1 /* Definitions for dealing with stack frames, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
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22 #if !defined (FRAME_H)
25 /* The following is the intended naming schema for frame functions.
26 It isn't 100% consistent, but it is aproaching that. Frame naming
31 get_frame_WHAT...(): Get WHAT from the THIS frame (functionaly
32 equivalent to THIS->next->unwind->what)
34 frame_unwind_WHAT...(): Unwind THIS frame's WHAT from the NEXT
37 put_frame_WHAT...(): Put a value into this frame (unsafe, need to
38 invalidate the frame / regcache afterwards) (better name more
39 strongly hinting at its unsafeness)
41 safe_....(): Safer version of various functions, doesn't throw an
42 error (leave this for later?). Returns non-zero / non-NULL if the
43 request succeeds, zero / NULL otherwize.
47 void /frame/_WHAT(): Read WHAT's value into the buffer parameter.
49 ULONGEST /frame/_WHAT_unsigned(): Return an unsigned value (the
50 alternative is *frame_unsigned_WHAT).
52 LONGEST /frame/_WHAT_signed(): Return WHAT signed value.
56 /frame/_memory* (frame, coreaddr, len [, buf]): Extract/return
59 /frame/_register* (frame, regnum [, buf]): extract/return register.
61 CORE_ADDR /frame/_{pc,sp,...} (frame): Resume address, innner most
66 struct symtab_and_line;
73 /* The frame object. */
77 /* The frame object's ID. This provides a per-frame unique identifier
78 that can be used to relocate a `struct frame_info' after a target
79 resume or a frame cache destruct. It of course assumes that the
80 inferior hasn't unwound the stack past that frame. */
84 /* The frame's stack address. This shall be constant through out
85 the lifetime of a frame. Note that this requirement applies to
86 not just the function body, but also the prologue and (in theory
87 at least) the epilogue. Since that value needs to fall either on
88 the boundary, or within the frame's address range, the frame's
89 outer-most address (the inner-most address of the previous frame)
90 is used. Watch out for all the legacy targets that still use the
91 function pointer register or stack pointer register. They are
94 This field is valid only if stack_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
95 frame represents the null frame. */
98 /* The frame's code address. This shall be constant through out the
99 lifetime of the frame. While the PC (a.k.a. resume address)
100 changes as the function is executed, this code address cannot.
101 Typically, it is set to the address of the entry point of the
102 frame's function (as returned by get_frame_func).
104 This field is valid only if code_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
105 frame is considered to have a wildcard code address, i.e. one that
106 matches every address value in frame comparisons. */
109 /* The frame's special address. This shall be constant through out the
110 lifetime of the frame. This is used for architectures that may have
111 frames that do not change the stack but are still distinct and have
112 some form of distinct identifier (e.g. the ia64 which uses a 2nd
113 stack for registers). This field is treated as unordered - i.e. will
114 not be used in frame ordering comparisons such as frame_id_inner().
116 This field is valid only if special_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
117 frame is considered to have a wildcard special address, i.e. one that
118 matches every address value in frame comparisons. */
119 CORE_ADDR special_addr;
121 /* Flags to indicate the above fields have valid contents. */
122 unsigned int stack_addr_p : 1;
123 unsigned int code_addr_p : 1;
124 unsigned int special_addr_p : 1;
127 /* Methods for constructing and comparing Frame IDs.
129 NOTE: Given stackless functions A and B, where A calls B (and hence
130 B is inner-to A). The relationships: !eq(A,B); !eq(B,A);
131 !inner(A,B); !inner(B,A); all hold.
133 This is because, while B is inner-to A, B is not strictly inner-to A.
134 Being stackless, they have an identical .stack_addr value, and differ
135 only by their unordered .code_addr and/or .special_addr values.
137 Because frame_id_inner is only used as a safety net (e.g.,
138 detect a corrupt stack) the lack of strictness is not a problem.
139 Code needing to determine an exact relationship between two frames
140 must instead use frame_id_eq and frame_id_unwind. For instance,
141 in the above, to determine that A stepped-into B, the equation
142 "A.id != B.id && A.id == id_unwind (B)" can be used. */
144 /* For convenience. All fields are zero. */
145 extern const struct frame_id null_frame_id;
147 /* Flag to control debugging. */
149 extern int frame_debug;
151 /* Construct a frame ID. The first parameter is the frame's constant
152 stack address (typically the outer-bound), and the second the
153 frame's constant code address (typically the entry point).
