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1 /* Implementation of the GDB variable objects API.
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18 #include "defs.h"
19 #include "value.h"
20 #include "expression.h"
21 #include "frame.h"
22 #include "language.h"
23 #include "gdbcmd.h"
24 #include "block.h"
25 #include "valprint.h"
26 #include "gdbsupport/gdb_regex.h"
28 #include "varobj.h"
29 #include "gdbthread.h"
30 #include "inferior.h"
31 #include "varobj-iter.h"
32 #include "parser-defs.h"
33 #include "gdbarch.h"
34 #include <algorithm>
35 #include "observable.h"
37 #if HAVE_PYTHON
38 #include "python/python.h"
39 #include "python/python-internal.h"
40 #else
41 typedef int PyObject;
42 #endif
44 /* See varobj.h. */
46 unsigned int varobjdebug = 0;
47 static void
48 show_varobjdebug (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
49 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
51 gdb_printf (file, _("Varobj debugging is %s.\n"), value);
54 /* String representations of gdb's format codes. */
55 const char *varobj_format_string[] =
56 { "natural", "binary", "decimal", "hexadecimal", "octal", "zero-hexadecimal" };
58 /* True if we want to allow Python-based pretty-printing. */
59 static bool pretty_printing = false;
61 void
62 varobj_enable_pretty_printing (void)
64 pretty_printing = true;
67 /* Data structures */
69 /* Every root variable has one of these structures saved in its
70 varobj. */
71 struct varobj_root
73 /* The expression for this parent. */
74 expression_up exp;
76 /* Cached arch from exp, for use in case exp gets invalidated. */
77 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = nullptr;
79 /* Cached language from exp, for use in case exp gets invalidated. */
80 const struct language_defn *language_defn = nullptr;
82 /* Block for which this expression is valid. */
83 const struct block *valid_block = NULL;
85 /* The frame for this expression. This field is set iff valid_block is
86 not NULL. */
87 struct frame_id frame = null_frame_id;
89 /* The global thread ID that this varobj_root belongs to. This field
90 is only valid if valid_block is not NULL.
91 When not 0, indicates which thread 'frame' belongs to.
92 When 0, indicates that the thread list was empty when the varobj_root
93 was created. */
94 int thread_id = 0;
96 /* If true, the -var-update always recomputes the value in the
97 current thread and frame. Otherwise, variable object is
98 always updated in the specific scope/thread/frame. */
99 bool floating = false;
101 /* Flag that indicates validity: set to false when this varobj_root refers
102 to symbols that do not exist anymore. */
103 bool is_valid = true;
105 /* Set to true if the varobj was created as tracking a global. */
106 bool global = false;
108 /* Language-related operations for this variable and its
109 children. */
110 const struct lang_varobj_ops *lang_ops = NULL;
112 /* The varobj for this root node. */
113 struct varobj *rootvar = NULL;
116 /* Dynamic part of varobj. */
118 struct varobj_dynamic
120 /* Whether the children of this varobj were requested. This field is
121 used to decide if dynamic varobj should recompute their children.
122 In the event that the frontend never asked for the children, we
123 can avoid that. */
124 bool children_requested = false;
126 /* The pretty-printer constructor. If NULL, then the default
127 pretty-printer will be looked up. If None, then no
128 pretty-printer will be installed. */
129 PyObject *constructor = NULL;
131 /* The pretty-printer that has been constructed. If NULL, then a
132 new printer object is needed, and one will be constructed. */
133 PyObject *pretty_printer = NULL;
135 /* The iterator returned by the printer's 'children' method, or NULL
136 if not available. */
137 std::unique_ptr<varobj_iter> child_iter;
139 /* We request one extra item from the iterator, so that we can
140 report to the caller whether there are more items than we have
141 already reported. However, we don't want to install this value
142 when we read it, because that will mess up future updates. So,
143 we stash it here instead. */
144 std::unique_ptr<varobj_item> saved_item;
147 /* Private function prototypes */
149 /* Helper functions for the above subcommands. */
151 static int delete_variable (struct varobj *, bool);
153 static void delete_variable_1 (int *, struct varobj *, bool, bool);
155 static void install_variable (struct varobj *);
157 static void uninstall_variable (struct varobj *);
159 static struct varobj *create_child (struct varobj *, int, std::string &);
161 static struct varobj *
162 create_child_with_value (struct varobj *parent, int index,
163 struct varobj_item *item);
165 /* Utility routines */
167 static bool update_type_if_necessary (struct varobj *var,
168 struct value *new_value);
170 static bool install_new_value (struct varobj *var, struct value *value,
171 bool initial);
173 /* Language-specific routines. */
175 static int number_of_children (const struct varobj *);
177 static std::string name_of_variable (const struct varobj *);
179 static std::string name_of_child (struct varobj *, int);
181 static struct value *value_of_root (struct varobj **var_handle, bool *);
183 static struct value *value_of_child (const struct varobj *parent, int index);
185 static std::string my_value_of_variable (struct varobj *var,
186 enum varobj_display_formats format);
188 static bool is_root_p (const struct varobj *var);
190 static struct varobj *varobj_add_child (struct varobj *var,
191 struct varobj_item *item);
193 /* Private data */
195 /* Mappings of varobj_display_formats enums to gdb's format codes. */
196 static int format_code[] = { 0, 't', 'd', 'x', 'o', 'z' };
198 /* List of root variable objects. */
199 static std::list<struct varobj_root *> rootlist;
201 /* Pointer to the varobj hash table (built at run time). */
202 static htab_t varobj_table;
206 /* API Implementation */
207 static bool
208 is_root_p (const struct varobj *var)
210 return (var->root->rootvar == var);
213 #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
215 /* See python-internal.h. */
216 gdbpy_enter_varobj::gdbpy_enter_varobj (const struct varobj *var)
217 : gdbpy_enter (var->root->gdbarch, var->root->language_defn)
221 #endif
223 /* Return the full FRAME which corresponds to the given CORE_ADDR
224 or NULL if no FRAME on the chain corresponds to CORE_ADDR. */
226 static frame_info_ptr
227 find_frame_addr_in_frame_chain (CORE_ADDR frame_addr)
229 frame_info_ptr frame = NULL;
231 if (frame_addr == (CORE_ADDR) 0)
232 return NULL;
234 for (frame = get_current_frame ();
235 frame != NULL;
236 frame = get_prev_frame (frame))
238 /* The CORE_ADDR we get as argument was parsed from a string GDB
239 output as $fp. This output got truncated to gdbarch_addr_bit.
240 Truncate the frame base address in the same manner before
241 comparing it against our argument. */
242 CORE_ADDR frame_base = get_frame_base_address (frame);
243 int addr_bit = gdbarch_addr_bit (get_frame_arch (frame));
245 if (addr_bit < (sizeof (CORE_ADDR) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
246 frame_base &= ((CORE_ADDR) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
248 if (frame_base == frame_addr)
249 return frame;
252 return NULL;
255 /* Creates a varobj (not its children). */
257 struct varobj *
258 varobj_create (const char *objname,
259 const char *expression, CORE_ADDR frame, enum varobj_type type)
261 /* Fill out a varobj structure for the (root) variable being constructed. */
262 auto var = std::make_unique<varobj> (new varobj_root);
264 if (expression != NULL)
266 frame_info_ptr fi;
267 struct frame_id old_id = null_frame_id;
268 const struct block *block;
269 const char *p;
270 struct value *value = NULL;
271 CORE_ADDR pc;
273 /* Parse and evaluate the expression, filling in as much of the
274 variable's data as possible. */
276 if (has_stack_frames ())
278 /* Allow creator to specify context of variable. */
279 if ((type == USE_CURRENT_FRAME) || (type == USE_SELECTED_FRAME))
280 fi = get_selected_frame (NULL);
281 else
282 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-11-23: This code should be doing a
283 lookup using the frame ID and not just the frame's
284 ``address''. This, of course, means an interface
285 change. However, with out that interface change ISAs,
286 such as the ia64 with its two stacks, won't work.
287 Similar goes for the case where there is a frameless
288 function. */
289 fi = find_frame_addr_in_frame_chain (frame);
291 else
292 fi = NULL;
294 if (type == USE_SELECTED_FRAME)
295 var->root->floating = true;
297 pc = 0;
298 block = NULL;
299 if (fi != NULL)
301 block = get_frame_block (fi, 0);
302 pc = get_frame_pc (fi);
305 p = expression;
307 innermost_block_tracker tracker (INNERMOST_BLOCK_FOR_SYMBOLS
308 | INNERMOST_BLOCK_FOR_REGISTERS);
309 /* Wrap the call to parse expression, so we can
310 return a sensible error. */
313 var->root->exp = parse_exp_1 (&p, pc, block, 0, &tracker);
315 /* Cache gdbarch and language_defn as they might be used even
316 after var is invalidated and var->root->exp cleared. */
317 var->root->gdbarch = var->root->exp->gdbarch;
318 var->root->language_defn = var->root->exp->language_defn;
321 catch (const gdb_exception_error &except)
323 return NULL;
326 /* Don't allow variables to be created for types. */
327 enum exp_opcode opcode = var->root->exp->first_opcode ();
328 if (opcode == OP_TYPE
329 || opcode == OP_TYPEOF
330 || opcode == OP_DECLTYPE)
332 gdb_printf (gdb_stderr, "Attempt to use a type name"
333 " as an expression.\n");
334 return NULL;
337 var->format = FORMAT_NATURAL;
338 var->root->valid_block =
339 var->root->floating ? NULL : tracker.block ();
340 var->root->global
341 = var->root->floating ? false : var->root->valid_block == nullptr;
342 var->name = expression;
343 /* For a root var, the name and the expr are the same. */
344 var->path_expr = expression;
346 /* When the frame is different from the current frame,
347 we must select the appropriate frame before parsing
348 the expression, otherwise the value will not be current.
349 Since select_frame is so benign, just call it for all cases. */
350 if (var->root->valid_block)
352 /* User could specify explicit FRAME-ADDR which was not found but
353 EXPRESSION is frame specific and we would not be able to evaluate
354 it correctly next time. With VALID_BLOCK set we must also set
355 FRAME and THREAD_ID. */
356 if (fi == NULL)
357 error (_("Failed to find the specified frame"));
359 var->root->frame = get_frame_id (fi);
360 var->root->thread_id = inferior_thread ()->global_num;
361 old_id = get_frame_id (get_selected_frame (NULL));
362 select_frame (fi);
365 /* We definitely need to catch errors here. If evaluation of
366 the expression succeeds, we got the value we wanted. But if
367 it fails, we still go on with a call to evaluate_type(). */
370 value = var->root->exp->evaluate ();
372 catch (const gdb_exception_error &except)
374 /* Error getting the value. Try to at least get the
375 right type. */
376 struct value *type_only_value = var->root->exp->evaluate_type ();
378 var->type = type_only_value->type ();
381 if (value != NULL)
383 int real_type_found = 0;
385 var->type = value_actual_type (value, 0, &real_type_found);
386 if (real_type_found)
387 value = value_cast (var->type, value);
390 /* Set language info */
391 var->root->lang_ops = var->root->exp->language_defn->varobj_ops ();
393 install_new_value (var.get (), value, 1 /* Initial assignment */);
395 /* Set ourselves as our root. */
396 var->root->rootvar = var.get ();
398 /* Reset the selected frame. */
399 if (frame_id_p (old_id))
400 select_frame (frame_find_by_id (old_id));
403 /* If the variable object name is null, that means this
404 is a temporary variable, so don't install it. */
406 if ((var != NULL) && (objname != NULL))
408 var->obj_name = objname;
409 install_variable (var.get ());
412 return var.release ();
415 /* Generates an unique name that can be used for a varobj. */
417 std::string
418 varobj_gen_name (void)
420 static int id = 0;
422 /* Generate a name for this object. */
423 id++;
424 return string_printf ("var%d", id);
427 /* Given an OBJNAME, returns the pointer to the corresponding varobj. Call
428 error if OBJNAME cannot be found. */
430 struct varobj *
431 varobj_get_handle (const char *objname)
433 varobj *var = (varobj *) htab_find_with_hash (varobj_table, objname,
434 htab_hash_string (objname));
436 if (var == NULL)
437 error (_("Variable object not found"));
439 return var;
442 /* Given the handle, return the name of the object. */
444 const char *
445 varobj_get_objname (const struct varobj *var)
447 return var->obj_name.c_str ();
450 /* Given the handle, return the expression represented by the
451 object. */
453 std::string
454 varobj_get_expression (const struct varobj *var)
456 return name_of_variable (var);
459 /* See varobj.h. */
462 varobj_delete (struct varobj *var, bool only_children)
464 return delete_variable (var, only_children);
467 #if HAVE_PYTHON
469 /* Convenience function for varobj_set_visualizer. Instantiate a
470 pretty-printer for a given value. */
471 static PyObject *
472 instantiate_pretty_printer (PyObject *constructor, struct value *value)
474 gdbpy_ref<> val_obj (value_to_value_object (value));
475 if (val_obj == nullptr)
476 return NULL;
478 return PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs (constructor, val_obj.get (), NULL);
481 #endif
483 /* Set/Get variable object display format. */
485 enum varobj_display_formats
486 varobj_set_display_format (struct varobj *var,
487 enum varobj_display_formats format)
489 var->format = format;
491 if (varobj_value_is_changeable_p (var)
492 && var->value != nullptr && !var->value->lazy ())
494 var->print_value = varobj_value_get_print_value (var->value.get (),
495 var->format, var);
498 return var->format;
501 enum varobj_display_formats
502 varobj_get_display_format (const struct varobj *var)
504 return var->format;
507 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char>
508 varobj_get_display_hint (const struct varobj *var)
510 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> result;
512 #if HAVE_PYTHON
513 if (!gdb_python_initialized)
514 return NULL;
516 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
518 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
519 result = gdbpy_get_display_hint (var->dynamic->pretty_printer);
520 #endif
522 return result;
525 /* Return true if the varobj has items after TO, false otherwise. */
527 bool
528 varobj_has_more (const struct varobj *var, int to)
530 if (var->children.size () > to)
531 return true;
533 return ((to == -1 || var->children.size () == to)
534 && (var->dynamic->saved_item != NULL));
537 /* If the variable object is bound to a specific thread, that
538 is its evaluation can always be done in context of a frame
539 inside that thread, returns GDB id of the thread -- which
540 is always positive. Otherwise, returns -1. */
542 varobj_get_thread_id (const struct varobj *var)
544 if (var->root->valid_block && var->root->thread_id > 0)
545 return var->root->thread_id;
546 else
547 return -1;
550 void
551 varobj_set_frozen (struct varobj *var, bool frozen)
553 /* When a variable is unfrozen, we don't fetch its value.
554 The 'not_fetched' flag remains set, so next -var-update
555 won't complain.
557 We don't fetch the value, because for structures the client
558 should do -var-update anyway. It would be bad to have different
559 client-size logic for structure and other types. */
560 var->frozen = frozen;
563 bool
564 varobj_get_frozen (const struct varobj *var)
566 return var->frozen;
569 /* A helper function that updates the contents of FROM and TO based on the
570 size of the vector CHILDREN. If the contents of either FROM or TO are
571 negative the entire range is used. */
573 void
574 varobj_restrict_range (const std::vector<varobj *> &children,
575 int *from, int *to)
577 int len = children.size ();
579 if (*from < 0 || *to < 0)
581 *from = 0;
582 *to = len;
584 else
586 if (*from > len)
587 *from = len;
588 if (*to > len)
589 *to = len;
590 if (*from > *to)
591 *from = *to;
595 /* A helper for update_dynamic_varobj_children that installs a new
596 child when needed. */
598 static void
599 install_dynamic_child (struct varobj *var,
600 std::vector<varobj *> *changed,
601 std::vector<varobj *> *type_changed,
602 std::vector<varobj *> *newobj,
603 std::vector<varobj *> *unchanged,
604 bool *cchanged,
605 int index,
606 struct varobj_item *item)
608 if (var->children.size () < index + 1)
610 /* There's no child yet. */
611 struct varobj *child = varobj_add_child (var, item);
613 if (newobj != NULL)
615 newobj->push_back (child);
616 *cchanged = true;
619 else
621 varobj *existing = var->children[index];
622 bool type_updated = update_type_if_necessary (existing,
623 item->value.get ());
625 if (type_updated)
627 if (type_changed != NULL)
628 type_changed->push_back (existing);
630 if (install_new_value (existing, item->value.get (), 0))
632 if (!type_updated && changed != NULL)
633 changed->push_back (existing);
635 else if (!type_updated && unchanged != NULL)
636 unchanged->push_back (existing);
640 /* A factory for creating dynamic varobj's iterators. Returns an
641 iterator object suitable for iterating over VAR's children. */
643 static std::unique_ptr<varobj_iter>
644 varobj_get_iterator (struct varobj *var)
646 #if HAVE_PYTHON
647 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer)
649 value_print_options opts;
650 varobj_formatted_print_options (&opts, var->format);
651 return py_varobj_get_iterator (var, var->dynamic->pretty_printer, &opts);
653 #endif
655 gdb_assert_not_reached ("requested an iterator from a non-dynamic varobj");
658 static bool
659 update_dynamic_varobj_children (struct varobj *var,
660 std::vector<varobj *> *changed,
661 std::vector<varobj *> *type_changed,
662 std::vector<varobj *> *newobj,
663 std::vector<varobj *> *unchanged,
664 bool *cchanged,
665 bool update_children,
666 int from,
667 int to)
669 int i;
671 *cchanged = false;
673 if (update_children || var->dynamic->child_iter == NULL)
675 var->dynamic->child_iter = varobj_get_iterator (var);
676 var->dynamic->saved_item.reset (nullptr);
678 i = 0;
680 if (var->dynamic->child_iter == NULL)
681 return false;
683 else
684 i = var->children.size ();
686 /* We ask for one extra child, so that MI can report whether there
687 are more children. */
688 for (; to < 0 || i < to + 1; ++i)
690 std::unique_ptr<varobj_item> item;
692 /* See if there was a leftover from last time. */
693 if (var->dynamic->saved_item != NULL)
694 item = std::move (var->dynamic->saved_item);
695 else
696 item = var->dynamic->child_iter->next ();
698 if (item == NULL)
700 /* Iteration is done. Remove iterator from VAR. */
701 var->dynamic->child_iter.reset (nullptr);
702 break;
704 /* We don't want to push the extra child on any report list. */
705 if (to < 0 || i < to)
707 bool can_mention = from < 0 || i >= from;
709 install_dynamic_child (var, can_mention ? changed : NULL,
710 can_mention ? type_changed : NULL,
711 can_mention ? newobj : NULL,
712 can_mention ? unchanged : NULL,
713 can_mention ? cchanged : NULL, i,
714 item.get ());
716 else
718 var->dynamic->saved_item = std::move (item);
720 /* We want to truncate the child list just before this
721 element. */
722 break;
726 if (i < var->children.size ())
728 *cchanged = true;
729 for (int j = i; j < var->children.size (); ++j)
730 varobj_delete (var->children[j], 0);
732 var->children.resize (i);
735 /* If there are fewer children than requested, note that the list of
736 children changed. */
737 if (to >= 0 && var->children.size () < to)
738 *cchanged = true;
740 var->num_children = var->children.size ();
742 return true;
746 varobj_get_num_children (struct varobj *var)
748 if (var->num_children == -1)
750 if (varobj_is_dynamic_p (var))
752 bool dummy;
754 /* If we have a dynamic varobj, don't report -1 children.
755 So, try to fetch some children first. */
756 update_dynamic_varobj_children (var, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &dummy,
757 false, 0, 0);
759 else
760 var->num_children = number_of_children (var);
763 return var->num_children >= 0 ? var->num_children : 0;
766 /* Creates a list of the immediate children of a variable object;
767 the return code is the number of such children or -1 on error. */
769 const std::vector<varobj *> &
770 varobj_list_children (struct varobj *var, int *from, int *to)
772 var->dynamic->children_requested = true;
774 if (varobj_is_dynamic_p (var))
776 bool children_changed;
778 /* This, in theory, can result in the number of children changing without
779 frontend noticing. But well, calling -var-list-children on the same
780 varobj twice is not something a sane frontend would do. */
781 update_dynamic_varobj_children (var, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
782 &children_changed, false, 0, *to);
783 varobj_restrict_range (var->children, from, to);
784 return var->children;
787 if (var->num_children == -1)
788 var->num_children = number_of_children (var);
790 /* If that failed, give up. */
791 if (var->num_children == -1)
792 return var->children;
794 /* If we're called when the list of children is not yet initialized,
795 allocate enough elements in it. */
796 while (var->children.size () < var->num_children)
797 var->children.push_back (NULL);
799 for (int i = 0; i < var->num_children; i++)
801 if (var->children[i] == NULL)
803 /* Either it's the first call to varobj_list_children for
804 this variable object, and the child was never created,
805 or it was explicitly deleted by the client. */
806 std::string name = name_of_child (var, i);
807 var->children[i] = create_child (var, i, name);
811 varobj_restrict_range (var->children, from, to);
812 return var->children;
815 static struct varobj *
816 varobj_add_child (struct varobj *var, struct varobj_item *item)
818 varobj *v = create_child_with_value (var, var->children.size (), item);
820 var->children.push_back (v);
822 return v;
825 /* Obtain the type of an object Variable as a string similar to the one gdb
826 prints on the console. The caller is responsible for freeing the string.
829 std::string
830 varobj_get_type (struct varobj *var)
832 /* For the "fake" variables, do not return a type. (Its type is
833 NULL, too.)
834 Do not return a type for invalid variables as well. */
835 if (CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var) || !var->root->is_valid)
836 return std::string ();
838 return type_to_string (var->type);
841 /* Obtain the type of an object variable. */
843 struct type *
844 varobj_get_gdb_type (const struct varobj *var)
846 return var->type;
849 /* Is VAR a path expression parent, i.e., can it be used to construct
850 a valid path expression? */
852 static bool
853 is_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var)
855 gdb_assert (var->root->lang_ops->is_path_expr_parent != NULL);
856 return var->root->lang_ops->is_path_expr_parent (var);
859 /* Is VAR a path expression parent, i.e., can it be used to construct
860 a valid path expression? By default we assume any VAR can be a path
861 parent. */
863 bool
864 varobj_default_is_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var)
866 return true;
869 /* Return the path expression parent for VAR. */
871 const struct varobj *
872 varobj_get_path_expr_parent (const struct varobj *var)
874 const struct varobj *parent = var;
876 while (!is_root_p (parent) && !is_path_expr_parent (parent))
877 parent = parent->parent;
879 /* Computation of full rooted expression for children of dynamic
880 varobjs is not supported. */
881 if (varobj_is_dynamic_p (parent))
882 error (_("Invalid variable object (child of a dynamic varobj)"));
884 return parent;
887 /* Return a pointer to the full rooted expression of varobj VAR.
888 If it has not been computed yet, compute it. */
890 const char *
891 varobj_get_path_expr (const struct varobj *var)
893 if (var->path_expr.empty ())
895 /* For root varobjs, we initialize path_expr
896 when creating varobj, so here it should be
897 child varobj. */
898 struct varobj *mutable_var = (struct varobj *) var;
899 gdb_assert (!is_root_p (var));
901 mutable_var->path_expr = (*var->root->lang_ops->path_expr_of_child) (var);
904 return var->path_expr.c_str ();
907 const struct language_defn *
908 varobj_get_language (const struct varobj *var)
910 return var->root->exp->language_defn;
914 varobj_get_attributes (const struct varobj *var)
916 int attributes = 0;
918 if (varobj_editable_p (var))
919 /* FIXME: define masks for attributes. */
920 attributes |= 0x00000001; /* Editable */
922 return attributes;
925 /* Return true if VAR is a dynamic varobj. */
927 bool
928 varobj_is_dynamic_p (const struct varobj *var)
930 return var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL;
933 std::string
934 varobj_get_formatted_value (struct varobj *var,
935 enum varobj_display_formats format)
937 return my_value_of_variable (var, format);
940 std::string
941 varobj_get_value (struct varobj *var)
943 return my_value_of_variable (var, var->format);
946 /* Set the value of an object variable (if it is editable) to the
947 value of the given expression. */
948 /* Note: Invokes functions that can call error(). */
950 bool
951 varobj_set_value (struct varobj *var, const char *expression)
953 struct value *val = NULL; /* Initialize to keep gcc happy. */
954 /* The argument "expression" contains the variable's new value.
955 We need to first construct a legal expression for this -- ugh! */
956 /* Does this cover all the bases? */
957 struct value *value = NULL; /* Initialize to keep gcc happy. */
958 const char *s = expression;
960 gdb_assert (varobj_editable_p (var));
962 /* ALWAYS reset to decimal temporarily. */
963 auto save_input_radix = make_scoped_restore (&input_radix, 10);
964 expression_up exp = parse_exp_1 (&s, 0, 0, 0);
967 value = exp->evaluate ();
970 catch (const gdb_exception_error &except)
972 /* We cannot proceed without a valid expression. */
973 return false;
976 /* All types that are editable must also be changeable. */
977 gdb_assert (varobj_value_is_changeable_p (var));
979 /* The value of a changeable variable object must not be lazy. */
980 gdb_assert (!var->value->lazy ());
982 /* Need to coerce the input. We want to check if the
983 value of the variable object will be different
984 after assignment, and the first thing value_assign
985 does is coerce the input.
986 For example, if we are assigning an array to a pointer variable we
987 should compare the pointer with the array's address, not with the
988 array's content. */
989 value = coerce_array (value);
991 /* The new value may be lazy. value_assign, or
992 rather value_contents, will take care of this. */
995 val = value_assign (var->value.get (), value);
998 catch (const gdb_exception_error &except)
1000 return false;
1003 /* If the value has changed, record it, so that next -var-update can
1004 report this change. If a variable had a value of '1', we've set it
1005 to '333' and then set again to '1', when -var-update will report this
1006 variable as changed -- because the first assignment has set the
1007 'updated' flag. There's no need to optimize that, because return value
1008 of -var-update should be considered an approximation. */
1009 var->updated = install_new_value (var, val, false /* Compare values. */);
1010 return true;
1013 #if HAVE_PYTHON
1015 /* A helper function to install a constructor function and visualizer
1016 in a varobj_dynamic. */
1018 static void
1019 install_visualizer (struct varobj_dynamic *var, PyObject *constructor,
1020 PyObject *visualizer)
1022 Py_XDECREF (var->constructor);
1023 var->constructor = constructor;
1025 Py_XDECREF (var->pretty_printer);
1026 var->pretty_printer = visualizer;
1028 var->child_iter.reset (nullptr);
1031 /* Install the default visualizer for VAR. */
1033 static void
1034 install_default_visualizer (struct varobj *var)
1036 /* Do not install a visualizer on a CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD. */
1037 if (CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var))
1038 return;
1040 if (pretty_printing)
1042 gdbpy_ref<> pretty_printer;
1044 if (var->value != nullptr)
1046 pretty_printer = gdbpy_get_varobj_pretty_printer (var->value.get ());
1047 if (pretty_printer == nullptr)
1049 gdbpy_print_stack ();
1050 error (_("Cannot instantiate printer for default visualizer"));
1054 if (pretty_printer == Py_None)
1055 pretty_printer.reset (nullptr);
1057 install_visualizer (var->dynamic, NULL, pretty_printer.release ());
1061 /* Instantiate and install a visualizer for VAR using CONSTRUCTOR to
1062 make a new object. */
1064 static void
1065 construct_visualizer (struct varobj *var, PyObject *constructor)
1067 PyObject *pretty_printer;
1069 /* Do not install a visualizer on a CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD. */
1070 if (CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var))
1071 return;
1073 Py_INCREF (constructor);
1074 if (constructor == Py_None)
1075 pretty_printer = NULL;
1076 else
1078 pretty_printer = instantiate_pretty_printer (constructor,
1079 var->value.get ());
1080 if (! pretty_printer)
1082 gdbpy_print_stack ();
1083 Py_DECREF (constructor);
1084 constructor = Py_None;
1085 Py_INCREF (constructor);
1088 if (pretty_printer == Py_None)
1090 Py_DECREF (pretty_printer);
1091 pretty_printer = NULL;
1095 install_visualizer (var->dynamic, constructor, pretty_printer);
1098 #endif /* HAVE_PYTHON */
1100 /* A helper function for install_new_value. This creates and installs
1101 a visualizer for VAR, if appropriate. */
1103 static void
1104 install_new_value_visualizer (struct varobj *var)
1106 #if HAVE_PYTHON
1107 /* If the constructor is None, then we want the raw value. If VAR
1108 does not have a value, just skip this. */
1109 if (!gdb_python_initialized)
1110 return;
1112 if (var->dynamic->constructor != Py_None && var->value != NULL)
1114 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
1116 if (var->dynamic->constructor == NULL)
1117 install_default_visualizer (var);
1118 else
1119 construct_visualizer (var, var->dynamic->constructor);
1121 #else
1122 /* Do nothing. */
1123 #endif
1126 /* When using RTTI to determine variable type it may be changed in runtime when
1127 the variable value is changed. This function checks whether type of varobj
1128 VAR will change when a new value NEW_VALUE is assigned and if it is so
1129 updates the type of VAR. */
1131 static bool
1132 update_type_if_necessary (struct varobj *var, struct value *new_value)
1134 if (new_value)
1136 struct value_print_options opts;
1138 get_user_print_options (&opts);
1139 if (opts.objectprint)
1141 struct type *new_type = value_actual_type (new_value, 0, 0);
1142 std::string new_type_str = type_to_string (new_type);
1143 std::string curr_type_str = varobj_get_type (var);
1145 /* Did the type name change? */
1146 if (curr_type_str != new_type_str)
1148 var->type = new_type;
1150 /* This information may be not valid for a new type. */
1151 varobj_delete (var, 1);
1152 var->children.clear ();
1153 var->num_children = -1;
1154 return true;
1159 return false;
1162 /* Assign a new value to a variable object. If INITIAL is true,
1163 this is the first assignment after the variable object was just
1164 created, or changed type. In that case, just assign the value
1165 and return false.
1166 Otherwise, assign the new value, and return true if the value is
1167 different from the current one, false otherwise. The comparison is
1168 done on textual representation of value. Therefore, some types
1169 need not be compared. E.g. for structures the reported value is
1170 always "{...}", so no comparison is necessary here. If the old
1171 value was NULL and new one is not, or vice versa, we always return true.
1173 The VALUE parameter should not be released -- the function will
1174 take care of releasing it when needed. */
1175 static bool
1176 install_new_value (struct varobj *var, struct value *value, bool initial)
1178 bool changeable;
1179 bool need_to_fetch;
1180 bool changed = false;
1181 bool intentionally_not_fetched = false;
1183 /* We need to know the varobj's type to decide if the value should
1184 be fetched or not. C++ fake children (public/protected/private)
1185 don't have a type. */
1186 gdb_assert (var->type || CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var));
1187 changeable = varobj_value_is_changeable_p (var);
1189 /* If the type has custom visualizer, we consider it to be always
1190 changeable. FIXME: need to make sure this behaviour will not
1191 mess up read-sensitive values. */
1192 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
1193 changeable = true;
1195 need_to_fetch = changeable;
1197 /* We are not interested in the address of references, and given
1198 that in C++ a reference is not rebindable, it cannot
1199 meaningfully change. So, get hold of the real value. */
1200 if (value)
1201 value = coerce_ref (value);
1203 if (var->type && var->type->code () == TYPE_CODE_UNION)
1204 /* For unions, we need to fetch the value implicitly because
1205 of implementation of union member fetch. When gdb
1206 creates a value for a field and the value of the enclosing
1207 structure is not lazy, it immediately copies the necessary
1208 bytes from the enclosing values. If the enclosing value is
1209 lazy, the call to value_fetch_lazy on the field will read
1210 the data from memory. For unions, that means we'll read the
1211 same memory more than once, which is not desirable. So
1212 fetch now. */
1213 need_to_fetch = true;
1215 /* The new value might be lazy. If the type is changeable,
1216 that is we'll be comparing values of this type, fetch the
1217 value now. Otherwise, on the next update the old value
1218 will be lazy, which means we've lost that old value. */
1219 if (need_to_fetch && value && value->lazy ())
1221 const struct varobj *parent = var->parent;
1222 bool frozen = var->frozen;
1224 for (; !frozen && parent; parent = parent->parent)
1225 frozen |= parent->frozen;
1227 if (frozen && initial)
1229 /* For variables that are frozen, or are children of frozen
1230 variables, we don't do fetch on initial assignment.
1231 For non-initial assignment we do the fetch, since it means we're
1232 explicitly asked to compare the new value with the old one. */
1233 intentionally_not_fetched = true;
1235 else
1240 value->fetch_lazy ();
1243 catch (const gdb_exception_error &except)
1245 /* Set the value to NULL, so that for the next -var-update,
1246 we don't try to compare the new value with this value,
1247 that we couldn't even read. */
1248 value = NULL;
1253 /* Get a reference now, before possibly passing it to any Python
1254 code that might release it. */
1255 value_ref_ptr value_holder;
1256 if (value != NULL)
1257 value_holder = value_ref_ptr::new_reference (value);
1259 /* Below, we'll be comparing string rendering of old and new
1260 values. Don't get string rendering if the value is
1261 lazy -- if it is, the code above has decided that the value
1262 should not be fetched. */
1263 std::string print_value;
1264 if (value != NULL && !value->lazy ()
1265 && var->dynamic->pretty_printer == NULL)
1266 print_value = varobj_value_get_print_value (value, var->format, var);
1268 /* If the type is changeable, compare the old and the new values.
