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, 2010
5 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7 Written by Fred Fish at Cygnus Support.
9 This file is part of GDB.
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13 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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17 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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22 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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"
41 extern void _initialize_elfread (void);
43 /* The struct elfinfo is available only during ELF symbol table and
44 psymtab reading. It is destroyed at the completion of psymtab-reading.
45 It's local to elf_symfile_read. */
49 asection *stabsect; /* Section pointer for .stab section */
50 asection *stabindexsect; /* Section pointer for .stab.index section */
51 asection *mdebugsect; /* Section pointer for .mdebug section */
54 static void free_elfinfo (void *);
56 /* Locate the segments in ABFD. */
58 static struct symfile_segment_data *
59 elf_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd)
61 Elf_Internal_Phdr *phdrs, **segments;
63 int num_phdrs, num_segments, num_sections, i;
65 struct symfile_segment_data *data;
67 phdrs_size = bfd_get_elf_phdr_upper_bound (abfd);
71 phdrs = alloca (phdrs_size);
72 num_phdrs = bfd_get_elf_phdrs (abfd, phdrs);
77 segments = alloca (sizeof (Elf_Internal_Phdr *) * num_phdrs);
78 for (i = 0; i < num_phdrs; i++)
79 if (phdrs[i].p_type == PT_LOAD)
80 segments[num_segments++] = &phdrs[i];
82 if (num_segments == 0)
85 data = XZALLOC (struct symfile_segment_data);
86 data->num_segments = num_segments;
87 data->segment_bases = XCALLOC (num_segments, CORE_ADDR);
88 data->segment_sizes = XCALLOC (num_segments, CORE_ADDR);
90 for (i = 0; i < num_segments; i++)
92 data->segment_bases[i] = segments[i]->p_vaddr;
93 data->segment_sizes[i] = segments[i]->p_memsz;
96 num_sections = bfd_count_sections (abfd);
97 data->segment_info = XCALLOC (num_sections, int);
99 for (i = 0, sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; i++, sect = sect->next)
104 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_ALLOC) == 0)
107 vma = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect);
109 for (j = 0; j < num_segments; j++)
110 if (segments[j]->p_memsz > 0
111 && vma >= segments[j]->p_vaddr
112 && (vma - segments[j]->p_vaddr) < segments[j]->p_memsz)
114 data->segment_info[i] = j + 1;
118 /* We should have found a segment for every non-empty section.
119 If we haven't, we will not relocate this section by any
120 offsets we apply to the segments. As an exception, do not
121 warn about SHT_NOBITS sections; in normal ELF execution
122 environments, SHT_NOBITS means zero-initialized and belongs
123 in a segment, but in no-OS environments some tools (e.g. ARM
124 RealView) use SHT_NOBITS for uninitialized data. Since it is
125 uninitialized, it doesn't need a program header. Such
126 binaries are not relocatable. */
127 if (bfd_get_section_size (sect) > 0 && j == num_segments
128 && (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_LOAD) != 0)
129 warning (_("Loadable segment \"%s\" outside of ELF segments"),
130 bfd_section_name (abfd, sect));
136 /* We are called once per section from elf_symfile_read. We
137 need to examine each section we are passed, check to see
138 if it is something we are interested in processing, and
139 if so, stash away some access information for the section.
141 For now we recognize the dwarf debug information sections and
142 line number sections from matching their section names. The
143 ELF definition is no real help here since it has no direct
144 knowledge of DWARF (by design, so any debugging format can be
147 We also recognize the ".stab" sections used by the Sun compilers
148 released with Solaris 2.
