1 /* Perform an inferior function call, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
21 #include "breakpoint.h"
22 #include "tracepoint.h"
27 #include "gdb_assert.h"
36 #include "dummy-frame.h"
38 #include "gdbthread.h"
39 #include "exceptions.h"
40 #include "event-top.h"
42 /* If we can't find a function's name from its address,
43 we print this instead. */
44 #define RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT "at 0x%s"
45 #define RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_SIZE (sizeof (RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT) \
46 + 2 * sizeof (CORE_ADDR))
48 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-04-16: What's the future of this code?
50 GDB needs an asynchronous expression evaluator, that means an
51 asynchronous inferior function call implementation, and that in
52 turn means restructuring the code so that it is event driven. */
54 /* How you should pass arguments to a function depends on whether it
55 was defined in K&R style or prototype style. If you define a
56 function using the K&R syntax that takes a `float' argument, then
57 callers must pass that argument as a `double'. If you define the
58 function using the prototype syntax, then you must pass the
59 argument as a `float', with no promotion.
61 Unfortunately, on certain older platforms, the debug info doesn't
62 indicate reliably how each function was defined. A function type's
63 TYPE_FLAG_PROTOTYPED flag may be clear, even if the function was
64 defined in prototype style. When calling a function whose
65 TYPE_FLAG_PROTOTYPED flag is clear, GDB consults this flag to
68 For modern targets, it is proper to assume that, if the prototype
69 flag is clear, that can be trusted: `float' arguments should be
70 promoted to `double'. For some older targets, if the prototype
71 flag is clear, that doesn't tell us anything. The default is to
72 trust the debug information; the user can override this behavior
73 with "set coerce-float-to-double 0". */
75 static int coerce_float_to_double_p = 1;
77 show_coerce_float_to_double_p (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
78 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
80 fprintf_filtered (file,
81 _("Coercion of floats to doubles "
82 "when calling functions is %s.\n"),
86 /* This boolean tells what gdb should do if a signal is received while
87 in a function called from gdb (call dummy). If set, gdb unwinds
88 the stack and restore the context to what as it was before the
91 The default is to stop in the frame where the signal was received. */
93 static int unwind_on_signal_p = 0;
95 show_unwind_on_signal_p (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
96 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
98 fprintf_filtered (file,
99 _("Unwinding of stack if a signal is "
100 "received while in a call dummy is %s.\n"),
104 /* This boolean tells what gdb should do if a std::terminate call is
105 made while in a function called from gdb (call dummy).
106 As the confines of a single dummy stack prohibit out-of-frame
107 handlers from handling a raised exception, and as out-of-frame
108 handlers are common in C++, this can lead to no handler being found
109 by the unwinder, and a std::terminate call. This is a false positive.
110 If set, gdb unwinds the stack and restores the context to what it
113 The default is to unwind the frame if a std::terminate call is
116 static int unwind_on_terminating_exception_p = 1;
119 show_unwind_on_terminating_exception_p (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
120 struct cmd_list_element *c,
124 fprintf_filtered (file,
125 _("Unwind stack if a C++ exception is "
126 "unhandled while in a call dummy is %s.\n"),
130 /* Perform the standard coercions that are specified
131 for arguments to be passed to C or Ada functions.
