1 /* Implementation of the GDB variable objects API.
3 Copyright (C) 1999-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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20 #include "expression.h"
26 #include "gdb_regex.h"
30 #include "gdbthread.h"
32 #include "varobj-iter.h"
35 #include "python/python.h"
36 #include "python/python-internal.h"
37 #include "python/py-ref.h"
42 /* Non-zero if we want to see trace of varobj level stuff. */
44 unsigned int varobjdebug = 0;
46 show_varobjdebug (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
47 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
49 fprintf_filtered (file, _("Varobj debugging is %s.\n"), value);
52 /* String representations of gdb's format codes. */
53 const char *varobj_format_string[] =
54 { "natural", "binary", "decimal", "hexadecimal", "octal", "zero-hexadecimal" };
56 /* True if we want to allow Python-based pretty-printing. */
57 static int pretty_printing = 0;
60 varobj_enable_pretty_printing (void)
67 /* Every root variable has one of these structures saved in its
72 /* The expression for this parent. */
75 /* Block for which this expression is valid. */
76 const struct block *valid_block;
78 /* The frame for this expression. This field is set iff valid_block is
80 struct frame_id frame;
82 /* The global thread ID that this varobj_root belongs to. This field
83 is only valid if valid_block is not NULL.
84 When not 0, indicates which thread 'frame' belongs to.
85 When 0, indicates that the thread list was empty when the varobj_root
89 /* If 1, the -var-update always recomputes the value in the
90 current thread and frame. Otherwise, variable object is
91 always updated in the specific scope/thread/frame. */
94 /* Flag that indicates validity: set to 0 when this varobj_root refers
95 to symbols that do not exist anymore. */
98 /* Language-related operations for this variable and its
100 const struct lang_varobj_ops *lang_ops;
102 /* The varobj for this root node. */
103 struct varobj *rootvar;
105 /* Next root variable */
106 struct varobj_root *next;
109 /* Dynamic part of varobj. */
111 struct varobj_dynamic
113 /* Whether the children of this varobj were requested. This field is
114 used to decide if dynamic varobj should recompute their children.
115 In the event that the frontend never asked for the children, we
117 int children_requested;
119 /* The pretty-printer constructor. If NULL, then the default
120 pretty-printer will be looked up. If None, then no
121 pretty-printer will be installed. */
122 PyObject *constructor;
124 /* The pretty-printer that has been constructed. If NULL, then a
125 new printer object is needed, and one will be constructed. */
126 PyObject *pretty_printer;
128 /* The iterator returned by the printer's 'children' method, or NULL
130 struct varobj_iter *child_iter;
132 /* We request one extra item from the iterator, so that we can
133 report to the caller whether there are more items than we have
134 already reported. However, we don't want to install this value
135 when we read it, because that will mess up future updates. So,
136 we stash it here instead. */
137 varobj_item *saved_item;
140 /* A list of varobjs */
148 /* Private function prototypes */
150 /* Helper functions for the above subcommands. */
152 static int delete_variable (struct varobj *, int);
154 static void delete_variable_1 (int *, struct varobj *, int, int);
156 static int install_variable (struct varobj *);
158 static void uninstall_variable (struct varobj *);
160 static struct varobj *create_child (struct varobj *, int, std::string &);
162 static struct varobj *
163 create_child_with_value (struct varobj *parent, int index,
164 struct varobj_item *item);
166 /* Utility routines */
168 static struct varobj *new_variable (void);
170 static struct varobj *new_root_variable (void);
172 static void free_variable (struct varobj *var);
174 static struct cleanup *make_cleanup_free_variable (struct varobj *var);
176 static enum varobj_display_formats variable_default_display (struct varobj *);
178 static int update_type_if_necessary (struct varobj *var,
179 struct value *new_value);
181 static int install_new_value (struct varobj *var, struct value *value,
184 /* Language-specific routines. */
186 static int number_of_children (const struct varobj *);
188 static std::string name_of_variable (const struct varobj *);
190 static std::string name_of_child (struct varobj *, int);
192 static struct value *value_of_root (struct varobj **var_handle, int *);
194 static struct value *value_of_child (const struct varobj *parent, int index);
196 static std::string my_value_of_variable (struct varobj *var,
197 enum varobj_display_formats format);
199 static int is_root_p (const struct varobj *var);
201 static struct varobj *varobj_add_child (struct varobj *var,
202 struct varobj_item *item);
206 /* Mappings of varobj_display_formats enums to gdb's format codes. */
207 static int format_code[] = { 0, 't', 'd', 'x', 'o', 'z' };
209 /* Header of the list of root variable objects. */
210 static struct varobj_root *rootlist;
212 /* Prime number indicating the number of buckets in the hash table. */
213 /* A prime large enough to avoid too many collisions. */
214 #define VAROBJ_TABLE_SIZE 227
216 /* Pointer to the varobj hash table (built at run time). */
217 static struct vlist **varobj_table;
221 /* API Implementation */
223 is_root_p (const struct varobj *var)
225 return (var->root->rootvar == var);
230 /* See python-internal.h. */
231 gdbpy_enter_varobj::gdbpy_enter_varobj (const struct varobj *var)
232 : gdbpy_enter (var->root->exp->gdbarch, var->root->exp->language_defn)
238 /* Return the full FRAME which corresponds to the given CORE_ADDR
239 or NULL if no FRAME on the chain corresponds to CORE_ADDR. */
241 static struct frame_info *
242 find_frame_addr_in_frame_chain (CORE_ADDR frame_addr)
244 struct frame_info *frame = NULL;
246 if (frame_addr == (CORE_ADDR) 0)
249 for (frame = get_current_frame ();
251 frame = get_prev_frame (frame))
253 /* The CORE_ADDR we get as argument was parsed from a string GDB
254 output as $fp. This output got truncated to gdbarch_addr_bit.
255 Truncate the frame base address in the same manner before
256 comparing it against our argument. */
257 CORE_ADDR frame_base = get_frame_base_address (frame);
258 int addr_bit = gdbarch_addr_bit (get_frame_arch (frame));
260 if (addr_bit < (sizeof (CORE_ADDR) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
261 frame_base &= ((CORE_ADDR) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
263 if (frame_base == frame_addr)
270 /* Creates a varobj (not its children). */
273 varobj_create (const char *objname,
274 const char *expression, CORE_ADDR frame, enum varobj_type type)
277 struct cleanup *old_chain;
279 /* Fill out a varobj structure for the (root) variable being constructed. */
280 var = new_root_variable ();
281 old_chain = make_cleanup_free_variable (var);
283 if (expression != NULL)
285 struct frame_info *fi;
286 struct frame_id old_id = null_frame_id;
287 const struct block *block;
289 struct value *value = NULL;
292 /* Parse and evaluate the expression, filling in as much of the
293 variable's data as possible. */
295 if (has_stack_frames ())
297 /* Allow creator to specify context of variable. */
298 if ((type == USE_CURRENT_FRAME) || (type == USE_SELECTED_FRAME))
299 fi = get_selected_frame (NULL);
301 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-23: This code should be doing a
302 lookup using the frame ID and not just the frame's
303 ``address''. This, of course, means an interface
304 change. However, with out that interface change ISAs,
305 such as the ia64 with its two stacks, won't work.
