1 /* Read ELF (Executable and Linking Format) object files for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
4 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
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7 Written by Fred Fish at Cygnus Support.
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26 #include "gdb_string.h"
28 #include "elf/common.h"
29 #include "elf/internal.h"
35 #include "stabsread.h"
36 #include "gdb-stabs.h"
37 #include "complaints.h"
40 extern void _initialize_elfread (void);
42 /* The struct elfinfo is available only during ELF symbol table and
43 psymtab reading. It is destroyed at the completion of psymtab-reading.
44 It's local to elf_symfile_read. */
48 asection *stabsect; /* Section pointer for .stab section */
49 asection *stabindexsect; /* Section pointer for .stab.index section */
50 asection *mdebugsect; /* Section pointer for .mdebug section */
53 static void free_elfinfo (void *);
55 /* Locate the segments in ABFD. */
57 static struct symfile_segment_data *
58 elf_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd)
60 Elf_Internal_Phdr *phdrs, **segments;
62 int num_phdrs, num_segments, num_sections, i;
64 struct symfile_segment_data *data;
66 phdrs_size = bfd_get_elf_phdr_upper_bound (abfd);
70 phdrs = alloca (phdrs_size);
71 num_phdrs = bfd_get_elf_phdrs (abfd, phdrs);
76 segments = alloca (sizeof (Elf_Internal_Phdr *) * num_phdrs);
77 for (i = 0; i < num_phdrs; i++)
78 if (phdrs[i].p_type == PT_LOAD)
79 segments[num_segments++] = &phdrs[i];
81 if (num_segments == 0)
84 data = XZALLOC (struct symfile_segment_data);
85 data->num_segments = num_segments;
86 data->segment_bases = XCALLOC (num_segments, CORE_ADDR);
87 data->segment_sizes = XCALLOC (num_segments, CORE_ADDR);
89 for (i = 0; i < num_segments; i++)
91 data->segment_bases[i] = segments[i]->p_vaddr;
92 data->segment_sizes[i] = segments[i]->p_memsz;
95 num_sections = bfd_count_sections (abfd);
96 data->segment_info = XCALLOC (num_sections, int);
98 for (i = 0, sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; i++, sect = sect->next)
103 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_ALLOC) == 0)
106 vma = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect);
108 for (j = 0; j < num_segments; j++)
109 if (segments[j]->p_memsz > 0
110 && vma >= segments[j]->p_vaddr
111 && (vma - segments[j]->p_vaddr) < segments[j]->p_memsz)
113 data->segment_info[i] = j + 1;
117 /* We should have found a segment for every non-empty section.
118 If we haven't, we will not relocate this section by any
119 offsets we apply to the segments. As an exception, do not
120 warn about SHT_NOBITS sections; in normal ELF execution
121 environments, SHT_NOBITS means zero-initialized and belongs
122 in a segment, but in no-OS environments some tools (e.g. ARM
123 RealView) use SHT_NOBITS for uninitialized data. Since it is
124 uninitialized, it doesn't need a program header. Such
125 binaries are not relocatable. */
126 if (bfd_get_section_size (sect) > 0 && j == num_segments
127 && (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_LOAD) != 0)
128 warning (_("Loadable segment \"%s\" outside of ELF segments"),
129 bfd_section_name (abfd, sect));
135 /* We are called once per section from elf_symfile_read. We
136 need to examine each section we are passed, check to see
137 if it is something we are interested in processing, and
138 if so, stash away some access information for the section.
140 For now we recognize the dwarf debug information sections and
141 line number sections from matching their section names. The
142 ELF definition is no real help here since it has no direct
143 knowledge of DWARF (by design, so any debugging format can be
146 We also recognize the ".stab" sections used by the Sun compilers
147 released with Solaris 2.
149 FIXME: The section names should not be hardwired strings (what
150 should they be? I don't think most object file formats have enough
151 section flags to specify what kind of debug section it is
155 elf_locate_sections (bfd *ignore_abfd, asection *sectp, void *eip)
159 ei = (struct elfinfo *) eip;
160 if (strcmp (sectp->name, ".stab") == 0)
162 ei->stabsect = sectp;
164 else if (strcmp (sectp->name, ".stab.index") == 0)
166 ei->stabindexsect = sectp;
168 else if (strcmp (sectp->name, ".mdebug") == 0)
170 ei->mdebugsect = sectp;
174 static struct minimal_symbol *
175 record_minimal_symbol (char *name, CORE_ADDR address,
176 enum minimal_symbol_type ms_type,
177 asection *bfd_section, struct objfile *objfile)
179 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (objfile);
181 if (ms_type == mst_text || ms_type == mst_file_text)
182 address = gdbarch_smash_text_address (gdbarch, address);
184 return prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info
185 (name, address, ms_type, bfd_section->index, bfd_section, objfile);
192 elf_symtab_read -- read the symbol table of an ELF file
196 void elf_symtab_read (struct objfile *objfile, int type,
197 long number_of_symbols, asymbol **symbol_table)
201 Given an objfile, a symbol table, and a flag indicating whether the
202 symbol table contains regular, dynamic, or synthetic symbols, add all
203 the global function and data symbols to the minimal symbol table.
205 In stabs-in-ELF, as implemented by Sun, there are some local symbols
206 defined in the ELF symbol table, which can be used to locate
207 the beginnings of sections from each ".o" file that was linked to
208 form the executable objfile. We gather any such info and record it
209 in data structures hung off the objfile's private data.
215 #define ST_SYNTHETIC 2
218 elf_symtab_read (struct objfile *objfile, int type,
219 long number_of_symbols, asymbol **symbol_table)
221 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (objfile);
227 enum minimal_symbol_type ms_type;
228 /* If sectinfo is nonNULL, it contains section info that should end up
229 filed in the objfile. */
230 struct stab_section_info *sectinfo = NULL;
231 /* If filesym is nonzero, it points to a file symbol, but we haven't
232 seen any section info for it yet. */
233 asymbol *filesym = 0;
234 /* Name of filesym. This is either a constant string or is saved on
235 the objfile's obstack. */
236 char *filesymname = "";
237 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbx = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
238 int stripped = (bfd_get_symcount (objfile->obfd) == 0);
240 for (i = 0; i < number_of_symbols; i++)
242 sym = symbol_table[i];
243 if (sym->name == NULL || *sym->name == '\0')
245 /* Skip names that don't exist (shouldn't happen), or names
246 that are null strings (may happen). */
250 /* Skip "special" symbols, e.g. ARM mapping symbols. These are
251 symbols which do not correspond to objects in the symbol table,
252 but have some other target-specific meaning. */
253 if (bfd_is_target_special_symbol (objfile->obfd, sym))
255 if (gdbarch_record_special_symbol_p (gdbarch))
256 gdbarch_record_special_symbol (gdbarch, objfile, sym);
260 offset = ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, sym->section->index);
261 if (type == ST_DYNAMIC
262 && sym->section == &bfd_und_section
263 && (sym->flags & BSF_FUNCTION))
265 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
266 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
269 /* Symbol is a reference to a function defined in
271 If its value is non zero then it is usually the address
272 of the corresponding entry in the procedure linkage table,
273 plus the desired section offset.
274 If its value is zero then the dynamic linker has to resolve
275 the symbol. We are unable to find any meaningful address
276 for this symbol in the executable file, so we skip it. */
277 symaddr = sym->value;
281 /* sym->section is the undefined section. However, we want to
282 record the section where the PLT stub resides with the
283 minimal symbol. Search the section table for the one that
284 covers the stub's address. */
285 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; sect = sect->next)
287 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_ALLOC) == 0)
290 if (symaddr >= bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect)
291 && symaddr < bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect)
292 + bfd_get_section_size (sect))
298 symaddr += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, sect->index);
300 msym = record_minimal_symbol
301 ((char *) sym->name, symaddr, mst_solib_trampoline, sect, objfile);
303 msym->filename = filesymname;
307 /* If it is a nonstripped executable, do not enter dynamic
308 symbols, as the dynamic symbol table is usually a subset
309 of the main symbol table. */
310 if (type == ST_DYNAMIC && !stripped)
312 if (sym->flags & BSF_FILE)
314 /* STT_FILE debugging symbol that helps stabs-in-elf debugging.
