1 /* Perform an inferior function call, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2022 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/>. */
22 #include "breakpoint.h"
23 #include "tracepoint.h"
34 #include "dummy-frame.h"
37 #include "gdbthread.h"
38 #include "event-top.h"
39 #include "observable.h"
42 #include "thread-fsm.h"
44 #include "gdbsupport/scope-exit.h"
47 /* If we can't find a function's name from its address,
48 we print this instead. */
49 #define RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT "at 0x%s"
50 #define RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_SIZE (sizeof (RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT) \
51 + 2 * sizeof (CORE_ADDR))
53 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-04-16: What's the future of this code?
55 GDB needs an asynchronous expression evaluator, that means an
56 asynchronous inferior function call implementation, and that in
57 turn means restructuring the code so that it is event driven. */
59 static bool may_call_functions_p
= true;
61 show_may_call_functions_p (struct ui_file
*file
, int from_tty
,
62 struct cmd_list_element
*c
,
66 _("Permission to call functions in the program is %s.\n"),
70 /* How you should pass arguments to a function depends on whether it
71 was defined in K&R style or prototype style. If you define a
72 function using the K&R syntax that takes a `float' argument, then
73 callers must pass that argument as a `double'. If you define the
74 function using the prototype syntax, then you must pass the
75 argument as a `float', with no promotion.
77 Unfortunately, on certain older platforms, the debug info doesn't
78 indicate reliably how each function was defined. A function type's
79 TYPE_PROTOTYPED flag may be clear, even if the function was defined
80 in prototype style. When calling a function whose TYPE_PROTOTYPED
81 flag is clear, GDB consults this flag to decide what to do.
83 For modern targets, it is proper to assume that, if the prototype
84 flag is clear, that can be trusted: `float' arguments should be
85 promoted to `double'. For some older targets, if the prototype
86 flag is clear, that doesn't tell us anything. The default is to
87 trust the debug information; the user can override this behavior
88 with "set coerce-float-to-double 0". */
90 static bool coerce_float_to_double_p
= true;
92 show_coerce_float_to_double_p (struct ui_file
*file
, int from_tty
,
93 struct cmd_list_element
*c
, const char *value
)
96 _("Coercion of floats to doubles "
97 "when calling functions is %s.\n"),
101 /* This boolean tells what gdb should do if a signal is received while
102 in a function called from gdb (call dummy). If set, gdb unwinds
103 the stack and restore the context to what as it was before the
106 The default is to stop in the frame where the signal was received. */
108 static bool unwind_on_signal_p
= false;
110 show_unwind_on_signal_p (struct ui_file
*file
, int from_tty
,
111 struct cmd_list_element
*c
, const char *value
)
114 _("Unwinding of stack if a signal is "
115 "received while in a call dummy is %s.\n"),
119 /* This boolean tells what gdb should do if a std::terminate call is
120 made while in a function called from gdb (call dummy).
121 As the confines of a single dummy stack prohibit out-of-frame
122 handlers from handling a raised exception, and as out-of-frame
123 handlers are common in C++, this can lead to no handler being found
124 by the unwinder, and a std::terminate call. This is a false positive.
125 If set, gdb unwinds the stack and restores the context to what it
128 The default is to unwind the frame if a std::terminate call is
131 static bool unwind_on_terminating_exception_p
= true;
134 show_unwind_on_terminating_exception_p (struct ui_file
*file
, int from_tty
,
135 struct cmd_list_element
*c
,
140 _("Unwind stack if a C++ exception is "
141 "unhandled while in a call dummy is %s.\n"),
145 /* Perform the standard coercions that are specified
146 for arguments to be passed to C, Ada or Fortran functions.
148 If PARAM_TYPE is non-NULL, it is the expected parameter type.
149 IS_PROTOTYPED is non-zero if the function declaration is prototyped. */
151 static struct value
*
152 value_arg_coerce (struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
, struct value
*arg
,
153 struct type
*param_type
, int is_prototyped
)
155 const struct builtin_type
*builtin
= builtin_type (gdbarch
);
156 struct type
*arg_type
= check_typedef (value_type (arg
));
158 = param_type
? check_typedef (param_type
) : arg_type
;
160 /* Perform any Ada- and Fortran-specific coercion first. */
161 if (current_language
->la_language
== language_ada
)
162 arg
= ada_convert_actual (arg
, type
);
163 else if (current_language
->la_language
== language_fortran
)
164 type
= fortran_preserve_arg_pointer (arg
, type
);
166 /* Force the value to the target if we will need its address. At
167 this point, we could allocate arguments on the stack instead of
168 calling malloc if we knew that their addresses would not be
169 saved by the called function. */
170 arg
= value_coerce_to_target (arg
);
172 switch (type
->code ())
175 case TYPE_CODE_RVALUE_REF
:
177 struct value
*new_value
;
179 if (TYPE_IS_REFERENCE (arg_type
))
180 return value_cast_pointers (type
, arg
, 0);
182 /* Cast the value to the reference's target type, and then
183 convert it back to a reference. This will issue an error
184 if the value was not previously in memory - in some cases
185 we should clearly be allowing this, but how? */
186 new_value
= value_cast (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type
), arg
);
187 new_value
= value_ref (new_value
, type
->code ());
