2009-06-12 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
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1 // target-select.h -- select a target for an object file -*- C++ -*-
3 // Copyright 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 // Written by Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>.
6 // This file is part of gold.
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23 #ifndef GOLD_TARGET_SELECT_H
24 #define GOLD_TARGET_SELECT_H
26 #include <vector>
28 #include "gold-threads.h"
30 namespace gold
33 class Target;
35 // We want to avoid a master list of targets, which implies using a
36 // global constructor. And we also want the program to start up as
37 // quickly as possible, which implies avoiding global constructors.
38 // We compromise on a very simple global constructor. We use a target
39 // selector, which specifies an ELF machine number and a recognition
40 // function. We use global constructors to build a linked list of
41 // target selectors--a simple pointer list, not a std::list.
43 class Target_selector
45 public:
46 // Create a target selector for a specific machine number, size (32
47 // or 64), and endianness. The machine number can be EM_NONE to
48 // test for any machine number. BFD_NAME is the name of the target
49 // used by the GNU linker, for backward compatibility; it may be
50 // NULL.
51 Target_selector(int machine, int size, bool is_big_endian,
52 const char* bfd_name);
54 virtual ~Target_selector()
55 { }
57 // If we can handle this target, return a pointer to a target
58 // structure. The size and endianness are known.
59 Target*
60 recognize(int machine, int osabi, int abiversion)
61 { return this->do_recognize(machine, osabi, abiversion); }
63 // If NAME matches the target, return a pointer to a target
64 // structure.
65 Target*
66 recognize_by_name(const char* name)
67 { return this->do_recognize_by_name(name); }
69 // Push all supported names onto the vector. This is only used for
70 // help output.
71 void
72 supported_names(std::vector<const char*>* names)
73 { this->do_supported_names(names); }
75 // Return the next Target_selector in the linked list.
76 Target_selector*
77 next() const
78 { return this->next_; }
80 // Return the machine number this selector is looking for. This can
81 // be EM_NONE to match any machine number, in which case the
82 // do_recognize hook will be responsible for matching the machine
83 // number.
84 int
85 machine() const
86 { return this->machine_; }
88 // Return the size this is looking for (32 or 64).
89 int
90 get_size() const
91 { return this->size_; }
93 // Return the endianness this is looking for.
94 bool
95 is_big_endian() const
96 { return this->is_big_endian_; }
98 // Return the BFD name. This may return NULL, in which case the
99 // do_recognize_by_name hook will be responsible for matching the
100 // BFD name.
101 const char*
102 bfd_name() const
103 { return this->bfd_name_; }
105 protected:
106 // Return an instance of the real target. This must be implemented
107 // by the child class.
108 virtual Target*
109 do_instantiate_target() = 0;
111 // Recognize an object file given a machine code, OSABI code, and
112 // ELF version value. When this is called we already know that they
113 // match the machine_, size_, and is_big_endian_ fields. The child
114 // class may implement a different version of this to do additional
115 // checks, or to check for multiple machine codes if the machine_
116 // field is EM_NONE.
117 virtual Target*
118 do_recognize(int, int, int)
119 { return this->instantiate_target(); }
121 // Recognize a target by name. When this is called we already know
122 // that the name matches (or that the bfd_name_ field is NULL). The
123 // child class may implement a different version of this to
124 // recognize more than one name.
125 virtual Target*
126 do_recognize_by_name(const char*)
127 { return this->instantiate_target(); }
129 // Return a list of supported BFD names. The child class may
130 // implement a different version of this to handle more than one
131 // name.
132 virtual void
133 do_supported_names(std::vector<const char*>* names)
135 gold_assert(this->bfd_name_ != NULL);
136 names->push_back(this->bfd_name_);
139 // Instantiate the target and return it.
140 Target*
141 instantiate_target();
143 private:
144 // ELF machine code.
145 const int machine_;
146 // Target size--32 or 64.
147 const int size_;
148 // Whether the target is big endian.
149 const bool is_big_endian_;
150 // BFD name of target, for compatibility.
151 const char* const bfd_name_;
152 // Next entry in list built at global constructor time.
153 Target_selector* next_;
154 // The singleton Target structure--this points to an instance of the
155 // real implementation.
156 Target* instantiated_target_;
157 // Lock to make sure that we don't instantiate the target more than
158 // once.
159 Lock* lock_;
160 // We only want to initialize the lock_ pointer once.
161 Initialize_lock initialize_lock_;
164 // Select the target for an ELF file.
166 extern Target*
167 select_target(int machine, int size, bool big_endian, int osabi,
168 int abiversion);
170 // Select a target using a BFD name.
172 extern Target*
173 select_target_by_name(const char* name);
175 // Fill in a vector with the list of supported targets. This returns
176 // a list of BFD names.
178 extern void
179 supported_target_names(std::vector<const char*>*);
181 } // End namespace gold.
183 #endif // !defined(GOLD_TARGET_SELECT_H)