315 Chain any old one onto the objfile; remember new sym. */
316 if (sectinfo != NULL)
318 sectinfo->next = dbx->stab_section_info;
319 dbx->stab_section_info = sectinfo;
324 obsavestring ((char *) filesym->name, strlen (filesym->name),
325 &objfile->objfile_obstack);
327 else if (sym->flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM)
329 else if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_LOCAL | BSF_WEAK))
331 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
333 /* Select global/local/weak symbols. Note that bfd puts abs
334 symbols in their own section, so all symbols we are
335 interested in will have a section. */
336 /* Bfd symbols are section relative. */
337 symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
338 /* Relocate all non-absolute and non-TLS symbols by the
340 if (sym->section != &bfd_abs_section
341 && !(sym->section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL))
345 /* For non-absolute symbols, use the type of the section
346 they are relative to, to intuit text/data. Bfd provides
347 no way of figuring this out for absolute symbols. */
348 if (sym->section == &bfd_abs_section)
350 /* This is a hack to get the minimal symbol type
351 right for Irix 5, which has absolute addresses
352 with special section indices for dynamic symbols.
354 NOTE: uweigand-20071112: Synthetic symbols do not
355 have an ELF-private part, so do not touch those. */
356 unsigned int shndx = type == ST_SYNTHETIC ? 0 :
357 ((elf_symbol_type *) sym)->internal_elf_sym.st_shndx;
367 case SHN_MIPS_ACOMMON:
374 /* If it is an Irix dynamic symbol, skip section name
375 symbols, relocate all others by section offset. */
376 if (ms_type != mst_abs)
378 if (sym->name[0] == '.')
383 else if (sym->section->flags & SEC_CODE)
385 if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK))
389 else if ((sym->name[0] == '.' && sym->name[1] == 'L')
390 || ((sym->flags & BSF_LOCAL)
391 && sym->name[0] == '$'
392 && sym->name[1] == 'L'))
393 /* Looks like a compiler-generated label. Skip
394 it. The assembler should be skipping these (to
395 keep executables small), but apparently with
396 gcc on the (deleted) delta m88k SVR4, it loses.
397 So to have us check too should be harmless (but
398 I encourage people to fix this in the assembler
399 instead of adding checks here). */
403 ms_type = mst_file_text;
406 else if (sym->section->flags & SEC_ALLOC)
408 if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK))
410 if (sym->section->flags & SEC_LOAD)
419 else if (sym->flags & BSF_LOCAL)
421 /* Named Local variable in a Data section.
422 Check its name for stabs-in-elf. */
423 int special_local_sect;
424 if (strcmp ("Bbss.bss", sym->name) == 0)
425 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile);
426 else if (strcmp ("Ddata.data", sym->name) == 0)
427 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_DATA (objfile);
428 else if (strcmp ("Drodata.rodata", sym->name) == 0)
429 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_RODATA (objfile);
431 special_local_sect = -1;
432 if (special_local_sect >= 0)
434 /* Found a special local symbol. Allocate a
435 sectinfo, if needed, and fill it in. */
436 if (sectinfo == NULL)
441 max_index = SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile);
442 if (objfile->sect_index_data > max_index)
443 max_index = objfile->sect_index_data;
444 if (objfile->sect_index_rodata > max_index)
445 max_index = objfile->sect_index_rodata;
447 /* max_index is the largest index we'll
448 use into this array, so we must
449 allocate max_index+1 elements for it.
450 However, 'struct stab_section_info'
451 already includes one element, so we
452 need to allocate max_index aadditional
454 size = (sizeof (struct stab_section_info)
455 + (sizeof (CORE_ADDR)
457 sectinfo = (struct stab_section_info *)
459 memset (sectinfo, 0, size);
460 sectinfo->num_sections = max_index;
463 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
464 _("elf/stab section information %s without a preceding file symbol"),
470 (char *) filesym->name;
473 if (sectinfo->sections[special_local_sect] != 0)
474 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
475 _("duplicated elf/stab section information for %s"),
477 /* BFD symbols are section relative. */
478 symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
479 /* Relocate non-absolute symbols by the
481 if (sym->section != &bfd_abs_section)
483 sectinfo->sections[special_local_sect] = symaddr;
484 /* The special local symbols don't go in the
485 minimal symbol table, so ignore this one. */
488 /* Not a special stabs-in-elf symbol, do regular
489 symbol processing. */
490 if (sym->section->flags & SEC_LOAD)
492 ms_type = mst_file_data;
496 ms_type = mst_file_bss;
501 ms_type = mst_unknown;
506 /* FIXME: Solaris2 shared libraries include lots of
507 odd "absolute" and "undefined" symbols, that play
508 hob with actions like finding what function the PC
509 is in. Ignore them if they aren't text, data, or bss. */
510 /* ms_type = mst_unknown; */
511 continue; /* Skip this symbol. */
513 msym = record_minimal_symbol
514 ((char *) sym->name, symaddr,
515 ms_type, sym->section, objfile);
519 /* Pass symbol size field in via BFD. FIXME!!! */
520 elf_symbol_type *elf_sym;
522 /* NOTE: uweigand-20071112: A synthetic symbol does not have an
523 ELF-private part. However, in some cases (e.g. synthetic
524 'dot' symbols on ppc64) the udata.p entry is set to point back
525 to the original ELF symbol it was derived from. Get the size
527 if (type != ST_SYNTHETIC)
528 elf_sym = (elf_symbol_type *) sym;
530 elf_sym = (elf_symbol_type *) sym->udata.p;
533 MSYMBOL_SIZE(msym) = elf_sym->internal_elf_sym.st_size;
535 msym->filename = filesymname;
536 gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (gdbarch, sym, msym);
539 /* For @plt symbols, also record a trampoline to the
540 destination symbol. The @plt symbol will be used in
541 disassembly, and the trampoline will be used when we are
542 trying to find the target. */
543 if (msym && ms_type == mst_text && type == ST_SYNTHETIC)
545 int len = strlen (sym->name);
547 if (len > 4 && strcmp (sym->name + len - 4, "@plt") == 0)
549 char *base_name = xmalloc (len - 4 + 1);
550 struct minimal_symbol *mtramp;
552 memcpy (base_name, sym->name, len - 4);
553 base_name[len - 4] = '\0';
554 mtramp = record_minimal_symbol (base_name, symaddr,
555 mst_solib_trampoline,
556 sym->section, objfile);
560 MSYMBOL_SIZE (mtramp) = MSYMBOL_SIZE (msym);
561 mtramp->filename = filesymname;
562 gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (gdbarch, sym, mtramp);
570 /* Scan and build partial symbols for a symbol file.
571 We have been initialized by a call to elf_symfile_init, which
572 currently does nothing.
574 SECTION_OFFSETS is a set of offsets to apply to relocate the symbols
575 in each section. We simplify it down to a single offset for all
578 MAINLINE is true if we are reading the main symbol
579 table (as opposed to a shared lib or dynamically loaded file).
581 This function only does the minimum work necessary for letting the
582 user "name" things symbolically; it does not read the entire symtab.
583 Instead, it reads the external and static symbols and puts them in partial
584 symbol tables. When more extensive information is requested of a
585 file, the corresponding partial symbol table is mutated into a full
586 fledged symbol table by going back and reading the symbols
589 We look for sections with specific names, to tell us what debug
590 format to look for: FIXME!!!
592 elfstab_build_psymtabs() handles STABS symbols;
593 mdebug_build_psymtabs() handles ECOFF debugging information.
