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c906108c 1/* Find a variable's value in memory, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
1bac305b 2
6aba47ca
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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.
c906108c 6
c5aa993b 7 This file is part of GDB.
c906108c 8
c5aa993b
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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
a9762ec7 11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
c5aa993b 12 (at your option) any later version.
c906108c 13
c5aa993b
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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.
c906108c 18
c5aa993b 19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
a9762ec7 20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
c906108c
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21
22#include "defs.h"
23#include "symtab.h"
24#include "gdbtypes.h"
25#include "frame.h"
26#include "value.h"
27#include "gdbcore.h"
28#include "inferior.h"
29#include "target.h"
30#include "gdb_string.h"
14e534aa 31#include "gdb_assert.h"
c906108c 32#include "floatformat.h"
c5aa993b 33#include "symfile.h" /* for overlay functions */
4e052eda 34#include "regcache.h"
eb8bc282 35#include "user-regs.h"
fe898f56 36#include "block.h"
c906108c 37
c906108c
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38/* Basic byte-swapping routines. GDB has needed these for a long time...
39 All extract a target-format integer at ADDR which is LEN bytes long. */
40
41#if TARGET_CHAR_BIT != 8 || HOST_CHAR_BIT != 8
42 /* 8 bit characters are a pretty safe assumption these days, so we
43 assume it throughout all these swapping routines. If we had to deal with
44 9 bit characters, we would need to make len be in bits and would have
45 to re-write these routines... */
c5aa993b 46you lose
c906108c
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47#endif
48
a9ac8f51 49LONGEST
0d509538 50extract_signed_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len)
c906108c
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51{
52 LONGEST retval;
37611a2b
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53 const unsigned char *p;
54 const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
55 const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
c906108c
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56
57 if (len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
8a3fe4f8
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58 error (_("\
59That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
baa6f10b 60 (int) sizeof (LONGEST));
c906108c
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61
62 /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
63 the least significant. */
0d20ae72 64 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
c906108c
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65 {
66 p = startaddr;
67 /* Do the sign extension once at the start. */
c5aa993b 68 retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
c906108c
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69 for (++p; p < endaddr; ++p)
70 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
71 }
72 else
73 {
74 p = endaddr - 1;
75 /* Do the sign extension once at the start. */
c5aa993b 76 retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
c906108c
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77 for (--p; p >= startaddr; --p)
78 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
79 }
80 return retval;
81}
82
83ULONGEST
0d509538 84extract_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len)
c906108c
SS
85{
86 ULONGEST retval;
37611a2b
AC
87 const unsigned char *p;
88 const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
89 const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
c906108c
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90
91 if (len > (int) sizeof (ULONGEST))
8a3fe4f8
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92 error (_("\
93That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
baa6f10b 94 (int) sizeof (ULONGEST));
c906108c
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95
96 /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
97 the least significant. */
98 retval = 0;
0d20ae72 99 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
c906108c
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100 {
101 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
102 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
103 }
104 else
105 {
106 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
107 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
108 }
109 return retval;
110}
111
112/* Sometimes a long long unsigned integer can be extracted as a
113 LONGEST value. This is done so that we can print these values
114 better. If this integer can be converted to a LONGEST, this
115 function returns 1 and sets *PVAL. Otherwise it returns 0. */
116
117int
0d509538
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118extract_long_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int orig_len,
119 LONGEST *pval)
c906108c 120{
0d509538
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121 const gdb_byte *p;
122 const gdb_byte *first_addr;
c906108c
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123 int len;
124
125 len = orig_len;
0d20ae72 126 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
c906108c 127 {
0d509538
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128 for (p = addr;
129 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p < addr + orig_len;
c906108c
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130 p++)
131 {
132 if (*p == 0)
133 len--;
134 else
135 break;
136 }
137 first_addr = p;
138 }
139 else
140 {
0d509538
AC
141 first_addr = addr;
142 for (p = addr + orig_len - 1;
143 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p >= addr;
c906108c
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144 p--)
145 {
146 if (*p == 0)
147 len--;
148 else
149 break;
150 }
151 }
152
153 if (len <= (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
154 {
155 *pval = (LONGEST) extract_unsigned_integer (first_addr,
156 sizeof (LONGEST));
157 return 1;
158 }
159
160 return 0;
161}
162
4478b372 163
4478b372
JB
164/* Treat the bytes at BUF as a pointer of type TYPE, and return the
165 address it represents. */
166CORE_ADDR
0d509538 167extract_typed_address (const gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type)
4478b372
JB
168{