150 FIXME: The section names should not be hardwired strings (what
151 should they be? I don't think most object file formats have enough
152 section flags to specify what kind of debug section it is
156 elf_locate_sections (bfd *ignore_abfd, asection *sectp, void *eip)
160 ei = (struct elfinfo *) eip;
161 if (strcmp (sectp->name, ".stab") == 0)
163 ei->stabsect = sectp;
165 else if (strcmp (sectp->name, ".stab.index") == 0)
167 ei->stabindexsect = sectp;
169 else if (strcmp (sectp->name, ".mdebug") == 0)
171 ei->mdebugsect = sectp;
175 static struct minimal_symbol *
176 record_minimal_symbol (const char *name, int name_len, int copy_name,
178 enum minimal_symbol_type ms_type,
179 asection *bfd_section, struct objfile *objfile)
181 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (objfile);
183 if (ms_type == mst_text || ms_type == mst_file_text)
184 address = gdbarch_smash_text_address (gdbarch, address);
186 return prim_record_minimal_symbol_full (name, name_len, copy_name, address,
187 ms_type, bfd_section->index,
188 bfd_section, objfile);
195 elf_symtab_read -- read the symbol table of an ELF file
199 void elf_symtab_read (struct objfile *objfile, int type,
200 long number_of_symbols, asymbol **symbol_table)
204 Given an objfile, a symbol table, and a flag indicating whether the
205 symbol table contains regular, dynamic, or synthetic symbols, add all
206 the global function and data symbols to the minimal symbol table.
208 In stabs-in-ELF, as implemented by Sun, there are some local symbols
209 defined in the ELF symbol table, which can be used to locate
210 the beginnings of sections from each ".o" file that was linked to
211 form the executable objfile. We gather any such info and record it
212 in data structures hung off the objfile's private data.
218 #define ST_SYNTHETIC 2
221 elf_symtab_read (struct objfile *objfile, int type,
222 long number_of_symbols, asymbol **symbol_table,
225 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (objfile);
230 enum minimal_symbol_type ms_type;
231 /* If sectinfo is nonNULL, it contains section info that should end up
232 filed in the objfile. */
233 struct stab_section_info *sectinfo = NULL;
234 /* If filesym is nonzero, it points to a file symbol, but we haven't
235 seen any section info for it yet. */
236 asymbol *filesym = 0;
237 /* Name of filesym. This is either a constant string or is saved on
238 the objfile's obstack. */
239 char *filesymname = "";
240 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbx = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
241 int stripped = (bfd_get_symcount (objfile->obfd) == 0);
243 for (i = 0; i < number_of_symbols; i++)
245 sym = symbol_table[i];
246 if (sym->name == NULL || *sym->name == '\0')
248 /* Skip names that don't exist (shouldn't happen), or names
249 that are null strings (may happen). */
253 /* Skip "special" symbols, e.g. ARM mapping symbols. These are
254 symbols which do not correspond to objects in the symbol table,
255 but have some other target-specific meaning. */
256 if (bfd_is_target_special_symbol (objfile->obfd, sym))
258 if (gdbarch_record_special_symbol_p (gdbarch))
259 gdbarch_record_special_symbol (gdbarch, objfile, sym);
263 offset = ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, sym->section->index);
264 if (type == ST_DYNAMIC
265 && sym->section == &bfd_und_section
266 && (sym->flags & BSF_FUNCTION))
268 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
269 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
272 /* Symbol is a reference to a function defined in
274 If its value is non zero then it is usually the address
275 of the corresponding entry in the procedure linkage table,
276 plus the desired section offset.
277 If its value is zero then the dynamic linker has to resolve
278 the symbol. We are unable to find any meaningful address
279 for this symbol in the executable file, so we skip it. */
280 symaddr = sym->value;
284 /* sym->section is the undefined section. However, we want to
285 record the section where the PLT stub resides with the
286 minimal symbol. Search the section table for the one that
287 covers the stub's address. */
288 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; sect = sect->next)
290 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_ALLOC) == 0)
293 if (symaddr >= bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect)
294 && symaddr < bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect)
295 + bfd_get_section_size (sect))
301 symaddr += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, sect->index);
303 msym = record_minimal_symbol
304 (sym->name, strlen (sym->name), copy_names,
305 symaddr, mst_solib_trampoline, sect, objfile);
307 msym->filename = filesymname;
311 /* If it is a nonstripped executable, do not enter dynamic
312 symbols, as the dynamic symbol table is usually a subset
313 of the main symbol table. */
314 if (type == ST_DYNAMIC && !stripped)
316 if (sym->flags & BSF_FILE)
318 /* STT_FILE debugging symbol that helps stabs-in-elf debugging.
319 Chain any old one onto the objfile; remember new sym. */
320 if (sectinfo != NULL)
322 sectinfo->next = dbx->stab_section_info;
323 dbx->stab_section_info = sectinfo;
328 obsavestring ((char *) filesym->name, strlen (filesym->name),
329 &objfile->objfile_obstack);
331 else if (sym->flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM)
333 else if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_LOCAL | BSF_WEAK))
335 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
337 /* Select global/local/weak symbols. Note that bfd puts abs
338 symbols in their own section, so all symbols we are
339 interested in will have a section. */
340 /* Bfd symbols are section relative. */
341 symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
342 /* Relocate all non-absolute and non-TLS symbols by the
344 if (sym->section != &bfd_abs_section
345 && !(sym->section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL))
349 /* For non-absolute symbols, use the type of the section
350 they are relative to, to intuit text/data. Bfd provides
351 no way of figuring this out for absolute symbols. */
352 if (sym->section == &bfd_abs_section)
354 /* This is a hack to get the minimal symbol type
355 right for Irix 5, which has absolute addresses
356 with special section indices for dynamic symbols.
358 NOTE: uweigand-20071112: Synthetic symbols do not
359 have an ELF-private part, so do not touch those. */
360 unsigned int shndx = type == ST_SYNTHETIC ? 0 :
361 ((elf_symbol_type *) sym)->internal_elf_sym.st_shndx;
371 case SHN_MIPS_ACOMMON:
378 /* If it is an Irix dynamic symbol, skip section name
379 symbols, relocate all others by section offset. */
380 if (ms_type != mst_abs)
382 if (sym->name[0] == '.')
387 else if (sym->section->flags & SEC_CODE)
389 if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK))
393 else if ((sym->name[0] == '.' && sym->name[1] == 'L')
394 || ((sym->flags & BSF_LOCAL)
395 && sym->name[0] == '$'
396 && sym->name[1] == 'L'))
397 /* Looks like a compiler-generated label. Skip
398 it. The assembler should be skipping these (to
399 keep executables small), but apparently with
400 gcc on the (deleted) delta m88k SVR4, it loses.
401 So to have us check too should be harmless (but
402 I encourage people to fix this in the assembler
403 instead of adding checks here). */
407 ms_type = mst_file_text;
410 else if (sym->section->flags & SEC_ALLOC)
412 if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK))
414 if (sym->section->flags & SEC_LOAD)
423 else if (sym->flags & BSF_LOCAL)
425 /* Named Local variable in a Data section.
426 Check its name for stabs-in-elf. */
427 int special_local_sect;
429 if (strcmp ("Bbss.bss", sym->name) == 0)
430 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile);
431 else if (strcmp ("Ddata.data", sym->name) == 0)
432 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_DATA (objfile);
433 else if (strcmp ("Drodata.rodata", sym->name) == 0)
434 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_RODATA (objfile);
436 special_local_sect = -1;
437 if (special_local_sect >= 0)
439 /* Found a special local symbol. Allocate a
440 sectinfo, if needed, and fill it in. */
441 if (sectinfo == NULL)
446 max_index = SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile);
447 if (objfile->sect_index_data > max_index)
448 max_index = objfile->sect_index_data;
449 if (objfile->sect_index_rodata > max_index)
450 max_index = objfile->sect_index_rodata;
452 /* max_index is the largest index we'll
453 use into this array, so we must
454 allocate max_index+1 elements for it.
