1 /* Private implementation details of interface between gdb and its
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21 #ifndef EXTENSION_PRIV_H
22 #define EXTENSION_PRIV_H
24 #include "extension.h"
27 /* The return code for some API calls. */
31 /* The operation completed successfully. */
34 /* The operation was not performed (e.g., no pretty-printer). */
37 /* There was an error (e.g., Python error while printing a value).
38 When an error occurs no further extension languages are tried.
39 This is to preserve existing behaviour, and because it's convenient
40 for Python developers.
41 Note: This is different than encountering a memory error trying to read
42 a value for pretty-printing. Here we're referring to, e.g., programming
43 errors that trigger an exception in the extension language. */
47 /* High level description of an extension/scripting language.
48 An entry for each is compiled into GDB regardless of whether the support
49 is present. This is done so that we can issue meaningful errors if the
50 support is not compiled in. */
52 struct extension_language_defn
54 /* Enum of the extension language. */
55 enum extension_language language;
57 /* The name of the extension language, lowercase. E.g., python. */
60 /* The capitalized name of the extension language.
61 For python this is "Python". For gdb this is "GDB". */
62 const char *capitalized_name;
64 /* The file suffix of this extension language. E.g., ".py". */
67 /* The suffix of per-objfile scripts to auto-load.
68 E.g., When the program loads libfoo.so, look for libfoo.so-gdb.py. */
69 const char *auto_load_suffix;
71 /* We support embedding external extension language code in GDB's own
72 scripting language. We do this by having a special command that begins
73 the extension language snippet, and terminate it with "end".
74 This specifies the control type used to implement this. */
75 enum command_control_type cli_control_type;
77 /* A pointer to the "methods" to load scripts in this language,
78 or NULL if the support is not compiled into GDB. */
79 const struct extension_language_script_ops *script_ops;
81 /* Either a pointer to the "methods" of the extension language interface
82 or NULL if the support is not compiled into GDB.
83 This is also NULL for GDB's own scripting language which is relatively
84 primitive, and doesn't provide these features. */
85 const struct extension_language_ops *ops;
88 /* The interface for loading scripts from external extension languages,
89 as well as GDB's own scripting language.
90 All of these methods are required to be implemented.
92 By convention all of these functions take a pseudo-this parameter
93 as the first argument. */
95 struct extension_language_script_ops
97 /* Load a script. This is called, e.g., via the "source" command.
98 If there's an error while processing the script this function may,
99 but is not required to, throw an error. */
100 script_sourcer_func *script_sourcer;
102 /* Load a script attached to an objfile.
103 If there's an error while processing the script this function may,
104 but is not required to, throw an error. */
105 objfile_script_sourcer_func *objfile_script_sourcer;
107 /* Execute a script attached to an objfile.
108 If there's an error while processing the script this function may,
109 but is not required to, throw an error. */
110 objfile_script_executor_func *objfile_script_executor;
112 /* Return non-zero if auto-loading scripts in this extension language
114 int (*auto_load_enabled) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
117 /* The interface for making calls from GDB to an external extension
118 language. This is for non-script-loading related functionality, like
119 pretty-printing, etc. The reason these are separated out is GDB's own
120 scripting language makes use of extension_language_script_opts, but it
121 makes no use of these. There is no (current) intention to split
122 extension_language_ops up any further.
123 All of these methods are optional and may be NULL, except where
126 By convention all of these functions take a pseudo-this parameter
127 as the first argument. */
129 struct extension_language_ops
131 /* Called at the end of gdb initialization to give the extension language
132 an opportunity to finish up. This is useful for things like adding
133 new commands where one has to wait until gdb itself is initialized. */
134 void (*finish_initialization) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
136 /* Return non-zero if the extension language successfully initialized.
137 This method is required. */
138 int (*initialized) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
140 /* Process a sequence of commands embedded in GDB's own scripting language.
145 void (*eval_from_control_command) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
146 struct command_line *);
148 /* Type-printing support:
149 start_type_printers, apply_type_printers, free_type_printers.
