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1 /* Machine independent variables that describe the core file under GDB.
2 Copyright 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
3 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 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 2 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, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
20 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21
22 /* Interface routines for core, executable, etc. */
23
24 #if !defined (GDBCORE_H)
25 #define GDBCORE_H 1
26
27 #include "bfd.h"
28
29 /* Return the name of the executable file as a string.
30 ERR nonzero means get error if there is none specified;
31 otherwise return 0 in that case. */
32
33 extern char *get_exec_file (int err);
34
35 /* Nonzero if there is a core file. */
36
37 extern int have_core_file_p (void);
38
39 /* Read "memory data" from whatever target or inferior we have.
40 Returns zero if successful, errno value if not. EIO is used for
41 address out of bounds. If breakpoints are inserted, returns shadow
42 contents, not the breakpoints themselves. From breakpoint.c. */
43
44 extern int read_memory_nobpt (CORE_ADDR memaddr, char *myaddr, unsigned len);
45
46 /* Report a memory error with error(). */
47
48 extern void memory_error (int status, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
49
50 /* Like target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read. */
51
52 extern void read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, char *myaddr, int len);
53
54 /* Read an integer from debugged memory, given address and number of
55 bytes. */
56
57 extern LONGEST read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
58 extern int safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len, LONGEST *return_value);
59
60 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged memory, given address and
61 number of bytes. */
62
63 extern ULONGEST read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
64
65 /* Read a null-terminated string from the debuggee's memory, given address,
66 * a buffer into which to place the string, and the maximum available space */
67 extern void read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR, char *, int);
68
69 /* This takes a char *, not void *. This is probably right, because
70 passing in an int * or whatever is wrong with respect to
71 byteswapping, alignment, different sizes for host vs. target types,
72 etc. */
73
74 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, char *myaddr, int len);
75
76 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
77 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
78 ULONGEST value);
79
80 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
81 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
82 LONGEST value);
83
84 extern void generic_search (int len, char *data, char *mask,
85 CORE_ADDR startaddr, int increment,
86 CORE_ADDR lorange, CORE_ADDR hirange,
87 CORE_ADDR * addr_found, char *data_found);
88 \f
89 /* Hook for `exec_file_command' command to call. */
90
91 extern void (*exec_file_display_hook) (char *filename);
92
93 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
94 (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before) */
95
96 extern void (*file_changed_hook) (char *filename);
97
98 extern void specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (char *filename));
99
100 /* Binary File Diddlers for the exec and core files */
101
102 extern bfd *core_bfd;
103 extern bfd *exec_bfd;
104
105 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
106
107 extern int write_files;
108
109 extern void core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty);
110
111 extern void exec_open (char *filename, int from_tty);
112
113 extern void exec_file_attach (char *filename, int from_tty);
114
115 extern void exec_file_clear (int from_tty);
116
117 extern void validate_files (void);
118
119 extern CORE_ADDR register_addr (int regno, CORE_ADDR blockend);
120
121 #if !defined (KERNEL_U_ADDR)
122 extern CORE_ADDR kernel_u_addr;
123 #define KERNEL_U_ADDR kernel_u_addr
124 #endif
125
126 /* The target vector for core files. */
127
128 extern struct target_ops core_ops;
129
130 /* The current default bfd target. */
131
132 extern char *gnutarget;
133
134 extern void set_gnutarget (char *);
135
136 /* Structure to keep track of core register reading functions for
137 various core file types. */
138
139 struct core_fns
140 {
141
142 /* BFD flavour that a core file handler is prepared to read. This
143 can be used by the handler's core tasting function as a first
144 level filter to reject BFD's that don't have the right
145 flavour. */
146
147 enum bfd_flavour core_flavour;
148
149 /* Core file handler function to call to recognize corefile
150 formats that BFD rejects. Some core file format just don't fit
151 into the BFD model, or may require other resources to identify
152 them, that simply aren't available to BFD (such as symbols from
153 another file). Returns nonzero if the handler recognizes the
154 format, zero otherwise. */
155
156 int (*check_format) (bfd *);
157
158 /* Core file handler function to call to ask if it can handle a
159 given core file format or not. Returns zero if it can't,
160 nonzero otherwise. */
161
162 int (*core_sniffer) (struct core_fns *, bfd *);
163
164 /* Extract the register values out of the core file and store them where
165 `read_register' will find them.
166
167 CORE_REG_SECT points to the register values themselves, read into
168 memory.
169
170 CORE_REG_SIZE is the size of that area.
171
172 WHICH says which set of registers we are handling:
173 0 --- integer registers
174 2 --- floating-point registers, on machines where they are
175 discontiguous
176 3 --- extended floating-point registers, on machines where
177 these are present in yet a third area. (GNU/Linux uses
178 this to get at the SSE registers.)
179
180 REG_ADDR is the offset from u.u_ar0 to the register values relative to
181 core_reg_sect. This is used with old-fashioned core files to locate the
182 registers in a large upage-plus-stack ".reg" section. Original upage
183 address X is at location core_reg_sect+x+reg_addr. */
184
185 void (*core_read_registers) (char *core_reg_sect,
186 unsigned core_reg_size,
187 int which, CORE_ADDR reg_addr);
188
189 /* Finds the next struct core_fns. They are allocated and initialized
190 in whatever module implements the functions pointed to; an
191 initializer calls add_core_fns to add them to the global chain. */
192
193 struct core_fns *next;
194
195 };
196
197 extern void add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf);
198 extern int default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *cf, bfd * abfd);
199 extern int default_check_format (bfd * abfd);
200
201 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */