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1 /* Abstraction of various C++ ABI's we support, and the info we need
2 to get from them.
4 Contributed by Daniel Berlin <dberlin@redhat.com>
6 Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
8 This file is part of GDB.
10 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
11 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
12 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
13 (at your option) any later version.
15 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
18 GNU General Public License for more details.
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
23 #ifndef CP_ABI_H
24 #define CP_ABI_H
26 struct fn_field;
27 struct type;
28 struct value;
29 struct ui_file;
30 struct frame_info;
32 /* The functions here that attempt to determine what sort of thing a
33 mangled name refers to may well be revised in the future. It would
34 certainly be cleaner to carry this information explicitly in GDB's
35 data structures than to derive it from the mangled name. */
38 /* Kinds of constructors. All these values are guaranteed to be
39 non-zero. */
40 enum ctor_kinds {
42 /* Initialize a complete object, including virtual bases, using
43 memory provided by caller. */
44 complete_object_ctor = 1,
46 /* Initialize a base object of some larger object. */
47 base_object_ctor,
49 /* An allocating complete-object constructor. */
50 complete_object_allocating_ctor
53 /* Return non-zero iff NAME is the mangled name of a constructor.
54 Actually, return an `enum ctor_kind' value describing what *kind*
55 of constructor it is. */
56 extern enum ctor_kinds is_constructor_name (const char *name);
59 /* Kinds of destructors. All these values are guaranteed to be
60 non-zero. */
61 enum dtor_kinds {
63 /* A destructor which finalizes the entire object, and then calls
64 `delete' on its storage. */
65 deleting_dtor = 1,
67 /* A destructor which finalizes the entire object, but does not call
68 `delete'. */
69 complete_object_dtor,
71 /* A destructor which finalizes a subobject of some larger
72 object. */
73 base_object_dtor
76 /* Return non-zero iff NAME is the mangled name of a destructor.
77 Actually, return an `enum dtor_kind' value describing what *kind*
78 of destructor it is. */
79 extern enum dtor_kinds is_destructor_name (const char *name);
82 /* Return non-zero iff NAME is the mangled name of a vtable. */
83 extern int is_vtable_name (const char *name);
86 /* Return non-zero iff NAME is the un-mangled name of an operator,
87 perhaps scoped within some class. */
88 extern int is_operator_name (const char *name);
91 /* Return an object's virtual function as a value.
93 VALUEP is a pointer to a pointer to a value, holding the object
94 whose virtual function we want to invoke. If the ABI requires a
95 virtual function's caller to adjust the `this' pointer by an amount
96 retrieved from the vtable before invoking the function (i.e., we're
97 not using "vtable thunks" to do the adjustment automatically), then
98 this function may set *VALUEP to point to a new object with an
99 appropriately tweaked address.
101 The J'th element of the overload set F is the virtual function of
102 *VALUEP we want to invoke.
104 TYPE is the base type of *VALUEP whose method we're invoking ---
105 this is the type containing F. OFFSET is the offset of that base
106 type within *VALUEP. */
107 extern struct value *value_virtual_fn_field (struct value **valuep,
108 struct fn_field *f,
109 int j,
110 struct type *type,
111 int offset);
114 /* Try to find the run-time type of VALUE, using C++ run-time type
115 information. Return the run-time type, or zero if we can't figure
116 it out.
118 If we do find the run-time type:
119 - Set *FULL to non-zero if VALUE already contains the complete
120 run-time object, not just some embedded base class of the object.
121 - Set *TOP and *USING_ENC to indicate where the enclosing object
122 starts relative to VALUE:
123 - If *USING_ENC is zero, then *TOP is the offset from the start
124 of the complete object to the start of the embedded subobject
125 VALUE represents. In other words, the enclosing object starts
126 at VALUE_ADDR (VALUE) + VALUE_OFFSET (VALUE) +
127 value_embedded_offset (VALUE) + *TOP
128 - If *USING_ENC is non-zero, then *TOP is the offset from the
129 address of the complete object to the enclosing object stored
130 in VALUE. In other words, the enclosing object starts at
131 VALUE_ADDR (VALUE) + VALUE_OFFSET (VALUE) + *TOP.
132 If VALUE's type and enclosing type are the same, then these two
133 cases are equivalent.
