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1 /* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1990-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20 #if !defined (SYMFILE_H)
21 #define SYMFILE_H
23 /* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h". */
24 #include "symtab.h"
25 #include "probe.h"
26 #include "symfile-add-flags.h"
27 #include "objfile-flags.h"
28 #include "gdb_bfd.h"
29 #include "gdbsupport/function-view.h"
30 #include "target-section.h"
31 #include "quick-symbol.h"
33 /* Opaque declarations. */
34 struct target_section;
35 struct objfile;
36 struct obj_section;
37 struct obstack;
38 struct block;
39 struct value;
40 struct frame_info;
41 struct agent_expr;
42 struct axs_value;
43 class probe;
45 struct other_sections
47 other_sections (CORE_ADDR addr_, std::string &&name_, int sectindex_)
48 : addr (addr_),
49 name (std::move (name_)),
50 sectindex (sectindex_)
54 other_sections (other_sections &&other) = default;
56 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (other_sections);
58 CORE_ADDR addr;
59 std::string name;
61 /* SECTINDEX must be valid for associated BFD or set to -1.
62 See syms_from_objfile_1 for an exception to this rule.
64 int sectindex;
67 /* Define an array of addresses to accommodate non-contiguous dynamic
68 loading of modules. This is for use when entering commands, so we
69 can keep track of the section names until we read the file and can
70 map them to bfd sections. This structure is also used by solib.c
71 to communicate the section addresses in shared objects to
72 symbol_file_add (). */
74 typedef std::vector<other_sections> section_addr_info;
76 /* A table listing the load segments in a symfile, and which segment
77 each BFD section belongs to. */
78 struct symfile_segment_data
80 struct segment
82 segment (CORE_ADDR base, CORE_ADDR size)
83 : base (base), size (size)
86 /* The original base address the segment. */
87 CORE_ADDR base;
89 /* The memory size of the segment. */
90 CORE_ADDR size;
93 /* The segments present in this file. If there are
94 two, the text segment is the first one and the data segment
95 is the second one. */
96 std::vector<segment> segments;
98 /* This is an array of entries recording which segment contains each BFD
99 section. SEGMENT_INFO[I] is S+1 if the I'th BFD section belongs to segment
100 S, or zero if it is not in any segment. */
101 std::vector<int> segment_info;
104 using symfile_segment_data_up = std::unique_ptr<symfile_segment_data>;
106 /* Structure of functions used for probe support. If one of these functions
107 is provided, all must be. */
109 struct sym_probe_fns
111 /* If non-NULL, return a reference to vector of probe objects. */
112 const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<probe>> &(*sym_get_probes)
113 (struct objfile *);
116 /* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various
117 object file types. */
119 struct sym_fns
121 /* Initializes anything that is global to the entire symbol table.
122 It is called during symbol_file_add, when we begin debugging an
123 entirely new program. */
125 void (*sym_new_init) (struct objfile *);
127 /* Reads any initial information from a symbol file, and initializes
128 the struct sym_fns SF in preparation for sym_read(). It is
129 called every time we read a symbol file for any reason. */
131 void (*sym_init) (struct objfile *);
133 /* sym_read (objfile, symfile_flags) Reads a symbol file into a psymtab
134 (or possibly a symtab). OBJFILE is the objfile struct for the
135 file we are reading. SYMFILE_FLAGS are the flags passed to
136 symbol_file_add & co. */
138 void (*sym_read) (struct objfile *, symfile_add_flags);
140 /* Called when we are finished with an objfile. Should do all
141 cleanup that is specific to the object file format for the
142 particular objfile. */
144 void (*sym_finish) (struct objfile *);
147 /* This function produces a file-dependent section_offsets
148 structure, allocated in the objfile's storage.
150 The section_addr_info structure contains the offset of loadable and
151 allocated sections, relative to the absolute offsets found in the BFD. */
153 void (*sym_offsets) (struct objfile *, const section_addr_info &);
155 /* This function produces a format-independent description of
156 the segments of ABFD. Each segment is a unit of the file
157 which may be relocated independently. */
159 symfile_segment_data_up (*sym_segments) (bfd *abfd);
161 /* This function should read the linetable from the objfile when
162 the line table cannot be read while processing the debugging
163 information. */
165 void (*sym_read_linetable) (struct objfile *);
167 /* Relocate the contents of a debug section SECTP. The
168 contents are stored in BUF if it is non-NULL, or returned in a
169 malloc'd buffer otherwise. */
171 bfd_byte *(*sym_relocate) (struct objfile *, asection *sectp, bfd_byte *buf);
173 /* If non-NULL, this objfile has probe support, and all the probe
174 functions referred to here will be non-NULL. */
175 const struct sym_probe_fns *sym_probe_fns;
178 extern section_addr_info
179 build_section_addr_info_from_objfile (const struct objfile *objfile);
181 extern void relative_addr_info_to_section_offsets
182 (section_offsets &section_offsets, const section_addr_info &addrs);
184 extern void addr_info_make_relative (section_addr_info *addrs,
185 bfd *abfd);
187 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_offsets for readers that don't
188 do anything special. */
190 extern void default_symfile_offsets (struct objfile *objfile,
191 const section_addr_info &);
193 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_segments for readers that don't
194 do anything special. */
196 extern symfile_segment_data_up default_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd);
198 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_relocate for readers that don't
199 do anything special. */
201 extern bfd_byte *default_symfile_relocate (struct objfile *objfile,
