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1/* Definitions for symbol file management in GDB.
2 Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
c5aa993b 4 This file is part of GDB.
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6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
9 (at your option) any later version.
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11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
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16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
18 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
19 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
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20
21#if !defined (OBJFILES_H)
22#define OBJFILES_H
23
24/* This structure maintains information on a per-objfile basis about the
25 "entry point" of the objfile, and the scope within which the entry point
26 exists. It is possible that gdb will see more than one objfile that is
27 executable, each with its own entry point.
28
29 For example, for dynamically linked executables in SVR4, the dynamic linker
30 code is contained within the shared C library, which is actually executable
31 and is run by the kernel first when an exec is done of a user executable
32 that is dynamically linked. The dynamic linker within the shared C library
33 then maps in the various program segments in the user executable and jumps
34 to the user executable's recorded entry point, as if the call had been made
35 directly by the kernel.
36
37 The traditional gdb method of using this info is to use the recorded entry
38 point to set the variables entry_file_lowpc and entry_file_highpc from
39 the debugging information, where these values are the starting address
40 (inclusive) and ending address (exclusive) of the instruction space in the
41 executable which correspond to the "startup file", I.E. crt0.o in most
42 cases. This file is assumed to be a startup file and frames with pc's
43 inside it are treated as nonexistent. Setting these variables is necessary
44 so that backtraces do not fly off the bottom of the stack.
45
46 Gdb also supports an alternate method to avoid running off the bottom
47 of the stack.
48
49 There are two frames that are "special", the frame for the function
50 containing the process entry point, since it has no predecessor frame,
51 and the frame for the function containing the user code entry point
52 (the main() function), since all the predecessor frames are for the
53 process startup code. Since we have no guarantee that the linked
54 in startup modules have any debugging information that gdb can use,
55 we need to avoid following frame pointers back into frames that might
56 have been built in the startup code, as we might get hopelessly
57 confused. However, we almost always have debugging information
58 available for main().
59
60 These variables are used to save the range of PC values which are valid
61 within the main() function and within the function containing the process
62 entry point. If we always consider the frame for main() as the outermost
63 frame when debugging user code, and the frame for the process entry
64 point function as the outermost frame when debugging startup code, then
65 all we have to do is have FRAME_CHAIN_VALID return false whenever a
66 frame's current PC is within the range specified by these variables.
67 In essence, we set "ceilings" in the frame chain beyond which we will
68 not proceed when following the frame chain back up the stack.
69
70 A nice side effect is that we can still debug startup code without
71 running off the end of the frame chain, assuming that we have usable
72 debugging information in the startup modules, and if we choose to not
73 use the block at main, or can't find it for some reason, everything
74 still works as before. And if we have no startup code debugging
75 information but we do have usable information for main(), backtraces
76 from user code don't go wandering off into the startup code.
77
78 To use this method, define your FRAME_CHAIN_VALID macro like:
79
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80 #define FRAME_CHAIN_VALID(chain, thisframe) \
81 (chain != 0 \
82 && !(inside_main_func ((thisframe)->pc)) \
83 && !(inside_entry_func ((thisframe)->pc)))
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84
85 and add initializations of the four scope controlling variables inside
86 the object file / debugging information processing modules. */
87
88struct entry_info
c5aa993b 89 {
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91 /* The value we should use for this objects entry point.
92 The illegal/unknown value needs to be something other than 0, ~0
93 for instance, which is much less likely than 0. */
c906108c 94
c5aa993b 95 CORE_ADDR entry_point;
c906108c 96
c5aa993b 97#define INVALID_ENTRY_POINT (~0) /* ~0 will not be in any file, we hope. */
c906108c 98
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99 /* Start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of function containing the
100 entry point. */
c906108c 101
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102 CORE_ADDR entry_func_lowpc;
103 CORE_ADDR entry_func_highpc;
c906108c 104
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105 /* Start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of object file containing the
106 entry point. */
c906108c 107
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108 CORE_ADDR entry_file_lowpc;
109 CORE_ADDR entry_file_highpc;
110
111 /* Start (inclusive) and end (exclusive) of the user code main() function. */
112
113 CORE_ADDR main_func_lowpc;
114 CORE_ADDR main_func_highpc;
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116/* Use these values when any of the above ranges is invalid. */
117
118/* We use these values because it guarantees that there is no number that is
119 both >= LOWPC && < HIGHPC. It is also highly unlikely that 3 is a valid
120 module or function start address (as opposed to 0). */
121
122#define INVALID_ENTRY_LOWPC (3)
123#define INVALID_ENTRY_HIGHPC (1)
124
c5aa993b 125 };
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126
127/* Sections in an objfile.
128
129 It is strange that we have both this notion of "sections"
130 and the one used by section_offsets. Section as used
131 here, (currently at least) means a BFD section, and the sections
132 are set up from the BFD sections in allocate_objfile.
133
134 The sections in section_offsets have their meaning determined by
135 the symbol format, and they are set up by the sym_offsets function
136 for that symbol file format.
137
138 I'm not sure this could or should be changed, however. */
139
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140struct obj_section
141 {
142 CORE_ADDR addr; /* lowest address in section */
143 CORE_ADDR endaddr; /* 1+highest address in section */
c906108c 144
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145 /* This field is being used for nefarious purposes by syms_from_objfile.
146 It is said to be redundant with section_offsets; it's not really being
147 used that way, however, it's some sort of hack I don't understand
148 and am not going to try to eliminate (yet, anyway). FIXME.
c906108c 149
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150 It was documented as "offset between (end)addr and actual memory
151 addresses", but that's not true; addr & endaddr are actual memory
152 addresses. */
153 CORE_ADDR offset;
c906108c 154
c5aa993b 155 sec_ptr the_bfd_section; /* BFD section pointer */
c906108c 156
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157 /* Objfile this section is part of. */
158 struct objfile *objfile;
c906108c 159
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160 /* True if this "overlay section" is mapped into an "overlay region". */
161 int ovly_mapped;
162 };
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163
164/* An import entry contains information about a symbol that
165 is used in this objfile but not defined in it, and so needs
166 to be imported from some other objfile */
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167/* Currently we just store the name; no attributes. 1997-08-05 */
168typedef char *ImportEntry;
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169
170
171/* An export entry contains information about a symbol that
172 is defined in this objfile and available for use in other
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173 objfiles */
174typedef struct
175 {
176 char *name; /* name of exported symbol */
177 int address; /* offset subject to relocation */
178 /* Currently no other attributes 1997-08-05 */
179 }
180ExportEntry;
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181
182
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183/* The "objstats" structure provides a place for gdb to record some
184 interesting information about its internal state at runtime, on a
185 per objfile basis, such as information about the number of symbols
186 read, size of string table (if any), etc. */
187
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188struct objstats
189 {
190 int n_minsyms; /* Number of minimal symbols read */
191 int n_psyms; /* Number of partial symbols read */
192 int n_syms; /* Number of full symbols read */
193 int n_stabs; /* Number of ".stabs" read (if applicable) */
194 int n_types; /* Number of types */
195 int sz_strtab; /* Size of stringtable, (if applicable) */
196 };
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197
198#define OBJSTAT(objfile, expr) (objfile -> stats.expr)
199#define OBJSTATS struct objstats stats
200extern void print_objfile_statistics PARAMS ((void));
201extern void print_symbol_bcache_statistics PARAMS ((void));
202
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203/* Master structure for keeping track of each file from which
204 gdb reads symbols. There are several ways these get allocated: 1.
205 The main symbol file, symfile_objfile, set by the symbol-file command,
206 2. Additional symbol files added by the add-symbol-file command,
207 3. Shared library objfiles, added by ADD_SOLIB, 4. symbol files
208 for modules that were loaded when GDB attached to a remote system
209 (see remote-vx.c). */
210
211struct objfile
c5aa993b 212 {
c906108c 213
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214 /* All struct objfile's are chained together by their next pointers.
215 The global variable "object_files" points to the first link in this
216 chain.
c906108c 217
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218 FIXME: There is a problem here if the objfile is reusable, and if
219 multiple users are to be supported. The problem is that the objfile
220 list is linked through a member of the objfile struct itself, which
221 is only valid for one gdb process. The list implementation needs to
222 be changed to something like:
c906108c 223
c5aa993b 224 struct list {struct list *next; struct objfile *objfile};
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226 where the list structure is completely maintained separately within
227 each gdb process. */
c906108c 228
c5aa993b 229 struct objfile *next;
c906108c 230
c5aa993b 231 /* The object file's name. Malloc'd; free it if you free this struct. */
c906108c 232
c5aa993b 233 char *name;
c906108c 234
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235 /* TRUE if this objfile was created because the user explicitly caused
236 it (e.g., used the add-symbol-file command).
c906108c 237 */
c5aa993b 238 int user_loaded;
c906108c 239
c5aa993b 240 /* TRUE if this objfile was explicitly created to represent a solib.
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242 (If FALSE, the objfile may actually be a solib. This can happen if
243 the user created the objfile by using the add-symbol-file command.
244 GDB doesn't in that situation actually check whether the file is a
245 solib. Rather, the target's implementation of the solib interface
246 is responsible for setting this flag when noticing solibs used by
247 an inferior.)
c906108c 248 */
c5aa993b 249 int is_solib;
c906108c 250
c5aa993b 251 /* Some flag bits for this objfile. */
c906108c 252
c5aa993b 253 unsigned short flags;
c906108c 254
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255 /* Each objfile points to a linked list of symtabs derived from this file,
256 one symtab structure for each compilation unit (source file). Each link
257 in the symtab list contains a backpointer to this objfile. */
c906108c 258
c5aa993b 259 struct symtab *symtabs;
c906108c 260
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261 /* Each objfile points to a linked list of partial symtabs derived from
262 this file, one partial symtab structure for each compilation unit
263 (source file). */
c906108c 264
c5aa993b 265 struct partial_symtab *psymtabs;
c906108c 266
c5aa993b 267 /* List of freed partial symtabs, available for re-use */
c906108c 268
c5aa993b 269 struct partial_symtab *free_psymtabs;
c906108c 270
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271 /* The object file's BFD. Can be null if the objfile contains only
272 minimal symbols, e.g. the run time common symbols for SunOS4. */
c906108c 273
c5aa993b 274 bfd *obfd;
c906108c 275
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276 /* The modification timestamp of the object file, as of the last time
277 we read its symbols. */
c906108c 278
c5aa993b 279 long mtime;
c906108c 280
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281 /* Obstacks to hold objects that should be freed when we load a new symbol
282 table from this object file. */
c906108c 283
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284 struct obstack psymbol_obstack; /* Partial symbols */
285 struct obstack symbol_obstack; /* Full symbols */
286 struct obstack type_obstack; /* Types */
c906108c 287
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288 /* A byte cache where we can stash arbitrary "chunks" of bytes that
289 will not change. */
c906108c 290
c5aa993b 291 struct bcache psymbol_cache; /* Byte cache for partial syms */
c906108c 292
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293 /* Vectors of all partial symbols read in from file. The actual data
294 is stored in the psymbol_obstack. */
c906108c 295
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296 struct psymbol_allocation_list global_psymbols;
297 struct psymbol_allocation_list static_psymbols;
c906108c 298
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299 /* Each file contains a pointer to an array of minimal symbols for all
300 global symbols that are defined within the file. The array is terminated
301 by a "null symbol", one that has a NULL pointer for the name and a zero
302 value for the address. This makes it easy to walk through the array
303 when passed a pointer to somewhere in the middle of it. There is also
304 a count of the number of symbols, which does not include the terminating
305 null symbol. The array itself, as well as all the data that it points
306 to, should be allocated on the symbol_obstack for this file. */
c906108c 307
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308 struct minimal_symbol *msymbols;
309 int minimal_symbol_count;
c906108c 310
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311 /* For object file formats which don't specify fundamental types, gdb
312 can create such types. For now, it maintains a vector of pointers
313 to these internally created fundamental types on a per objfile basis,
314 however it really should ultimately keep them on a per-compilation-unit
315 basis, to account for linkage-units that consist of a number of
316 compilation units that may have different fundamental types, such as
317 linking C modules with ADA modules, or linking C modules that are
318 compiled with 32-bit ints with C modules that are compiled with 64-bit
319 ints (not inherently evil with a smarter linker). */
c906108c 320
c5aa993b 321 struct type **fundamental_types;
c906108c 322
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323 /* The mmalloc() malloc-descriptor for this objfile if we are using
324 the memory mapped malloc() package to manage storage for this objfile's
325 data. NULL if we are not. */
c906108c 326
c5aa993b 327 PTR md;
c906108c 328
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329 /* The file descriptor that was used to obtain the mmalloc descriptor
330 for this objfile. If we call mmalloc_detach with the malloc descriptor
331 we should then close this file descriptor. */
c906108c 332
c5aa993b 333 int mmfd;
c906108c 334
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335 /* Structure which keeps track of functions that manipulate objfile's
336 of the same type as this objfile. I.E. the function to read partial
337 symbols for example. Note that this structure is in statically
338 allocated memory, and is shared by all objfiles that use the
339 object module reader of this type. */
c906108c 340
c5aa993b 341 struct sym_fns *sf;
c906108c 342
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343 /* The per-objfile information about the entry point, the scope (file/func)
344 containing the entry point, and the scope of the user's main() func. */
c906108c 345
c5aa993b 346 struct entry_info ei;
c906108c 347
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348 /* Information about stabs. Will be filled in with a dbx_symfile_info
349 struct by those readers that need it. */
c906108c 350
c5aa993b 351 struct dbx_symfile_info *sym_stab_info;
c906108c 352
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353 /* Hook for information for use by the symbol reader (currently used
354 for information shared by sym_init and sym_read). It is
355 typically a pointer to malloc'd memory. The symbol reader's finish
356 function is responsible for freeing the memory thusly allocated. */
c906108c 357
c5aa993b 358 PTR sym_private;
c906108c 359
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360 /* Hook for target-architecture-specific information. This must
361 point to memory allocated on one of the obstacks in this objfile,
362 so that it gets freed automatically when reading a new object
363 file. */
c906108c 364
c5aa993b 365 PTR obj_private;
c906108c 366
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367 /* Set of relocation offsets to apply to each section.