194 /* If we don't have a prototype, coerce to integer type if necessary. */
197 if (TYPE_LENGTH (type
) < TYPE_LENGTH (builtin
->builtin_int
))
198 type
= builtin
->builtin_int
;
200 /* Currently all target ABIs require at least the width of an integer
201 type for an argument. We may have to conditionalize the following
202 type coercion for future targets. */
203 if (TYPE_LENGTH (type
) < TYPE_LENGTH (builtin
->builtin_int
))
204 type
= builtin
->builtin_int
;
207 if (!is_prototyped
&& coerce_float_to_double_p
)
209 if (TYPE_LENGTH (type
) < TYPE_LENGTH (builtin
->builtin_double
))
210 type
= builtin
->builtin_double
;
211 else if (TYPE_LENGTH (type
) > TYPE_LENGTH (builtin
->builtin_double
))
212 type
= builtin
->builtin_long_double
;
216 type
= lookup_pointer_type (type
);
218 case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY
:
219 /* Arrays are coerced to pointers to their first element, unless
220 they are vectors, in which case we want to leave them alone,
221 because they are passed by value. */
222 if (current_language
->c_style_arrays_p ())
223 if (!type
->is_vector ())
224 type
= lookup_pointer_type (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type
));
226 case TYPE_CODE_UNDEF
:
228 case TYPE_CODE_STRUCT
:
229 case TYPE_CODE_UNION
:
232 case TYPE_CODE_RANGE
:
233 case TYPE_CODE_STRING
:
234 case TYPE_CODE_ERROR
:
235 case TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR
:
236 case TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR
:
237 case TYPE_CODE_METHOD
:
238 case TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX
:
243 return value_cast (type
, arg
);
249 find_function_addr (struct value
*function
,
250 struct type
**retval_type
,
251 struct type
**function_type
)
253 struct type
*ftype
= check_typedef (value_type (function
));
254 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
= ftype
->arch ();
255 struct type
*value_type
= NULL
;
256 /* Initialize it just to avoid a GCC false warning. */
257 CORE_ADDR funaddr
= 0;
259 /* If it's a member function, just look at the function
262 /* Determine address to call. */
263 if (ftype
->code () == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
264 || ftype
->code () == TYPE_CODE_METHOD
)
265 funaddr
= value_address (function
);
266 else if (ftype
->code () == TYPE_CODE_PTR
)
268 funaddr
= value_as_address (function
);
269 ftype
= check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype
));
270 if (ftype
->code () == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
271 || ftype
->code () == TYPE_CODE_METHOD
)
272 funaddr
= gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr
273 (gdbarch
, funaddr
, current_inferior ()->top_target());
275 if (ftype
->code () == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
276 || ftype
->code () == TYPE_CODE_METHOD
)
278 if (ftype
->is_gnu_ifunc ())
280 CORE_ADDR resolver_addr
= funaddr
;
282 /* Resolve the ifunc. Note this may call the resolver
283 function in the inferior. */
284 funaddr
= gnu_ifunc_resolve_addr (gdbarch
, resolver_addr
);
286 /* Skip querying the function symbol if no RETVAL_TYPE or
287 FUNCTION_TYPE have been asked for. */
288 if (retval_type
!= NULL
|| function_type
!= NULL
)
290 type
*target_ftype
= find_function_type (funaddr
);
291 /* If we don't have debug info for the target function,
292 see if we can instead extract the target function's
293 type from the type that the resolver returns. */
294 if (target_ftype
== NULL
)
295 target_ftype
= find_gnu_ifunc_target_type (resolver_addr
);
296 if (target_ftype
!= NULL
)
298 value_type
= TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (check_typedef (target_ftype
));
299 ftype
= target_ftype
;
304 value_type
= TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype
);
306 else if (ftype
->code () == TYPE_CODE_INT
)
308 /* Handle the case of functions lacking debugging info.
309 Their values are characters since their addresses are char. */
310 if (TYPE_LENGTH (ftype
) == 1)
311 funaddr
= value_as_address (value_addr (function
));
314 /* Handle function descriptors lacking debug info. */
315 int found_descriptor
= 0;
317 funaddr
= 0; /* pacify "gcc -Werror" */
318 if (VALUE_LVAL (function
) == lval_memory
)
322 funaddr
= value_as_address (value_addr (function
));
324 funaddr
= gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr
325 (gdbarch
, funaddr
, current_inferior ()->top_target ());
326 if (funaddr
!= nfunaddr
)
327 found_descriptor
= 1;
329 if (!found_descriptor
)
330 /* Handle integer used as address of a function. */
331 funaddr
= (CORE_ADDR
) value_as_long (function
);
335 error (_("Invalid data type for function to be called."));
337 if (retval_type
!= NULL
)
338 *retval_type
= value_type
;
339 if (function_type
!= NULL
)
340 *function_type
= ftype
;
341 return funaddr
+ gdbarch_deprecated_function_start_offset (gdbarch
);
344 /* For CALL_DUMMY_ON_STACK, push a breakpoint sequence that the called
345 function returns to. */
348 push_dummy_code (struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
,
349 CORE_ADDR sp
, CORE_ADDR funaddr
,
350 gdb::array_view
<value
*> args
,
351 struct type
*value_type
,
352 CORE_ADDR
*real_pc
, CORE_ADDR
*bp_addr
,
353 struct regcache
*regcache
)
355 gdb_assert (gdbarch_push_dummy_code_p (gdbarch
));
357 return gdbarch_push_dummy_code (gdbarch
, sp
, funaddr
,
358 args
.data (), args
.size (),
359 value_type
, real_pc
, bp_addr
,
366 error_call_unknown_return_type (const char *func_name
)
368 if (func_name
!= NULL
)
369 error (_("'%s' has unknown return type; "
370 "cast the call to its declared return type"),
373 error (_("function has unknown return type; "
374 "cast the call to its declared return type"));
377 /* Fetch the name of the function at FUNADDR.