169 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
170 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
8e65ff28 171 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
e2e0b3e5
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172 _("extract_typed_address: "
173 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
4478b372 174
76e71323 175 return gdbarch_pointer_to_address (current_gdbarch, type, buf);
4478b372
JB
176}
177
178
c906108c 179void
0d509538 180store_signed_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len, LONGEST val)
c906108c 181{
0d509538
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182 gdb_byte *p;
183 gdb_byte *startaddr = addr;
184 gdb_byte *endaddr = startaddr + len;
c906108c
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185
186 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
187 the most significant. */
0d20ae72 188 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
c906108c
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189 {
190 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
191 {
192 *p = val & 0xff;
193 val >>= 8;
194 }
195 }
196 else
197 {
198 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
199 {
200 *p = val & 0xff;
201 val >>= 8;
202 }
203 }
204}
205
206void
0d509538 207store_unsigned_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len, ULONGEST val)
c906108c
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208{
209 unsigned char *p;
c5aa993b 210 unsigned char *startaddr = (unsigned char *) addr;
c906108c
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211 unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
212
213 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
214 the most significant. */
0d20ae72 215 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
c906108c
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216 {
217 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
218 {
219 *p = val & 0xff;
220 val >>= 8;
221 }
222 }
223 else
224 {
225 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
226 {
227 *p = val & 0xff;
228 val >>= 8;
229 }
230 }
231}
232
4478b372
JB
233/* Store the address ADDR as a pointer of type TYPE at BUF, in target
234 form. */
235void
0d509538 236store_typed_address (gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr)
4478b372
JB
237{
238 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
239 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
8e65ff28 240 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
e2e0b3e5
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241 _("store_typed_address: "
242 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
4478b372 243
76e71323 244 gdbarch_address_to_pointer (current_gdbarch, type, buf, addr);
4478b372
JB
245}
246
247
248
376c9600
AC
249/* Return a `value' with the contents of (virtual or cooked) register
250 REGNUM as found in the specified FRAME. The register's type is
9c5ea4d9 251 determined by register_type(). */
c906108c 252
3d6d86c6 253struct value *
376c9600 254value_of_register (int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
c906108c
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255{
256 CORE_ADDR addr;
257 int optim;
3d6d86c6 258 struct value *reg_val;
ac2adee5 259 int realnum;
10c42a71 260 gdb_byte raw_buffer[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
c906108c
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261 enum lval_type lval;
262
9564ee9f 263 /* User registers lie completely outside of the range of normal
0406ec40 264 registers. Catch them early so that the target never sees them. */
f57d151a
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265 if (regnum >= gdbarch_num_regs (current_gdbarch)
266 + gdbarch_num_pseudo_regs (current_gdbarch))
eb8bc282 267 return value_of_user_reg (regnum, frame);
0406ec40 268
ac2adee5 269 frame_register (frame, regnum, &optim, &lval, &addr, &realnum, raw_buffer);
c906108c 270
7b83296f 271 reg_val = allocate_value (register_type (current_gdbarch, regnum));
c906108c 272
990a07ab 273 memcpy (value_contents_raw (reg_val), raw_buffer,
01e1877c 274 register_size (current_gdbarch, regnum));
c906108c
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275 VALUE_LVAL (reg_val) = lval;
276 VALUE_ADDRESS (reg_val) = addr;
9ee8fc9d 277 VALUE_REGNUM (reg_val) = regnum;
feb13ab0 278 set_value_optimized_out (reg_val, optim);
0c16dd26 279 VALUE_FRAME_ID (reg_val) = get_frame_id (frame);
c906108c
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280 return reg_val;
281}
4478b372
JB
282
283/* Given a pointer of type TYPE in target form in BUF, return the
284 address it represents. */
285CORE_ADDR
b60c417a 286unsigned_pointer_to_address (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
4478b372 287{
af1342ab 288 return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
4478b372
JB
289}
290
ac2e2ef7 291CORE_ADDR
b60c417a 292signed_pointer_to_address (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
ac2e2ef7
AC
293{
294 return extract_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
295}
4478b372
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296
297/* Given an address, store it as a pointer of type TYPE in target
298 format in BUF. */
299void
b60c417a
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300unsigned_address_to_pointer (struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf,
301 CORE_ADDR addr)
4478b372 302{
fbd9dcd3 303 store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), addr);
4478b372
JB
304}
305
ac2e2ef7 306void
b60c417a 307address_to_signed_pointer (struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf, CORE_ADDR addr)
ac2e2ef7
AC
308{
309 store_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), addr);
310}
c906108c
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311\f
312/* Will calling read_var_value or locate_var_value on SYM end
313 up caring what frame it is being evaluated relative to? SYM must
314 be non-NULL. */
315int
fba45db2 316symbol_read_needs_frame (struct symbol *sym)
c906108c
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317{
318 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
319 {
320 /* All cases listed explicitly so that gcc -Wall will detect it if
c5aa993b 321 we failed to consider one. */
4c2df51b
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322 case LOC_COMPUTED:
323 case LOC_COMPUTED_ARG:
a67af2b9
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324 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
325 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_OPS method when available.