595 Note that ELF files have a "minimal" symbol table, which looks a lot
596 like a COFF symbol table, but has only the minimal information necessary
597 for linking. We process this also, and use the information to
598 build gdb's minimal symbol table. This gives us some minimal debugging
599 capability even for files compiled without -g. */
602 elf_symfile_read (struct objfile *objfile, int mainline)
604 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
606 struct cleanup *back_to;
608 long symcount = 0, dynsymcount = 0, synthcount, storage_needed;
609 asymbol **symbol_table = NULL, **dyn_symbol_table = NULL;
612 init_minimal_symbol_collection ();
613 back_to = make_cleanup_discard_minimal_symbols ();
615 memset ((char *) &ei, 0, sizeof (ei));
617 /* Allocate struct to keep track of the symfile */
618 objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info = (struct dbx_symfile_info *)
619 xmalloc (sizeof (struct dbx_symfile_info));
620 memset ((char *) objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info, 0, sizeof (struct dbx_symfile_info));
621 make_cleanup (free_elfinfo, (void *) objfile);
623 /* Process the normal ELF symbol table first. This may write some
624 chain of info into the dbx_symfile_info in objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info,
625 which can later be used by elfstab_offset_sections. */
627 storage_needed = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (objfile->obfd);
628 if (storage_needed < 0)
629 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
630 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
632 if (storage_needed > 0)
634 symbol_table = (asymbol **) xmalloc (storage_needed);
635 make_cleanup (xfree, symbol_table);
636 symcount = bfd_canonicalize_symtab (objfile->obfd, symbol_table);
639 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
640 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
642 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_REGULAR, symcount, symbol_table);
645 /* Add the dynamic symbols. */
647 storage_needed = bfd_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound (objfile->obfd);
649 if (storage_needed > 0)
651 dyn_symbol_table = (asymbol **) xmalloc (storage_needed);
652 make_cleanup (xfree, dyn_symbol_table);
653 dynsymcount = bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab (objfile->obfd,
657 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
658 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
660 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_DYNAMIC, dynsymcount, dyn_symbol_table);
663 /* Add synthetic symbols - for instance, names for any PLT entries. */
665 synthcount = bfd_get_synthetic_symtab (abfd, symcount, symbol_table,
666 dynsymcount, dyn_symbol_table,
670 asymbol **synth_symbol_table;
673 make_cleanup (xfree, synthsyms);
674 synth_symbol_table = xmalloc (sizeof (asymbol *) * synthcount);
675 for (i = 0; i < synthcount; i++)
676 synth_symbol_table[i] = synthsyms + i;
677 make_cleanup (xfree, synth_symbol_table);
678 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_SYNTHETIC, synthcount, synth_symbol_table);
681 /* Install any minimal symbols that have been collected as the current
682 minimal symbols for this objfile. The debug readers below this point
683 should not generate new minimal symbols; if they do it's their
684 responsibility to install them. "mdebug" appears to be the only one
685 which will do this. */
687 install_minimal_symbols (objfile);
688 do_cleanups (back_to);
690 /* Now process debugging information, which is contained in
691 special ELF sections. */
693 /* If we are reinitializing, or if we have never loaded syms yet,
694 set table to empty. MAINLINE is cleared so that *_read_psymtab
695 functions do not all also re-initialize the psymbol table. */
698 init_psymbol_list (objfile, 0);
702 /* We first have to find them... */
703 bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, elf_locate_sections, (void *) & ei);
705 /* ELF debugging information is inserted into the psymtab in the
706 order of least informative first - most informative last. Since
707 the psymtab table is searched `most recent insertion first' this
708 increases the probability that more detailed debug information
709 for a section is found.
711 For instance, an object file might contain both .mdebug (XCOFF)
712 and .debug_info (DWARF2) sections then .mdebug is inserted first
713 (searched last) and DWARF2 is inserted last (searched first). If
714 we don't do this then the XCOFF info is found first - for code in
715 an included file XCOFF info is useless. */
719 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *swap;
721 /* .mdebug section, presumably holding ECOFF debugging
723 swap = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->elf_backend_ecoff_debug_swap;
725 elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (objfile, swap, ei.mdebugsect);
731 /* Stab sections have an associated string table that looks like
732 a separate section. */
733 str_sect = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".stabstr");
735 /* FIXME should probably warn about a stab section without a stabstr. */
737 elfstab_build_psymtabs (objfile,
741 bfd_section_size (abfd, str_sect));
743 if (dwarf2_has_info (objfile))
745 /* DWARF 2 sections */
746 dwarf2_build_psymtabs (objfile, mainline);
749 /* FIXME: kettenis/20030504: This still needs to be integrated with
750 dwarf2read.c in a better way. */
751 dwarf2_build_frame_info (objfile);
754 /* This cleans up the objfile's deprecated_sym_stab_info pointer, and
755 the chain of stab_section_info's, that might be dangling from
759 free_elfinfo (void *objp)
761 struct objfile *objfile = (struct objfile *) objp;
762 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbxinfo = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
763 struct stab_section_info *ssi, *nssi;
765 ssi = dbxinfo->stab_section_info;
773 dbxinfo->stab_section_info = 0; /* Just say No mo info about this. */
777 /* Initialize anything that needs initializing when a completely new symbol
778 file is specified (not just adding some symbols from another file, e.g. a
781 We reinitialize buildsym, since we may be reading stabs from an ELF file. */
784 elf_new_init (struct objfile *ignore)
786 stabsread_new_init ();
787 buildsym_new_init ();
790 /* Perform any local cleanups required when we are done with a particular
791 objfile. I.E, we are in the process of discarding all symbol information
792 for an objfile, freeing up all memory held for it, and unlinking the
793 objfile struct from the global list of known objfiles. */
796 elf_symfile_finish (struct objfile *objfile)
798 if (objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info != NULL)
800 xfree (objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info);
803 dwarf2_free_objfile (objfile);
806 /* ELF specific initialization routine for reading symbols.
