1 /* Private implementation details of interface between gdb and its
4 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 This file is part of GDB.
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21 #ifndef EXTENSION_PRIV_H
22 #define EXTENSION_PRIV_H
24 #include "extension.h"
26 /* The return code for some API calls. */
30 /* The operation completed successfully. */
33 /* The operation was not performed (e.g., no pretty-printer). */
36 /* There was an error (e.g., Python error while printing a value).
37 When an error occurs no further extension languages are tried.
38 This is to preserve existing behaviour, and because it's convenient
39 for Python developers.
40 Note: This is different than encountering a memory error trying to read
41 a value for pretty-printing. Here we're referring to, e.g., programming
42 errors that trigger an exception in the extension language. */
46 /* High level description of an extension/scripting language.
47 An entry for each is compiled into GDB regardless of whether the support
48 is present. This is done so that we can issue meaningful errors if the
49 support is not compiled in. */
51 struct extension_language_defn
53 /* Enum of the extension language. */
54 enum extension_language language;
56 /* The name of the extension language, lowercase. E.g., python. */
59 /* The capitalized name of the extension language.
60 For python this is "Python". For gdb this is "GDB". */
61 const char *capitalized_name;
63 /* The file suffix of this extension language. E.g., ".py". */
66 /* The suffix of per-objfile scripts to auto-load.
67 E.g., When the program loads libfoo.so, look for libfoo.so-gdb.py. */
68 const char *auto_load_suffix;
70 /* We support embedding external extension language code in GDB's own
71 scripting language. We do this by having a special command that begins
72 the extension language snippet, and terminate it with "end".
73 This specifies the control type used to implement this. */
74 enum command_control_type cli_control_type;
76 /* A pointer to the "methods" to load scripts in this language,
77 or NULL if the support is not compiled into GDB. */
78 const struct extension_language_script_ops *script_ops;
80 /* Either a pointer to the "methods" of the extension language interface
81 or NULL if the support is not compiled into GDB.
82 This is also NULL for GDB's own scripting language which is relatively
83 primitive, and doesn't provide these features. */
84 const struct extension_language_ops *ops;
87 /* The interface for loading scripts from external extension languages,
88 as well as GDB's own scripting language.
89 All of these methods are required to be implemented.
91 By convention all of these functions take a pseudo-this parameter
92 as the first argument. */
94 struct extension_language_script_ops
96 /* Load a script. This is called, e.g., via the "source" command.
97 If there's an error while processing the script this function may,
98 but is not required to, throw an error. */
99 script_sourcer_func *script_sourcer;
101 /* Load a script attached to an objfile.
102 If there's an error while processing the script this function may,
103 but is not required to, throw an error. */
104 objfile_script_sourcer_func *objfile_script_sourcer;
106 /* Return non-zero if auto-loading scripts in this extension language
108 int (*auto_load_enabled) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
111 /* The interface for making calls from GDB to an external extension
112 language. This is for non-script-loading related functionality, like
113 pretty-printing, etc. The reason these are separated out is GDB's own
114 scripting language makes use of extension_language_script_opts, but it
115 makes no use of these. There is no (current) intention to split
116 extension_language_ops up any further.
117 All of these methods are optional and may be NULL, except where
120 By convention all of these functions take a pseudo-this parameter
121 as the first argument. */
123 struct extension_language_ops
125 /* Called at the end of gdb initialization to give the extension language
126 an opportunity to finish up. This is useful for things like adding
127 new commands where one has to wait until gdb itself is initialized. */
128 void (*finish_initialization) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
130 /* Return non-zero if the extension language successfully initialized.
131 This method is required. */
132 int (*initialized) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
134 /* Process a sequence of commands embedded in GDB's own scripting language.
139 void (*eval_from_control_command) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
140 struct command_line *);
142 /* Type-printing support:
143 start_type_printers, apply_type_printers, free_type_printers.
144 These methods are optional and may be NULL, but if one of them is
145 implemented then they all must be. */
147 /* Called before printing a type. */
148 void (*start_type_printers) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
149 struct ext_lang_type_printers *);
151 /* Try to pretty-print TYPE. If successful the pretty-printed type is
152 stored in *PRETTIED_TYPE, and the caller must free it.
153 Returns EXT_LANG_RC_OK upon success, EXT_LANG_RC_NOP if the type
154 is not recognized, and EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR if an error was encountered.
155 This function has a bit of a funny name, since it actually applies
156 recognizers, but this seemed clearer given the start_type_printers
157 and free_type_printers functions. */
158 enum ext_lang_rc (*apply_type_printers)
159 (const struct extension_language_defn *,
160 const struct ext_lang_type_printers *,
161 struct type *, char **prettied_type);
163 /* Called after a type has been printed to give the type pretty-printer
164 mechanism an opportunity to clean up. */
165 void (*free_type_printers) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
166 struct ext_lang_type_printers *);
168 /* Try to pretty-print a value of type TYPE located at VALADDR
169 + EMBEDDED_OFFSET, which came from the inferior at address ADDRESS
170 + EMBEDDED_OFFSET, onto stdio stream STREAM according to OPTIONS.
171 VAL is the whole object that came from ADDRESS. VALADDR must point to
172 the head of VAL's contents buffer.
173 Returns EXT_LANG_RC_OK upon success, EXT_LANG_RC_NOP if the value
174 is not recognized, and EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR if an error was encountered. */
175 enum ext_lang_rc (*apply_val_pretty_printer)
176 (const struct extension_language_defn *,
177 struct type *type, const gdb_byte *valaddr,
178 int embedded_offset, CORE_ADDR address,
179 struct ui_file *stream, int recurse,
180 const struct value *val, const struct value_print_options *options,
181 const struct language_defn *language);
183 /* GDB access to the "frame filter" feature.
184 FRAME is the source frame to start frame-filter invocation. FLAGS is an
185 integer holding the flags for printing. The following elements of
186 the FRAME_FILTER_FLAGS enum denotes the make-up of FLAGS:
187 PRINT_LEVEL is a flag indicating whether to print the frame's
188 relative level in the output. PRINT_FRAME_INFO is a flag that
189 indicates whether this function should print the frame
190 information, PRINT_ARGS is a flag that indicates whether to print
191 frame arguments, and PRINT_LOCALS, likewise, with frame local
192 variables. ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator describing the argument
193 format, OUT is the output stream to print. FRAME_LOW is the
194 beginning of the slice of frames to print, and FRAME_HIGH is the
195 upper limit of the frames to count. Returns SCR_BT_ERROR on error,
196 or SCR_BT_COMPLETED on success. */
197 enum ext_lang_bt_status (*apply_frame_filter)
198 (const struct extension_language_defn *,
199 struct frame_info *frame, int flags, enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
200 struct ui_out *out, int frame_low, int frame_high);
202 /* Update values held by the extension language when OBJFILE is discarded.
203 New global types must be created for every such value, which must then be
204 updated to use the new types.
205 This function typically just iterates over all appropriate values and
206 calls preserve_one_value for each one.
207 COPIED_TYPES is used to prevent cycles / duplicates and is passed to
208 preserve_one_value. */
209 void (*preserve_values) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
210 struct objfile *objfile, htab_t copied_types);
212 /* Return non-zero if there is a stop condition for the breakpoint.
213 This is used to implement the restriction that a breakpoint may have
214 at most one condition. */
215 int (*breakpoint_has_cond) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
216 struct breakpoint *);
218 /* Return a value of enum ext_lang_bp_stop indicating if there is a stop
219 condition for the breakpoint, and if so whether the program should
220 stop. This is called when the program has stopped at the specified
222 While breakpoints can have at most one condition, this is called for
223 every extension language, even if another extension language has a
224 "stop" method: other kinds of breakpoints may be implemented using
225 this method, e.g., "finish breakpoints" in Python. */
226 enum ext_lang_bp_stop (*breakpoint_cond_says_stop)
227 (const struct extension_language_defn *, struct breakpoint *);
229 /* The next three are used to connect GDB's SIGINT handling with the
230 extension language's.
232 Terminology: If an extension language can use GDB's SIGINT handling then
233 we say the extension language has "cooperative SIGINT handling".
234 Python is an example of this.
236 These need not be implemented, but if one of them is implemented
237 then they all must be. */
239 /* Clear the SIGINT indicator. */
240 void (*clear_quit_flag) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
242 /* Set the SIGINT indicator.
243 This is called by GDB's SIGINT handler and must be async-safe. */
244 void (*set_quit_flag) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
246 /* Return non-zero if a SIGINT has occurred.
247 This is expected to also clear the indicator. */
248 int (*check_quit_flag) (const struct extension_language_defn *);
250 /* Called before gdb prints its prompt, giving extension languages an
251 opportunity to change it with set_prompt.
252 Returns EXT_LANG_RC_OK if the prompt was changed, EXT_LANG_RC_NOP if
253 the prompt was not changed, and EXT_LANG_RC_ERROR if an error was
255 Extension languages are called in order, and once the prompt is
256 changed or an error occurs no further languages are called. */
257 enum ext_lang_rc (*before_prompt) (const struct extension_language_defn *,
258 const char *current_gdb_prompt);
261 clone_xmethod_worker_data, free_xmethod_worker_data,
262 get_matching_xmethod_workers, get_xmethod_arg_types,
264 These methods are optional and may be NULL, but if one of them is
265 implemented then they all must be. */
267 /* Clone DATA and return a new but identical xmethod worker data
268 object for this extension language. */
269 void * (*clone_xmethod_worker_data)
270 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang, void *data);
272 /* Free the DATA object of this extension language. */
273 void (*free_xmethod_worker_data)
274 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang, void *data);
276 /* Return a vector of matching xmethod workers defined in this
277 extension language. The workers service methods with name
278 METHOD_NAME on objects of type OBJ_TYPE. The vector is returned
280 enum ext_lang_rc (*get_matching_xmethod_workers)
281 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
282 struct type *obj_type,
283 const char *method_name,
284 xmethod_worker_vec **dm_vec);
286 /* Given a WORKER servicing a particular method, return the types
287 of the arguments the method takes. The number of arguments is
288 returned in NARGS, and their types are returned in the array
290 enum ext_lang_rc (*get_xmethod_arg_types)
291 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
292 struct xmethod_worker *worker,
294 struct type ***arg_types);
296 /* Invoke the xmethod serviced by WORKER. The xmethod is invoked
297 on OBJECT with arguments in the array ARGS. NARGS is the length of
298 this array. Returns the value returned by the xmethod. */
299 struct value * (*invoke_xmethod)
300 (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
301 struct xmethod_worker *worker,
302 struct value *object,
307 /* State necessary to restore a signal handler to its previous value. */
309 struct signal_handler
311 /* Non-zero if "handler" has been set. */
314 /* The signal handler. */
315 RETSIGTYPE (*handler) ();
318 /* State necessary to restore the currently active extension language
319 to its previous value. */
321 struct active_ext_lang_state
323 /* The previously active extension language. */
324 const struct extension_language_defn *ext_lang;
326 /* Its SIGINT handler. */
327 struct signal_handler sigint_handler;
330 extern const struct extension_language_defn *get_active_ext_lang (void);
332 extern struct active_ext_lang_state *set_active_ext_lang
333 (const struct extension_language_defn *);
335 extern void restore_active_ext_lang (struct active_ext_lang_state *previous);
337 #endif /* EXTENSION_PRIV_H */