1 /* Reading symbol files from memory.
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20 /* This file defines functions (and commands to exercise those
21 functions) for reading debugging information from object files
22 whose images are mapped directly into the inferior's memory. For
23 example, the Linux kernel maps a "syscall DSO" into each process's
24 address space; this DSO provides kernel-specific code for some
27 At the moment, BFD only has functions for parsing object files from
28 memory for the ELF format, even though the general idea isn't
29 ELF-specific. This means that BFD only provides the functions GDB
30 needs when configured for ELF-based targets. So these functions
31 may only be compiled on ELF-based targets.
33 GDB has no idea whether it has been configured for an ELF-based
34 target or not: it just tries to handle whatever files it is given.
35 But this means there are no preprocessor symbols on which we could
36 make these functions' compilation conditional.
38 So, for the time being, we put these functions alone in this file,
39 and have .mt files reference them as appropriate. In the future, I
40 hope BFD will provide a format-independent bfd_from_remote_memory
52 #include "observable.h"
54 #include "elf/common.h"
57 /* Verify parameters of target_read_memory_bfd and target_read_memory are
60 gdb_static_assert (sizeof (CORE_ADDR
) >= sizeof (bfd_vma
));
61 gdb_static_assert (sizeof (gdb_byte
) == sizeof (bfd_byte
));
62 gdb_static_assert (sizeof (ssize_t
) <= sizeof (bfd_size_type
));
64 /* Provide bfd/ compatible prototype for target_read_memory. Casting would not
65 be enough as LEN width may differ. */
68 target_read_memory_bfd (bfd_vma memaddr
, bfd_byte
*myaddr
, bfd_size_type len
)
70 /* MYADDR must be already allocated for the LEN size so it has to fit in
72 gdb_assert ((ssize_t
) len
== len
);
74 return target_read_memory (memaddr
, myaddr
, len
);
77 /* Read inferior memory at ADDR to find the header of a loaded object file
78 and read its in-core symbols out of inferior memory. SIZE, if
79 non-zero, is the known size of the object. TEMPL is a bfd
80 representing the target's format. NAME is the name to use for this
81 symbol file in messages; it can be NULL. */
82 static struct objfile
*
83 symbol_file_add_from_memory (struct bfd
*templ
, CORE_ADDR addr
,
84 size_t size
, const char *name
, int from_tty
)
88 struct bfd_section
*sec
;
90 symfile_add_flags add_flags
= 0;
92 if (bfd_get_flavour (templ
) != bfd_target_elf_flavour
)
93 error (_("add-symbol-file-from-memory not supported for this target"));
95 nbfd
= bfd_elf_bfd_from_remote_memory (templ
, addr
, size
, &loadbase
,
96 target_read_memory_bfd
);
98 error (_("Failed to read a valid object file image from memory."));
100 /* Manage the new reference for the duration of this function. */
101 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr nbfd_holder
= gdb_bfd_ref_ptr::new_reference (nbfd
);
104 name
= "shared object read from target memory";
105 bfd_set_filename (nbfd
, name
);
107 if (!bfd_check_format (nbfd
, bfd_object
))
108 error (_("Got object file from memory but can't read symbols: %s."),
109 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
111 section_addr_info sai
;
112 for (sec
= nbfd
->sections
; sec
!= NULL
; sec
= sec
->next
)
113 if ((bfd_section_flags (sec
) & (SEC_ALLOC
|SEC_LOAD
)) != 0)
114 sai
.emplace_back (bfd_section_vma (sec
) + loadbase
,
115 bfd_section_name (sec
),
119 add_flags
|= SYMFILE_VERBOSE
;
121 objf
= symbol_file_add_from_bfd (nbfd
, bfd_get_filename (nbfd
),
122 add_flags
, &sai
, OBJF_SHARED
, NULL
);
124 add_target_sections_of_objfile (objf
);
126 /* This might change our ideas about frames already looked at. */
127 reinit_frame_cache ();
134 add_symbol_file_from_memory_command (const char *args
, int from_tty
)
140 error (_("add-symbol-file-from-memory requires an expression argument"));
142 addr
= parse_and_eval_address (args
);
144 /* We need some representative bfd to know the target we are looking at. */
145 if (symfile_objfile
!= NULL
)
146 templ
= symfile_objfile
->obfd
;
150 error (_("Must use symbol-file or exec-file "
151 "before add-symbol-file-from-memory."));
153 symbol_file_add_from_memory (templ
, addr
, 0, NULL
, from_tty
);
156 /* Try to add the symbols for the vsyscall page, if there is one.
157 This function is called via the inferior_created observer. */
160 add_vsyscall_page (struct target_ops
*target
, int from_tty
)
162 struct mem_range vsyscall_range
;
164 if (gdbarch_vsyscall_range (target_gdbarch (), &vsyscall_range
))
168 if (core_bfd
!= NULL
)
170 else if (exec_bfd
!= NULL
)
173 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-05-06: Should not require an existing
174 BFD when trying to create a run-time BFD of the VSYSCALL
175 page in the inferior. Unfortunately that's the current
176 interface so for the moment bail. Introducing a
177 ``bfd_runtime'' (a BFD created using the loaded image) file
178 format should fix this. */
180 warning (_("Could not load vsyscall page "
181 "because no executable was specified"));
185 std::string name
= string_printf ("system-supplied DSO at %s",
186 paddress (target_gdbarch (),
187 vsyscall_range
.start
));
190 /* Pass zero for FROM_TTY, because the action of loading the
191 vsyscall DSO was not triggered by the user, even if the
192 user typed "run" at the TTY. */
193 symbol_file_add_from_memory (bfd
,
194 vsyscall_range
.start
,
195 vsyscall_range
.length
,
199 catch (const gdb_exception
&ex
)
201 exception_print (gdb_stderr
, ex
);
206 void _initialize_symfile_mem ();
208 _initialize_symfile_mem ()
210 add_cmd ("add-symbol-file-from-memory", class_files
,
211 add_symbol_file_from_memory_command
,
212 _("Load the symbols out of memory from a "
213 "dynamically loaded object file.\n"
214 "Give an expression for the address "
215 "of the file's shared object file header."),
218 /* Want to know of each new inferior so that its vsyscall info can
220 gdb::observers::inferior_created
.attach (add_vsyscall_page
);