306 Similar goes for the case where there is a frameless
308 fi = find_frame_addr_in_frame_chain (frame);
313 /* frame = -2 means always use selected frame. */
314 if (type == USE_SELECTED_FRAME)
315 var->root->floating = 1;
321 block = get_frame_block (fi, 0);
322 pc = get_frame_pc (fi);
326 innermost_block = NULL;
327 /* Wrap the call to parse expression, so we can
328 return a sensible error. */
331 var->root->exp = parse_exp_1 (&p, pc, block, 0);
334 CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
336 do_cleanups (old_chain);
341 /* Don't allow variables to be created for types. */
342 if (var->root->exp->elts[0].opcode == OP_TYPE
343 || var->root->exp->elts[0].opcode == OP_TYPEOF
344 || var->root->exp->elts[0].opcode == OP_DECLTYPE)
346 do_cleanups (old_chain);
347 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Attempt to use a type name"
348 " as an expression.\n");
352 var->format = variable_default_display (var);
353 var->root->valid_block = innermost_block;
354 var->name = expression;
355 /* For a root var, the name and the expr are the same. */
356 var->path_expr = expression;
358 /* When the frame is different from the current frame,
359 we must select the appropriate frame before parsing
360 the expression, otherwise the value will not be current.
361 Since select_frame is so benign, just call it for all cases. */
364 /* User could specify explicit FRAME-ADDR which was not found but
365 EXPRESSION is frame specific and we would not be able to evaluate
366 it correctly next time. With VALID_BLOCK set we must also set
367 FRAME and THREAD_ID. */
369 error (_("Failed to find the specified frame"));
371 var->root->frame = get_frame_id (fi);
372 var->root->thread_id = ptid_to_global_thread_id (inferior_ptid);
373 old_id = get_frame_id (get_selected_frame (NULL));
377 /* We definitely need to catch errors here.
378 If evaluate_expression succeeds we got the value we wanted.
379 But if it fails, we still go on with a call to evaluate_type(). */
382 value = evaluate_expression (var->root->exp.get ());
384 CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
386 /* Error getting the value. Try to at least get the
388 struct value *type_only_value = evaluate_type (var->root->exp.get ());
390 var->type = value_type (type_only_value);
396 int real_type_found = 0;
398 var->type = value_actual_type (value, 0, &real_type_found);
400 value = value_cast (var->type, value);
403 /* Set language info */
404 var->root->lang_ops = var->root->exp->language_defn->la_varobj_ops;
406 install_new_value (var, value, 1 /* Initial assignment */);
408 /* Set ourselves as our root. */
409 var->root->rootvar = var;
411 /* Reset the selected frame. */
412 if (frame_id_p (old_id))
413 select_frame (frame_find_by_id (old_id));
416 /* If the variable object name is null, that means this
417 is a temporary variable, so don't install it. */
419 if ((var != NULL) && (objname != NULL))
421 var->obj_name = objname;
423 /* If a varobj name is duplicated, the install will fail so
425 if (!install_variable (var))
427 do_cleanups (old_chain);
432 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
436 /* Generates an unique name that can be used for a varobj. */
439 varobj_gen_name (void)
444 /* Generate a name for this object. */
446 obj_name = xstrprintf ("var%d", id);
451 /* Given an OBJNAME, returns the pointer to the corresponding varobj. Call
452 error if OBJNAME cannot be found. */
455 varobj_get_handle (const char *objname)
459 unsigned int index = 0;
462 for (chp = objname; *chp; chp++)
464 index = (index + (i++ * (unsigned int) *chp)) % VAROBJ_TABLE_SIZE;
467 cv = *(varobj_table + index);
468 while (cv != NULL && cv->var->obj_name != objname)
472 error (_("Variable object not found"));
477 /* Given the handle, return the name of the object. */
480 varobj_get_objname (const struct varobj *var)
482 return var->obj_name.c_str ();
485 /* Given the handle, return the expression represented by the
489 varobj_get_expression (const struct varobj *var)
491 return name_of_variable (var);
497 varobj_delete (struct varobj *var, int only_children)
499 return delete_variable (var, only_children);
504 /* Convenience function for varobj_set_visualizer. Instantiate a
505 pretty-printer for a given value. */
507 instantiate_pretty_printer (PyObject *constructor, struct value *value)
509 PyObject *val_obj = NULL;
512 val_obj = value_to_value_object (value);
516 printer = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs (constructor, val_obj, NULL);
523 /* Set/Get variable object display format. */
525 enum varobj_display_formats
526 varobj_set_display_format (struct varobj *var,
527 enum varobj_display_formats format)
534 case FORMAT_HEXADECIMAL:
536 case FORMAT_ZHEXADECIMAL:
537 var->format = format;
541 var->format = variable_default_display (var);
544 if (varobj_value_is_changeable_p (var)
545 && var->value && !value_lazy (var->value))
547 var->print_value = varobj_value_get_print_value (var->value,
554 enum varobj_display_formats
555 varobj_get_display_format (const struct varobj *var)
560 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>
561 varobj_get_display_hint (const struct varobj *var)
563 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> result;
566 if (!gdb_python_initialized)
569 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
571 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
572 result = gdbpy_get_display_hint (var->dynamic->pretty_printer);
578 /* Return true if the varobj has items after TO, false otherwise. */
581 varobj_has_more (const struct varobj *var, int to)
583 if (VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children) > to)
585 return ((to == -1 || VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children) == to)
586 && (var->dynamic->saved_item != NULL));
589 /* If the variable object is bound to a specific thread, that
590 is its evaluation can always be done in context of a frame
591 inside that thread, returns GDB id of the thread -- which
592 is always positive. Otherwise, returns -1. */
594 varobj_get_thread_id (const struct varobj *var)
596 if (var->root->valid_block && var->root->thread_id > 0)
597 return var->root->thread_id;
603 varobj_set_frozen (struct varobj *var, int frozen)
605 /* When a variable is unfrozen, we don't fetch its value.
606 The 'not_fetched' flag remains set, so next -var-update
609 We don't fetch the value, because for structures the client
610 should do -var-update anyway. It would be bad to have different
611 client-size logic for structure and other types. */
612 var->frozen = frozen;
616 varobj_get_frozen (const struct varobj *var)
621 /* A helper function that restricts a range to what is actually
622 available in a VEC. This follows the usual rules for the meaning
623 of FROM and TO -- if either is negative, the entire range is
627 varobj_restrict_range (VEC (varobj_p) *children, int *from, int *to)
629 if (*from < 0 || *to < 0)
632 *to = VEC_length (varobj_p, children);
636 if (*from > VEC_length (varobj_p, children))
637 *from = VEC_length (varobj_p, children);
638 if (*to > VEC_length (varobj_p, children))
639 *to = VEC_length (varobj_p, children);
645 /* A helper for update_dynamic_varobj_children that installs a new
646 child when needed. */
649 install_dynamic_child (struct varobj *var,
650 VEC (varobj_p) **changed,
651 VEC (varobj_p) **type_changed,
652 VEC (varobj_p) **newobj,
653 VEC (varobj_p) **unchanged,
656 struct varobj_item *item)
658 if (VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children) < index + 1)
660 /* There's no child yet. */
661 struct varobj *child = varobj_add_child (var, item);
665 VEC_safe_push (varobj_p, *newobj, child);
671 varobj_p existing = VEC_index (varobj_p, var->children, index);
672 int type_updated = update_type_if_necessary (existing, item->value);
677 VEC_safe_push (varobj_p, *type_changed, existing);
679 if (install_new_value (existing, item->value, 0))
681 if (!type_updated && changed)
682 VEC_safe_push (varobj_p, *changed, existing);
684 else if (!type_updated && unchanged)
685 VEC_safe_push (varobj_p, *unchanged, existing);
692 dynamic_varobj_has_child_method (const struct varobj *var)
694 PyObject *printer = var->dynamic->pretty_printer;
696 if (!gdb_python_initialized)
699 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
700 return PyObject_HasAttr (printer, gdbpy_children_cst);
704 /* A factory for creating dynamic varobj's iterators. Returns an
705 iterator object suitable for iterating over VAR's children. */
707 static struct varobj_iter *
708 varobj_get_iterator (struct varobj *var)
711 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer)
712 return py_varobj_get_iterator (var, var->dynamic->pretty_printer);
715 gdb_assert_not_reached (_("\
716 requested an iterator from a non-dynamic varobj"));
