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1/* Work with executable files, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
2
3666a048 3 Copyright (C) 2003-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 This file is part of GDB.
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7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
a9762ec7 9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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10 (at your option) any later version.
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12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
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17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
a9762ec7 18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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20#ifndef EXEC_H
21#define EXEC_H
22
4de283e4 23#include "target.h"
d55e5aa6 24#include "progspace.h"
4de283e4 25#include "memrange.h"
ecf45d2c 26#include "symfile-add-flags.h"
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0542c86d 28struct target_section;
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29struct target_ops;
30struct bfd;
76ad5e1e 31struct objfile;
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2d128614 33/* Builds a section table, given args BFD. */
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2d128614 35extern target_section_table build_section_table (struct bfd *);
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37/* VFORK_CHILD is a child vforked and its program space is shared with its
38 parent. This pushes the exec target on that inferior's target stack if
39 there are sections in the program space's section table. */
5b6d1e4f 40
82d1f134 41extern void exec_on_vfork (inferior *vfork_child);
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43/* Read from mappable read-only sections of BFD executable files.
44 Return TARGET_XFER_OK, if read is successful. Return
45 TARGET_XFER_EOF if read is done. Return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
46 otherwise. */
47
48extern enum target_xfer_status
49 exec_read_partial_read_only (gdb_byte *readbuf, ULONGEST offset,
50 ULONGEST len, ULONGEST *xfered_len);
51
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52/* Read or write from mappable sections of BFD executable files.
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54 Request to transfer up to LEN 8-bit bytes of the target sections
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55 defined by SECTIONS and SECTIONS_END. The OFFSET specifies the
56 starting address.
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58 The MATCH_CB predicate is optional; when provided it will be called
59 for each section under consideration. When MATCH_CB evaluates as
60 true, the section remains under consideration; a false result
61 removes it from consideration for performing the memory transfers
62 noted above. See memory_xfer_partial_1() in target.c for an
63 example.
348f8c02 64
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65 Return the number of bytes actually transfered, or zero when no
66 data is available for the requested range.
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68 This function is intended to be used from target_xfer_partial
69 implementations. See target_read and target_write for more
70 information.
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72 One, and only one, of readbuf or writebuf must be non-NULL. */
73
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74extern enum target_xfer_status
75 section_table_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *,
76 const gdb_byte *,
77 ULONGEST, ULONGEST, ULONGEST *,
bb2a6777 78 const target_section_table &,
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79 gdb::function_view<bool
80 (const struct target_section *)> match_cb
dda83cd7 81 = nullptr);
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83/* Read from mappable read-only sections of BFD executable files.
84 Similar to exec_read_partial_read_only, but return
bc113b4e 85 TARGET_XFER_UNAVAILABLE if data is unavailable. */
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87extern enum target_xfer_status
88 section_table_read_available_memory (gdb_byte *readbuf, ULONGEST offset,
89 ULONGEST len, ULONGEST *xfered_len);
90
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91/* Set the loaded address of a section. */
92extern void exec_set_section_address (const char *, int, CORE_ADDR);
93
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94/* Prints info about all sections defined in the TABLE. ABFD is
95 special cased --- it's filename is omitted; if it is the executable
96 file, its entry point is printed. */
97
19cf757a 98extern void print_section_info (const target_section_table *table,
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99 bfd *abfd);
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101/* Helper function that attempts to open the symbol file at EXEC_FILE_HOST.
102 If successful, it proceeds to add the symbol file as the main symbol file.
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104 ADD_FLAGS is passed on to the function adding the symbol file. */
105extern void try_open_exec_file (const char *exec_file_host,
106 struct inferior *inf,
107 symfile_add_flags add_flags);
4646aa9d 108#endif