455 However, 'struct stab_section_info'
456 already includes one element, so we
457 need to allocate max_index aadditional
459 size = (sizeof (struct stab_section_info)
460 + (sizeof (CORE_ADDR)
462 sectinfo = (struct stab_section_info *)
464 memset (sectinfo, 0, size);
465 sectinfo->num_sections = max_index;
468 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
469 _("elf/stab section information %s without a preceding file symbol"),
475 (char *) filesym->name;
478 if (sectinfo->sections[special_local_sect] != 0)
479 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
480 _("duplicated elf/stab section information for %s"),
482 /* BFD symbols are section relative. */
483 symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
484 /* Relocate non-absolute symbols by the
486 if (sym->section != &bfd_abs_section)
488 sectinfo->sections[special_local_sect] = symaddr;
489 /* The special local symbols don't go in the
490 minimal symbol table, so ignore this one. */
493 /* Not a special stabs-in-elf symbol, do regular
494 symbol processing. */
495 if (sym->section->flags & SEC_LOAD)
497 ms_type = mst_file_data;
501 ms_type = mst_file_bss;
506 ms_type = mst_unknown;
511 /* FIXME: Solaris2 shared libraries include lots of
512 odd "absolute" and "undefined" symbols, that play
513 hob with actions like finding what function the PC
514 is in. Ignore them if they aren't text, data, or bss. */
515 /* ms_type = mst_unknown; */
516 continue; /* Skip this symbol. */
518 msym = record_minimal_symbol
519 (sym->name, strlen (sym->name), copy_names, symaddr,
520 ms_type, sym->section, objfile);
524 /* Pass symbol size field in via BFD. FIXME!!! */
525 elf_symbol_type *elf_sym;
527 /* NOTE: uweigand-20071112: A synthetic symbol does not have an
528 ELF-private part. However, in some cases (e.g. synthetic
529 'dot' symbols on ppc64) the udata.p entry is set to point back
530 to the original ELF symbol it was derived from. Get the size
532 if (type != ST_SYNTHETIC)
533 elf_sym = (elf_symbol_type *) sym;
535 elf_sym = (elf_symbol_type *) sym->udata.p;
538 MSYMBOL_SIZE(msym) = elf_sym->internal_elf_sym.st_size;
540 msym->filename = filesymname;
541 gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (gdbarch, sym, msym);
544 /* For @plt symbols, also record a trampoline to the
545 destination symbol. The @plt symbol will be used in
546 disassembly, and the trampoline will be used when we are
547 trying to find the target. */
548 if (msym && ms_type == mst_text && type == ST_SYNTHETIC)
550 int len = strlen (sym->name);
552 if (len > 4 && strcmp (sym->name + len - 4, "@plt") == 0)
554 struct minimal_symbol *mtramp;
556 mtramp = record_minimal_symbol (sym->name, len - 4, 1,
558 mst_solib_trampoline,
559 sym->section, objfile);
562 MSYMBOL_SIZE (mtramp) = MSYMBOL_SIZE (msym);
563 mtramp->filename = filesymname;
564 gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (gdbarch, sym, mtramp);
578 /* Locate NT_GNU_BUILD_ID from ABFD and return its content. */
580 static struct build_id *
581 build_id_bfd_get (bfd *abfd)
583 struct build_id *retval;
585 if (!bfd_check_format (abfd, bfd_object)
586 || bfd_get_flavour (abfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour
587 || elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id == NULL)
590 retval = xmalloc (sizeof *retval - 1 + elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id_size);
591 retval->size = elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id_size;
592 memcpy (retval->data, elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id, retval->size);
597 /* Return if FILENAME has NT_GNU_BUILD_ID matching the CHECK value. */
600 build_id_verify (const char *filename, struct build_id *check)
603 struct build_id *found = NULL;
606 /* We expect to be silent on the non-existing files. */
607 abfd = bfd_open_maybe_remote (filename);
611 found = build_id_bfd_get (abfd);
614 warning (_("File \"%s\" has no build-id, file skipped"), filename);
615 else if (found->size != check->size
616 || memcmp (found->data, check->data, found->size) != 0)
617 warning (_("File \"%s\" has a different build-id, file skipped"), filename);
621 gdb_bfd_close_or_warn (abfd);
629 build_id_to_debug_filename (struct build_id *build_id)
631 char *link, *debugdir, *retval = NULL;
633 /* DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY/.build-id/ab/cdef */
634 link = alloca (strlen (debug_file_directory) + (sizeof "/.build-id/" - 1) + 1
635 + 2 * build_id->size + (sizeof ".debug" - 1) + 1);
637 /* Keep backward compatibility so that DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY being "" will
638 cause "/.build-id/..." lookups. */
640 debugdir = debug_file_directory;
