1 /* Cache and manage frames for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000,
4 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 This file is part of GDB.
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10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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21 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
27 #include "inferior.h" /* for inferior_ptid */
29 #include "gdb_assert.h"
30 #include "gdb_string.h"
31 #include "user-regs.h"
32 #include "gdb_obstack.h"
33 #include "dummy-frame.h"
34 #include "sentinel-frame.h"
38 #include "frame-unwind.h"
39 #include "frame-base.h"
44 #include "exceptions.h"
46 static struct frame_info *get_prev_frame_1 (struct frame_info *this_frame);
48 /* We keep a cache of stack frames, each of which is a "struct
49 frame_info". The innermost one gets allocated (in
50 wait_for_inferior) each time the inferior stops; current_frame
51 points to it. Additional frames get allocated (in get_prev_frame)
52 as needed, and are chained through the next and prev fields. Any
53 time that the frame cache becomes invalid (most notably when we
54 execute something, but also if we change how we interpret the
55 frames (e.g. "set heuristic-fence-post" in mips-tdep.c, or anything
56 which reads new symbols)), we should call reinit_frame_cache. */
60 /* Level of this frame. The inner-most (youngest) frame is at level
61 0. As you move towards the outer-most (oldest) frame, the level
62 increases. This is a cached value. It could just as easily be
63 computed by counting back from the selected frame to the inner
65 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-04-05: Perhaps a level of ``-1'' should be
66 reserved to indicate a bogus frame - one that has been created
67 just to keep GDB happy (GDB always needs a frame). For the
68 moment leave this as speculation. */
71 /* The frame's low-level unwinder and corresponding cache. The
72 low-level unwinder is responsible for unwinding register values
73 for the previous frame. The low-level unwind methods are
74 selected based on the presence, or otherwise, of register unwind
75 information such as CFI. */
77 const struct frame_unwind *unwind;
79 /* Cached copy of the previous frame's resume address. */
85 /* Cached copy of the previous frame's function address. */
92 /* This frame's ID. */
96 struct frame_id value;
99 /* The frame's high-level base methods, and corresponding cache.
100 The high level base methods are selected based on the frame's
102 const struct frame_base *base;
105 /* Pointers to the next (down, inner, younger) and previous (up,
106 outer, older) frame_info's in the frame cache. */
107 struct frame_info *next; /* down, inner, younger */
109 struct frame_info *prev; /* up, outer, older */
112 /* Flag to control debugging. */
114 static int frame_debug;
116 show_frame_debug (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
117 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
119 fprintf_filtered (file, _("Frame debugging is %s.\n"), value);
122 /* Flag to indicate whether backtraces should stop at main et.al. */
124 static int backtrace_past_main;
126 show_backtrace_past_main (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
127 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
129 fprintf_filtered (file, _("\
130 Whether backtraces should continue past \"main\" is %s.\n"),
134 static int backtrace_past_entry;
136 show_backtrace_past_entry (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
137 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
139 fprintf_filtered (file, _("\
140 Whether backtraces should continue past the entry point of a program is %s.\n"),
144 static unsigned int backtrace_limit = UINT_MAX;
146 show_backtrace_limit (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
147 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
149 fprintf_filtered (file, _("\
150 An upper bound on the number of backtrace levels is %s.\n"),
156 fprint_field (struct ui_file *file, const char *name, int p, CORE_ADDR addr)
159 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "%s=0x%s", name, paddr_nz (addr));
161 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "!%s", name);
165 fprint_frame_id (struct ui_file *file, struct frame_id id)
167 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "{");
168 fprint_field (file, "stack", id.stack_addr_p, id.stack_addr);
169 fprintf_unfiltered (file, ",");
170 fprint_field (file, "code", id.code_addr_p, id.code_addr);
171 fprintf_unfiltered (file, ",");
172 fprint_field (file, "special", id.special_addr_p, id.special_addr);
173 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "}");
177 fprint_frame_type (struct ui_file *file, enum frame_type type)
182 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "NORMAL_FRAME");
185 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "DUMMY_FRAME");
188 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "SIGTRAMP_FRAME");
191 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "<unknown type>");
197 fprint_frame (struct ui_file *file, struct frame_info *fi)
201 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "<NULL frame>");
204 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "{");
205 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "level=%d", fi->level);
206 fprintf_unfiltered (file, ",");
207 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "type=");
208 if (fi->unwind != NULL)
209 fprint_frame_type (file, fi->unwind->type);
211 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "<unknown>");
212 fprintf_unfiltered (file, ",");
213 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "unwind=");
214 if (fi->unwind != NULL)
215 gdb_print_host_address (fi->unwind, file);
217 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "<unknown>");
218 fprintf_unfiltered (file, ",");
219 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "pc=");
220 if (fi->next != NULL && fi->next->prev_pc.p)
221 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "0x%s", paddr_nz (fi->next->prev_pc.value));
223 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "<unknown>");
224 fprintf_unfiltered (file, ",");
225 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "id=");
227 fprint_frame_id (file, fi->this_id.value);
229 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "<unknown>");
230 fprintf_unfiltered (file, ",");
231 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "func=");
232 if (fi->next != NULL && fi->next->prev_func.p)
233 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "0x%s", paddr_nz (fi->next->prev_func.addr));
235 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "<unknown>");
236 fprintf_unfiltered (file, "}");
239 /* Return a frame uniq ID that can be used to, later, re-find the
243 get_frame_id (struct frame_info *fi)
247 return null_frame_id;
252 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "{ get_frame_id (fi=%d) ",
254 /* Find the unwinder. */
255 if (fi->unwind == NULL)
256 fi->unwind = frame_unwind_find_by_frame (fi->next,
257 &fi->prologue_cache);
258 /* Find THIS frame's ID. */
259 fi->unwind->this_id (fi->next, &fi->prologue_cache, &fi->this_id.value);
263 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "-> ");
264 fprint_frame_id (gdb_stdlog, fi->this_id.value);
265 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " }\n");
268 return fi->this_id.value;
272 frame_unwind_id (struct frame_info *next_frame)
274 /* Use prev_frame, and not get_prev_frame. The latter will truncate
275 the frame chain, leading to this function unintentionally
276 returning a null_frame_id (e.g., when a caller requests the frame
277 ID of "main()"s caller. */
278 return get_frame_id (get_prev_frame_1 (next_frame));
281 const struct frame_id null_frame_id; /* All zeros. */
284 frame_id_build_special (CORE_ADDR stack_addr, CORE_ADDR code_addr,
285 CORE_ADDR special_addr)
287 struct frame_id id = null_frame_id;
288 id.stack_addr = stack_addr;
290 id.code_addr = code_addr;
292 id.special_addr = special_addr;
293 id.special_addr_p = 1;
298 frame_id_build (CORE_ADDR stack_addr, CORE_ADDR code_addr)
300 struct frame_id id = null_frame_id;
301 id.stack_addr = stack_addr;
303 id.code_addr = code_addr;
309 frame_id_build_wild (CORE_ADDR stack_addr)
311 struct frame_id id = null_frame_id;
312 id.stack_addr = stack_addr;
318 frame_id_p (struct frame_id l)
321 /* The frame is valid iff it has a valid stack address. */
325 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "{ frame_id_p (l=");
326 fprint_frame_id (gdb_stdlog, l);
327 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, ") -> %d }\n", p);
333 frame_id_eq (struct frame_id l, struct frame_id r)
336 if (!l.stack_addr_p || !r.stack_addr_p)
337 /* Like a NaN, if either ID is invalid, the result is false.
