1 /* Reading symbol files from memory.
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20 /* This file defines functions (and commands to exercise those
21 functions) for reading debugging information from object files
22 whose images are mapped directly into the inferior's memory. For
23 example, the Linux kernel maps a "syscall DSO" into each process's
24 address space; this DSO provides kernel-specific code for some
27 At the moment, BFD only has functions for parsing object files from
28 memory for the ELF format, even though the general idea isn't
29 ELF-specific. This means that BFD only provides the functions GDB
30 needs when configured for ELF-based targets. So these functions
31 may only be compiled on ELF-based targets.
33 GDB has no idea whether it has been configured for an ELF-based
34 target or not: it just tries to handle whatever files it is given.
35 But this means there are no preprocessor symbols on which we could
36 make these functions' compilation conditional.
38 So, for the time being, we put these functions alone in this file,
39 and have .mt files reference them as appropriate. In the future, I
40 hope BFD will provide a format-independent bfd_from_remote_memory
54 #include "elf/common.h"
57 /* Verify parameters of target_read_memory_bfd and target_read_memory are
60 gdb_static_assert (sizeof (CORE_ADDR) == sizeof (bfd_vma));
61 gdb_static_assert (sizeof (gdb_byte) == sizeof (bfd_byte));
62 gdb_static_assert (sizeof (ssize_t) <= sizeof (bfd_size_type));
64 /* Provide bfd/ compatible prototype for target_read_memory. Casting would not
65 be enough as LEN width may differ. */
68 target_read_memory_bfd (bfd_vma memaddr, bfd_byte *myaddr, bfd_size_type len)
70 /* MYADDR must be already allocated for the LEN size so it has to fit in
72 gdb_assert ((ssize_t) len == len);
74 return target_read_memory (memaddr, myaddr, len);
77 /* Read inferior memory at ADDR to find the header of a loaded object file
78 and read its in-core symbols out of inferior memory. SIZE, if
79 non-zero, is the known size of the object. TEMPL is a bfd
80 representing the target's format. NAME is the name to use for this
81 symbol file in messages; it can be NULL or a malloc-allocated string
82 which will be attached to the BFD. */
83 static struct objfile *
84 symbol_file_add_from_memory (struct bfd *templ, CORE_ADDR addr,
85 size_t size, char *name, int from_tty)
89 struct bfd_section *sec;
91 struct section_addr_info *sai;
93 struct cleanup *cleanup;
94 symfile_add_flags add_flags = 0;
96 if (bfd_get_flavour (templ) != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
97 error (_("add-symbol-file-from-memory not supported for this target"));
99 nbfd = bfd_elf_bfd_from_remote_memory (templ, addr, size, &loadbase,
100 target_read_memory_bfd);
102 error (_("Failed to read a valid object file image from memory."));
104 /* Manage the new reference for the duration of this function. */
105 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr nbfd_holder = new_bfd_ref (nbfd);
107 xfree (bfd_get_filename (nbfd));
109 nbfd->filename = xstrdup ("shared object read from target memory");
111 nbfd->filename = name;
113 if (!bfd_check_format (nbfd, bfd_object))
114 error (_("Got object file from memory but can't read symbols: %s."),
115 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
117 sai = alloc_section_addr_info (bfd_count_sections (nbfd));
118 cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, sai);
120 for (sec = nbfd->sections; sec != NULL; sec = sec->next)
121 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (nbfd, sec) & (SEC_ALLOC|SEC_LOAD)) != 0)
123 sai->other[i].addr = bfd_get_section_vma (nbfd, sec) + loadbase;
124 sai->other[i].name = (char *) bfd_get_section_name (nbfd, sec);
125 sai->other[i].sectindex = sec->index;
128 sai->num_sections = i;
131 add_flags |= SYMFILE_VERBOSE;
133 objf = symbol_file_add_from_bfd (nbfd, bfd_get_filename (nbfd),
134 add_flags, sai, OBJF_SHARED, NULL);
136 add_target_sections_of_objfile (objf);
138 /* This might change our ideas about frames already looked at. */
139 reinit_frame_cache ();
141 do_cleanups (cleanup);
147 add_symbol_file_from_memory_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
153 error (_("add-symbol-file-from-memory requires an expression argument"));
155 addr = parse_and_eval_address (args);
157 /* We need some representative bfd to know the target we are looking at. */
158 if (symfile_objfile != NULL)
159 templ = symfile_objfile->obfd;
163 error (_("Must use symbol-file or exec-file "
164 "before add-symbol-file-from-memory."));
166 symbol_file_add_from_memory (templ, addr, 0, NULL, from_tty);
169 /* Try to add the symbols for the vsyscall page, if there is one.
170 This function is called via the inferior_created observer. */
173 add_vsyscall_page (struct target_ops *target, int from_tty)
175 struct mem_range vsyscall_range;
177 if (gdbarch_vsyscall_range (target_gdbarch (), &vsyscall_range))
181 if (core_bfd != NULL)
183 else if (exec_bfd != NULL)
186 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-05-06: Should not require an existing
187 BFD when trying to create a run-time BFD of the VSYSCALL
188 page in the inferior. Unfortunately that's the current
189 interface so for the moment bail. Introducing a
190 ``bfd_runtime'' (a BFD created using the loaded image) file
191 format should fix this. */
193 warning (_("Could not load vsyscall page "
194 "because no executable was specified"));
198 char *name = xstrprintf ("system-supplied DSO at %s",
199 paddress (target_gdbarch (), vsyscall_range.start));
202 /* Pass zero for FROM_TTY, because the action of loading the
203 vsyscall DSO was not triggered by the user, even if the
204 user typed "run" at the TTY. */
205 symbol_file_add_from_memory (bfd,
206 vsyscall_range.start,
207 vsyscall_range.length,
211 CATCH (ex, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
213 exception_print (gdb_stderr, ex);
220 _initialize_symfile_mem (void)
222 add_cmd ("add-symbol-file-from-memory", class_files,
223 add_symbol_file_from_memory_command,
224 _("Load the symbols out of memory from a "
225 "dynamically loaded object file.\n"
226 "Give an expression for the address "
227 "of the file's shared object file header."),
230 /* Want to know of each new inferior so that its vsyscall info can
232 observer_attach_inferior_created (add_vsyscall_page);