135 FULL, TOP, and USING_ENC can each be zero, in which case we don't
136 provide the corresponding piece of information. */
137 extern struct type *value_rtti_type (struct value *value,
138 int *full, LONGEST *top,
139 int *using_enc);
141 /* Compute the offset of the baseclass which is the INDEXth baseclass
142 of class TYPE, for value at VALADDR (in host) at ADDRESS (in
143 target), offset by EMBEDDED_OFFSET. VALADDR points to the raw
144 contents of VAL. The result is the offset of the baseclass value
145 relative to (the address of)(ARG) + OFFSET. */
147 extern int baseclass_offset (struct type *type,
148 int index, const gdb_byte *valaddr,
149 LONGEST embedded_offset,
150 CORE_ADDR address,
151 const struct value *val);
153 /* Describe the target of a pointer to method. CONTENTS is the byte
154 pattern representing the pointer to method. TYPE is the pointer to
155 method type. STREAM is the stream to print it to. */
156 void cplus_print_method_ptr (const gdb_byte *contents,
157 struct type *type,
158 struct ui_file *stream);
160 /* Return the size of a pointer to member function of type
161 TO_TYPE. */
162 int cplus_method_ptr_size (struct type *to_type);
164 /* Return the method which should be called by applying METHOD_PTR to
165 *THIS_P, and adjust *THIS_P if necessary. */
166 struct value *cplus_method_ptr_to_value (struct value **this_p,
167 struct value *method_ptr);
169 /* Create the byte pattern in CONTENTS representing a pointer of type
170 TYPE to member function at ADDRESS (if IS_VIRTUAL is 0) or with
171 virtual table offset ADDRESS (if IS_VIRTUAL is 1). This is the
172 opposite of cplus_method_ptr_to_value. */
173 void cplus_make_method_ptr (struct type *type, gdb_byte *CONTENTS,
174 CORE_ADDR address, int is_virtual);
176 /* Print the vtable for VALUE, if there is one. If there is no
177 vtable, print a message, but do not throw. */
179 void cplus_print_vtable (struct value *value);
181 /* Implement 'typeid': find the type info for VALUE, if possible. If
182 the type info cannot be found, throw an exception. */
184 extern struct value *cplus_typeid (struct value *value);
186 /* Return the type of 'typeid' for the current C++ ABI on the given
187 architecture. */
189 extern struct type *cplus_typeid_type (struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
191 /* Given a value which holds a pointer to a std::type_info, return the
192 type which that type_info represents. Throw an exception if the
193 type cannot be found. */
195 extern struct type *cplus_type_from_type_info (struct value *value);
197 /* Given a value which holds a pointer to a std::type_info, return the
198 name of the type which that type_info represents. Throw an
199 exception if the type name cannot be found. */
201 extern std::string cplus_typename_from_type_info (struct value *value);
203 /* Determine if we are currently in a C++ thunk. If so, get the
204 address of the routine we are thunking to and continue to there
205 instead. */
207 CORE_ADDR cplus_skip_trampoline (struct frame_info *frame,
208 CORE_ADDR stop_pc);
210 /* Return a struct that provides pass-by-reference information
211 about the given TYPE. */
213 extern struct language_pass_by_ref_info cp_pass_by_reference
214 (struct type *type);
216 struct cp_abi_ops
218 const char *shortname;
219 const char *longname;
220 const char *doc;
222 /* ABI-specific implementations for the functions declared
223 above. */
224 enum ctor_kinds (*is_constructor_name) (const char *name);
225 enum dtor_kinds (*is_destructor_name) (const char *name);
226 int (*is_vtable_name) (const char *name);
227 int (*is_operator_name) (const char *name);
228 struct value *(*virtual_fn_field) (struct value **arg1p,
229 struct fn_field * f,
230 int j, struct type * type,
231 int offset);
232 struct type *(*rtti_type) (struct value *v, int *full,
233 LONGEST *top, int *using_enc);
234 int (*baseclass_offset) (struct type *type, int index,
235 const bfd_byte *valaddr, LONGEST embedded_offset,
236 CORE_ADDR address, const struct value *val);
237 void (*print_method_ptr) (const gdb_byte *contents,
238 struct type *type,
239 struct ui_file *stream);
240 int (*method_ptr_size) (struct type *);
241 void (*make_method_ptr) (struct type *, gdb_byte *,
242 CORE_ADDR, int);
243 struct value * (*method_ptr_to_value) (struct value **,
244 struct value *);
245 void (*print_vtable) (struct value *);
246 struct value *(*get_typeid) (struct value *value);
247 struct type *(*get_typeid_type) (struct gdbarch *gdbarch);
248 struct type *(*get_type_from_type_info) (struct value *value);
249 std::string (*get_typename_from_type_info) (struct value *value);
250 CORE_ADDR (*skip_trampoline) (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
251 struct language_pass_by_ref_info (*pass_by_reference) (struct type *type);
255 extern int register_cp_abi (struct cp_abi_ops *abi);
256 extern void set_cp_abi_as_auto_default (const char *short_name);
258 #endif /* CP_ABI_H */