378 This is used in printing an error message for call_function_by_hand.
379 BUF is used to print FUNADDR in hex if the function name cannot be
380 determined. It must be large enough to hold formatted result of
381 RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT. */
384 get_function_name (CORE_ADDR funaddr
, char *buf
, int buf_size
)
387 struct symbol
*symbol
= find_pc_function (funaddr
);
390 return symbol
->print_name ();
394 /* Try the minimal symbols. */
395 struct bound_minimal_symbol msymbol
= lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (funaddr
);
398 return msymbol
.minsym
->print_name ();
402 std::string tmp
= string_printf (_(RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT
),
403 hex_string (funaddr
));
405 gdb_assert (tmp
.length () + 1 <= buf_size
);
406 return strcpy (buf
, tmp
.c_str ());
410 /* All the meta data necessary to extract the call's return value. */
412 struct call_return_meta_info
414 /* The caller frame's architecture. */
415 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
;
417 /* The called function. */
418 struct value
*function
;
420 /* The return value's type. */
421 struct type
*value_type
;
423 /* Are we returning a value using a structure return or a normal
427 /* If using a structure return, this is the structure's address. */
428 CORE_ADDR struct_addr
;
431 /* Extract the called function's return value. */
433 static struct value
*
434 get_call_return_value (struct call_return_meta_info
*ri
)
436 struct value
*retval
= NULL
;
437 thread_info
*thr
= inferior_thread ();
438 bool stack_temporaries
= thread_stack_temporaries_enabled_p (thr
);
440 if (ri
->value_type
->code () == TYPE_CODE_VOID
)
441 retval
= allocate_value (ri
->value_type
);
442 else if (ri
->struct_return_p
)
444 if (stack_temporaries
)
446 retval
= value_from_contents_and_address (ri
->value_type
, NULL
,
448 push_thread_stack_temporary (thr
, retval
);
452 retval
= allocate_value (ri
->value_type
);
453 read_value_memory (retval
, 0, 1, ri
->struct_addr
,
454 value_contents_raw (retval
).data (),
455 TYPE_LENGTH (ri
->value_type
));
460 retval
= allocate_value (ri
->value_type
);
461 gdbarch_return_value (ri
->gdbarch
, ri
->function
, ri
->value_type
,
462 get_current_regcache (),
463 value_contents_raw (retval
).data (), NULL
);
464 if (stack_temporaries
&& class_or_union_p (ri
->value_type
))
466 /* Values of class type returned in registers are copied onto
467 the stack and their lval_type set to lval_memory. This is
468 required because further evaluation of the expression
469 could potentially invoke methods on the return value
470 requiring GDB to evaluate the "this" pointer. To evaluate
471 the this pointer, GDB needs the memory address of the
473 value_force_lval (retval
, ri
->struct_addr
);
474 push_thread_stack_temporary (thr
, retval
);
478 gdb_assert (retval
!= NULL
);
482 /* Data for the FSM that manages an infcall. It's main job is to
483 record the called function's return value. */
485 struct call_thread_fsm
: public thread_fsm
487 /* All the info necessary to be able to extract the return
489 struct call_return_meta_info return_meta_info
;
491 /* The called function's return value. This is extracted from the
492 target before the dummy frame is popped. */
493 struct value
*return_value
= nullptr;
495 /* The top level that started the infcall (and is synchronously
496 waiting for it to end). */
497 struct ui
*waiting_ui
;
499 call_thread_fsm (struct ui
*waiting_ui
, struct interp
*cmd_interp
,
500 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
, struct value
*function
,
501 struct type
*value_type
,
502 int struct_return_p
, CORE_ADDR struct_addr
);
504 bool should_stop (struct thread_info
*thread
) override
;
506 bool should_notify_stop () override
;
509 /* Allocate a new call_thread_fsm object. */
511 call_thread_fsm::call_thread_fsm (struct ui
*waiting_ui
,
512 struct interp
*cmd_interp
,
513 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
,
514 struct value
*function
,
515 struct type
*value_type
,
516 int struct_return_p
, CORE_ADDR struct_addr
)
517 : thread_fsm (cmd_interp
),
518 waiting_ui (waiting_ui
)
520 return_meta_info
.gdbarch
= gdbarch
;
521 return_meta_info
.function
= function
;
522 return_meta_info
.value_type
= value_type
;
523 return_meta_info
.struct_return_p
= struct_return_p
;
524 return_meta_info
.struct_addr
= struct_addr
;
527 /* Implementation of should_stop method for infcalls. */
530 call_thread_fsm::should_stop (struct thread_info
*thread
)
532 if (stop_stack_dummy
== STOP_STACK_DUMMY
)
537 /* Stash the return value before the dummy frame is popped and
538 registers are restored to what they were before the
540 return_value
= get_call_return_value (&return_meta_info
);
542 /* Break out of wait_sync_command_done. */
543 scoped_restore save_ui
= make_scoped_restore (¤t_ui
, waiting_ui
);
544 target_terminal::ours ();
545 waiting_ui
->prompt_state
= PROMPT_NEEDED
;
551 /* Implementation of should_notify_stop method for infcalls. */
554 call_thread_fsm::should_notify_stop ()
558 /* Infcall succeeded. Be silent and proceed with evaluating the
563 /* Something wrong happened. E.g., an unexpected breakpoint
564 triggered, or a signal was intercepted. Notify the stop. */
568 /* Subroutine of call_function_by_hand to simplify it.
569 Start up the inferior and wait for it to stop.
570 Return the exception if there's an error, or an exception with
571 reason >= 0 if there's no error.
573 This is done inside a TRY_CATCH so the caller needn't worry about
574 thrown errors. The caller should rethrow if there's an error. */
576 static struct gdb_exception
577 run_inferior_call (std::unique_ptr
<call_thread_fsm
> sm
,
578 struct thread_info
*call_thread
, CORE_ADDR real_pc
)
580 struct gdb_exception caught_error
;
581 int saved_in_infcall
= call_thread
->control
.in_infcall
;
582 ptid_t call_thread_ptid
= call_thread
->ptid
;
583 enum prompt_state saved_prompt_state
= current_ui
->prompt_state
;
584 int was_running
= call_thread
->state
== THREAD_RUNNING
;
585 int saved_ui_async
= current_ui
->async
;
587 /* Infcalls run synchronously, in the foreground. */
588 current_ui
->prompt_state
= PROMPT_BLOCKED
;
589 /* So that we don't print the prompt prematurely in
590 fetch_inferior_event. */
591 current_ui
->async
= 0;
593 delete_file_handler (current_ui
->input_fd
);
595 call_thread
->control
.in_infcall
= 1;
597 clear_proceed_status (0);
599 /* Associate the FSM with the thread after clear_proceed_status
600 (otherwise it'd clear this FSM). */
601 call_thread
->set_thread_fsm (std::move (sm
));
603 disable_watchpoints_before_interactive_call_start ();
605 /* We want to print return value, please... */
606 call_thread
->control
.proceed_to_finish
= 1;
610 proceed (real_pc
, GDB_SIGNAL_0
);
612 /* Inferior function calls are always synchronous, even if the
613 target supports asynchronous execution. */
614 wait_sync_command_done ();
616 catch (gdb_exception
&e
)
618 caught_error
= std::move (e
);
621 /* If GDB has the prompt blocked before, then ensure that it remains
622 so. normal_stop calls async_enable_stdin, so reset the prompt
623 state again here. In other cases, stdin will be re-enabled by
624 inferior_event_handler, when an exception is thrown. */
625 current_ui
->prompt_state
= saved_prompt_state
;
626 if (current_ui
->prompt_state
== PROMPT_BLOCKED
)
627 delete_file_handler (current_ui
->input_fd
);
629 ui_register_input_event_handler (current_ui
);
630 current_ui
->async
= saved_ui_async
;
632 /* If the infcall does NOT succeed, normal_stop will have already
633 finished the thread states. However, on success, normal_stop
634 defers here, so that we can set back the thread states to what
635 they were before the call. Note that we must also finish the
636 state of new threads that might have spawned while the call was
637 running. The main cases to handle are:
639 - "(gdb) print foo ()", or any other command that evaluates an
640 expression at the prompt. (The thread was marked stopped before.)
