/* Reading symbol files from memory.
- Copyright 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000,
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001,
+ 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
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. */
+ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
/* This file defines functions (and commands to exercise those
functions) for reading debugging information from object files
#include "symtab.h"
#include "gdbcore.h"
#include "objfiles.h"
+#include "exceptions.h"
#include "gdbcmd.h"
#include "target.h"
#include "value.h"
#include "symfile.h"
+#include "observer.h"
+#include "auxv.h"
+#include "elf/common.h"
/* Read inferior memory at ADDR to find the header of a loaded object file
and read its in-core symbols out of inferior memory. TEMPL is a bfd
- representing the target's format. */
+ representing the target's format. NAME is the name to use for this
+ symbol file in messages; it can be NULL or a malloc-allocated string
+ which will be attached to the BFD. */
static struct objfile *
-symbol_file_add_from_memory (struct bfd *templ, CORE_ADDR addr, int from_tty)
+symbol_file_add_from_memory (struct bfd *templ, CORE_ADDR addr, char *name,
+ int from_tty)
{
struct objfile *objf;
struct bfd *nbfd;
unsigned int i;
if (bfd_get_flavour (templ) != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
- error ("add-symbol-file-from-memory not supported for this target");
+ error (_("add-symbol-file-from-memory not supported for this target"));
nbfd = bfd_elf_bfd_from_remote_memory (templ, addr, &loadbase,
target_read_memory);
if (nbfd == NULL)
- error ("Failed to read a valid object file image from memory.");
+ error (_("Failed to read a valid object file image from memory."));
- nbfd->filename = xstrdup ("shared object read from target memory");
+ if (name == NULL)
+ nbfd->filename = xstrdup ("shared object read from target memory");
+ else
+ nbfd->filename = name;
if (!bfd_check_format (nbfd, bfd_object))
{
on error it does not free all the storage associated with the
bfd). */
bfd_close (nbfd);
- error ("Got object file from memory but can't read symbols: %s.",
+ error (_("Got object file from memory but can't read symbols: %s."),
bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
}
struct bfd *templ;
if (args == NULL)
- error ("add-symbol-file-from-memory requires an expression argument");
+ error (_("add-symbol-file-from-memory requires an expression argument"));
addr = parse_and_eval_address (args);
else
templ = exec_bfd;
if (templ == NULL)
- error ("\
-Must use symbol-file or exec-file before add-symbol-file-from-memory.");
+ error (_("\
+Must use symbol-file or exec-file before add-symbol-file-from-memory."));
+
+ symbol_file_add_from_memory (templ, addr, NULL, from_tty);
+}
+
+/* Arguments for symbol_file_add_from_memory_wrapper. */
+
+struct symbol_file_add_from_memory_args
+{
+ struct bfd *bfd;
+ CORE_ADDR sysinfo_ehdr;
+ char *name;
+ int from_tty;
+};
+
+/* Wrapper function for symbol_file_add_from_memory, for
+ catch_exceptions. */
+
+static int
+symbol_file_add_from_memory_wrapper (struct ui_out *uiout, void *data)
+{
+ struct symbol_file_add_from_memory_args *args = data;
- symbol_file_add_from_memory (templ, addr, from_tty);
+ symbol_file_add_from_memory (args->bfd, args->sysinfo_ehdr, args->name,
+ args->from_tty);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Try to add the symbols for the vsyscall page, if there is one. This function
+ is called via the inferior_created observer. */
+
+static void
+add_vsyscall_page (struct target_ops *target, int from_tty)
+{
+ CORE_ADDR sysinfo_ehdr;
+
+ if (target_auxv_search (target, AT_SYSINFO_EHDR, &sysinfo_ehdr) > 0
+ && sysinfo_ehdr != (CORE_ADDR) 0)
+ {
+ struct bfd *bfd;
+ struct symbol_file_add_from_memory_args args;
+
+ if (core_bfd != NULL)
+ bfd = core_bfd;
+ else if (exec_bfd != NULL)
+ bfd = exec_bfd;
+ else
+ /* FIXME: cagney/2004-05-06: Should not require an existing
+ BFD when trying to create a run-time BFD of the VSYSCALL
+ page in the inferior. Unfortunately that's the current
+ interface so for the moment bail. Introducing a
+ ``bfd_runtime'' (a BFD created using the loaded image) file
+ format should fix this. */
+ {
+ warning (_("\
+Could not load vsyscall page because no executable was specified\n\
+try using the \"file\" command first."));
+ return;
+ }
+ args.bfd = bfd;
+ args.sysinfo_ehdr = sysinfo_ehdr;
+ xasprintf (&args.name, "system-supplied DSO at 0x%s",
+ paddr_nz (sysinfo_ehdr));
+ /* Pass zero for FROM_TTY, because the action of loading the
+ vsyscall DSO was not triggered by the user, even if the user
+ typed "run" at the TTY. */
+ args.from_tty = 0;
+ catch_exceptions (uiout, symbol_file_add_from_memory_wrapper,
+ &args, RETURN_MASK_ALL);
+ }
}
\f
_initialize_symfile_mem (void)
{
add_cmd ("add-symbol-file-from-memory", class_files,
- add_symbol_file_from_memory_command,
- "\
+ add_symbol_file_from_memory_command, _("\
Load the symbols out of memory from a dynamically loaded object file.\n\
-Give an expression for the address of the file's shared object file header.",
+Give an expression for the address of the file's shared object file header."),
&cmdlist);
+ /* Want to know of each new inferior so that its vsyscall info can
+ be extracted. */
+ observer_attach_inferior_created (add_vsyscall_page);
}