1 /* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB.
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22 #if !defined (SYMFILE_H)
25 /* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h". */
28 /* Opaque declarations. */
29 struct target_section;
35 /* Partial symbols are stored in the psymbol_cache and pointers to
36 them are kept in a dynamically grown array that is obtained from
37 malloc and grown as necessary via realloc. Each objfile typically
38 has two of these, one for global symbols and one for static
39 symbols. Although this adds a level of indirection for storing or
40 accessing the partial symbols, it allows us to throw away duplicate
41 psymbols and set all pointers to the single saved instance. */
43 struct psymbol_allocation_list
46 /* Pointer to beginning of dynamically allocated array of pointers
47 to partial symbols. The array is dynamically expanded as
48 necessary to accommodate more pointers. */
50 struct partial_symbol **list;
52 /* Pointer to next available slot in which to store a pointer to a
55 struct partial_symbol **next;
57 /* Number of allocated pointer slots in current dynamic array (not
58 the number of bytes of storage). The "next" pointer will always
59 point somewhere between list[0] and list[size], and when at
60 list[size] the array will be expanded on the next attempt to
66 /* Define an array of addresses to accommodate non-contiguous dynamic
67 loading of modules. This is for use when entering commands, so we
68 can keep track of the section names until we read the file and can
69 map them to bfd sections. This structure is also used by solib.c
70 to communicate the section addresses in shared objects to
71 symbol_file_add (). */
73 struct section_addr_info
75 /* The number of sections for which address information is
78 /* Sections whose names are file format dependent. */
88 /* A table listing the load segments in a symfile, and which segment
89 each BFD section belongs to. */
90 struct symfile_segment_data
92 /* How many segments are present in this file. If there are
93 two, the text segment is the first one and the data segment
97 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, the original base address
99 CORE_ADDR *segment_bases;
101 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, the memory size of each
103 CORE_ADDR *segment_sizes;
105 /* If NUM_SEGMENTS is greater than zero, this is an array of entries
106 recording which segment contains each BFD section.
107 SEGMENT_INFO[I] is S+1 if the I'th BFD section belongs to segment
108 S, or zero if it is not in any segment. */
112 /* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various
113 object file types. */
118 /* BFD flavour that we handle, or (as a special kludge, see
119 xcoffread.c, (enum bfd_flavour)-1 for xcoff). */
121 enum bfd_flavour sym_flavour;
123 /* Initializes anything that is global to the entire symbol table.
124 It is called during symbol_file_add, when we begin debugging an
125 entirely new program. */
127 void (*sym_new_init) (struct objfile *);
129 /* Reads any initial information from a symbol file, and initializes
130 the struct sym_fns SF in preparation for sym_read(). It is
131 called every time we read a symbol file for any reason. */
133 void (*sym_init) (struct objfile *);
135 /* sym_read (objfile, mainline) Reads a symbol file into a psymtab
136 (or possibly a symtab). OBJFILE is the objfile struct for the
137 file we are reading. MAINLINE is 1 if this is the main symbol
138 table being read, and 0 if a secondary symbol file (e.g. shared
139 library or dynamically loaded file) is being read. */
141 void (*sym_read) (struct objfile *, int);
143 /* Called when we are finished with an objfile. Should do all
144 cleanup that is specific to the object file format for the
145 particular objfile. */
147 void (*sym_finish) (struct objfile *);
149 /* This function produces a file-dependent section_offsets
150 structure, allocated in the objfile's storage, and based on the
151 parameter. The parameter is currently a CORE_ADDR (FIXME!) for
152 backward compatibility with the higher levels of GDB. It should
153 probably be changed to a string, where NULL means the default,
154 and others are parsed in a file dependent way. */
156 void (*sym_offsets) (struct objfile *, struct section_addr_info *);
158 /* This function produces a format-independent description of
159 the segments of ABFD. Each segment is a unit of the file
160 which may be relocated independently. */
162 struct symfile_segment_data *(*sym_segments) (bfd *abfd);
164 /* This function should read the linetable from the objfile when
165 the line table cannot be read while processing the debugging
167 void (*sym_read_linetable) (void);
169 /* Finds the next struct sym_fns. They are allocated and
170 initialized in whatever module implements the functions pointed
171 to; an initializer calls add_symtab_fns to add them to the global
174 struct sym_fns *next;
178 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_offsets for readers that don't
179 do anything special. */
181 extern void default_symfile_offsets (struct objfile *objfile,
182 struct section_addr_info *);
184 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_segments for readers that don't
185 do anything special. */
187 extern struct symfile_segment_data *default_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd);
189 extern void extend_psymbol_list (struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
192 /* Add any kind of symbol to a psymbol_allocation_list. */
194 /* #include "demangle.h" */
197 struct partial_symbol *add_psymbol_to_list (char *, int, domain_enum,
199 struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
201 enum language, struct objfile *);
203 extern void init_psymbol_list (struct objfile *, int);
205 extern void sort_pst_symbols (struct partial_symtab *);
207 extern struct symtab *allocate_symtab (char *, struct objfile *);
209 extern int free_named_symtabs (char *);
211 extern void add_symtab_fns (struct sym_fns *);
213 extern void syms_from_objfile (struct objfile *,
214 struct section_addr_info *,
215 struct section_offsets *, int, int, int);
217 extern void new_symfile_objfile (struct objfile *, int, int);