642 - "(gdb) break foo if return_false()" or similar cases where we
643 do an infcall while handling an event (while the thread is still
644 marked running). In this example, whether the condition
645 evaluates true and thus we'll present a user-visible stop is
646 decided elsewhere. */
648 && call_thread_ptid
== inferior_ptid
649 && stop_stack_dummy
== STOP_STACK_DUMMY
)
650 finish_thread_state (call_thread
->inf
->process_target (),
651 user_visible_resume_ptid (0));
653 enable_watchpoints_after_interactive_call_stop ();
655 /* Call breakpoint_auto_delete on the current contents of the bpstat
656 of inferior call thread.
657 If all error()s out of proceed ended up calling normal_stop
658 (and perhaps they should; it already does in the special case
659 of error out of resume()), then we wouldn't need this. */
660 if (caught_error
.reason
< 0)
662 if (call_thread
->state
!= THREAD_EXITED
)
663 breakpoint_auto_delete (call_thread
->control
.stop_bpstat
);
666 call_thread
->control
.in_infcall
= saved_in_infcall
;
671 /* Reserve space on the stack for a value of the given type.
672 Return the address of the allocated space.
673 Make certain that the value is correctly aligned.
674 The SP argument is modified. */
677 reserve_stack_space (const type
*values_type
, CORE_ADDR
&sp
)
679 struct frame_info
*frame
= get_current_frame ();
680 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
= get_frame_arch (frame
);
683 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch
, 1, 2))
685 /* Stack grows downward. Align STRUCT_ADDR and SP after
687 sp
-= TYPE_LENGTH (values_type
);
688 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch
))
689 sp
= gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch
, sp
);
694 /* Stack grows upward. Align the frame, allocate space, and
695 then again, re-align the frame??? */
696 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch
))
697 sp
= gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch
, sp
);
699 sp
+= TYPE_LENGTH (values_type
);
700 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch
))
701 sp
= gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch
, sp
);
707 /* The data structure which keeps a destructor function and
708 its implicit 'this' parameter. */
710 struct destructor_info
712 destructor_info (struct value
*function
, struct value
*self
)
713 : function (function
), self (self
) { }
715 struct value
*function
;
720 /* Auxiliary function that takes a list of destructor functions
721 with their 'this' parameters, and invokes the functions. */
724 call_destructors (const std::list
<destructor_info
> &dtors_to_invoke
,
725 struct type
*default_return_type
)
727 for (auto vals
: dtors_to_invoke
)
729 call_function_by_hand (vals
.function
, default_return_type
,
730 gdb::make_array_view (&(vals
.self
), 1));
737 call_function_by_hand (struct value
*function
,
738 type
*default_return_type
,
739 gdb::array_view
<value
*> args
)
741 return call_function_by_hand_dummy (function
, default_return_type
,
745 /* All this stuff with a dummy frame may seem unnecessarily complicated
746 (why not just save registers in GDB?). The purpose of pushing a dummy
747 frame which looks just like a real frame is so that if you call a
748 function and then hit a breakpoint (get a signal, etc), "backtrace"
749 will look right. Whether the backtrace needs to actually show the
750 stack at the time the inferior function was called is debatable, but
751 it certainly needs to not display garbage. So if you are contemplating
752 making dummy frames be different from normal frames, consider that. */
754 /* Perform a function call in the inferior.
755 ARGS is a vector of values of arguments.
756 FUNCTION is a value, the function to be called.
757 Returns a value representing what the function returned.
758 May fail to return, if a breakpoint or signal is hit
759 during the execution of the function.
761 ARGS is modified to contain coerced values. */
764 call_function_by_hand_dummy (struct value
*function
,
765 type
*default_return_type
,
766 gdb::array_view
<value
*> args
,
767 dummy_frame_dtor_ftype
*dummy_dtor
,
768 void *dummy_dtor_data
)
771 struct type
*target_values_type
;
772 function_call_return_method return_method
= return_method_normal
;
773 CORE_ADDR struct_addr
= 0;
776 struct frame_id dummy_id
;
777 struct frame_info
*frame
;
778 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
;
779 ptid_t call_thread_ptid
;
780 struct gdb_exception e
;
781 char name_buf
[RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_SIZE
];
783 if (!may_call_functions_p
)
784 error (_("Cannot call functions in the program: "
785 "may-call-functions is off."));
787 if (!target_has_execution ())
790 if (get_traceframe_number () >= 0)
791 error (_("May not call functions while looking at trace frames."));
793 if (execution_direction
== EXEC_REVERSE
)
794 error (_("Cannot call functions in reverse mode."));
796 /* We're going to run the target, and inspect the thread's state
797 afterwards. Hold a strong reference so that the pointer remains
798 valid even if the thread exits. */
799 thread_info_ref call_thread
800 = thread_info_ref::new_reference (inferior_thread ());
802 bool stack_temporaries
= thread_stack_temporaries_enabled_p (call_thread
.get ());
804 frame
= get_current_frame ();
805 gdbarch
= get_frame_arch (frame
);
807 if (!gdbarch_push_dummy_call_p (gdbarch
))
808 error (_("This target does not support function calls."));
810 /* Find the function type and do a sanity check. */
813 CORE_ADDR funaddr
= find_function_addr (function
, &values_type
, &ftype
);
815 if (is_nocall_function (ftype
))
816 error (_("Cannot call the function '%s' which does not follow the "
817 "target calling convention."),
818 get_function_name (funaddr
, name_buf
, sizeof (name_buf
)));
820 if (values_type
== NULL
)
821 values_type
= default_return_type
;
822 if (values_type
== NULL
)
824 const char *name
= get_function_name (funaddr
,
825 name_buf
, sizeof (name_buf
));
826 error (_("'%s' has unknown return type; "
827 "cast the call to its declared return type"),
831 values_type
= check_typedef (values_type
);
833 if (args
.size () < ftype
->num_fields ())
834 error (_("Too few arguments in function call."));
836 /* A holder for the inferior status.
