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 /* Error accessing memory. */
78 /* Add more errors here. */
84 enum return_reason reason;
89 /* A pre-defined non-exception. */
90 extern const struct gdb_exception exception_none;
92 /* Wrap set/long jmp so that it's more portable (internal to
95 #if defined(HAVE_SIGSETJMP)
96 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF sigjmp_buf
97 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGSETJMP(buf) sigsetjmp((buf), 1)
98 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGLONGJMP(buf,val) siglongjmp((buf), (val))
100 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF jmp_buf
101 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGSETJMP(buf) setjmp(buf)
102 #define EXCEPTIONS_SIGLONGJMP(buf,val) longjmp((buf), (val))
105 /* Functions to drive the exceptions state m/c (internal to
107 EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *exceptions_state_mc_init (struct ui_out *func_uiout,
108 volatile struct gdb_exception *
111 int exceptions_state_mc_action_iter (void);
112 int exceptions_state_mc_action_iter_1 (void);
114 /* Macro to wrap up standard try/catch behavior.
116 The double loop lets us correctly handle code "break"ing out of the
117 try catch block. (It works as the "break" only exits the inner
118 "while" loop, the outer for loop detects this handling it
119 correctly.) Of course "return" and "goto" are not so lucky.
125 volatile struct gdb_exception e;
126 TRY_CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
131 case RETURN_ERROR: ...
136 #define TRY_CATCH(EXCEPTION,MASK) \
138 EXCEPTIONS_SIGJMP_BUF *buf = \
139 exceptions_state_mc_init (uiout, &(EXCEPTION), (MASK)); \
140 EXCEPTIONS_SIGSETJMP (*buf); \
142 while (exceptions_state_mc_action_iter ()) \
143 while (exceptions_state_mc_action_iter_1 ())
148 /* If E is an exception, print it's error message on the specified
149 stream. for _fprintf, prefix the message with PREFIX... */
150 extern void exception_print (struct ui_file *file, struct gdb_exception e);
151 extern void exception_fprintf (struct ui_file *file, struct gdb_exception e,
153 ...) ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 3, 4);
155 /* Throw an exception (as described by "struct gdb_exception"). Will
156 execute a LONG JUMP to the inner most containing exception handler
157 established using catch_exceptions() (or similar).
159 Code normally throws an exception using error() et.al. For various
160 reaons, GDB also contains code that throws an exception directly.
161 For instance, the remote*.c targets contain CNTRL-C signal handlers
162 that propogate the QUIT event up the exception chain. ``This could
163 be a good thing or a dangerous thing.'' -- the Existential
166 extern NORETURN void throw_exception (struct gdb_exception exception) ATTR_NORETURN;
167 extern NORETURN void throw_verror (enum errors, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
168 ATTR_NORETURN ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 2, 0);
169 extern NORETURN void throw_vfatal (const char *fmt, va_list ap)
170 ATTR_NORETURN ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 1, 0);
171 extern NORETURN void throw_error (enum errors error, const char *fmt,
172 ...) ATTR_NORETURN ATTR_FORMAT (printf, 2, 3);
174 /* Instead of deprecated_throw_reason, code should use catch_exception
175 and throw_exception. */
176 extern NORETURN void deprecated_throw_reason (enum return_reason reason) ATTR_NORETURN;
178 /* Call FUNC(UIOUT, FUNC_ARGS) but wrapped within an exception
179 handler. If an exception (enum return_reason) is thrown using
180 throw_exception() than all cleanups installed since
181 catch_exceptions() was entered are invoked, the (-ve) exception
182 value is then returned by catch_exceptions. If FUNC() returns
183 normally (with a postive or zero return value) then that value is
184 returned by catch_exceptions(). It is an internal_error() for
185 FUNC() to return a negative value.
187 For the period of the FUNC() call: UIOUT is installed as the output
188 builder; ERRSTRING is installed as the error/quit message; and a
189 new cleanup_chain is established. The old values are restored
190 before catch_exceptions() returns.
192 The variant catch_exceptions_with_msg() is the same as
193 catch_exceptions() but adds the ability to return an allocated
194 copy of the gdb error message. This is used when a silent error is
195 issued and the caller wants to manually issue the error message.
197 FIXME; cagney/2001-08-13: The need to override the global UIOUT
198 builder variable should just go away.
200 This function superseeds catch_errors().
202 This function uses SETJMP() and LONGJUMP(). */
205 typedef int (catch_exceptions_ftype) (struct ui_out *ui_out, void *args);
206 extern int catch_exceptions (struct ui_out *uiout,
207 catch_exceptions_ftype *func, void *func_args,
209 typedef void (catch_exception_ftype) (struct ui_out *ui_out, void *args);
210 extern int catch_exceptions_with_msg (struct ui_out *uiout,
211 catch_exceptions_ftype *func,
216 /* This function, in addition, suppresses the printing of the captured
217 error message. It's up to the client to print it. */
219 extern struct gdb_exception catch_exception (struct ui_out *uiout,
220 catch_exception_ftype *func,
224 /* If CATCH_ERRORS_FTYPE throws an error, catch_errors() returns zero
225 otherwize the result from CATCH_ERRORS_FTYPE is returned. It is
226 probably useful for CATCH_ERRORS_FTYPE to always return a non-zero
227 value. It's unfortunate that, catch_errors() does not return an
228 indication of the exact exception that it caught - quit_flag might
231 This function is superseeded by catch_exceptions(). */
233 typedef int (catch_errors_ftype) (void *);
234 extern int catch_errors (catch_errors_ftype *, void *, char *, return_mask);
236 /* Template to catch_errors() that wraps calls to command
239 typedef void (catch_command_errors_ftype) (char *, int);
240 extern int catch_command_errors (catch_command_errors_ftype *func, char *command, int from_tty, return_mask);