154 The special identifier address is set to indicate a wild card. */
155 extern struct frame_id frame_id_build (CORE_ADDR stack_addr,
156 CORE_ADDR code_addr);
158 /* Construct a special frame ID. The first parameter is the frame's constant
159 stack address (typically the outer-bound), the second is the
160 frame's constant code address (typically the entry point),
161 and the third parameter is the frame's special identifier address. */
162 extern struct frame_id frame_id_build_special (CORE_ADDR stack_addr,
164 CORE_ADDR special_addr);
166 /* Construct a wild card frame ID. The parameter is the frame's constant
167 stack address (typically the outer-bound). The code address as well
168 as the special identifier address are set to indicate wild cards. */
169 extern struct frame_id frame_id_build_wild (CORE_ADDR stack_addr);
171 /* Returns non-zero when L is a valid frame (a valid frame has a
173 extern int frame_id_p (struct frame_id l);
175 /* Returns non-zero when L and R identify the same frame, or, if
176 either L or R have a zero .func, then the same frame base. */
177 extern int frame_id_eq (struct frame_id l, struct frame_id r);
179 /* Returns non-zero when L is strictly inner-than R (they have
180 different frame .bases). Neither L, nor R can be `null'. See note
181 above about frameless functions. */
182 extern int frame_id_inner (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct frame_id l,
185 /* Write the internal representation of a frame ID on the specified
187 extern void fprint_frame_id (struct ui_file *file, struct frame_id id);
190 /* Frame types. Some are real, some are signal trampolines, and some
191 are completely artificial (dummy). */
195 /* A true stack frame, created by the target program during normal
198 /* A fake frame, created by GDB when performing an inferior function
201 /* In a signal handler, various OSs handle this in various ways.
202 The main thing is that the frame may be far from normal. */
204 /* Sentinel or registers frame. This frame obtains register values
205 direct from the inferior's registers. */
209 /* For every stopped thread, GDB tracks two frames: current and
210 selected. Current frame is the inner most frame of the selected
211 thread. Selected frame is the one being examined by the the GDB
212 CLI (selected using `up', `down', ...). The frames are created
213 on-demand (via get_prev_frame()) and then held in a frame cache. */
214 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-28: Er, there is a lie here. If you do the
215 sequence: `thread 1; up; thread 2; thread 1' you lose thread 1's
216 selected frame. At present GDB only tracks the selected frame of
217 the current thread. But be warned, that might change. */
218 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-14: At any time, only one thread's selected
219 and current frame can be active. Switching threads causes gdb to
220 discard all that cached frame information. Ulgh! Instead, current
221 and selected frame should be bound to a thread. */
223 /* On demand, create the inner most frame using information found in
224 the inferior. If the inner most frame can't be created, throw an
226 extern struct frame_info *get_current_frame (void);
228 /* Invalidates the frame cache (this function should have been called
229 invalidate_cached_frames).
231 FIXME: cagney/2002-11-28: There should be two methods: one that
232 reverts the thread's selected frame back to current frame (for when
233 the inferior resumes) and one that does not (for when the user
234 modifies the target invalidating the frame cache). */
235 extern void reinit_frame_cache (void);
237 /* On demand, create the selected frame and then return it. If the
238 selected frame can not be created, this function prints then throws
239 an error. When MESSAGE is non-NULL, use it for the error message,
240 otherwize use a generic error message. */
241 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-28: At present, when there is no selected
242 frame, this function always returns the current (inner most) frame.
243 It should instead, when a thread has previously had its frame
244 selected (but not resumed) and the frame cache invalidated, find
245 and then return that thread's previously selected frame. */
246 extern struct frame_info *get_selected_frame (const char *message);
248 /* Select a specific frame. NULL, apparently implies re-select the
250 extern void select_frame (struct frame_info *);
252 /* Given a FRAME, return the next (more inner, younger) or previous
253 (more outer, older) frame. */
254 extern struct frame_info *get_prev_frame (struct frame_info *);
255 extern struct frame_info *get_next_frame (struct frame_info *);
257 /* Given a frame's ID, relocate the frame. Returns NULL if the frame
259 extern struct frame_info *frame_find_by_id (struct frame_id id);
261 /* Base attributes of a frame: */
263 /* The frame's `resume' address. Where the program will resume in
266 This replaced: frame->pc; */
267 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_pc (struct frame_info *);
269 /* An address (not necessarily aligned to an instruction boundary)
270 that falls within THIS frame's code block.
272 When a function call is the last statement in a block, the return
273 address for the call may land at the start of the next block.
274 Similarly, if a no-return function call is the last statement in
275 the function, the return address may end up pointing beyond the
276 function, and possibly at the start of the next function.
278 These methods make an allowance for this. For call frames, this
279 function returns the frame's PC-1 which "should" be an address in
280 the frame's block. */
282 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_address_in_block (struct frame_info *this_frame);
284 /* Similar to get_frame_address_in_block, find an address in the
285 block which logically called NEXT_FRAME, assuming it is a THIS_TYPE
288 extern CORE_ADDR frame_unwind_address_in_block (struct frame_info *next_frame,
289 enum frame_type this_type);
291 /* The frame's inner-most bound. AKA the stack-pointer. Confusingly
292 known as top-of-stack. */
294 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_sp (struct frame_info *);
295 extern CORE_ADDR frame_sp_unwind (struct frame_info *);
298 /* Following on from the `resume' address. Return the entry point
299 address of the function containing that resume address, or zero if
300 that function isn't known. */
301 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_func (struct frame_info *fi);
303 /* Closely related to the resume address, various symbol table
304 attributes that are determined by the PC. Note that for a normal
305 frame, the PC refers to the resume address after the return, and
306 not the call instruction. In such a case, the address is adjusted
307 so that it (approximately) identifies the call site (and not the
310 NOTE: cagney/2002-11-28: The frame cache could be used to cache the
311 computed value. Working on the assumption that the bottle-neck is
312 in the single step code, and that code causes the frame cache to be
313 constantly flushed, caching things in a frame is probably of little
314 benefit. As they say `show us the numbers'.
316 NOTE: cagney/2002-11-28: Plenty more where this one came from:
317 find_frame_block(), find_frame_partial_function(),
318 find_frame_symtab(), find_frame_function(). Each will need to be
319 carefully considered to determine if the real intent was for it to
320 apply to the PC or the adjusted PC. */
321 extern void find_frame_sal (struct frame_info *frame,
322 struct symtab_and_line *sal);
324 /* Set the current source and line to the location given by frame
325 FRAME, if possible. When CENTER is true, adjust so the relevant
326 line is in the center of the next 'list'. */
328 void set_current_sal_from_frame (struct frame_info *, int);
330 /* Return the frame base (what ever that is) (DEPRECATED).
332 Old code was trying to use this single method for two conflicting
333 purposes. Such code needs to be updated to use either of:
335 get_frame_id: A low level frame unique identifier, that consists of
336 both a stack and a function address, that can be used to uniquely
337 identify a frame. This value is determined by the frame's
338 low-level unwinder, the stack part [typically] being the
339 top-of-stack of the previous frame, and the function part being the
340 function's start address. Since the correct identification of a
341 frameless function requires both the a stack and function address,
342 the old get_frame_base method was not sufficient.
344 get_frame_base_address: get_frame_locals_address:
345 get_frame_args_address: A set of high-level debug-info dependant
346 addresses that fall within the frame. These addresses almost
347 certainly will not match the stack address part of a frame ID (as
348 returned by get_frame_base).
350 This replaced: frame->frame; */
352 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_base (struct frame_info *);
354 /* Return the per-frame unique identifer. Can be used to relocate a
355 frame after a frame cache flush (and other similar operations). If
356 FI is NULL, return the null_frame_id.
358 NOTE: kettenis/20040508: These functions return a structure. On
359 platforms where structures are returned in static storage (vax,
360 m68k), this may trigger compiler bugs in code like:
362 if (frame_id_eq (get_frame_id (l), get_frame_id (r)))
364 where the return value from the first get_frame_id (l) gets
365 overwritten by the second get_frame_id (r). Please avoid writing
366 code like this. Use code like:
368 struct frame_id id = get_frame_id (l);
369 if (frame_id_eq (id, get_frame_id (r)))
371 instead, since that avoids the bug. */
372 extern struct frame_id get_frame_id (struct frame_info *fi);
373 extern struct frame_id frame_unwind_id (struct frame_info *next_frame);
375 /* Assuming that a frame is `normal', return its base-address, or 0 if
376 the information isn't available. NOTE: This address is really only
377 meaningful to the frame's high-level debug info. */
378 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_base_address (struct frame_info *);
380 /* Assuming that a frame is `normal', return the base-address of the
381 local variables, or 0 if the information isn't available. NOTE:
382 This address is really only meaningful to the frame's high-level
383 debug info. Typically, the argument and locals share a single
385 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_locals_address (struct frame_info *);
387 /* Assuming that a frame is `normal', return the base-address of the
388 parameter list, or 0 if that information isn't available. NOTE:
389 This address is really only meaningful to the frame's high-level
390 debug info. Typically, the argument and locals share a single
392 extern CORE_ADDR get_frame_args_address (struct frame_info *);
394 /* The frame's level: 0 for innermost, 1 for its caller, ...; or -1
395 for an invalid frame). */
396 extern int frame_relative_level (struct frame_info *fi);
398 /* Return the frame's type. */
400 extern enum frame_type get_frame_type (struct frame_info *);
402 /* For frames where we can not unwind further, describe why. */
404 enum unwind_stop_reason
406 /* No particular reason; either we haven't tried unwinding yet,
407 or we didn't fail. */
410 /* The previous frame's analyzer returns an invalid result
413 FIXME drow/2006-08-16: This is how GDB used to indicate end of
414 stack. We should migrate to a model where frames always have a
415 valid ID, and this becomes not just an error but an internal
416 error. But that's a project for another day. */
419 /* All the conditions after this point are considered errors;
420 abnormal stack termination. If a backtrace stops for one
421 of these reasons, we'll let the user know. This marker
422 is not a valid stop reason. */
425 /* This frame ID looks like it ought to belong to a NEXT frame,
426 but we got it for a PREV frame. Normally, this is a sign of
427 unwinder failure. It could also indicate stack corruption. */
430 /* This frame has the same ID as the previous one. That means
431 that unwinding further would almost certainly give us another
432 frame with exactly the same ID, so break the chain. Normally,
433 this is a sign of unwinder failure. It could also indicate
437 /* The frame unwinder didn't find any saved PC, but we needed
438 one to unwind further. */
442 /* Return the reason why we can't unwind past this frame. */
444 enum unwind_stop_reason get_frame_unwind_stop_reason (struct frame_info *);
446 /* Translate a reason code to an informative string. */
448 const char *frame_stop_reason_string (enum unwind_stop_reason);
450 /* Unwind the stack frame so that the value of REGNUM, in the previous
451 (up, older) frame is returned. If VALUEP is NULL, don't
452 fetch/compute the value. Instead just return the location of the
454 extern void frame_register_unwind (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
455 int *optimizedp, enum lval_type *lvalp,
456 CORE_ADDR *addrp, int *realnump,
459 /* Fetch a register from this, or unwind a register from the next
460 frame. Note that the get_frame methods are wrappers to
461 frame->next->unwind. They all [potentially] throw an error if the
462 fetch fails. The value methods never return NULL, but usually
463 do return a lazy value. */
465 extern void frame_unwind_register (struct frame_info *frame,
466 int regnum, gdb_byte *buf);
467 extern void get_frame_register (struct frame_info *frame,
468 int regnum, gdb_byte *buf);
470 struct value *frame_unwind_register_value (struct frame_info *frame,
472 struct value *get_frame_register_value (struct frame_info *frame,
475 extern LONGEST frame_unwind_register_signed (struct frame_info *frame,
477 extern LONGEST get_frame_register_signed (struct frame_info *frame,
479 extern ULONGEST frame_unwind_register_unsigned (struct frame_info *frame,
481 extern ULONGEST get_frame_register_unsigned (struct frame_info *frame,
485 /* Get the value of the register that belongs to this FRAME. This
486 function is a wrapper to the call sequence ``frame_register_unwind
487 (get_next_frame (FRAME))''. As per frame_register_unwind(), if
488 VALUEP is NULL, the registers value is not fetched/computed. */
490 extern void frame_register (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
491 int *optimizedp, enum lval_type *lvalp,
492 CORE_ADDR *addrp, int *realnump,
495 /* The reverse. Store a register value relative to the specified
496 frame. Note: this call makes the frame's state undefined. The
497 register and frame caches must be flushed. */
498 extern void put_frame_register (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
499 const gdb_byte *buf);
501 /* Read LEN bytes from one or multiple registers starting with REGNUM
502 in frame FRAME, starting at OFFSET, into BUF. */
503 extern int get_frame_register_bytes (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
504 CORE_ADDR offset, int len,
507 /* Write LEN bytes to one or multiple registers starting with REGNUM
508 in frame FRAME, starting at OFFSET, into BUF. */
509 extern void put_frame_register_bytes (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
510 CORE_ADDR offset, int len,
511 const gdb_byte *myaddr);
513 /* Map between a frame register number and its name. A frame register
514 space is a superset of the cooked register space --- it also
515 includes builtin registers. If NAMELEN is negative, use the NAME's
516 length when doing the comparison. */
518 extern int frame_map_name_to_regnum (struct frame_info *frame,
519 const char *name, int namelen);
520 extern const char *frame_map_regnum_to_name (struct frame_info *frame,
523 /* Unwind the PC. Strictly speaking return the resume address of the
524 calling frame. For GDB, `pc' is the resume address and not a
525 specific register. */
527 extern CORE_ADDR frame_pc_unwind (struct frame_info *frame);
529 /* Discard the specified frame. Restoring the registers to the state
531 extern void frame_pop (struct frame_info *frame);
533 /* Return memory from the specified frame. A frame knows its thread /
534 LWP and hence can find its way down to a target. The assumption
535 here is that the current and previous frame share a common address
538 If the memory read fails, these methods throw an error.
540 NOTE: cagney/2003-06-03: Should there be unwind versions of these
541 methods? That isn't clear. Can code, for instance, assume that
542 this and the previous frame's memory or architecture are identical?
543 If architecture / memory changes are always separated by special
544 adaptor frames this should be ok. */
546 extern void get_frame_memory (struct frame_info *this_frame, CORE_ADDR addr,
547 gdb_byte *buf, int len);
548 extern LONGEST get_frame_memory_signed (struct frame_info *this_frame,
549 CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
550 extern ULONGEST get_frame_memory_unsigned (struct frame_info *this_frame,
551 CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len);
553 /* Same as above, but return non-zero when the entire memory read
554 succeeds, zero otherwize. */
555 extern int safe_frame_unwind_memory (struct frame_info *this_frame,
556 CORE_ADDR addr, gdb_byte *buf, int len);
558 /* Return this frame's architecture. */
560 extern struct gdbarch *get_frame_arch (struct frame_info *this_frame);
563 /* Values for the source flag to be used in print_frame_info_base(). */
566 /* Print only the source line, like in stepi. */
568 /* Print only the location, i.e. level, address (sometimes)
569 function, args, file, line, line num. */
571 /* Print both of the above. */
573 /* Print location only, but always include the address. */
577 /* Allocate zero initialized memory from the frame cache obstack.
578 Appendices to the frame info (such as the unwind cache) should
579 allocate memory using this method. */
581 extern void *frame_obstack_zalloc (unsigned long size);
582 #define FRAME_OBSTACK_ZALLOC(TYPE) ((TYPE *) frame_obstack_zalloc (sizeof (TYPE)))
583 #define FRAME_OBSTACK_CALLOC(NUMBER,TYPE) ((TYPE *) frame_obstack_zalloc ((NUMBER) * sizeof (TYPE)))
585 /* Create a regcache, and copy the frame's registers into it. */
586 struct regcache *frame_save_as_regcache (struct frame_info *this_frame);
588 extern struct block *get_frame_block (struct frame_info *,
589 CORE_ADDR *addr_in_block);
591 /* Return the `struct block' that belongs to the selected thread's
592 selected frame. If the inferior has no state, return NULL.
594 NOTE: cagney/2002-11-29:
596 No state? Does the inferior have any execution state (a core file
597 does, an executable does not). At present the code tests
598 `target_has_stack' but I'm left wondering if it should test
599 `target_has_registers' or, even, a merged target_has_state.
601 Should it look at the most recently specified SAL? If the target
602 has no state, should this function try to extract a block from the
603 most recently selected SAL? That way `list foo' would give it some
604 sort of reference point. Then again, perhaps that would confuse
607 Calls to this function can be broken down into two categories: Code
608 that uses the selected block as an additional, but optional, data
609 point; Code that uses the selected block as a prop, when it should
610 have the relevant frame/block/pc explicitly passed in.
612 The latter can be eliminated by correctly parameterizing the code,
613 the former though is more interesting. Per the "address" command,
614 it occurs in the CLI code and makes it possible for commands to
615 work, even when the inferior has no state. */
617 extern struct block *get_selected_block (CORE_ADDR *addr_in_block);
619 extern struct symbol *get_frame_function (struct frame_info *);
621 extern CORE_ADDR get_pc_function_start (CORE_ADDR);
623 extern struct frame_info *find_relative_frame (struct frame_info *, int *);
625 extern void show_and_print_stack_frame (struct frame_info *fi, int print_level,
626 enum print_what print_what);
628 extern void print_stack_frame (struct frame_info *, int print_level,
629 enum print_what print_what);
631 extern void print_frame_info (struct frame_info *, int print_level,
632 enum print_what print_what, int args);
634 extern struct frame_info *block_innermost_frame (struct block *);
636 extern int deprecated_pc_in_call_dummy (CORE_ADDR pc);
638 /* FIXME: cagney/2003-02-02: Should be deprecated or replaced with a
639 function called get_frame_register_p(). This slightly weird (and
640 older) variant of get_frame_register() returns zero (indicating the
641 register is unavailable) if either: the register isn't cached; or
642 the register has been optimized out. Problem is, neither check is
643 exactly correct. A register can't be optimized out (it may not
644 have been saved as part of a function call); The fact that a
645 register isn't in the register cache doesn't mean that the register
646 isn't available (it could have been fetched from memory). */
648 extern int frame_register_read (struct frame_info *frame, int regnum,
652 extern void args_info (char *, int);
654 extern void locals_info (char *, int);
656 extern void (*deprecated_selected_frame_level_changed_hook) (int);
658 extern void return_command (char *, int);
660 /* Set FRAME's unwinder temporarily, so that we can call a sniffer.
661 Return a cleanup which should be called if unwinding fails, and
662 discarded if it succeeds. */
664 struct cleanup *frame_prepare_for_sniffer (struct frame_info *frame,
665 const struct frame_unwind *unwind);
667 /* Notes (cagney/2002-11-27, drow/2003-09-06):
669 You might think that calls to this function can simply be replaced by a
670 call to get_selected_frame().
672 Unfortunately, it isn't that easy.
674 The relevant code needs to be audited to determine if it is
675 possible (or practical) to instead pass the applicable frame in as a
676 parameter. For instance, DEPRECATED_DO_REGISTERS_INFO() relied on
677 the deprecated_selected_frame global, while its replacement,
678 PRINT_REGISTERS_INFO(), is parameterized with the selected frame.
679 The only real exceptions occur at the edge (in the CLI code) where
680 user commands need to pick up the selected frame before proceeding.
682 There are also some functions called with a NULL frame meaning either "the
683 program is not running" or "use the selected frame".
685 This is important. GDB is trying to stamp out the hack:
687 saved_frame = deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame ();
689 hack_using_global_selected_frame ();
690 select_frame (saved_frame);
694 This function calls get_selected_frame if the inferior should have a
695 frame, or returns NULL otherwise. */
697 extern struct frame_info *deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame (void);
699 /* Create a frame using the specified BASE and PC. */
701 extern struct frame_info *create_new_frame (CORE_ADDR base, CORE_ADDR pc);
703 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-12-06: Has the PC in the current frame changed?
704 "infrun.c", Thanks to gdbarch_decr_pc_after_break, can change the PC after
705 the initial frame create. This puts things back in sync.
707 This replaced: frame->pc = ....; */
708 extern void deprecated_update_frame_pc_hack (struct frame_info *frame,
711 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-12-18: Has the frame's base changed? Or to be
712 more exact, was that initial guess at the frame's base as returned
713 by the deleted read_fp() wrong? If it was, fix it. This shouldn't
714 be necessary since the code should be getting the frame's base
715 correct from the outset.
717 This replaced: frame->frame = ....; */
718 extern void deprecated_update_frame_base_hack (struct frame_info *frame,
721 #endif /* !defined (FRAME_H) */