837 This is only needed while we're preparing the inferior function call. */
838 infcall_control_state_up
inf_status (save_infcall_control_state ());
840 /* Save the caller's registers and other state associated with the
841 inferior itself so that they can be restored once the
842 callee returns. To allow nested calls the registers are (further
843 down) pushed onto a dummy frame stack. This unique pointer
844 is released once the regcache has been pushed). */
845 infcall_suspend_state_up
caller_state (save_infcall_suspend_state ());
847 /* Ensure that the initial SP is correctly aligned. */
849 CORE_ADDR old_sp
= get_frame_sp (frame
);
851 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch
))
853 sp
= gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch
, old_sp
);
854 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-08-13: Skip the "red zone". For some
855 ABIs, a function can use memory beyond the inner most stack
856 address. AMD64 called that region the "red zone". Skip at
857 least the "red zone" size before allocating any space on
859 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch
, 1, 2))
860 sp
-= gdbarch_frame_red_zone_size (gdbarch
);
862 sp
+= gdbarch_frame_red_zone_size (gdbarch
);
864 gdb_assert (sp
== gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch
, sp
));
865 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-09-18:
867 On a RISC architecture, a void parameterless generic dummy
868 frame (i.e., no parameters, no result) typically does not
869 need to push anything the stack and hence can leave SP and
870 FP. Similarly, a frameless (possibly leaf) function does
871 not push anything on the stack and, hence, that too can
872 leave FP and SP unchanged. As a consequence, a sequence of
873 void parameterless generic dummy frame calls to frameless
874 functions will create a sequence of effectively identical
875 frames (SP, FP and TOS and PC the same). This, not
876 surprisingly, results in what appears to be a stack in an
877 infinite loop --- when GDB tries to find a generic dummy
878 frame on the internal dummy frame stack, it will always
881 To avoid this problem, the code below always grows the
882 stack. That way, two dummy frames can never be identical.
883 It does burn a few bytes of stack but that is a small price
887 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch
, 1, 2))
888 /* Stack grows down. */
889 sp
= gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch
, old_sp
- 1);
891 /* Stack grows up. */
892 sp
= gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch
, old_sp
+ 1);
894 /* SP may have underflown address zero here from OLD_SP. Memory access
895 functions will probably fail in such case but that is a target's
899 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-09-18: Hey, you loose!
901 Who knows how badly aligned the SP is!
903 If the generic dummy frame ends up empty (because nothing is
904 pushed) GDB won't be able to correctly perform back traces.
905 If a target is having trouble with backtraces, first thing to
906 do is add FRAME_ALIGN() to the architecture vector. If that
907 fails, try dummy_id().
909 If the ABI specifies a "Red Zone" (see the doco) the code
910 below will quietly trash it. */
913 /* Skip over the stack temporaries that might have been generated during
914 the evaluation of an expression. */
915 if (stack_temporaries
)
917 struct value
*lastval
;
919 lastval
= get_last_thread_stack_temporary (call_thread
.get ());
922 CORE_ADDR lastval_addr
= value_address (lastval
);
924 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch
, 1, 2))
926 gdb_assert (sp
>= lastval_addr
);
931 gdb_assert (sp
<= lastval_addr
);
932 sp
= lastval_addr
+ TYPE_LENGTH (value_type (lastval
));
935 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch
))
936 sp
= gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch
, sp
);
941 /* Are we returning a value using a structure return? */
943 if (gdbarch_return_in_first_hidden_param_p (gdbarch
, values_type
))
945 return_method
= return_method_hidden_param
;
947 /* Tell the target specific argument pushing routine not to
949 target_values_type
= builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_void
;
953 if (using_struct_return (gdbarch
, function
, values_type
))
954 return_method
= return_method_struct
;
955 target_values_type
= values_type
;
958 gdb::observers::inferior_call_pre
.notify (inferior_ptid
, funaddr
);
960 /* Determine the location of the breakpoint (and possibly other
961 stuff) that the called function will return to. The SPARC, for a
962 function returning a structure or union, needs to make space for
963 not just the breakpoint but also an extra word containing the
964 size (?) of the structure being passed. */
966 switch (gdbarch_call_dummy_location (gdbarch
))
970 const gdb_byte
*bp_bytes
;
971 CORE_ADDR bp_addr_as_address
;
974 /* Be careful BP_ADDR is in inferior PC encoding while
975 BP_ADDR_AS_ADDRESS is a plain memory address. */
977 sp
= push_dummy_code (gdbarch
, sp
, funaddr
, args
,
978 target_values_type
, &real_pc
, &bp_addr
,
979 get_current_regcache ());
981 /* Write a legitimate instruction at the point where the infcall
982 breakpoint is going to be inserted. While this instruction
983 is never going to be executed, a user investigating the
984 memory from GDB would see this instruction instead of random
985 uninitialized bytes. We chose the breakpoint instruction
986 as it may look as the most logical one to the user and also
987 valgrind 3.7.0 needs it for proper vgdb inferior calls.
989 If software breakpoints are unsupported for this target we
990 leave the user visible memory content uninitialized. */
992 bp_addr_as_address
= bp_addr
;
993 bp_bytes
= gdbarch_breakpoint_from_pc (gdbarch
, &bp_addr_as_address
,
995 if (bp_bytes
!= NULL
)
996 write_memory (bp_addr_as_address
, bp_bytes
, bp_size
);
1001 CORE_ADDR dummy_addr
;
1004 dummy_addr
= entry_point_address ();
1006 /* A call dummy always consists of just a single breakpoint, so
1007 its address is the same as the address of the dummy.
1009 The actual breakpoint is inserted separatly so there is no need to
1011 bp_addr
= dummy_addr
;
1015 internal_error (__FILE__
, __LINE__
, _("bad switch"));
1018 /* Coerce the arguments and handle pass-by-reference.
1019 We want to remember the destruction required for pass-by-ref values.
1020 For these, store the dtor function and the 'this' argument
1021 in DTORS_TO_INVOKE. */
1022 std::list
<destructor_info
> dtors_to_invoke
;
1024 for (int i
= args
.size () - 1; i
>= 0; i
--)
1027 struct type
*param_type
;
1029 /* FIXME drow/2002-05-31: Should just always mark methods as
1030 prototyped. Can we respect TYPE_VARARGS? Probably not. */
1031 if (ftype
->code () == TYPE_CODE_METHOD
)
1033 else if (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype
) == NULL
&& ftype
->num_fields () == 0
1034 && default_return_type
!= NULL
)
1036 /* Calling a no-debug function with the return type
1037 explicitly cast. Assume the function is prototyped,
1038 with a prototype matching the types of the arguments.
1040 float mult (float v1, float v2) { return v1 * v2; }
1042 (gdb) p (float) mult (2.0f, 3.0f)
1043 Is a simpler alternative to:
1044 (gdb) p ((float (*) (float, float)) mult) (2.0f, 3.0f)
1048 else if (i
< ftype
->num_fields ())
1049 prototyped
= ftype
->is_prototyped ();
1053 if (i
< ftype
->num_fields ())
1054 param_type
= ftype
->field (i
).type ();
1058 value
*original_arg
= args
[i
];
1059 args
[i
] = value_arg_coerce (gdbarch
, args
[i
],
1060 param_type
, prototyped
);
1062 if (param_type
== NULL
)
1065 auto info
= language_pass_by_reference (param_type
);
1066 if (!info
.copy_constructible
)
1067 error (_("expression cannot be evaluated because the type '%s' "
1068 "is not copy constructible"), param_type
->name ());
1070 if (!info
.destructible
)
1071 error (_("expression cannot be evaluated because the type '%s' "
1072 "is not destructible"), param_type
->name ());
1074 if (info
.trivially_copyable
)
1077 /* Make a copy of the argument on the stack. If the argument is
1078 trivially copy ctor'able, copy bit by bit. Otherwise, call
1079 the copy ctor to initialize the clone. */
1080 CORE_ADDR addr
= reserve_stack_space (param_type
, sp
);
1082 = value_from_contents_and_address (param_type
, nullptr, addr
);
1083 push_thread_stack_temporary (call_thread
.get (), clone
);
1085 = value_from_pointer (lookup_pointer_type (param_type
), addr
);
1087 if (info
.trivially_copy_constructible
)
1089 int length
= TYPE_LENGTH (param_type
);
1090 write_memory (addr
, value_contents (args
[i
]).data (), length
);
1095 value
*cctor_args
[2] = { clone_ptr
, original_arg
};
1096 find_overload_match (gdb::make_array_view (cctor_args
, 2),
1097 param_type
->name (), METHOD
,
1098 &clone_ptr
, nullptr, ©_ctor
, nullptr,
1099 nullptr, 0, EVAL_NORMAL
);
1101 if (copy_ctor
== nullptr)
1102 error (_("expression cannot be evaluated because a copy "
1103 "constructor for the type '%s' could not be found "
1104 "(maybe inlined?)"), param_type
->name ());
1106 call_function_by_hand (copy_ctor
, default_return_type
,
1107 gdb::make_array_view (cctor_args
, 2));
1110 /* If the argument has a destructor, remember it so that we
1111 invoke it after the infcall is complete. */
1112 if (!info
.trivially_destructible
)
1114 /* Looking up the function via overload resolution does not
1115 work because the compiler (in particular, gcc) adds an
1116 artificial int parameter in some cases. So we look up
1117 the function by using the "~" name. This should be OK
1118 because there can be only one dtor definition. */
1119 const char *dtor_name
= nullptr;
1120 for (int fieldnum
= 0;
1121 fieldnum
< TYPE_NFN_FIELDS (param_type
);
1125 = TYPE_FN_FIELDLIST1 (param_type
, fieldnum
);
1126 const char *field_name
1127 = TYPE_FN_FIELDLIST_NAME (param_type
, fieldnum
);
1129 if (field_name
[0] == '~')
1130 dtor_name
= TYPE_FN_FIELD_PHYSNAME (fn
, 0);
1133 if (dtor_name
== nullptr)
1134 error (_("expression cannot be evaluated because a destructor "
1135 "for the type '%s' could not be found "
1136 "(maybe inlined?)"), param_type
->name ());
1139 = find_function_in_inferior (dtor_name
, 0);
1141 /* Insert the dtor to the front of the list to call them
1142 in reverse order later. */
1143 dtors_to_invoke
.emplace_front (dtor
, clone_ptr
);
1146 args
[i
] = clone_ptr
;
1149 /* Reserve space for the return structure to be written on the
1150 stack, if necessary.
1152 While evaluating expressions, we reserve space on the stack for
1153 return values of class type even if the language ABI and the target
1154 ABI do not require that the return value be passed as a hidden first
1155 argument. This is because we want to store the return value as an
1156 on-stack temporary while the expression is being evaluated. This
1157 enables us to have chained function calls in expressions.