219 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add (char *, int,
220 struct section_addr_info *, int, int);
222 extern struct objfile *symbol_file_add_from_bfd (bfd *, int,
223 struct section_addr_info *,
226 /* Create a new section_addr_info, with room for NUM_SECTIONS. */
228 extern struct section_addr_info *alloc_section_addr_info (size_t
231 /* Return a freshly allocated copy of ADDRS. The section names, if
232 any, are also freshly allocated copies of those in ADDRS. */
233 extern struct section_addr_info *(copy_section_addr_info
234 (struct section_addr_info *addrs));
236 /* Build (allocate and populate) a section_addr_info struct from an
237 existing section table. */
239 extern struct section_addr_info
240 *build_section_addr_info_from_section_table (const struct target_section
242 const struct target_section
245 /* Free all memory allocated by
246 build_section_addr_info_from_section_table. */
248 extern void free_section_addr_info (struct section_addr_info *);
251 extern struct partial_symtab *start_psymtab_common (struct objfile *,
252 struct section_offsets *,
254 struct partial_symbol **,
255 struct partial_symbol **);
257 /* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol
258 obstack (and add a null character at the end in the copy). Returns
259 the address of the copy. */
261 extern char *obsavestring (const char *, int, struct obstack *);
263 /* Concatenate strings S1, S2 and S3; return the new string. Space is
264 found in the OBSTACKP */
266 extern char *obconcat (struct obstack *obstackp, const char *, const char *,
271 /* If non-zero, gdb will notify the user when it is loading symbols
272 from a file. This is almost always what users will want to have happen;
273 but for programs with lots of dynamically linked libraries, the output
274 can be more noise than signal. */
276 extern int print_symbol_loading;
278 /* If non-zero, shared library symbols will be added automatically
279 when the inferior is created, new libraries are loaded, or when
280 attaching to the inferior. This is almost always what users will
281 want to have happen; but for very large programs, the startup time
282 will be excessive, and so if this is a problem, the user can clear
283 this flag and then add the shared library symbols as needed. Note
284 that there is a potential for confusion, since if the shared
285 library symbols are not loaded, commands like "info fun" will *not*
286 report all the functions that are actually present. */
288 extern int auto_solib_add;
290 /* For systems that support it, a threshold size in megabytes. If
291 automatically adding a new library's symbol table to those already
292 known to the debugger would cause the total shared library symbol
293 size to exceed this threshhold, then the shlib's symbols are not
294 added. The threshold is ignored if the user explicitly asks for a
295 shlib to be added, such as when using the "sharedlibrary" command. */
297 extern int auto_solib_limit;
301 extern void set_initial_language (void);
303 extern struct partial_symtab *allocate_psymtab (char *, struct objfile *);
305 extern void discard_psymtab (struct partial_symtab *);
307 extern void find_lowest_section (bfd *, asection *, void *);
309 extern bfd *symfile_bfd_open (char *);
311 extern int get_section_index (struct objfile *, char *);
313 /* Utility functions for overlay sections: */
314 extern enum overlay_debugging_state
320 extern int overlay_cache_invalid;
322 /* Return the "mapped" overlay section containing the PC. */
323 extern struct obj_section *find_pc_mapped_section (CORE_ADDR);
325 /* Return any overlay section containing the PC (even in its LMA
327 extern struct obj_section *find_pc_overlay (CORE_ADDR);
329 /* Return true if the section is an overlay. */
330 extern int section_is_overlay (struct obj_section *);
332 /* Return true if the overlay section is currently "mapped". */
333 extern int section_is_mapped (struct obj_section *);
335 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's VMA. */
336 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_mapped_range (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
338 /* Return true if pc belongs to section's LMA. */
339 extern CORE_ADDR pc_in_unmapped_range (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
341 /* Map an address from a section's LMA to its VMA. */
342 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_mapped_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
344 /* Map an address from a section's VMA to its LMA. */
345 extern CORE_ADDR overlay_unmapped_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
347 /* Convert an address in an overlay section (force into VMA range). */
348 extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, struct obj_section *);
350 /* Load symbols from a file. */
351 extern void symbol_file_add_main (char *args, int from_tty);
353 /* Clear GDB symbol tables. */
354 extern void symbol_file_clear (int from_tty);
356 /* Default overlay update function. */
357 extern void simple_overlay_update (struct obj_section *);
359 extern bfd_byte *symfile_relocate_debug_section (bfd *abfd, asection *sectp,
362 extern int symfile_map_offsets_to_segments (bfd *,
363 struct symfile_segment_data *,
364 struct section_offsets *,
365 int, const CORE_ADDR *);
366 struct symfile_segment_data *get_symfile_segment_data (bfd *abfd);
367 void free_symfile_segment_data (struct symfile_segment_data *data);
369 /* From dwarf2read.c */
371 extern int dwarf2_has_info (struct objfile *);
373 extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *, int);
374 extern void dwarf2_build_frame_info (struct objfile *);
376 void dwarf2_free_objfile (struct objfile *);
378 /* From mdebugread.c */
380 /* Hack to force structures to exist before use in parameter list. */
381 struct ecoff_debug_hack
383 struct ecoff_debug_swap *a;
384 struct ecoff_debug_info *b;
387 extern void mdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
388 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
389 struct ecoff_debug_info *);
391 extern void elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (struct objfile *,
392 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
395 #endif /* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */