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[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / bfd / format.c
1 /* Generic BFD support for file formats.
2 Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
3 2003, 2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 Written by Cygnus Support.
5
6 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
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 3 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, Boston,
21 MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22
23
24 /*
25 SECTION
26 File formats
27
28 A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
29 formats supported by BFD are:
30
31 o <<bfd_object>>
32
33 The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.
34
35 o <<bfd_archive>>
36
37 The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.
38
39 o <<bfd_core>>
40
41 The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.
42
43 SUBSECTION
44 File format functions
45 */
46
47 #include "sysdep.h"
48 #include "bfd.h"
49 #include "libbfd.h"
50
51 /* IMPORT from targets.c. */
52 extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
53
54 /*
55 FUNCTION
56 bfd_check_format
57
58 SYNOPSIS
59 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
60
61 DESCRIPTION
62 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
63 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
64 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
65
66 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
67 call, only the named target and format combination is
68 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
69 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
70 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
71 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
72 the file, or an error results.
73
74 The function returns <<TRUE>> on success, otherwise <<FALSE>>
75 with one of the following error codes:
76
77 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
78 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
79 <<bfd_core>>.
80
81 o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
82 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
83 can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
84
85 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
86 none of the backends recognised the file format.
87
88 o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
89 more than one backend recognised the file format.
90 */
91
92 bfd_boolean
93 bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
94 {
95 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
96 }
97
98 /*
99 FUNCTION
100 bfd_check_format_matches
101
102 SYNOPSIS
103 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format_matches
104 (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);
105
106 DESCRIPTION
107 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns FALSE with
108 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
109 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
110 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
111 allocated with <<malloc>>.
112 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
113
114 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
115 should free it.
116 */
117
118 bfd_boolean
119 bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching)
120 {
121 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
122 const bfd_target * const *target;
123 const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL;
124 const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ;
125 int match_count;
126 int ar_match_index;
127
128 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd)
129 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
130 {
131 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
132 return FALSE;
133 }
134
135 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
136 return abfd->format == format;
137
138 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
139 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
140 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
141 match_count = 0;
142 ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries;
143
144 if (matching)
145 {
146 bfd_size_type amt;
147
148 *matching = NULL;
149 amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries;
150 matching_vector = bfd_malloc (amt);
151 if (!matching_vector)
152 return FALSE;
153 }
154
155 right_targ = 0;
156 ar_right_targ = 0;
157
158 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
159 abfd->format = format;
160
161 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
162 if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
163 {
164 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
165 {
166 if (matching)
167 free (matching_vector);
168 return FALSE;
169 }
170
171 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
172
173 if (right_targ)
174 {
175 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Set the target as returned. */
176
177 if (matching)
178 free (matching_vector);
179
180 /* If the file was opened for update, then `output_has_begun'
181 some time ago when the file was created. Do not recompute
182 sections sizes or alignments in _bfd_set_section_contents.
183 We can not set this flag until after checking the format,
184 because it will interfere with creation of BFD sections. */
185 if (abfd->direction == both_direction)
186 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
187
188 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
189 }
190
191 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
192 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
193 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
194 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
195 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
196 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
197 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
198 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
199 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
200 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
201 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
202 target. */
203 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
204 {
205 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
206 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
207
208 if (matching)
209 free (matching_vector);
210
211 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
212
213 return FALSE;
214 }
215 }
216
217 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
218 {
219 const bfd_target *temp;
220 bfd_error_type err;
221
222 /* Don't check the default target twice. */
223 if (*target == &binary_vec
224 || (!abfd->target_defaulted && *target == save_targ))
225 continue;
226
227 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily. */
228
229 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
230 {
231 if (matching)
232 free (matching_vector);
233 return FALSE;
234 }
235
236 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
237 bfd_error_wrong_format. We didn't used to even pay any
238 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
239 _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
240 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
241
242 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
243
244 if (temp)
245 {
246 /* This format checks out as ok! */
247 right_targ = temp;
248
249 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
250 targets might match. People who want those other targets
251 have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */
252 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
253 {
254 match_count = 1;
255 break;
256 }
257
258 if (matching)
259 matching_vector[match_count] = temp;
260
261 match_count++;
262 }
263 else if ((err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
264 || err == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
265 {
266 /* An archive with objects of the wrong type, or an
267 ambiguous match. We want this target to match if we get
268 no better matches. */
269 if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
270 ar_right_targ = *target;
271 if (matching)
272 matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
273 ar_match_index++;
274 }
275 else if (err != bfd_error_wrong_format)
276 {
277 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
278 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
279
280 if (matching)
281 free (matching_vector);
282
283 return FALSE;
284 }
285 }
286
287 if (match_count == 0)
288 {
289 /* Try partial matches. */
290 right_targ = ar_right_targ;
291
292 if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0])
293 {
294 match_count = 1;
295 }
296 else
297 {
298 match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries;
299
300 if (matching && match_count > 1)
301 memcpy (matching_vector,
302 matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries,
303 sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count);
304 }
305 }
306
307 if (match_count > 1
308 && bfd_associated_vector != NULL
309 && matching)
310 {
311 const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector;
312
313 while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL)
314 {
315 int i = match_count;
316
317 while (--i >= 0)
318 if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ)
319 break;
320
321 if (i >= 0)
322 {
323 match_count = 1;
324 break;
325 }
326 }
327 }
328
329 if (match_count == 1)
330 {
331 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Change BFD's target permanently. */
332
333 if (matching)
334 free (matching_vector);
335
336 /* If the file was opened for update, then `output_has_begun'
337 some time ago when the file was created. Do not recompute
338 sections sizes or alignments in _bfd_set_section_contents.
339 We can not set this flag until after checking the format,
340 because it will interfere with creation of BFD sections. */
341 if (abfd->direction == both_direction)
342 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
343
344 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
345 }
346
347 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type. */
348 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format. */
349
350 if (match_count == 0)
351 {
352 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
353
354 if (matching)
355 free (matching_vector);
356 }
357 else
358 {
359 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
360
361 if (matching)
362 {
363 *matching = (char **) matching_vector;
364 matching_vector[match_count] = NULL;
365 /* Return target names. This is a little nasty. Maybe we
366 should do another bfd_malloc? */
367 while (--match_count >= 0)
368 {
369 const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name;
370 *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name;
371 }
372 }
373 }
374
375 return FALSE;
376 }
377
378 /*
379 FUNCTION
380 bfd_set_format
381
382 SYNOPSIS
383 bfd_boolean bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
384
385 DESCRIPTION
386 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
387 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
388 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
389 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
390 */
391
392 bfd_boolean
393 bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
394 {
395 if (bfd_read_p (abfd)
396 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
397 {
398 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
399 return FALSE;
400 }
401
402 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
403 return abfd->format == format;
404
405 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
406 abfd->format = format;
407
408 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
409 {
410 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
411 return FALSE;
412 }
413
414 return TRUE;
415 }
416
417 /*
418 FUNCTION
419 bfd_format_string
420
421 SYNOPSIS
422 const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format);
423
424 DESCRIPTION
425 Return a pointer to a const string
426 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
427 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
428 */
429
430 const char *
431 bfd_format_string (bfd_format format)
432 {
433 if (((int) format < (int) bfd_unknown)
434 || ((int) format >= (int) bfd_type_end))
435 return "invalid";
436
437 switch (format)
438 {
439 case bfd_object:
440 return "object"; /* Linker/assembler/compiler output. */
441 case bfd_archive:
442 return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */
443 case bfd_core:
444 return "core"; /* Core dump. */
445 default:
446 return "unknown";
447 }
448 }
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