338 Note that a frame ID is invalid iff it is the null frame ID. */
340 else if (l.stack_addr != r.stack_addr)
341 /* If .stack addresses are different, the frames are different. */
343 else if (!l.code_addr_p || !r.code_addr_p)
344 /* An invalid code addr is a wild card, always succeed. */
346 else if (l.code_addr != r.code_addr)
347 /* If .code addresses are different, the frames are different. */
349 else if (!l.special_addr_p || !r.special_addr_p)
350 /* An invalid special addr is a wild card (or unused), always succeed. */
352 else if (l.special_addr == r.special_addr)
353 /* Frames are equal. */
360 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "{ frame_id_eq (l=");
361 fprint_frame_id (gdb_stdlog, l);
362 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, ",r=");
363 fprint_frame_id (gdb_stdlog, r);
364 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, ") -> %d }\n", eq);
370 frame_id_inner (struct frame_id l, struct frame_id r)
373 if (!l.stack_addr_p || !r.stack_addr_p)
374 /* Like NaN, any operation involving an invalid ID always fails. */
377 /* Only return non-zero when strictly inner than. Note that, per
378 comment in "frame.h", there is some fuzz here. Frameless
379 functions are not strictly inner than (same .stack but
380 different .code and/or .special address). */
381 inner = INNER_THAN (l.stack_addr, r.stack_addr);
384 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "{ frame_id_inner (l=");
385 fprint_frame_id (gdb_stdlog, l);
386 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, ",r=");
387 fprint_frame_id (gdb_stdlog, r);
388 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, ") -> %d }\n", inner);
394 frame_find_by_id (struct frame_id id)
396 struct frame_info *frame;
398 /* ZERO denotes the null frame, let the caller decide what to do
399 about it. Should it instead return get_current_frame()? */
400 if (!frame_id_p (id))
403 for (frame = get_current_frame ();
405 frame = get_prev_frame (frame))
407 struct frame_id this = get_frame_id (frame);
408 if (frame_id_eq (id, this))
409 /* An exact match. */
411 if (frame_id_inner (id, this))
414 /* Either we're not yet gone far enough out along the frame
415 chain (inner(this,id)), or we're comparing frameless functions
416 (same .base, different .func, no test available). Struggle
417 on until we've definitly gone to far. */
423 frame_pc_unwind (struct frame_info *this_frame)
425 if (!this_frame->prev_pc.p)
428 if (this_frame->unwind == NULL)
430 = frame_unwind_find_by_frame (this_frame->next,
431 &this_frame->prologue_cache);
432 if (this_frame->unwind->prev_pc != NULL)
433 /* A per-frame unwinder, prefer it. */
434 pc = this_frame->unwind->prev_pc (this_frame->next,
435 &this_frame->prologue_cache);
436 else if (gdbarch_unwind_pc_p (current_gdbarch))
438 /* The right way. The `pure' way. The one true way. This
439 method depends solely on the register-unwind code to
440 determine the value of registers in THIS frame, and hence
441 the value of this frame's PC (resume address). A typical
442 implementation is no more than:
444 frame_unwind_register (this_frame, ISA_PC_REGNUM, buf);
445 return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, size of ISA_PC_REGNUM);
447 Note: this method is very heavily dependent on a correct
448 register-unwind implementation, it pays to fix that
449 method first; this method is frame type agnostic, since
450 it only deals with register values, it works with any
451 frame. This is all in stark contrast to the old
452 FRAME_SAVED_PC which would try to directly handle all the
453 different ways that a PC could be unwound. */
454 pc = gdbarch_unwind_pc (current_gdbarch, this_frame);
457 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("No unwind_pc method"));
458 this_frame->prev_pc.value = pc;
459 this_frame->prev_pc.p = 1;
461 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,
462 "{ frame_pc_unwind (this_frame=%d) -> 0x%s }\n",
464 paddr_nz (this_frame->prev_pc.value));
466 return this_frame->prev_pc.value;
470 frame_func_unwind (struct frame_info *fi)
472 if (!fi->prev_func.p)
474 /* Make certain that this, and not the adjacent, function is
476 CORE_ADDR addr_in_block = frame_unwind_address_in_block (fi);
478 fi->prev_func.addr = get_pc_function_start (addr_in_block);
480 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,
481 "{ frame_func_unwind (fi=%d) -> 0x%s }\n",
482 fi->level, paddr_nz (fi->prev_func.addr));
484 return fi->prev_func.addr;
488 get_frame_func (struct frame_info *fi)
490 return frame_func_unwind (fi->next);
494 do_frame_register_read (void *src, int regnum, gdb_byte *buf)
496 frame_register_read (src, regnum, buf);
501 frame_save_as_regcache (struct frame_info *this_frame)
503 struct regcache *regcache = regcache_xmalloc (current_gdbarch);
504 struct cleanup *cleanups = make_cleanup_regcache_xfree (regcache);
505 regcache_save (regcache, do_frame_register_read, this_frame);
506 discard_cleanups (cleanups);
511 frame_pop (struct frame_info *this_frame)
513 /* Make a copy of all the register values unwound from this frame.
