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1 /* Machine independent variables that describe the core file under GDB.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6 This file is part of GDB.
7
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.
12
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.
17
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
20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
21 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
22
23 /* Interface routines for core, executable, etc. */
24
25 #if !defined (GDBCORE_H)
26 #define GDBCORE_H 1
27
28 struct type;
29
30 #include "bfd.h"
31
32 /* Return the name of the executable file as a string.
33 ERR nonzero means get error if there is none specified;
34 otherwise return 0 in that case. */
35
36 extern char *get_exec_file (int err);
37
38 /* Nonzero if there is a core file. */
39
40 extern int have_core_file_p (void);
41
42 /* Read "memory data" from whatever target or inferior we have.
43 Returns zero if successful, errno value if not. EIO is used for
44 address out of bounds. If breakpoints are inserted, returns shadow
45 contents, not the breakpoints themselves. From breakpoint.c. */
46
47 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-06-10: Code reading from a live inferior can use
48 the get_frame_memory methods, code reading from an exec can use the
49 target methods. */
50
51 extern int read_memory_nobpt (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr,
52 unsigned len);
53
54 /* Report a memory error with error(). */
55
56 extern void memory_error (int status, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
57
58 /* Like target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read. */
59
60 extern void read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
61
62 /* Read an integer from debugged memory, given address and number of
63 bytes. */
64
65 extern LONGEST read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
66 extern int safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len, LONGEST *return_value);
67
68 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged memory, given address and
69 number of bytes. */
70
71 extern ULONGEST read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
72
73 /* Read a null-terminated string from the debuggee's memory, given address,
74 * a buffer into which to place the string, and the maximum available space */
75
76 extern void read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR, char *, int);
77
78 /* Read the pointer of type TYPE at ADDR, and return the address it
79 represents. */
80
81 CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
82
83 /* This takes a char *, not void *. This is probably right, because
84 passing in an int * or whatever is wrong with respect to
85 byteswapping, alignment, different sizes for host vs. target types,
86 etc. */
87
88 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr, int len);
89
90 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
91 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
92 ULONGEST value);
93
94 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
95 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
96 LONGEST value);
97
98 extern void generic_search (int len, char *data, char *mask,
99 CORE_ADDR startaddr, int increment,
100 CORE_ADDR lorange, CORE_ADDR hirange,
101 CORE_ADDR * addr_found, char *data_found);
102 \f
103 /* Hook for `exec_file_command' command to call. */
104
105 extern void (*deprecated_exec_file_display_hook) (char *filename);
106
107 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
108 (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before). */
109
110 extern void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (char *filename);
111
112 extern void specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (char *filename));
113
114 /* Binary File Diddlers for the exec and core files. */
115
116 extern bfd *core_bfd;
117 extern bfd *exec_bfd;
118
119 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
120
121 extern int write_files;
122
123 extern void core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty);
124
125 extern void exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty);
126
127 extern void exec_file_clear (int from_tty);
128
129 extern void validate_files (void);
130
131 extern CORE_ADDR register_addr (int regno, CORE_ADDR blockend);
132
133 #if !defined (KERNEL_U_ADDR)
134 extern CORE_ADDR kernel_u_addr;
135 #define KERNEL_U_ADDR kernel_u_addr
136 #endif
137
138 /* The target vector for core files. */
139
140 extern struct target_ops core_ops;
141
142 /* The current default bfd target. */
143
144 extern char *gnutarget;
145
146 extern void set_gnutarget (char *);
147
148 /* Structure to keep track of core register reading functions for
149 various core file types. */
150
151 struct core_fns
152 {
153
154 /* BFD flavour that a core file handler is prepared to read. This
155 can be used by the handler's core tasting function as a first
156 level filter to reject BFD's that don't have the right
157 flavour. */
158
159 enum bfd_flavour core_flavour;
160
161 /* Core file handler function to call to recognize corefile
162 formats that BFD rejects. Some core file format just don't fit
163 into the BFD model, or may require other resources to identify
164 them, that simply aren't available to BFD (such as symbols from
165 another file). Returns nonzero if the handler recognizes the
166 format, zero otherwise. */
167
168 int (*check_format) (bfd *);
169
170 /* Core file handler function to call to ask if it can handle a
171 given core file format or not. Returns zero if it can't,
172 nonzero otherwise. */
173
174 int (*core_sniffer) (struct core_fns *, bfd *);
175
176 /* Extract the register values out of the core file and store them where
177 `read_register' will find them.
178
179 CORE_REG_SECT points to the register values themselves, read into
180 memory.
181
182 CORE_REG_SIZE is the size of that area.
183
184 WHICH says which set of registers we are handling:
185 0 --- integer registers
186 2 --- floating-point registers, on machines where they are
187 discontiguous
188 3 --- extended floating-point registers, on machines where
189 these are present in yet a third area. (GNU/Linux uses
190 this to get at the SSE registers.)
191
192 REG_ADDR is the offset from u.u_ar0 to the register values relative to
193 core_reg_sect. This is used with old-fashioned core files to locate the
194 registers in a large upage-plus-stack ".reg" section. Original upage
195 address X is at location core_reg_sect+x+reg_addr. */
196
197 void (*core_read_registers) (char *core_reg_sect,
198 unsigned core_reg_size,
199 int which, CORE_ADDR reg_addr);
200
201 /* Finds the next struct core_fns. They are allocated and
202 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
203 to; an initializer calls deprecated_add_core_fns to add them to
204 the global chain. */
205
206 struct core_fns *next;
207
208 };
209
210 /* NOTE: cagney/2004-04-05: Replaced by "regset.h" and
211 regset_from_core_section(). */
212 extern void deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf);
213 extern int default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *cf, bfd * abfd);
214 extern int default_check_format (bfd * abfd);
215
216 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */