Fix a potential problem in the BFD library when accessing the Windows' nul device...
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1 /* Cache and manage the values of registers
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20 #ifndef COMMON_COMMON_REGCACHE_H
21 #define COMMON_COMMON_REGCACHE_H
23 /* This header is a stopgap until we have an independent regcache. */
25 enum register_status : signed char
27 /* The register value is not in the cache, and we don't know yet
28 whether it's available in the target (or traceframe). */
29 REG_UNKNOWN = 0,
31 /* The register value is valid and cached. */
32 REG_VALID = 1,
34 /* The register value is unavailable. E.g., we're inspecting a
35 traceframe, and this register wasn't collected. Note that this
36 is different a different "unavailable" from saying the register
37 does not exist in the target's architecture --- in that case,
38 the target should have given us a target description that does
39 not include the register in the first place. */
40 REG_UNAVAILABLE = -1
43 /* Return a pointer to the register cache associated with the
44 thread specified by PTID. This function must be provided by
45 the client. */
47 extern struct regcache *get_thread_regcache_for_ptid (ptid_t ptid);
49 /* Return the size of register numbered N in REGCACHE. This function
50 must be provided by the client. */
52 extern int regcache_register_size (const struct regcache *regcache, int n);
54 /* Read the PC register. This function must be provided by the
55 client. */
57 extern CORE_ADDR regcache_read_pc (struct regcache *regcache);
59 /* Read the PC register. If PC cannot be read, return 0.
60 This is a wrapper around 'regcache_read_pc'. */
62 extern CORE_ADDR regcache_read_pc_protected (regcache *regcache);
64 /* Read a raw register into a unsigned integer. */
65 extern enum register_status regcache_raw_read_unsigned
66 (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum, ULONGEST *val);
68 ULONGEST regcache_raw_get_unsigned (struct regcache *regcache, int regnum);
70 struct reg_buffer_common
72 virtual ~reg_buffer_common () = default;
74 /* Get the availability status of the value of register REGNUM in this
75 buffer. */
76 virtual register_status get_register_status (int regnum) const = 0;
78 /* Supply register REGNUM, whose contents are stored in BUF, to REGCACHE. */
79 virtual void raw_supply (int regnum, const void *buf) = 0;
81 /* Collect register REGNUM from REGCACHE and store its contents in BUF. */
82 virtual void raw_collect (int regnum, void *buf) const = 0;
84 /* Compare the contents of the register stored in the regcache (ignoring the
85 first OFFSET bytes) to the contents of BUF (without any offset). Returns
86 true if the same. */
87 virtual bool raw_compare (int regnum, const void *buf, int offset) const = 0;
90 #endif /* COMMON_COMMON_REGCACHE_H */