643 char *s, *debugdir_end;
644 gdb_byte *data = build_id->data;
645 size_t size = build_id->size;
647 while (*debugdir == DIRNAME_SEPARATOR)
650 debugdir_end = strchr (debugdir, DIRNAME_SEPARATOR);
651 if (debugdir_end == NULL)
652 debugdir_end = &debugdir[strlen (debugdir)];
654 memcpy (link, debugdir, debugdir_end - debugdir);
655 s = &link[debugdir_end - debugdir];
656 s += sprintf (s, "/.build-id/");
660 s += sprintf (s, "%02x", (unsigned) *data++);
665 s += sprintf (s, "%02x", (unsigned) *data++);
666 strcpy (s, ".debug");
668 /* lrealpath() is expensive even for the usually non-existent files. */
669 if (access (link, F_OK) == 0)
670 retval = lrealpath (link);
672 if (retval != NULL && !build_id_verify (retval, build_id))
681 debugdir = debugdir_end;
683 while (*debugdir != 0);
689 find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid (struct objfile *objfile)
691 struct build_id *build_id;
693 build_id = build_id_bfd_get (objfile->obfd);
694 if (build_id != NULL)
698 build_id_name = build_id_to_debug_filename (build_id);
700 /* Prevent looping on a stripped .debug file. */
701 if (build_id_name != NULL && strcmp (build_id_name, objfile->name) == 0)
703 warning (_("\"%s\": separate debug info file has no debug info"),
705 xfree (build_id_name);
707 else if (build_id_name != NULL)
708 return build_id_name;
713 /* Scan and build partial symbols for a symbol file.
714 We have been initialized by a call to elf_symfile_init, which
715 currently does nothing.
717 SECTION_OFFSETS is a set of offsets to apply to relocate the symbols
718 in each section. We simplify it down to a single offset for all
721 This function only does the minimum work necessary for letting the
722 user "name" things symbolically; it does not read the entire symtab.
723 Instead, it reads the external and static symbols and puts them in partial
724 symbol tables. When more extensive information is requested of a
725 file, the corresponding partial symbol table is mutated into a full
726 fledged symbol table by going back and reading the symbols
729 We look for sections with specific names, to tell us what debug
730 format to look for: FIXME!!!
732 elfstab_build_psymtabs() handles STABS symbols;
733 mdebug_build_psymtabs() handles ECOFF debugging information.
735 Note that ELF files have a "minimal" symbol table, which looks a lot
736 like a COFF symbol table, but has only the minimal information necessary
737 for linking. We process this also, and use the information to
738 build gdb's minimal symbol table. This gives us some minimal debugging
739 capability even for files compiled without -g. */
742 elf_symfile_read (struct objfile *objfile, int symfile_flags)
744 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
746 struct cleanup *back_to;
747 long symcount = 0, dynsymcount = 0, synthcount, storage_needed;
748 asymbol **symbol_table = NULL, **dyn_symbol_table = NULL;
751 init_minimal_symbol_collection ();
752 back_to = make_cleanup_discard_minimal_symbols ();
754 memset ((char *) &ei, 0, sizeof (ei));
756 /* Allocate struct to keep track of the symfile */
757 objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info = (struct dbx_symfile_info *)
758 xmalloc (sizeof (struct dbx_symfile_info));
759 memset ((char *) objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info, 0, sizeof (struct dbx_symfile_info));
760 make_cleanup (free_elfinfo, (void *) objfile);
762 /* Process the normal ELF symbol table first. This may write some
763 chain of info into the dbx_symfile_info in objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info,
764 which can later be used by elfstab_offset_sections. */
766 storage_needed = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (objfile->obfd);
767 if (storage_needed < 0)
768 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
769 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
771 if (storage_needed > 0)
773 symbol_table = (asymbol **) xmalloc (storage_needed);
774 make_cleanup (xfree, symbol_table);
775 symcount = bfd_canonicalize_symtab (objfile->obfd, symbol_table);
778 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
779 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
781 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_REGULAR, symcount, symbol_table, 0);
784 /* Add the dynamic symbols. */
786 storage_needed = bfd_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound (objfile->obfd);
788 if (storage_needed > 0)
790 dyn_symbol_table = (asymbol **) xmalloc (storage_needed);
791 make_cleanup (xfree, dyn_symbol_table);
792 dynsymcount = bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab (objfile->obfd,
796 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
