contrib/gdb-6.2.1/gdb/auxv.h

   1 /* Auxiliary vector support for GDB, the GNU debugger.
   2
   3    Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5    This file is part of GDB.
   6
   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 2 of the License, or
  10    (at your option) any later version.
  11
  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.
  16
  17    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  18    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  19    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
  20    Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
  21
  22 #ifndef AUXV_H
  23 #define AUXV_H
  24
  25 /* See "include/elf/common.h" for the definition of valid AT_* values.  */
  26
  27
  28 /* Avoid miscellaneous includes in this file, so that it can be
  29    included by nm-*.h for the procfs_xfer_auxv decl if that is
  30    used in NATIVE_XFER_AUXV.  */
  31 struct target_ops;              /* Forward declaration.  */
  32
  33
  34 /* Read all the auxv data into a contiguous xmalloc'd buffer,
  35    stored in *DATA.  Return the size in bytes of this data.
  36    If zero, there is no data and *DATA is null.
  37    if < 0, there was an error and *DATA is null.  */
  38 extern LONGEST target_auxv_read (struct target_ops *ops, char **data);
  39
  40 /* Read one auxv entry from *READPTR, not reading locations >= ENDPTR.
  41    Return 0 if *READPTR is already at the end of the buffer.
  42    Return -1 if there is insufficient buffer for a whole entry.
  43    Return 1 if an entry was read into *TYPEP and *VALP.  */
  44 extern int target_auxv_parse (struct target_ops *ops,
  45                               char **readptr, char *endptr,
  46                               CORE_ADDR *typep, CORE_ADDR *valp);
  47
  48 /* Extract the auxiliary vector entry with a_type matching MATCH.
  49    Return zero if no such entry was found, or -1 if there was
  50    an error getting the information.  On success, return 1 after
  51    storing the entry's value field in *VALP.  */
  52 extern int target_auxv_search (struct target_ops *ops,
  53                                CORE_ADDR match, CORE_ADDR *valp);
  54
  55 /* Print the contents of the target's AUXV on the specified file. */
  56 extern int fprint_target_auxv (struct ui_file *file, struct target_ops *ops);
  57
  58
  59 /* This function is called like a to_xfer_partial hook,
  60    but must be called with TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV.
  61    It handles access via /proc/PID/auxv, which is the common method.
  62    This function is appropriate for doing:
  63            #define NATIVE_XFER_AUXV     procfs_xfer_auxv
  64    for a native target that uses inftarg.c's child_xfer_partial hook.  */
  65
  66 extern LONGEST procfs_xfer_auxv (struct target_ops *ops,
  67                                  int /* enum target_object */ object,
  68                                  const char *annex,
  69                                  void *readbuf,
  70                                  const void *writebuf,
  71                                  ULONGEST offset,
  72                                  LONGEST len);
  73
  74
  75 #endif