1269 If this is the initial assignment, we don't have any old value
1270 to compare with. */
1271 if (!initial && changeable)
1273 /* If the value of the varobj was changed by -var-set-value,
1274 then the value in the varobj and in the target is the same.
1275 However, that value is different from the value that the
1276 varobj had after the previous -var-update. So need to the
1277 varobj as changed. */
1278 if (var->updated)
1279 changed = true;
1280 else if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer == NULL)
1282 /* Try to compare the values. That requires that both
1283 values are non-lazy. */
1284 if (var->not_fetched && var->value->lazy ())
1286 /* This is a frozen varobj and the value was never read.
1287 Presumably, UI shows some "never read" indicator.
1288 Now that we've fetched the real value, we need to report
1289 this varobj as changed so that UI can show the real
1290 value. */
1291 changed = true;
1293 else if (var->value == NULL && value == NULL)
1294 /* Equal. */
1296 else if (var->value == NULL || value == NULL)
1298 changed = true;
1300 else
1302 gdb_assert (!var->value->lazy ());
1303 gdb_assert (!value->lazy ());
1305 gdb_assert (!var->print_value.empty () && !print_value.empty ());
1306 if (var->print_value != print_value)
1307 changed = true;
1312 if (!initial && !changeable)
1314 /* For values that are not changeable, we don't compare the values.
1315 However, we want to notice if a value was not NULL and now is NULL,
1316 or vise versa, so that we report when top-level varobjs come in scope
1317 and leave the scope. */
1318 changed = (var->value != NULL) != (value != NULL);
1321 /* We must always keep the new value, since children depend on it. */
1322 var->value = value_holder;
1323 if (value && value->lazy () && intentionally_not_fetched)
1324 var->not_fetched = true;
1325 else
1326 var->not_fetched = false;
1327 var->updated = false;
1329 install_new_value_visualizer (var);
1331 /* If we installed a pretty-printer, re-compare the printed version
1332 to see if the variable changed. */
1333 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
1335 print_value = varobj_value_get_print_value (var->value.get (),
1336 var->format, var);
1337 if (var->print_value != print_value)
1338 changed = true;
1340 var->print_value = print_value;
1342 gdb_assert (var->value == nullptr || var->value->type ());
1344 return changed;
1347 /* Return the requested range for a varobj. VAR is the varobj. FROM
1348 and TO are out parameters; *FROM and *TO will be set to the
1349 selected sub-range of VAR. If no range was selected using
1350 -var-set-update-range, then both will be -1. */
1351 void
1352 varobj_get_child_range (const struct varobj *var, int *from, int *to)
1354 *from = var->from;
1355 *to = var->to;
1358 /* Set the selected sub-range of children of VAR to start at index
1359 FROM and end at index TO. If either FROM or TO is less than zero,
1360 this is interpreted as a request for all children. */
1361 void
1362 varobj_set_child_range (struct varobj *var, int from, int to)
1364 var->from = from;
1365 var->to = to;
1368 void
1369 varobj_set_visualizer (struct varobj *var, const char *visualizer)
1371 #if HAVE_PYTHON
1372 PyObject *mainmod;
1374 if (!gdb_python_initialized)
1375 return;
1377 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
1379 mainmod = PyImport_AddModule ("__main__");
1380 gdbpy_ref<> globals
1381 = gdbpy_ref<>::new_reference (PyModule_GetDict (mainmod));
1382 gdbpy_ref<> constructor (PyRun_String (visualizer, Py_eval_input,
1383 globals.get (), globals.get ()));
1385 if (constructor == NULL)
1387 gdbpy_print_stack ();
1388 error (_("Could not evaluate visualizer expression: %s"), visualizer);
1391 construct_visualizer (var, constructor.get ());
1393 /* If there are any children now, wipe them. */
1394 varobj_delete (var, 1 /* children only */);
1395 var->num_children = -1;
1397 /* Also be sure to reset the print value. */
1398 varobj_set_display_format (var, var->format);
1399 #else
1400 error (_("Python support required"));
1401 #endif
1404 /* If NEW_VALUE is the new value of the given varobj (var), return
1405 true if var has mutated. In other words, if the type of
1406 the new value is different from the type of the varobj's old
1407 value.
1409 NEW_VALUE may be NULL, if the varobj is now out of scope. */
1411 static bool
1412 varobj_value_has_mutated (const struct varobj *var, struct value *new_value,
1413 struct type *new_type)
1415 /* If we haven't previously computed the number of children in var,
1416 it does not matter from the front-end's perspective whether
1417 the type has mutated or not. For all intents and purposes,
1418 it has not mutated. */
1419 if (var->num_children < 0)
1420 return false;
1422 if (var->root->lang_ops->value_has_mutated != NULL)
1424 /* The varobj module, when installing new values, explicitly strips
1425 references, saying that we're not interested in those addresses.
1426 But detection of mutation happens before installing the new
1427 value, so our value may be a reference that we need to strip
1428 in order to remain consistent. */
1429 if (new_value != NULL)
1430 new_value = coerce_ref (new_value);
1431 return var->root->lang_ops->value_has_mutated (var, new_value, new_type);
1433 else
1434 return false;
1437 /* Update the values for a variable and its children. This is a
1438 two-pronged attack. First, re-parse the value for the root's
1439 expression to see if it's changed. Then go all the way
1440 through its children, reconstructing them and noting if they've
1441 changed.
1443 The IS_EXPLICIT parameter specifies if this call is result
1444 of MI request to update this specific variable, or
1445 result of implicit -var-update *. For implicit request, we don't
1446 update frozen variables.
1448 NOTE: This function may delete the caller's varobj. If it
1449 returns TYPE_CHANGED, then it has done this and VARP will be modified
1450 to point to the new varobj. */
1452 std::vector<varobj_update_result>
1453 varobj_update (struct varobj **varp, bool is_explicit)
1455 bool type_changed = false;
1456 struct value *newobj;
1457 std::vector<varobj_update_result> stack;
1458 std::vector<varobj_update_result> result;
1460 /* Frozen means frozen -- we don't check for any change in
1461 this varobj, including its going out of scope, or
1462 changing type. One use case for frozen varobjs is
1463 retaining previously evaluated expressions, and we don't
1464 want them to be reevaluated at all. */
1465 if (!is_explicit && (*varp)->frozen)
1466 return result;
1468 if (!(*varp)->root->is_valid)
1470 result.emplace_back (*varp, VAROBJ_INVALID);
1471 return result;
1474 if ((*varp)->root->rootvar == *varp)
1476 varobj_update_result r (*varp);
1478 /* Update the root variable. value_of_root can return NULL
1479 if the variable is no longer around, i.e. we stepped out of
1480 the frame in which a local existed. We are letting the
1481 value_of_root variable dispose of the varobj if the type
1482 has changed. */
1483 newobj = value_of_root (varp, &type_changed);
1484 if (update_type_if_necessary (*varp, newobj))
1485 type_changed = true;
1486 r.varobj = *varp;
1487 r.type_changed = type_changed;
1488 if (install_new_value ((*varp), newobj, type_changed))
1489 r.changed = true;
1491 if (newobj == NULL)
1492 r.status = VAROBJ_NOT_IN_SCOPE;
1493 r.value_installed = true;
1495 if (r.status == VAROBJ_NOT_IN_SCOPE)
1497 if (r.type_changed || r.changed)
1498 result.push_back (std::move (r));
1500 return result;
1503 stack.push_back (std::move (r));
1505 else
1506 stack.emplace_back (*varp);
1508 /* Walk through the children, reconstructing them all. */
1509 while (!stack.empty ())
1511 varobj_update_result r = std::move (stack.back ());
1512 stack.pop_back ();
1513 struct varobj *v = r.varobj;
1515 /* Update this variable, unless it's a root, which is already
1516 updated. */
1517 if (!r.value_installed)
1519 struct type *new_type;
1521 newobj = value_of_child (v->parent, v->index);
1522 if (update_type_if_necessary (v, newobj))
1523 r.type_changed = true;
1524 if (newobj)
1525 new_type = newobj->type ();
1526 else
1527 new_type = v->root->lang_ops->type_of_child (v->parent, v->index);
1529 if (varobj_value_has_mutated (v, newobj, new_type))
1531 /* The children are no longer valid; delete them now.