797 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
799 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_DYNAMIC, dynsymcount, dyn_symbol_table, 0);
802 /* Add synthetic symbols - for instance, names for any PLT entries. */
804 synthcount = bfd_get_synthetic_symtab (abfd, symcount, symbol_table,
805 dynsymcount, dyn_symbol_table,
809 asymbol **synth_symbol_table;
812 make_cleanup (xfree, synthsyms);
813 synth_symbol_table = xmalloc (sizeof (asymbol *) * synthcount);
814 for (i = 0; i < synthcount; i++)
815 synth_symbol_table[i] = synthsyms + i;
816 make_cleanup (xfree, synth_symbol_table);
817 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_SYNTHETIC, synthcount, synth_symbol_table, 1);
820 /* Install any minimal symbols that have been collected as the current
821 minimal symbols for this objfile. The debug readers below this point
822 should not generate new minimal symbols; if they do it's their
823 responsibility to install them. "mdebug" appears to be the only one
824 which will do this. */
826 install_minimal_symbols (objfile);
827 do_cleanups (back_to);
829 /* Now process debugging information, which is contained in
830 special ELF sections. */
832 /* We first have to find them... */
833 bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, elf_locate_sections, (void *) & ei);
835 /* ELF debugging information is inserted into the psymtab in the
836 order of least informative first - most informative last. Since
837 the psymtab table is searched `most recent insertion first' this
838 increases the probability that more detailed debug information
839 for a section is found.
841 For instance, an object file might contain both .mdebug (XCOFF)
842 and .debug_info (DWARF2) sections then .mdebug is inserted first
843 (searched last) and DWARF2 is inserted last (searched first). If
844 we don't do this then the XCOFF info is found first - for code in
845 an included file XCOFF info is useless. */
849 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *swap;
851 /* .mdebug section, presumably holding ECOFF debugging
853 swap = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->elf_backend_ecoff_debug_swap;
855 elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (objfile, swap, ei.mdebugsect);
861 /* Stab sections have an associated string table that looks like
862 a separate section. */
863 str_sect = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".stabstr");
865 /* FIXME should probably warn about a stab section without a stabstr. */
867 elfstab_build_psymtabs (objfile,
870 bfd_section_size (abfd, str_sect));
872 if (dwarf2_has_info (objfile))
874 /* DWARF 2 sections */
875 dwarf2_build_psymtabs (objfile);
878 /* If the file has its own symbol tables it has no separate debug info.
879 `.dynsym'/`.symtab' go to MSYMBOLS, `.debug_info' goes to SYMTABS/PSYMTABS.
880 `.gnu_debuglink' may no longer be present with `.note.gnu.build-id'. */
881 if (!objfile_has_partial_symbols (objfile))
885 debugfile = find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid (objfile);
887 if (debugfile == NULL)
888 debugfile = find_separate_debug_file_by_debuglink (objfile);
892 bfd *abfd = symfile_bfd_open (debugfile);
894 symbol_file_add_separate (abfd, symfile_flags, objfile);
900 /* This cleans up the objfile's deprecated_sym_stab_info pointer, and
901 the chain of stab_section_info's, that might be dangling from
905 free_elfinfo (void *objp)
907 struct objfile *objfile = (struct objfile *) objp;
908 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbxinfo = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
909 struct stab_section_info *ssi, *nssi;
911 ssi = dbxinfo->stab_section_info;
919 dbxinfo->stab_section_info = 0; /* Just say No mo info about this. */
923 /* Initialize anything that needs initializing when a completely new symbol
924 file is specified (not just adding some symbols from another file, e.g. a
927 We reinitialize buildsym, since we may be reading stabs from an ELF file. */
930 elf_new_init (struct objfile *ignore)
932 stabsread_new_init ();
933 buildsym_new_init ();
936 /* Perform any local cleanups required when we are done with a particular
937 objfile. I.E, we are in the process of discarding all symbol information
938 for an objfile, freeing up all memory held for it, and unlinking the
939 objfile struct from the global list of known objfiles. */
942 elf_symfile_finish (struct objfile *objfile)
944 if (objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info != NULL)
946 xfree (objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info);
949 dwarf2_free_objfile (objfile);
952 /* ELF specific initialization routine for reading symbols.
