1 /* Code dealing with dummy stack frames, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
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24 #include "dummy-frame.h"
28 #include "gdb_assert.h"
29 #include "frame-unwind.h"
32 #include "gdb_string.h"
35 /* Dummy frame. This saves the processor state just prior to setting
36 up the inferior function call. Older targets save the registers
37 on the target stack (but that really slows down function calls). */
41 struct dummy_frame *next;
42 /* This frame's ID. Must match the value returned by
45 /* The caller's state prior to the call. */
46 struct inferior_thread_state *caller_state;
49 static struct dummy_frame *dummy_frame_stack = NULL;
51 /* Function: deprecated_pc_in_call_dummy (pc)
53 Return non-zero if the PC falls in a dummy frame created by gdb for
54 an inferior call. The code below which allows gdbarch_decr_pc_after_break
55 is for infrun.c, which may give the function a PC without that
58 FIXME: cagney/2002-11-23: This is silly. Surely "infrun.c" can
59 figure out what the real PC (as in the resume address) is BEFORE
60 calling this function.
62 NOTE: cagney/2004-08-02: I'm pretty sure that, with the introduction of
63 infrun.c:adjust_pc_after_break (thanks), this function is now
64 always called with a correctly adjusted PC!
66 NOTE: cagney/2004-08-02: Code should not need to call this. */
69 deprecated_pc_in_call_dummy (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, CORE_ADDR pc)
71 struct dummy_frame *dummyframe;
72 for (dummyframe = dummy_frame_stack;
74 dummyframe = dummyframe->next)
76 if ((pc >= dummyframe->id.code_addr)
77 && (pc <= dummyframe->id.code_addr
78 + gdbarch_decr_pc_after_break (gdbarch)))
84 /* Push the caller's state, along with the dummy frame info, onto the
88 dummy_frame_push (struct inferior_thread_state *caller_state,
89 const struct frame_id *dummy_id)
91 struct dummy_frame *dummy_frame;
93 dummy_frame = XZALLOC (struct dummy_frame);
94 dummy_frame->caller_state = caller_state;
95 dummy_frame->id = (*dummy_id);
96 dummy_frame->next = dummy_frame_stack;
97 dummy_frame_stack = dummy_frame;
100 /* Remove *DUMMY_PTR from the dummy frame stack. */
103 remove_dummy_frame (struct dummy_frame **dummy_ptr)
105 struct dummy_frame *dummy = *dummy_ptr;
107 *dummy_ptr = dummy->next;
108 discard_inferior_thread_state (dummy->caller_state);
112 /* Pop *DUMMY_PTR, restoring program state to that before the
113 frame was created. */
116 pop_dummy_frame (struct dummy_frame **dummy_ptr)
118 struct dummy_frame *dummy;
120 restore_inferior_thread_state ((*dummy_ptr)->caller_state);
122 /* restore_inferior_status frees inf_state,
123 all that remains is to pop *dummy_ptr */
125 *dummy_ptr = dummy->next;
128 /* We've made right mess of GDB's local state, just discard
130 reinit_frame_cache ();
134 Return NULL if not found. */
136 static struct dummy_frame **
137 lookup_dummy_frame (struct frame_id dummy_id)
139 struct dummy_frame **dp;
141 for (dp = &dummy_frame_stack; *dp != NULL; dp = &(*dp)->next)
143 if (frame_id_eq ((*dp)->id, dummy_id))