514 Save them in a scratch buffer so that there isn't a race between
515 trying to extract the old values from the current_regcache while
516 at the same time writing new values into that same cache. */
517 struct regcache *scratch
518 = frame_save_as_regcache (get_prev_frame_1 (this_frame));
519 struct cleanup *cleanups = make_cleanup_regcache_xfree (scratch);
521 /* FIXME: cagney/2003-03-16: It should be possible to tell the
522 target's register cache that it is about to be hit with a burst
523 register transfer and that the sequence of register writes should
524 be batched. The pair target_prepare_to_store() and
525 target_store_registers() kind of suggest this functionality.
526 Unfortunately, they don't implement it. Their lack of a formal
527 definition can lead to targets writing back bogus values
528 (arguably a bug in the target code mind). */
529 /* Now copy those saved registers into the current regcache.
530 Here, regcache_cpy() calls regcache_restore(). */
531 regcache_cpy (current_regcache, scratch);
532 do_cleanups (cleanups);
534 /* We've made right mess of GDB's local state, just discard
536 flush_cached_frames ();
540 frame_register_unwind (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
541 int *optimizedp, enum lval_type *lvalp,
542 CORE_ADDR *addrp, int *realnump, void *bufferp)
544 struct frame_unwind_cache *cache;
548 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "\
549 { frame_register_unwind (frame=%d,regnum=%d(%s),...) ",
550 frame->level, regnum,
551 frame_map_regnum_to_name (frame, regnum));
554 /* Require all but BUFFERP to be valid. A NULL BUFFERP indicates
555 that the value proper does not need to be fetched. */
556 gdb_assert (optimizedp != NULL);
557 gdb_assert (lvalp != NULL);
558 gdb_assert (addrp != NULL);
559 gdb_assert (realnump != NULL);
560 /* gdb_assert (bufferp != NULL); */
562 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-11-27: A program trying to unwind a NULL frame
563 is broken. There is always a frame. If there, for some reason,
564 isn't a frame, there is some pretty busted code as it should have
565 detected the problem before calling here. */
566 gdb_assert (frame != NULL);
568 /* Find the unwinder. */
569 if (frame->unwind == NULL)
570 frame->unwind = frame_unwind_find_by_frame (frame->next,
571 &frame->prologue_cache);
573 /* Ask this frame to unwind its register. See comment in
574 "frame-unwind.h" for why NEXT frame and this unwind cache are
576 frame->unwind->prev_register (frame->next, &frame->prologue_cache, regnum,
577 optimizedp, lvalp, addrp, realnump, bufferp);
581 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "->");
582 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " *optimizedp=%d", (*optimizedp));
583 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " *lvalp=%d", (int) (*lvalp));
584 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " *addrp=0x%s", paddr_nz ((*addrp)));
585 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " *bufferp=");
587 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "<NULL>");
591 const unsigned char *buf = bufferp;
592 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "[");
593 for (i = 0; i < register_size (current_gdbarch, regnum); i++)
594 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "%02x", buf[i]);
595 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "]");
597 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " }\n");
602 frame_register (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
603 int *optimizedp, enum lval_type *lvalp,
604 CORE_ADDR *addrp, int *realnump, void *bufferp)
606 /* Require all but BUFFERP to be valid. A NULL BUFFERP indicates
607 that the value proper does not need to be fetched. */
608 gdb_assert (optimizedp != NULL);
609 gdb_assert (lvalp != NULL);
610 gdb_assert (addrp != NULL);
611 gdb_assert (realnump != NULL);
612 /* gdb_assert (bufferp != NULL); */
614 /* Obtain the register value by unwinding the register from the next
615 (more inner frame). */
616 gdb_assert (frame != NULL && frame->next != NULL);
617 frame_register_unwind (frame->next, regnum, optimizedp, lvalp, addrp,
622 frame_unwind_register (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum, void *buf)
628 frame_register_unwind (frame, regnum, &optimized, &lval, &addr,
633 get_frame_register (struct frame_info *frame,
634 int regnum, void *buf)
636 frame_unwind_register (frame->next, regnum, buf);
640 frame_unwind_register_signed (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum)
642 char buf[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
643 frame_unwind_register (frame, regnum, buf);
644 return extract_signed_integer (buf, register_size (get_frame_arch (frame),
649 get_frame_register_signed (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum)
651 return frame_unwind_register_signed (frame->next, regnum);
655 frame_unwind_register_unsigned (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum)
657 char buf[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
658 frame_unwind_register (frame, regnum, buf);
659 return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, register_size (get_frame_arch (frame),
664 get_frame_register_unsigned (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum)
666 return frame_unwind_register_unsigned (frame->next, regnum);
670 frame_unwind_unsigned_register (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
673 char buf[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
674 frame_unwind_register (frame, regnum, buf);
675 (*val) = extract_unsigned_integer (buf,
676 register_size (get_frame_arch (frame),
681 put_frame_register (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum, const void *buf)
683 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
688 frame_register (frame, regnum, &optim, &lval, &addr, &realnum, NULL);
690 error (_("Attempt to assign to a value that was optimized out."));
695 /* FIXME: write_memory doesn't yet take constant buffers.
