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1 /* Find a variable's value in memory, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 This file is part of GDB.
6
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
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
11
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.
16
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19
20 #include "defs.h"
21 #include "symtab.h"
22 #include "gdbtypes.h"
23 #include "frame.h"
24 #include "value.h"
25 #include "gdbcore.h"
26 #include "inferior.h"
27 #include "target.h"
28 #include "gdb_string.h"
29 #include "gdb_assert.h"
30 #include "floatformat.h"
31 #include "symfile.h" /* for overlay functions */
32 #include "regcache.h"
33 #include "user-regs.h"
34 #include "block.h"
35 #include "objfiles.h"
36 #include "language.h"
37
38 /* Basic byte-swapping routines. All 'extract' functions return a
39 host-format integer from a target-format integer at ADDR which is
40 LEN bytes long. */
41
42 #if TARGET_CHAR_BIT != 8 || HOST_CHAR_BIT != 8
43 /* 8 bit characters are a pretty safe assumption these days, so we
44 assume it throughout all these swapping routines. If we had to deal with
45 9 bit characters, we would need to make len be in bits and would have
46 to re-write these routines... */
47 you lose
48 #endif
49
50 LONGEST
51 extract_signed_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len,
52 enum bfd_endian byte_order)
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 (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 enum bfd_endian byte_order)
88 {
89 ULONGEST retval;
90 const unsigned char *p;
91 const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
92 const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
93
94 if (len > (int) sizeof (ULONGEST))
95 error (_("\
96 That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
97 (int) sizeof (ULONGEST));
98
99 /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
100 the least significant. */
101 retval = 0;
102 if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
103 {
104 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
105 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
106 }
107 else
108 {
109 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
110 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
111 }
112 return retval;
113 }
114
115 /* Sometimes a long long unsigned integer can be extracted as a
116 LONGEST value. This is done so that we can print these values
117 better. If this integer can be converted to a LONGEST, this
118 function returns 1 and sets *PVAL. Otherwise it returns 0. */
119
120 int
121 extract_long_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int orig_len,
122 enum bfd_endian byte_order, LONGEST *pval)
123 {
124 const gdb_byte *p;
125 const gdb_byte *first_addr;
126 int len;
127
128 len = orig_len;
129 if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
130 {
131 for (p = addr;
132 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p < addr + orig_len;
133 p++)
134 {
135 if (*p == 0)
136 len--;
137 else
138 break;
139 }
140 first_addr = p;
141 }
142 else
143 {
144 first_addr = addr;
145 for (p = addr + orig_len - 1;
146 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p >= addr;
147 p--)
148 {
149 if (*p == 0)
150 len--;
151 else
152 break;
153 }
154 }
155
156 if (len <= (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
157 {
158 *pval = (LONGEST) extract_unsigned_integer (first_addr,
159 sizeof (LONGEST),
160 byte_order);
161 return 1;
162 }
163
164 return 0;
165 }
166
167
168 /* Treat the bytes at BUF as a pointer of type TYPE, and return the
169 address it represents. */
170 CORE_ADDR
171 extract_typed_address (const gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type)
172 {
173 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
174 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
175 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
176 _("extract_typed_address: "
177 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
178
179 return gdbarch_pointer_to_address (get_type_arch (type), type, buf);
180 }
181
182 /* All 'store' functions accept a host-format integer and store a
183 target-format integer at ADDR which is LEN bytes long. */
184
185 void
186 store_signed_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len,
187 enum bfd_endian byte_order, LONGEST val)
188 {
189 gdb_byte *p;
190 gdb_byte *startaddr = addr;
191 gdb_byte *endaddr = startaddr + len;
192
193 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
194 the most significant. */
195 if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
196 {
197 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
198 {
199 *p = val & 0xff;
200 val >>= 8;
201 }
202 }
203 else
204 {
205 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
206 {
207 *p = val & 0xff;
208 val >>= 8;
209 }
210 }
211 }
212
213 void
214 store_unsigned_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len,
215 enum bfd_endian byte_order, ULONGEST val)
216 {
217 unsigned char *p;
218 unsigned char *startaddr = (unsigned char *) addr;
