2005-06-02 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
[binutils.git] / bfd / elfcore.h
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1 /* ELF core file support for BFD.
2 Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
3 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
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 2 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, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21 char*
22 elf_core_file_failing_command (abfd)
23 bfd *abfd;
25 return elf_tdata (abfd)->core_command;
28 int
29 elf_core_file_failing_signal (abfd)
30 bfd *abfd;
32 return elf_tdata (abfd)->core_signal;
35 boolean
36 elf_core_file_matches_executable_p (core_bfd, exec_bfd)
37 bfd *core_bfd;
38 bfd *exec_bfd;
40 char* corename;
42 /* xvecs must match if both are ELF files for the same target. */
44 if (core_bfd->xvec != exec_bfd->xvec)
46 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_system_call);
47 return false;
50 /* See if the name in the corefile matches the executable name. */
52 corename = elf_tdata (core_bfd)->core_program;
53 if (corename != NULL)
55 const char* execname = strrchr (exec_bfd->filename, '/');
56 execname = execname ? execname + 1 : exec_bfd->filename;
58 if (strcmp(execname, corename) != 0)
59 return false;
62 return true;
65 /* Core files are simply standard ELF formatted files that partition
66 the file using the execution view of the file (program header table)
67 rather than the linking view. In fact, there is no section header
68 table in a core file.
70 The process status information (including the contents of the general
71 register set) and the floating point register set are stored in a
72 segment of type PT_NOTE. We handcraft a couple of extra bfd sections
73 that allow standard bfd access to the general registers (.reg) and the
74 floating point registers (.reg2).
78 const bfd_target *
79 elf_core_file_p (abfd)
80 bfd *abfd;
82 Elf_External_Ehdr x_ehdr; /* Elf file header, external form */
83 Elf_Internal_Ehdr *i_ehdrp; /* Elf file header, internal form */
84 Elf_Internal_Phdr *i_phdrp; /* Elf program header, internal form */
85 unsigned int phindex;
86 struct elf_backend_data *ebd;
87 struct bfd_preserve preserve;
88 struct elf_obj_tdata *new_tdata = NULL;
89 bfd_size_type amt;
91 preserve.arch_info = abfd->arch_info;
93 /* Read in the ELF header in external format. */
94 if (bfd_bread ((PTR) &x_ehdr, (bfd_size_type) sizeof (x_ehdr), abfd)
95 != sizeof (x_ehdr))
97 if (bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_system_call)
98 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
99 return NULL;
102 /* Check the magic number. */
103 if (elf_file_p (&x_ehdr) == false)
104 goto wrong;
106 /* FIXME: Check EI_VERSION here ! */
108 /* Check the address size ("class"). */
109 if (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS)
110 goto wrong;
112 /* Check the byteorder. */
113 switch (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA])
115 case ELFDATA2MSB: /* Big-endian */
116 if (! bfd_big_endian (abfd))
117 goto wrong;
118 break;
119 case ELFDATA2LSB: /* Little-endian */
120 if (! bfd_little_endian (abfd))
121 goto wrong;
122 break;
123 default:
124 goto wrong;
127 /* Give abfd an elf_obj_tdata. */
128 amt = sizeof (struct elf_obj_tdata);
129 new_tdata = (struct elf_obj_tdata *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
130 if (new_tdata == NULL)
131 return NULL;
132 preserve.tdata = elf_tdata (abfd);
133 elf_tdata (abfd) = new_tdata;
135 /* Clear section information, since there might be a recognized bfd that
136 we now check if we can replace, and we don't want to append to it. */
137 preserve.sections = abfd->sections;
138 preserve.section_tail = abfd->section_tail;
139 preserve.section_count = abfd->section_count;
140 preserve.section_htab = abfd->section_htab;
141 abfd->sections = NULL;
142 abfd->section_tail = &abfd->sections;
143 abfd->section_count = 0;
144 if (!bfd_hash_table_init (&abfd->section_htab, bfd_section_hash_newfunc))
145 goto fail;
147 /* Swap in the rest of the header, now that we have the byte order. */
148 i_ehdrp = elf_elfheader (abfd);
149 elf_swap_ehdr_in (abfd, &x_ehdr, i_ehdrp);
151 #if DEBUG & 1
152 elf_debug_file (i_ehdrp);
153 #endif