697 char tmp[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
698 memcpy (tmp, buf, register_size (gdbarch, regnum));
699 write_memory (addr, tmp, register_size (gdbarch, regnum));
703 regcache_cooked_write (current_regcache, realnum, buf);
706 error (_("Attempt to assign to an unmodifiable value."));
710 /* frame_register_read ()
712 Find and return the value of REGNUM for the specified stack frame.
713 The number of bytes copied is REGISTER_SIZE (REGNUM).
715 Returns 0 if the register value could not be found. */
718 frame_register_read (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum, void *myaddr)
724 frame_register (frame, regnum, &optimized, &lval, &addr, &realnum, myaddr);
726 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-05-15: This test is just bogus.
728 It indicates that the target failed to supply a value for a
729 register because it was "not available" at this time. Problem
730 is, the target still has the register and so get saved_register()
731 may be returning a value saved on the stack. */
733 if (register_cached (regnum) < 0)
734 return 0; /* register value not available */
740 /* Map between a frame register number and its name. A frame register
741 space is a superset of the cooked register space --- it also
742 includes builtin registers. */
745 frame_map_name_to_regnum (struct frame_info *frame, const char *name, int len)
747 return user_reg_map_name_to_regnum (get_frame_arch (frame), name, len);
751 frame_map_regnum_to_name (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum)
753 return user_reg_map_regnum_to_name (get_frame_arch (frame), regnum);
756 /* Create a sentinel frame. */
758 static struct frame_info *
759 create_sentinel_frame (struct regcache *regcache)
761 struct frame_info *frame = FRAME_OBSTACK_ZALLOC (struct frame_info);
763 /* Explicitly initialize the sentinel frame's cache. Provide it
764 with the underlying regcache. In the future additional
765 information, such as the frame's thread will be added. */
766 frame->prologue_cache = sentinel_frame_cache (regcache);
767 /* For the moment there is only one sentinel frame implementation. */
768 frame->unwind = sentinel_frame_unwind;
769 /* Link this frame back to itself. The frame is self referential
770 (the unwound PC is the same as the pc), so make it so. */
772 /* Make the sentinel frame's ID valid, but invalid. That way all
773 comparisons with it should fail. */
774 frame->this_id.p = 1;
775 frame->this_id.value = null_frame_id;
778 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "{ create_sentinel_frame (...) -> ");
779 fprint_frame (gdb_stdlog, frame);
780 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " }\n");
785 /* Info about the innermost stack frame (contents of FP register) */
787 static struct frame_info *current_frame;
789 /* Cache for frame addresses already read by gdb. Valid only while
790 inferior is stopped. Control variables for the frame cache should
791 be local to this module. */
793 static struct obstack frame_cache_obstack;
796 frame_obstack_zalloc (unsigned long size)
798 void *data = obstack_alloc (&frame_cache_obstack, size);
799 memset (data, 0, size);
803 /* Return the innermost (currently executing) stack frame. This is
804 split into two functions. The function unwind_to_current_frame()
805 is wrapped in catch exceptions so that, even when the unwind of the
806 sentinel frame fails, the function still returns a stack frame. */
809 unwind_to_current_frame (struct ui_out *ui_out, void *args)
811 struct frame_info *frame = get_prev_frame (args);
812 /* A sentinel frame can fail to unwind, e.g., because its PC value
813 lands in somewhere like start. */
816 current_frame = frame;
821 get_current_frame (void)
823 /* First check, and report, the lack of registers. Having GDB
824 report "No stack!" or "No memory" when the target doesn't even
825 have registers is very confusing. Besides, "printcmd.exp"
826 explicitly checks that ``print $pc'' with no registers prints "No
828 if (!target_has_registers)
829 error (_("No registers."));
830 if (!target_has_stack)
831 error (_("No stack."));
832 if (!target_has_memory)
833 error (_("No memory."));
834 if (current_frame == NULL)
836 struct frame_info *sentinel_frame =
837 create_sentinel_frame (current_regcache);
838 if (catch_exceptions (uiout, unwind_to_current_frame, sentinel_frame,
839 RETURN_MASK_ERROR) != 0)
841 /* Oops! Fake a current frame? Is this useful? It has a PC
842 of zero, for instance. */
843 current_frame = sentinel_frame;
846 return current_frame;
849 /* The "selected" stack frame is used by default for local and arg
850 access. May be zero, for no selected frame. */
852 struct frame_info *deprecated_selected_frame;
854 /* Return the selected frame. Always non-NULL (unless there isn't an
855 inferior sufficient for creating a frame) in which case an error is
859 get_selected_frame (const char *message)
861 if (deprecated_selected_frame == NULL)
863 if (message != NULL && (!target_has_registers
865 || !target_has_memory))
866 error (("%s"), message);
867 /* Hey! Don't trust this. It should really be re-finding the
868 last selected frame of the currently selected thread. This,
869 though, is better than nothing. */
870 select_frame (get_current_frame ());
872 /* There is always a frame. */
873 gdb_assert (deprecated_selected_frame != NULL);
874 return deprecated_selected_frame;
877 /* This is a variant of get_selected_frame() which can be called when
878 the inferior does not have a frame; in that case it will return
879 NULL instead of calling error(). */
882 deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame (void)
884 if (!target_has_registers || !target_has_stack || !target_has_memory)
886 return get_selected_frame (NULL);
889 /* Select frame FI (or NULL - to invalidate the current frame). */
892 select_frame (struct frame_info *fi)
896 deprecated_selected_frame = fi;
897 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-05-04: FI can be NULL. This occurs when the
898 frame is being invalidated. */
899 if (deprecated_selected_frame_level_changed_hook)
900 deprecated_selected_frame_level_changed_hook (frame_relative_level (fi));
902 /* FIXME: kseitz/2002-08-28: It would be nice to call
903 selected_frame_level_changed_event() right here, but due to limitations
904 in the current interfaces, we would end up flooding UIs with events
905 because select_frame() is used extensively internally.