1159 Keeping the return values as on-stack temporaries while the expression
1160 is being evaluated is OK because the thread is stopped until the
1161 expression is completely evaluated. */
1163 if (return_method
!= return_method_normal
1164 || (stack_temporaries
&& class_or_union_p (values_type
)))
1165 struct_addr
= reserve_stack_space (values_type
, sp
);
1167 std::vector
<struct value
*> new_args
;
1168 if (return_method
== return_method_hidden_param
)
1170 /* Add the new argument to the front of the argument list. */
1171 new_args
.reserve (args
.size ());
1173 (value_from_pointer (lookup_pointer_type (values_type
), struct_addr
));
1174 new_args
.insert (new_args
.end (), args
.begin (), args
.end ());
1178 /* Create the dummy stack frame. Pass in the call dummy address as,
1179 presumably, the ABI code knows where, in the call dummy, the
1180 return address should be pointed. */
1181 sp
= gdbarch_push_dummy_call (gdbarch
, function
, get_current_regcache (),
1182 bp_addr
, args
.size (), args
.data (),
1183 sp
, return_method
, struct_addr
);
1185 /* Set up a frame ID for the dummy frame so we can pass it to
1186 set_momentary_breakpoint. We need to give the breakpoint a frame
1187 ID so that the breakpoint code can correctly re-identify the
1188 dummy breakpoint. */
1189 /* Sanity. The exact same SP value is returned by PUSH_DUMMY_CALL,
1190 saved as the dummy-frame TOS, and used by dummy_id to form
1191 the frame ID's stack address. */
1192 dummy_id
= frame_id_build (sp
, bp_addr
);
1194 /* Create a momentary breakpoint at the return address of the
1195 inferior. That way it breaks when it returns. */
1198 symtab_and_line sal
;
1199 sal
.pspace
= current_program_space
;
1201 sal
.section
= find_pc_overlay (sal
.pc
);
1203 /* Sanity. The exact same SP value is returned by
1204 PUSH_DUMMY_CALL, saved as the dummy-frame TOS, and used by
1205 dummy_id to form the frame ID's stack address. */
1207 = set_momentary_breakpoint (gdbarch
, sal
,
1208 dummy_id
, bp_call_dummy
).release ();
1210 /* set_momentary_breakpoint invalidates FRAME. */
1213 bpt
->disposition
= disp_del
;
1214 gdb_assert (bpt
->related_breakpoint
== bpt
);
1216 breakpoint
*longjmp_b
= set_longjmp_breakpoint_for_call_dummy ();
1219 /* Link BPT into the chain of LONGJMP_B. */
1220 bpt
->related_breakpoint
= longjmp_b
;
1221 while (longjmp_b
->related_breakpoint
!= bpt
->related_breakpoint
)
1222 longjmp_b
= longjmp_b
->related_breakpoint
;
1223 longjmp_b
->related_breakpoint
= bpt
;
1227 /* Create a breakpoint in std::terminate.
1228 If a C++ exception is raised in the dummy-frame, and the
1229 exception handler is (normally, and expected to be) out-of-frame,
1230 the default C++ handler will (wrongly) be called in an inferior
1231 function call. This is wrong, as an exception can be normally
1232 and legally handled out-of-frame. The confines of the dummy frame
1233 prevent the unwinder from finding the correct handler (or any
1234 handler, unless it is in-frame). The default handler calls
1235 std::terminate. This will kill the inferior. Assert that
1236 terminate should never be called in an inferior function
1237 call. Place a momentary breakpoint in the std::terminate function
1238 and if triggered in the call, rewind. */
1239 if (unwind_on_terminating_exception_p
)
1240 set_std_terminate_breakpoint ();
1242 /* Everything's ready, push all the info needed to restore the
1243 caller (and identify the dummy-frame) onto the dummy-frame
1245 dummy_frame_push (caller_state
.release (), &dummy_id
, call_thread
.get ());
1246 if (dummy_dtor
!= NULL
)
1247 register_dummy_frame_dtor (dummy_id
, call_thread
.get (),
1248 dummy_dtor
, dummy_dtor_data
);
1250 /* Register a clean-up for unwind_on_terminating_exception_breakpoint. */
1251 SCOPE_EXIT
{ delete_std_terminate_breakpoint (); };
1253 /* - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP -
1254 If you're looking to implement asynchronous dummy-frames, then
1255 just below is the place to chop this function in two.. */
1258 /* Save the current FSM. We'll override it. */
1259 std::unique_ptr
<thread_fsm
> saved_sm
= call_thread
->release_thread_fsm ();
1260 struct call_thread_fsm
*sm
;
1262 /* Save this thread's ptid, we need it later but the thread
1264 call_thread_ptid
= call_thread
->ptid
;
1266 /* Run the inferior until it stops. */
1268 /* Create the FSM used to manage the infcall. It tells infrun to
1269 not report the stop to the user, and captures the return value
1270 before the dummy frame is popped. run_inferior_call registers
1271 it with the thread ASAP. */
1272 sm
= new call_thread_fsm (current_ui
, command_interp (),
1275 return_method
!= return_method_normal
,
1278 std::unique_ptr
<call_thread_fsm
> sm_up (sm
);
1279 e
= run_inferior_call (std::move (sm_up
), call_thread
.get (), real_pc
);
1282 gdb::observers::inferior_call_post
.notify (call_thread_ptid
, funaddr
);
1284 if (call_thread
->state
!= THREAD_EXITED
)
1286 /* The FSM should still be the same. */
1287 gdb_assert (call_thread
->thread_fsm () == sm
);
1289 if (call_thread
->thread_fsm ()->finished_p ())
1291 struct value
*retval
;
1293 /* The inferior call is successful. Pop the dummy frame,
1294 which runs its destructors and restores the inferior's
1295 suspend state, and restore the inferior control
1297 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id
, call_thread
.get ());
1298 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status
.release ());
1300 /* Get the return value. */
1301 retval
= sm
->return_value
;
1303 /* Restore the original FSM and clean up / destroh the call FSM.
1304 Doing it in this order ensures that if the call to clean_up
1305 throws, the original FSM is properly restored. */
1307 std::unique_ptr
<thread_fsm
> finalizing
1308 = call_thread
->release_thread_fsm ();
1309 call_thread
->set_thread_fsm (std::move (saved_sm
));
1311 finalizing
->clean_up (call_thread
.get ());
1314 maybe_remove_breakpoints ();
1316 gdb_assert (retval
!= NULL
);
1318 /* Destruct the pass-by-ref argument clones. */
1319 call_destructors (dtors_to_invoke
, default_return_type
);
1324 /* Didn't complete. Clean up / destroy the call FSM, and restore the
1325 previous state machine, and handle the error. */
1327 std::unique_ptr
<thread_fsm
> finalizing
1328 = call_thread
->release_thread_fsm ();
1329 call_thread
->set_thread_fsm (std::move (saved_sm
));
1331 finalizing
->clean_up (call_thread
.get ());
1336 /* Rethrow an error if we got one trying to run the inferior. */
1340 const char *name
= get_function_name (funaddr
,
1341 name_buf
, sizeof (name_buf
));
1343 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status
.release ());
1345 /* We could discard the dummy frame here if the program exited,
1346 but it will get garbage collected the next time the program is
1352 throw_error (e
.error
, _("%s\n\
1353 An error occurred while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1354 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1355 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1356 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1360 throw_exception (std::move (e
));
1364 /* If the program has exited, or we stopped at a different thread,
1365 exit and inform the user. */
1367 if (! target_has_execution ())
1369 const char *name
= get_function_name (funaddr
,
1370 name_buf
, sizeof (name_buf
));
1372 /* If we try to restore the inferior status,
1373 we'll crash as the inferior is no longer running. */
1374 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status
.release ());
1376 /* We could discard the dummy frame here given that the program exited,
1377 but it will get garbage collected the next time the program is
1380 error (_("The program being debugged exited while in a function "
1381 "called from GDB.\n"
1382 "Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n"
1383 "(%s) will be abandoned."),
1387 if (call_thread_ptid
!= inferior_ptid
)
1389 const char *name
= get_function_name (funaddr
,
1390 name_buf
, sizeof (name_buf
));
1392 /* We've switched threads. This can happen if another thread gets a
1393 signal or breakpoint while our thread was running.
