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27 /* Values are objects that capture data fetched from an inferior.
28 * Typically a value is attached to a single inferior where it was
29 * extracted from, but it is possible to create a detached value.
30 * Each value is typed. Values support a number of routines, such as
31 * dereferencing if the value is of pointer type, array or structure
34 * A value can be uninitialized, abstract or reified. Abstract values
35 * are just references into inferior, no transfer has taken place yet.
36 * Reified values have been copied out of the corresponding inferior,
37 * or otherwise set to some value. */
39 enum value_location_t {
40 VAL_LOC_NODATA = 0, /* Uninitialized. */
41 VAL_LOC_INFERIOR, /* Value is in the inferior process. */
42 VAL_LOC_COPY, /* Value was copied out of the inferior. */
43 VAL_LOC_SHARED, /* Like VAL_LOC_COPY, but don't free. */
44 VAL_LOC_WORD, /* Like VAL_LOC_COPY, but small enough. */
48 struct arg_type_info *type;
49 struct process *inferior;
53 void *address; /* VAL_LOC_COPY, VAL_LOC_SHARED */
54 arch_addr_t inf_address; /* VAL_LOC_INFERIOR */
55 long value; /* VAL_LOC_WORD */
58 enum value_location_t where;
62 /* Initialize VALUE. INFERIOR must not be NULL. PARENT is parental
63 * value, in case of compound types. It may be NULL. TYPE is a type
64 * of the value. It may be NULL if the type is not yet known. If
65 * OWN_TYPE, the passed-in type is owned and released by value. */
66 void value_init(struct value *value, struct process *inferior,
67 struct value *parent, struct arg_type_info *type,
70 /* Initialize VALUE. This is like value_init, except that inferior is
71 * NULL. VALP is initialized as a detached value, without assigned
72 * process. You have to be careful not to use VAL_LOC_INFERIOR
73 * values if the value is detached. */
74 void value_init_detached(struct value *value, struct value *parent,
75 struct arg_type_info *type, int own_type);
77 /* Set TYPE. This releases old type if it was owned. TYPE is owned
78 * and released if OWN_TYPE. */
79 void value_set_type(struct value *value,
80 struct arg_type_info *type, int own_type);
82 /* Transfers the ownership of VALUE's type, if any, to the caller.
83 * This doesn't reset the VALUE's type, but gives up ownership if
84 * there was one. Previous ownership is passed in OWN_TYPE. */
85 void value_take_type(struct value *value,
86 struct arg_type_info **type, int *own_type);
88 /* Release the data held by VALP, if any, but not the type. */
89 void value_release(struct value *valp);
91 /* Value resides in inferior, on given ADDRESS. */
92 void value_in_inferior(struct value *valp, arch_addr_t address);
94 /* Destroy the value. This is like value_release, but it additionally
95 * frees the value type, if it's own_type. It doesn't free the VAL
97 void value_destroy(struct value *val);
99 /* Set the data held by VALP to VALUE. This also sets the value's
100 * where to VAL_LOC_WORD. */
101 void value_set_word(struct value *valp, long value);
103 /* Set the data held by VALP to a buffer of size SIZE. This buffer
104 * may be allocated by malloc. Returns NULL on failure. */
105 unsigned char *value_reserve(struct value *valp, size_t size);
107 /* Access ELEMENT-th field of the compound value VALP, and store the
108 * result into the value RET_VAL. Returns 0 on success, or negative
109 * value on failure. */
110 int value_init_element(struct value *ret_val, struct value *valp, size_t element);
112 /* De-reference pointer value, and store the result into the value
113 * RET_VAL. Returns 0 on success, or negative value on failure. */
114 int value_init_deref(struct value *ret_val, struct value *valp);
116 /* If value is in inferior, copy it over to ltrace. Return 0 for
117 * success or negative value for failure. */
118 int value_reify(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
120 /* Return a pointer to the data of the value. This copies the data
121 * from the inferior to the tracer. Returns NULL on failure. */
122 unsigned char *value_get_data(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
124 /* Return a pointer to the raw data of the value. This shall not be
125 * called on a VAL_LOC_INFERIOR value. */
126 unsigned char *value_get_raw_data(struct value *val);
128 /* Copy value VAL into the area pointed-to by RETP. Return 0 on
129 * success or a negative value on failure. */
130 int value_clone(struct value *retp, const struct value *val);
132 /* Give a size of given value. Return (size_t)-1 for error. This is
133 * a full size of the value. In particular for arrays, it returns
134 * actual length of the array, as computed by the length
136 size_t value_size(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
138 /* Extract at most word-sized datum from the value. Return 0 on
139 * success or negative value on failure. */
140 int value_extract_word(struct value *val, long *retp,
141 struct value_dict *arguments);
143 /* Copy contents of VAL to DATA. The buffer must be large enough to
144 * hold all the data inside. */
145 int value_extract_buf(struct value *val, unsigned char *data,
146 struct value_dict *arguments);
148 /* Find the most enclosing parental value that is a struct. Return
149 * NULL when there is no such parental value. */
150 struct value *value_get_parental_struct(struct value *val);
152 /* Determine whether this is all-zero value. Returns >0 if it is, ==0
153 * if it isn't, <0 on error. */
154 int value_is_zero(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
156 /* Compare two values for byte-by-byte equality. Returns >0 if they
157 * are equal, ==0 if they are not, and <0 on error. */
158 int value_equal(struct value *val1, struct value *val2,
159 struct value_dict *arguments);
161 /* Convert a structure type to pointer to that structure type. */
162 int value_pass_by_reference(struct value *value);