907 Once we have frame-parameterized frame (and frame-related) commands,
908 the event notification can be moved here, since this function will only
909 be called when the user's selected frame is being changed. */
911 /* Ensure that symbols for this frame are read in. Also, determine the
912 source language of this frame, and switch to it if desired. */
915 /* We retrieve the frame's symtab by using the frame PC. However
916 we cannot use the frame PC as-is, because it usually points to
917 the instruction following the "call", which is sometimes the
918 first instruction of another function. So we rely on
919 get_frame_address_in_block() which provides us with a PC which
920 is guaranteed to be inside the frame's code block. */
921 s = find_pc_symtab (get_frame_address_in_block (fi));
923 && s->language != current_language->la_language
924 && s->language != language_unknown
925 && language_mode == language_mode_auto)
927 set_language (s->language);
932 /* Create an arbitrary (i.e. address specified by user) or innermost frame.
933 Always returns a non-NULL value. */
936 create_new_frame (CORE_ADDR addr, CORE_ADDR pc)
938 struct frame_info *fi;
942 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,
943 "{ create_new_frame (addr=0x%s, pc=0x%s) ",
944 paddr_nz (addr), paddr_nz (pc));
947 fi = frame_obstack_zalloc (sizeof (struct frame_info));
949 fi->next = create_sentinel_frame (current_regcache);
951 /* Select/initialize both the unwind function and the frame's type
953 fi->unwind = frame_unwind_find_by_frame (fi->next, &fi->prologue_cache);
956 deprecated_update_frame_base_hack (fi, addr);
957 deprecated_update_frame_pc_hack (fi, pc);
961 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "-> ");
962 fprint_frame (gdb_stdlog, fi);
963 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " }\n");
969 /* Return the frame that THIS_FRAME calls (NULL if THIS_FRAME is the
970 innermost frame). Be careful to not fall off the bottom of the
971 frame chain and onto the sentinel frame. */
974 get_next_frame (struct frame_info *this_frame)
976 if (this_frame->level > 0)
977 return this_frame->next;
982 /* Observer for the target_changed event. */
985 frame_observer_target_changed (struct target_ops *target)
987 flush_cached_frames ();
990 /* Flush the entire frame cache. */
993 flush_cached_frames (void)
995 /* Since we can't really be sure what the first object allocated was */
996 obstack_free (&frame_cache_obstack, 0);
997 obstack_init (&frame_cache_obstack);
999 current_frame = NULL; /* Invalidate cache */
1000 select_frame (NULL);
1001 annotate_frames_invalid ();
1003 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "{ flush_cached_frames () }\n");
1006 /* Flush the frame cache, and start a new one if necessary. */
1009 reinit_frame_cache (void)
1011 flush_cached_frames ();
1013 /* FIXME: The inferior_ptid test is wrong if there is a corefile. */
1014 if (PIDGET (inferior_ptid) != 0)
1016 select_frame (get_current_frame ());
1020 /* Return a "struct frame_info" corresponding to the frame that called
1021 THIS_FRAME. Returns NULL if there is no such frame.
1023 Unlike get_prev_frame, this function always tries to unwind the
1026 static struct frame_info *
1027 get_prev_frame_1 (struct frame_info *this_frame)
1029 struct frame_info *prev_frame;
1030 struct frame_id this_id;
1032 gdb_assert (this_frame != NULL);
1036 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "{ get_prev_frame_1 (this_frame=");
1037 if (this_frame != NULL)
1038 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "%d", this_frame->level);
1040 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "<NULL>");
1041 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, ") ");
1044 /* Only try to do the unwind once. */
1045 if (this_frame->prev_p)
1049 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "-> ");
1050 fprint_frame (gdb_stdlog, this_frame->prev);
1051 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " // cached \n");
1053 return this_frame->prev;
1055 this_frame->prev_p = 1;
1057 /* Check that this frame's ID was valid. If it wasn't, don't try to
1058 unwind to the prev frame. Be careful to not apply this test to
1059 the sentinel frame. */
1060 this_id = get_frame_id (this_frame);
1061 if (this_frame->level >= 0 && !frame_id_p (this_id))
1065 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "-> ");
1066 fprint_frame (gdb_stdlog, NULL);
1067 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " // this ID is NULL }\n");
1072 /* Check that this frame's ID isn't inner to (younger, below, next)
1073 the next frame. This happens when a frame unwind goes backwards.
1074 Exclude signal trampolines (due to sigaltstack the frame ID can
1075 go backwards) and sentinel frames (the test is meaningless). */
1076 if (this_frame->next->level >= 0
1077 && this_frame->next->unwind->type != SIGTRAMP_FRAME
1078 && frame_id_inner (this_id, get_frame_id (this_frame->next)))
1079 error (_("Previous frame inner to this frame (corrupt stack?)"));
1081 /* Check that this and the next frame are not identical. If they
1082 are, there is most likely a stack cycle. As with the inner-than
1083 test above, avoid comparing the inner-most and sentinel frames. */
1084 if (this_frame->level > 0
1085 && frame_id_eq (this_id, get_frame_id (this_frame->next)))
1086 error (_("Previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)"));
1088 /* Allocate the new frame but do not wire it in to the frame chain.
1089 Some (bad) code in INIT_FRAME_EXTRA_INFO tries to look along
1090 frame->next to pull some fancy tricks (of course such code is, by
1091 definition, recursive). Try to prevent it.
1093 There is no reason to worry about memory leaks, should the
1094 remainder of the function fail. The allocated memory will be
1095 quickly reclaimed when the frame cache is flushed, and the `we've
1096 been here before' check above will stop repeated memory
1097 allocation calls. */
1098 prev_frame = FRAME_OBSTACK_ZALLOC (struct frame_info);
1099 prev_frame->level = this_frame->level + 1;
1101 /* Don't yet compute ->unwind (and hence ->type). It is computed
1102 on-demand in get_frame_type, frame_register_unwind, and
1105 /* Don't yet compute the frame's ID. It is computed on-demand by
1108 /* The unwound frame ID is validate at the start of this function,
1109 as part of the logic to decide if that frame should be further
1110 unwound, and not here while the prev frame is being created.