808 It is passed a pointer to a struct sym_fns which contains, among other
809 things, the BFD for the file whose symbols are being read, and a slot for
810 a pointer to "private data" which we can fill with goodies.
812 For now at least, we have nothing in particular to do, so this function is
816 elf_symfile_init (struct objfile *objfile)
818 /* ELF objects may be reordered, so set OBJF_REORDERED. If we
819 find this causes a significant slowdown in gdb then we could
820 set it in the debug symbol readers only when necessary. */
821 objfile->flags |= OBJF_REORDERED;
824 /* When handling an ELF file that contains Sun STABS debug info,
825 some of the debug info is relative to the particular chunk of the
826 section that was generated in its individual .o file. E.g.
827 offsets to static variables are relative to the start of the data
828 segment *for that module before linking*. This information is
829 painfully squirreled away in the ELF symbol table as local symbols
830 with wierd names. Go get 'em when needed. */
833 elfstab_offset_sections (struct objfile *objfile, struct partial_symtab *pst)
835 char *filename = pst->filename;
836 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbx = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
837 struct stab_section_info *maybe = dbx->stab_section_info;
838 struct stab_section_info *questionable = 0;
842 /* The ELF symbol info doesn't include path names, so strip the path
843 (if any) from the psymtab filename. */
844 while (0 != (p = strchr (filename, '/')))
847 /* FIXME: This linear search could speed up significantly
848 if it was chained in the right order to match how we search it,
849 and if we unchained when we found a match. */
850 for (; maybe; maybe = maybe->next)
852 if (filename[0] == maybe->filename[0]
853 && strcmp (filename, maybe->filename) == 0)
855 /* We found a match. But there might be several source files
856 (from different directories) with the same name. */
857 if (0 == maybe->found)
859 questionable = maybe; /* Might use it later. */
863 if (maybe == 0 && questionable != 0)
865 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
866 _("elf/stab section information questionable for %s"), filename);
867 maybe = questionable;
872 /* Found it! Allocate a new psymtab struct, and fill it in. */
874 pst->section_offsets = (struct section_offsets *)
875 obstack_alloc (&objfile->objfile_obstack,
876 SIZEOF_N_SECTION_OFFSETS (objfile->num_sections));
877 for (i = 0; i < maybe->num_sections; i++)
878 (pst->section_offsets)->offsets[i] = maybe->sections[i];
882 /* We were unable to find any offsets for this file. Complain. */
883 if (dbx->stab_section_info) /* If there *is* any info, */
884 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
885 _("elf/stab section information missing for %s"), filename);
888 /* Register that we are able to handle ELF object file formats. */
890 static struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns =
892 bfd_target_elf_flavour,
893 elf_new_init, /* sym_new_init: init anything gbl to entire symtab */
894 elf_symfile_init, /* sym_init: read initial info, setup for sym_read() */
895 elf_symfile_read, /* sym_read: read a symbol file into symtab */
896 elf_symfile_finish, /* sym_finish: finished with file, cleanup */
897 default_symfile_offsets, /* sym_offsets: Translate ext. to int. relocation */
898 elf_symfile_segments, /* sym_segments: Get segment information from
900 NULL, /* sym_read_linetable */
901 NULL /* next: pointer to next struct sym_fns */
905 _initialize_elfread (void)
907 add_symtab_fns (&elf_sym_fns);