219 unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
220
221 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
222 the most significant. */
223 if (byte_order == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
224 {
225 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
226 {
227 *p = val & 0xff;
228 val >>= 8;
229 }
230 }
231 else
232 {
233 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
234 {
235 *p = val & 0xff;
236 val >>= 8;
237 }
238 }
239 }
240
241 /* Store the address ADDR as a pointer of type TYPE at BUF, in target
242 form. */
243 void
244 store_typed_address (gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr)
245 {
246 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
247 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
248 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
249 _("store_typed_address: "
250 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
251
252 gdbarch_address_to_pointer (get_type_arch (type), type, buf, addr);
253 }
254
255
256
257 /* Return a `value' with the contents of (virtual or cooked) register
258 REGNUM as found in the specified FRAME. The register's type is
259 determined by register_type(). */
260
261 struct value *
262 value_of_register (int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
263 {
264 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
265 CORE_ADDR addr;
266 int optim;
267 int unavail;
268 struct value *reg_val;
269 struct type *reg_type;
270 int realnum;
271 gdb_byte raw_buffer[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
272 enum lval_type lval;
273
274 /* User registers lie completely outside of the range of normal
275 registers. Catch them early so that the target never sees them. */
276 if (regnum >= gdbarch_num_regs (gdbarch)
277 + gdbarch_num_pseudo_regs (gdbarch))
278 return value_of_user_reg (regnum, frame);
279
280 frame_register (frame, regnum, &optim, &unavail,
281 &lval, &addr, &realnum, raw_buffer);
282
283 reg_type = register_type (gdbarch, regnum);
284 if (optim)
285 reg_val = allocate_optimized_out_value (reg_type);
286 else
287 reg_val = allocate_value (reg_type);
288
289 if (!optim && !unavail)
290 memcpy (value_contents_raw (reg_val), raw_buffer,
291 register_size (gdbarch, regnum));
292 else
293 memset (value_contents_raw (reg_val), 0,
294 register_size (gdbarch, regnum));
295
296 VALUE_LVAL (reg_val) = lval;
297 set_value_address (reg_val, addr);
298 VALUE_REGNUM (reg_val) = regnum;
299 if (unavail)
300 mark_value_bytes_unavailable (reg_val, 0, register_size (gdbarch, regnum));
301 VALUE_FRAME_ID (reg_val) = get_frame_id (frame);
302 return reg_val;
303 }
304
305 /* Return a `value' with the contents of (virtual or cooked) register
306 REGNUM as found in the specified FRAME. The register's type is
307 determined by register_type(). The value is not fetched. */
308
309 struct value *
310 value_of_register_lazy (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum)
311 {
312 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
313 struct value *reg_val;
314
315 gdb_assert (regnum < (gdbarch_num_regs (gdbarch)
316 + gdbarch_num_pseudo_regs (gdbarch)));
317
318 /* We should have a valid (i.e. non-sentinel) frame. */
319 gdb_assert (frame_id_p (get_frame_id (frame)));
320
321 reg_val = allocate_value_lazy (register_type (gdbarch, regnum));
322 VALUE_LVAL (reg_val) = lval_register;
323 VALUE_REGNUM (reg_val) = regnum;
324 VALUE_FRAME_ID (reg_val) = get_frame_id (frame);
325 return reg_val;
326 }
327
328 /* Given a pointer of type TYPE in target form in BUF, return the
329 address it represents. */
330 CORE_ADDR
331 unsigned_pointer_to_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
332 struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
333 {
334 enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
335
336 return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order);
337 }
338
339 CORE_ADDR
340 signed_pointer_to_address (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
341 struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
342 {
343 enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
344
345 return extract_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order);
346 }
347
348 /* Given an address, store it as a pointer of type TYPE in target
349 format in BUF. */
350 void
351 unsigned_address_to_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct type *type,
352 gdb_byte *buf, CORE_ADDR addr)
353 {
354 enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
355
356 store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order, addr);
357 }
358
359 void
360 address_to_signed_pointer (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct type *type,
361 gdb_byte *buf, CORE_ADDR addr)
362 {
363 enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch);
364
365 store_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), byte_order, addr);
366 }
367 \f
368 /* Will calling read_var_value or locate_var_value on SYM end
369 up caring what frame it is being evaluated relative to? SYM must
370 be non-NULL. */
371 int
372 symbol_read_needs_frame (struct symbol *sym)
373 {
374 if (SYMBOL_COMPUTED_OPS (sym) != NULL)
375 return SYMBOL_COMPUTED_OPS (sym)->read_needs_frame (sym);
376
377 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
378 {
379 /* All cases listed explicitly so that gcc -Wall will detect it if
380 we failed to consider one. */
381 case LOC_COMPUTED:
382 gdb_assert_not_reached (_("LOC_COMPUTED variable missing a method"));
383
384 case LOC_REGISTER:
385 case LOC_ARG:
386 case LOC_REF_ARG:
387 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
388 case LOC_LOCAL:
389 return 1;
390
391 case LOC_UNDEF:
392 case LOC_CONST:
393 case LOC_STATIC:
394 case LOC_TYPEDEF:
395
396 case LOC_LABEL:
397 /* Getting the address of a label can be done independently of the block,
398 even if some *uses* of that address wouldn't work so well without
399 the right frame. */
400
401 case LOC_BLOCK:
402 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
403 case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
404 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
405 return 0;
406 }
407 return 1;
408 }
409
410 /* Private data to be used with minsym_lookup_iterator_cb. */
411
412 struct minsym_lookup_data
413 {
414 /* The name of the minimal symbol we are searching for. */
415 const char *name;
416
417 /* The field where the callback should store the minimal symbol
418 if found. It should be initialized to NULL before the search
419 is started. */
420 struct minimal_symbol *result;
421
422 /* The objfile in which the symbol was found. */
423 struct objfile *objfile;
424 };
425
426 /* A callback function for gdbarch_iterate_over_objfiles_in_search_order.
427 It searches by name for a minimal symbol within the given OBJFILE.
428 The arguments are passed via CB_DATA, which in reality is a pointer
429 to struct minsym_lookup_data. */
430
431 static int
432 minsym_lookup_iterator_cb (struct objfile *objfile, void *cb_data)
433 {
434 struct minsym_lookup_data *data = (struct minsym_lookup_data *) cb_data;
435
436 gdb_assert (data->result == NULL);
437
438 data->result = lookup_minimal_symbol (data->name, NULL, objfile);
439 data->objfile = objfile;
440
441 /* The iterator should stop iff a match was found. */
442 return (data->result != NULL);
443 }
444
445 /* A default implementation for the "la_read_var_value" hook in
446 the language vector which should work in most situations. */
447
448 struct value *
449 default_read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
450 {
451 struct value *v;
452 struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
453 CORE_ADDR addr;
454
455 /* Call check_typedef on our type to make sure that, if TYPE is
456 a TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF, its length is set to the length of the target type
457 instead of zero. However, we do not replace the typedef type by the
458 target type, because we want to keep the typedef in order to be able to
459 set the returned value type description correctly. */
460 check_typedef (type);
461
462 if (symbol_read_needs_frame (var))
463 gdb_assert (frame);
464
465 if (SYMBOL_COMPUTED_OPS (var) != NULL)
466 return SYMBOL_COMPUTED_OPS (var)->read_variable (var, frame);
467
468 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (var))
469 {
470 case LOC_CONST:
471 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
472 v = allocate_value (type);
473 store_signed_integer (value_contents_raw (v), TYPE_LENGTH (type),
474 gdbarch_byte_order (get_type_arch (type)),
475 (LONGEST) SYMBOL_VALUE (var));
476 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
477 return v;
478
479 case LOC_LABEL:
480 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
481 v = allocate_value (type);
482 if (overlay_debugging)
483 {
484 CORE_ADDR addr
485 = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
486 SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (SYMBOL_OBJFILE (var),
487 var));
488
489 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type, addr);
490 }
491 else
492 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type,
493 SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var));
494 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
495 return v;
496
497 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
498 v = allocate_value (type);
499 memcpy (value_contents_raw (v), SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES (var),
500 TYPE_LENGTH (type));
501 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
502 return v;
503
504 case LOC_STATIC:
505 if (overlay_debugging)
506 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
507 SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (SYMBOL_OBJFILE (var),
508 var));
509 else
510 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
511 break;
512
513 case LOC_ARG:
514 addr = get_frame_args_address (frame);
515 if (!addr)
516 error (_("Unknown argument list address for `%s'."),
517 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
518 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
519 break;
520
521 case LOC_REF_ARG:
522 {
523 struct value *ref;
524 CORE_ADDR argref;
525
526 argref = get_frame_args_address (frame);
527 if (!argref)
528 error (_("Unknown argument list address for `%s'."),
529 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
530 argref += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
531 ref = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), argref);
532 addr = value_as_address (ref);
533 break;
534 }
535
536 case LOC_LOCAL:
537 addr = get_frame_locals_address (frame);
538 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
539 break;
540
541 case LOC_TYPEDEF:
542 error (_("Cannot look up value of a typedef `%s'."),
543 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
544 break;
545
546 case LOC_BLOCK:
547 if (overlay_debugging)
548 addr = symbol_overlayed_address
549 (BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var)), SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (SYMBOL_OBJFILE (var),
550 var));
551 else
552 addr = BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var));
553 break;
554
555 case LOC_REGISTER:
556 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
557 {
558 int regno = SYMBOL_REGISTER_OPS (var)
559 ->register_number (var, get_frame_arch (frame));
560 struct value *regval;
561
562 if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM_ADDR)
563 {
564 regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
565 regno,
566 frame);
567
568 if (regval == NULL)
569 error (_("Value of register variable not available for `%s'."),
570 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
571
572 addr = value_as_address (regval);
573 }
574 else
575 {
576 regval = value_from_register (type, regno, frame);
577
578 if (regval == NULL)
579 error (_("Value of register variable not available for `%s'."),
580 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
581 return regval;
582 }
583 }
584 break;
585
586 case LOC_COMPUTED:
587 gdb_assert_not_reached (_("LOC_COMPUTED variable missing a method"));
588
589 case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
590 {
591 struct minsym_lookup_data lookup_data;
592 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
593 struct obj_section *obj_section;
594
595 memset (&lookup_data, 0, sizeof (lookup_data));
596 lookup_data.name = SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (var);
597
598 gdbarch_iterate_over_objfiles_in_search_order
599 (get_objfile_arch (SYMBOL_SYMTAB (var)->objfile),
600 minsym_lookup_iterator_cb, &lookup_data,
601 SYMBOL_SYMTAB (var)->objfile);
602 msym = lookup_data.result;
603
604 if (msym == NULL)
605 error (_("No global symbol \"%s\"."), SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (var));
606 if (overlay_debugging)
607 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym),
608 SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (lookup_data.objfile,
609 msym));
610 else
611 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym);
612
613 obj_section = SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION (lookup_data.objfile, msym);
614 if (obj_section
615 && (obj_section->the_bfd_section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL) != 0)
616 addr = target_translate_tls_address (obj_section->objfile, addr);
617 }
618 break;
619
620 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
621 return allocate_optimized_out_value (type);
622
623 default:
624 error (_("Cannot look up value of a botched symbol `%s'."),
625 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
626 break;
627 }
628
629 v = value_at_lazy (type, addr);
630 return v;
631 }
632
633 /* Calls VAR's language la_read_var_value hook with the given arguments. */
634
635 struct value *
636 read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
637 {
638 const struct language_defn *lang = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (var));
639
640 gdb_assert (lang != NULL);
641 gdb_assert (lang->la_read_var_value != NULL);
642
643 return lang->la_read_var_value (var, frame);
644 }
645
646 /* Install default attributes for register values. */
647
648 struct value *
649 default_value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum,
650 struct frame_info *frame)
651 {
652 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
653 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
654 struct value *value = allocate_value (type);
655
656 VALUE_LVAL (value) = lval_register;
657 VALUE_FRAME_ID (value) = get_frame_id (frame);
658 VALUE_REGNUM (value) = regnum;
659
660 /* Any structure stored in more than one register will always be
661 an integral number of registers. Otherwise, you need to do
662 some fiddling with the last register copied here for little
663 endian machines. */
664 if (gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG
665 && len < register_size (gdbarch, regnum))
666 /* Big-endian, and we want less than full size. */
667 set_value_offset (value, register_size (gdbarch, regnum) - len);
668 else
669 set_value_offset (value, 0);
670
671 return value;
672 }
673
674 /* VALUE must be an lval_register value. If regnum is the value's
675 associated register number, and len the length of the values type,
676 read one or more registers in FRAME, starting with register REGNUM,
677 until we've read LEN bytes.