150 /* Pop the dummy frame DUMMY_ID, restoring program state to that before the
152 On return reinit_frame_cache has been called.
153 If the frame isn't found, flag an internal error.
155 NOTE: This can only pop the one frame, even if it is in the middle of the
156 stack, because the other frames may be for different threads, and there's
157 currently no way to tell which stack frame is for which thread. */
160 dummy_frame_pop (struct frame_id dummy_id)
162 struct dummy_frame **dp;
164 dp = lookup_dummy_frame (dummy_id);
165 gdb_assert (dp != NULL);
167 pop_dummy_frame (dp);
170 /* There may be stale dummy frames, perhaps left over from when a longjump took
171 us out of a function that was called by the debugger. Clean them up at
172 least once whenever we start a new inferior. */
175 cleanup_dummy_frames (struct target_ops *target, int from_tty)
177 while (dummy_frame_stack != NULL)
178 remove_dummy_frame (&dummy_frame_stack);
181 /* Return the dummy frame cache, it contains both the ID, and a
182 pointer to the regcache. */
183 struct dummy_frame_cache
185 struct frame_id this_id;
186 struct regcache *prev_regcache;
190 dummy_frame_sniffer (const struct frame_unwind *self,
191 struct frame_info *this_frame,
192 void **this_prologue_cache)
194 struct dummy_frame *dummyframe;
195 struct frame_id this_id;
197 /* When unwinding a normal frame, the stack structure is determined
198 by analyzing the frame's function's code (be it using brute force
199 prologue analysis, or the dwarf2 CFI). In the case of a dummy
200 frame, that simply isn't possible. The PC is either the program
201 entry point, or some random address on the stack. Trying to use
202 that PC to apply standard frame ID unwind techniques is just
203 asking for trouble. */
205 /* Don't bother unless there is at least one dummy frame. */
206 if (dummy_frame_stack != NULL)
208 /* Use an architecture specific method to extract this frame's
209 dummy ID, assuming it is a dummy frame. */
210 this_id = gdbarch_dummy_id (get_frame_arch (this_frame), this_frame);
212 /* Use that ID to find the corresponding cache entry. */
213 for (dummyframe = dummy_frame_stack;
215 dummyframe = dummyframe->next)
217 if (frame_id_eq (dummyframe->id, this_id))
219 struct dummy_frame_cache *cache;
220 cache = FRAME_OBSTACK_ZALLOC (struct dummy_frame_cache);
221 cache->prev_regcache = get_inferior_thread_state_regcache (dummyframe->caller_state);
222 cache->this_id = this_id;
223 (*this_prologue_cache) = cache;
231 /* Given a call-dummy dummy-frame, return the registers. Here the
232 register value is taken from the local copy of the register buffer. */
234 static struct value *
235 dummy_frame_prev_register (struct frame_info *this_frame,
236 void **this_prologue_cache,
239 struct dummy_frame_cache *cache = (*this_prologue_cache);
240 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (this_frame);
241 struct value *reg_val;
243 /* The dummy-frame sniffer always fills in the cache. */
244 gdb_assert (cache != NULL);
246 /* Describe the register's location. Generic dummy frames always
247 have the register value in an ``expression''. */
248 reg_val = value_zero (register_type (gdbarch, regnum), not_lval);
250 /* Use the regcache_cooked_read() method so that it, on the fly,
251 constructs either a raw or pseudo register from the raw
253 regcache_cooked_read (cache->prev_regcache, regnum,
254 value_contents_writeable (reg_val));
258 /* Assuming that THIS_FRAME is a dummy, return its ID. That ID is
259 determined by examining the NEXT frame's unwound registers using
260 the method dummy_id(). As a side effect, THIS dummy frame's
261 dummy cache is located and and saved in THIS_PROLOGUE_CACHE. */
264 dummy_frame_this_id (struct frame_info *this_frame,
265 void **this_prologue_cache,
266 struct frame_id *this_id)
268 /* The dummy-frame sniffer always fills in the cache. */
269 struct dummy_frame_cache *cache = (*this_prologue_cache);
270 gdb_assert (cache != NULL);
271 (*this_id) = cache->this_id;
274 static const struct frame_unwind dummy_frame_unwinder =
278 dummy_frame_prev_register,
283 const struct frame_unwind *const dummy_frame_unwind = {
284 &dummy_frame_unwinder
288 fprint_dummy_frames (struct ui_file *file)
290 struct dummy_frame *s;
291 for (s = dummy_frame_stack; s != NULL; s = s->next)
293 gdb_print_host_address (s, file);
294 fprintf_unfiltered (file, ":");
295 fprintf_unfiltered (file, " id=");
296 fprint_frame_id (file, s->id);
297 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "\n");
302 maintenance_print_dummy_frames (char *args, int from_tty)
305 fprint_dummy_frames (gdb_stdout);
308 struct cleanup *cleanups;
309 struct ui_file *file = gdb_fopen (args, "w");
311 perror_with_name (_("maintenance print dummy-frames"));
312 cleanups = make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (file);
313 fprint_dummy_frames (file);
314 do_cleanups (cleanups);
318 extern void _initialize_dummy_frame (void);
321 _initialize_dummy_frame (void)
323 add_cmd ("dummy-frames", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_dummy_frames,
324 _("Print the contents of the internal dummy-frame stack."),
325 &maintenanceprintlist);
327 observer_attach_inferior_created (cleanup_dummy_frames);