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1 /* Machine independent variables that describe the core file under GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
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 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
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.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20 /* Interface routines for core, executable, etc. */
22 #if !defined (GDBCORE_H)
23 #define GDBCORE_H 1
25 struct type;
26 struct regcache;
28 #include "bfd.h"
29 #include "exec.h"
30 #include "target.h"
32 /* Nonzero if there is a core file. */
34 extern int have_core_file_p (void);
36 /* Report a memory error with error(). */
38 extern void memory_error (enum target_xfer_status status, CORE_ADDR memaddr);
40 /* The string 'memory_error' would use as exception message. */
42 extern std::string memory_error_message (enum target_xfer_status err,
43 struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
44 CORE_ADDR memaddr);
46 /* Like target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read. */
48 extern void read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len);
50 /* Like target_read_stack, but report an error if can't read. */
52 extern void read_stack (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len);
54 /* Like target_read_code, but report an error if can't read. */
56 extern void read_code (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len);
58 /* Read an integer from debugged memory, given address and number of
59 bytes. */
61 extern LONGEST read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
62 int len, enum bfd_endian byte_order);
63 extern int safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
64 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
65 LONGEST *return_value);
67 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged memory, given address and
68 number of bytes. */
70 extern ULONGEST read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
71 int len,
72 enum bfd_endian byte_order);
73 extern int safe_read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
74 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
75 ULONGEST *return_value);
77 /* Read an integer from debugged code memory, given address,
78 number of bytes, and byte order for code. */
80 extern LONGEST read_code_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
81 enum bfd_endian byte_order);
83 /* Read an unsigned integer from debugged code memory, given address,
84 number of bytes, and byte order for code. */
86 extern ULONGEST read_code_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
87 int len,
88 enum bfd_endian byte_order);
90 /* Read the pointer of type TYPE at ADDR, and return the address it
91 represents. */
93 CORE_ADDR read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type);
95 /* Same as target_write_memory, but report an error if can't
96 write. */
98 extern void write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const gdb_byte *myaddr,
99 ssize_t len);
101 /* Same as write_memory, but notify 'memory_changed' observers. */
103 extern void write_memory_with_notification (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
104 const bfd_byte *myaddr,
105 ssize_t len);
107 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
108 extern void write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
109 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
110 ULONGEST value);
112 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned integer. */
113 extern void write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
114 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
115 LONGEST value);
118 /* Hook for "file_command", which is more useful than above
119 (because it is invoked AFTER symbols are read, not before). */
121 extern void (*deprecated_file_changed_hook) (const char *filename);
123 /* Binary File Diddler for the core file. */
125 #define core_bfd (current_program_space->cbfd.get ())
127 /* Whether to open exec and core files read-only or read-write. */
129 extern bool write_files;
131 /* Open and set up the core file bfd. */
133 extern void core_target_open (const char *arg, int from_tty);
135 extern void core_file_command (const char *filename, int from_tty);
137 extern void exec_file_attach (const char *filename, int from_tty);
139 /* If the filename of the main executable is unknown, attempt to
140 determine it. If a filename is determined, proceed as though
141 it was just specified with the "file" command. Do nothing if
142 the filename of the main executable is already known.
143 DEFER_BP_RESET uses SYMFILE_DEFER_BP_RESET for the main symbol file. */
145 extern void exec_file_locate_attach (int pid, int defer_bp_reset, int from_tty);
147 extern void validate_files (void);
149 /* Give the user a message if the current exec file does not match the exec
150 file determined from the target. In case of mismatch, ask the user
151 if the exec file determined from target must be loaded. */
152 extern void validate_exec_file (int from_tty);
154 /* The current default bfd target. */
156 extern const char *gnutarget;
158 extern void set_gnutarget (const char *);
160 /* Build either a single-thread or multi-threaded section name for
161 PTID.
163 If ptid's lwp member is zero, we want to do the single-threaded
164 thing: look for a section named NAME (as passed to the
165 constructor). If ptid's lwp member is non-zero, we'll want do the
166 multi-threaded thing: look for a section named "NAME/LWP", where
167 LWP is the shortest ASCII decimal representation of ptid's lwp
168 member. */
170 class thread_section_name
172 public:
173 /* NAME is the single-threaded section name. If PTID represents an
174 LWP, then the build section name is "NAME/LWP", otherwise it's
175 just "NAME" unmodified. */
176 thread_section_name (const char *name, ptid_t ptid)
178 if (ptid.lwp_p ())
180 m_storage = string_printf ("%s/%ld", name, ptid.lwp ());
181 m_section_name = m_storage.c_str ();
183 else
184 m_section_name = name;
187 /* Return the computed section name. The result is valid as long as
188 this thread_section_name object is live. */
189 const char *c_str () const
190 { return m_section_name; }
192 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (thread_section_name);
194 private:
195 /* Either a pointer into M_STORAGE, or a pointer to the name passed
196 as parameter to the constructor. */
197 const char *m_section_name;
198 /* If we need to build a new section name, this is where we store
199 it. */
200 std::string m_storage;
203 #endif /* !defined (GDBCORE_H) */