1 /* Perform an inferior function call, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2016 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/>. */
22 #include "breakpoint.h"
23 #include "tracepoint.h"
34 #include "dummy-frame.h"
36 #include "gdbthread.h"
37 #include "event-top.h"
41 #include "thread-fsm.h"
43 /* If we can't find a function's name from its address,
44 we print this instead. */
45 #define RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT "at 0x%s"
46 #define RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_SIZE (sizeof (RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_FORMAT) \
47 + 2 * sizeof (CORE_ADDR))
49 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-04-16: What's the future of this code?
51 GDB needs an asynchronous expression evaluator, that means an
52 asynchronous inferior function call implementation, and that in
53 turn means restructuring the code so that it is event driven. */
55 /* How you should pass arguments to a function depends on whether it
56 was defined in K&R style or prototype style. If you define a
57 function using the K&R syntax that takes a `float' argument, then
58 callers must pass that argument as a `double'. If you define the
59 function using the prototype syntax, then you must pass the
60 argument as a `float', with no promotion.
62 Unfortunately, on certain older platforms, the debug info doesn't
63 indicate reliably how each function was defined. A function type's
64 TYPE_PROTOTYPED flag may be clear, even if the function was defined
65 in prototype style. When calling a function whose TYPE_PROTOTYPED
66 flag is clear, GDB consults this flag to decide what to do.
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 /* All the meta data necessary to extract the call's return value. */
379 struct call_return_meta_info
381 /* The caller frame's architecture. */
382 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
384 /* The called function. */
385 struct value *function;
387 /* The return value's type. */
388 struct type *value_type;
390 /* Are we returning a value using a structure return or a normal
394 /* If using a structure return, this is the structure's address. */
395 CORE_ADDR struct_addr;
397 /* Whether stack temporaries are enabled. */
398 int stack_temporaries_enabled;
401 /* Extract the called function's return value. */
403 static struct value *
404 get_call_return_value (struct call_return_meta_info *ri)
406 struct value *retval = NULL;
407 int stack_temporaries = thread_stack_temporaries_enabled_p (inferior_ptid);
409 if (TYPE_CODE (ri->value_type) == TYPE_CODE_VOID)
410 retval = allocate_value (ri->value_type);
411 else if (ri->struct_return_p)
413 if (stack_temporaries)
415 retval = value_from_contents_and_address (ri->value_type, NULL,
417 push_thread_stack_temporary (inferior_ptid, retval);
421 retval = allocate_value (ri->value_type);
422 read_value_memory (retval, 0, 1, ri->struct_addr,
423 value_contents_raw (retval),
424 TYPE_LENGTH (ri->value_type));
429 retval = allocate_value (ri->value_type);
430 gdbarch_return_value (ri->gdbarch, ri->function, ri->value_type,
431 get_current_regcache (),
432 value_contents_raw (retval), NULL);
433 if (stack_temporaries && class_or_union_p (ri->value_type))
435 /* Values of class type returned in registers are copied onto
436 the stack and their lval_type set to lval_memory. This is
437 required because further evaluation of the expression
438 could potentially invoke methods on the return value
439 requiring GDB to evaluate the "this" pointer. To evaluate
440 the this pointer, GDB needs the memory address of the
442 value_force_lval (retval, ri->struct_addr);
443 push_thread_stack_temporary (inferior_ptid, retval);
447 gdb_assert (retval != NULL);
451 /* Data for the FSM that manages an infcall. It's main job is to
452 record the called function's return value. */
454 struct call_thread_fsm
456 /* The base class. */
457 struct thread_fsm thread_fsm;
459 /* All the info necessary to be able to extract the return
461 struct call_return_meta_info return_meta_info;
463 /* The called function's return value. This is extracted from the
464 target before the dummy frame is popped. */
465 struct value *return_value;
467 /* The top level that started the infcall (and is synchronously
468 waiting for it to end). */
469 struct ui *waiting_ui;
472 static int call_thread_fsm_should_stop (struct thread_fsm *self,
473 struct thread_info *thread);
474 static int call_thread_fsm_should_notify_stop (struct thread_fsm *self);
476 /* call_thread_fsm's vtable. */
478 static struct thread_fsm_ops call_thread_fsm_ops =
482 call_thread_fsm_should_stop,
483 NULL, /* return_value */
484 NULL, /* async_reply_reason*/
485 call_thread_fsm_should_notify_stop,
488 /* Allocate a new call_thread_fsm object. */
490 static struct call_thread_fsm *
491 new_call_thread_fsm (struct ui *waiting_ui, struct interp *cmd_interp,
492 struct gdbarch *gdbarch, struct value *function,
493 struct type *value_type,
494 int struct_return_p, CORE_ADDR struct_addr)
496 struct call_thread_fsm *sm;
498 sm = XCNEW (struct call_thread_fsm);
499 thread_fsm_ctor (&sm->thread_fsm, &call_thread_fsm_ops, cmd_interp);
501 sm->return_meta_info.gdbarch = gdbarch;
502 sm->return_meta_info.function = function;
503 sm->return_meta_info.value_type = value_type;
504 sm->return_meta_info.struct_return_p = struct_return_p;
505 sm->return_meta_info.struct_addr = struct_addr;
507 sm->waiting_ui = waiting_ui;
512 /* Implementation of should_stop method for infcalls. */
515 call_thread_fsm_should_stop (struct thread_fsm *self,
516 struct thread_info *thread)
518 struct call_thread_fsm *f = (struct call_thread_fsm *) self;
520 if (stop_stack_dummy == STOP_STACK_DUMMY)
523 thread_fsm_set_finished (self);
525 /* Stash the return value before the dummy frame is popped and
526 registers are restored to what they were before the
528 f->return_value = get_call_return_value (&f->return_meta_info);
530 /* Break out of wait_sync_command_done. */
531 scoped_restore save_ui = make_scoped_restore (¤t_ui, f->waiting_ui);
532 target_terminal_ours ();
533 f->waiting_ui->prompt_state = PROMPT_NEEDED;
539 /* Implementation of should_notify_stop method for infcalls. */
542 call_thread_fsm_should_notify_stop (struct thread_fsm *self)
544 if (thread_fsm_finished_p (self))
546 /* Infcall succeeded. Be silent and proceed with evaluating the
551 /* Something wrong happened. E.g., an unexpected breakpoint
552 triggered, or a signal was intercepted. Notify the stop. */
556 /* Subroutine of call_function_by_hand to simplify it.
557 Start up the inferior and wait for it to stop.
558 Return the exception if there's an error, or an exception with
559 reason >= 0 if there's no error.
561 This is done inside a TRY_CATCH so the caller needn't worry about
562 thrown errors. The caller should rethrow if there's an error. */
564 static struct gdb_exception
565 run_inferior_call (struct call_thread_fsm *sm,
566 struct thread_info *call_thread, CORE_ADDR real_pc)
568 struct gdb_exception caught_error = exception_none;
569 int saved_in_infcall = call_thread->control.in_infcall;
570 ptid_t call_thread_ptid = call_thread->ptid;
571 enum prompt_state saved_prompt_state = current_ui->prompt_state;
572 int was_running = call_thread->state == THREAD_RUNNING;
573 int saved_ui_async = current_ui->async;
575 /* Infcalls run synchronously, in the foreground. */
576 current_ui->prompt_state = PROMPT_BLOCKED;
577 /* So that we don't print the prompt prematurely in
578 fetch_inferior_event. */
579 current_ui->async = 0;
581 delete_file_handler (current_ui->input_fd);
583 call_thread->control.in_infcall = 1;
585 clear_proceed_status (0);
587 /* Associate the FSM with the thread after clear_proceed_status
588 (otherwise it'd clear this FSM), and before anything throws, so
589 we don't leak it (and any resources it manages). */
590 call_thread->thread_fsm = &sm->thread_fsm;
592 disable_watchpoints_before_interactive_call_start ();
594 /* We want to print return value, please... */
595 call_thread->control.proceed_to_finish = 1;
599 proceed (real_pc, GDB_SIGNAL_0);
601 /* Inferior function calls are always synchronous, even if the
602 target supports asynchronous execution. */
603 wait_sync_command_done ();
605 CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
611 /* If GDB has the prompt blocked before, then ensure that it remains
612 so. normal_stop calls async_enable_stdin, so reset the prompt
613 state again here. In other cases, stdin will be re-enabled by
614 inferior_event_handler, when an exception is thrown. */
615 current_ui->prompt_state = saved_prompt_state;
616 if (current_ui->prompt_state == PROMPT_BLOCKED)
617 delete_file_handler (current_ui->input_fd);
619 ui_register_input_event_handler (current_ui);
620 current_ui->async = saved_ui_async;
622 /* At this point the current thread may have changed. Refresh
623 CALL_THREAD as it could be invalid if its thread has exited. */
624 call_thread = find_thread_ptid (call_thread_ptid);
626 /* If the infcall does NOT succeed, normal_stop will have already
627 finished the thread states. However, on success, normal_stop
628 defers here, so that we can set back the thread states to what
629 they were before the call. Note that we must also finish the
630 state of new threads that might have spawned while the call was
631 running. The main cases to handle are:
633 - "(gdb) print foo ()", or any other command that evaluates an
634 expression at the prompt. (The thread was marked stopped before.)
