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1 /* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB.
2 Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
3 2000, 2001
4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 This file is part of GDB.
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.
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.
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. */
23 #if !defined (SYMFILE_H)
24 #define SYMFILE_H
26 /* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h". */
28 /* Partial symbols are stored in the psymbol_cache and pointers to them
29 are kept in a dynamically grown array that is obtained from malloc and
30 grown as necessary via realloc. Each objfile typically has two of these,
31 one for global symbols and one for static symbols. Although this adds
32 a level of indirection for storing or accessing the partial symbols,
33 it allows us to throw away duplicate psymbols and set all pointers
34 to the single saved instance. */
36 struct psymbol_allocation_list
39 /* Pointer to beginning of dynamically allocated array of pointers to
40 partial symbols. The array is dynamically expanded as necessary to
41 accommodate more pointers. */
43 struct partial_symbol **list;
45 /* Pointer to next available slot in which to store a pointer to a partial
46 symbol. */
48 struct partial_symbol **next;
50 /* Number of allocated pointer slots in current dynamic array (not the
51 number of bytes of storage). The "next" pointer will always point
52 somewhere between list[0] and list[size], and when at list[size] the
53 array will be expanded on the next attempt to store a pointer. */
55 int size;
58 /* Define an array of addresses to accommodate non-contiguous dynamic
59 loading of modules. This is for use when entering commands, so we
60 can keep track of the section names until we read the file and
61 can map them to bfd sections. This structure is also used by
62 solib.c to communicate the section addresses in shared objects to
63 symbol_file_add (). */
65 #define MAX_SECTIONS 64
66 struct section_addr_info
68 /* Sections whose names are file format dependent. */
69 struct other_sections
71 CORE_ADDR addr;
72 char *name;
73 int sectindex;
74 } other[MAX_SECTIONS];
77 /* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various
78 object file types. */
80 struct sym_fns
83 /* BFD flavour that we handle, or (as a special kludge, see xcoffread.c,
84 (enum bfd_flavour)-1 for xcoff). */
86 enum bfd_flavour sym_flavour;
88 /* Initializes anything that is global to the entire symbol table. It is
89 called during symbol_file_add, when we begin debugging an entirely new
90 program. */
92 void (*sym_new_init) (struct objfile *);
94 /* Reads any initial information from a symbol file, and initializes the
95 struct sym_fns SF in preparation for sym_read(). It is called every
96 time we read a symbol file for any reason. */
98 void (*sym_init) (struct objfile *);
100 /* sym_read (objfile, mainline)
101 Reads a symbol file into a psymtab (or possibly a symtab).
102 OBJFILE is the objfile struct for the file we are reading.
103 MAINLINE is 1 if this is the
104 main symbol table being read, and 0 if a secondary
105 symbol file (e.g. shared library or dynamically loaded file)
106 is being read. */
108 void (*sym_read) (struct objfile *, int);
110 /* Called when we are finished with an objfile. Should do all cleanup
111 that is specific to the object file format for the particular objfile. */
113 void (*sym_finish) (struct objfile *);
115 /* This function produces a file-dependent section_offsets structure,
116 allocated in the objfile's storage, and based on the parameter.
117 The parameter is currently a CORE_ADDR (FIXME!) for backward compatibility
118 with the higher levels of GDB. It should probably be changed to
119 a string, where NULL means the default, and others are parsed in a file
120 dependent way. */
122 void (*sym_offsets) (struct objfile *, struct section_addr_info *);
124 /* Finds the next struct sym_fns. They are allocated and initialized
125 in whatever module implements the functions pointed to; an
126 initializer calls add_symtab_fns to add them to the global chain. */
128 struct sym_fns *next;
132 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_offsets for readers that don't
133 do anything special. */
135 extern void
136 default_symfile_offsets (struct objfile *objfile, struct section_addr_info *);
139 extern void
140 extend_psymbol_list (struct psymbol_allocation_list *, struct objfile *);
142 /* Add any kind of symbol to a psymbol_allocation_list. */
144 /* #include "demangle.h" */
146 extern void
147 add_psymbol_to_list (char *, int, namespace_enum, enum address_class,
148 struct psymbol_allocation_list *, long, CORE_ADDR,
149 enum language, struct objfile *);
151 extern void
152 add_psymbol_with_dem_name_to_list (char *, int, char *, int, namespace_enum,
153 enum address_class,
154 struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
155 long, CORE_ADDR,
156 enum language, struct objfile *);
159 extern void init_psymbol_list (struct objfile *, int);
161 extern void sort_pst_symbols (struct partial_symtab *);
163 extern struct symtab *allocate_symtab (char *, struct objfile *);
165 extern int free_named_symtabs (char *);
167 extern void fill_in_vptr_fieldno (struct type *);
169 extern void add_symtab_fns (struct sym_fns *);
171 extern void init_entry_point_info (struct objfile *);
173 extern void
174 syms_from_objfile (struct objfile *, struct section_addr_info *, int, int);
176 extern void new_symfile_objfile (struct objfile *, int, int);
178 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add (char *, int,
179 struct section_addr_info *, int, int);
181 /* Build (allocate and populate) a section_addr_info struct from
182 an existing section table. */
184 struct section_table;
185 extern struct section_addr_info *
186 build_section_addr_info_from_section_table (const struct section_table *start,
187 const struct section_table *end);
189 /* Free all memory allocated by build_section_addr_info_from_section_table. */
191 extern void
192 free_section_addr_info (struct section_addr_info *);
195 extern struct partial_symtab *start_psymtab_common (struct objfile *,
196 struct section_offsets *,
197 char *, CORE_ADDR,
198 struct partial_symbol **,
199 struct partial_symbol **);
201 /* Sorting your symbols for fast lookup or alphabetical printing. */
203 extern void sort_block_syms (struct block *);
205 extern void sort_symtab_syms (struct symtab *);
207 /* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol obstack
208 (and add a null character at the end in the copy).
209 Returns the address of the copy. */
211 extern char *obsavestring (char *, int, struct obstack *);
213 /* Concatenate strings S1, S2 and S3; return the new string.
214 Space is found in the symbol_obstack. */
216 extern char *obconcat (struct obstack *obstackp, const char *, const char *,
217 const char *);
219 /* Variables */
221 /* whether to auto load solibs at startup time: 0/1.
223 On all platforms, 0 means "don't auto load".
225 On HP-UX, > 0 means a threshhold, in megabytes, of symbol table which will
226 be auto loaded. When the cumulative size of solib symbol table exceeds
227 this threshhold, solibs' symbol tables will not be loaded.
229 On other platforms, > 0 means, "always auto load".
232 extern int auto_solib_add;
234 /* From symfile.c */
236 extern CORE_ADDR entry_point_address (void);
238 extern struct partial_symtab *allocate_psymtab (char *, struct objfile *);
240 extern void discard_psymtab (struct partial_symtab *);
242 extern void find_lowest_section (bfd *, asection *, PTR);
244 extern bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
246 /* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
247 extern int overlay_debugging;
248 extern int overlay_cache_invalid;
250 /* return the "mapped" overlay section containing the PC */
251 extern asection *find_pc_mapped_section (CORE_ADDR);
253 /* return any overlay section containing the PC (even in its LMA region) */
254 extern asection *find_pc_overlay (CORE_ADDR);
256 /* return true if the section is an overlay */
257 extern int section_is_overlay (asection *);
259 /* return true if the overlay section is currently "mapped" */
260 extern int section_is_mapped (asection *);
262 /* return true if pc belongs to section's VMA */
263 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_mapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
265 /* return true if pc belongs to section's LMA */
266 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_unmapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
268 /* map an address from a section's LMA to its VMA */
269 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_mapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
271 /* map an address from a section's VMA to its LMA */
272 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_unmapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
274 /* convert an address in an overlay section (force into VMA range) */
275 extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
277 /* Load symbols from a file. */
278 extern void symbol_file_add_main (char *args, int from_tty);
280 /* Clear GDB symbol tables. */
281 extern void symbol_file_clear (int from_tty);
283 /* From dwarfread.c */
285 extern void
286 dwarf_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int, file_ptr, unsigned int,
287 file_ptr, unsigned int);
289 /* From dwarf2read.c */
291 extern int dwarf2_has_info (bfd * abfd);
293 extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int);
295 /* From mdebugread.c */
297 /* Hack to force structures to exist before use in parameter list. */
298 struct ecoff_debug_hack
300 struct ecoff_debug_swap *a;
301 struct ecoff_debug_info *b;
303 extern void
304 mdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
305 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
306 struct ecoff_debug_info *);
308 extern void
309 elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
310 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *, asection *);
312 #endif /* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */