2001-02-17 Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
[binutils.git] / bfd / elfcore.h
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1 /* ELF core file support for BFD.
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
9 (at your option) any later version.
11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
18 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
20 char*
21 elf_core_file_failing_command (abfd)
22 bfd *abfd;
24 return elf_tdata (abfd)->core_command;
27 int
28 elf_core_file_failing_signal (abfd)
29 bfd *abfd;
31 return elf_tdata (abfd)->core_signal;
34 boolean
35 elf_core_file_matches_executable_p (core_bfd, exec_bfd)
36 bfd *core_bfd;
37 bfd *exec_bfd;
39 char* corename;
41 /* xvecs must match if both are ELF files for the same target. */
43 if (core_bfd->xvec != exec_bfd->xvec)
45 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_system_call);
46 return false;
49 /* See if the name in the corefile matches the executable name. */
51 corename = elf_tdata (core_bfd)->core_program;
52 if (corename != NULL)
54 const char* execname = strrchr (exec_bfd->filename, '/');
55 execname = execname ? execname + 1 : exec_bfd->filename;
57 if (strcmp(execname, corename) != 0)
58 return false;
61 return true;
64 /* Core files are simply standard ELF formatted files that partition
65 the file using the execution view of the file (program header table)
66 rather than the linking view. In fact, there is no section header
67 table in a core file.
69 The process status information (including the contents of the general
70 register set) and the floating point register set are stored in a
71 segment of type PT_NOTE. We handcraft a couple of extra bfd sections
72 that allow standard bfd access to the general registers (.reg) and the
73 floating point registers (.reg2).
77 const bfd_target *
78 elf_core_file_p (abfd)
79 bfd *abfd;
81 Elf_External_Ehdr x_ehdr; /* Elf file header, external form */
82 Elf_Internal_Ehdr *i_ehdrp; /* Elf file header, internal form */
83 Elf_Internal_Phdr *i_phdrp = NULL; /* Elf program header, internal form */
84 unsigned int phindex;
85 struct elf_backend_data *ebd;
86 struct elf_obj_tdata *preserved_tdata = elf_tdata (abfd);
87 struct elf_obj_tdata *new_tdata = NULL;
89 /* Read in the ELF header in external format. */
90 if (bfd_read ((PTR) & x_ehdr, sizeof (x_ehdr), 1, abfd) != sizeof (x_ehdr))
92 if (bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_system_call)
93 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
94 return NULL;
97 /* Check the magic number. */
98 if (elf_file_p (&x_ehdr) == false)
99 goto wrong;
101 /* FIXME: Check EI_VERSION here ! */
103 /* Check the address size ("class"). */
104 if (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS)
105 goto wrong;
107 /* Check the byteorder. */
108 switch (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA])
110 case ELFDATA2MSB: /* Big-endian */
111 if (! bfd_big_endian (abfd))
112 goto wrong;
113 break;
114 case ELFDATA2LSB: /* Little-endian */
115 if (! bfd_little_endian (abfd))
116 goto wrong;
117 break;
118 default:
119 goto wrong;
122 /* Give abfd an elf_obj_tdata. */
123 new_tdata =
124 (struct elf_obj_tdata *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, sizeof (struct elf_obj_tdata));
125 if (new_tdata == NULL)
126 return NULL;
127 elf_tdata (abfd) = new_tdata;
129 /* Swap in the rest of the header, now that we have the byte order. */
130 i_ehdrp = elf_elfheader (abfd);
131 elf_swap_ehdr_in (abfd, &x_ehdr, i_ehdrp);
133 #if DEBUG & 1
134 elf_debug_file (i_ehdrp);
135 #endif
137 ebd = get_elf_backend_data (abfd);
139 /* Check that the ELF e_machine field matches what this particular
140 BFD format expects. */
142 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != i_ehdrp->e_machine
143 && (ebd->elf_machine_alt1 == 0
144 || i_ehdrp->e_machine != ebd->elf_machine_alt1)
145 && (ebd->elf_machine_alt2 == 0
146 || i_ehdrp->e_machine != ebd->elf_machine_alt2))
148 const bfd_target * const *target_ptr;
150 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
151 goto wrong;
153 /* This is the generic ELF target. Let it match any ELF target
154 for which we do not have a specific backend. */
156 for (target_ptr = bfd_target_vector; *target_ptr != NULL; target_ptr++)
158 struct elf_backend_data *back;
160 if ((*target_ptr)->flavour != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
161 continue;
162 back = (struct elf_backend_data *) (*target_ptr)->backend_data;
163 if (back->elf_machine_code == i_ehdrp->e_machine)
165 /* target_ptr is an ELF backend which matches this
166 object file, so reject the generic ELF target. */
167 goto wrong;
172 /* If there is no program header, or the type is not a core file, then
173 we are hosed. */
174 if (i_ehdrp->e_phoff == 0 || i_ehdrp->e_type != ET_CORE)
175 goto wrong;
177 /* Does BFD's idea of the phdr size match the size
178 recorded in the file? */
179 if (i_ehdrp->e_phentsize != sizeof (Elf_External_Phdr))
180 goto wrong;
182 /* Move to the start of the program headers. */
183 if (bfd_seek (abfd, i_ehdrp->e_phoff, SEEK_SET) != 0)
184 goto wrong;
186 /* Allocate space for the program headers. */
187 i_phdrp = (Elf_Internal_Phdr *)
188 bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof (*i_phdrp) * i_ehdrp->e_phnum);
189 if (!i_phdrp)
190 goto fail;
192 elf_tdata (abfd)->phdr = i_phdrp;
194 /* Read and convert to internal form. */
195 for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; ++phindex)
197 Elf_External_Phdr x_phdr;
198 if (bfd_read ((PTR) &x_phdr, sizeof (x_phdr), 1, abfd)
199 != sizeof (x_phdr))
200 goto fail;
202 elf_swap_phdr_in (abfd, &x_phdr, i_phdrp + phindex);
205 /* Process each program header. */
206 for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; ++phindex)
208 if (!_bfd_elfcore_section_from_phdr (abfd, i_phdrp + phindex, phindex))
209 goto fail;
212 /* Set the machine architecture. */
213 if (! bfd_default_set_arch_mach (abfd, ebd->arch, 0))
215 /* It's OK if this fails for the generic target. */
216 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
217 goto fail;
220 /* Save the entry point from the ELF header. */
221 bfd_get_start_address (abfd) = i_ehdrp->e_entry;
223 /* Let the backend double check the format and override global
224 information. */
225 if (ebd->elf_backend_object_p)
227 if ((*ebd->elf_backend_object_p) (abfd) == false)
228 goto wrong;
231 return abfd->xvec;
233 wrong:
234 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
235 fail:
236 if (i_phdrp != NULL)
237 bfd_release (abfd, i_phdrp);
238 if (new_tdata != NULL)
239 bfd_release (abfd, new_tdata);
240 elf_tdata (abfd) = preserved_tdata;
241 return NULL;