368 Currently on the psymbol_obstack (which makes no sense, but I'm
369 not sure it's harming anything).
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371 These offsets indicate that all symbols (including partial and
372 minimal symbols) which have been read have been relocated by this
373 much. Symbols which are yet to be read need to be relocated by
374 it. */
c906108c 375
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376 struct section_offsets *section_offsets;
377 int num_sections;
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379 /* These pointers are used to locate the section table, which
380 among other thigs, is used to map pc addresses into sections.
381 SECTIONS points to the first entry in the table, and
382 SECTIONS_END points to the first location past the last entry
383 in the table. Currently the table is stored on the
384 psymbol_obstack (which makes no sense, but I'm not sure it's
385 harming anything). */
c906108c 386
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387 struct obj_section
388 *sections, *sections_end;
c906108c 389
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390 /* two auxiliary fields, used to hold the fp of separate symbol files */
391 FILE *auxf1, *auxf2;
c906108c 392
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393 /* Imported symbols */
394 ImportEntry *import_list;
395 int import_list_size;
c906108c 396
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397 /* Exported symbols */
398 ExportEntry *export_list;
399 int export_list_size;
c906108c 400
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401 /* Place to stash various statistics about this objfile */
402 OBJSTATS;
403 };
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404
405/* Defines for the objfile flag word. */
406
407/* Gdb can arrange to allocate storage for all objects related to a
408 particular objfile in a designated section of its address space,
409 managed at a low level by mmap() and using a special version of
410 malloc that handles malloc/free/realloc on top of the mmap() interface.
411 This allows the "internal gdb state" for a particular objfile to be
412 dumped to a gdb state file and subsequently reloaded at a later time. */
413
414#define OBJF_MAPPED (1 << 0) /* Objfile data is mmap'd */
415
416/* When using mapped/remapped predigested gdb symbol information, we need
417 a flag that indicates that we have previously done an initial symbol
418 table read from this particular objfile. We can't just look for the
419 absence of any of the three symbol tables (msymbols, psymtab, symtab)
420 because if the file has no symbols for example, none of these will
421 exist. */
422
423#define OBJF_SYMS (1 << 1) /* Have tried to read symbols */
424
425/* When an object file has its functions reordered (currently Irix-5.2
426 shared libraries exhibit this behaviour), we will need an expensive
427 algorithm to locate a partial symtab or symtab via an address.
428 To avoid this penalty for normal object files, we use this flag,
429 whose setting is determined upon symbol table read in. */
430
431#define OBJF_REORDERED (1 << 2) /* Functions are reordered */
c5aa993b 432
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433/* Distinguish between an objfile for a shared library and a
434 "vanilla" objfile. */
435
c5aa993b 436#define OBJF_SHARED (1 << 3) /* From a shared library */
c906108c 437
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438/* User requested that this objfile be read in it's entirety. */
439
440#define OBJF_READNOW (1 << 4) /* Immediate full read */
441
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442/* The object file that the main symbol table was loaded from (e.g. the
443 argument to the "symbol-file" or "file" command). */
444
445extern struct objfile *symfile_objfile;
446
447/* The object file that contains the runtime common minimal symbols
448 for SunOS4. Note that this objfile has no associated BFD. */
449
450extern struct objfile *rt_common_objfile;
451
452/* When we need to allocate a new type, we need to know which type_obstack
453 to allocate the type on, since there is one for each objfile. The places
454 where types are allocated are deeply buried in function call hierarchies
455 which know nothing about objfiles, so rather than trying to pass a
456 particular objfile down to them, we just do an end run around them and
457 set current_objfile to be whatever objfile we expect to be using at the
458 time types are being allocated. For instance, when we start reading
459 symbols for a particular objfile, we set current_objfile to point to that
460 objfile, and when we are done, we set it back to NULL, to ensure that we
461 never put a type someplace other than where we are expecting to put it.