1394 There's no point in restoring the inferior status,
1395 we're in a different thread. */
1396 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status
.release ());
1397 /* Keep the dummy frame record, if the user switches back to the
1398 thread with the hand-call, we'll need it. */
1399 if (stopped_by_random_signal
)
1401 The program received a signal in another thread while\n\
1402 making a function call from GDB.\n\
1403 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1404 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1405 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1409 The program stopped in another thread while making a function call from GDB.\n\
1410 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1411 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1412 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1417 /* Make a copy as NAME may be in an objfile freed by dummy_frame_pop. */
1418 std::string name
= get_function_name (funaddr
, name_buf
,
1421 if (stopped_by_random_signal
)
1423 /* We stopped inside the FUNCTION because of a random
1424 signal. Further execution of the FUNCTION is not
1427 if (unwind_on_signal_p
)
1429 /* The user wants the context restored. */
1431 /* We must get back to the frame we were before the
1433 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id
, call_thread
.get ());
1435 /* We also need to restore inferior status to that before the
1437 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status
.release ());
1439 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very
1440 long if it's a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
1442 The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1443 GDB has restored the context to what it was before the call.\n\
1444 To change this behavior use \"set unwindonsignal off\".\n\
1445 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1446 (%s) will be abandoned."),
1451 /* The user wants to stay in the frame where we stopped
1453 Discard inferior status, we're not at the same point
1455 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status
.release ());
1457 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very
1458 long if it's a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
1460 The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1461 GDB remains in the frame where the signal was received.\n\
1462 To change this behavior use \"set unwindonsignal on\".\n\
1463 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1464 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1465 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1470 if (stop_stack_dummy
== STOP_STD_TERMINATE
)
1472 /* We must get back to the frame we were before the dummy
1474 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id
, call_thread
.get ());
1476 /* We also need to restore inferior status to that before
1478 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status
.release ());
1481 The program being debugged entered a std::terminate call, most likely\n\
1482 caused by an unhandled C++ exception. GDB blocked this call in order\n\
1483 to prevent the program from being terminated, and has restored the\n\
1484 context to its original state before the call.\n\
1485 To change this behaviour use \"set unwind-on-terminating-exception off\".\n\
1486 Evaluation of the expression containing the function (%s)\n\
1487 will be abandoned."),
1490 else if (stop_stack_dummy
== STOP_NONE
)
1493 /* We hit a breakpoint inside the FUNCTION.
1494 Keep the dummy frame, the user may want to examine its state.
1495 Discard inferior status, we're not at the same point
1497 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status
.release ());
1499 /* The following error message used to say "The expression
1500 which contained the function call has been discarded."
1501 It is a hard concept to explain in a few words. Ideally,
1502 GDB would be able to resume evaluation of the expression
1503 when the function finally is done executing. Perhaps
1504 someday this will be implemented (it would not be easy). */
1505 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very long if it's
1506 a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
1508 The program being debugged stopped while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1509 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1510 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1511 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1517 /* The above code errors out, so ... */
1518 gdb_assert_not_reached ("... should not be here");
1521 void _initialize_infcall ();
1523 _initialize_infcall ()
1525 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("may-call-functions", no_class
,
1526 &may_call_functions_p
, _("\
1527 Set permission to call functions in the program."), _("\
1528 Show permission to call functions in the program."), _("\
1529 When this permission is on, GDB may call functions in the program.\n\
1530 Otherwise, any sort of attempt to call a function in the program\n\
1531 will result in an error."),
1533 show_may_call_functions_p
,
1534 &setlist
, &showlist
);
1536 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("coerce-float-to-double", class_obscure
,
1537 &coerce_float_to_double_p
, _("\
1538 Set coercion of floats to doubles when calling functions."), _("\
1539 Show coercion of floats to doubles when calling functions."), _("\
1540 Variables of type float should generally be converted to doubles before\n\
1541 calling an unprototyped function, and left alone when calling a prototyped\n\
1542 function. However, some older debug info formats do not provide enough\n\
1543 information to determine that a function is prototyped. If this flag is\n\
1544 set, GDB will perform the conversion for a function it considers\n\
1546 The default is to perform the conversion."),
1548 show_coerce_float_to_double_p
,
1549 &setlist
, &showlist
);
1551 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("unwindonsignal", no_class
,
1552 &unwind_on_signal_p
, _("\
1553 Set unwinding of stack if a signal is received while in a call dummy."), _("\
1554 Show unwinding of stack if a signal is received while in a call dummy."), _("\
1555 The unwindonsignal lets the user determine what gdb should do if a signal\n\
1556 is received while in a function called from gdb (call dummy). If set, gdb\n\
1557 unwinds the stack and restore the context to what as it was before the call.\n\
1558 The default is to stop in the frame where the signal was received."),
1560 show_unwind_on_signal_p
,
1561 &setlist
, &showlist
);
1563 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("unwind-on-terminating-exception", no_class
,
1564 &unwind_on_terminating_exception_p
, _("\
1565 Set unwinding of stack if std::terminate is called while in call dummy."), _("\
1566 Show unwinding of stack if std::terminate() is called while in a call dummy."),
1568 The unwind on terminating exception flag lets the user determine\n\
1569 what gdb should do if a std::terminate() call is made from the\n\
1570 default exception handler. If set, gdb unwinds the stack and restores\n\
1571 the context to what it was before the call. If unset, gdb allows the\n\
1572 std::terminate call to proceed.\n\
1573 The default is to unwind the frame."),
1575 show_unwind_on_terminating_exception_p
,
1576 &setlist
, &showlist
);