678
679 If any of the registers we try to read are optimized out, then mark the
680 complete resulting value as optimized out. */
681
682 void
683 read_frame_register_value (struct value *value, struct frame_info *frame)
684 {
685 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
686 int offset = 0;
687 int reg_offset = value_offset (value);
688 int regnum = VALUE_REGNUM (value);
689 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (check_typedef (value_type (value)));
690
691 gdb_assert (VALUE_LVAL (value) == lval_register);
692
693 /* Skip registers wholly inside of REG_OFFSET. */
694 while (reg_offset >= register_size (gdbarch, regnum))
695 {
696 reg_offset -= register_size (gdbarch, regnum);
697 regnum++;
698 }
699
700 /* Copy the data. */
701 while (len > 0)
702 {
703 struct value *regval = get_frame_register_value (frame, regnum);
704 int reg_len = TYPE_LENGTH (value_type (regval)) - reg_offset;
705
706 if (value_optimized_out (regval))
707 {
708 set_value_optimized_out (value, 1);
709 break;
710 }
711
712 /* If the register length is larger than the number of bytes
713 remaining to copy, then only copy the appropriate bytes. */
714 if (reg_len > len)
715 reg_len = len;
716
717 value_contents_copy (value, offset, regval, reg_offset, reg_len);
718
719 offset += reg_len;
720 len -= reg_len;
721 reg_offset = 0;
722 regnum++;
723 }
724 }
725
726 /* Return a value of type TYPE, stored in register REGNUM, in frame FRAME. */
727
728 struct value *
729 value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
730 {
731 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
732 struct type *type1 = check_typedef (type);
733 struct value *v;
734
735 if (gdbarch_convert_register_p (gdbarch, regnum, type1))
736 {
737 int optim, unavail, ok;
738
739 /* The ISA/ABI need to something weird when obtaining the
740 specified value from this register. It might need to
741 re-order non-adjacent, starting with REGNUM (see MIPS and
742 i386). It might need to convert the [float] register into
743 the corresponding [integer] type (see Alpha). The assumption
744 is that gdbarch_register_to_value populates the entire value
745 including the location. */
746 v = allocate_value (type);
747 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_register;
748 VALUE_FRAME_ID (v) = get_frame_id (frame);
749 VALUE_REGNUM (v) = regnum;
750 ok = gdbarch_register_to_value (gdbarch, frame, regnum, type1,
751 value_contents_raw (v), &optim,
752 &unavail);
753
754 if (!ok)
755 {
756 if (optim)
757 set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
758 if (unavail)
759 mark_value_bytes_unavailable (v, 0, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
760 }
761 }
762 else
763 {
764 /* Construct the value. */
765 v = gdbarch_value_from_register (gdbarch, type, regnum, frame);
766
767 /* Get the data. */
768 read_frame_register_value (v, frame);
769 }
770
771 return v;
772 }
773
774 /* Return contents of register REGNUM in frame FRAME as address,
775 interpreted as value of type TYPE. Will abort if register
776 value is not available. */
777
778 CORE_ADDR
779 address_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
780 {
781 struct value *value;
782 CORE_ADDR result;
783
784 value = value_from_register (type, regnum, frame);
785 gdb_assert (value);
786
787 result = value_as_address (value);
788 release_value (value);
789 value_free (value);
790
791 return result;
792 }
793