719 /* Release and clear VAR's saved item, if any. */
722 varobj_clear_saved_item (struct varobj_dynamic *var)
724 if (var->saved_item != NULL)
726 value_free (var->saved_item->value);
727 delete var->saved_item;
728 var->saved_item = NULL;
733 update_dynamic_varobj_children (struct varobj *var,
734 VEC (varobj_p) **changed,
735 VEC (varobj_p) **type_changed,
736 VEC (varobj_p) **newobj,
737 VEC (varobj_p) **unchanged,
747 if (update_children || var->dynamic->child_iter == NULL)
749 varobj_iter_delete (var->dynamic->child_iter);
750 var->dynamic->child_iter = varobj_get_iterator (var);
752 varobj_clear_saved_item (var->dynamic);
756 if (var->dynamic->child_iter == NULL)
760 i = VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children);
762 /* We ask for one extra child, so that MI can report whether there
763 are more children. */
764 for (; to < 0 || i < to + 1; ++i)
768 /* See if there was a leftover from last time. */
769 if (var->dynamic->saved_item != NULL)
771 item = var->dynamic->saved_item;
772 var->dynamic->saved_item = NULL;
776 item = varobj_iter_next (var->dynamic->child_iter);
777 /* Release vitem->value so its lifetime is not bound to the
778 execution of a command. */
779 if (item != NULL && item->value != NULL)
780 release_value_or_incref (item->value);
785 /* Iteration is done. Remove iterator from VAR. */
786 varobj_iter_delete (var->dynamic->child_iter);
787 var->dynamic->child_iter = NULL;
790 /* We don't want to push the extra child on any report list. */
791 if (to < 0 || i < to)
793 int can_mention = from < 0 || i >= from;
795 install_dynamic_child (var, can_mention ? changed : NULL,
796 can_mention ? type_changed : NULL,
797 can_mention ? newobj : NULL,
798 can_mention ? unchanged : NULL,
799 can_mention ? cchanged : NULL, i,
806 var->dynamic->saved_item = item;
808 /* We want to truncate the child list just before this
814 if (i < VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children))
819 for (j = i; j < VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children); ++j)
820 varobj_delete (VEC_index (varobj_p, var->children, j), 0);
821 VEC_truncate (varobj_p, var->children, i);
824 /* If there are fewer children than requested, note that the list of
826 if (to >= 0 && VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children) < to)
829 var->num_children = VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children);
835 varobj_get_num_children (struct varobj *var)
837 if (var->num_children == -1)
839 if (varobj_is_dynamic_p (var))
843 /* If we have a dynamic varobj, don't report -1 children.
844 So, try to fetch some children first. */
845 update_dynamic_varobj_children (var, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &dummy,
849 var->num_children = number_of_children (var);
852 return var->num_children >= 0 ? var->num_children : 0;
855 /* Creates a list of the immediate children of a variable object;
856 the return code is the number of such children or -1 on error. */
859 varobj_list_children (struct varobj *var, int *from, int *to)
861 int i, children_changed;
863 var->dynamic->children_requested = 1;
865 if (varobj_is_dynamic_p (var))
867 /* This, in theory, can result in the number of children changing without
868 frontend noticing. But well, calling -var-list-children on the same
869 varobj twice is not something a sane frontend would do. */
870 update_dynamic_varobj_children (var, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
871 &children_changed, 0, 0, *to);
872 varobj_restrict_range (var->children, from, to);
873 return var->children;
876 if (var->num_children == -1)
877 var->num_children = number_of_children (var);
879 /* If that failed, give up. */
880 if (var->num_children == -1)
881 return var->children;
883 /* If we're called when the list of children is not yet initialized,
884 allocate enough elements in it. */
885 while (VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children) < var->num_children)
886 VEC_safe_push (varobj_p, var->children, NULL);
888 for (i = 0; i < var->num_children; i++)
890 varobj_p existing = VEC_index (varobj_p, var->children, i);
892 if (existing == NULL)
894 /* Either it's the first call to varobj_list_children for
895 this variable object, and the child was never created,
896 or it was explicitly deleted by the client. */
897 std::string name = name_of_child (var, i);
898 existing = create_child (var, i, name);
899 VEC_replace (varobj_p, var->children, i, existing);
903 varobj_restrict_range (var->children, from, to);
904 return var->children;
907 static struct varobj *
908 varobj_add_child (struct varobj *var, struct varobj_item *item)
910 varobj_p v = create_child_with_value (var,
911 VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children),
914 VEC_safe_push (varobj_p, var->children, v);
918 /* Obtain the type of an object Variable as a string similar to the one gdb
919 prints on the console. The caller is responsible for freeing the string.
923 varobj_get_type (struct varobj *var)
925 /* For the "fake" variables, do not return a type. (Its type is
927 Do not return a type for invalid variables as well. */
928 if (CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var) || !var->root->is_valid)
929 return std::string ();
931 return type_to_string (var->type);
934 /* Obtain the type of an object variable. */
937 varobj_get_gdb_type (const struct varobj *var)
942 /* Is VAR a path expression parent, i.e., can it be used to construct
943 a valid path expression? */
946 is_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var)
948 gdb_assert (var->root->lang_ops->is_path_expr_parent != NULL);
949 return var->root->lang_ops->is_path_expr_parent (var);
952 /* Is VAR a path expression parent, i.e., can it be used to construct
953 a valid path expression? By default we assume any VAR can be a path
957 varobj_default_is_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var)
962 /* Return the path expression parent for VAR. */
964 const struct varobj *
965 varobj_get_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var)
967 const struct varobj *parent = var;
969 while (!is_root_p (parent) && !is_path_expr_parent (parent))
970 parent = parent->parent;
975 /* Return a pointer to the full rooted expression of varobj VAR.
976 If it has not been computed yet, compute it. */
979 varobj_get_path_expr (const struct varobj *var)
981 if (var->path_expr.empty ())
983 /* For root varobjs, we initialize path_expr
984 when creating varobj, so here it should be
986 struct varobj *mutable_var = (struct varobj *) var;
987 gdb_assert (!is_root_p (var));
989 mutable_var->path_expr = (*var->root->lang_ops->path_expr_of_child) (var);
992 return var->path_expr.c_str ();
995 const struct language_defn *
996 varobj_get_language (const struct varobj *var)
998 return var->root->exp->language_defn;
1002 varobj_get_attributes (const struct varobj *var)
1006 if (varobj_editable_p (var))
1007 /* FIXME: define masks for attributes. */
1008 attributes |= 0x00000001; /* Editable */
1013 /* Return true if VAR is a dynamic varobj. */
1016 varobj_is_dynamic_p (const struct varobj *var)
1018 return var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL;
1022 varobj_get_formatted_value (struct varobj *var,
1023 enum varobj_display_formats format)
1025 return my_value_of_variable (var, format);
1029 varobj_get_value (struct varobj *var)
1031 return my_value_of_variable (var, var->format);
1034 /* Set the value of an object variable (if it is editable) to the
1035 value of the given expression. */
1036 /* Note: Invokes functions that can call error(). */
1039 varobj_set_value (struct varobj *var, const char *expression)
1041 struct value *val = NULL; /* Initialize to keep gcc happy. */
1042 /* The argument "expression" contains the variable's new value.
1043 We need to first construct a legal expression for this -- ugh! */
1044 /* Does this cover all the bases? */
1045 struct value *value = NULL; /* Initialize to keep gcc happy. */
1046 int saved_input_radix = input_radix;
1047 const char *s = expression;
1049 gdb_assert (varobj_editable_p (var));
1051 input_radix = 10; /* ALWAYS reset to decimal temporarily. */
1052 expression_up exp = parse_exp_1 (&s, 0, 0, 0);
1055 value = evaluate_expression (exp.get ());
1058 CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
1060 /* We cannot proceed without a valid expression. */
1065 /* All types that are editable must also be changeable. */
1066 gdb_assert (varobj_value_is_changeable_p (var));
1068 /* The value of a changeable variable object must not be lazy. */
1069 gdb_assert (!value_lazy (var->value));
1071 /* Need to coerce the input. We want to check if the
1072 value of the variable object will be different
1073 after assignment, and the first thing value_assign
1074 does is coerce the input.
