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1 /* Find a variable's value in memory, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
4 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
5 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6
7 This file is part of GDB.
8
9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
12 (at your option) any later version.
13
14 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 GNU General Public License for more details.
18
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
21 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
22 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
23
24 #include "defs.h"
25 #include "symtab.h"
26 #include "gdbtypes.h"
27 #include "frame.h"
28 #include "value.h"
29 #include "gdbcore.h"
30 #include "inferior.h"
31 #include "target.h"
32 #include "gdb_string.h"
33 #include "gdb_assert.h"
34 #include "floatformat.h"
35 #include "symfile.h" /* for overlay functions */
36 #include "regcache.h"
37 #include "user-regs.h"
38 #include "block.h"
39
40 /* Basic byte-swapping routines. GDB has needed these for a long time...
41 All extract a target-format integer at ADDR which is LEN bytes long. */
42
43 #if TARGET_CHAR_BIT != 8 || HOST_CHAR_BIT != 8
44 /* 8 bit characters are a pretty safe assumption these days, so we
45 assume it throughout all these swapping routines. If we had to deal with
46 9 bit characters, we would need to make len be in bits and would have
47 to re-write these routines... */
48 you lose
49 #endif
50
51 LONGEST
52 extract_signed_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len)
53 {
54 LONGEST retval;
55 const unsigned char *p;
56 const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
57 const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
58
59 if (len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
60 error (_("\
61 That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
62 (int) sizeof (LONGEST));
63
64 /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
65 the least significant. */
66 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
67 {
68 p = startaddr;
69 /* Do the sign extension once at the start. */
70 retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
71 for (++p; p < endaddr; ++p)
72 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
73 }
74 else
75 {
76 p = endaddr - 1;
77 /* Do the sign extension once at the start. */
78 retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
79 for (--p; p >= startaddr; --p)
80 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
81 }
82 return retval;
83 }
84
85 ULONGEST
86 extract_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len)
87 {
88 ULONGEST retval;
89 const unsigned char *p;
90 const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
91 const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
92
93 if (len > (int) sizeof (ULONGEST))
94 error (_("\
95 That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
96 (int) sizeof (ULONGEST));
97
98 /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
99 the least significant. */
100 retval = 0;
101 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
102 {
103 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
104 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
105 }
106 else
107 {
108 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
109 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
110 }
111 return retval;
112 }
113
114 /* Sometimes a long long unsigned integer can be extracted as a
115 LONGEST value. This is done so that we can print these values
116 better. If this integer can be converted to a LONGEST, this
117 function returns 1 and sets *PVAL. Otherwise it returns 0. */
118
119 int
120 extract_long_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int orig_len,
121 LONGEST *pval)
122 {
123 const gdb_byte *p;
124 const gdb_byte *first_addr;
125 int len;
126
127 len = orig_len;
128 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
129 {
130 for (p = addr;
131 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p < addr + orig_len;
132 p++)
133 {
134 if (*p == 0)
135 len--;
136 else
137 break;
138 }
139 first_addr = p;
140 }
141 else
142 {
143 first_addr = addr;
144 for (p = addr + orig_len - 1;
145 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p >= addr;
146 p--)
147 {
148 if (*p == 0)
149 len--;
150 else
151 break;
152 }
153 }
154
155 if (len <= (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
156 {
157 *pval = (LONGEST) extract_unsigned_integer (first_addr,
158 sizeof (LONGEST));
159 return 1;
160 }
161
162 return 0;
163 }
164
165
166 /* Treat the bytes at BUF as a pointer of type TYPE, and return the
167 address it represents. */
168 CORE_ADDR
169 extract_typed_address (const gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type)
170 {
171 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
172 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
173 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
174 _("extract_typed_address: "
175 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
176
177 return POINTER_TO_ADDRESS (type, buf);
178 }
179
180
181 void
182 store_signed_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len, LONGEST val)
183 {
184 gdb_byte *p;
185 gdb_byte *startaddr = addr;
186 gdb_byte *endaddr = startaddr + len;
187
188 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
189 the most significant. */
190 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
191 {
192 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
193 {
194 *p = val & 0xff;
195 val >>= 8;
196 }
197 }
198 else
199 {
200 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
201 {
202 *p = val & 0xff;
203 val >>= 8;
204 }
205 }
206 }
207
208 void
209 store_unsigned_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len, ULONGEST val)
210 {
211 unsigned char *p;
212 unsigned char *startaddr = (unsigned char *) addr;
213 unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
214
215 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
216 the most significant. */
217 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
218 {
219 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
220 {
221 *p = val & 0xff;
222 val >>= 8;
223 }
224 }
225 else
226 {
227 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
228 {
229 *p = val & 0xff;
230 val >>= 8;
231 }
232 }
233 }
234
235 /* Store the address ADDR as a pointer of type TYPE at BUF, in target
236 form. */
237 void
238 store_typed_address (gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr)
239 {
240 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
241 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
242 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
243 _("store_typed_address: "
244 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
245
246 ADDRESS_TO_POINTER (type, buf, addr);
247 }
248
249
250
251 /* Return a `value' with the contents of (virtual or cooked) register
252 REGNUM as found in the specified FRAME. The register's type is
253 determined by register_type().
254
255 NOTE: returns NULL if register value is not available. Caller will
256 check return value or die! */
257
258 struct value *
259 value_of_register (int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
260 {
261 CORE_ADDR addr;
262 int optim;
263 struct value *reg_val;
264 int realnum;
265 gdb_byte raw_buffer[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
266 enum lval_type lval;
267
268 /* User registers lie completely outside of the range of normal
269 registers. Catch them early so that the target never sees them. */
270 if (regnum >= NUM_REGS + NUM_PSEUDO_REGS)
271 return value_of_user_reg (regnum, frame);
272
273 frame_register (frame, regnum, &optim, &lval, &addr, &realnum, raw_buffer);
274
275 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-05-15: This test is just bogus.
276
277 It indicates that the target failed to supply a value for a
278 register because it was "not available" at this time. Problem
279 is, the target still has the register and so get saved_register()
280 may be returning a value saved on the stack. */
281
282 if (register_cached (regnum) < 0)
283 return NULL; /* register value not available */
284
285 reg_val = allocate_value (register_type (current_gdbarch, regnum));
286
287 memcpy (value_contents_raw (reg_val), raw_buffer,
288 register_size (current_gdbarch, regnum));
289 VALUE_LVAL (reg_val) = lval;
290 VALUE_ADDRESS (reg_val) = addr;
291 VALUE_REGNUM (reg_val) = regnum;
292 set_value_optimized_out (reg_val, optim);
293 VALUE_FRAME_ID (reg_val) = get_frame_id (frame);
294 return reg_val;
295 }
296
297 /* Given a pointer of type TYPE in target form in BUF, return the
298 address it represents. */
299 CORE_ADDR
300 unsigned_pointer_to_address (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
301 {
302 return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
303 }
304
305 CORE_ADDR
306 signed_pointer_to_address (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
307 {
308 return extract_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
309 }
310
311 /* Given an address, store it as a pointer of type TYPE in target
312 format in BUF. */
313 void
314 unsigned_address_to_pointer (struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf,
315 CORE_ADDR addr)
316 {
317 store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), addr);
318 }
319
320 void
321 address_to_signed_pointer (struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf, CORE_ADDR addr)
322 {
323 store_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), addr);
324 }
325 \f
326 /* Will calling read_var_value or locate_var_value on SYM end
327 up caring what frame it is being evaluated relative to? SYM must
328 be non-NULL. */
329 int
330 symbol_read_needs_frame (struct symbol *sym)
331 {
332 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
333 {
334 /* All cases listed explicitly so that gcc -Wall will detect it if
335 we failed to consider one. */
336 case LOC_COMPUTED:
337 case LOC_COMPUTED_ARG:
338 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
339 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_OPS method when available.
340 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
341 function) location in a function's symbol. Oops! For the
342 moment enable this when/where applicable. */
343 return SYMBOL_OPS (sym)->read_needs_frame (sym);
344
345 case LOC_REGISTER:
346 case LOC_ARG:
347 case LOC_REF_ARG:
348 case LOC_REGPARM:
349 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
350 case LOC_LOCAL:
351 case LOC_LOCAL_ARG:
352 case LOC_BASEREG:
353 case LOC_BASEREG_ARG:
354 case LOC_HP_THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC:
355 return 1;
356
357 case LOC_UNDEF:
358 case LOC_CONST:
359 case LOC_STATIC:
360 case LOC_INDIRECT:
361 case LOC_TYPEDEF:
362
363 case LOC_LABEL:
364 /* Getting the address of a label can be done independently of the block,
365 even if some *uses* of that address wouldn't work so well without
366 the right frame. */
367
368 case LOC_BLOCK:
369 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
370 case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
371 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
372 return 0;
373 }
374 return 1;
375 }
376
377 /* Given a struct symbol for a variable,
378 and a stack frame id, read the value of the variable
379 and return a (pointer to a) struct value containing the value.