1111 Doing this makes it possible for the user to examine a frame that
1112 has an invalid frame ID.
1114 Some very old VAX code noted: [...] For the sake of argument,
1115 suppose that the stack is somewhat trashed (which is one reason
1116 that "info frame" exists). So, return 0 (indicating we don't
1117 know the address of the arglist) if we don't know what frame this
1121 this_frame->prev = prev_frame;
1122 prev_frame->next = this_frame;
1126 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "-> ");
1127 fprint_frame (gdb_stdlog, prev_frame);
1128 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, " }\n");
1134 /* Debug routine to print a NULL frame being returned. */
1137 frame_debug_got_null_frame (struct ui_file *file,
1138 struct frame_info *this_frame,
1143 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "{ get_prev_frame (this_frame=");
1144 if (this_frame != NULL)
1145 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "%d", this_frame->level);
1147 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "<NULL>");
1148 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, ") -> // %s}\n", reason);
1152 /* Is this (non-sentinel) frame in the "main"() function? */
1155 inside_main_func (struct frame_info *this_frame)
1157 struct minimal_symbol *msymbol;
1160 if (symfile_objfile == 0)
1162 msymbol = lookup_minimal_symbol (main_name (), NULL, symfile_objfile);
1163 if (msymbol == NULL)
1165 /* Make certain that the code, and not descriptor, address is
1167 maddr = gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr (current_gdbarch,
1168 SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msymbol),
1170 return maddr == get_frame_func (this_frame);
1173 /* Test whether THIS_FRAME is inside the process entry point function. */
1176 inside_entry_func (struct frame_info *this_frame)
1178 return (get_frame_func (this_frame) == entry_point_address ());
1181 /* Return a structure containing various interesting information about
1182 the frame that called THIS_FRAME. Returns NULL if there is entier
1183 no such frame or the frame fails any of a set of target-independent
1184 condition that should terminate the frame chain (e.g., as unwinding
1187 This function should not contain target-dependent tests, such as
1188 checking whether the program-counter is zero. */
1191 get_prev_frame (struct frame_info *this_frame)
1193 struct frame_info *prev_frame;
1195 /* Return the inner-most frame, when the caller passes in NULL. */
1196 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-11-09: Not sure how this would happen. The
1197 caller should have previously obtained a valid frame using
1198 get_selected_frame() and then called this code - only possibility
1199 I can think of is code behaving badly.
1201 NOTE: cagney/2003-01-10: Talk about code behaving badly. Check
1202 block_innermost_frame(). It does the sequence: frame = NULL;
1203 while (1) { frame = get_prev_frame (frame); .... }. Ulgh! Why
1204 it couldn't be written better, I don't know.
1206 NOTE: cagney/2003-01-11: I suspect what is happening in
1207 block_innermost_frame() is, when the target has no state
1208 (registers, memory, ...), it is still calling this function. The
1209 assumption being that this function will return NULL indicating
1210 that a frame isn't possible, rather than checking that the target
1211 has state and then calling get_current_frame() and
1212 get_prev_frame(). This is a guess mind. */
1213 if (this_frame == NULL)
1215 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-11-09: There was a code segment here that
1216 would error out when CURRENT_FRAME was NULL. The comment
1217 that went with it made the claim ...
1219 ``This screws value_of_variable, which just wants a nice
1220 clean NULL return from block_innermost_frame if there are no
1221 frames. I don't think I've ever seen this message happen
1222 otherwise. And returning NULL here is a perfectly legitimate
1225 Per the above, this code shouldn't even be called with a NULL
1227 frame_debug_got_null_frame (gdb_stdlog, this_frame, "this_frame NULL");
1228 return current_frame;
1231 /* There is always a frame. If this assertion fails, suspect that
1232 something should be calling get_selected_frame() or
1233 get_current_frame(). */
1234 gdb_assert (this_frame != NULL);
1236 /* tausq/2004-12-07: Dummy frames are skipped because it doesn't make much
1237 sense to stop unwinding at a dummy frame. One place where a dummy
1238 frame may have an address "inside_main_func" is on HPUX. On HPUX, the
1239 pcsqh register (space register for the instruction at the head of the
1240 instruction queue) cannot be written directly; the only way to set it
1241 is to branch to code that is in the target space. In order to implement
1242 frame dummies on HPUX, the called function is made to jump back to where
1243 the inferior was when the user function was called. If gdb was inside
1244 the main function when we created the dummy frame, the dummy frame will
1245 point inside the main function. */
1246 if (this_frame->level >= 0
1247 && get_frame_type (this_frame) != DUMMY_FRAME
1248 && !backtrace_past_main
1249 && inside_main_func (this_frame))
1250 /* Don't unwind past main(). Note, this is done _before_ the
1251 frame has been marked as previously unwound. That way if the
1252 user later decides to enable unwinds past main(), that will
1253 automatically happen. */
1255 frame_debug_got_null_frame (gdb_stdlog, this_frame, "inside main func");
1259 if (this_frame->level > backtrace_limit)
1261 error (_("Backtrace limit of %d exceeded"), backtrace_limit);
1264 /* If we're already inside the entry function for the main objfile,
1265 then it isn't valid. Don't apply this test to a dummy frame -
1266 dummy frame PCs typically land in the entry func. Don't apply
1267 this test to the sentinel frame. Sentinel frames should always
1268 be allowed to unwind. */
1269 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-07-07: Fixed a bug in inside_main_func() -
1270 wasn't checking for "main" in the minimal symbols. With that
1271 fixed asm-source tests now stop in "main" instead of halting the
1272 backtrace in weird and wonderful ways somewhere inside the entry
1273 file. Suspect that tests for inside the entry file/func were
1274 added to work around that (now fixed) case. */
1275 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-07-15: danielj (if I'm reading it right)
1276 suggested having the inside_entry_func test use the
1277 inside_main_func() msymbol trick (along with entry_point_address()
1278 I guess) to determine the address range of the start function.
1279 That should provide a far better stopper than the current
1281 /* NOTE: tausq/2004-10-09: this is needed if, for example, the compiler
1282 applied tail-call optimizations to main so that a function called
1283 from main returns directly to the caller of main. Since we don't
1284 stop at main, we should at least stop at the entry point of the
1286 if (!backtrace_past_entry
1287 && get_frame_type (this_frame) != DUMMY_FRAME && this_frame->level >= 0
1288 && inside_entry_func (this_frame))
1290 frame_debug_got_null_frame (gdb_stdlog, this_frame, "inside entry func");
1294 /* Assume that the only way to get a zero PC is through something
1295 like a SIGSEGV or a dummy frame, and hence that NORMAL frames
1296 will never unwind a zero PC. */
1297 if (this_frame->level > 0
1298 && get_frame_type (this_frame) == NORMAL_FRAME
1299 && get_frame_type (get_next_frame (this_frame)) == NORMAL_FRAME
1300 && get_frame_pc (this_frame) == 0)
1302 frame_debug_got_null_frame (gdb_stdlog, this_frame, "zero PC");
1306 return get_prev_frame_1 (this_frame);
1310 get_frame_pc (struct frame_info *frame)
1312 gdb_assert (frame->next != NULL);
1313 return frame_pc_unwind (frame->next);
1316 /* Return an address of that falls within the frame's code block. */
1319 frame_unwind_address_in_block (struct frame_info *next_frame)
1321 /* A draft address. */
1322 CORE_ADDR pc = frame_pc_unwind (next_frame);
1324 /* If THIS frame is not inner most (i.e., NEXT isn't the sentinel),
1325 and NEXT is `normal' (i.e., not a sigtramp, dummy, ....) THIS
1326 frame's PC ends up pointing at the instruction fallowing the
1327 "call". Adjust that PC value so that it falls on the call
1328 instruction (which, hopefully, falls within THIS frame's code
1329 block. So far it's proved to be a very good approximation. See
1330 get_frame_type() for why ->type can't be used. */
1331 if (next_frame->level >= 0
1332 && get_frame_type (next_frame) == NORMAL_FRAME)
1338 get_frame_address_in_block (struct frame_info *this_frame)
1340 return frame_unwind_address_in_block (this_frame->next);
1344 pc_notcurrent (struct frame_info *frame)
1346 /* If FRAME is not the innermost frame, that normally means that
1347 FRAME->pc points at the return instruction (which is *after* the
1348 call instruction), and we want to get the line containing the
1349 call (because the call is where the user thinks the program is).
1350 However, if the next frame is either a SIGTRAMP_FRAME or a
1351 DUMMY_FRAME, then the next frame will contain a saved interrupt
1352 PC and such a PC indicates the current (rather than next)
1353 instruction/line, consequently, for such cases, want to get the
1354 line containing fi->pc. */
1355 struct frame_info *next = get_next_frame (frame);
1356 int notcurrent = (next != NULL && get_frame_type (next) == NORMAL_FRAME);
1361 find_frame_sal (struct frame_info *frame, struct symtab_and_line *sal)
1363 (*sal) = find_pc_line (get_frame_pc (frame), pc_notcurrent (frame));
1366 /* Per "frame.h", return the ``address'' of the frame. Code should
1367 really be using get_frame_id(). */
1369 get_frame_base (struct frame_info *fi)
1371 return get_frame_id (fi).stack_addr;
1374 /* High-level offsets into the frame. Used by the debug info. */
1377 get_frame_base_address (struct frame_info *fi)
1379 if (get_frame_type (fi) != NORMAL_FRAME)
1381 if (fi->base == NULL)
1382 fi->base = frame_base_find_by_frame (fi->next);
1383 /* Sneaky: If the low-level unwind and high-level base code share a
1384 common unwinder, let them share the prologue cache. */
1385 if (fi->base->unwind == fi->unwind)
1386 return fi->base->this_base (fi->next, &fi->prologue_cache);
1387 return fi->base->this_base (fi->next, &fi->base_cache);
1391 get_frame_locals_address (struct frame_info *fi)
1394 if (get_frame_type (fi) != NORMAL_FRAME)
1396 /* If there isn't a frame address method, find it. */
1397 if (fi->base == NULL)
1398 fi->base = frame_base_find_by_frame (fi->next);
1399 /* Sneaky: If the low-level unwind and high-level base code share a
1400 common unwinder, let them share the prologue cache. */
1401 if (fi->base->unwind == fi->unwind)
1402 cache = &fi->prologue_cache;
1404 cache = &fi->base_cache;
1405 return fi->base->this_locals (fi->next, cache);
1409 get_frame_args_address (struct frame_info *fi)
1412 if (get_frame_type (fi) != NORMAL_FRAME)
1414 /* If there isn't a frame address method, find it. */
1415 if (fi->base == NULL)
1416 fi->base = frame_base_find_by_frame (fi->next);
1417 /* Sneaky: If the low-level unwind and high-level base code share a
1418 common unwinder, let them share the prologue cache. */
1419 if (fi->base->unwind == fi->unwind)
1420 cache = &fi->prologue_cache;
1422 cache = &fi->base_cache;
1423 return fi->base->this_args (fi->next, cache);
1426 /* Level of the selected frame: 0 for innermost, 1 for its caller, ...
1427 or -1 for a NULL frame. */
1430 frame_relative_level (struct frame_info *fi)
1439 get_frame_type (struct frame_info *frame)
1441 if (frame->unwind == NULL)
1442 /* Initialize the frame's unwinder because that's what
1443 provides the frame's type. */
1444 frame->unwind = frame_unwind_find_by_frame (frame->next,
1445 &frame->prologue_cache);
1446 return frame->unwind->type;
1450 deprecated_update_frame_pc_hack (struct frame_info *frame, CORE_ADDR pc)
1453 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,
1454 "{ deprecated_update_frame_pc_hack (frame=%d,pc=0x%s) }\n",
1455 frame->level, paddr_nz (pc));
1456 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-03-11: Some architectures (e.g., Arm) are
1457 maintaining a locally allocated frame object. Since such frames
1458 are not in the frame chain, it isn't possible to assume that the
1459 frame has a next. Sigh. */
1460 if (frame->next != NULL)
1462 /* While we're at it, update this frame's cached PC value, found
1463 in the next frame. Oh for the day when "struct frame_info"
1464 is opaque and this hack on hack can just go away. */
1465 frame->next->prev_pc.value = pc;
1466 frame->next->prev_pc.p = 1;
1471 deprecated_update_frame_base_hack (struct frame_info *frame, CORE_ADDR base)
1474 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog,
1475 "{ deprecated_update_frame_base_hack (frame=%d,base=0x%s) }\n",
1476 frame->level, paddr_nz (base));
1477 /* See comment in "frame.h". */
1478 frame->this_id.value.stack_addr = base;
1481 /* Memory access methods. */
1484 get_frame_memory (struct frame_info *this_frame, CORE_ADDR addr, void *buf,
1487 read_memory (addr, buf, len);
1491 get_frame_memory_signed (struct frame_info *this_frame, CORE_ADDR addr,
1494 return read_memory_integer (addr, len);
1498 get_frame_memory_unsigned (struct frame_info *this_frame, CORE_ADDR addr,
1501 return read_memory_unsigned_integer (addr, len);
1505 safe_frame_unwind_memory (struct frame_info *this_frame,
1506 CORE_ADDR addr, void *buf, int len)
1508 /* NOTE: deprecated_read_memory_nobpt returns zero on success! */
1509 return !deprecated_read_memory_nobpt (addr, buf, len);
1512 /* Architecture method. */
1515 get_frame_arch (struct frame_info *this_frame)
1517 return current_gdbarch;
1520 /* Stack pointer methods. */
1523 get_frame_sp (struct frame_info *this_frame)
1525 return frame_sp_unwind (this_frame->next);
1529 frame_sp_unwind (struct frame_info *next_frame)
1531 /* Normality - an architecture that provides a way of obtaining any
1532 frame inner-most address. */
1533 if (gdbarch_unwind_sp_p (current_gdbarch))
1534 return gdbarch_unwind_sp (current_gdbarch, next_frame);
1535 /* Things are looking grim. If it's the inner-most frame and there
1536 is a TARGET_READ_SP, then that can be used. */
1537 if (next_frame->level < 0 && TARGET_READ_SP_P ())
1538 return TARGET_READ_SP ();
1539 /* Now things are really are grim. Hope that the value returned by
1540 the SP_REGNUM register is meaningful. */
1544 frame_unwind_unsigned_register (next_frame, SP_REGNUM, &sp);
1547 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("Missing unwind SP method"));
1550 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_frame; /* -Wmissing-prototypes */
1552 static struct cmd_list_element *set_backtrace_cmdlist;
1553 static struct cmd_list_element *show_backtrace_cmdlist;
1556 set_backtrace_cmd (char *args, int from_tty)
1558 help_list (set_backtrace_cmdlist, "set backtrace ", -1, gdb_stdout);
1562 show_backtrace_cmd (char *args, int from_tty)
1564 cmd_show_list (show_backtrace_cmdlist, from_tty, "");
1568 _initialize_frame (void)
1570 obstack_init (&frame_cache_obstack);
1572 observer_attach_target_changed (frame_observer_target_changed);
1574 add_prefix_cmd ("backtrace", class_maintenance, set_backtrace_cmd, _("\
1575 Set backtrace specific variables.\n\
1576 Configure backtrace variables such as the backtrace limit"),
1577 &set_backtrace_cmdlist, "set backtrace ",
1578 0/*allow-unknown*/, &setlist);
1579 add_prefix_cmd ("backtrace", class_maintenance, show_backtrace_cmd, _("\
1580 Show backtrace specific variables\n\
1581 Show backtrace variables such as the backtrace limit"),
1582 &show_backtrace_cmdlist, "show backtrace ",
1583 0/*allow-unknown*/, &showlist);
1585 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("past-main", class_obscure,
1586 &backtrace_past_main, _("\
1587 Set whether backtraces should continue past \"main\"."), _("\
1588 Show whether backtraces should continue past \"main\"."), _("\
1589 Normally the caller of \"main\" is not of interest, so GDB will terminate\n\
1590 the backtrace at \"main\". Set this variable if you need to see the rest\n\
1591 of the stack trace."),
1593 show_backtrace_past_main,
1594 &set_backtrace_cmdlist,
1595 &show_backtrace_cmdlist);
1597 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("past-entry", class_obscure,
1598 &backtrace_past_entry, _("\
1599 Set whether backtraces should continue past the entry point of a program."),
1601 Show whether backtraces should continue past the entry point of a program."),
1603 Normally there are no callers beyond the entry point of a program, so GDB\n\
1604 will terminate the backtrace there. Set this variable if you need to see \n\
1605 the rest of the stack trace."),
1607 show_backtrace_past_entry,
1608 &set_backtrace_cmdlist,
1609 &show_backtrace_cmdlist);
1611 add_setshow_uinteger_cmd ("limit", class_obscure,
1612 &backtrace_limit, _("\
1613 Set an upper bound on the number of backtrace levels."), _("\
1614 Show the upper bound on the number of backtrace levels."), _("\
1615 No more than the specified number of frames can be displayed or examined.\n\
1616 Zero is unlimited."),
1618 show_backtrace_limit,
1619 &set_backtrace_cmdlist,
1620 &show_backtrace_cmdlist);
1622 /* Debug this files internals. */
1623 add_setshow_zinteger_cmd ("frame", class_maintenance, &frame_debug, _("\
1624 Set frame debugging."), _("\
1625 Show frame debugging."), _("\
1626 When non-zero, frame specific internal debugging is enabled."),
1629 &setdebuglist, &showdebuglist);