202 asection *sectp, bfd_byte *buf);
204 extern struct symtab *allocate_symtab (struct compunit_symtab *, const char *)
205 ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL (1);
207 extern struct compunit_symtab *allocate_compunit_symtab (struct objfile *,
208 const char *)
209 ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL (1);
211 extern void add_compunit_symtab_to_objfile (struct compunit_symtab *cu);
213 extern void add_symtab_fns (enum bfd_flavour flavour, const struct sym_fns *);
215 extern void clear_symtab_users (symfile_add_flags add_flags);
217 extern enum language deduce_language_from_filename (const char *);
219 /* Map the filename extension EXT to the language LANG. Any previous
220 association of EXT will be removed. EXT will be copied by this
221 function. */
222 extern void add_filename_language (const char *ext, enum language lang);
224 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add (const char *, symfile_add_flags,
225 section_addr_info *, objfile_flags);
227 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add_from_bfd (bfd *, const char *, symfile_add_flags,
228 section_addr_info *,
229 objfile_flags, struct objfile *parent);
231 extern void symbol_file_add_separate (bfd *, const char *, symfile_add_flags,
232 struct objfile *);
234 extern std::string find_separate_debug_file_by_debuglink (struct objfile *);
236 /* Build (allocate and populate) a section_addr_info struct from an
237 existing section table. */
239 extern section_addr_info
240 build_section_addr_info_from_section_table (const target_section_table &table);
242 /* Variables */
244 /* If true, shared library symbols will be added automatically
245 when the inferior is created, new libraries are loaded, or when
246 attaching to the inferior. This is almost always what users will
247 want to have happen; but for very large programs, the startup time
248 will be excessive, and so if this is a problem, the user can clear
249 this flag and then add the shared library symbols as needed. Note
250 that there is a potential for confusion, since if the shared
251 library symbols are not loaded, commands like "info fun" will *not*
252 report all the functions that are actually present. */
254 extern bool auto_solib_add;
256 /* From symfile.c */
258 extern void set_initial_language (void);
260 extern gdb_bfd_ref_ptr symfile_bfd_open (const char *);
262 extern int get_section_index (struct objfile *, const char *);
264 extern int print_symbol_loading_p (int from_tty, int mainline, int full);
266 /* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
267 extern enum overlay_debugging_state
269 ovly_off,
270 ovly_on,
271 ovly_auto
272 } overlay_debugging;
273 extern int overlay_cache_invalid;
275 /* Return the "mapped" overlay section containing the PC. */
276 extern struct obj_section *find_pc_mapped_section (CORE_ADDR);
278 /* Return any overlay section containing the PC (even in its LMA
279 region). */
280 extern struct obj_section *find_pc_overlay (CORE_ADDR);
282 /* Return true if the section is an overlay. */
283 extern int section_is_overlay (struct obj_section *);
285 /* Return true if the overlay section is currently "mapped". */
286 extern int section_is_mapped (struct obj_section *);
288 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's VMA. */
289 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_mapped_range (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
291 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's LMA. */
292 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_unmapped_range (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
294 /* Map an address from a section's LMA to its VMA. */
295 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_mapped_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
297 /* Map an address from a section's VMA to its LMA. */
298 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_unmapped_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
300 /* Convert an address in an overlay section (force into VMA range). */
301 extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
303 /* Load symbols from a file. */
304 extern void symbol_file_add_main (const char *args,
305 symfile_add_flags add_flags);
307 /* Clear GDB symbol tables. */
308 extern void symbol_file_clear (int from_tty);
310 /* Default overlay update function. */
311 extern void simple_overlay_update (struct obj_section *);
313 extern bfd_byte *symfile_relocate_debug_section (struct objfile *, asection *,
314 bfd_byte *);
316 extern int symfile_map_offsets_to_segments (bfd *,
317 const struct symfile_segment_data *,
318 section_offsets &,
319 int, const CORE_ADDR *);
320 symfile_segment_data_up get_symfile_segment_data (bfd *abfd);
322 extern scoped_restore_tmpl<int> increment_reading_symtab (void);
324 bool expand_symtabs_matching
325 (gdb::function_view<expand_symtabs_file_matcher_ftype> file_matcher,
326 const lookup_name_info &lookup_name,
327 gdb::function_view<expand_symtabs_symbol_matcher_ftype> symbol_matcher,
328 gdb::function_view<expand_symtabs_exp_notify_ftype> expansion_notify,
329 block_search_flags search_flags,
330 enum search_domain kind);
332 void map_symbol_filenames (gdb::function_view<symbol_filename_ftype> fun,
333 bool need_fullname);
335 /* Target-agnostic function to load the sections of an executable into memory.
337 ARGS should be in the form "EXECUTABLE [OFFSET]", where OFFSET is an
338 optional offset to apply to each section. */
339 extern void generic_load (const char *args, int from_tty);
341 /* From minidebug.c. */
343 extern gdb_bfd_ref_ptr find_separate_debug_file_in_section (struct objfile *);
345 /* True if we are printing debug output about separate debug info files. */
347 extern bool separate_debug_file_debug;
349 /* Read full symbols immediately. */
351 extern int readnow_symbol_files;
353 /* Never read full symbols. */
355 extern int readnever_symbol_files;
357 #endif /* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */