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c906108c 1/* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB.
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3 Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
4 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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c5aa993b 6 This file is part of GDB.
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8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
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13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
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18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
21 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
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22
23#if !defined (SYMFILE_H)
24#define SYMFILE_H
25
26/* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h". */
27
63ca651f 28/* Opaque declarations. */
3a6c3343 29struct section_table;
da3331ec 30struct objfile;
63ca651f 31struct obstack;
fe898f56 32struct block;
63ca651f 33
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34/* Partial symbols are stored in the psymbol_cache and pointers to
35 them are kept in a dynamically grown array that is obtained from
36 malloc and grown as necessary via realloc. Each objfile typically
37 has two of these, one for global symbols and one for static
38 symbols. Although this adds a level of indirection for storing or
39 accessing the partial symbols, it allows us to throw away duplicate
40 psymbols and set all pointers to the single saved instance. */
c906108c 41
c5aa993b 42struct psymbol_allocation_list
3a6c3343 43{
c906108c 44
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45 /* Pointer to beginning of dynamically allocated array of pointers
46 to partial symbols. The array is dynamically expanded as
47 necessary to accommodate more pointers. */
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3a6c3343 49 struct partial_symbol **list;
c906108c 50
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51 /* Pointer to next available slot in which to store a pointer to a
52 partial symbol. */
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3a6c3343 54 struct partial_symbol **next;
c906108c 55
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56 /* Number of allocated pointer slots in current dynamic array (not
57 the number of bytes of storage). The "next" pointer will always
58 point somewhere between list[0] and list[size], and when at
59 list[size] the array will be expanded on the next attempt to
60 store a pointer. */
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62 int size;
63};
c906108c 64
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65/* Define an array of addresses to accommodate non-contiguous dynamic
66 loading of modules. This is for use when entering commands, so we
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67 can keep track of the section names until we read the file and can
68 map them to bfd sections. This structure is also used by solib.c
69 to communicate the section addresses in shared objects to
70 symbol_file_add (). */
71
72struct section_addr_info
62557bbc 73{
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74 /* The number of sections for which address information is
75 available. */
76 size_t num_sections;
9d8a64cb 77 /* Sections whose names are file format dependent. */
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78 struct other_sections
79 {
80 CORE_ADDR addr;
81 char *name;
82 int sectindex;
a39a16c4 83 } other[1];
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84};
85
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86/* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various
87 object file types. */
88
c5aa993b 89struct sym_fns
3a6c3343 90{
c906108c 91
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92 /* BFD flavour that we handle, or (as a special kludge, see
93 xcoffread.c, (enum bfd_flavour)-1 for xcoff). */
c906108c 94
3a6c3343 95 enum bfd_flavour sym_flavour;
c906108c 96
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97 /* Initializes anything that is global to the entire symbol table.
98 It is called during symbol_file_add, when we begin debugging an
99 entirely new program. */
c906108c 100
3a6c3343 101 void (*sym_new_init) (struct objfile *);
c906108c 102
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103 /* Reads any initial information from a symbol file, and initializes
104 the struct sym_fns SF in preparation for sym_read(). It is
105 called every time we read a symbol file for any reason. */
c906108c 106
3a6c3343 107 void (*sym_init) (struct objfile *);
c906108c 108
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109 /* sym_read (objfile, mainline) Reads a symbol file into a psymtab
110 (or possibly a symtab). OBJFILE is the objfile struct for the
111 file we are reading. MAINLINE is 1 if this is the main symbol
112 table being read, and 0 if a secondary symbol file (e.g. shared
113 library or dynamically loaded file) is being read. */
c906108c 114
3a6c3343 115 void (*sym_read) (struct objfile *, int);
c906108c 116
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117 /* Called when we are finished with an objfile. Should do all
118 cleanup that is specific to the object file format for the
119 particular objfile. */
c906108c 120
3a6c3343 121 void (*sym_finish) (struct objfile *);
c906108c 122
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123 /* This function produces a file-dependent section_offsets
124 structure, allocated in the objfile's storage, and based on the
125 parameter. The parameter is currently a CORE_ADDR (FIXME!) for
126 backward compatibility with the higher levels of GDB. It should
127 probably be changed to a string, where NULL means the default,
128 and others are parsed in a file dependent way. */
c906108c 129
3a6c3343 130 void (*sym_offsets) (struct objfile *, struct section_addr_info *);
c906108c 131
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132 /* Finds the next struct sym_fns. They are allocated and
133 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
134 to; an initializer calls add_symtab_fns to add them to the global
135 chain. */
c906108c 136
3a6c3343 137 struct sym_fns *next;
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3a6c3343 139};
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140
141/* The default version of sym_fns.sym_offsets for readers that don't
142 do anything special. */
143
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144extern void default_symfile_offsets (struct objfile *objfile,
145 struct section_addr_info *);
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146
147
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148extern void extend_psymbol_list (struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
149 struct objfile *);
c906108c 150
3a6c3343 151/* Add any kind of symbol to a psymbol_allocation_list. */
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152
153/* #include "demangle.h" */
154
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155extern const
156struct partial_symbol *add_psymbol_to_list (char *, int, domain_enum,
157 enum address_class,
158 struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
159 long, CORE_ADDR,
160 enum language, struct objfile *);
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162extern void add_psymbol_with_dem_name_to_list (char *, int, char *, int,
163 domain_enum,
164 enum address_class,
165 struct psymbol_allocation_list
166 *, long, CORE_ADDR,
167 enum language,
168 struct objfile *);
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169
170
a14ed312 171extern void init_psymbol_list (struct objfile *, int);
c906108c 172
a14ed312 173extern void sort_pst_symbols (struct partial_symtab *);
c906108c 174
a14ed312 175extern struct symtab *allocate_symtab (char *, struct objfile *);
c906108c 176
a14ed312 177extern int free_named_symtabs (char *);
c906108c 178
a14ed312 179extern void fill_in_vptr_fieldno (struct type *);
c906108c 180
a14ed312 181extern void add_symtab_fns (struct sym_fns *);
c906108c 182
7e8580c1 183extern void syms_from_objfile (struct objfile *,
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184 struct section_addr_info *,
185 struct section_offsets *, int, int, int);
c906108c 186
a14ed312 187extern void new_symfile_objfile (struct objfile *, int, int);
c906108c 188
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189extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add (char *, int,
190 struct section_addr_info *, int, int);
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192extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add_from_bfd (bfd *, int,
193 struct section_addr_info *,
194 int, int);
195
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196/* Create a new section_addr_info, with room for NUM_SECTIONS. */
197
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198extern struct section_addr_info *alloc_section_addr_info (size_t
199 num_sections);
a39a16c4 200
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201/* Return a freshly allocated copy of ADDRS. The section names, if
202 any, are also freshly allocated copies of those in ADDRS. */
203extern struct section_addr_info *(copy_section_addr_info
204 (struct section_addr_info *addrs));
205
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206/* Build (allocate and populate) a section_addr_info struct from an
207 existing section table. */
62557bbc 208
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209extern struct section_addr_info
210 *build_section_addr_info_from_section_table (const struct section_table
211 *start,
212 const struct section_table
213 *end);
62557bbc 214
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215/* Free all memory allocated by
216 build_section_addr_info_from_section_table. */
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570b8f7c 218extern void free_section_addr_info (struct section_addr_info *);
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219
220
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221extern struct partial_symtab *start_psymtab_common (struct objfile *,
222 struct section_offsets *,
223 char *, CORE_ADDR,
224 struct partial_symbol **,
225 struct partial_symbol **);
c906108c 226
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227/* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol
228 obstack (and add a null character at the end in the copy). Returns
229 the address of the copy. */
c906108c 230
63ca651f 231extern char *obsavestring (const char *, int, struct obstack *);
c906108c 232
3a6c3343 233/* Concatenate strings S1, S2 and S3; return the new string. Space is
4a146b47 234 found in the OBSTACKP */
c906108c 235
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236extern char *obconcat (struct obstack *obstackp, const char *, const char *,
237 const char *);
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238
