/* Definitions for symbol file management in GDB.
- Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-This file is part of GDB.
+ This file is part of GDB.
-This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
#if !defined (OBJFILES_H)
#define OBJFILES_H
/* This structure maintains information on a per-objfile basis about the
"entry point" of the objfile, and the scope within which the entry point
exists. It is possible that gdb will see more than one objfile that is
- executable, each with it's own entry point.
+ executable, each with its own entry point.
For example, for dynamically linked executables in SVR4, the dynamic linker
code is contained within the shared C library, which is actually executable
executable which correspond to the "startup file", I.E. crt0.o in most
cases. This file is assumed to be a startup file and frames with pc's
inside it are treated as nonexistent. Setting these variables is necessary
- so that backtraces do not fly off the bottom of the stack (or top, depending
- upon your stack orientation).
+ so that backtraces do not fly off the bottom of the stack.
- Gdb also supports an alternate method to avoid running off the top/bottom
+ Gdb also supports an alternate method to avoid running off the bottom
of the stack.
There are two frames that are "special", the frame for the function
To use this method, define your FRAME_CHAIN_VALID macro like:
- #define FRAME_CHAIN_VALID(chain, thisframe) \
- (chain != 0 \
- && !(inside_main_func ((thisframe)->pc)) \
- && !(inside_entry_func ((thisframe)->pc)))
+ #define FRAME_CHAIN_VALID(chain, thisframe) \
+ (chain != 0 \
+ && !(inside_main_func ((thisframe)->pc)) \
+ && !(inside_entry_func ((thisframe)->pc)))
and add initializations of the four scope controlling variables inside
the object file / debugging information processing modules. */
struct entry_info
-{
-
- /* The value we should use for this objects entry point.
- The illegal/unknown value needs to be something other than 0, ~0
- for instance, which is much less likely than 0. */
+ {
- CORE_ADDR entry_point;
+ /* The value we should use for this objects entry point.
+ The illegal/unknown value needs to be something other than 0, ~0
+ for instance, which is much less likely than 0. */
- /* Start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of function containing the
- entry point. */
+ CORE_ADDR entry_point;
- CORE_ADDR entry_func_lowpc;
- CORE_ADDR entry_func_highpc;
+#define INVALID_ENTRY_POINT (~0) /* ~0 will not be in any file, we hope. */
- /* Start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of object file containing the
- entry point. */
-
- CORE_ADDR entry_file_lowpc;
- CORE_ADDR entry_file_highpc;
+ /* Start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of function containing the
+ entry point. */
- /* Start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of the user code main() function. */
+ CORE_ADDR entry_func_lowpc;
+ CORE_ADDR entry_func_highpc;
- CORE_ADDR main_func_lowpc;
- CORE_ADDR main_func_highpc;
+ /* Start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of object file containing the
+ entry point. */
-};
+ CORE_ADDR entry_file_lowpc;
+ CORE_ADDR entry_file_highpc;
+ /* Start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of the user code main() function. */
-/* Master structure for keeping track of each input file from which
- gdb reads symbols. One of these is allocated for each such file we
- access, e.g. the exec_file, symbol_file, and any shared library object
- files. */
+ CORE_ADDR main_func_lowpc;
+ CORE_ADDR main_func_highpc;
+
+/* Use these values when any of the above ranges is invalid. */
+
+/* We use these values because it guarantees that there is no number that is
+ both >= LOWPC && < HIGHPC. It is also highly unlikely that 3 is a valid
+ module or function start address (as opposed to 0). */
+
+#define INVALID_ENTRY_LOWPC (3)
+#define INVALID_ENTRY_HIGHPC (1)
+
+ };
+
+/* Sections in an objfile.
+
+ It is strange that we have both this notion of "sections"
+ and the one used by section_offsets. Section as used
+ here, (currently at least) means a BFD section, and the sections
+ are set up from the BFD sections in allocate_objfile.
+
+ The sections in section_offsets have their meaning determined by
+ the symbol format, and they are set up by the sym_offsets function
+ for that symbol file format.
+
+ I'm not sure this could or should be changed, however. */
+
+struct obj_section
+ {
+ CORE_ADDR addr; /* lowest address in section */
+ CORE_ADDR endaddr; /* 1+highest address in section */
+
+ /* This field is being used for nefarious purposes by syms_from_objfile.