636 - "(gdb) break foo if return_false()" or similar cases where we
637 do an infcall while handling an event (while the thread is still
638 marked running). In this example, whether the condition
639 evaluates true and thus we'll present a user-visible stop is
640 decided elsewhere. */
642 && ptid_equal (call_thread_ptid, inferior_ptid)
643 && stop_stack_dummy == STOP_STACK_DUMMY)
644 finish_thread_state (user_visible_resume_ptid (0));
646 enable_watchpoints_after_interactive_call_stop ();
648 /* Call breakpoint_auto_delete on the current contents of the bpstat
649 of inferior call thread.
650 If all error()s out of proceed ended up calling normal_stop
651 (and perhaps they should; it already does in the special case
652 of error out of resume()), then we wouldn't need this. */
653 if (caught_error.reason < 0)
655 if (call_thread != NULL)
656 breakpoint_auto_delete (call_thread->control.stop_bpstat);
659 if (call_thread != NULL)
660 call_thread->control.in_infcall = saved_in_infcall;
665 /* A cleanup function that calls delete_std_terminate_breakpoint. */
667 cleanup_delete_std_terminate_breakpoint (void *ignore)
669 delete_std_terminate_breakpoint ();
675 call_function_by_hand (struct value *function, int nargs, struct value **args)
677 return call_function_by_hand_dummy (function, nargs, args, NULL, NULL);
680 /* All this stuff with a dummy frame may seem unnecessarily complicated
681 (why not just save registers in GDB?). The purpose of pushing a dummy
682 frame which looks just like a real frame is so that if you call a
683 function and then hit a breakpoint (get a signal, etc), "backtrace"
684 will look right. Whether the backtrace needs to actually show the
685 stack at the time the inferior function was called is debatable, but
686 it certainly needs to not display garbage. So if you are contemplating
687 making dummy frames be different from normal frames, consider that. */
689 /* Perform a function call in the inferior.
690 ARGS is a vector of values of arguments (NARGS of them).
691 FUNCTION is a value, the function to be called.
692 Returns a value representing what the function returned.
693 May fail to return, if a breakpoint or signal is hit
694 during the execution of the function.
696 ARGS is modified to contain coerced values. */
699 call_function_by_hand_dummy (struct value *function,
700 int nargs, struct value **args,
701 dummy_frame_dtor_ftype *dummy_dtor,
702 void *dummy_dtor_data)
705 struct type *values_type, *target_values_type;
706 unsigned char struct_return = 0, hidden_first_param_p = 0;
707 CORE_ADDR struct_addr = 0;
708 struct infcall_control_state *inf_status;
709 struct cleanup *inf_status_cleanup;
710 struct infcall_suspend_state *caller_state;
713 struct type *ftype = check_typedef (value_type (function));
715 struct frame_id dummy_id;
716 struct cleanup *args_cleanup;
717 struct frame_info *frame;
718 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
719 struct cleanup *terminate_bp_cleanup;
720 ptid_t call_thread_ptid;
721 struct gdb_exception e;
722 char name_buf[RAW_FUNCTION_ADDRESS_SIZE];
723 int stack_temporaries = thread_stack_temporaries_enabled_p (inferior_ptid);
725 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_PTR)
726 ftype = check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (ftype));
728 if (!target_has_execution)
731 if (get_traceframe_number () >= 0)
732 error (_("May not call functions while looking at trace frames."));
734 if (execution_direction == EXEC_REVERSE)
735 error (_("Cannot call functions in reverse mode."));
737 frame = get_current_frame ();
738 gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
740 if (!gdbarch_push_dummy_call_p (gdbarch))
741 error (_("This target does not support function calls."));
743 /* A cleanup for the inferior status.
744 This is only needed while we're preparing the inferior function call. */
745 inf_status = save_infcall_control_state ();
747 = make_cleanup_restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
749 /* Save the caller's registers and other state associated with the
750 inferior itself so that they can be restored once the
751 callee returns. To allow nested calls the registers are (further
752 down) pushed onto a dummy frame stack. Include a cleanup (which
753 is tossed once the regcache has been pushed). */
754 caller_state = save_infcall_suspend_state ();
755 make_cleanup_restore_infcall_suspend_state (caller_state);
757 /* Ensure that the initial SP is correctly aligned. */
759 CORE_ADDR old_sp = get_frame_sp (frame);
761 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
763 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, old_sp);
764 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-08-13: Skip the "red zone". For some
765 ABIs, a function can use memory beyond the inner most stack
766 address. AMD64 called that region the "red zone". Skip at
767 least the "red zone" size before allocating any space on
769 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
770 sp -= gdbarch_frame_red_zone_size (gdbarch);
772 sp += gdbarch_frame_red_zone_size (gdbarch);
774 gdb_assert (sp == gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp));
775 /* NOTE: cagney/2002-09-18:
777 On a RISC architecture, a void parameterless generic dummy
778 frame (i.e., no parameters, no result) typically does not
779 need to push anything the stack and hence can leave SP and
780 FP. Similarly, a frameless (possibly leaf) function does
781 not push anything on the stack and, hence, that too can
782 leave FP and SP unchanged. As a consequence, a sequence of
783 void parameterless generic dummy frame calls to frameless
784 functions will create a sequence of effectively identical
785 frames (SP, FP and TOS and PC the same). This, not
786 suprisingly, results in what appears to be a stack in an
787 infinite loop --- when GDB tries to find a generic dummy
788 frame on the internal dummy frame stack, it will always
791 To avoid this problem, the code below always grows the
792 stack. That way, two dummy frames can never be identical.
793 It does burn a few bytes of stack but that is a small price
797 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
798 /* Stack grows down. */
799 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, old_sp - 1);
801 /* Stack grows up. */
802 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, old_sp + 1);
804 /* SP may have underflown address zero here from OLD_SP. Memory access
805 functions will probably fail in such case but that is a target's
809 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-09-18: Hey, you loose!
811 Who knows how badly aligned the SP is!
813 If the generic dummy frame ends up empty (because nothing is
814 pushed) GDB won't be able to correctly perform back traces.
815 If a target is having trouble with backtraces, first thing to
816 do is add FRAME_ALIGN() to the architecture vector. If that
817 fails, try dummy_id().
819 If the ABI specifies a "Red Zone" (see the doco) the code
820 below will quietly trash it. */
823 /* Skip over the stack temporaries that might have been generated during
824 the evaluation of an expression. */
825 if (stack_temporaries)
827 struct value *lastval;
829 lastval = get_last_thread_stack_temporary (inferior_ptid);
832 CORE_ADDR lastval_addr = value_address (lastval);
834 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
836 gdb_assert (sp >= lastval_addr);
841 gdb_assert (sp <= lastval_addr);
842 sp = lastval_addr + TYPE_LENGTH (value_type (lastval));
845 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
846 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
851 funaddr = find_function_addr (function, &values_type);
853 values_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int;
855 values_type = check_typedef (values_type);
857 /* Are we returning a value using a structure return (passing a
858 hidden argument pointing to storage) or a normal value return?