1075 For example, if we are assigning an array to a pointer variable we
1076 should compare the pointer with the array's address, not with the
1078 value = coerce_array (value);
1080 /* The new value may be lazy. value_assign, or
1081 rather value_contents, will take care of this. */
1084 val = value_assign (var->value, value);
1087 CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
1093 /* If the value has changed, record it, so that next -var-update can
1094 report this change. If a variable had a value of '1', we've set it
1095 to '333' and then set again to '1', when -var-update will report this
1096 variable as changed -- because the first assignment has set the
1097 'updated' flag. There's no need to optimize that, because return value
1098 of -var-update should be considered an approximation. */
1099 var->updated = install_new_value (var, val, 0 /* Compare values. */);
1100 input_radix = saved_input_radix;
1106 /* A helper function to install a constructor function and visualizer
1107 in a varobj_dynamic. */
1110 install_visualizer (struct varobj_dynamic *var, PyObject *constructor,
1111 PyObject *visualizer)
1113 Py_XDECREF (var->constructor);
1114 var->constructor = constructor;
1116 Py_XDECREF (var->pretty_printer);
1117 var->pretty_printer = visualizer;
1119 varobj_iter_delete (var->child_iter);
1120 var->child_iter = NULL;
1123 /* Install the default visualizer for VAR. */
1126 install_default_visualizer (struct varobj *var)
1128 /* Do not install a visualizer on a CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD. */
1129 if (CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var))
1132 if (pretty_printing)
1134 PyObject *pretty_printer = NULL;
1138 pretty_printer = gdbpy_get_varobj_pretty_printer (var->value);
1139 if (! pretty_printer)
1141 gdbpy_print_stack ();
1142 error (_("Cannot instantiate printer for default visualizer"));
1146 if (pretty_printer == Py_None)
1148 Py_DECREF (pretty_printer);
1149 pretty_printer = NULL;
1152 install_visualizer (var->dynamic, NULL, pretty_printer);
1156 /* Instantiate and install a visualizer for VAR using CONSTRUCTOR to
1157 make a new object. */
1160 construct_visualizer (struct varobj *var, PyObject *constructor)
1162 PyObject *pretty_printer;
1164 /* Do not install a visualizer on a CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD. */
1165 if (CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var))
1168 Py_INCREF (constructor);
1169 if (constructor == Py_None)
1170 pretty_printer = NULL;
1173 pretty_printer = instantiate_pretty_printer (constructor, var->value);
1174 if (! pretty_printer)
1176 gdbpy_print_stack ();
1177 Py_DECREF (constructor);
1178 constructor = Py_None;
1179 Py_INCREF (constructor);
1182 if (pretty_printer == Py_None)
1184 Py_DECREF (pretty_printer);
1185 pretty_printer = NULL;
1189 install_visualizer (var->dynamic, constructor, pretty_printer);
1192 #endif /* HAVE_PYTHON */
1194 /* A helper function for install_new_value. This creates and installs
1195 a visualizer for VAR, if appropriate. */
1198 install_new_value_visualizer (struct varobj *var)
1201 /* If the constructor is None, then we want the raw value. If VAR
1202 does not have a value, just skip this. */
1203 if (!gdb_python_initialized)
1206 if (var->dynamic->constructor != Py_None && var->value != NULL)
1208 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
1210 if (var->dynamic->constructor == NULL)
1211 install_default_visualizer (var);
1213 construct_visualizer (var, var->dynamic->constructor);
1220 /* When using RTTI to determine variable type it may be changed in runtime when
1221 the variable value is changed. This function checks whether type of varobj
1222 VAR will change when a new value NEW_VALUE is assigned and if it is so
1223 updates the type of VAR. */
1226 update_type_if_necessary (struct varobj *var, struct value *new_value)
1230 struct value_print_options opts;
1232 get_user_print_options (&opts);
1233 if (opts.objectprint)
1235 struct type *new_type = value_actual_type (new_value, 0, 0);
1236 std::string new_type_str = type_to_string (new_type);
1237 std::string curr_type_str = varobj_get_type (var);
1239 /* Did the type name change? */
1240 if (curr_type_str != new_type_str)
1242 var->type = new_type;
1244 /* This information may be not valid for a new type. */
1245 varobj_delete (var, 1);
1246 VEC_free (varobj_p, var->children);
1247 var->num_children = -1;
1256 /* Assign a new value to a variable object. If INITIAL is non-zero,
1257 this is the first assignement after the variable object was just
1258 created, or changed type. In that case, just assign the value
1260 Otherwise, assign the new value, and return 1 if the value is
1261 different from the current one, 0 otherwise. The comparison is
1262 done on textual representation of value. Therefore, some types
1263 need not be compared. E.g. for structures the reported value is
1264 always "{...}", so no comparison is necessary here. If the old
1265 value was NULL and new one is not, or vice versa, we always return 1.
1267 The VALUE parameter should not be released -- the function will
1268 take care of releasing it when needed. */
1270 install_new_value (struct varobj *var, struct value *value, int initial)
1275 int intentionally_not_fetched = 0;
1277 /* We need to know the varobj's type to decide if the value should
1278 be fetched or not. C++ fake children (public/protected/private)
1279 don't have a type. */
1280 gdb_assert (var->type || CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var));
1281 changeable = varobj_value_is_changeable_p (var);
1283 /* If the type has custom visualizer, we consider it to be always
1284 changeable. FIXME: need to make sure this behaviour will not
1285 mess up read-sensitive values. */
1286 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
1289 need_to_fetch = changeable;
1291 /* We are not interested in the address of references, and given
1292 that in C++ a reference is not rebindable, it cannot
1293 meaningfully change. So, get hold of the real value. */
1295 value = coerce_ref (value);
1297 if (var->type && TYPE_CODE (var->type) == TYPE_CODE_UNION)
1298 /* For unions, we need to fetch the value implicitly because
1299 of implementation of union member fetch. When gdb
1300 creates a value for a field and the value of the enclosing
1301 structure is not lazy, it immediately copies the necessary
1302 bytes from the enclosing values. If the enclosing value is
1303 lazy, the call to value_fetch_lazy on the field will read
1304 the data from memory. For unions, that means we'll read the
1305 same memory more than once, which is not desirable. So
1309 /* The new value might be lazy. If the type is changeable,
1310 that is we'll be comparing values of this type, fetch the
1311 value now. Otherwise, on the next update the old value
1312 will be lazy, which means we've lost that old value. */
1313 if (need_to_fetch && value && value_lazy (value))
1315 const struct varobj *parent = var->parent;
1316 int frozen = var->frozen;
1318 for (; !frozen && parent; parent = parent->parent)
1319 frozen |= parent->frozen;
1321 if (frozen && initial)
1323 /* For variables that are frozen, or are children of frozen
1324 variables, we don't do fetch on initial assignment.
1325 For non-initial assignemnt we do the fetch, since it means we're
1326 explicitly asked to compare the new value with the old one. */
1327 intentionally_not_fetched = 1;
1334 value_fetch_lazy (value);
1337 CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
1339 /* Set the value to NULL, so that for the next -var-update,
1340 we don't try to compare the new value with this value,
1341 that we couldn't even read. */
1348 /* Get a reference now, before possibly passing it to any Python
1349 code that might release it. */
1351 value_incref (value);
1353 /* Below, we'll be comparing string rendering of old and new
1354 values. Don't get string rendering if the value is
1355 lazy -- if it is, the code above has decided that the value
1356 should not be fetched. */
1357 std::string print_value;
1358 if (value != NULL && !value_lazy (value)
1359 && var->dynamic->pretty_printer == NULL)
1360 print_value = varobj_value_get_print_value (value, var->format, var);
1362 /* If the type is changeable, compare the old and the new values.