239 /* Variables */
240
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241/* If non-zero, shared library symbols will be added automatically
242 when the inferior is created, new libraries are loaded, or when
243 attaching to the inferior. This is almost always what users will
244 want to have happen; but for very large programs, the startup time
245 will be excessive, and so if this is a problem, the user can clear
246 this flag and then add the shared library symbols as needed. Note
247 that there is a potential for confusion, since if the shared
248 library symbols are not loaded, commands like "info fun" will *not*
3a6c3343 249 report all the functions that are actually present. */
c906108c 250
b7209cb4 251extern int auto_solib_add;
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253/* For systems that support it, a threshold size in megabytes. If
254 automatically adding a new library's symbol table to those already
255 known to the debugger would cause the total shared library symbol
256 size to exceed this threshhold, then the shlib's symbols are not
257 added. The threshold is ignored if the user explicitly asks for a
3a6c3343 258 shlib to be added, such as when using the "sharedlibrary" command. */
c906108c 259
b7209cb4 260extern int auto_solib_limit;
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261
262/* From symfile.c */
263
a14ed312 264extern struct partial_symtab *allocate_psymtab (char *, struct objfile *);
c906108c 265
a14ed312 266extern void discard_psymtab (struct partial_symtab *);
c906108c 267
4efb68b1 268extern void find_lowest_section (bfd *, asection *, void *);
c906108c 269
a14ed312 270extern bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
c906108c 271
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272extern int get_section_index (struct objfile *, char *);
273
c906108c 274/* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
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275extern enum overlay_debugging_state
276{
277 ovly_off,
278 ovly_on,
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279 ovly_auto
280} overlay_debugging;
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281extern int overlay_cache_invalid;
282
3a6c3343 283/* Return the "mapped" overlay section containing the PC. */
a14ed312 284extern asection *find_pc_mapped_section (CORE_ADDR);
c906108c 285
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286/* Return any overlay section containing the PC (even in its LMA
287 region). */
a14ed312 288extern asection *find_pc_overlay (CORE_ADDR);
c906108c 289
3a6c3343 290/* Return true if the section is an overlay. */
a14ed312 291extern int section_is_overlay (asection *);
c906108c 292
3a6c3343 293/* Return true if the overlay section is currently "mapped". */
a14ed312 294extern int section_is_mapped (asection *);
c906108c 295
3a6c3343 296/* Return true if pc belongs to section's VMA. */
a14ed312 297extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_mapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
c906108c 298
3a6c3343 299/* Return true if pc belongs to section's LMA. */
a14ed312 300extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_unmapped_range (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
c906108c 301
3a6c3343 302/* Map an address from a section's LMA to its VMA. */
a14ed312 303extern CORE_ADDR overlay_mapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
c906108c 304
3a6c3343 305/* Map an address from a section's VMA to its LMA. */
a14ed312 306extern CORE_ADDR overlay_unmapped_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
c906108c 307
3a6c3343 308/* Convert an address in an overlay section (force into VMA range). */
a14ed312 309extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
c906108c 310
3a6c3343 311/* Load symbols from a file. */
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312extern void symbol_file_add_main (char *args, int from_tty);
313
3a6c3343 314/* Clear GDB symbol tables. */
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315extern void symbol_file_clear (int from_tty);
316
086df311 317extern bfd_byte *symfile_relocate_debug_section (bfd *abfd, asection *sectp,
3a6c3343 318 bfd_byte * buf);
086df311 319
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320/* From dwarfread.c */
321
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322extern void dwarf_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int, file_ptr,
323 unsigned int, file_ptr, unsigned int);
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324
325/* From dwarf2read.c */
326
c5edf76a 327extern int dwarf2_has_info (struct objfile *);
c906108c 328
a14ed312 329extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int);
b6af0555 330extern void dwarf2_build_frame_info (struct objfile *);
d4f3574e 331
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332/* From mdebugread.c */
333
334/* Hack to force structures to exist before use in parameter list. */
335struct ecoff_debug_hack
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336{
337 struct ecoff_debug_swap *a;
338 struct ecoff_debug_info *b;
339};
340
341extern void mdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
342 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
343 struct ecoff_debug_info *);
344
345extern void elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
346 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
347 asection *);
c906108c 348
c5aa993b 349#endif /* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */