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1 /* Generic BFD support for file formats.
2 Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
3 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 Written by Cygnus Support.
5
6 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21
22 /*
23 SECTION
24 File formats
25
26 A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
27 formats supported by BFD are:
28
29 o <<bfd_object>>
30
31 The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.
32
33 o <<bfd_archive>>
34
35 The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.
36
37 o <<bfd_core>>
38
39 The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.
40
41 */
42
43 #include "bfd.h"
44 #include "sysdep.h"
45 #include "libbfd.h"
46
47 /* IMPORT from targets.c. */
48 extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
49
50 /*
51 FUNCTION
52 bfd_check_format
53
54 SYNOPSIS
55 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
56
57 DESCRIPTION
58 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
59 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
60 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
61
62 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
63 call, only the named target and format combination is
64 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
65 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
66 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
67 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
68 the file, or an error results.
69
70 The function returns <<TRUE>> on success, otherwise <<FALSE>>
71 with one of the following error codes:
72
73 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
74 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
75 <<bfd_core>>.
76
77 o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
78 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
79 can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
80
81 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
82 none of the backends recognised the file format.
83
84 o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
85 more than one backend recognised the file format.
86 */
87
88 bfd_boolean
89 bfd_check_format (abfd, format)
90 bfd *abfd;
91 bfd_format format;
92 {
93 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
94 }
95
96 /*
97 FUNCTION
98 bfd_check_format_matches
99
100 SYNOPSIS
101 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format,
102 char ***matching);
103
104 DESCRIPTION
105 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns FALSE with
106 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
107 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
108 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
109 allocated with <<malloc>>.
110 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
111
112 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
113 should free it.
114 */
115
116 bfd_boolean
117 bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, matching)
118 bfd *abfd;
119 bfd_format format;
120 char ***matching;
121 {
122 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
123 const bfd_target * const *target;
124 const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL;
125 const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ;
126 int match_count;
127 int ar_match_index;
128
129 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd)
130 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
131 {
132 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
133 return FALSE;
134 }
135
136 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
137 return abfd->format == format;
138
139 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
140 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
141 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
142 match_count = 0;
143 ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries;
144
145 if (matching)
146 {
147 bfd_size_type amt;
148
149 *matching = NULL;
150 amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries;
151 matching_vector = (const bfd_target **) bfd_malloc (amt);
152 if (!matching_vector)
153 return FALSE;
154 }
155
156 right_targ = 0;
157 ar_right_targ = 0;
158
159 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
160 abfd->format = format;
161
162 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
163 if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
164 {
165 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
166 return FALSE;
167
168 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
169
170 if (right_targ)
171 {
172 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Set the target as returned. */
173
174 if (matching)
175 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
176
177 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
178 }
179
180 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
181 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
182 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
183 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
184 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
185 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
186 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
187 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
188 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
189 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
190 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
191 target. */
192 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
193 {
194 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
195 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
196
197 if (matching)
198 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
199
200 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
201
202 return FALSE;
203 }
204 }
205
206 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
207 {
208 const bfd_target *temp;
209 bfd_error_type err;
210
211 if (*target == &binary_vec)
212 continue;
213
214 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily. */
215
216 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
217 return FALSE;
218
219 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
220 bfd_error_wrong_format. We didn't used to even pay any
221 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
222 _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
223 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
224
225 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
226
227 if (temp)
228 {
229 /* This format checks out as ok! */
230 right_targ = temp;
231
232 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
233 targets might match. People who want those other targets
234 have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */
235 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
236 {
237 match_count = 1;
238 break;
239 }
240
241 if (matching)
242 matching_vector[match_count] = temp;
243
244 match_count++;
245
246 #ifdef GNU960
247 /* Big- and little-endian b.out archives look the same, but it
248 doesn't matter: there is no difference in their headers, and
249 member file byte orders will (I hope) be handled appropriately
250 by bfd. Ditto for big and little coff archives. And the 4
251 coff/b.out object formats are unambiguous. So accept the
252 first match we find. */
253 break;
254 #endif
255 }
256 else if ((err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
257 || err == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
258 {
259 /* An archive with objects of the wrong type, or an
260 ambiguous match. We want this target to match if we get
261 no better matches. */
262 if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
263 ar_right_targ = *target;
264 if (matching)
265 matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
266 ar_match_index++;
267 }
268 else if (err != bfd_error_wrong_format)
269 {
270 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
271 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
272
273 if (matching)
274 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
275
276 return FALSE;
277 }
278 }
279
280 if (match_count == 0)
281 {
282 /* Try partial matches. */
283 right_targ = ar_right_targ;
284
285 if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0])
286 {
287 match_count = 1;
288 }
289 else
290 {
291 match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries;
292
293 if (matching && match_count > 1)
294 memcpy (matching_vector,
295 matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries,
296 sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count);
297 }
298 }
299
300 if (match_count > 1 && bfd_associated_vector != NULL)
301 {
302 const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector;
303
304 while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL)
305 {
306 int i = match_count;
307
308 while (--i >= 0)
309 if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ)
310 break;
311
312 if (i >= 0)
313 {
314 match_count = 1;
315 break;
316 }
317 }
318 }
319
320 if (match_count == 1)
321 {
322 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Change BFD's target permanently. */
323
324 if (matching)
325 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
326
327 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
328 }
329
330 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type. */
331 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format. */
332
333 if (match_count == 0)
334 {
335 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
336
337 if (matching)
338 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
339 }
340 else
341 {
342 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
343
344 if (matching)
345 {
346 *matching = (char **) matching_vector;
347 matching_vector[match_count] = NULL;
348 /* Return target names. This is a little nasty. Maybe we
349 should do another bfd_malloc? */
350 while (--match_count >= 0)
351 {
352 const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name;
353 *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name;
354 }
355 }
356 }
357
358 return FALSE;
359 }
360
361 /*
362 FUNCTION
363 bfd_set_format
364
365 SYNOPSIS
366 bfd_boolean bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
367
368 DESCRIPTION
369 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
370 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
371 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
372 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
373 */
374
375 bfd_boolean
376 bfd_set_format (abfd, format)
377 bfd *abfd;
378 bfd_format format;
379 {
380 if (bfd_read_p (abfd)
381 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
382 {
383 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
384 return FALSE;
385 }
386
387 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
388 return abfd->format == format;
389
390 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
391 abfd->format = format;
392
393 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
394 {
395 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
396 return FALSE;
397 }
398
399 return TRUE;
400 }
401
402 /*
403 FUNCTION
404 bfd_format_string
405
406 SYNOPSIS
407 const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format);
408
409 DESCRIPTION
410 Return a pointer to a const string
411 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
412 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
413 */
414
415 const char *
416 bfd_format_string (format)
417 bfd_format format;
418 {
419 if (((int)format <(int) bfd_unknown)
420 || ((int)format >=(int) bfd_type_end))
421 return "invalid";
422
423 switch (format)
424 {
425 case bfd_object:
426 return "object"; /* Linker/assember/compiler output. */
427 case bfd_archive:
428 return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */
429 case bfd_core:
430 return "core"; /* Core dump. */
431 default:
432 return "unknown";
433 }
434 }