859 There are two cases: language-mandated structure return and
860 target ABI structure return. The variable STRUCT_RETURN only
861 describes the latter. The language version is handled by passing
862 the return location as the first parameter to the function,
863 even preceding "this". This is different from the target
864 ABI version, which is target-specific; for instance, on ia64
865 the first argument is passed in out0 but the hidden structure
866 return pointer would normally be passed in r8. */
868 if (gdbarch_return_in_first_hidden_param_p (gdbarch, values_type))
870 hidden_first_param_p = 1;
872 /* Tell the target specific argument pushing routine not to
874 target_values_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_void;
878 struct_return = using_struct_return (gdbarch, function, values_type);
879 target_values_type = values_type;
882 observer_notify_inferior_call_pre (inferior_ptid, funaddr);
884 /* Determine the location of the breakpoint (and possibly other
885 stuff) that the called function will return to. The SPARC, for a
886 function returning a structure or union, needs to make space for
887 not just the breakpoint but also an extra word containing the
888 size (?) of the structure being passed. */
890 switch (gdbarch_call_dummy_location (gdbarch))
894 const gdb_byte *bp_bytes;
895 CORE_ADDR bp_addr_as_address;
898 /* Be careful BP_ADDR is in inferior PC encoding while
899 BP_ADDR_AS_ADDRESS is a plain memory address. */
901 sp = push_dummy_code (gdbarch, sp, funaddr, args, nargs,
902 target_values_type, &real_pc, &bp_addr,
903 get_current_regcache ());
905 /* Write a legitimate instruction at the point where the infcall
906 breakpoint is going to be inserted. While this instruction
907 is never going to be executed, a user investigating the
908 memory from GDB would see this instruction instead of random
909 uninitialized bytes. We chose the breakpoint instruction
910 as it may look as the most logical one to the user and also
911 valgrind 3.7.0 needs it for proper vgdb inferior calls.
913 If software breakpoints are unsupported for this target we
914 leave the user visible memory content uninitialized. */
916 bp_addr_as_address = bp_addr;
917 bp_bytes = gdbarch_breakpoint_from_pc (gdbarch, &bp_addr_as_address,
919 if (bp_bytes != NULL)
920 write_memory (bp_addr_as_address, bp_bytes, bp_size);
925 CORE_ADDR dummy_addr;
928 dummy_addr = entry_point_address ();
930 /* A call dummy always consists of just a single breakpoint, so
931 its address is the same as the address of the dummy.
933 The actual breakpoint is inserted separatly so there is no need to
935 bp_addr = dummy_addr;
939 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("bad switch"));
942 if (nargs < TYPE_NFIELDS (ftype))
943 error (_("Too few arguments in function call."));
948 for (i = nargs - 1; i >= 0; i--)
951 struct type *param_type;
953 /* FIXME drow/2002-05-31: Should just always mark methods as
954 prototyped. Can we respect TYPE_VARARGS? Probably not. */
955 if (TYPE_CODE (ftype) == TYPE_CODE_METHOD)
957 else if (i < TYPE_NFIELDS (ftype))
958 prototyped = TYPE_PROTOTYPED (ftype);
962 if (i < TYPE_NFIELDS (ftype))
963 param_type = TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (ftype, i);
967 args[i] = value_arg_coerce (gdbarch, args[i],
968 param_type, prototyped, &sp);
970 if (param_type != NULL && language_pass_by_reference (param_type))
971 args[i] = value_addr (args[i]);
975 /* Reserve space for the return structure to be written on the
976 stack, if necessary. Make certain that the value is correctly
979 While evaluating expressions, we reserve space on the stack for
980 return values of class type even if the language ABI and the target
981 ABI do not require that the return value be passed as a hidden first
982 argument. This is because we want to store the return value as an
983 on-stack temporary while the expression is being evaluated. This
984 enables us to have chained function calls in expressions.
986 Keeping the return values as on-stack temporaries while the expression
987 is being evaluated is OK because the thread is stopped until the
988 expression is completely evaluated. */
990 if (struct_return || hidden_first_param_p
991 || (stack_temporaries && class_or_union_p (values_type)))
993 if (gdbarch_inner_than (gdbarch, 1, 2))
995 /* Stack grows downward. Align STRUCT_ADDR and SP after
996 making space for the return value. */
997 sp -= TYPE_LENGTH (values_type);
998 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
999 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
1004 /* Stack grows upward. Align the frame, allocate space, and
1005 then again, re-align the frame??? */
1006 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
1007 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
1009 sp += TYPE_LENGTH (values_type);
1010 if (gdbarch_frame_align_p (gdbarch))
1011 sp = gdbarch_frame_align (gdbarch, sp);
1015 if (hidden_first_param_p)
1017 struct value **new_args;
1019 /* Add the new argument to the front of the argument list. */
1020 new_args = XNEWVEC (struct value *, nargs + 1);
1021 new_args[0] = value_from_pointer (lookup_pointer_type (values_type),
1023 memcpy (&new_args[1], &args[0], sizeof (struct value *) * nargs);
1026 args_cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, args);
1029 args_cleanup = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL);
1031 /* Create the dummy stack frame. Pass in the call dummy address as,
1032 presumably, the ABI code knows where, in the call dummy, the
1033 return address should be pointed. */
1034 sp = gdbarch_push_dummy_call (gdbarch, function, get_current_regcache (),
1035 bp_addr, nargs, args,
1036 sp, struct_return, struct_addr);
1038 do_cleanups (args_cleanup);
1040 /* Set up a frame ID for the dummy frame so we can pass it to
1041 set_momentary_breakpoint. We need to give the breakpoint a frame
1042 ID so that the breakpoint code can correctly re-identify the
1043 dummy breakpoint. */
1044 /* Sanity. The exact same SP value is returned by PUSH_DUMMY_CALL,
1045 saved as the dummy-frame TOS, and used by dummy_id to form
1046 the frame ID's stack address. */
1047 dummy_id = frame_id_build (sp, bp_addr);
1049 /* Create a momentary breakpoint at the return address of the
1050 inferior. That way it breaks when it returns. */
1053 struct breakpoint *bpt, *longjmp_b;
1054 struct symtab_and_line sal;
1056 init_sal (&sal); /* initialize to zeroes */
1057 sal.pspace = current_program_space;
1059 sal.section = find_pc_overlay (sal.pc);
1060 /* Sanity. The exact same SP value is returned by
1061 PUSH_DUMMY_CALL, saved as the dummy-frame TOS, and used by
1062 dummy_id to form the frame ID's stack address. */
1063 bpt = set_momentary_breakpoint (gdbarch, sal, dummy_id, bp_call_dummy);
1065 /* set_momentary_breakpoint invalidates FRAME. */
1068 bpt->disposition = disp_del;
1069 gdb_assert (bpt->related_breakpoint == bpt);
1071 longjmp_b = set_longjmp_breakpoint_for_call_dummy ();
1074 /* Link BPT into the chain of LONGJMP_B. */
1075 bpt->related_breakpoint = longjmp_b;
1076 while (longjmp_b->related_breakpoint != bpt->related_breakpoint)
1077 longjmp_b = longjmp_b->related_breakpoint;
1078 longjmp_b->related_breakpoint = bpt;
1082 /* Create a breakpoint in std::terminate.
1083 If a C++ exception is raised in the dummy-frame, and the
1084 exception handler is (normally, and expected to be) out-of-frame,
1085 the default C++ handler will (wrongly) be called in an inferior
1086 function call. This is wrong, as an exception can be normally
1087 and legally handled out-of-frame. The confines of the dummy frame
1088 prevent the unwinder from finding the correct handler (or any
1089 handler, unless it is in-frame). The default handler calls
1090 std::terminate. This will kill the inferior. Assert that
1091 terminate should never be called in an inferior function
1092 call. Place a momentary breakpoint in the std::terminate function
1093 and if triggered in the call, rewind. */
1094 if (unwind_on_terminating_exception_p)
1095 set_std_terminate_breakpoint ();
1097 /* Discard both inf_status and caller_state cleanups.
