1 /* Exception (throw catch) mechanism, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
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28 /* Reasons for calling throw_exceptions(). NOTE: all reason values
29 must be less than zero. enum value 0 is reserved for internal use
30 as the return value from an initial setjmp(). The function
31 catch_exceptions() reserves values >= 0 as legal results from its
38 /* Any other error. */
42 #define RETURN_MASK(reason) (1 << (int)(-reason))
43 #define RETURN_MASK_QUIT RETURN_MASK (RETURN_QUIT)
44 #define RETURN_MASK_ERROR RETURN_MASK (RETURN_ERROR)
45 #define RETURN_MASK_ALL (RETURN_MASK_QUIT | RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
46 typedef int return_mask;
48 /* Describe all exceptions. */
52 /* Any generic error, the corresponding text is in
57 /* Thread library lacks support necessary for finding thread local
59 TLS_NO_LIBRARY_SUPPORT_ERROR,
61 /* Load module not found while attempting to find thread local storage. */
62 TLS_LOAD_MODULE_NOT_FOUND_ERROR,
64 /* Thread local storage has not been allocated yet. */
65 TLS_NOT_ALLOCATED_YET_ERROR,
67 /* Something else went wrong while attempting to find thread local
68 storage. The ``struct gdb_exception'' message field provides
72 /* Problem parsing an XML document. */
75 /* Add more errors here. */
81 enum return_reason reason;
86 /* A pre-defined non-exception. */
87 extern const struct gdb_exception exception_none;
89 /* Wrap set/long jmp so that it's more portable (internal to
92 #if defined(HAVE_SIGSETJMP)
93 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF sigjmp_buf
94 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGSETJMP(buf) sigsetjmp((buf), 1)
95 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGLONGJMP(buf,val) siglongjmp((buf), (val))
97 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF jmp_buf
98 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGSETJMP(buf) setjmp(buf)
99 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGLONGJMP(buf,val) longjmp((buf), (val))
102 /* Functions to drive the exceptions state m/c (internal to
104 EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *exceptions_state_mc_init (struct ui_out *func_uiout,
105 volatile struct gdb_exception *
108 int exceptions_state_mc_action_iter (void);
109 int exceptions_state_mc_action_iter_1 (void);
111 /* Macro to wrap up standard try/catch behavior.
113 The double loop lets us correctly handle code "break"ing out of the
114 try catch block. (It works as the "break" only exits the inner
115 "while" loop, the outer for loop detects this handling it
116 correctly.) Of course "return" and "goto" are not so lucky.
122 volatile struct gdb_exception e;
123 TRY_CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
128 case RETURN_ERROR: ...
133 #define TRY_CATCH(EXCEPTION,MASK) \
135 EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *buf = \
136 exceptions_state_mc_init (uiout, &(EXCEPTION), (MASK)); \
137 EXCEPTIONS_SIGSETJMP (*buf); \
139 while (exceptions_state_mc_action_iter ()) \
140 while (exceptions_state_mc_action_iter_1 ())
145 /* If E is an exception, print it's error message on the specified
146 stream. for _fprintf, prefix the message with PREFIX... */
147 extern void exception_print (struct ui_file *file, struct gdb_exception e);
148 extern void exception_fprintf (struct ui_file *file, struct gdb_exception e,
150 ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 3, 4);
152 /* Throw an exception (as described by "struct gdb_exception"). Will
153 execute a LONG JUMP to the inner most containing exception handler
154 established using catch_exceptions() (or similar).
156 Code normally throws an exception using error() et.al. For various
157 reaons, GDB also contains code that throws an exception directly.
158 For instance, the remote*.c targets contain CNTRL-C signal handlers
159 that propogate the QUIT event up the exception chain. ``This could
160 be a good thing or a dangerous thing.'' -- the Existential
163 extern NORETURN void throw_exception (struct gdb_exception exception) ATTR_NORETURN;
164 extern NORETURN void throw_verror (enum errors, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
165 ATTR_NORETURN ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 2, 0);
166 extern NORETURN void throw_vfatal (const char *fmt, va_list ap)
167 ATTR_NORETURN ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 0);
168 extern NORETURN void throw_error (enum errors error, const char *fmt,
169 ...) ATTR_NORETURN ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 2, 3);
171 /* Instead of deprecated_throw_reason, code should use catch_exception
172 and throw_exception. */
173 extern NORETURN void deprecated_throw_reason (enum return_reason reason) ATTR_NORETURN;
175 /* Call FUNC(UIOUT, FUNC_ARGS) but wrapped within an exception
176 handler. If an exception (enum return_reason) is thrown using
177 throw_exception() than all cleanups installed since
178 catch_exceptions() was entered are invoked, the (-ve) exception
179 value is then returned by catch_exceptions. If FUNC() returns
180 normally (with a postive or zero return value) then that value is
181 returned by catch_exceptions(). It is an internal_error() for
182 FUNC() to return a negative value.
184 For the period of the FUNC() call: UIOUT is installed as the output
185 builder; ERRSTRING is installed as the error/quit message; and a
186 new cleanup_chain is established. The old values are restored
187 before catch_exceptions() returns.
189 The variant catch_exceptions_with_msg() is the same as
190 catch_exceptions() but adds the ability to return an allocated
191 copy of the gdb error message. This is used when a silent error is
192 issued and the caller wants to manually issue the error message.
194 FIXME; cagney/2001-08-13: The need to override the global UIOUT
195 builder variable should just go away.
197 This function superseeds catch_errors().
199 This function uses SETJMP() and LONGJUMP(). */
202 typedef int (catch_exceptions_ftype) (struct ui_out *ui_out, void *args);
203 extern int catch_exceptions (struct ui_out *uiout,
204 catch_exceptions_ftype *func, void *func_args,
206 typedef void (catch_exception_ftype) (struct ui_out *ui_out, void *args);
207 extern int catch_exceptions_with_msg (struct ui_out *uiout,
208 catch_exceptions_ftype *func,
213 /* This function, in addition, suppresses the printing of the captured
214 error message. It's up to the client to print it. */
216 extern struct gdb_exception catch_exception (struct ui_out *uiout,
217 catch_exception_ftype *func,
221 /* If CATCH_ERRORS_FTYPE throws an error, catch_errors() returns zero
222 otherwize the result from CATCH_ERRORS_FTYPE is returned. It is
223 probably useful for CATCH_ERRORS_FTYPE to always return a non-zero
224 value. It's unfortunate that, catch_errors() does not return an
225 indication of the exact exception that it caught - quit_flag might
228 This function is superseeded by catch_exceptions(). */
230 typedef int (catch_errors_ftype) (void *);
231 extern int catch_errors (catch_errors_ftype *, void *, char *, return_mask);
233 /* Template to catch_errors() that wraps calls to command
236 typedef void (catch_command_errors_ftype) (char *, int);
237 extern int catch_command_errors (catch_command_errors_ftype *func, char *command, int from_tty, return_mask);