133 If PARAM_TYPE is non-NULL, it is the expected parameter type.
134 IS_PROTOTYPED is non-zero if the function declaration is prototyped.
135 SP is the stack pointer were additional data can be pushed (updating
136 its value as needed). */
138 static struct value *
139 value_arg_coerce (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *arg,
140 struct type *param_type, int is_prototyped, CORE_ADDR *sp)
142 const struct builtin_type *builtin = builtin_type (gdbarch);
143 struct type *arg_type = check_typedef (value_type (arg));
145 = param_type ? check_typedef (param_type) : arg_type;
147 /* Perform any Ada-specific coercion first. */
148 if (current_language->la_language == language_ada)
149 arg = ada_convert_actual (arg, type);
151 /* Force the value to the target if we will need its address. At
152 this point, we could allocate arguments on the stack instead of
153 calling malloc if we knew that their addresses would not be
154 saved by the called function. */
155 arg = value_coerce_to_target (arg);
157 switch (TYPE_CODE (type))
161 struct value *new_value;
163 if (TYPE_CODE (arg_type) == TYPE_CODE_REF)
164 return value_cast_pointers (type, arg, 0);
166 /* Cast the value to the reference's target type, and then
167 convert it back to a reference. This will issue an error
168 if the value was not previously in memory - in some cases
169 we should clearly be allowing this, but how? */
170 new_value = value_cast (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type), arg);
171 new_value = value_ref (new_value);
178 /* If we don't have a prototype, coerce to integer type if necessary. */
181 if (TYPE_LENGTH (type) < TYPE_LENGTH (builtin->builtin_int))
182 type = builtin->builtin_int;
184 /* Currently all target ABIs require at least the width of an integer
185 type for an argument. We may have to conditionalize the following
186 type coercion for future targets. */
187 if (TYPE_LENGTH (type) < TYPE_LENGTH (builtin->builtin_int))
188 type = builtin->builtin_int;
191 if (!is_prototyped && coerce_float_to_double_p)
193 if (TYPE_LENGTH (type) < TYPE_LENGTH (builtin->builtin_double))
194 type = builtin->builtin_double;
195 else if (TYPE_LENGTH (type) > TYPE_LENGTH (builtin->builtin_double))
196 type = builtin->builtin_long_double;
200 type = lookup_pointer_type (type);
202 case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY:
203 /* Arrays are coerced to pointers to their first element, unless
204 they are vectors, in which case we want to leave them alone,
205 because they are passed by value. */
206 if (current_language->c_style_arrays)
207 if (!TYPE_VECTOR (type))
208 type = lookup_pointer_type (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type));
210 case TYPE_CODE_UNDEF:
212 case TYPE_CODE_STRUCT:
213 case TYPE_CODE_UNION:
216 case TYPE_CODE_RANGE:
217 case TYPE_CODE_STRING:
218 case TYPE_CODE_ERROR:
219 case TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR:
220 case TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR:
221 case TYPE_CODE_METHOD:
222 case TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX:
227 return value_cast (type, arg);
230 /* Return the return type of a function with its first instruction exactly at
231 the PC address. Return NULL otherwise. */
234 find_function_return_type (CORE_ADDR pc)
236 struct symbol *sym = find_pc_function (pc);
238 if (sym != NULL && BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (sym)) == pc
239 && SYMBOL_TYPE (sym) != NULL)
240 return TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (SYMBOL_TYPE (sym));
245 /* Determine a function's address and its return type from its value.
246 Calls error() if the function is not valid for calling. */
249 find_function_addr (struct value *function, struct type **retval_type)
251 struct type *ftype = check_typedef (value_type (function));
252 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_type_arch (ftype);
253 struct type *value_type = NULL;
254 /* Initialize it just to avoid a GCC false warning. */
255 CORE_ADDR funaddr = 0;
257 /* If it's a member function, just look at the function
260 /* Determine address to call. */
261 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
262 || TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
263 funaddr = value_address (function);
264 else if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_PTR)
266 funaddr = value_as_address (function);
267 ftype = check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype));
268 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
269 || TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
270 funaddr = gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr (gdbarch, funaddr,
273 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
274 || TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
276 value_type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype);
278 if (TYPE_GNU_IFUNC (ftype))
280 funaddr = gnu_ifunc_resolve_addr (gdbarch, funaddr);
282 /* Skip querying the function symbol if no RETVAL_TYPE has been
285 value_type = find_function_return_type (funaddr);
288 else if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_INT)
290 /* Handle the case of functions lacking debugging info.
291 Their values are characters since their addresses are char. */
292 if (TYPE_LENGTH (ftype) == 1)
293 funaddr = value_as_address (value_addr (function));
296 /* Handle function descriptors lacking debug info. */
297 int found_descriptor = 0;
299 funaddr = 0; /* pacify "gcc -Werror" */
300 if (VALUE_LVAL (function) == lval_memory)
304 funaddr = value_as_address (value_addr (function));
306 funaddr = gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr (gdbarch, funaddr,
308 if (funaddr != nfunaddr)
309 found_descriptor = 1;
311 if (!found_descriptor)
312 /* Handle integer used as address of a function. */
313 funaddr = (CORE_ADDR) value_as_long (function);
317 error (_("Invalid data type for function to be called."));
319 if (retval_type != NULL)
320 *retval_type = value_type;
321 return funaddr + gdbarch_deprecated_function_start_offset (gdbarch);
324 /* For CALL_DUMMY_ON_STACK, push a breakpoint sequence that the called
325 function returns to. */
328 push_dummy_code (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
329 CORE_ADDR sp, CORE_ADDR funaddr,
330 struct value **args, int nargs,
331 struct type *value_type,
332 CORE_ADDR *real_pc, CORE_ADDR *bp_addr,
333 struct regcache *regcache)
335 gdb_assert (gdbarch_push_dummy_code_p (gdbarch));
337 return gdbarch_push_dummy_code (gdbarch, sp, funaddr,
338 args, nargs, value_type, real_pc, bp_addr,
342 /* Fetch the name of the function at FUNADDR.
343 This is used in printing an error message for call_function_by_hand.
344 BUF is used to print FUNADDR in hex if the function name cannot be
345 determined. It must be large enough to hold formatted result of
346 RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT. */
349 get_function_name (CORE_ADDR funaddr, char *buf, int buf_size)
352 struct symbol *symbol = find_pc_function (funaddr);
355 return SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (symbol);
359 /* Try the minimal symbols. */
360 struct bound_minimal_symbol msymbol = lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (funaddr);
363 return MSYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (msymbol.minsym);
367 char *tmp = xstrprintf (_(RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT),
368 hex_string (funaddr));
370 gdb_assert (strlen (tmp) + 1 <= buf_size);
377 /* Subroutine of call_function_by_hand to simplify it.
378 Start up the inferior and wait for it to stop.
379 Return the exception if there's an error, or an exception with
380 reason >= 0 if there's no error.
382 This is done inside a TRY_CATCH so the caller needn't worry about
383 thrown errors. The caller should rethrow if there's an error. */
385 static struct gdb_exception
386 run_inferior_call (struct thread_info *call_thread, CORE_ADDR real_pc)
388 volatile struct gdb_exception e;
389 int saved_in_infcall = call_thread->control.in_infcall;
390 ptid_t call_thread_ptid = call_thread->ptid;
392 call_thread->control.in_infcall = 1;
394 clear_proceed_status ();
396 disable_watchpoints_before_interactive_call_start ();
398 /* We want stop_registers, please... */
399 call_thread->control.proceed_to_finish = 1;
401 TRY_CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
403 int was_sync = sync_execution;
405 proceed (real_pc, GDB_SIGNAL_0, 0);
407 /* Inferior function calls are always synchronous, even if the
408 target supports asynchronous execution. Do here what
409 `proceed' itself does in sync mode. */
410 if (target_can_async_p ())
412 wait_for_inferior ();
414 /* If GDB was previously in sync execution mode, then ensure
415 that it remains so. normal_stop calls
416 async_enable_stdin, so reset it again here. In other
417 cases, stdin will be re-enabled by
418 inferior_event_handler, when an exception is thrown. */
420 async_disable_stdin ();
424 /* At this point the current thread may have changed. Refresh
425 CALL_THREAD as it could be invalid if its thread has exited. */
426 call_thread = find_thread_ptid (call_thread_ptid);
428 enable_watchpoints_after_interactive_call_stop ();
430 /* Call breakpoint_auto_delete on the current contents of the bpstat
431 of inferior call thread.
432 If all error()s out of proceed ended up calling normal_stop
433 (and perhaps they should; it already does in the special case
434 of error out of resume()), then we wouldn't need this. */
437 if (call_thread != NULL)
438 breakpoint_auto_delete (call_thread->control.stop_bpstat);
441 if (call_thread != NULL)
442 call_thread->control.in_infcall = saved_in_infcall;
447 /* A cleanup function that calls delete_std_terminate_breakpoint. */
449 cleanup_delete_std_terminate_breakpoint (void *ignore)
451 delete_std_terminate_breakpoint ();
454 /* All this stuff with a dummy frame may seem unnecessarily complicated
455 (why not just save registers in GDB?). The purpose of pushing a dummy
456 frame which looks just like a real frame is so that if you call a
457 function and then hit a breakpoint (get a signal, etc), "backtrace"
458 will look right. Whether the backtrace needs to actually show the
459 stack at the time the inferior function was called is debatable, but
460 it certainly needs to not display garbage. So if you are contemplating
461 making dummy frames be different from normal frames, consider that. */
463 /* Perform a function call in the inferior.
464 ARGS is a vector of values of arguments (NARGS of them).
465 FUNCTION is a value, the function to be called.
466 Returns a value representing what the function returned.
467 May fail to return, if a breakpoint or signal is hit
468 during the execution of the function.
470 ARGS is modified to contain coerced values. */
473 call_function_by_hand (struct value *function, int nargs, struct value **args)
476 struct type *values_type, *target_values_type;
477 unsigned char struct_return = 0, hidden_first_param_p = 0;
478 CORE_ADDR struct_addr = 0;
479 struct infcall_control_state *inf_status;
480 struct cleanup *inf_status_cleanup;
481 struct infcall_suspend_state *caller_state;
484 struct type *ftype = check_typedef (value_type (function));
486 struct frame_id dummy_id;
487 struct cleanup *args_cleanup;
488 struct frame_info *frame;
489 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
490 struct cleanup *terminate_bp_cleanup;
491 ptid_t call_thread_ptid;
492 struct gdb_exception e;
493 char name_buf[RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_SIZE];
495 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_PTR)
496 ftype = check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype));
498 if (!target_has_execution)
501 if (get_traceframe_number () >= 0)
502 error (_("May not call functions while looking at trace frames."));
504 if (execution_direction == EXEC_REVERSE)
505 error (_("Cannot call functions in reverse mode."));
507 frame = get_current_frame ();
508 gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
510 if (!gdbarch_push_dummy_call_p (gdbarch))
511 error (_("This target does not support function calls."));
513 /* A cleanup for the inferior status.
514 This is only needed while we're preparing the inferior function call. */
515 inf_status = save_infcall_control_state ();
517 = make_cleanup_restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
519 /* Save the caller's registers and other state associated with the
520 inferior itself so that they can be restored once the
521 callee returns. To allow nested calls the registers are (further
522 down) pushed onto a dummy frame stack. Include a cleanup (which
523 is tossed once the regcache has been pushed). */
524 caller_state = save_infcall_suspend_state ();
525 make_cleanup_restore_infcall_suspend_state (caller_state);
527 /* Ensure that the initial SP is correctly aligned. */
529 CORE_ADDR old_sp = get_frame_sp (frame);
531 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
533 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, old_sp);
534 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-08-13: Skip the "red zone". For some
535 ABIs, a function can use memory beyond the inner most stack
536 address. AMD64 called that region the "red zone". Skip at
537 least the "red zone" size before allocating any space on
539 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
540 sp -= gdbarch_frame_red_zone_size (gdbarch);
542 sp += gdbarch_frame_red_zone_size (gdbarch);
544 gdb_assert (sp == gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp));
545 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-09-18:
547 On a RISC architecture, a void parameterless generic dummy
548 frame (i.e., no parameters, no result) typically does not
549 need to push anything the stack and hence can leave SP and
550 FP. Similarly, a frameless (possibly leaf) function does
551 not push anything on the stack and, hence, that too can
552 leave FP and SP unchanged. As a consequence, a sequence of
553 void parameterless generic dummy frame calls to frameless
554 functions will create a sequence of effectively identical
555 frames (SP, FP and TOS and PC the same). This, not
556 suprisingly, results in what appears to be a stack in an
557 infinite loop --- when GDB tries to find a generic dummy
558 frame on the internal dummy frame stack, it will always
561 To avoid this problem, the code below always grows the
562 stack. That way, two dummy frames can never be identical.
563 It does burn a few bytes of stack but that is a small price
567 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
568 /* Stack grows down. */
569 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, old_sp - 1);
571 /* Stack grows up. */
572 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, old_sp + 1);
574 /* SP may have underflown address zero here from OLD_SP. Memory access
575 functions will probably fail in such case but that is a target's
579 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-09-18: Hey, you loose!
581 Who knows how badly aligned the SP is!
583 If the generic dummy frame ends up empty (because nothing is
584 pushed) GDB won't be able to correctly perform back traces.
585 If a target is having trouble with backtraces, first thing to
586 do is add FRAME_ALIGN() to the architecture vector. If that
587 fails, try dummy_id().
589 If the ABI specifies a "Red Zone" (see the doco) the code
590 below will quietly trash it. */
594 funaddr = find_function_addr (function, &values_type);
596 values_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int;
598 CHECK_TYPEDEF (values_type);
600 /* Are we returning a value using a structure return (passing a
601 hidden argument pointing to storage) or a normal value return?
602 There are two cases: language-mandated structure return and
603 target ABI structure return. The variable STRUCT_RETURN only
604 describes the latter. The language version is handled by passing
605 the return location as the first parameter to the function,
606 even preceding "this". This is different from the target
607 ABI version, which is target-specific; for instance, on ia64
608 the first argument is passed in out0 but the hidden structure
609 return pointer would normally be passed in r8. */
611 if (gdbarch_return_in_first_hidden_param_p (gdbarch, values_type))
613 hidden_first_param_p = 1;
615 /* Tell the target specific argument pushing routine not to
617 target_values_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_void;
621 struct_return = using_struct_return (gdbarch, function, values_type);
622 target_values_type = values_type;
625 /* Determine the location of the breakpoint (and possibly other
626 stuff) that the called function will return to. The SPARC, for a
627 function returning a structure or union, needs to make space for
628 not just the breakpoint but also an extra word containing the
629 size (?) of the structure being passed. */
631 switch (gdbarch_call_dummy_location (gdbarch))
635 const gdb_byte *bp_bytes;
636 CORE_ADDR bp_addr_as_address;
639 /* Be careful BP_ADDR is in inferior PC encoding while
640 BP_ADDR_AS_ADDRESS is a plain memory address. */
642 sp = push_dummy_code (gdbarch, sp, funaddr, args, nargs,
643 target_values_type, &real_pc, &bp_addr,
644 get_current_regcache ());
646 /* Write a legitimate instruction at the point where the infcall
647 breakpoint is going to be inserted. While this instruction
648 is never going to be executed, a user investigating the
649 memory from GDB would see this instruction instead of random
650 uninitialized bytes. We chose the breakpoint instruction
651 as it may look as the most logical one to the user and also
652 valgrind 3.7.0 needs it for proper vgdb inferior calls.
654 If software breakpoints are unsupported for this target we
655 leave the user visible memory content uninitialized. */
657 bp_addr_as_address = bp_addr;
658 bp_bytes = gdbarch_breakpoint_from_pc (gdbarch, &bp_addr_as_address,
660 if (bp_bytes != NULL)
661 write_memory (bp_addr_as_address, bp_bytes, bp_size);
666 CORE_ADDR dummy_addr;
669 dummy_addr = entry_point_address ();
671 /* A call dummy always consists of just a single breakpoint, so
672 its address is the same as the address of the dummy.
674 The actual breakpoint is inserted separatly so there is no need to
676 bp_addr = dummy_addr;
680 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("bad switch"));
683 if (nargs < TYPE_NFIELDS (ftype))
684 error (_("Too few arguments in function call."));
689 for (i = nargs - 1; i >= 0; i--)
692 struct type *param_type;
694 /* FIXME drow/2002-05-31: Should just always mark methods as
695 prototyped. Can we respect TYPE_VARARGS? Probably not. */
696 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
698 else if (i < TYPE_NFIELDS (ftype))
699 prototyped = TYPE_PROTOTYPED (ftype);
703 if (i < TYPE_NFIELDS (ftype))
704 param_type = TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (ftype, i);
708 args[i] = value_arg_coerce (gdbarch, args[i],
709 param_type, prototyped, &sp);
711 if (param_type != NULL && language_pass_by_reference (param_type))
712 args[i] = value_addr (args[i]);
716 /* Reserve space for the return structure to be written on the
717 stack, if necessary. Make certain that the value is correctly
720 if (struct_return || hidden_first_param_p)
722 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
724 /* Stack grows downward. Align STRUCT_ADDR and SP after
725 making space for the return value. */
726 sp -= TYPE_LENGTH (values_type);
727 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
728 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
733 /* Stack grows upward. Align the frame, allocate space, and
734 then again, re-align the frame??? */
735 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
736 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
738 sp += TYPE_LENGTH (values_type);
739 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
740 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
744 if (hidden_first_param_p)
746 struct value **new_args;
748 /* Add the new argument to the front of the argument list. */
749 new_args = xmalloc (sizeof (struct value *) * (nargs + 1));
750 new_args[0] = value_from_pointer (lookup_pointer_type (values_type),
752 memcpy (&new_args[1], &args[0], sizeof (struct value *) * nargs);
755 args_cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, args);
758 args_cleanup = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL);
760 /* Create the dummy stack frame. Pass in the call dummy address as,
761 presumably, the ABI code knows where, in the call dummy, the
762 return address should be pointed. */
763 sp = gdbarch_push_dummy_call (gdbarch, function, get_current_regcache (),
764 bp_addr, nargs, args,
765 sp, struct_return, struct_addr);
767 do_cleanups (args_cleanup);
769 /* Set up a frame ID for the dummy frame so we can pass it to
770 set_momentary_breakpoint. We need to give the breakpoint a frame
771 ID so that the breakpoint code can correctly re-identify the
773 /* Sanity. The exact same SP value is returned by PUSH_DUMMY_CALL,
774 saved as the dummy-frame TOS, and used by dummy_id to form
775 the frame ID's stack address. */
776 dummy_id = frame_id_build (sp, bp_addr);
778 /* Create a momentary breakpoint at the return address of the
779 inferior. That way it breaks when it returns. */
782 struct breakpoint *bpt, *longjmp_b;
783 struct symtab_and_line sal;
785 init_sal (&sal); /* initialize to zeroes */
786 sal.pspace = current_program_space;
788 sal.section = find_pc_overlay (sal.pc);
789 /* Sanity. The exact same SP value is returned by
790 PUSH_DUMMY_CALL, saved as the dummy-frame TOS, and used by
791 dummy_id to form the frame ID's stack address. */
792 bpt = set_momentary_breakpoint (gdbarch, sal, dummy_id, bp_call_dummy);
794 /* set_momentary_breakpoint invalidates FRAME. */
797 bpt->disposition = disp_del;
798 gdb_assert (bpt->related_breakpoint == bpt);
800 longjmp_b = set_longjmp_breakpoint_for_call_dummy ();
803 /* Link BPT into the chain of LONGJMP_B. */
804 bpt->related_breakpoint = longjmp_b;
805 while (longjmp_b->related_breakpoint != bpt->related_breakpoint)
806 longjmp_b = longjmp_b->related_breakpoint;
807 longjmp_b->related_breakpoint = bpt;
811 /* Create a breakpoint in std::terminate.
812 If a C++ exception is raised in the dummy-frame, and the
813 exception handler is (normally, and expected to be) out-of-frame,
814 the default C++ handler will (wrongly) be called in an inferior
815 function call. This is wrong, as an exception can be normally
816 and legally handled out-of-frame. The confines of the dummy frame
817 prevent the unwinder from finding the correct handler (or any
818 handler, unless it is in-frame). The default handler calls
819 std::terminate. This will kill the inferior. Assert that
820 terminate should never be called in an inferior function
821 call. Place a momentary breakpoint in the std::terminate function
822 and if triggered in the call, rewind. */
823 if (unwind_on_terminating_exception_p)
824 set_std_terminate_breakpoint ();
826 /* Everything's ready, push all the info needed to restore the
827 caller (and identify the dummy-frame) onto the dummy-frame
829 dummy_frame_push (caller_state, &dummy_id);
831 /* Discard both inf_status and caller_state cleanups.
832 From this point on we explicitly restore the associated state
834 discard_cleanups (inf_status_cleanup);
836 /* Register a clean-up for unwind_on_terminating_exception_breakpoint. */
837 terminate_bp_cleanup = make_cleanup (cleanup_delete_std_terminate_breakpoint,
840 /* - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP -
841 If you're looking to implement asynchronous dummy-frames, then
842 just below is the place to chop this function in two.. */
844 /* TP is invalid after run_inferior_call returns, so enclose this
845 in a block so that it's only in scope during the time it's valid. */
847 struct thread_info *tp = inferior_thread ();
849 /* Save this thread's ptid, we need it later but the thread
851 call_thread_ptid = tp->ptid;
853 /* Run the inferior until it stops. */
855 e = run_inferior_call (tp, real_pc);
858 /* Rethrow an error if we got one trying to run the inferior. */
862 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
863 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
865 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
867 /* We could discard the dummy frame here if the program exited,
868 but it will get garbage collected the next time the program is
874 throw_error (e.error, _("%s\n\
875 An error occurred while in a function called from GDB.\n\
876 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
877 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
878 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
886 /* If the program has exited, or we stopped at a different thread,
887 exit and inform the user. */
889 if (! target_has_execution)
891 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
892 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
894 /* If we try to restore the inferior status,
895 we'll crash as the inferior is no longer running. */
896 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
898 /* We could discard the dummy frame here given that the program exited,
899 but it will get garbage collected the next time the program is
902 error (_("The program being debugged exited while in a function "
904 "Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n"
905 "(%s) will be abandoned."),
909 if (! ptid_equal (call_thread_ptid, inferior_ptid))
911 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
912 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
914 /* We've switched threads. This can happen if another thread gets a
915 signal or breakpoint while our thread was running.
916 There's no point in restoring the inferior status,
917 we're in a different thread. */
918 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
919 /* Keep the dummy frame record, if the user switches back to the
920 thread with the hand-call, we'll need it. */
921 if (stopped_by_random_signal)
923 The program received a signal in another thread while\n\
924 making a function call from GDB.\n\
925 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
926 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
927 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
931 The program stopped in another thread while making a function call from GDB.\n\
932 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
933 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
934 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
938 if (stopped_by_random_signal || stop_stack_dummy != STOP_STACK_DUMMY)
940 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
941 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
943 if (stopped_by_random_signal)
945 /* We stopped inside the FUNCTION because of a random
946 signal. Further execution of the FUNCTION is not
949 if (unwind_on_signal_p)
951 /* The user wants the context restored. */
953 /* We must get back to the frame we were before the
955 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id);
957 /* We also need to restore inferior status to that before the
959 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
961 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very
962 long if it's a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
964 The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.\n\
965 GDB has restored the context to what it was before the call.\n\
966 To change this behavior use \"set unwindonsignal off\".\n\
967 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
968 (%s) will be abandoned."),
973 /* The user wants to stay in the frame where we stopped
975 Discard inferior status, we're not at the same point
977 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
979 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very
980 long if it's a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
982 The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.\n\
983 GDB remains in the frame where the signal was received.\n\
984 To change this behavior use \"set unwindonsignal on\".\n\
985 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
986 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
987 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
992 if (stop_stack_dummy == STOP_STD_TERMINATE)
994 /* We must get back to the frame we were before the dummy
996 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id);
998 /* We also need to restore inferior status to that before
1000 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1003 The program being debugged entered a std::terminate call, most likely\n\
1004 caused by an unhandled C++ exception. GDB blocked this call in order\n\
1005 to prevent the program from being terminated, and has restored the\n\
1006 context to its original state before the call.\n\
1007 To change this behaviour use \"set unwind-on-terminating-exception off\".\n\
1008 Evaluation of the expression containing the function (%s)\n\
1009 will be abandoned."),
1012 else if (stop_stack_dummy == STOP_NONE)
1015 /* We hit a breakpoint inside the FUNCTION.
1016 Keep the dummy frame, the user may want to examine its state.
1017 Discard inferior status, we're not at the same point
1019 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1021 /* The following error message used to say "The expression
1022 which contained the function call has been discarded."
1023 It is a hard concept to explain in a few words. Ideally,
1024 GDB would be able to resume evaluation of the expression
1025 when the function finally is done executing. Perhaps
1026 someday this will be implemented (it would not be easy). */
1027 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very long if it's
1028 a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
1030 The program being debugged stopped while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1031 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1032 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1033 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1037 /* The above code errors out, so ... */
1038 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("... should not be here"));
1041 do_cleanups (terminate_bp_cleanup);
1043 /* If we get here the called FUNCTION ran to completion,
1044 and the dummy frame has already been popped. */
1047 struct address_space *aspace = get_regcache_aspace (stop_registers);
1048 struct regcache *retbuf = regcache_xmalloc (gdbarch, aspace);
1049 struct cleanup *retbuf_cleanup = make_cleanup_regcache_xfree (retbuf);
1050 struct value *retval = NULL;
1052 regcache_cpy_no_passthrough (retbuf, stop_registers);
1054 /* Inferior call is successful. Restore the inferior status.
1055 At this stage, leave the RETBUF alone. */
1056 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1058 /* Figure out the value returned by the function. */
1059 retval = allocate_value (values_type);
1061 if (hidden_first_param_p)
1062 read_value_memory (retval, 0, 1, struct_addr,
1063 value_contents_raw (retval),
1064 TYPE_LENGTH (values_type));
1065 else if (TYPE_CODE (target_values_type) != TYPE_CODE_VOID)
1067 /* If the function returns void, don't bother fetching the
1069 switch (gdbarch_return_value (gdbarch, function, target_values_type,
1072 case RETURN_VALUE_REGISTER_CONVENTION:
1073 case RETURN_VALUE_ABI_RETURNS_ADDRESS:
1074 case RETURN_VALUE_ABI_PRESERVES_ADDRESS:
1075 gdbarch_return_value (gdbarch, function, values_type,
1076 retbuf, value_contents_raw (retval), NULL);
1078 case RETURN_VALUE_STRUCT_CONVENTION:
1079 read_value_memory (retval, 0, 1, struct_addr,
1080 value_contents_raw (retval),
1081 TYPE_LENGTH (values_type));
1086 do_cleanups (retbuf_cleanup);
1088 gdb_assert (retval);
1094 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
1095 void _initialize_infcall (void);
1098 _initialize_infcall (void)
1100 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("coerce-float-to-double", class_obscure,
1101 &coerce_float_to_double_p, _("\
1102 Set coercion of floats to doubles when calling functions."), _("\
1103 Show coercion of floats to doubles when calling functions"), _("\
1104 Variables of type float should generally be converted to doubles before\n\
1105 calling an unprototyped function, and left alone when calling a prototyped\n\
1106 function. However, some older debug info formats do not provide enough\n\
1107 information to determine that a function is prototyped. If this flag is\n\
1108 set, GDB will perform the conversion for a function it considers\n\
1110 The default is to perform the conversion.\n"),
1112 show_coerce_float_to_double_p,
1113 &setlist, &showlist);
1115 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("unwindonsignal", no_class,
1116 &unwind_on_signal_p, _("\
1117 Set unwinding of stack if a signal is received while in a call dummy."), _("\
1118 Show unwinding of stack if a signal is received while in a call dummy."), _("\
1119 The unwindonsignal lets the user determine what gdb should do if a signal\n\
1120 is received while in a function called from gdb (call dummy). If set, gdb\n\
1121 unwinds the stack and restore the context to what as it was before the call.\n\
1122 The default is to stop in the frame where the signal was received."),
1124 show_unwind_on_signal_p,
1125 &setlist, &showlist);
1127 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("unwind-on-terminating-exception", no_class,
1128 &unwind_on_terminating_exception_p, _("\
1129 Set unwinding of stack if std::terminate is called while in call dummy."), _("\
1130 Show unwinding of stack if std::terminate() is called while in a call dummy."),
1132 The unwind on terminating exception flag lets the user determine\n\
1133 what gdb should do if a std::terminate() call is made from the\n\
1134 default exception handler. If set, gdb unwinds the stack and restores\n\
1135 the context to what it was before the call. If unset, gdb allows the\n\
1136 std::terminate call to proceed.\n\
1137 The default is to unwind the frame."),
1139 show_unwind_on_terminating_exception_p,
1140 &setlist, &showlist);