1098 From this point on we explicitly restore the associated state
1100 discard_cleanups (inf_status_cleanup);
1102 /* Everything's ready, push all the info needed to restore the
1103 caller (and identify the dummy-frame) onto the dummy-frame
1105 dummy_frame_push (caller_state, &dummy_id, inferior_ptid);
1106 if (dummy_dtor != NULL)
1107 register_dummy_frame_dtor (dummy_id, inferior_ptid,
1108 dummy_dtor, dummy_dtor_data);
1110 /* Register a clean-up for unwind_on_terminating_exception_breakpoint. */
1111 terminate_bp_cleanup = make_cleanup (cleanup_delete_std_terminate_breakpoint,
1114 /* - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP - SNIP -
1115 If you're looking to implement asynchronous dummy-frames, then
1116 just below is the place to chop this function in two.. */
1118 /* TP is invalid after run_inferior_call returns, so enclose this
1119 in a block so that it's only in scope during the time it's valid. */
1121 struct thread_info *tp = inferior_thread ();
1122 struct thread_fsm *saved_sm;
1123 struct call_thread_fsm *sm;
1125 /* Save the current FSM. We'll override it. */
1126 saved_sm = tp->thread_fsm;
1127 tp->thread_fsm = NULL;
1129 /* Save this thread's ptid, we need it later but the thread
1131 call_thread_ptid = tp->ptid;
1133 /* Run the inferior until it stops. */
1135 /* Create the FSM used to manage the infcall. It tells infrun to
1136 not report the stop to the user, and captures the return value
1137 before the dummy frame is popped. run_inferior_call registers
1138 it with the thread ASAP. */
1139 sm = new_call_thread_fsm (current_ui, command_interp (),
1142 struct_return || hidden_first_param_p,
1145 e = run_inferior_call (sm, tp, real_pc);
1147 observer_notify_inferior_call_post (call_thread_ptid, funaddr);
1149 tp = find_thread_ptid (call_thread_ptid);
1152 /* The FSM should still be the same. */
1153 gdb_assert (tp->thread_fsm == &sm->thread_fsm);
1155 if (thread_fsm_finished_p (tp->thread_fsm))
1157 struct value *retval;
1159 /* The inferior call is successful. Pop the dummy frame,
1160 which runs its destructors and restores the inferior's
1161 suspend state, and restore the inferior control
1163 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id, call_thread_ptid);
1164 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1166 /* Get the return value. */
1167 retval = sm->return_value;
1169 /* Clean up / destroy the call FSM, and restore the
1171 thread_fsm_clean_up (tp->thread_fsm, tp);
1172 thread_fsm_delete (tp->thread_fsm);
1173 tp->thread_fsm = saved_sm;
1175 maybe_remove_breakpoints ();
1177 do_cleanups (terminate_bp_cleanup);
1178 gdb_assert (retval != NULL);
1182 /* Didn't complete. Restore previous state machine, and
1183 handle the error. */
1184 tp->thread_fsm = saved_sm;
1188 /* Rethrow an error if we got one trying to run the inferior. */
1192 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
1193 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
1195 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1197 /* We could discard the dummy frame here if the program exited,
1198 but it will get garbage collected the next time the program is
1204 throw_error (e.error, _("%s\n\
1205 An error occurred while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1206 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1207 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1208 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1212 throw_exception (e);
1216 /* If the program has exited, or we stopped at a different thread,
1217 exit and inform the user. */
1219 if (! target_has_execution)
1221 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
1222 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
1224 /* If we try to restore the inferior status,
1225 we'll crash as the inferior is no longer running. */
1226 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1228 /* We could discard the dummy frame here given that the program exited,
1229 but it will get garbage collected the next time the program is
1232 error (_("The program being debugged exited while in a function "
1233 "called from GDB.\n"
1234 "Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n"
1235 "(%s) will be abandoned."),
1239 if (! ptid_equal (call_thread_ptid, inferior_ptid))
1241 const char *name = get_function_name (funaddr,
1242 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf));
1244 /* We've switched threads. This can happen if another thread gets a
1245 signal or breakpoint while our thread was running.
1246 There's no point in restoring the inferior status,
1247 we're in a different thread. */
1248 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1249 /* Keep the dummy frame record, if the user switches back to the
1250 thread with the hand-call, we'll need it. */
1251 if (stopped_by_random_signal)
1253 The program received a signal in another thread while\n\
1254 making a function call from GDB.\n\
1255 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1256 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1257 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1261 The program stopped in another thread while making a function call from GDB.\n\
1262 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1263 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1264 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1269 /* Make a copy as NAME may be in an objfile freed by dummy_frame_pop. */
1270 char *name = xstrdup (get_function_name (funaddr,
1271 name_buf, sizeof (name_buf)));
1272 make_cleanup (xfree, name);
1275 if (stopped_by_random_signal)
1277 /* We stopped inside the FUNCTION because of a random
1278 signal. Further execution of the FUNCTION is not
1281 if (unwind_on_signal_p)
1283 /* The user wants the context restored. */
1285 /* We must get back to the frame we were before the
1287 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id, call_thread_ptid);
1289 /* We also need to restore inferior status to that before the
1291 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1293 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very
1294 long if it's a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
1296 The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1297 GDB has restored the context to what it was before the call.\n\
1298 To change this behavior use \"set unwindonsignal off\".\n\
1299 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1300 (%s) will be abandoned."),
1305 /* The user wants to stay in the frame where we stopped
1307 Discard inferior status, we're not at the same point
1309 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1311 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very
1312 long if it's a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
1314 The program being debugged was signaled while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1315 GDB remains in the frame where the signal was received.\n\
1316 To change this behavior use \"set unwindonsignal on\".\n\
1317 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1318 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1319 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1324 if (stop_stack_dummy == STOP_STD_TERMINATE)
1326 /* We must get back to the frame we were before the dummy
1328 dummy_frame_pop (dummy_id, call_thread_ptid);
1330 /* We also need to restore inferior status to that before
1332 restore_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1335 The program being debugged entered a std::terminate call, most likely\n\
1336 caused by an unhandled C++ exception. GDB blocked this call in order\n\
1337 to prevent the program from being terminated, and has restored the\n\
1338 context to its original state before the call.\n\
1339 To change this behaviour use \"set unwind-on-terminating-exception off\".\n\
1340 Evaluation of the expression containing the function (%s)\n\
1341 will be abandoned."),
1344 else if (stop_stack_dummy == STOP_NONE)
1347 /* We hit a breakpoint inside the FUNCTION.
1348 Keep the dummy frame, the user may want to examine its state.
1349 Discard inferior status, we're not at the same point
1351 discard_infcall_control_state (inf_status);
1353 /* The following error message used to say "The expression
1354 which contained the function call has been discarded."
1355 It is a hard concept to explain in a few words. Ideally,
1356 GDB would be able to resume evaluation of the expression
1357 when the function finally is done executing. Perhaps
1358 someday this will be implemented (it would not be easy). */
1359 /* FIXME: Insert a bunch of wrap_here; name can be very long if it's
1360 a C++ name with arguments and stuff. */
1362 The program being debugged stopped while in a function called from GDB.\n\
1363 Evaluation of the expression containing the function\n\
1364 (%s) will be abandoned.\n\
1365 When the function is done executing, GDB will silently stop."),
1371 /* The above code errors out, so ... */
1372 gdb_assert_not_reached ("... should not be here");
1376 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
1377 void _initialize_infcall (void);
1380 _initialize_infcall (void)
1382 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("coerce-float-to-double", class_obscure,
1383 &coerce_float_to_double_p, _("\
1384 Set coercion of floats to doubles when calling functions."), _("\
1385 Show coercion of floats to doubles when calling functions"), _("\
1386 Variables of type float should generally be converted to doubles before\n\
1387 calling an unprototyped function, and left alone when calling a prototyped\n\
1388 function. However, some older debug info formats do not provide enough\n\
1389 information to determine that a function is prototyped. If this flag is\n\
1390 set, GDB will perform the conversion for a function it considers\n\
1392 The default is to perform the conversion.\n"),
1394 show_coerce_float_to_double_p,
1395 &setlist, &showlist);
1397 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("unwindonsignal", no_class,
1398 &unwind_on_signal_p, _("\
1399 Set unwinding of stack if a signal is received while in a call dummy."), _("\
1400 Show unwinding of stack if a signal is received while in a call dummy."), _("\
1401 The unwindonsignal lets the user determine what gdb should do if a signal\n\
1402 is received while in a function called from gdb (call dummy). If set, gdb\n\
1403 unwinds the stack and restore the context to what as it was before the call.\n\
1404 The default is to stop in the frame where the signal was received."),
1406 show_unwind_on_signal_p,
1407 &setlist, &showlist);
1409 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("unwind-on-terminating-exception", no_class,
1410 &unwind_on_terminating_exception_p, _("\
1411 Set unwinding of stack if std::terminate is called while in call dummy."), _("\
1412 Show unwinding of stack if std::terminate() is called while in a call dummy."),
1414 The unwind on terminating exception flag lets the user determine\n\
1415 what gdb should do if a std::terminate() call is made from the\n\
1416 default exception handler. If set, gdb unwinds the stack and restores\n\
1417 the context to what it was before the call. If unset, gdb allows the\n\
1418 std::terminate call to proceed.\n\
1419 The default is to unwind the frame."),
1421 show_unwind_on_terminating_exception_p,
1422 &setlist, &showlist);