380 If the variable cannot be found, return a zero pointer.
381 If FRAME is NULL, use the deprecated_selected_frame. */
382
383 struct value *
384 read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
385 {
386 struct value *v;
387 struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
388 CORE_ADDR addr;
389 int len;
390
391 if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_COMPUTED
392 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_COMPUTED_ARG
393 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGISTER
394 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM)
395 /* These cases do not use V. */
396 v = NULL;
397 else
398 {
399 v = allocate_value (type);
400 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory; /* The most likely possibility. */
401 }
402
403 len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
404
405 /* FIXME drow/2003-09-06: this call to the selected frame should be
406 pushed upwards to the callers. */
407 if (frame == NULL)
408 frame = deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame ();
409
410 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (var))
411 {
412 case LOC_CONST:
413 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
414 store_signed_integer (value_contents_raw (v), len,
415 (LONGEST) SYMBOL_VALUE (var));
416 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
417 return v;
418
419 case LOC_LABEL:
420 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
421 if (overlay_debugging)
422 {
423 CORE_ADDR addr
424 = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
425 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
426 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type, addr);
427 }
428 else
429 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type,
430 SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var));
431 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
432 return v;
433
434 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
435 {
436 memcpy (value_contents_raw (v), SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES (var), len);
437 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
438 return v;
439 }
440
441 case LOC_STATIC:
442 if (overlay_debugging)
443 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
444 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
445 else
446 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
447 break;
448
449 case LOC_INDIRECT:
450 {
451 /* The import slot does not have a real address in it from the
452 dynamic loader (dld.sl on HP-UX), if the target hasn't
453 begun execution yet, so check for that. */
454 CORE_ADDR locaddr;
455 struct value *loc;
456 if (!target_has_execution)
457 error (_("\
458 Attempt to access variable defined in different shared object or load module when\n\
459 addresses have not been bound by the dynamic loader. Try again when executable is running."));
460
461 locaddr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
462 loc = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), locaddr);
463 addr = value_as_address (loc);
464 break;
465 }
466
467 case LOC_ARG:
468 if (frame == NULL)
469 return 0;
470 addr = get_frame_args_address (frame);
471 if (!addr)
472 return 0;
473 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
474 break;
475
476 case LOC_REF_ARG:
477 {
478 struct value *ref;
479 CORE_ADDR argref;
480 if (frame == NULL)
481 return 0;
482 argref = get_frame_args_address (frame);
483 if (!argref)
484 return 0;
485 argref += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
486 ref = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), argref);
487 addr = value_as_address (ref);
488 break;
489 }
490
491 case LOC_LOCAL:
492 case LOC_LOCAL_ARG:
493 if (frame == NULL)
494 return 0;
495 addr = get_frame_locals_address (frame);
496 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
497 break;
498
499 case LOC_BASEREG:
500 case LOC_BASEREG_ARG:
501 case LOC_HP_THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC:
502 {
503 struct value *regval;
504
505 regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
506 SYMBOL_BASEREG (var), frame);
507 if (regval == NULL)
508 error (_("Value of base register not available."));
509 addr = value_as_address (regval);
510 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
511 break;
512 }
513
514 case LOC_TYPEDEF:
515 error (_("Cannot look up value of a typedef"));
516 break;
517
518 case LOC_BLOCK:
519 if (overlay_debugging)
520 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = symbol_overlayed_address
521 (BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var)), SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
522 else
523 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var));
524 return v;
525
526 case LOC_REGISTER:
527 case LOC_REGPARM:
528 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
529 {
530 struct block *b;
531 int regno = SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
532 struct value *regval;
533
534 if (frame == NULL)
535 return 0;
536 b = get_frame_block (frame, 0);
537
538 if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM_ADDR)
539 {
540 regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
541 regno,
542 frame);
543
544 if (regval == NULL)
545 error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
546
547 addr = value_as_address (regval);
548 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory;
549 }
550 else
551 {
552 regval = value_from_register (type, regno, frame);
553
554 if (regval == NULL)
555 error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
556 return regval;
557 }
558 }
559 break;
560
561 case LOC_COMPUTED:
562 case LOC_COMPUTED_ARG:
563 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
564 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_OPS method when available.
565 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
566 function) location in a function's symbol. Oops! For the
567 moment enable this when/where applicable. */
568 if (frame == 0 && SYMBOL_OPS (var)->read_needs_frame (var))
569 return 0;
570 return SYMBOL_OPS (var)->read_variable (var, frame);
571
572 case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
573 {
574 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
575
576 msym = lookup_minimal_symbol (DEPRECATED_SYMBOL_NAME (var), NULL, NULL);
577 if (msym == NULL)
578 return 0;
579 if (overlay_debugging)
580 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym),
581 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (msym));
582 else
583 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym);
584 }
585 break;
586
587 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
588 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
589 set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
590 return v;
591
592 default:
593 error (_("Cannot look up value of a botched symbol."));
594 break;
595 }
596
597 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = addr;
598 set_value_lazy (v, 1);
599 return v;
600 }
601
602 /* Install default attributes for register values. */
603
604 struct value *
605 default_value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum,
606 struct frame_info *frame)
607 {
608 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
609 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
610 struct value *value = allocate_value (type);
611
612 VALUE_LVAL (value) = lval_register;
613 VALUE_FRAME_ID (value) = get_frame_id (frame);
614 VALUE_REGNUM (value) = regnum;
615
616 /* Any structure stored in more than one register will always be
617 an integral number of registers. Otherwise, you need to do
618 some fiddling with the last register copied here for little
619 endian machines. */
620 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG
621 && len < register_size (gdbarch, regnum))
622 /* Big-endian, and we want less than full size. */
623 set_value_offset (value, register_size (gdbarch, regnum) - len);
624 else
625 set_value_offset (value, 0);
626
627 return value;
628 }
629
630 /* Return a value of type TYPE, stored in register REGNUM, in frame FRAME. */
631
632 struct value *
633 value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
634 {
635 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
636 struct type *type1 = check_typedef (type);
637 struct value *v;
638
639 if (CONVERT_REGISTER_P (regnum, type1))
640 {
641 /* The ISA/ABI need to something weird when obtaining the
642 specified value from this register. It might need to
643 re-order non-adjacent, starting with REGNUM (see MIPS and
644 i386). It might need to convert the [float] register into
645 the corresponding [integer] type (see Alpha). The assumption
646 is that REGISTER_TO_VALUE populates the entire value
647 including the location. */
648 v = allocate_value (type);
649 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_register;
650 VALUE_FRAME_ID (v) = get_frame_id (frame);
651 VALUE_REGNUM (v) = regnum;
652 REGISTER_TO_VALUE (frame, regnum, type1, value_contents_raw (v));
653 }
654 else
655 {
656 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
657
658 /* Construct the value. */
659 v = gdbarch_value_from_register (gdbarch, type, regnum, frame);
660
661 /* Get the data. */
662 if (!get_frame_register_bytes (frame, regnum, value_offset (v), len,
663 value_contents_raw (v)))
664 set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
665 }
666 return v;
667 }
668
669 /* Return contents of register REGNUM in frame FRAME as address,
670 interpreted as value of type TYPE. Will abort if register
671 value is not available. */
672
673 CORE_ADDR
674 address_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
675 {
676 struct value *value;
677 CORE_ADDR result;
678
679 value = value_from_register (type, regnum, frame);
680 gdb_assert (value);
681
682 result = value_as_address (value);
683 release_value (value);
684 value_free (value);
685
686 return result;
687 }
688
689 \f
690 /* Given a struct symbol for a variable or function,
691 and a stack frame id,
692 return a (pointer to a) struct value containing the properly typed
693 address. */
694
695 struct value *
696 locate_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
697 {
698 CORE_ADDR addr = 0;
699 struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
700 struct value *lazy_value;
701
702 /* Evaluate it first; if the result is a memory address, we're fine.
703 Lazy evaluation pays off here. */
704
705 lazy_value = read_var_value (var, frame);
706 if (lazy_value == 0)
707 error (_("Address of \"%s\" is unknown."), SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
708
709 if (value_lazy (lazy_value)
710 || TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC)
711 {
712 struct value *val;
713
714 addr = VALUE_ADDRESS (lazy_value);
715 val = value_from_pointer (lookup_pointer_type (type), addr);
716 return val;
717 }
718
719 /* Not a memory address; check what the problem was. */
720 switch (VALUE_LVAL (lazy_value))
721 {
722 case lval_register:
723 gdb_assert (REGISTER_NAME (VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)) != NULL
724 && *REGISTER_NAME (VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)) != '\0');
725 error (_("Address requested for identifier "
726 "\"%s\" which is in register $%s"),
727 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var),
728 REGISTER_NAME (VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)));
729 break;
730
731 default:
732 error (_("Can't take address of \"%s\" which isn't an lvalue."),
733 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
734 break;
735 }
736 return 0; /* For lint -- never reached */
737 }