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1 /* This file defines the interface between the simulator and gdb.
2
3 Copyright 1993-2014 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 #if !defined (REMOTE_SIM_H)
21 #define REMOTE_SIM_H 1
22
23 #ifdef __cplusplus
24 extern "C" {
25 #endif
26
27 /* This file is used when building stand-alone simulators, so isolate this
28 file from gdb. */
29
30 /* Pick up CORE_ADDR_TYPE if defined (from gdb), otherwise use same value as
31 gdb does (unsigned int - from defs.h). */
32
33 #ifndef CORE_ADDR_TYPE
34 typedef unsigned int SIM_ADDR;
35 #else
36 typedef CORE_ADDR_TYPE SIM_ADDR;
37 #endif
38
39
40 /* Semi-opaque type used as result of sim_open and passed back to all
41 other routines. "desc" is short for "descriptor".
42 It is up to each simulator to define `sim_state'. */
43
44 typedef struct sim_state *SIM_DESC;
45
46
47 /* Values for `kind' arg to sim_open. */
48
49 typedef enum {
50 SIM_OPEN_STANDALONE, /* simulator used standalone (run.c) */
51 SIM_OPEN_DEBUG /* simulator used by debugger (gdb) */
52 } SIM_OPEN_KIND;
53
54
55 /* Return codes from various functions. */
56
57 typedef enum {
58 SIM_RC_FAIL = 0,
59 SIM_RC_OK = 1
60 } SIM_RC;
61
62
63 /* The bfd struct, as an opaque type. */
64
65 struct bfd;
66
67
68 /* Main simulator entry points. */
69
70
71 /* Create a fully initialized simulator instance.
72
73 (This function is called when the simulator is selected from the
74 gdb command line.)
75
76 KIND specifies how the simulator shall be used. Currently there
77 are only two kinds: stand-alone and debug.
78
79 CALLBACK specifies a standard host callback (defined in callback.h).
80
81 ABFD, when non NULL, designates a target program. The program is
82 not loaded.
83
84 ARGV is a standard ARGV pointer such as that passed from the
85 command line. The syntax of the argument list is is assumed to be
86 ``SIM-PROG { SIM-OPTION } [ TARGET-PROGRAM { TARGET-OPTION } ]''.
87 The trailing TARGET-PROGRAM and args are only valid for a
88 stand-alone simulator.
89
90 On success, the result is a non NULL descriptor that shall be
91 passed to the other sim_foo functions. While the simulator
92 configuration can be parameterized by (in decreasing precedence)
93 ARGV's SIM-OPTION, ARGV's TARGET-PROGRAM and the ABFD argument, the
94 successful creation of the simulator shall not dependent on the
95 presence of any of these arguments/options.
96
97 Hardware simulator: The created simulator shall be sufficiently
98 initialized to handle, with out restrictions any client requests
99 (including memory reads/writes, register fetch/stores and a
100 resume).
101
102 Process simulator: that process is not created until a call to
103 sim_create_inferior. FIXME: What should the state of the simulator
104 be? */
105
106 SIM_DESC sim_open (SIM_OPEN_KIND kind, struct host_callback_struct *callback, struct bfd *abfd, char **argv);
107
108
109 /* Destory a simulator instance.
110
111 QUITTING is non-zero if we cannot hang on errors.
112
113 This may involve freeing target memory and closing any open files
114 and mmap'd areas. You cannot assume sim_kill has already been
115 called. */
116
117 void sim_close (SIM_DESC sd, int quitting);
118
119
120 /* Load program PROG into the simulators memory.
121
122 If ABFD is non-NULL, the bfd for the file has already been opened.
123 The result is a return code indicating success.
124
125 Hardware simulator: Normally, each program section is written into
126 memory according to that sections LMA using physical (direct)
127 addressing. The exception being systems, such as PPC/CHRP, which
128 support more complicated program loaders. A call to this function
129 should not effect the state of the processor registers. Multiple
130 calls to this function are permitted and have an accumulative
131 effect.
132
133 Process simulator: Calls to this function may be ignored.
134
135 FIXME: Most hardware simulators load the image at the VMA using
136 virtual addressing.
137
138 FIXME: For some hardware targets, before a loaded program can be
139 executed, it requires the manipulation of VM registers and tables.
140 Such manipulation should probably (?) occure in
141 sim_create_inferior. */
142
143 SIM_RC sim_load (SIM_DESC sd, const char *prog, struct bfd *abfd, int from_tty);
144
145
146 /* Prepare to run the simulated program.
147
148 ABFD, if not NULL, provides initial processor state information.
149 ARGV and ENV, if non NULL, are NULL terminated lists of pointers.
150
151 Hardware simulator: This function shall initialize the processor
152 registers to a known value. The program counter and possibly stack
153 pointer shall be set using information obtained from ABFD (or
154 hardware reset defaults). ARGV and ENV, dependant on the target
155 ABI, may be written to memory.
156
157 Process simulator: After a call to this function, a new process
158 instance shall exist. The TEXT, DATA, BSS and stack regions shall
159 all be initialized, ARGV and ENV shall be written to process
160 address space (according to the applicable ABI) and the program
161 counter and stack pointer set accordingly. */
162
163 SIM_RC sim_create_inferior (SIM_DESC sd, struct bfd *abfd, char **argv, char **env);
164
165
166 /* Fetch LENGTH bytes of the simulated program's memory. Start fetch
167 at virtual address MEM and store in BUF. Result is number of bytes
168 read, or zero if error. */
169
170 int sim_read (SIM_DESC sd, SIM_ADDR mem, unsigned char *buf, int length);
171
172
173 /* Store LENGTH bytes from BUF into the simulated program's
174 memory. Store bytes starting at virtual address MEM. Result is
175 number of bytes write, or zero if error. */
176
177 int sim_write (SIM_DESC sd, SIM_ADDR mem, const unsigned char *buf, int length);
178
179
180 /* Fetch register REGNO storing its raw (target endian) value in the
181 LENGTH byte buffer BUF. Return the actual size of the register or
182 zero if REGNO is not applicable.
183
184 Legacy implementations ignore LENGTH and always return -1.
185
186 If LENGTH does not match the size of REGNO no data is transfered
187 (the actual register size is still returned). */
188
189 int sim_fetch_register (SIM_DESC sd, int regno, unsigned char *buf, int length);
190
191
192 /* Store register REGNO from the raw (target endian) value in BUF.
193
194 Return the actual size of the register, any size not equal to
195 LENGTH indicates the register was not updated correctly.
196
197 Return a LENGTH of -1 to indicate the register was not updated
198 and an error has occurred.
199
200 Return a LENGTH of 0 to indicate the register was not updated
201 but no error has occurred. */
202
203 int sim_store_register (SIM_DESC sd, int regno, unsigned char *buf, int length);
204
205
206 /* Print whatever statistics the simulator has collected.
207
208 VERBOSE is currently unused and must always be zero. */
209
210 void sim_info (SIM_DESC sd, int verbose);
211
212
213 /* Run (or resume) the simulated program.
214
215 STEP, when non-zero indicates that only a single simulator cycle
216 should be emulated.
217
218 SIGGNAL, if non-zero is a (HOST) SIGRC value indicating the type of
219 event (hardware interrupt, signal) to be delivered to the simulated
220 program.
221
222 Hardware simulator: If the SIGRC value returned by
223 sim_stop_reason() is passed back to the simulator via SIGGNAL then
224 the hardware simulator shall correctly deliver the hardware event
225 indicated by that signal. If a value of zero is passed in then the
226 simulation will continue as if there were no outstanding signal.
227 The effect of any other SIGGNAL value is is implementation
228 dependant.
229
230 Process simulator: If SIGRC is non-zero then the corresponding
231 signal is delivered to the simulated program and execution is then
232 continued. A zero SIGRC value indicates that the program should
233 continue as normal. */
234
235 void sim_resume (SIM_DESC sd, int step, int siggnal);
236
237
238 /* Asynchronous request to stop the simulation.
239 A nonzero return indicates that the simulator is able to handle
240 the request */
241
242 int sim_stop (SIM_DESC sd);
243
244
245 /* Fetch the REASON why the program stopped.
246
247 SIM_EXITED: The program has terminated. SIGRC indicates the target
248 dependant exit status.
249
250 SIM_STOPPED: The program has stopped. SIGRC uses the host's signal
251 numbering as a way of identifying the reaon: program interrupted by
252 user via a sim_stop request (SIGINT); a breakpoint instruction
253 (SIGTRAP); a completed single step (SIGTRAP); an internal error
254 condition (SIGABRT); an illegal instruction (SIGILL); Access to an
255 undefined memory region (SIGSEGV); Mis-aligned memory access
256 (SIGBUS). For some signals information in addition to the signal
257 number may be retained by the simulator (e.g. offending address),
258 that information is not directly accessable via this interface.
259
260 SIM_SIGNALLED: The program has been terminated by a signal. The
261 simulator has encountered target code that causes the the program
262 to exit with signal SIGRC.
263
264 SIM_RUNNING, SIM_POLLING: The return of one of these values
265 indicates a problem internal to the simulator. */
266
267 enum sim_stop { sim_running, sim_polling, sim_exited, sim_stopped, sim_signalled };
268
269 void sim_stop_reason (SIM_DESC sd, enum sim_stop *reason, int *sigrc);
270
271
272 /* Passthru for other commands that the simulator might support.
273 Simulators should be prepared to deal with any combination of NULL
274 or empty CMD. */
275
276 void sim_do_command (SIM_DESC sd, char *cmd);
277
278 /* Complete a command based on the available sim commands. Returns an
279 array of possible matches. */
280
281 char **sim_complete_command (SIM_DESC sd, const char *text, const char *word);
282
283 #ifdef __cplusplus
284 }
285 #endif
286
287 #endif /* !defined (REMOTE_SIM_H) */