155 ebd = get_elf_backend_data (abfd);
157 /* Check that the ELF e_machine field matches what this particular
158 BFD format expects. */
160 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != i_ehdrp->e_machine
161 && (ebd->elf_machine_alt1 == 0
162 || i_ehdrp->e_machine != ebd->elf_machine_alt1)
163 && (ebd->elf_machine_alt2 == 0
164 || i_ehdrp->e_machine != ebd->elf_machine_alt2))
166 const bfd_target * const *target_ptr;
168 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
169 goto wrong;
171 /* This is the generic ELF target. Let it match any ELF target
172 for which we do not have a specific backend. */
174 for (target_ptr = bfd_target_vector; *target_ptr != NULL; target_ptr++)
176 struct elf_backend_data *back;
178 if ((*target_ptr)->flavour != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
179 continue;
180 back = (struct elf_backend_data *) (*target_ptr)->backend_data;
181 if (back->elf_machine_code == i_ehdrp->e_machine)
183 /* target_ptr is an ELF backend which matches this
184 object file, so reject the generic ELF target. */
185 goto wrong;
190 /* If there is no program header, or the type is not a core file, then
191 we are hosed. */
192 if (i_ehdrp->e_phoff == 0 || i_ehdrp->e_type != ET_CORE)
193 goto wrong;
195 /* Does BFD's idea of the phdr size match the size
196 recorded in the file? */
197 if (i_ehdrp->e_phentsize != sizeof (Elf_External_Phdr))
198 goto wrong;
200 /* Move to the start of the program headers. */
201 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) i_ehdrp->e_phoff, SEEK_SET) != 0)
202 goto wrong;
204 /* Allocate space for the program headers. */
205 amt = sizeof (*i_phdrp) * i_ehdrp->e_phnum;
206 i_phdrp = (Elf_Internal_Phdr *) bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
207 if (!i_phdrp)
208 goto fail;
210 elf_tdata (abfd)->phdr = i_phdrp;
212 /* Read and convert to internal form. */
213 for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; ++phindex)
215 Elf_External_Phdr x_phdr;
216 if (bfd_bread ((PTR) &x_phdr, (bfd_size_type) sizeof (x_phdr), abfd)
217 != sizeof (x_phdr))
218 goto fail;
220 elf_swap_phdr_in (abfd, &x_phdr, i_phdrp + phindex);
223 /* Set the machine architecture. Do this before processing the
224 program headers since we need to know the architecture type
225 when processing the notes of some systems' core files. */
226 if (! bfd_default_set_arch_mach (abfd, ebd->arch, 0))
228 /* It's OK if this fails for the generic target. */
229 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
230 goto fail;
233 /* Process each program header. */
234 for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; ++phindex)
236 if (! bfd_section_from_phdr (abfd, i_phdrp + phindex, (int) phindex))
237 goto fail;
240 /* Save the entry point from the ELF header. */
241 bfd_get_start_address (abfd) = i_ehdrp->e_entry;
243 /* Let the backend double check the format and override global
244 information. */
245 if (ebd->elf_backend_object_p)
247 if ((*ebd->elf_backend_object_p) (abfd) == false)
248 goto wrong;
251 bfd_hash_table_free (&preserve.section_htab);
252 return abfd->xvec;
254 wrong:
255 /* There is way too much undoing of half-known state here. The caller,
256 bfd_check_format_matches, really shouldn't iterate on live bfd's to
257 check match/no-match like it does. We have to rely on that a call to
258 bfd_default_set_arch_mach with the previously known mach, undoes what
259 was done by the first bfd_default_set_arch_mach (with mach 0) here.
260 For this to work, only elf-data and the mach may be changed by the
261 target-specific elf_backend_object_p function. Note that saving the
262 whole bfd here and restoring it would be even worse; the first thing
263 you notice is that the cached bfd file position gets out of sync. */
264 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
266 fail:
267 abfd->arch_info = preserve.arch_info;
268 if (new_tdata != NULL)
270 /* bfd_release frees all memory more recently bfd_alloc'd than
271 its arg, as well as its arg. */
272 bfd_release (abfd, new_tdata);
273 elf_tdata (abfd) = preserve.tdata;
274 abfd->section_htab = preserve.section_htab;
275 abfd->sections = preserve.sections;
276 abfd->section_tail = preserve.section_tail;
277 abfd->section_count = preserve.section_count;
279 return NULL;