1363 If this is the initial assignment, we don't have any old value
1365 if (!initial && changeable)
1367 /* If the value of the varobj was changed by -var-set-value,
1368 then the value in the varobj and in the target is the same.
1369 However, that value is different from the value that the
1370 varobj had after the previous -var-update. So need to the
1371 varobj as changed. */
1376 else if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer == NULL)
1378 /* Try to compare the values. That requires that both
1379 values are non-lazy. */
1380 if (var->not_fetched && value_lazy (var->value))
1382 /* This is a frozen varobj and the value was never read.
1383 Presumably, UI shows some "never read" indicator.
1384 Now that we've fetched the real value, we need to report
1385 this varobj as changed so that UI can show the real
1389 else if (var->value == NULL && value == NULL)
1392 else if (var->value == NULL || value == NULL)
1398 gdb_assert (!value_lazy (var->value));
1399 gdb_assert (!value_lazy (value));
1401 gdb_assert (!var->print_value.empty () && !print_value.empty ());
1402 if (var->print_value != print_value)
1408 if (!initial && !changeable)
1410 /* For values that are not changeable, we don't compare the values.
1411 However, we want to notice if a value was not NULL and now is NULL,
1412 or vise versa, so that we report when top-level varobjs come in scope
1413 and leave the scope. */
1414 changed = (var->value != NULL) != (value != NULL);
1417 /* We must always keep the new value, since children depend on it. */
1418 if (var->value != NULL && var->value != value)
1419 value_free (var->value);
1421 if (value && value_lazy (value) && intentionally_not_fetched)
1422 var->not_fetched = 1;
1424 var->not_fetched = 0;
1427 install_new_value_visualizer (var);
1429 /* If we installed a pretty-printer, re-compare the printed version
1430 to see if the variable changed. */
1431 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
1433 print_value = varobj_value_get_print_value (var->value, var->format,
1435 if ((var->print_value.empty () && !print_value.empty ())
1436 || (!var->print_value.empty () && print_value.empty ())
1437 || (!var->print_value.empty () && !print_value.empty ()
1438 && var->print_value != print_value))
1441 var->print_value = print_value;
1443 gdb_assert (!var->value || value_type (var->value));
1448 /* Return the requested range for a varobj. VAR is the varobj. FROM
1449 and TO are out parameters; *FROM and *TO will be set to the
1450 selected sub-range of VAR. If no range was selected using
1451 -var-set-update-range, then both will be -1. */
1453 varobj_get_child_range (const struct varobj *var, int *from, int *to)
1459 /* Set the selected sub-range of children of VAR to start at index
1460 FROM and end at index TO. If either FROM or TO is less than zero,
1461 this is interpreted as a request for all children. */
1463 varobj_set_child_range (struct varobj *var, int from, int to)
1470 varobj_set_visualizer (struct varobj *var, const char *visualizer)
1475 if (!gdb_python_initialized)
1478 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
1480 mainmod = PyImport_AddModule ("__main__");
1481 gdbpy_ref<> globals (PyModule_GetDict (mainmod));
1482 Py_INCREF (globals.get ());
1484 gdbpy_ref<> constructor (PyRun_String (visualizer, Py_eval_input,
1485 globals.get (), globals.get ()));
1487 if (constructor == NULL)
1489 gdbpy_print_stack ();
1490 error (_("Could not evaluate visualizer expression: %s"), visualizer);
1493 construct_visualizer (var, constructor.get ());
1495 /* If there are any children now, wipe them. */
1496 varobj_delete (var, 1 /* children only */);
1497 var->num_children = -1;
1499 error (_("Python support required"));
1503 /* If NEW_VALUE is the new value of the given varobj (var), return
1504 non-zero if var has mutated. In other words, if the type of
1505 the new value is different from the type of the varobj's old
1508 NEW_VALUE may be NULL, if the varobj is now out of scope. */
1511 varobj_value_has_mutated (const struct varobj *var, struct value *new_value,
1512 struct type *new_type)
1514 /* If we haven't previously computed the number of children in var,
1515 it does not matter from the front-end's perspective whether
1516 the type has mutated or not. For all intents and purposes,
1517 it has not mutated. */
1518 if (var->num_children < 0)
1521 if (var->root->lang_ops->value_has_mutated)
1523 /* The varobj module, when installing new values, explicitly strips
1524 references, saying that we're not interested in those addresses.
1525 But detection of mutation happens before installing the new
1526 value, so our value may be a reference that we need to strip
1527 in order to remain consistent. */
1528 if (new_value != NULL)
1529 new_value = coerce_ref (new_value);
1530 return var->root->lang_ops->value_has_mutated (var, new_value, new_type);
1536 /* Update the values for a variable and its children. This is a
1537 two-pronged attack. First, re-parse the value for the root's
1538 expression to see if it's changed. Then go all the way
1539 through its children, reconstructing them and noting if they've
1542 The EXPLICIT parameter specifies if this call is result
1543 of MI request to update this specific variable, or
1544 result of implicit -var-update *. For implicit request, we don't
1545 update frozen variables.
1547 NOTE: This function may delete the caller's varobj. If it
1548 returns TYPE_CHANGED, then it has done this and VARP will be modified
1549 to point to the new varobj. */
1551 VEC(varobj_update_result) *
1552 varobj_update (struct varobj **varp, int is_explicit)
1554 int type_changed = 0;
1556 struct value *newobj;
1557 VEC (varobj_update_result) *stack = NULL;
1558 VEC (varobj_update_result) *result = NULL;
1560 /* Frozen means frozen -- we don't check for any change in
1561 this varobj, including its going out of scope, or
1562 changing type. One use case for frozen varobjs is
1563 retaining previously evaluated expressions, and we don't
1564 want them to be reevaluated at all. */
1565 if (!is_explicit && (*varp)->frozen)
1568 if (!(*varp)->root->is_valid)
1570 varobj_update_result r = {0};
1573 r.status = VAROBJ_INVALID;
1574 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, result, &r);
1578 if ((*varp)->root->rootvar == *varp)
1580 varobj_update_result r = {0};
1583 r.status = VAROBJ_IN_SCOPE;
1585 /* Update the root variable. value_of_root can return NULL
1586 if the variable is no longer around, i.e. we stepped out of
1587 the frame in which a local existed. We are letting the
1588 value_of_root variable dispose of the varobj if the type
1590 newobj = value_of_root (varp, &type_changed);
1591 if (update_type_if_necessary(*varp, newobj))
1594 r.type_changed = type_changed;
1595 if (install_new_value ((*varp), newobj, type_changed))
1599 r.status = VAROBJ_NOT_IN_SCOPE;
1600 r.value_installed = 1;
1602 if (r.status == VAROBJ_NOT_IN_SCOPE)
1604 if (r.type_changed || r.changed)
1605 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, result, &r);
1609 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, stack, &r);
1613 varobj_update_result r = {0};
1616 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, stack, &r);
1619 /* Walk through the children, reconstructing them all. */
1620 while (!VEC_empty (varobj_update_result, stack))
1622 varobj_update_result r = *(VEC_last (varobj_update_result, stack));
1623 struct varobj *v = r.varobj;
1625 VEC_pop (varobj_update_result, stack);
1627 /* Update this variable, unless it's a root, which is already
1629 if (!r.value_installed)
1631 struct type *new_type;
1633 newobj = value_of_child (v->parent, v->index);
1634 if (update_type_if_necessary(v, newobj))
1637 new_type = value_type (newobj);
1639 new_type = v->root->lang_ops->type_of_child (v->parent, v->index);
1641 if (varobj_value_has_mutated (v, newobj, new_type))
1643 /* The children are no longer valid; delete them now.
