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1/* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
4 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6 This file is part of GDB.
7
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
12
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
17
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
21 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22
23#if !defined (SYMFILE_H)
24#define SYMFILE_H
25
26/* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h". */
27#include "symtab.h"
28
29/* Opaque declarations. */
30struct section_table;
31struct objfile;
32struct obj_section;
33struct obstack;
34struct block;
35
36/* Partial symbols are stored in the psymbol_cache and pointers to
37 them are kept in a dynamically grown array that is obtained from
38 malloc and grown as necessary via realloc. Each objfile typically
39 has two of these, one for global symbols and one for static
40 symbols. Although this adds a level of indirection for storing or
41 accessing the partial symbols, it allows us to throw away duplicate
42 psymbols and set all pointers to the single saved instance. */
43
44struct psymbol_allocation_list
45{
46
47 /* Pointer to beginning of dynamically allocated array of pointers
48 to partial symbols. The array is dynamically expanded as
49 necessary to accommodate more pointers. */
50
51 struct partial_symbol **list;
52
53 /* Pointer to next available slot in which to store a pointer to a
54 partial symbol. */
55
56 struct partial_symbol **next;
57
58 /* Number of allocated pointer slots in current dynamic array (not
59 the number of bytes of storage). The "next" pointer will always
60 point somewhere between list[0] and list[size], and when at
61 list[size] the array will be expanded on the next attempt to
62 store a pointer. */
63
64 int size;
65};
66
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 (). */
73
74struct section_addr_info
75{
76 /* The number of sections for which address information is
77 available. */
78 size_t num_sections;
79 /* Sections whose names are file format dependent. */
80 struct other_sections
81 {
82 CORE_ADDR addr;
83 char *name;
84 int sectindex;
85 } other[1];
86};
87
88struct symfile_segment_data
89{
90 /* How many segments are present in this file. If there are
91 two, the text segment is the first one and the data segment
92 is the second one. */
93 int num_segments;
94
95 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, the original base address
96 of each segment. */
97 CORE_ADDR *segment_bases;
98
99 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, the memory size of each
100 segment. */
101 CORE_ADDR *segment_sizes;
102
103 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, this is an array of entries
104 recording which segment contains each BFD section. It is
105 ordered by section index. A zero means that the section is not
106 in any segment. */
107 int *segment_info;
108};
109
110/* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various
111 object file types. */
112
113struct sym_fns
114{
115
116 /* BFD flavour that we handle, or (as a special kludge, see
117 xcoffread.c, (enum bfd_flavour)-1 for xcoff). */
118
119 enum bfd_flavour sym_flavour;
120
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. */
124
125 void (*sym_new_init) (struct objfile *);
126
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. */
130
131 void (*sym_init) (struct objfile *);
132
133 /* sym_read (objfile, mainline) Reads a symbol file into a psymtab
134 (or possibly a symtab). OBJFILE is the objfile struct for the
135 file we are reading. MAINLINE is 1 if this is the main symbol
136 table being read, and 0 if a secondary symbol file (e.g. shared
137 library or dynamically loaded file) is being read. */
138
139 void (*sym_read) (struct objfile *, int);
140
141 /* Called when we are finished with an objfile. Should do all
142 cleanup that is specific to the object file format for the
143 particular objfile. */
144
145 void (*sym_finish) (struct objfile *);
146
147 /* This function produces a file-dependent section_offsets
148 structure, allocated in the objfile's storage, and based on the
149 parameter. The parameter is currently a CORE_ADDR (FIXME!) for
150 backward compatibility with the higher levels of GDB. It should
151 probably be changed to a string, where NULL means the default,
152 and others are parsed in a file dependent way. */
153
154 void (*sym_offsets) (struct objfile *, struct section_addr_info *);
155
156 /* This function produces a format-independent description of
157 the segments of ABFD. Each segment is a unit of the file
158 which may be relocated independently. */
159
160 struct symfile_segment_data *(*sym_segments) (bfd *abfd);
161
162 /* Finds the next struct sym_fns. They are allocated and
163 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
164 to; an initializer calls add_symtab_fns to add them to the global
165 chain. */
166
167 struct sym_fns *next;
168
169};
170
171/* The default version of sym_fns.sym_offsets for readers that don't
172 do anything special. */
173
174extern void default_symfile_offsets (struct objfile *objfile,
175 struct section_addr_info *);
176
177/* The default version of sym_fns.sym_segments for readers that don't
178 do anything special. */
179
180extern struct symfile_segment_data *default_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd);
181
182extern void extend_psymbol_list (struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
183 struct objfile *);
184
185/* Add any kind of symbol to a psymbol_allocation_list. */
186
187/* #include "demangle.h" */
188
189extern const
190struct partial_symbol *add_psymbol_to_list (char *, int, domain_enum,
191 enum address_class,
192 struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
193 long, CORE_ADDR,
194 enum language, struct objfile *);
195
196extern void init_psymbol_list (struct objfile *, int);
197
198extern void sort_pst_symbols (struct partial_symtab *);
199
200extern struct symtab *allocate_symtab (char *, struct objfile *);
201
202extern int free_named_symtabs (char *);
203
204extern void fill_in_vptr_fieldno (struct type *);
205
206extern void add_symtab_fns (struct sym_fns *);
207
208extern void syms_from_objfile (struct objfile *,
209 struct section_addr_info *,
210 struct section_offsets *, int, int, int);