1532 Report the fact that its type changed as well. */
1533 varobj_delete (v, 1 /* only_children */);
1534 v->num_children = -1;
1535 v->to = -1;
1536 v->from = -1;
1537 v->type = new_type;
1538 r.type_changed = true;
1541 if (install_new_value (v, newobj, r.type_changed))
1543 r.changed = true;
1544 v->updated = false;
1548 /* We probably should not get children of a dynamic varobj, but
1549 for which -var-list-children was never invoked. */
1550 if (varobj_is_dynamic_p (v))
1552 std::vector<varobj *> changed, type_changed_vec, unchanged, newobj_vec;
1553 bool children_changed = false;
1555 if (v->frozen)
1556 continue;
1558 if (!v->dynamic->children_requested)
1560 bool dummy;
1562 /* If we initially did not have potential children, but
1563 now we do, consider the varobj as changed.
1564 Otherwise, if children were never requested, consider
1565 it as unchanged -- presumably, such varobj is not yet
1566 expanded in the UI, so we need not bother getting
1567 it. */
1568 if (!varobj_has_more (v, 0))
1570 update_dynamic_varobj_children (v, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
1571 &dummy, false, 0, 0);
1572 if (varobj_has_more (v, 0))
1573 r.changed = true;
1576 if (r.changed)
1577 result.push_back (std::move (r));
1579 continue;
1582 /* If update_dynamic_varobj_children returns false, then we have
1583 a non-conforming pretty-printer, so we skip it. */
1584 if (update_dynamic_varobj_children (v, &changed, &type_changed_vec,
1585 &newobj_vec,
1586 &unchanged, &children_changed,
1587 true, v->from, v->to))
1589 if (children_changed || !newobj_vec.empty ())
1591 r.children_changed = true;
1592 r.newobj = std::move (newobj_vec);
1594 /* Push in reverse order so that the first child is
1595 popped from the work stack first, and so will be
1596 added to result first. This does not affect
1597 correctness, just "nicer". */
1598 for (int i = type_changed_vec.size () - 1; i >= 0; --i)
1600 varobj_update_result item (type_changed_vec[i]);
1602 /* Type may change only if value was changed. */
1603 item.changed = true;
1604 item.type_changed = true;
1605 item.value_installed = true;
1607 stack.push_back (std::move (item));
1609 for (int i = changed.size () - 1; i >= 0; --i)
1611 varobj_update_result item (changed[i]);
1613 item.changed = true;
1614 item.value_installed = true;
1616 stack.push_back (std::move (item));
1618 for (int i = unchanged.size () - 1; i >= 0; --i)
1620 if (!unchanged[i]->frozen)
1622 varobj_update_result item (unchanged[i]);
1624 item.value_installed = true;
1626 stack.push_back (std::move (item));
1629 if (r.changed || r.children_changed)
1630 result.push_back (std::move (r));
1632 continue;
1636 /* Push any children. Use reverse order so that the first
1637 child is popped from the work stack first, and so
1638 will be added to result first. This does not
1639 affect correctness, just "nicer". */
1640 for (int i = v->children.size () - 1; i >= 0; --i)
1642 varobj *c = v->children[i];
1644 /* Child may be NULL if explicitly deleted by -var-delete. */
1645 if (c != NULL && !c->frozen)
1646 stack.emplace_back (c);
1649 if (r.changed || r.type_changed)
1650 result.push_back (std::move (r));
1653 return result;
1656 /* Helper functions */
1659 * Variable object construction/destruction
1662 static int
1663 delete_variable (struct varobj *var, bool only_children_p)
1665 int delcount = 0;
1667 delete_variable_1 (&delcount, var, only_children_p,
1668 true /* remove_from_parent_p */ );
1670 return delcount;
1673 /* Delete the variable object VAR and its children. */
1674 /* IMPORTANT NOTE: If we delete a variable which is a child
1675 and the parent is not removed we dump core. It must be always
1676 initially called with remove_from_parent_p set. */
1677 static void
1678 delete_variable_1 (int *delcountp, struct varobj *var, bool only_children_p,
1679 bool remove_from_parent_p)
1681 /* Delete any children of this variable, too. */
1682 for (varobj *child : var->children)
1684 if (!child)
1685 continue;
1687 if (!remove_from_parent_p)
1688 child->parent = NULL;
1690 delete_variable_1 (delcountp, child, false, only_children_p);
1692 var->children.clear ();
1694 /* if we were called to delete only the children we are done here. */
1695 if (only_children_p)
1696 return;
1698 /* Otherwise, add it to the list of deleted ones and proceed to do so. */
1699 /* If the name is empty, this is a temporary variable, that has not
1700 yet been installed, don't report it, it belongs to the caller... */
1701 if (!var->obj_name.empty ())
1703 *delcountp = *delcountp + 1;
1706 /* If this variable has a parent, remove it from its parent's list. */
1707 /* OPTIMIZATION: if the parent of this variable is also being deleted,
1708 (as indicated by remove_from_parent_p) we don't bother doing an
1709 expensive list search to find the element to remove when we are
1710 discarding the list afterwards. */
1711 if ((remove_from_parent_p) && (var->parent != NULL))
1712 var->parent->children[var->index] = NULL;
1714 if (!var->obj_name.empty ())
1715 uninstall_variable (var);
1717 /* Free memory associated with this variable. */
1718 delete var;
1721 /* Install the given variable VAR with the object name VAR->OBJ_NAME. */
1722 static void
1723 install_variable (struct varobj *var)
1725 hashval_t hash = htab_hash_string (var->obj_name.c_str ());
1726 void **slot = htab_find_slot_with_hash (varobj_table,
1727 var->obj_name.c_str (),
1728 hash, INSERT);
1729 if (*slot != nullptr)
1730 error (_("Duplicate variable object name"));
1732 /* Add varobj to hash table. */
1733 *slot = var;
1735 /* If root, add varobj to root list. */
1736 if (is_root_p (var))
1737 rootlist.push_front (var->root);
1740 /* Uninstall the object VAR. */
1741 static void
1742 uninstall_variable (struct varobj *var)
1744 hashval_t hash = htab_hash_string (var->obj_name.c_str ());
1745 htab_remove_elt_with_hash (varobj_table, var->obj_name.c_str (), hash);
1747 if (varobjdebug)
1748 gdb_printf (gdb_stdlog, "Deleting %s\n", var->obj_name.c_str ());
1750 /* If root, remove varobj from root list. */
1751 if (is_root_p (var))
1753 auto iter = std::find (rootlist.begin (), rootlist.end (), var->root);
1754 rootlist.erase (iter);
1758 /* Create and install a child of the parent of the given name.
1760 The created VAROBJ takes ownership of the allocated NAME. */
1762 static struct varobj *
1763 create_child (struct varobj *parent, int index, std::string &name)
1765 struct varobj_item item;
1767 std::swap (item.name, name);
1768 item.value = release_value (value_of_child (parent, index));
1770 return create_child_with_value (parent, index, &item);
1773 static struct varobj *
1774 create_child_with_value (struct varobj *parent, int index,
1775 struct varobj_item *item)
1777 varobj *child = new varobj (parent->root);
1779 /* NAME is allocated by caller. */
1780 std::swap (child->name, item->name);
1781 child->index = index;
1782 child->parent = parent;
1784 if (varobj_is_anonymous_child (child))
1785 child->obj_name = string_printf ("%s.%d_anonymous",
1786 parent->obj_name.c_str (), index);
1787 else
1788 child->obj_name = string_printf ("%s.%s",
1789 parent->obj_name.c_str (),
1790 child->name.c_str ());
1792 install_variable (child);
1794 /* Compute the type of the child. Must do this before
1795 calling install_new_value. */
1796 if (item->value != NULL)
1797 /* If the child had no evaluation errors, var->value
1798 will be non-NULL and contain a valid type. */
1799 child->type = value_actual_type (item->value.get (), 0, NULL);
1800 else
1801 /* Otherwise, we must compute the type. */
1802 child->type = (*child->root->lang_ops->type_of_child) (child->parent,
1803 child->index);
1804 install_new_value (child, item->value.get (), 1);
1806 return child;
1811 * Miscellaneous utility functions.
1814 /* Allocate memory and initialize a new variable. */
1815 varobj::varobj (varobj_root *root_)
1816 : root (root_), dynamic (new varobj_dynamic)
1820 /* Free any allocated memory associated with VAR. */
1822 varobj::~varobj ()
1824 varobj *var = this;
1826 #if HAVE_PYTHON
1827 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
1829 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
1831 Py_XDECREF (var->dynamic->constructor);
1832 Py_XDECREF (var->dynamic->pretty_printer);
1834 #endif
1836 /* This must be deleted before the root object, because Python-based
1837 destructors need access to some components. */
1838 delete var->dynamic;
1840 if (is_root_p (var))
1841 delete var->root;
1844 /* Return the type of the value that's stored in VAR,
1845 or that would have being stored there if the
1846 value were accessible.
1848 This differs from VAR->type in that VAR->type is always
1849 the true type of the expression in the source language.
1850 The return value of this function is the type we're
1851 actually storing in varobj, and using for displaying
1852 the values and for comparing previous and new values.
1854 For example, top-level references are always stripped. */
1855 struct type *
1856 varobj_get_value_type (const struct varobj *var)
1858 struct type *type;
1860 if (var->value != nullptr)
1861 type = var->value->type ();
1862 else
1863 type = var->type;
1865 type = check_typedef (type);
1867 if (TYPE_IS_REFERENCE (type))
1868 type = get_target_type (type);
1870 type = check_typedef (type);
1872 return type;
1876 * Language-dependencies
1879 /* Common entry points */
1881 /* Return the number of children for a given variable.
1882 The result of this function is defined by the language
1883 implementation. The number of children returned by this function
1884 is the number of children that the user will see in the variable
1885 display. */
1886 static int
1887 number_of_children (const struct varobj *var)
1889 return (*var->root->lang_ops->number_of_children) (var);
1892 /* What is the expression for the root varobj VAR? */
1894 static std::string
1895 name_of_variable (const struct varobj *var)
1897 return (*var->root->lang_ops->name_of_variable) (var);
1900 /* What is the name of the INDEX'th child of VAR? */
1902 static std::string
1903 name_of_child (struct varobj *var, int index)
1905 return (*var->root->lang_ops->name_of_child) (var, index);
1908 /* If frame associated with VAR can be found, switch
1909 to it and return true. Otherwise, return false. */
1911 static bool
1912 check_scope (const struct varobj *var)
1914 frame_info_ptr fi;
1915 bool scope;
1917 fi = frame_find_by_id (var->root->frame);
1918 scope = fi != NULL;
1920 if (fi)
1922 CORE_ADDR pc = get_frame_pc (fi);
1924 if (pc < var->root->valid_block->start () ||
1925 pc >= var->root->valid_block->end ())
1926 scope = false;
1927 else
1928 select_frame (fi);
1930 return scope;
1933 /* Helper function to value_of_root. */
1935 static struct value *
1936 value_of_root_1 (struct varobj **var_handle)
1938 struct value *new_val = NULL;
1939 struct varobj *var = *var_handle;
1940 bool within_scope = false;
1942 /* Only root variables can be updated... */
1943 if (!is_root_p (var))
1944 /* Not a root var. */
1945 return NULL;
1947 scoped_restore_current_thread restore_thread;
1949 /* Determine whether the variable is still around. */
1950 if (var->root->valid_block == NULL || var->root->floating)
1951 within_scope = true;
1952 else if (var->root->thread_id == 0)
1954 /* The program was single-threaded when the variable object was
1955 created. Technically, it's possible that the program became
1956 multi-threaded since then, but we don't support such
1957 scenario yet. */
1958 within_scope = check_scope (var);
1960 else
1962 thread_info *thread = find_thread_global_id (var->root->thread_id);
1964 if (thread != NULL)
1966 switch_to_thread (thread);
1967 within_scope = check_scope (var);
1971 if (within_scope)
1974 /* We need to catch errors here, because if evaluate
1975 expression fails we want to just return NULL. */
1978 new_val = var->root->exp->evaluate ();
1980 catch (const gdb_exception_error &except)
1985 return new_val;
1988 /* What is the ``struct value *'' of the root variable VAR?
1989 For floating variable object, evaluation can get us a value
1990 of different type from what is stored in varobj already. In
1991 that case:
1992 - *type_changed will be set to 1
1993 - old varobj will be freed, and new one will be
1994 created, with the same name.
1995 - *var_handle will be set to the new varobj
1996 Otherwise, *type_changed will be set to 0. */
1997 static struct value *
1998 value_of_root (struct varobj **var_handle, bool *type_changed)
2000 struct varobj *var;
2002 if (var_handle == NULL)
2003 return NULL;
2005 var = *var_handle;
2007 /* This should really be an exception, since this should
2008 only get called with a root variable. */
2010 if (!is_root_p (var))
2011 return NULL;
2013 if (var->root->floating)
2015 struct varobj *tmp_var;
2017 tmp_var = varobj_create (NULL, var->name.c_str (), (CORE_ADDR) 0,
2018 USE_SELECTED_FRAME);
2019 if (tmp_var == NULL)
2021 return NULL;
2023 std::string old_type = varobj_get_type (var);
2024 std::string new_type = varobj_get_type (tmp_var);
2025 if (old_type == new_type)
2027 /* The expression presently stored inside var->root->exp
2028 remembers the locations of local variables relatively to
2029 the frame where the expression was created (in DWARF location
2030 button, for example). Naturally, those locations are not
2031 correct in other frames, so update the expression. */
2033 std::swap (var->root->exp, tmp_var->root->exp);
2035 varobj_delete (tmp_var, 0);
2036 *type_changed = 0;
2038 else
2040 tmp_var->obj_name = var->obj_name;
2041 tmp_var->from = var->from;
2042 tmp_var->to = var->to;
2043 varobj_delete (var, 0);
2045 install_variable (tmp_var);
2046 *var_handle = tmp_var;
2047 var = *var_handle;
2048 *type_changed = true;
2051 else
2053 *type_changed = 0;
2057 struct value *value;
2059 value = value_of_root_1 (var_handle);
2060 if (var->value == NULL || value == NULL)
2062 /* For root varobj-s, a NULL value indicates a scoping issue.
2063 So, nothing to do in terms of checking for mutations. */
2065 else if (varobj_value_has_mutated (var, value, value->type ()))
2067 /* The type has mutated, so the children are no longer valid.
2068 Just delete them, and tell our caller that the type has
2069 changed. */
2070 varobj_delete (var, 1 /* only_children */);
2071 var->num_children = -1;
2072 var->to = -1;
2073 var->from = -1;
2074 *type_changed = true;
2076 return value;
2080 /* What is the ``struct value *'' for the INDEX'th child of PARENT? */
2081 static struct value *
2082 value_of_child (const struct varobj *parent, int index)
2084 struct value *value;
2086 value = (*parent->root->lang_ops->value_of_child) (parent, index);
2088 return value;
2091 /* GDB already has a command called "value_of_variable". Sigh. */
2092 static std::string
2093 my_value_of_variable (struct varobj *var, enum varobj_display_formats format)
2095 if (var->root->is_valid)
2097 if (var->dynamic->pretty_printer != NULL)
2098 return varobj_value_get_print_value (var->value.get (), var->format,
2099 var);
2100 else if (var->parent != nullptr && varobj_is_dynamic_p (var->parent))
2101 return var->print_value;
2103 return (*var->root->lang_ops->value_of_variable) (var, format);
2105 else
2106 return std::string ();
2109 void
2110 varobj_formatted_print_options (struct value_print_options *opts,
2111 enum varobj_display_formats format)
2113 get_formatted_print_options (opts, format_code[(int) format]);
2114 opts->deref_ref = false;
2115 opts->raw = !pretty_printing;
2118 std::string
2119 varobj_value_get_print_value (struct value *value,
2120 enum varobj_display_formats format,
2121 const struct varobj *var)
2123 struct value_print_options opts;
2124 struct type *type = NULL;
2125 long len = 0;
2126 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> encoding;
2127 /* Initialize it just to avoid a GCC false warning. */
2128 CORE_ADDR str_addr = 0;
2129 bool string_print = false;
2131 if (value == NULL)
2132 return std::string ();
2134 string_file stb;
2135 std::string thevalue;
2137 varobj_formatted_print_options (&opts, format);
2139 #if HAVE_PYTHON
2140 if (gdb_python_initialized)
2142 PyObject *value_formatter = var->dynamic->pretty_printer;
2144 gdbpy_enter_varobj enter_py (var);
2146 if (value_formatter)
2148 if (PyObject_HasAttr (value_formatter, gdbpy_to_string_cst))
2150 struct value *replacement;
2152 gdbpy_ref<> output = apply_varobj_pretty_printer (value_formatter,
2153 &replacement,
2154 &stb,
2155 &opts);
2157 /* If we have string like output ... */
2158 if (output != nullptr && output != Py_None)
2160 /* If this is a lazy string, extract it. For lazy
2161 strings we always print as a string, so set
2162 string_print. */
2163 if (gdbpy_is_lazy_string (output.get ()))
2165 gdbpy_extract_lazy_string (output.get (), &str_addr,
2166 &type, &len, &encoding);
2167 string_print = true;
2169 else
2171 /* If it is a regular (non-lazy) string, extract
2172 it and copy the contents into THEVALUE. If the
2173 hint says to print it as a string, set
2174 string_print. Otherwise just return the extracted
2175 string as a value. */
2177 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> s
2178 = python_string_to_target_string (output.get ());
2180 if (s)
2182 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
2184 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> hint
2185 = gdbpy_get_display_hint (value_formatter);
2186 if (hint)
2188 if (!strcmp (hint.get (), "string"))
2189 string_print = true;
2192 thevalue = std::string (s.get ());
2193 len = thevalue.size ();
2194 gdbarch = value->type ()->arch ();
2195 type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_char;
2197 if (!string_print)
2198 return thevalue;
2200 else
2201 gdbpy_print_stack ();
2204 /* If the printer returned a replacement value, set VALUE
2205 to REPLACEMENT. If there is not a replacement value,
2206 just use the value passed to this function. */
2207 if (replacement)
2208 value = replacement;
2210 else
2212 /* No to_string method, so if there is a 'children'
2213 method, return the default. */
2214 if (PyObject_HasAttr (value_formatter, gdbpy_children_cst))
2215 return "{...}";
2218 else
2220 /* If we've made it here, we don't want a pretty-printer --
2221 if we had one, it would already have been used. */
2222 opts.raw = true;
2225 #endif
2227 /* If the THEVALUE has contents, it is a regular string. */
2228 if (!thevalue.empty ())
2229 current_language->printstr (&stb, type, (gdb_byte *) thevalue.c_str (),
2230 len, encoding.get (), 0, &opts);
2231 else if (string_print)
2232 /* Otherwise, if string_print is set, and it is not a regular
2233 string, it is a lazy string. */
2234 val_print_string (type, encoding.get (), str_addr, len, &stb, &opts);
2235 else
2236 /* All other cases. */
2237 common_val_print (value, &stb, 0, &opts, current_language);
2239 return stb.release ();
2242 bool
2243 varobj_editable_p (const struct varobj *var)
2245 struct type *type;
2247 if (!(var->root->is_valid && var->value != nullptr
2248 && var->value->lval ()))
2249 return false;
2251 type = varobj_get_value_type (var);
2253 switch (type->code ())
2255 case TYPE_CODE_STRUCT:
2256 case TYPE_CODE_UNION:
2257 case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY:
2258 case TYPE_CODE_FUNC:
2259 case TYPE_CODE_METHOD:
2260 return false;
2261 break;
2263 default:
2264 return true;
2265 break;
2269 /* Call VAR's value_is_changeable_p language-specific callback. */
2271 bool
2272 varobj_value_is_changeable_p (const struct varobj *var)
2274 return var->root->lang_ops->value_is_changeable_p (var);
2277 /* Return true if that varobj is floating, that is is always evaluated in the
2278 selected frame, and not bound to thread/frame. Such variable objects
2279 are created using '@' as frame specifier to -var-create. */
2280 bool
2281 varobj_floating_p (const struct varobj *var)
2283 return var->root->floating;
2286 /* Implement the "value_is_changeable_p" varobj callback for most
2287 languages. */
2289 bool
2290 varobj_default_value_is_changeable_p (const struct varobj *var)
2292 bool r;
2293 struct type *type;
2295 if (CPLUS_FAKE_CHILD (var))
2296 return false;
2298 type = varobj_get_value_type (var);
2300 switch (type->code ())
2302 case TYPE_CODE_STRUCT:
2303 case TYPE_CODE_UNION:
2304 case TYPE_CODE_ARRAY:
2305 r = false;
2306 break;
2308 default:
2309 r = true;
2312 return r;
2315 /* Iterate all the existing _root_ VAROBJs and call the FUNC callback
2316 for each one. */
2318 void
2319 all_root_varobjs (gdb::function_view<void (struct varobj *var)> func)
2321 /* Iterate "safely" - handle if the callee deletes its passed VAROBJ. */
2322 auto iter = rootlist.begin ();
2323 auto end = rootlist.end ();
2324 while (iter != end)
2326 auto self = iter++;
2327 func ((*self)->rootvar);
2331 /* Try to recreate the varobj VAR if it is a global or floating. This is a
2332 helper function for varobj_re_set. */
2334 static void
2335 varobj_re_set_iter (struct varobj *var)
2337 /* Invalidated global varobjs must be re-evaluated. */
2338 if (!var->root->is_valid && var->root->global)
2340 struct varobj *tmp_var;
2342 /* Try to create a varobj with same expression. If we succeed
2343 and have a global replace the old varobj. */
2344 tmp_var = varobj_create (nullptr, var->name.c_str (), (CORE_ADDR) 0,
2345 USE_CURRENT_FRAME);
2346 if (tmp_var != nullptr && tmp_var->root->global)
2348 tmp_var->obj_name = var->obj_name;
2349 varobj_delete (var, 0);
2350 install_variable (tmp_var);
2355 /* See varobj.h. */
2357 void
2358 varobj_re_set (void)
2360 all_root_varobjs (varobj_re_set_iter);
2363 /* Ensure that no varobj keep references to OBJFILE. */
2365 static void
2366 varobj_invalidate_if_uses_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
2368 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != nullptr)
2369 objfile = objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink;
2371 all_root_varobjs ([objfile] (struct varobj *var)
2373 if (var->root->valid_block != nullptr)
2375 struct objfile *bl_objfile = var->root->valid_block->objfile ();
2376 if (bl_objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != nullptr)
2377 bl_objfile = bl_objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink;
2379 if (bl_objfile == objfile)
2381 /* The varobj is tied to a block which is going away. There is
2382 no way to reconstruct something later, so invalidate the
2383 varobj completely and drop the reference to the block which is
2384 being freed. */
2385 var->root->is_valid = false;
2386 var->root->valid_block = nullptr;
2390 if (var->root->exp != nullptr && var->root->exp->uses_objfile (objfile))
2392 /* The varobj's current expression references the objfile. For
2393 globals and floating, it is possible that when we try to
2394 re-evaluate the expression later it is still valid with
2395 whatever is in scope at that moment. Just invalidate the
2396 expression for now. */
2397 var->root->exp.reset ();
2399 /* It only makes sense to keep a floating varobj around. */
2400 if (!var->root->floating)
2401 var->root->is_valid = false;
2404 /* var->value->type and var->type might also reference the objfile.
2405 This is taken care of in value.c:preserve_values which deals with
2406 making sure that objfile-owned types are replaced with
2407 gdbarch-owned equivalents. */
2411 /* A hash function for a varobj. */
2413 static hashval_t
2414 hash_varobj (const void *a)
2416 const varobj *obj = (const varobj *) a;
2417 return htab_hash_string (obj->obj_name.c_str ());
2420 /* A hash table equality function for varobjs. */
2422 static int
2423 eq_varobj_and_string (const void *a, const void *b)
2425 const varobj *obj = (const varobj *) a;
2426 const char *name = (const char *) b;
2428 return obj->obj_name == name;
2431 void _initialize_varobj ();
2432 void
2433 _initialize_varobj ()
2435 varobj_table = htab_create_alloc (5, hash_varobj, eq_varobj_and_string,
2436 nullptr, xcalloc, xfree);
2438 add_setshow_zuinteger_cmd ("varobj", class_maintenance,
2439 &varobjdebug,
2440 _("Set varobj debugging."),
2441 _("Show varobj debugging."),
2442 _("When non-zero, varobj debugging is enabled."),
2443 NULL, show_varobjdebug,
2444 &setdebuglist, &showdebuglist);
2446 gdb::observers::free_objfile.attach (varobj_invalidate_if_uses_objfile,
2447 "varobj");