462 FIXME: Maybe we should review the entire type handling system and
463 see if there is a better way to avoid this problem. */
464
465extern struct objfile *current_objfile;
466
467/* All known objfiles are kept in a linked list. This points to the
468 root of this list. */
469
470extern struct objfile *object_files;
471
472/* Declarations for functions defined in objfiles.c */
473
474extern struct objfile *
c5aa993b 475 allocate_objfile PARAMS ((bfd *, int, int, int));
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477extern int
478build_objfile_section_table PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
479
480extern void objfile_to_front PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
481
482extern void
483unlink_objfile PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
484
485extern void
486free_objfile PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
487
488extern void
489free_all_objfiles PARAMS ((void));
490
491extern void
492objfile_relocate PARAMS ((struct objfile *, struct section_offsets *));
493
494extern int
495have_partial_symbols PARAMS ((void));
496
497extern int
498have_full_symbols PARAMS ((void));
499
500/* This operation deletes all objfile entries that represent solibs that
501 weren't explicitly loaded by the user, via e.g., the add-symbol-file
502 command.
c5aa993b 503 */
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504extern void
505objfile_purge_solibs PARAMS ((void));
506
507/* Functions for dealing with the minimal symbol table, really a misc
508 address<->symbol mapping for things we don't have debug symbols for. */
509
510extern int
511have_minimal_symbols PARAMS ((void));
512
513extern struct obj_section *
c5aa993b 514 find_pc_section PARAMS ((CORE_ADDR pc));
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516extern struct obj_section *
c5aa993b 517 find_pc_sect_section PARAMS ((CORE_ADDR pc, asection * section));
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518
519extern int
520in_plt_section PARAMS ((CORE_ADDR, char *));
521
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522extern int
523is_in_import_list PARAMS ((char *, struct objfile *));
524
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525/* Traverse all object files. ALL_OBJFILES_SAFE works even if you delete
526 the objfile during the traversal. */
527
528#define ALL_OBJFILES(obj) \
529 for ((obj) = object_files; (obj) != NULL; (obj) = (obj)->next)
530
531#define ALL_OBJFILES_SAFE(obj,nxt) \
532 for ((obj) = object_files; \
533 (obj) != NULL? ((nxt)=(obj)->next,1) :0; \
534 (obj) = (nxt))
535
536/* Traverse all symtabs in one objfile. */
537
538#define ALL_OBJFILE_SYMTABS(objfile, s) \
539 for ((s) = (objfile) -> symtabs; (s) != NULL; (s) = (s) -> next)
540
541/* Traverse all psymtabs in one objfile. */
542
543#define ALL_OBJFILE_PSYMTABS(objfile, p) \
544 for ((p) = (objfile) -> psymtabs; (p) != NULL; (p) = (p) -> next)
545
546/* Traverse all minimal symbols in one objfile. */
547
548#define ALL_OBJFILE_MSYMBOLS(objfile, m) \
549 for ((m) = (objfile) -> msymbols; SYMBOL_NAME(m) != NULL; (m)++)
550
551/* Traverse all symtabs in all objfiles. */
552
553#define ALL_SYMTABS(objfile, s) \
554 ALL_OBJFILES (objfile) \
555 ALL_OBJFILE_SYMTABS (objfile, s)
556
557/* Traverse all psymtabs in all objfiles. */
558
559#define ALL_PSYMTABS(objfile, p) \
560 ALL_OBJFILES (objfile) \
561 ALL_OBJFILE_PSYMTABS (objfile, p)
562
563/* Traverse all minimal symbols in all objfiles. */
564
565#define ALL_MSYMBOLS(objfile, m) \
566 ALL_OBJFILES (objfile) \
567 if ((objfile)->msymbols) \
568 ALL_OBJFILE_MSYMBOLS (objfile, m)
569
570#define ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS(objfile, osect) \
571 for (osect = objfile->sections; osect < objfile->sections_end; osect++)
572
573#define ALL_OBJSECTIONS(objfile, osect) \
574 ALL_OBJFILES (objfile) \
575 ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile, osect)
576
c5aa993b 577#endif /* !defined (OBJFILES_H) */