211
212extern void new_symfile_objfile (struct objfile *, int, int);
213
214extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add (char *, int,
215 struct section_addr_info *, int, int);
216
217extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add_from_bfd (bfd *, int,
218 struct section_addr_info *,
219 int, int);
220
221/* Create a new section_addr_info, with room for NUM_SECTIONS. */
222
223extern struct section_addr_info *alloc_section_addr_info (size_t
224 num_sections);
225
226/* Return a freshly allocated copy of ADDRS. The section names, if
227 any, are also freshly allocated copies of those in ADDRS. */
228extern struct section_addr_info *(copy_section_addr_info
229 (struct section_addr_info *addrs));
230
231/* Build (allocate and populate) a section_addr_info struct from an
232 existing section table. */
233
234extern struct section_addr_info
235 *build_section_addr_info_from_section_table (const struct section_table
236 *start,
237 const struct section_table
238 *end);
239
240/* Free all memory allocated by
241 build_section_addr_info_from_section_table. */
242
243extern void free_section_addr_info (struct section_addr_info *);
244
245
246extern struct partial_symtab *start_psymtab_common (struct objfile *,
247 struct section_offsets *,
248 char *, CORE_ADDR,
249 struct partial_symbol **,
250 struct partial_symbol **);
251
252/* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol
253 obstack (and add a null character at the end in the copy). Returns
254 the address of the copy. */
255
256extern char *obsavestring (const char *, int, struct obstack *);
257
258/* Concatenate strings S1, S2 and S3; return the new string. Space is
259 found in the OBSTACKP */
260
261extern char *obconcat (struct obstack *obstackp, const char *, const char *,
262 const char *);
263
264 /* Variables */
265
266/* If non-zero, shared library symbols will be added automatically
267 when the inferior is created, new libraries are loaded, or when
268 attaching to the inferior. This is almost always what users will
269 want to have happen; but for very large programs, the startup time
270 will be excessive, and so if this is a problem, the user can clear
271 this flag and then add the shared library symbols as needed. Note
272 that there is a potential for confusion, since if the shared
273 library symbols are not loaded, commands like "info fun" will *not*
274 report all the functions that are actually present. */
275
276extern int auto_solib_add;
277
278/* For systems that support it, a threshold size in megabytes. If
279 automatically adding a new library's symbol table to those already
280 known to the debugger would cause the total shared library symbol
281 size to exceed this threshhold, then the shlib's symbols are not
282 added. The threshold is ignored if the user explicitly asks for a
283 shlib to be added, such as when using the "sharedlibrary" command. */
284
285extern int auto_solib_limit;
286
287/* From symfile.c */
288
289extern struct partial_symtab *allocate_psymtab (char *, struct objfile *);
290
291extern void discard_psymtab (struct partial_symtab *);
292
293extern void find_lowest_section (bfd *, asection *, void *);
294
295extern bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
296
297extern int get_section_index (struct objfile *, char *);
298
299/* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
300extern enum overlay_debugging_state
301{
302 ovly_off,
303 ovly_on,
304 ovly_auto
305} overlay_debugging;
306extern int overlay_cache_invalid;
307
308/* Return the "mapped" overlay section containing the PC. */
309extern asection *find_pc_mapped_section (CORE_ADDR);
310
311/* Return any overlay section containing the PC (even in its LMA
312 region). */
313extern asection *find_pc_overlay (CORE_ADDR);
314
315/* Return true if the section is an overlay. */
316extern int section_is_overlay (asection *);
317
318/* Return true if the overlay section is currently "mapped". */
319extern int section_is_mapped (asection *);
320
321/* Return true if pc belongs to section's VMA. */
322extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_mapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
323
324/* Return true if pc belongs to section's LMA. */
325extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_unmapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
326
327/* Map an address from a section's LMA to its VMA. */
328extern CORE_ADDR overlay_mapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
329
330/* Map an address from a section's VMA to its LMA. */
331extern CORE_ADDR overlay_unmapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
332
333/* Convert an address in an overlay section (force into VMA range). */
334extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
335
336/* Load symbols from a file. */
337extern void symbol_file_add_main (char *args, int from_tty);
338
339/* Clear GDB symbol tables. */
340extern void symbol_file_clear (int from_tty);
341
342/* Default overlay update function. */
343extern void simple_overlay_update (struct obj_section *);
344
345extern bfd_byte *symfile_relocate_debug_section (bfd *abfd, asection *sectp,
346 bfd_byte * buf);
347
348extern int symfile_map_offsets_to_segments (bfd *,
349 struct symfile_segment_data *,
350 struct section_offsets *,
351 int, const CORE_ADDR *);
352struct symfile_segment_data *get_symfile_segment_data (bfd *abfd);
353void free_symfile_segment_data (struct symfile_segment_data *data);
354
355/* From dwarf2read.c */
356
357extern int dwarf2_has_info (struct objfile *);
358
359extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int);
360extern void dwarf2_build_frame_info (struct objfile *);
361
362/* From mdebugread.c */
363
364/* Hack to force structures to exist before use in parameter list. */
365struct ecoff_debug_hack
366{
367 struct ecoff_debug_swap *a;
368 struct ecoff_debug_info *b;
369};
370
371extern void mdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
372 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
373 struct ecoff_debug_info *);
374
375extern void elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
376 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
377 asection *);
378
379#endif /* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */
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