+ It is said to be redundant with section_offsets; it's not really being
+ used that way, however, it's some sort of hack I don't understand
+ and am not going to try to eliminate (yet, anyway). FIXME.
+
+ It was documented as "offset between (end)addr and actual memory
+ addresses", but that's not true; addr & endaddr are actual memory
+ addresses. */
+ CORE_ADDR offset;
+
+ sec_ptr the_bfd_section; /* BFD section pointer */
+
+ /* Objfile this section is part of. */
+ struct objfile *objfile;
+
+ /* True if this "overlay section" is mapped into an "overlay region". */
+ int ovly_mapped;
+ };
+
+/* An import entry contains information about a symbol that
+ is used in this objfile but not defined in it, and so needs
+ to be imported from some other objfile */
+/* Currently we just store the name; no attributes. 1997-08-05 */
+typedef char *ImportEntry;
+
+
+/* An export entry contains information about a symbol that
+ is defined in this objfile and available for use in other
+ objfiles */
+typedef struct
+ {
+ char *name; /* name of exported symbol */
+ int address; /* offset subject to relocation */
+ /* Currently no other attributes 1997-08-05 */
+ }
+ExportEntry;
+
+
+/* The "objstats" structure provides a place for gdb to record some
+ interesting information about its internal state at runtime, on a
+ per objfile basis, such as information about the number of symbols
+ read, size of string table (if any), etc. */
+
+struct objstats
+ {
+ int n_minsyms; /* Number of minimal symbols read */
+ int n_psyms; /* Number of partial symbols read */
+ int n_syms; /* Number of full symbols read */
+ int n_stabs; /* Number of ".stabs" read (if applicable) */
+ int n_types; /* Number of types */
+ int sz_strtab; /* Size of stringtable, (if applicable) */
+ };
+
+#define OBJSTAT(objfile, expr) (objfile -> stats.expr)
+#define OBJSTATS struct objstats stats
+extern void print_objfile_statistics PARAMS ((void));
+extern void print_symbol_bcache_statistics PARAMS ((void));
+
+/* Master structure for keeping track of each file from which
+ gdb reads symbols. There are several ways these get allocated: 1.
+ The main symbol file, symfile_objfile, set by the symbol-file command,
+ 2. Additional symbol files added by the add-symbol-file command,
+ 3. Shared library objfiles, added by ADD_SOLIB, 4. symbol files
+ for modules that were loaded when GDB attached to a remote system
+ (see remote-vx.c). */
struct objfile
-{
+ {
+
+ /* All struct objfile's are chained together by their next pointers.
+ The global variable "object_files" points to the first link in this
+ chain.
+
+ FIXME: There is a problem here if the objfile is reusable, and if
+ multiple users are to be supported. The problem is that the objfile
+ list is linked through a member of the objfile struct itself, which
+ is only valid for one gdb process. The list implementation needs to
+ be changed to something like:
+
+ struct list {struct list *next; struct objfile *objfile};
+
+ where the list structure is completely maintained separately within
+ each gdb process. */
+
+ struct objfile *next;
+
+ /* The object file's name. Malloc'd; free it if you free this struct. */
+
+ char *name;
+
+ /* Some flag bits for this objfile. */
+
+ unsigned short flags;
- /* All struct objfile's are chained together by their next pointers.
- The global variable "object_files" points to the first link in this
- chain.