150 These methods are optional and may be NULL, but if one of them is
151 implemented then they all must be. */
153 /* Called before printing a type. */
154 void (*start_type_printers) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
155 struct ext_lang_type_printers *);
157 /* Try to pretty-print TYPE. If successful the pretty-printed type is
158 stored in *PRETTIED_TYPE, and the caller must free it.
159 Returns EXT_LANG_RC_OK upon success, EXT_LANG_RC_NOP if the type
160 is not recognized, and EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR if an error was encountered.
161 This function has a bit of a funny name, since it actually applies
162 recognizers, but this seemed clearer given the start_type_printers
163 and free_type_printers functions. */
164 enum ext_lang_rc (*apply_type_printers)
165 (const struct extension_language_defn *,
166 const struct ext_lang_type_printers *,
167 struct type *, char **prettied_type);
169 /* Called after a type has been printed to give the type pretty-printer
170 mechanism an opportunity to clean up. */
171 void (*free_type_printers) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
172 struct ext_lang_type_printers *);
174 /* Try to pretty-print a value of type TYPE located at VALADDR
175 + EMBEDDED_OFFSET, which came from the inferior at address ADDRESS
176 + EMBEDDED_OFFSET, onto stdio stream STREAM according to OPTIONS.
177 VAL is the whole object that came from ADDRESS. VALADDR must point to
178 the head of VAL's contents buffer.
179 Returns EXT_LANG_RC_OK upon success, EXT_LANG_RC_NOP if the value
180 is not recognized, and EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR if an error was encountered. */
181 enum ext_lang_rc (*apply_val_pretty_printer)
182 (const struct extension_language_defn *,
183 struct type *type, const gdb_byte *valaddr,
184 int embedded_offset, CORE_ADDR address,
185 struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
186 const struct value *val, const struct value_print_options *options,
187 const struct language_defn *language);
189 /* GDB access to the "frame filter" feature.
190 FRAME is the source frame to start frame-filter invocation. FLAGS is an
191 integer holding the flags for printing. The following elements of
192 the FRAME_FILTER_FLAGS enum denotes the make-up of FLAGS:
193 PRINT_LEVEL is a flag indicating whether to print the frame's
194 relative level in the output. PRINT_FRAME_INFO is a flag that
195 indicates whether this function should print the frame
196 information, PRINT_ARGS is a flag that indicates whether to print
197 frame arguments, and PRINT_LOCALS, likewise, with frame local
198 variables. ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator describing the argument
199 format, OUT is the output stream to print. FRAME_LOW is the
200 beginning of the slice of frames to print, and FRAME_HIGH is the
201 upper limit of the frames to count. Returns SCR_BT_ERROR on error,
202 or SCR_BT_COMPLETED on success. */
203 enum ext_lang_bt_status (*apply_frame_filter)
204 (const struct extension_language_defn *,
205 struct frame_info *frame, int flags, enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
206 struct ui_out *out, int frame_low, int frame_high);
208 /* Update values held by the extension language when OBJFILE is discarded.
209 New global types must be created for every such value, which must then be
210 updated to use the new types.
211 This function typically just iterates over all appropriate values and
212 calls preserve_one_value for each one.
213 COPIED_TYPES is used to prevent cycles / duplicates and is passed to
214 preserve_one_value. */
215 void (*preserve_values) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
216 struct objfile *objfile, htab_t copied_types);
218 /* Return non-zero if there is a stop condition for the breakpoint.
219 This is used to implement the restriction that a breakpoint may have
220 at most one condition. */
221 int (*breakpoint_has_cond) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
222 struct breakpoint *);
224 /* Return a value of enum ext_lang_bp_stop indicating if there is a stop
225 condition for the breakpoint, and if so whether the program should
226 stop. This is called when the program has stopped at the specified
228 While breakpoints can have at most one condition, this is called for
229 every extension language, even if another extension language has a
230 "stop" method: other kinds of breakpoints may be implemented using
231 this method, e.g., "finish breakpoints" in Python. */
232 enum ext_lang_bp_stop (*breakpoint_cond_says_stop)
233 (const struct extension_language_defn *, struct breakpoint *);
235 /* The next three are used to connect GDB's SIGINT handling with the
236 extension language's.
238 Terminology: If an extension language can use GDB's SIGINT handling then
239 we say the extension language has "cooperative SIGINT handling".
240 Python is an example of this.
242 These need not be implemented, but if one of them is implemented
243 then they all must be. */
245 /* Clear the SIGINT indicator. */
246 void (*clear_quit_flag) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
248 /* Set the SIGINT indicator.
249 This is called by GDB's SIGINT handler and must be async-safe. */
250 void (*set_quit_flag) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
252 /* Return non-zero if a SIGINT has occurred.
253 This is expected to also clear the indicator. */
254 int (*check_quit_flag) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
256 /* Called before gdb prints its prompt, giving extension languages an
257 opportunity to change it with set_prompt.
258 Returns EXT_LANG_RC_OK if the prompt was changed, EXT_LANG_RC_NOP if
259 the prompt was not changed, and EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR if an error was
261 Extension languages are called in order, and once the prompt is
262 changed or an error occurs no further languages are called. */
263 enum ext_lang_rc (*before_prompt) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
264 const char *current_gdb_prompt);
267 clone_xmethod_worker_data, free_xmethod_worker_data,
268 get_matching_xmethod_workers, get_xmethod_arg_types,
269 get_xmethod_return_type, invoke_xmethod.
270 These methods are optional and may be NULL, but if one of them is
271 implemented then they all must be. */
273 /* Clone DATA and return a new but identical xmethod worker data
274 object for this extension language. */
275 void * (*clone_xmethod_worker_data)
276 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang, void *data);
278 /* Free the DATA object of this extension language. */
279 void (*free_xmethod_worker_data)
280 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang, void *data);
282 /* Return a vector of matching xmethod workers defined in this
283 extension language. The workers service methods with name
284 METHOD_NAME on objects of type OBJ_TYPE. The vector is returned
286 enum ext_lang_rc (*get_matching_xmethod_workers)
287 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
288 struct type *obj_type,
289 const char *method_name,
290 xmethod_worker_vec **dm_vec);
292 /* Given a WORKER servicing a particular method, return the types
293 of the arguments the method takes. The number of arguments is
294 returned in NARGS, and their types are returned in the array
296 enum ext_lang_rc (*get_xmethod_arg_types)
297 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
298 struct xmethod_worker *worker,
300 struct type ***arg_types);
302 /* Given a WORKER servicing a particular method, fetch the type of the
303 result of the method. OBJECT, ARGS, NARGS are the same as for
304 invoke_xmethod. The result type is stored in *RESULT_TYPE.
305 For backward compatibility with 7.9, which did not support getting the
306 result type, if the get_result_type operation is not provided by WORKER
307 then EXT_LANG_RC_OK is returned and NULL is returned in *RESULT_TYPE. */
308 enum ext_lang_rc (*get_xmethod_result_type)
309 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
310 struct xmethod_worker *worker,
311 struct value *object, struct value **args, int nargs,
312 struct type **result_type);
314 /* Invoke the xmethod serviced by WORKER. The xmethod is invoked
315 on OBJECT with arguments in the array ARGS. NARGS is the length of
316 this array. Returns the value returned by the xmethod. */
317 struct value * (*invoke_xmethod)
318 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
319 struct xmethod_worker *worker,
320 struct value *object,
325 /* State necessary to restore a signal handler to its previous value. */
327 struct signal_handler
329 /* Non-zero if "handler" has been set. */
332 /* The signal handler. */
333 sighandler_t handler;
336 /* State necessary to restore the currently active extension language
337 to its previous value. */
339 struct active_ext_lang_state
341 /* The previously active extension language. */
342 const struct extension_language_defn *ext_lang;
344 /* Its SIGINT handler. */
345 struct signal_handler sigint_handler;
348 extern const struct extension_language_defn *get_active_ext_lang (void);
350 extern struct active_ext_lang_state *set_active_ext_lang
351 (const struct extension_language_defn *);
353 extern void restore_active_ext_lang (struct active_ext_lang_state *previous);
355 #endif /* EXTENSION_PRIV_H */