */
343 extern struct obj_section *find_pc_mapped_section (CORE_ADDR);
344
345 /* Return any overlay section containing the PC (even in its LMA
346 region). */
347 extern struct obj_section *find_pc_overlay (CORE_ADDR);
348
349 /* Return true if the section is an overlay. */
350 extern int section_is_overlay (struct obj_section *);
351
352 /* Return true if the overlay section is currently "mapped". */
353 extern int section_is_mapped (struct obj_section *);
354
355 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's VMA. */
356 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_mapped_range (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
357
358 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's LMA. */
359 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_unmapped_range (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
360
361 /* Map an address from a section's LMA to its VMA. */
362 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_mapped_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
363
364 /* Map an address from a section's VMA to its LMA. */
365 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_unmapped_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
366
367 /* Convert an address in an overlay section (force into VMA range). */
368 extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
369
370 /* Load symbols from a file. */
371 extern void symbol_file_add_main (char *args, int from_tty);
372
373 /* Clear GDB symbol tables. */
374 extern void symbol_file_clear (int from_tty);
375
376 /* Default overlay update function. */
377 extern void simple_overlay_update (struct obj_section *);
378
379 extern bfd_byte *symfile_relocate_debug_section (bfd *abfd, asection *sectp,
380 bfd_byte * buf);
381
382 extern int symfile_map_offsets_to_segments (bfd *,
383 struct symfile_segment_data *,
384 struct section_offsets *,
385 int, const CORE_ADDR *);
386 struct symfile_segment_data *get_symfile_segment_data (bfd *abfd);
387 void free_symfile_segment_data (struct symfile_segment_data *data);
388
389 /* From dwarf2read.c */
390
391 extern int dwarf2_has_info (struct objfile *);
392
393 extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *);
394 extern void dwarf2_build_frame_info (struct objfile *);
395
396 void dwarf2_free_objfile (struct objfile *);
397
398 /* From mdebugread.c */
399
400 /* Hack to force structures to exist before use in parameter list. */
401 struct ecoff_debug_hack
402 {
403 struct ecoff_debug_swap *a;
404 struct ecoff_debug_info *b;
405 };
406
407 extern void mdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
408 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
409 struct ecoff_debug_info *);
410
411 extern void elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
412 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
413 asection *);
414
415 #endif /* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */