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"
26 #include "gdb_assert.h"
35 #include "dummy-frame.h"
37 #include "gdbthread.h"
38 #include "exceptions.h"
40 /* If we can't find a function's name from its address,
41 we print this instead. */
42 #define RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT "at 0x%s"
43 #define RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_SIZE (sizeof (RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT) \
44 + 2 * sizeof (CORE_ADDR))
46 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-04-16: What's the future of this code?
48 GDB needs an asynchronous expression evaluator, that means an
49 asynchronous inferior function call implementation, and that in
50 turn means restructuring the code so that it is event driven. */
52 /* How you should pass arguments to a function depends on whether it
53 was defined in K&R style or prototype style. If you define a
54 function using the K&R syntax that takes a `float' argument, then
55 callers must pass that argument as a `double'. If you define the
56 function using the prototype syntax, then you must pass the
57 argument as a `float', with no promotion.
59 Unfortunately, on certain older platforms, the debug info doesn't
60 indicate reliably how each function was defined. A function type's
61 TYPE_FLAG_PROTOTYPED flag may be clear, even if the function was
62 defined in prototype style. When calling a function whose
63 TYPE_FLAG_PROTOTYPED flag is clear, GDB consults this flag to
66 For modern targets, it is proper to assume that, if the prototype
67 flag is clear, that can be trusted: `float' arguments should be
68 promoted to `double'. For some older targets, if the prototype
69 flag is clear, that doesn't tell us anything. The default is to
70 trust the debug information; the user can override this behavior
71 with "set coerce-float-to-double 0". */
73 static int coerce_float_to_double_p = 1;
75 show_coerce_float_to_double_p (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
76 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
78 fprintf_filtered (file,
79 _("Coercion of floats to doubles "
80 "when calling functions is %s.\n"),
84 /* This boolean tells what gdb should do if a signal is received while
85 in a function called from gdb (call dummy). If set, gdb unwinds
86 the stack and restore the context to what as it was before the
89 The default is to stop in the frame where the signal was received. */
91 static int unwind_on_signal_p = 0;
93 show_unwind_on_signal_p (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
94 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
96 fprintf_filtered (file,
97 _("Unwinding of stack if a signal is "
98 "received while in a call dummy is %s.\n"),
102 /* This boolean tells what gdb should do if a std::terminate call is
103 made while in a function called from gdb (call dummy).
104 As the confines of a single dummy stack prohibit out-of-frame
105 handlers from handling a raised exception, and as out-of-frame
106 handlers are common in C++, this can lead to no handler being found
107 by the unwinder, and a std::terminate call. This is a false positive.
108 If set, gdb unwinds the stack and restores the context to what it
111 The default is to unwind the frame if a std::terminate call is
114 static int unwind_on_terminating_exception_p = 1;
117 show_unwind_on_terminating_exception_p (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
118 struct cmd_list_element *c,
122 fprintf_filtered (file,
123 _("Unwind stack if a C++ exception is "
124 "unhandled while in a call dummy is %s.\n"),
128 /* Perform the standard coercions that are specified
129 for arguments to be passed to C or Ada functions.
131 If PARAM_TYPE is non-NULL, it is the expected parameter type.
132 IS_PROTOTYPED is non-zero if the function declaration is prototyped.
133 SP is the stack pointer were additional data can be pushed (updating
134 its value as needed). */
136 static struct value *
137 value_arg_coerce (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *arg,
138 struct type *param_type, int is_prototyped, CORE_ADDR *sp)
140 const struct builtin_type *builtin = builtin_type (gdbarch);
141 struct type *arg_type = check_typedef (value_type (arg));
143 = param_type ? check_typedef (param_type) : arg_type;
145 /* Perform any Ada-specific coercion first. */
146 if (current_language->la_language == language_ada)
147 arg = ada_convert_actual (arg, type);
149 /* Force the value to the target if we will need its address. At
150 this point, we could allocate arguments on the stack instead of
151 calling malloc if we knew that their addresses would not be
152 saved by the called function. */
153 arg = value_coerce_to_target (arg);
155 switch (TYPE_CODE (type))
159 struct value *new_value;
161 if (TYPE_CODE (arg_type) == TYPE_CODE_REF)
162 return value_cast_pointers (type, arg, 0);
164 /* Cast the value to the reference's target type, and then
165 convert it back to a reference. This will issue an error
166 if the value was not previously in memory - in some cases
167 we should clearly be allowing this, but how? */
168 new_value = value_cast (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type), arg);
169 new_value = value_ref (new_value);
176 /* If we don't have a prototype, coerce to integer type if necessary. */
179 if (TYPE_LENGTH (type) < TYPE_LENGTH (builtin->builtin_int))
180 type = builtin->builtin_int;
182 /* Currently all target ABIs require at least the width of an integer
183 type for an argument. We may have to conditionalize the following
184 type coercion for future targets. */
185 if (TYPE_LENGTH (type) < TYPE_LENGTH (builtin->builtin_int))
186 type = builtin->builtin_int;
189 if (!is_prototyped && coerce_float_to_double_p)
191 if (TYPE_LENGTH (type) < TYPE_LENGTH (builtin->builtin_double))
192 type = builtin->builtin_double;
193 else if (TYPE_LENGTH (type) > TYPE_LENGTH (builtin->builtin_double))
194 type = builtin->builtin_long_double;
198 type = lookup_pointer_type (type);
200 case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY:
201 /* Arrays are coerced to pointers to their first element, unless
202 they are vectors, in which case we want to leave them alone,
203 because they are passed by value. */
204 if (current_language->c_style_arrays)
205 if (!TYPE_VECTOR (type))
206 type = lookup_pointer_type (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type));
208 case TYPE_CODE_UNDEF:
210 case TYPE_CODE_STRUCT:
211 case TYPE_CODE_UNION:
214 case TYPE_CODE_RANGE:
215 case TYPE_CODE_STRING:
216 case TYPE_CODE_ERROR:
217 case TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR:
218 case TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR:
219 case TYPE_CODE_METHOD:
220 case TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX:
225 return value_cast (type, arg);
228 /* Return the return type of a function with its first instruction exactly at
229 the PC address. Return NULL otherwise. */
232 find_function_return_type (CORE_ADDR pc)
234 struct symbol *sym = find_pc_function (pc);
236 if (sym != NULL && BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (sym)) == pc
237 && SYMBOL_TYPE (sym) != NULL)
238 return TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (SYMBOL_TYPE (sym));
243 /* Determine a function's address and its return type from its value.
244 Calls error() if the function is not valid for calling. */
247 find_function_addr (struct value *function, struct type **retval_type)
249 struct type *ftype = check_typedef (value_type (function));
250 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_type_arch (ftype);
251 struct type *value_type = NULL;
252 /* Initialize it just to avoid a GCC false warning. */
253 CORE_ADDR funaddr = 0;
255 /* If it's a member function, just look at the function
258 /* Determine address to call. */
259 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
260 || TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
261 funaddr = value_address (function);
262 else if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_PTR)
264 funaddr = value_as_address (function);
265 ftype = check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype));
266 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
267 || TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
268 funaddr = gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr (gdbarch, funaddr,
271 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC
272 || TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
274 value_type = TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype);
276 if (TYPE_GNU_IFUNC (ftype))
278 funaddr = gnu_ifunc_resolve_addr (gdbarch, funaddr);
280 /* Skip querying the function symbol if no RETVAL_TYPE has been
283 value_type = find_function_return_type (funaddr);
286 else if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_INT)
288 /* Handle the case of functions lacking debugging info.
289 Their values are characters since their addresses are char. */
290 if (TYPE_LENGTH (ftype) == 1)
291 funaddr = value_as_address (value_addr (function));
294 /* Handle function descriptors lacking debug info. */
295 int found_descriptor = 0;
297 funaddr = 0; /* pacify "gcc -Werror" */
298 if (VALUE_LVAL (function) == lval_memory)
302 funaddr = value_as_address (value_addr (function));
304 funaddr = gdbarch_convert_from_func_ptr_addr (gdbarch, funaddr,
306 if (funaddr != nfunaddr)
307 found_descriptor = 1;
309 if (!found_descriptor)
310 /* Handle integer used as address of a function. */
311 funaddr = (CORE_ADDR) value_as_long (function);
315 error (_("Invalid data type for function to be called."));
317 if (retval_type != NULL)
318 *retval_type = value_type;
319 return funaddr + gdbarch_deprecated_function_start_offset (gdbarch);
322 /* For CALL_DUMMY_ON_STACK, push a breakpoint sequence that the called
323 function returns to. */
326 push_dummy_code (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
327 CORE_ADDR sp, CORE_ADDR funaddr,
328 struct value **args, int nargs,
329 struct type *value_type,
330 CORE_ADDR *real_pc, CORE_ADDR *bp_addr,
331 struct regcache *regcache)
333 gdb_assert (gdbarch_push_dummy_code_p (gdbarch));
335 return gdbarch_push_dummy_code (gdbarch, sp, funaddr,
336 args, nargs, value_type, real_pc, bp_addr,
340 /* Fetch the name of the function at FUNADDR.
341 This is used in printing an error message for call_function_by_hand.
342 BUF is used to print FUNADDR in hex if the function name cannot be
343 determined. It must be large enough to hold formatted result of
344 RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT. */
347 get_function_name (CORE_ADDR funaddr, char *buf, int buf_size)
350 struct symbol *symbol = find_pc_function (funaddr);
353 return SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (symbol);
357 /* Try the minimal symbols. */
358 struct bound_minimal_symbol msymbol = lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (funaddr);
361 return SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (msymbol.minsym);
365 char *tmp = xstrprintf (_(RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT),
366 hex_string (funaddr));
368 gdb_assert (strlen (tmp) + 1 <= buf_size);
375 /* Subroutine of call_function_by_hand to simplify it.
376 Start up the inferior and wait for it to stop.
377 Return the exception if there's an error, or an exception with
378 reason >= 0 if there's no error.
380 This is done inside a TRY_CATCH so the caller needn't worry about
381 thrown errors. The caller should rethrow if there's an error. */
383 static struct gdb_exception
384 run_inferior_call (struct thread_info *call_thread, CORE_ADDR real_pc)
386 volatile struct gdb_exception e;
387 int saved_in_infcall = call_thread->control.in_infcall;
388 ptid_t call_thread_ptid = call_thread->ptid;
390 call_thread->control.in_infcall = 1;
392 clear_proceed_status ();
394 disable_watchpoints_before_interactive_call_start ();
396 /* We want stop_registers, please... */
397 call_thread->control.proceed_to_finish = 1;
399 TRY_CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
401 proceed (real_pc, GDB_SIGNAL_0, 0);
403 /* Inferior function calls are always synchronous, even if the
404 target supports asynchronous execution. Do here what
405 `proceed' itself does in sync mode. */
406 if (target_can_async_p () && is_running (inferior_ptid))
408 wait_for_inferior ();
413 /* At this point the current thread may have changed. Refresh
414 CALL_THREAD as it could be invalid if its thread has exited. */
415 call_thread = find_thread_ptid (call_thread_ptid);
417 enable_watchpoints_after_interactive_call_stop ();
419 /* Call breakpoint_auto_delete on the current contents of the bpstat
420 of inferior call thread.
421 If all error()s out of proceed ended up calling normal_stop
422 (and perhaps they should; it already does in the special case
423 of error out of resume()), then we wouldn't need this. */
426 if (call_thread != NULL)
427 breakpoint_auto_delete (call_thread->control.stop_bpstat);
430 if (call_thread != NULL)
431 call_thread->control.in_infcall = saved_in_infcall;
436 /* A cleanup function that calls delete_std_terminate_breakpoint. */
438 cleanup_delete_std_terminate_breakpoint (void *ignore)
440 delete_std_terminate_breakpoint ();
443 /* All this stuff with a dummy frame may seem unnecessarily complicated
444 (why not just save registers in GDB?). The purpose of pushing a dummy
445 frame which looks just like a real frame is so that if you call a
446 function and then hit a breakpoint (get a signal, etc), "backtrace"
447 will look right. Whether the backtrace needs to actually show the
448 stack at the time the inferior function was called is debatable, but
449 it certainly needs to not display garbage. So if you are contemplating
450 making dummy frames be different from normal frames, consider that. */
452 /* Perform a function call in the inferior.
453 ARGS is a vector of values of arguments (NARGS of them).
454 FUNCTION is a value, the function to be called.
455 Returns a value representing what the function returned.
456 May fail to return, if a breakpoint or signal is hit
457 during the execution of the function.
459 ARGS is modified to contain coerced values. */
462 call_function_by_hand (struct value *function, int nargs, struct value **args)
465 struct type *values_type, *target_values_type;
466 unsigned char struct_return = 0, hidden_first_param_p = 0;
467 CORE_ADDR struct_addr = 0;
468 struct infcall_control_state *inf_status;
469 struct cleanup *inf_status_cleanup;
470 struct infcall_suspend_state *caller_state;
473 struct type *ftype = check_typedef (value_type (function));
475 struct frame_id dummy_id;
476 struct cleanup *args_cleanup;
477 struct frame_info *frame;
478 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
479 struct cleanup *terminate_bp_cleanup;
480 ptid_t call_thread_ptid;
481 struct gdb_exception e;
482 char name_buf[RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_SIZE];
484 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_PTR)
485 ftype = check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype));
487 if (!target_has_execution)
490 if (get_traceframe_number () >= 0)
491 error (_("May not call functions while looking at trace frames."));
493 if (execution_direction == EXEC_REVERSE)
494 error (_("Cannot call functions in reverse mode."));
496 frame = get_current_frame ();
497 gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
499 if (!gdbarch_push_dummy_call_p (gdbarch))
500 error (_("This target does not support function calls."));
502 /* A cleanup for the inferior status.
503 This is only needed while we're preparing the inferior function call. */
504 inf_status = save_infcall_control_state ();
506 = make_cleanup_restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
508 /* Save the caller's registers and other state associated with the
509 inferior itself so that they can be restored once the
510 callee returns. To allow nested calls the registers are (further
511 down) pushed onto a dummy frame stack. Include a cleanup (which
512 is tossed once the regcache has been pushed). */
513 caller_state = save_infcall_suspend_state ();
514 make_cleanup_restore_infcall_suspend_state (caller_state);
516 /* Ensure that the initial SP is correctly aligned. */
518 CORE_ADDR old_sp = get_frame_sp (frame);
520 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
522 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, old_sp);
523 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-08-13: Skip the "red zone". For some
524 ABIs, a function can use memory beyond the inner most stack
525 address. AMD64 called that region the "red zone". Skip at
526 least the "red zone" size before allocating any space on
528 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
529 sp -= gdbarch_frame_red_zone_size (gdbarch);
531 sp += gdbarch_frame_red_zone_size (gdbarch);
533 gdb_assert (sp == gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp));
534 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-09-18:
536 On a RISC architecture, a void parameterless generic dummy
537 frame (i.e., no parameters, no result) typically does not
538 need to push anything the stack and hence can leave SP and
539 FP. Similarly, a frameless (possibly leaf) function does
540 not push anything on the stack and, hence, that too can
541 leave FP and SP unchanged. As a consequence, a sequence of
542 void parameterless generic dummy frame calls to frameless
543 functions will create a sequence of effectively identical
544 frames (SP, FP and TOS and PC the same). This, not
545 suprisingly, results in what appears to be a stack in an
546 infinite loop --- when GDB tries to find a generic dummy
547 frame on the internal dummy frame stack, it will always
550 To avoid this problem, the code below always grows the
551 stack. That way, two dummy frames can never be identical.
552 It does burn a few bytes of stack but that is a small price
556 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
557 /* Stack grows down. */
558 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, old_sp - 1);
560 /* Stack grows up. */
561 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, old_sp + 1);
563 /* SP may have underflown address zero here from OLD_SP. Memory access
564 functions will probably fail in such case but that is a target's
568 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-09-18: Hey, you loose!
570 Who knows how badly aligned the SP is!
572 If the generic dummy frame ends up empty (because nothing is
573 pushed) GDB won't be able to correctly perform back traces.
574 If a target is having trouble with backtraces, first thing to
575 do is add FRAME_ALIGN() to the architecture vector. If that
576 fails, try dummy_id().
578 If the ABI specifies a "Red Zone" (see the doco) the code
579 below will quietly trash it. */
583 funaddr = find_function_addr (function, &values_type);
585 values_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int;
587 CHECK_TYPEDEF (values_type);
589 /* Are we returning a value using a structure return (passing a
590 hidden argument pointing to storage) or a normal value return?
591 There are two cases: language-mandated structure return and
592 target ABI structure return. The variable STRUCT_RETURN only
593 describes the latter. The language version is handled by passing
594 the return location as the first parameter to the function,
595 even preceding "this". This is different from the target
596 ABI version, which is target-specific; for instance, on ia64
597 the first argument is passed in out0 but the hidden structure
598 return pointer would normally be passed in r8. */
600 if (gdbarch_return_in_first_hidden_param_p (gdbarch, values_type))
602 hidden_first_param_p = 1;
604 /* Tell the target specific argument pushing routine not to
606 target_values_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_void;
610 struct_return = using_struct_return (gdbarch, function, values_type);
611 target_values_type = values_type;
614 /* Determine the location of the breakpoint (and possibly other
615 stuff) that the called function will return to. The SPARC, for a
616 function returning a structure or union, needs to make space for
617 not just the breakpoint but also an extra word containing the
618 size (?) of the structure being passed. */
620 switch (gdbarch_call_dummy_location (gdbarch))
624 const gdb_byte *bp_bytes;
625 CORE_ADDR bp_addr_as_address;
628 /* Be careful BP_ADDR is in inferior PC encoding while
629 BP_ADDR_AS_ADDRESS is a plain memory address. */
631 sp = push_dummy_code (gdbarch, sp, funaddr, args, nargs,
632 target_values_type, &real_pc, &bp_addr,
633 get_current_regcache ());
635 /* Write a legitimate instruction at the point where the infcall
636 breakpoint is going to be inserted. While this instruction
637 is never going to be executed, a user investigating the
638 memory from GDB would see this instruction instead of random
639 uninitialized bytes. We chose the breakpoint instruction
640 as it may look as the most logical one to the user and also
641 valgrind 3.7.0 needs it for proper vgdb inferior calls.
643 If software breakpoints are unsupported for this target we
644 leave the user visible memory content uninitialized. */
646 bp_addr_as_address = bp_addr;
647 bp_bytes = gdbarch_breakpoint_from_pc (gdbarch, &bp_addr_as_address,
649 if (bp_bytes != NULL)
650 write_memory (bp_addr_as_address, bp_bytes, bp_size);
655 CORE_ADDR dummy_addr;
658 dummy_addr = entry_point_address ();
660 /* A call dummy always consists of just a single breakpoint, so
661 its address is the same as the address of the dummy.
663 The actual breakpoint is inserted separatly so there is no need to
665 bp_addr = dummy_addr;
669 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("bad switch"));
672 if (nargs < TYPE_NFIELDS (ftype))
673 error (_("Too few arguments in function call."));
678 for (i = nargs - 1; i >= 0; i--)
681 struct type *param_type;
683 /* FIXME drow/2002-05-31: Should just always mark methods as
684 prototyped. Can we respect TYPE_VARARGS? Probably not. */
685 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
687 else if (i < TYPE_NFIELDS (ftype))
688 prototyped = TYPE_PROTOTYPED (ftype);
692 if (i < TYPE_NFIELDS (ftype))
693 param_type = TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (ftype, i);
697 args[i] = value_arg_coerce (gdbarch, args[i],
698 param_type, prototyped, &sp);
700 if (param_type != NULL && language_pass_by_reference (param_type))
701 args[i] = value_addr (args[i]);
705 /* Reserve space for the return structure to be written on the
706 stack, if necessary. Make certain that the value is correctly
709 if (struct_return || hidden_first_param_p)
711 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
713 /* Stack grows downward. Align STRUCT_ADDR and SP after
714 making space for the return value. */
715 sp -= TYPE_LENGTH (values_type);
716 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
717 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
722 /* Stack grows upward. Align the frame, allocate space, and
723 then again, re-align the frame??? */
724 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
725 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
727 sp += TYPE_LENGTH (values_type);
728 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
729 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
733 if (hidden_first_param_p)
735 struct value **new_args;
737 /* Add the new argument to the front of the argument list. */
738 new_args = xmalloc (sizeof (struct value *) * (nargs + 1));
739 new_args[0] = value_from_pointer (lookup_pointer_type (values_type),
741 memcpy (&new_args[1], &args[0], sizeof (struct value *) * nargs);
744 args_cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, args);
747 args_cleanup = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL);
749 /* Create the dummy stack frame. Pass in the call dummy address as,
750 presumably, the ABI code knows where, in the call dummy, the
751 return address should be pointed. */
752 sp = gdbarch_push_dummy_call (gdbarch, function, get_current_regcache (),
753 bp_addr, nargs, args,
754 sp, struct_return, struct_addr);
756 do_cleanups (args_cleanup);
758 /* Set up a frame ID for the dummy frame so we can pass it to
759 set_momentary_breakpoint. We need to give the breakpoint a frame
760 ID so that the breakpoint code can correctly re-identify the
762 /* Sanity. The exact same SP value is returned by PUSH_DUMMY_CALL,
763 saved as the dummy-frame TOS, and used by dummy_id to form
764 the frame ID's stack address. */
765 dummy_id = frame_id_build (sp, bp_addr);
767 /* Create a momentary breakpoint at the return address of the
768 inferior. That way it breaks when it returns. */
771 struct breakpoint *bpt, *longjmp_b;
772 struct symtab_and_line sal;
774 init_sal (&sal); /* initialize to zeroes */
775 sal.pspace = current_program_space;
777 sal.section = find_pc_overlay (sal.pc);
778 /* Sanity. The exact same SP value is returned by
779 PUSH_DUMMY_CALL, saved as the dummy-frame TOS, and used by
780 dummy_id to form the frame ID's stack address. */
781 bpt = set_momentary_breakpoint (gdbarch, sal, dummy_id, bp_call_dummy);
783 /* set_momentary_breakpoint invalidates FRAME. */
786 bpt->disposition = disp_del;
787 gdb_assert (bpt->related_breakpoint == bpt);
789 longjmp_b = set_longjmp_breakpoint_for_call_dummy ();
792 /* Link BPT into the chain of LONGJMP_B. */
793 bpt->related_breakpoint = longjmp_b;
794 while (longjmp_b->related_breakpoint != bpt->related_breakpoint)
795 longjmp_b = longjmp_b->related_breakpoint;
796 longjmp_b->related_breakpoint = bpt;
800 /* Create a breakpoint in std::terminate.
801 If a C++ exception is raised in the dummy-frame, and the
802 exception handler is (normally, and expected to be) out-of-frame,
803 the default C++ handler will (wrongly) be called in an inferior
804 function call. This is wrong, as an exception can be normally
805 and legally handled out-of-frame. The confines of the dummy frame
806 prevent the unwinder from finding the correct handler (or any
807 handler, unless it is in-frame). The default handler calls
808 std::terminate. This will kill the inferior. Assert that
809 terminate should never be called in an inferior function
810 call. Place a momentary breakpoint in the std::terminate function
811 and if triggered in the call, rewind. */
812 if (unwind_on_terminating_exception_p)
813 set_std_terminate_breakpoint ();
815 /* Everything's ready, push all the info needed to restore the
816 caller (and identify the dummy-frame) onto the dummy-frame
818 dummy_frame_push (caller_state, &dummy_id);
820 /* Discard both inf_status and caller_state cleanups.
821 From this point on we explicitly restore the associated state
823 discard_cleanups (inf_status_cleanup);
825 /* Register a clean-up for unwind_on_terminating_exception_breakpoint. */
826 terminate_bp_cleanup = make_cleanup (cleanup_delete_std_terminate_breakpoint,
829 /* - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP -
830 If you're looking to implement asynchronous dummy-frames, then
831 just below is the place to chop this function in two.. */
833 /* TP is invalid after run_inferior_call returns, so enclose this
834 in a block so that it's only in scope during the time it's valid. */
836 struct thread_info *tp = inferior_thread ();
838 /* Save this thread's ptid, we need it later but the thread
840 call_thread_ptid = tp->ptid;
842 /* Run the inferior until it stops. */
844 e = run_inferior_call (tp, real_pc);
847 /* Rethrow an error if we got one trying to run the inferior. */
851 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
852 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
854 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
856 /* We could discard the dummy frame here if the program exited,
857 but it will get garbage collected the next time the program is
863 throw_error (e.error, _("%s\n\
864 An error occurred while in a function called from GDB.\n\
865 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
866 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
867 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
875 /* If the program has exited, or we stopped at a different thread,
876 exit and inform the user. */
878 if (! target_has_execution)
880 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
881 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
883 /* If we try to restore the inferior status,
884 we'll crash as the inferior is no longer running. */
885 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
887 /* We could discard the dummy frame here given that the program exited,
888 but it will get garbage collected the next time the program is
891 error (_("The program being debugged exited while in a function "
893 "Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n"
894 "(%s) will be abandoned."),
898 if (! ptid_equal (call_thread_ptid, inferior_ptid))
900 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
901 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
903 /* We've switched threads. This can happen if another thread gets a
904 signal or breakpoint while our thread was running.
905 There's no point in restoring the inferior status,
906 we're in a different thread. */
907 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
908 /* Keep the dummy frame record, if the user switches back to the
909 thread with the hand-call, we'll need it. */
910 if (stopped_by_random_signal)
912 The program received a signal in another thread while\n\
913 making a function call from GDB.\n\
914 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
915 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
916 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
920 The program stopped in another thread while making a function call from GDB.\n\
921 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
922 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
923 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
927 if (stopped_by_random_signal || stop_stack_dummy != STOP_STACK_DUMMY)
929 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
930 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
932 if (stopped_by_random_signal)
934 /* We stopped inside the FUNCTION because of a random
935 signal. Further execution of the FUNCTION is not
938 if (unwind_on_signal_p)
940 /* The user wants the context restored. */
942 /* We must get back to the frame we were before the
944 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id);
946 /* We also need to restore inferior status to that before the
948 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
950 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very
951 long if it's a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
953 The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.\n\
954 GDB has restored the context to what it was before the call.\n\
955 To change this behavior use \"set unwindonsignal off\".\n\
956 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
957 (%s) will be abandoned."),
962 /* The user wants to stay in the frame where we stopped
964 Discard inferior status, we're not at the same point
966 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
968 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very
969 long if it's a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
971 The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.\n\
972 GDB remains in the frame where the signal was received.\n\
973 To change this behavior use \"set unwindonsignal on\".\n\
974 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
975 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
976 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
981 if (stop_stack_dummy == STOP_STD_TERMINATE)
983 /* We must get back to the frame we were before the dummy
985 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id);
987 /* We also need to restore inferior status to that before
989 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
992 The program being debugged entered a std::terminate call, most likely\n\
993 caused by an unhandled C++ exception. GDB blocked this call in order\n\
994 to prevent the program from being terminated, and has restored the\n\
995 context to its original state before the call.\n\
996 To change this behaviour use \"set unwind-on-terminating-exception off\".\n\
997 Evaluation of the expression containing the function (%s)\n\
998 will be abandoned."),
1001 else if (stop_stack_dummy == STOP_NONE)
1004 /* We hit a breakpoint inside the FUNCTION.
1005 Keep the dummy frame, the user may want to examine its state.
1006 Discard inferior status, we're not at the same point
1008 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1010 /* The following error message used to say "The expression
1011 which contained the function call has been discarded."
1012 It is a hard concept to explain in a few words. Ideally,
1013 GDB would be able to resume evaluation of the expression
1014 when the function finally is done executing. Perhaps
1015 someday this will be implemented (it would not be easy). */
1016 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very long if it's
1017 a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
1019 The program being debugged stopped while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1020 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1021 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1022 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1026 /* The above code errors out, so ... */
1027 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("... should not be here"));
1030 do_cleanups (terminate_bp_cleanup);
1032 /* If we get here the called FUNCTION ran to completion,
1033 and the dummy frame has already been popped. */
1036 struct address_space *aspace = get_regcache_aspace (stop_registers);
1037 struct regcache *retbuf = regcache_xmalloc (gdbarch, aspace);
1038 struct cleanup *retbuf_cleanup = make_cleanup_regcache_xfree (retbuf);
1039 struct value *retval = NULL;
1041 regcache_cpy_no_passthrough (retbuf, stop_registers);
1043 /* Inferior call is successful. Restore the inferior status.
1044 At this stage, leave the RETBUF alone. */
1045 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1047 /* Figure out the value returned by the function. */
1048 retval = allocate_value (values_type);
1050 if (hidden_first_param_p)
1051 read_value_memory (retval, 0, 1, struct_addr,
1052 value_contents_raw (retval),
1053 TYPE_LENGTH (values_type));
1054 else if (TYPE_CODE (target_values_type) != TYPE_CODE_VOID)
1056 /* If the function returns void, don't bother fetching the
1058 switch (gdbarch_return_value (gdbarch, function, target_values_type,
1061 case RETURN_VALUE_REGISTER_CONVENTION:
1062 case RETURN_VALUE_ABI_RETURNS_ADDRESS:
1063 case RETURN_VALUE_ABI_PRESERVES_ADDRESS:
1064 gdbarch_return_value (gdbarch, function, values_type,
1065 retbuf, value_contents_raw (retval), NULL);
1067 case RETURN_VALUE_STRUCT_CONVENTION:
1068 read_value_memory (retval, 0, 1, struct_addr,
1069 value_contents_raw (retval),
1070 TYPE_LENGTH (values_type));
1075 do_cleanups (retbuf_cleanup);
1077 gdb_assert (retval);
1083 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
1084 void _initialize_infcall (void);
1087 _initialize_infcall (void)
1089 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("coerce-float-to-double", class_obscure,
1090 &coerce_float_to_double_p, _("\
1091 Set coercion of floats to doubles when calling functions."), _("\
1092 Show coercion of floats to doubles when calling functions"), _("\
1093 Variables of type float should generally be converted to doubles before\n\
1094 calling an unprototyped function, and left alone when calling a prototyped\n\
1095 function. However, some older debug info formats do not provide enough\n\
1096 information to determine that a function is prototyped. If this flag is\n\
1097 set, GDB will perform the conversion for a function it considers\n\
1099 The default is to perform the conversion.\n"),
1101 show_coerce_float_to_double_p,
1102 &setlist, &showlist);
1104 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("unwindonsignal", no_class,
1105 &unwind_on_signal_p, _("\
1106 Set unwinding of stack if a signal is received while in a call dummy."), _("\
1107 Show unwinding of stack if a signal is received while in a call dummy."), _("\
1108 The unwindonsignal lets the user determine what gdb should do if a signal\n\
1109 is received while in a function called from gdb (call dummy). If set, gdb\n\
1110 unwinds the stack and restore the context to what as it was before the call.\n\
1111 The default is to stop in the frame where the signal was received."),
1113 show_unwind_on_signal_p,
1114 &setlist, &showlist);
1116 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("unwind-on-terminating-exception", no_class,
1117 &unwind_on_terminating_exception_p, _("\
1118 Set unwinding of stack if std::terminate is called while in call dummy."), _("\
1119 Show unwinding of stack if std::terminate() is called while in a call dummy."),
1121 The unwind on terminating exception flag lets the user determine\n\
1122 what gdb should do if a std::terminate() call is made from the\n\
1123 default exception handler. If set, gdb unwinds the stack and restores\n\
1124 the context to what it was before the call. If unset, gdb allows the\n\
1125 std::terminate call to proceed.\n\
1126 The default is to unwind the frame."),
1128 show_unwind_on_terminating_exception_p,
1129 &setlist, &showlist);