+ /* Each objfile points to a linked list of symtabs derived from this file,
+ one symtab structure for each compilation unit (source file). Each link
+ in the symtab list contains a backpointer to this objfile. */
- FIXME: There is a problem here if the objfile is reusable, and if
- multiple users are to be supported. The problem is that the objfile
- list is linked through a member of the objfile struct itself, which
- is only valid for one gdb process. The list implementation needs to
- be changed to something like:
+ struct symtab *symtabs;
- struct list {struct list *next; struct objfile *objfile};
+ /* Each objfile points to a linked list of partial symtabs derived from
+ this file, one partial symtab structure for each compilation unit
+ (source file). */
- where the list structure is completely maintained separately within
- each gdb process. */
+ struct partial_symtab *psymtabs;
- struct objfile *next;
+ /* List of freed partial symtabs, available for re-use */
- /* The object file's name. Malloc'd; free it if you free this struct. */
+ struct partial_symtab *free_psymtabs;
- char *name;
+ /* The object file's BFD. Can be null if the objfile contains only
+ minimal symbols, e.g. the run time common symbols for SunOS4. */
- /* Some flag bits for this objfile. */
+ bfd *obfd;
- unsigned short flags;
+ /* The modification timestamp of the object file, as of the last time
+ we read its symbols. */
- /* Each objfile points to a linked list of symtabs derived from this file,
- one symtab structure for each compilation unit (source file). Each link
- in the symtab list contains a backpointer to this objfile. */
+ long mtime;
- struct symtab *symtabs;
+ /* Obstacks to hold objects that should be freed when we load a new symbol
+ table from this object file. */
- /* Each objfile points to a linked list of partial symtabs derived from
- this file, one partial symtab structure for each compilation unit
- (source file). */
+ struct obstack psymbol_obstack; /* Partial symbols */
+ struct obstack symbol_obstack; /* Full symbols */
+ struct obstack type_obstack; /* Types */
- struct partial_symtab *psymtabs;
+ /* A byte cache where we can stash arbitrary "chunks" of bytes that
+ will not change. */
- /* List of freed partial symtabs, available for re-use */
+ struct bcache psymbol_cache; /* Byte cache for partial syms */
- struct partial_symtab *free_psymtabs;
+ /* Vectors of all partial symbols read in from file. The actual data
+ is stored in the psymbol_obstack. */
- /* The object file's BFD. Can be null, in which case bfd_open (name) and
- put the result here. */
+ struct psymbol_allocation_list global_psymbols;
+ struct psymbol_allocation_list static_psymbols;
- bfd *obfd;
+ /* Each file contains a pointer to an array of minimal symbols for all
+ global symbols that are defined within the file. The array is terminated
+ by a "null symbol", one that has a NULL pointer for the name and a zero
+ value for the address. This makes it easy to walk through the array
+ when passed a pointer to somewhere in the middle of it. There is also
+ a count of the number of symbols, which does not include the terminating
+ null symbol. The array itself, as well as all the data that it points
+ to, should be allocated on the symbol_obstack for this file. */
- /* The modification timestamp of the object file, as of the last time
- we read its symbols. */
+ struct minimal_symbol *msymbols;
+ int minimal_symbol_count;
- long mtime;
+ /* For object file formats which don't specify fundamental types, gdb
+ can create such types. For now, it maintains a vector of pointers
+ to these internally created fundamental types on a per objfile basis,
+ however it really should ultimately keep them on a per-compilation-unit
+ basis, to account for linkage-units that consist of a number of
+ compilation units that may have different fundamental types, such as
+ linking C modules with ADA modules, or linking C modules that are
+ compiled with 32-bit ints with C modules that are compiled with 64-bit
+ ints (not inherently evil with a smarter linker). */
- /* Obstacks to hold objects that should be freed when we load a new symbol
- table from this object file. */
+ struct type **fundamental_types;
- struct obstack psymbol_obstack; /* Partial symbols */
- struct obstack symbol_obstack; /* Full symbols */
- struct obstack type_obstack; /* Types */
+ /* The mmalloc() malloc-descriptor for this objfile if we are using
+ the memory mapped malloc() package to manage storage for this objfile's
+ data. NULL if we are not. */
- /* Vectors of all partial symbols read in from file. The actual data
- is stored in the psymbol_obstack. */
+ PTR md;
- struct psymbol_allocation_list global_psymbols;
- struct psymbol_allocation_list static_psymbols;
+ /* The file descriptor that was used to obtain the mmalloc descriptor
+ for this objfile. If we call mmalloc_detach with the malloc descriptor
+ we should then close this file descriptor. */
- /* Each file contains a pointer to an array of minimal symbols for all
- global symbols that are defined within the file. The array is terminated
- by a "null symbol", one that has a NULL pointer for the name and a zero
- value for the address. This makes it easy to walk through the array
- when passed a pointer to somewhere in the middle of it. There is also
- a count of the number of symbols, which does include the terminating
- null symbol. The array itself, as well as all the data that it points
- to, should be allocated on the symbol_obstack for this file. */
+ int mmfd;
- struct minimal_symbol *msymbols;
- int minimal_symbol_count;
+ /* Structure which keeps track of functions that manipulate objfile's
+ of the same type as this objfile. I.E. the function to read partial
+ symbols for example. Note that this structure is in statically
+ allocated memory, and is shared by all objfiles that use the
+ object module reader of this type. */
- /* For object file formats which don't specify fundamental types, gdb
- can create such types. For now, it maintains a vector of pointers
- to these internally created fundamental types on a per objfile basis,
- however it really should ultimately keep them on a per-compilation-unit
- basis, to account for linkage-units that consist of a number of
- compilation units that may have different fundamental types, such as
- linking C modules with ADA modules, or linking C modules that are
- compiled with 32-bit ints with C modules that are compiled with 64-bit
- ints (not inherently evil with a smarter linker). */
+ struct sym_fns *sf;
- struct type **fundamental_types;
+ /* The per-objfile information about the entry point, the scope (file/func)
+ containing the entry point, and the scope of the user's main() func. */
- /* The mmalloc() malloc-descriptor for this objfile if we are using
- the memory mapped malloc() package to manage storage for this objfile's
- data. NULL if we are not. */
+ struct entry_info ei;
- PTR md;
+ /* Information about stabs. Will be filled in with a dbx_symfile_info
+ struct by those readers that need it. */
- /* The file descriptor that was used to obtain the mmalloc descriptor
- for this objfile. If we call mmalloc_detach with the malloc descriptor
- we should then close this file descriptor. */
+ struct dbx_symfile_info *sym_stab_info;
- int mmfd;
+ /* Hook for information for use by the symbol reader (currently used
+ for information shared by sym_init and sym_read). It is
+ typically a pointer to malloc'd memory. The symbol reader's finish
+ function is responsible for freeing the memory thusly allocated. */
- /* Structure which keeps track of functions that manipulate objfile's
- of the same type as this objfile. I.E. the function to read partial
- symbols for example. Note that this structure is in statically
- allocated memory, and is shared by all objfiles that use the
- object module reader of this type. */
+ PTR sym_private;
- struct sym_fns *sf;
+ /* Hook for target-architecture-specific information. This must
+ point to memory allocated on one of the obstacks in this objfile,
+ so that it gets freed automatically when reading a new object
+ file. */
- /* The per-objfile information about the entry point, the scope (file/func)
- containing the entry point, and the scope of the user's main() func. */
+ PTR obj_private;
- struct entry_info ei;
+ /* Set of relocation offsets to apply to each section.
+ Currently on the psymbol_obstack (which makes no sense, but I'm
+ not sure it's harming anything).
- /* Hook for information which is shared by sym_init and sym_read for
- this objfile. It is typically a pointer to malloc'd memory. */
+ These offsets indicate that all symbols (including partial and
+ minimal symbols) which have been read have been relocated by this
+ much. Symbols which are yet to be read need to be relocated by
+ it. */
- PTR sym_private;
+ struct section_offsets *section_offsets;
+ int num_sections;
-};
+ /* These pointers are used to locate the section table, which
+ among other things, is used to map pc addresses into sections.
+ SECTIONS points to the first entry in the table, and
+ SECTIONS_END points to the first location past the last entry
+ in the table. Currently the table is stored on the
+ psymbol_obstack (which makes no sense, but I'm not sure it's
+ harming anything). */
+
+ struct obj_section
+ *sections, *sections_end;
+
+ /* two auxiliary fields, used to hold the fp of separate symbol files */
+ FILE *auxf1, *auxf2;
+
+ /* Imported symbols */
+ ImportEntry *import_list;
+ int import_list_size;
+
+ /* Exported symbols */
+ ExportEntry *export_list;
+ int export_list_size;
+
+ /* Place to stash various statistics about this objfile */
+ OBJSTATS;
+ };
/* Defines for the objfile flag word. */
/* Gdb can arrange to allocate storage for all objects related to a
- particular objfile in a designated section of it's address space,
+ particular objfile in a designated section of its address space,
managed at a low level by mmap() and using a special version of
malloc that handles malloc/free/realloc on top of the mmap() interface.