954 It is passed a pointer to a struct sym_fns which contains, among other
955 things, the BFD for the file whose symbols are being read, and a slot for
956 a pointer to "private data" which we can fill with goodies.
958 For now at least, we have nothing in particular to do, so this function is
962 elf_symfile_init (struct objfile *objfile)
964 /* ELF objects may be reordered, so set OBJF_REORDERED. If we
965 find this causes a significant slowdown in gdb then we could
966 set it in the debug symbol readers only when necessary. */
967 objfile->flags |= OBJF_REORDERED;
970 /* When handling an ELF file that contains Sun STABS debug info,
971 some of the debug info is relative to the particular chunk of the
972 section that was generated in its individual .o file. E.g.
973 offsets to static variables are relative to the start of the data
974 segment *for that module before linking*. This information is
975 painfully squirreled away in the ELF symbol table as local symbols
976 with wierd names. Go get 'em when needed. */
979 elfstab_offset_sections (struct objfile *objfile, struct partial_symtab *pst)
981 char *filename = pst->filename;
982 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbx = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
983 struct stab_section_info *maybe = dbx->stab_section_info;
984 struct stab_section_info *questionable = 0;
988 /* The ELF symbol info doesn't include path names, so strip the path
989 (if any) from the psymtab filename. */
990 while (0 != (p = strchr (filename, '/')))
993 /* FIXME: This linear search could speed up significantly
994 if it was chained in the right order to match how we search it,
995 and if we unchained when we found a match. */
996 for (; maybe; maybe = maybe->next)
998 if (filename[0] == maybe->filename[0]
999 && strcmp (filename, maybe->filename) == 0)
1001 /* We found a match. But there might be several source files
1002 (from different directories) with the same name. */
1003 if (0 == maybe->found)
1005 questionable = maybe; /* Might use it later. */
1009 if (maybe == 0 && questionable != 0)
1011 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
1012 _("elf/stab section information questionable for %s"), filename);
1013 maybe = questionable;
1018 /* Found it! Allocate a new psymtab struct, and fill it in. */
1020 pst->section_offsets = (struct section_offsets *)
1021 obstack_alloc (&objfile->objfile_obstack,
1022 SIZEOF_N_SECTION_OFFSETS (objfile->num_sections));
1023 for (i = 0; i < maybe->num_sections; i++)
1024 (pst->section_offsets)->offsets[i] = maybe->sections[i];
1028 /* We were unable to find any offsets for this file. Complain. */
1029 if (dbx->stab_section_info) /* If there *is* any info, */
1030 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
1031 _("elf/stab section information missing for %s"), filename);
1034 /* Register that we are able to handle ELF object file formats. */
1036 static struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns =
1038 bfd_target_elf_flavour,
1039 elf_new_init, /* sym_new_init: init anything gbl to entire symtab */
1040 elf_symfile_init, /* sym_init: read initial info, setup for sym_read() */
1041 elf_symfile_read, /* sym_read: read a symbol file into symtab */
1042 elf_symfile_finish, /* sym_finish: finished with file, cleanup */
1043 default_symfile_offsets, /* sym_offsets: Translate ext. to int. relocation */
1044 elf_symfile_segments, /* sym_segments: Get segment information from
1046 NULL, /* sym_read_linetable */
1047 default_symfile_relocate, /* sym_relocate: Relocate a debug section. */
1049 NULL /* next: pointer to next struct sym_fns */
1053 _initialize_elfread (void)
1055 add_symtab_fns (&elf_sym_fns);