d3efc286 326 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
a67af2b9
AC
327 function) location in a function's symbol. Oops! For the
328 moment enable this when/where applicable. */
329 return SYMBOL_OPS (sym)->read_needs_frame (sym);
4c2df51b 330
c906108c
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331 case LOC_REGISTER:
332 case LOC_ARG:
333 case LOC_REF_ARG:
334 case LOC_REGPARM:
335 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
336 case LOC_LOCAL:
337 case LOC_LOCAL_ARG:
338 case LOC_BASEREG:
339 case LOC_BASEREG_ARG:
407caf07 340 case LOC_HP_THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC:
c906108c
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341 return 1;
342
343 case LOC_UNDEF:
344 case LOC_CONST:
345 case LOC_STATIC:
346 case LOC_INDIRECT:
347 case LOC_TYPEDEF:
348
349 case LOC_LABEL:
350 /* Getting the address of a label can be done independently of the block,
c5aa993b
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351 even if some *uses* of that address wouldn't work so well without
352 the right frame. */
c906108c
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353
354 case LOC_BLOCK:
355 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
356 case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
357 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
358 return 0;
359 }
360 return 1;
361}
362
363/* Given a struct symbol for a variable,
364 and a stack frame id, read the value of the variable
365 and return a (pointer to a) struct value containing the value.
366 If the variable cannot be found, return a zero pointer.
206415a3 367 If FRAME is NULL, use the selected frame. */
c906108c 368
3d6d86c6 369struct value *
aa1ee363 370read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
c906108c 371{
52f0bd74 372 struct value *v;
c906108c
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373 struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
374 CORE_ADDR addr;
52f0bd74 375 int len;
c906108c 376
bb044262
DJ
377 if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_COMPUTED
378 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_COMPUTED_ARG
379 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGISTER
380 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM)
381 /* These cases do not use V. */
382 v = NULL;
383 else
384 {
385 v = allocate_value (type);
386 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory; /* The most likely possibility. */
387 }
c906108c
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388
389 len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
390
7dd88986
DJ
391 /* FIXME drow/2003-09-06: this call to the selected frame should be
392 pushed upwards to the callers. */
c5aa993b 393 if (frame == NULL)
7dd88986 394 frame = deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame ();
c906108c
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395
396 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (var))
397 {
398 case LOC_CONST:
399 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
990a07ab 400 store_signed_integer (value_contents_raw (v), len,
c906108c
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401 (LONGEST) SYMBOL_VALUE (var));
402 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
403 return v;
404
405 case LOC_LABEL:
406 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
407 if (overlay_debugging)
4478b372
JB
408 {
409 CORE_ADDR addr
410 = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
411 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
990a07ab 412 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type, addr);
4478b372 413 }
c906108c 414 else
990a07ab 415 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type,
4478b372 416 SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var));
c906108c
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417 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
418 return v;
419
420 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
421 {
4e38b386 422 memcpy (value_contents_raw (v), SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES (var), len);
c906108c
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423 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
424 return v;
425 }
426
427 case LOC_STATIC:
428 if (overlay_debugging)
429 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
430 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
431 else
432 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
433 break;
434
435 case LOC_INDIRECT:
f76febae
AC
436 {
437 /* The import slot does not have a real address in it from the
438 dynamic loader (dld.sl on HP-UX), if the target hasn't
439 begun execution yet, so check for that. */
440 CORE_ADDR locaddr;
441 struct value *loc;
442 if (!target_has_execution)
8a3fe4f8 443 error (_("\
c906108c 444Attempt to access variable defined in different shared object or load module when\n\
8a3fe4f8 445addresses have not been bound by the dynamic loader. Try again when executable is running."));
c5aa993b 446
f76febae 447 locaddr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
00a4c844 448 loc = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), locaddr);
1aa20aa8 449 addr = value_as_address (loc);
bb044262 450 break;
f76febae 451 }
c906108c
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452
453 case LOC_ARG:
454 if (frame == NULL)
455 return 0;
da62e633 456 addr = get_frame_args_address (frame);
c906108c
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457 if (!addr)
458 return 0;
459 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
460 break;
461
462 case LOC_REF_ARG:
f76febae
AC
463 {
464 struct value *ref;
465 CORE_ADDR argref;
466 if (frame == NULL)
467 return 0;
da62e633 468 argref = get_frame_args_address (frame);
f76febae
AC
469 if (!argref)
470 return 0;
471 argref += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
00a4c844 472 ref = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), argref);
1aa20aa8 473 addr = value_as_address (ref);
f76febae
AC
474 break;
475 }
c906108c
SS
476
477 case LOC_LOCAL:
478 case LOC_LOCAL_ARG:
479 if (frame == NULL)
480 return 0;
da62e633 481 addr = get_frame_locals_address (frame);
c906108c
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482 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
483 break;
484
485 case LOC_BASEREG:
486 case LOC_BASEREG_ARG:
407caf07 487 case LOC_HP_THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC:
c906108c 488 {
3d6d86c6 489 struct value *regval;
c5aa993b 490
9ed10b08
ND
491 regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
492 SYMBOL_BASEREG (var), frame);
493 if (regval == NULL)
8a3fe4f8 494 error (_("Value of base register not available."));
1aa20aa8 495 addr = value_as_address (regval);
c5aa993b
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496 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
497 break;
c906108c 498 }
c5aa993b 499
c906108c 500 case LOC_TYPEDEF:
8a3fe4f8 501 error (_("Cannot look up value of a typedef"));
c906108c
SS
502 break;
503
504 case LOC_BLOCK:
505 if (overlay_debugging)
c5aa993b 506 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = symbol_overlayed_address
c906108c
SS
507 (BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var)), SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
508 else
509 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var));
510 return v;
511
512 case LOC_REGISTER:
513 case LOC_REGPARM:
514 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
515 {
516 struct block *b;
517 int regno = SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
3d6d86c6 518 struct value *regval;
c906108c
SS
519
520 if (frame == NULL)
521 return 0;
ae767bfb 522 b = get_frame_block (frame, 0);
c906108c
SS
523
524 if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM_ADDR)
525 {
526 regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
c5aa993b 527 regno,
c906108c
SS
528 frame);
529
530 if (regval == NULL)
8a3fe4f8 531 error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
c906108c 532
1aa20aa8 533 addr = value_as_address (regval);
c906108c
SS
534 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory;
535 }
536 else
537 {
538 regval = value_from_register (type, regno, frame);
539
540 if (regval == NULL)
8a3fe4f8 541 error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
c906108c
SS
542 return regval;
543 }
544 }
545 break;
546
4c2df51b
DJ
547 case LOC_COMPUTED:
548 case LOC_COMPUTED_ARG:
a67af2b9
AC
549 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
550 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_OPS method when available.
d3efc286 551 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
a67af2b9
AC
552 function) location in a function's symbol. Oops! For the
553 moment enable this when/where applicable. */
554 if (frame == 0 && SYMBOL_OPS (var)->read_needs_frame (var))
555 return 0;
556 return SYMBOL_OPS (var)->read_variable (var, frame);
4c2df51b 557
c906108c
SS
558 case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
559 {
560 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
561
22abf04a 562 msym = lookup_minimal_symbol (DEPRECATED_SYMBOL_NAME (var), NULL, NULL);
c906108c
SS
563 if (msym == NULL)
564 return 0;
565 if (overlay_debugging)
566 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym),
567 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (msym));
568 else
569 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym);
570 }
571 break;
572
573 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
574 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
feb13ab0 575 set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
c906108c
SS
576 return v;
577
578 default:
8a3fe4f8 579 error (_("Cannot look up value of a botched symbol."));
c906108c
SS
580 break;
581 }
582
583 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = addr;
dfa52d88 584 set_value_lazy (v, 1);
c906108c
SS
585 return v;
586}
587
9acbedc0
UW
588/* Install default attributes for register values. */
589
590struct value *
591default_value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum,
592 struct frame_info *frame)
593{
594 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
595 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
596 struct value *value = allocate_value (type);
597
598 VALUE_LVAL (value) = lval_register;
599 VALUE_FRAME_ID (value) = get_frame_id (frame);
600 VALUE_REGNUM (value) = regnum;
601
602 /* Any structure stored in more than one register will always be
603 an integral number of registers. Otherwise, you need to do
604 some fiddling with the last register copied here for little
605 endian machines. */
0d20ae72 606 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG
9acbedc0
UW
607 && len < register_size (gdbarch, regnum))
608 /* Big-endian, and we want less than full size. */
609 set_value_offset (value, register_size (gdbarch, regnum) - len);
610 else
611 set_value_offset (value, 0);
612
613 return value;
614}
615
00fa51f6 616/* Return a value of type TYPE, stored in register REGNUM, in frame FRAME. */
c906108c 617
3d6d86c6 618struct value *
fba45db2 619value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
c906108c 620{
ff2e87ac 621 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
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622 struct type *type1 = check_typedef (type);
623 struct value *v;
624
c1afe53d 625 if (gdbarch_convert_register_p (current_gdbarch, regnum, type1))
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626 {
627 /* The ISA/ABI need to something weird when obtaining the
628 specified value from this register. It might need to
629 re-order non-adjacent, starting with REGNUM (see MIPS and
630 i386). It might need to convert the [float] register into
631 the corresponding [integer] type (see Alpha). The assumption
c1afe53d 632 is that gdbarch_register_to_value populates the entire value
ff2e87ac 633 including the location. */
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634 v = allocate_value (type);
635 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_register;
636 VALUE_FRAME_ID (v) = get_frame_id (frame);
637 VALUE_REGNUM (v) = regnum;
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638 gdbarch_register_to_value (current_gdbarch,
639 frame, regnum, type1, value_contents_raw (v));
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640 }
641 else
c906108c 642 {
ff2e87ac 643 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
00fa51f6 644
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645 /* Construct the value. */
646 v = gdbarch_value_from_register (gdbarch, type, regnum, frame);
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648 /* Get the data. */
649 if (!get_frame_register_bytes (frame, regnum, value_offset (v), len,
650 value_contents_raw (v)))
651 set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
c906108c 652 }
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653 return v;
654}
ff2e87ac 655
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656/* Return contents of register REGNUM in frame FRAME as address,
657 interpreted as value of type TYPE. Will abort if register
658 value is not available. */
659
660CORE_ADDR
661address_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
662{
663 struct value *value;
664 CORE_ADDR result;
665
666 value = value_from_register (type, regnum, frame);
667 gdb_assert (value);
668
669 result = value_as_address (value);
670 release_value (value);
671 value_free (value);
672
673 return result;
674}
675
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676\f
677/* Given a struct symbol for a variable or function,
678 and a stack frame id,
679 return a (pointer to a) struct value containing the properly typed
680 address. */
681
3d6d86c6 682struct value *
aa1ee363 683locate_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
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684{
685 CORE_ADDR addr = 0;
686 struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
3d6d86c6 687 struct value *lazy_value;
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689 /* Evaluate it first; if the result is a memory address, we're fine.
690 Lazy evaluation pays off here. */
691
692 lazy_value = read_var_value (var, frame);
693 if (lazy_value == 0)
8a3fe4f8 694 error (_("Address of \"%s\" is unknown."), SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
c906108c 695
d69fe07e 696 if (value_lazy (lazy_value)
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697 || TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC)
698 {
3d6d86c6 699 struct value *val;
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700
701 addr = VALUE_ADDRESS (lazy_value);
4478b372 702 val = value_from_pointer (lookup_pointer_type (type), addr);
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703 return val;
704 }
705
706 /* Not a memory address; check what the problem was. */
c5aa993b 707 switch (VALUE_LVAL (lazy_value))
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708 {
709 case lval_register:
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710 gdb_assert (gdbarch_register_name
711 (current_gdbarch, VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)) != NULL
712 && *gdbarch_register_name
713 (current_gdbarch, VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)) != '\0');
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714 error (_("Address requested for identifier "
715 "\"%s\" which is in register $%s"),
de5ad195 716 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var),
c9f4d572 717 gdbarch_register_name (current_gdbarch, VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)));
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718 break;
719
c906108c 720 default:
8a3fe4f8 721 error (_("Can't take address of \"%s\" which isn't an lvalue."),
de5ad195 722 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
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723 break;
724 }
c5aa993b 725 return 0; /* For lint -- never reached */
c906108c 726}