This allows the "internal gdb state" for a particular objfile to be
#define OBJF_SYMS (1 << 1) /* Have tried to read symbols */
+/* When an object file has its functions reordered (currently Irix-5.2
+ shared libraries exhibit this behaviour), we will need an expensive
+ algorithm to locate a partial symtab or symtab via an address.
+ To avoid this penalty for normal object files, we use this flag,
+ whose setting is determined upon symbol table read in. */
+
+#define OBJF_REORDERED (1 << 2) /* Functions are reordered */
+
+/* Distinguish between an objfile for a shared library and a "vanilla"
+ objfile. (If not set, the objfile may still actually be a solib.
+ This can happen if the user created the objfile by using the
+ add-symbol-file command. GDB doesn't in that situation actually
+ check whether the file is a solib. Rather, the target's
+ implementation of the solib interface is responsible for setting
+ this flag when noticing solibs used by an inferior.) */
+
+#define OBJF_SHARED (1 << 3) /* From a shared library */
+
+/* User requested that this objfile be read in it's entirety. */
+
+#define OBJF_READNOW (1 << 4) /* Immediate full read */
+
+/* This objfile was created because the user explicitly caused it
+ (e.g., used the add-symbol-file command). This bit offers a way
+ for run_command to remove old objfile entries which are no longer
+ valid (i.e., are associated with an old inferior), but to preserve
+ ones that the user explicitly loaded via the add-symbol-file
+ command. */
+
+#define OBJF_USERLOADED (1 << 5) /* User loaded */
+
/* The object file that the main symbol table was loaded from (e.g. the
argument to the "symbol-file" or "file" command). */
extern struct objfile *symfile_objfile;
+/* The object file that contains the runtime common minimal symbols
+ for SunOS4. Note that this objfile has no associated BFD. */
+
+extern struct objfile *rt_common_objfile;
+
/* When we need to allocate a new type, we need to know which type_obstack
to allocate the type on, since there is one for each objfile. The places
where types are allocated are deeply buried in function call hierarchies
extern struct objfile *
allocate_objfile PARAMS ((bfd *, int));
+extern int
+build_objfile_section_table PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
+
+extern void objfile_to_front PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
+
extern void
unlink_objfile PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
extern void
free_all_objfiles PARAMS ((void));
+extern void
+objfile_relocate PARAMS ((struct objfile *, struct section_offsets *));
+
extern int
have_partial_symbols PARAMS ((void));
extern int
have_full_symbols PARAMS ((void));
+/* This operation deletes all objfile entries that represent solibs that
+ weren't explicitly loaded by the user, via e.g., the add-symbol-file
+ command.
+ */
+extern void
+objfile_purge_solibs PARAMS ((void));
+
/* Functions for dealing with the minimal symbol table, really a misc
address<->symbol mapping for things we don't have debug symbols for. */
extern int
have_minimal_symbols PARAMS ((void));
+extern struct obj_section *
+ find_pc_section PARAMS ((CORE_ADDR pc));
+
+extern struct obj_section *
+ find_pc_sect_section PARAMS ((CORE_ADDR pc, asection * section));
+
+extern int
+in_plt_section PARAMS ((CORE_ADDR, char *));
+
+extern int
+is_in_import_list PARAMS ((char *, struct objfile *));
/* Traverse all object files. ALL_OBJFILES_SAFE works even if you delete
the objfile during the traversal. */
(obj) != NULL? ((nxt)=(obj)->next,1) :0; \
(obj) = (nxt))
-
/* Traverse all symtabs in one objfile. */
#define ALL_OBJFILE_SYMTABS(objfile, s) \
#define ALL_OBJFILE_MSYMBOLS(objfile, m) \
for ((m) = (objfile) -> msymbols; SYMBOL_NAME(m) != NULL; (m)++)
-
/* Traverse all symtabs in all objfiles. */
#define ALL_SYMTABS(objfile, s) \
if ((objfile)->msymbols) \
ALL_OBJFILE_MSYMBOLS (objfile, m)
-#endif /* !defined (OBJFILES_H) */
+#define ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS(objfile, osect) \
+ for (osect = objfile->sections; osect < objfile->sections_end; osect++)
+
+#define ALL_OBJSECTIONS(objfile, osect) \
+ ALL_OBJFILES (objfile) \
+ ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile, osect)
+
+#endif /* !defined (OBJFILES_H) */