1644 Report the fact that its type changed as well. */
1645 varobj_delete (v, 1 /* only_children */);
1646 v->num_children = -1;
1653 if (install_new_value (v, newobj, r.type_changed))
1660 /* We probably should not get children of a dynamic varobj, but
1661 for which -var-list-children was never invoked. */
1662 if (varobj_is_dynamic_p (v))
1664 VEC (varobj_p) *changed = 0, *type_changed = 0, *unchanged = 0;
1665 VEC (varobj_p) *newobj = 0;
1666 int i, children_changed = 0;
1671 if (!v->dynamic->children_requested)
1675 /* If we initially did not have potential children, but
1676 now we do, consider the varobj as changed.
1677 Otherwise, if children were never requested, consider
1678 it as unchanged -- presumably, such varobj is not yet
1679 expanded in the UI, so we need not bother getting
1681 if (!varobj_has_more (v, 0))
1683 update_dynamic_varobj_children (v, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
1685 if (varobj_has_more (v, 0))
1690 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, result, &r);
1695 /* If update_dynamic_varobj_children returns 0, then we have
1696 a non-conforming pretty-printer, so we skip it. */
1697 if (update_dynamic_varobj_children (v, &changed, &type_changed, &newobj,
1698 &unchanged, &children_changed, 1,
1701 if (children_changed || newobj)
1703 r.children_changed = 1;
1706 /* Push in reverse order so that the first child is
1707 popped from the work stack first, and so will be
1708 added to result first. This does not affect
1709 correctness, just "nicer". */
1710 for (i = VEC_length (varobj_p, type_changed) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
1712 varobj_p tmp = VEC_index (varobj_p, type_changed, i);
1713 varobj_update_result r = {0};
1715 /* Type may change only if value was changed. */
1719 r.value_installed = 1;
1720 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, stack, &r);
1722 for (i = VEC_length (varobj_p, changed) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
1724 varobj_p tmp = VEC_index (varobj_p, changed, i);
1725 varobj_update_result r = {0};
1729 r.value_installed = 1;
1730 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, stack, &r);
1732 for (i = VEC_length (varobj_p, unchanged) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
1734 varobj_p tmp = VEC_index (varobj_p, unchanged, i);
1738 varobj_update_result r = {0};
1741 r.value_installed = 1;
1742 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, stack, &r);
1745 if (r.changed || r.children_changed)
1746 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, result, &r);
1748 /* Free CHANGED, TYPE_CHANGED and UNCHANGED, but not NEW,
1749 because NEW has been put into the result vector. */
1750 VEC_free (varobj_p, changed);
1751 VEC_free (varobj_p, type_changed);
1752 VEC_free (varobj_p, unchanged);
1758 /* Push any children. Use reverse order so that the first
1759 child is popped from the work stack first, and so
1760 will be added to result first. This does not
1761 affect correctness, just "nicer". */
1762 for (i = VEC_length (varobj_p, v->children)-1; i >= 0; --i)
1764 varobj_p c = VEC_index (varobj_p, v->children, i);
1766 /* Child may be NULL if explicitly deleted by -var-delete. */
1767 if (c != NULL && !c->frozen)
1769 varobj_update_result r = {0};
1772 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, stack, &r);
1776 if (r.changed || r.type_changed)
1777 VEC_safe_push (varobj_update_result, result, &r);
1780 VEC_free (varobj_update_result, stack);
1786 /* Helper functions */
1789 * Variable object construction/destruction
1793 delete_variable (struct varobj *var, int only_children_p)
1797 delete_variable_1 (&delcount, var, only_children_p,
1798 1 /* remove_from_parent_p */ );
1803 /* Delete the variable object VAR and its children. */
1804 /* IMPORTANT NOTE: If we delete a variable which is a child
1805 and the parent is not removed we dump core. It must be always
1806 initially called with remove_from_parent_p set. */
1808 delete_variable_1 (int *delcountp, struct varobj *var, int only_children_p,
1809 int remove_from_parent_p)
1813 /* Delete any children of this variable, too. */
1814 for (i = 0; i < VEC_length (varobj_p, var->children); ++i)
1816 varobj_p child = VEC_index (varobj_p, var->children, i);
1820 if (!remove_from_parent_p)
1821 child->parent = NULL;
1822 delete_variable_1 (delcountp, child, 0, only_children_p);
1824 VEC_free (varobj_p, var->children);
1826 /* if we were called to delete only the children we are done here. */
1827 if (only_children_p)
1830 /* Otherwise, add it to the list of deleted ones and proceed to do so. */
1831 /* If the name is empty, this is a temporary variable, that has not
1832 yet been installed, don't report it, it belongs to the caller... */
1833 if (!var->obj_name.empty ())
1835 *delcountp = *delcountp + 1;
1838 /* If this variable has a parent, remove it from its parent's list. */
1839 /* OPTIMIZATION: if the parent of this variable is also being deleted,
1840 (as indicated by remove_from_parent_p) we don't bother doing an
1841 expensive list search to find the element to remove when we are
1842 discarding the list afterwards. */
1843 if ((remove_from_parent_p) && (var->parent != NULL))
1845 VEC_replace (varobj_p, var->parent->children, var->index, NULL);
1848 if (!var->obj_name.empty ())
1849 uninstall_variable (var);
1851 /* Free memory associated with this variable. */
1852 free_variable (var);
1855 /* Install the given variable VAR with the object name VAR->OBJ_NAME. */
1857 install_variable (struct varobj *var)
1860 struct vlist *newvl;
1862 unsigned int index = 0;
1865 for (chp = var->obj_name.c_str (); *chp; chp++)
1867 index = (index + (i++ * (unsigned int) *chp)) % VAROBJ_TABLE_SIZE;
1870 cv = *(varobj_table + index);
1871 while (cv != NULL && cv->var->obj_name != var->obj_name)
1875 error (_("Duplicate variable object name"));
1877 /* Add varobj to hash table. */
1878 newvl = XNEW (struct vlist);
1879 newvl->next = *(varobj_table + index);
1881 *(varobj_table + index) = newvl;
1883 /* If root, add varobj to root list. */
1884 if (is_root_p (var))
1886 /* Add to list of root variables. */
1887 if (rootlist == NULL)
1888 var->root->next = NULL;
1890 var->root->next = rootlist;
1891 rootlist = var->root;
1897 /* Unistall the object VAR. */
1899 uninstall_variable (struct varobj *var)
1903 struct varobj_root *cr;
1904 struct varobj_root *prer;
1906 unsigned int index = 0;
1909 /* Remove varobj from hash table. */
1910 for (chp = var->obj_name.c_str (); *chp; chp++)
1912 index = (index + (i++ * (unsigned int) *chp)) % VAROBJ_TABLE_SIZE;
1915 cv = *(varobj_table + index);
1917 while (cv != NULL && cv->var->obj_name != var->obj_name)
1924 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stdlog, "Deleting %s\n", var->obj_name.c_str ());
1929 ("Assertion failed: Could not find variable object \"%s\" to delete",
1930 var->obj_name.c_str ());
1935 *(varobj_table + index) = cv->next;
1937 prev->next = cv->next;
1941 /* If root, remove varobj from root list. */
1942 if (is_root_p (var))
1944 /* Remove from list of root variables. */
1945 if (rootlist == var->root)
1946 rootlist = var->root->next;
1951 while ((cr != NULL) && (cr->rootvar != var))
1958 warning (_("Assertion failed: Could not find "
1959 "varobj \"%s\" in root list"),
1960 var->obj_name.c_str ());
1966 prer->next = cr->next;
1972 /* Create and install a child of the parent of the given name.
1974 The created VAROBJ takes ownership of the allocated NAME. */
1976 static struct varobj *
1977 create_child (struct varobj *parent, int index, std::string &name)
1979 struct varobj_item item;
1981 std::swap (item.name, name);
1982 item.value = value_of_child (parent, index);
1984 return create_child_with_value (parent, index, &item);
1987 static struct varobj *
1988 create_child_with_value (struct varobj *parent, int index,
1989 struct varobj_item *item)
1991 struct varobj *child;
1993 child = new_variable ();
1995 /* NAME is allocated by caller. */
1996 std::swap (child->name, item->name);
1997 child->index = index;
1998 child->parent = parent;
1999 child->root = parent->root;
2001 if (varobj_is_anonymous_child (child))
2002 child->obj_name = string_printf ("%s.%d_anonymous",
2003 parent->obj_name.c_str (), index);
2005 child->obj_name = string_printf ("%s.%s",
2006 parent->obj_name.c_str (),
2007 child->name.c_str ());
2009 install_variable (child);
2011 /* Compute the type of the child. Must do this before
2012 calling install_new_value. */
2013 if (item->value != NULL)
2014 /* If the child had no evaluation errors, var->value
2015 will be non-NULL and contain a valid type. */
2016 child->type = value_actual_type (item->value, 0, NULL);
2018 /* Otherwise, we must compute the type. */
2019 child->type = (*child->root->lang_ops->type_of_child) (child->parent,
2021 install_new_value (child, item->value, 1);
2028 * Miscellaneous utility functions.
2031 /* Allocate memory and initialize a new variable. */
2032 static struct varobj *
2037 var = new varobj ();
2041 var->num_children = -1;
2043 var->children = NULL;
2044 var->format = FORMAT_NATURAL;
2048 var->not_fetched = 0;
2049 var->dynamic = XNEW (struct varobj_dynamic);
2050 var->dynamic->children_requested = 0;
2053 var->dynamic->constructor = 0;
2054 var->dynamic->pretty_printer = 0;
2055 var->dynamic->child_iter = 0;
2056 var->dynamic->saved_item = 0;
2061 /* Allocate memory and initialize a new root variable. */
2062 static struct varobj *
2063 new_root_variable (void)
2065 struct varobj *var = new_variable ();
2067 var->root = new varobj_root ();
2068 var->root->lang_ops = NULL;
2069 var->root->exp = NULL;
2070 var->root->valid_block = NULL;
2071 var->root->frame = null_frame_id;
2072 var->root->floating = 0;
2073 var->root->rootvar = NULL;
2074 var->root->is_valid = 1;
2079 /* Free any allocated memory associated with VAR. */
2081 free_variable (struct varobj *var)
2084 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
2086 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
2088 Py_XDECREF (var->dynamic->constructor);
2089 Py_XDECREF (var->dynamic->pretty_printer);
2093 varobj_iter_delete (var->dynamic->child_iter);
2094 varobj_clear_saved_item (var->dynamic);
2095 value_free (var->value);
2097 if (is_root_p (var))
2100 xfree (var->dynamic);
2105 do_free_variable_cleanup (void *var)
2107 free_variable ((struct varobj *) var);
2110 static struct cleanup *
2111 make_cleanup_free_variable (struct varobj *var)
2113 return make_cleanup (do_free_variable_cleanup, var);
2116 /* Return the type of the value that's stored in VAR,
2117 or that would have being stored there if the
2118 value were accessible.
2120 This differs from VAR->type in that VAR->type is always
2121 the true type of the expession in the source language.
2122 The return value of this function is the type we're
2123 actually storing in varobj, and using for displaying
2124 the values and for comparing previous and new values.
2126 For example, top-level references are always stripped. */
2128 varobj_get_value_type (const struct varobj *var)
2133 type = value_type (var->value);
2137 type = check_typedef (type);
2139 if (TYPE_IS_REFERENCE (type))
2140 type = get_target_type (type);
2142 type = check_typedef (type);
2147 /* What is the default display for this variable? We assume that
2148 everything is "natural". Any exceptions? */
2149 static enum varobj_display_formats
2150 variable_default_display (struct varobj *var)
2152 return FORMAT_NATURAL;
2156 * Language-dependencies
2159 /* Common entry points */
2161 /* Return the number of children for a given variable.
2162 The result of this function is defined by the language
2163 implementation. The number of children returned by this function
2164 is the number of children that the user will see in the variable
2167 number_of_children (const struct varobj *var)
2169 return (*var->root->lang_ops->number_of_children) (var);
2172 /* What is the expression for the root varobj VAR? */
2175 name_of_variable (const struct varobj *var)
2177 return (*var->root->lang_ops->name_of_variable) (var);
2180 /* What is the name of the INDEX'th child of VAR? */
2183 name_of_child (struct varobj *var, int index)
2185 return (*var->root->lang_ops->name_of_child) (var, index);
2188 /* If frame associated with VAR can be found, switch
2189 to it and return 1. Otherwise, return 0. */
2192 check_scope (const struct varobj *var)
2194 struct frame_info *fi;
2197 fi = frame_find_by_id (var->root->frame);
2202 CORE_ADDR pc = get_frame_pc (fi);
2204 if (pc < BLOCK_START (var->root->valid_block) ||
2205 pc >= BLOCK_END (var->root->valid_block))
2213 /* Helper function to value_of_root. */
2215 static struct value *
2216 value_of_root_1 (struct varobj **var_handle)
2218 struct value *new_val = NULL;
2219 struct varobj *var = *var_handle;
2220 int within_scope = 0;
2222 /* Only root variables can be updated... */
2223 if (!is_root_p (var))
2224 /* Not a root var. */
2227 scoped_restore_current_thread restore_thread;
2229 /* Determine whether the variable is still around. */
2230 if (var->root->valid_block == NULL || var->root->floating)
2232 else if (var->root->thread_id == 0)
2234 /* The program was single-threaded when the variable object was
2235 created. Technically, it's possible that the program became
2236 multi-threaded since then, but we don't support such
2238 within_scope = check_scope (var);
2242 ptid_t ptid = global_thread_id_to_ptid (var->root->thread_id);
2244 if (!ptid_equal (minus_one_ptid, ptid))
2246 switch_to_thread (ptid);
2247 within_scope = check_scope (var);
2254 /* We need to catch errors here, because if evaluate
2255 expression fails we want to just return NULL. */
2258 new_val = evaluate_expression (var->root->exp.get ());
2260 CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ERROR)
2269 /* What is the ``struct value *'' of the root variable VAR?
2270 For floating variable object, evaluation can get us a value
2271 of different type from what is stored in varobj already. In
2273 - *type_changed will be set to 1
2274 - old varobj will be freed, and new one will be
2275 created, with the same name.
2276 - *var_handle will be set to the new varobj
2277 Otherwise, *type_changed will be set to 0. */
2278 static struct value *
2279 value_of_root (struct varobj **var_handle, int *type_changed)
2283 if (var_handle == NULL)
2288 /* This should really be an exception, since this should
2289 only get called with a root variable. */
2291 if (!is_root_p (var))
2294 if (var->root->floating)
2296 struct varobj *tmp_var;
2298 tmp_var = varobj_create (NULL, var->name.c_str (), (CORE_ADDR) 0,
2299 USE_SELECTED_FRAME);
2300 if (tmp_var == NULL)
2304 std::string old_type = varobj_get_type (var);
2305 std::string new_type = varobj_get_type (tmp_var);
2306 if (old_type == new_type)
2308 /* The expression presently stored inside var->root->exp
2309 remembers the locations of local variables relatively to
2310 the frame where the expression was created (in DWARF location
2311 button, for example). Naturally, those locations are not
2312 correct in other frames, so update the expression. */
2314 std::swap (var->root->exp, tmp_var->root->exp);
2316 varobj_delete (tmp_var, 0);
2321 tmp_var->obj_name = var->obj_name;
2322 tmp_var->from = var->from;
2323 tmp_var->to = var->to;
2324 varobj_delete (var, 0);
2326 install_variable (tmp_var);
2327 *var_handle = tmp_var;
2338 struct value *value;
2340 value = value_of_root_1 (var_handle);
2341 if (var->value == NULL || value == NULL)
2343 /* For root varobj-s, a NULL value indicates a scoping issue.
2344 So, nothing to do in terms of checking for mutations. */
2346 else if (varobj_value_has_mutated (var, value, value_type (value)))
2348 /* The type has mutated, so the children are no longer valid.
2349 Just delete them, and tell our caller that the type has
2351 varobj_delete (var, 1 /* only_children */);
2352 var->num_children = -1;
2361 /* What is the ``struct value *'' for the INDEX'th child of PARENT? */
2362 static struct value *
2363 value_of_child (const struct varobj *parent, int index)
2365 struct value *value;
2367 value = (*parent->root->lang_ops->value_of_child) (parent, index);
2372 /* GDB already has a command called "value_of_variable". Sigh. */
2374 my_value_of_variable (struct varobj *var, enum varobj_display_formats format)
2376 if (var->root->is_valid)
2378 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
2379 return varobj_value_get_print_value (var->value, var->format, var);
2380 return (*var->root->lang_ops->value_of_variable) (var, format);
2383 return std::string ();
2387 varobj_formatted_print_options (struct value_print_options *opts,
2388 enum varobj_display_formats format)
2390 get_formatted_print_options (opts, format_code[(int) format]);
2391 opts->deref_ref = 0;
2396 varobj_value_get_print_value (struct value *value,
2397 enum varobj_display_formats format,
2398 const struct varobj *var)
2400 struct value_print_options opts;
2401 struct type *type = NULL;
2403 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> encoding;
2404 /* Initialize it just to avoid a GCC false warning. */
2405 CORE_ADDR str_addr = 0;
2406 int string_print = 0;
2409 return std::string ();
2412 std::string thevalue;
2415 if (gdb_python_initialized)
2417 PyObject *value_formatter = var->dynamic->pretty_printer;
2419 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
2421 if (value_formatter)
2423 /* First check to see if we have any children at all. If so,
2424 we simply return {...}. */
2425 if (dynamic_varobj_has_child_method (var))
2428 if (PyObject_HasAttr (value_formatter, gdbpy_to_string_cst))
2430 struct value *replacement;
2432 gdbpy_ref<> output (apply_varobj_pretty_printer (value_formatter,
2436 /* If we have string like output ... */
2439 /* If this is a lazy string, extract it. For lazy
2440 strings we always print as a string, so set
2442 if (gdbpy_is_lazy_string (output.get ()))
2444 gdbpy_extract_lazy_string (output.get (), &str_addr,
2445 &type, &len, &encoding);
2450 /* If it is a regular (non-lazy) string, extract
2451 it and copy the contents into THEVALUE. If the
2452 hint says to print it as a string, set
2453 string_print. Otherwise just return the extracted
2454 string as a value. */
2456 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> s
2457 = python_string_to_target_string (output.get ());
2461 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
2463 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> hint
2464 = gdbpy_get_display_hint (value_formatter);
2467 if (!strcmp (hint.get (), "string"))
2471 thevalue = std::string (s.get ());
2472 len = thevalue.size ();
2473 gdbarch = get_type_arch (value_type (value));
2474 type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_char;
2480 gdbpy_print_stack ();
2483 /* If the printer returned a replacement value, set VALUE
2484 to REPLACEMENT. If there is not a replacement value,
2485 just use the value passed to this function. */
2487 value = replacement;
2493 varobj_formatted_print_options (&opts, format);
2495 /* If the THEVALUE has contents, it is a regular string. */
2496 if (!thevalue.empty ())
2497 LA_PRINT_STRING (&stb, type, (gdb_byte *) thevalue.c_str (),
2498 len, encoding.get (), 0, &opts);
2499 else if (string_print)
2500 /* Otherwise, if string_print is set, and it is not a regular
2501 string, it is a lazy string. */
2502 val_print_string (type, encoding.get (), str_addr, len, &stb, &opts);
2504 /* All other cases. */
2505 common_val_print (value, &stb, 0, &opts, current_language);
2507 return std::move (stb.string ());
2511 varobj_editable_p (const struct varobj *var)
2515 if (!(var->root->is_valid && var->value && VALUE_LVAL (var->value)))
2518 type = varobj_get_value_type (var);
2520 switch (TYPE_CODE (type))
2522 case TYPE_CODE_STRUCT:
2523 case TYPE_CODE_UNION:
2524 case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY:
2525 case TYPE_CODE_FUNC:
2526 case TYPE_CODE_METHOD:
2536 /* Call VAR's value_is_changeable_p language-specific callback. */
2539 varobj_value_is_changeable_p (const struct varobj *var)
2541 return var->root->lang_ops->value_is_changeable_p (var);
2544 /* Return 1 if that varobj is floating, that is is always evaluated in the
2545 selected frame, and not bound to thread/frame. Such variable objects
2546 are created using '@' as frame specifier to -var-create. */
2548 varobj_floating_p (const struct varobj *var)
2550 return var->root->floating;
2553 /* Implement the "value_is_changeable_p" varobj callback for most
2557 varobj_default_value_is_changeable_p (const struct varobj *var)
2562 if (CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var))
2565 type = varobj_get_value_type (var);
2567 switch (TYPE_CODE (type))
2569 case TYPE_CODE_STRUCT:
2570 case TYPE_CODE_UNION:
2571 case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY:
2582 /* Iterate all the existing _root_ VAROBJs and call the FUNC callback for them
2583 with an arbitrary caller supplied DATA pointer. */
2586 all_root_varobjs (void (*func) (struct varobj *var, void *data), void *data)
2588 struct varobj_root *var_root, *var_root_next;
2590 /* Iterate "safely" - handle if the callee deletes its passed VAROBJ. */
2592 for (var_root = rootlist; var_root != NULL; var_root = var_root_next)
2594 var_root_next = var_root->next;
2596 (*func) (var_root->rootvar, data);
2600 /* Invalidate varobj VAR if it is tied to locals and re-create it if it is
2601 defined on globals. It is a helper for varobj_invalidate.
2603 This function is called after changing the symbol file, in this case the
2604 pointers to "struct type" stored by the varobj are no longer valid. All
2605 varobj must be either re-evaluated, or marked as invalid here. */
2608 varobj_invalidate_iter (struct varobj *var, void *unused)
2610 /* global and floating var must be re-evaluated. */
2611 if (var->root->floating || var->root->valid_block == NULL)
2613 struct varobj *tmp_var;
2615 /* Try to create a varobj with same expression. If we succeed
2616 replace the old varobj, otherwise invalidate it. */
2617 tmp_var = varobj_create (NULL, var->name.c_str (), (CORE_ADDR) 0,
2619 if (tmp_var != NULL)
2621 tmp_var->obj_name = var->obj_name;
2622 varobj_delete (var, 0);
2623 install_variable (tmp_var);
2626 var->root->is_valid = 0;
2628 else /* locals must be invalidated. */
2629 var->root->is_valid = 0;
2632 /* Invalidate the varobjs that are tied to locals and re-create the ones that
2633 are defined on globals.
2634 Invalidated varobjs will be always printed in_scope="invalid". */
2637 varobj_invalidate (void)
2639 all_root_varobjs (varobj_invalidate_iter, NULL);
2642 extern void _initialize_varobj (void);
2644 _initialize_varobj (void)
2646 varobj_table = XCNEWVEC (struct vlist *, VAROBJ_TABLE_SIZE);
2648 add_setshow_zuinteger_cmd ("varobj", class_maintenance,
2650 _("Set varobj debugging."),
2651 _("Show varobj debugging."),
2652 _("When non-zero, varobj debugging is enabled."),
2653 NULL, show_varobjdebug,
2654 &setdebuglist, &showdebuglist);