1 /* debug.h -- Describe generic debugging information.
2 Copyright (C) 1995-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>.
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25 /* This header file describes a generic debugging information format.
26 We may eventually have readers which convert different formats into
27 this generic format, and writers which write it out. The initial
28 impetus for this was writing a converter from stabs to HP IEEE-695
31 /* Different kinds of types. */
37 /* Indirect via a pointer. */
55 /* Union class (can this really happen?). */
56 DEBUG_KIND_UNION_CLASS
,
57 /* Enumeration type. */
75 /* Const qualified type. */
77 /* Volatile qualified type. */
85 /* Different kinds of variables. */
91 /* A global variable. */
93 /* A static variable. */
95 /* A local static variable. */
97 /* A local variable. */
99 /* A register variable. */
103 /* Different kinds of function parameters. */
109 /* A stack based parameter. */
111 /* A register parameter. */
113 /* A stack based reference parameter. */
114 DEBUG_PARM_REFERENCE
,
115 /* A register reference parameter. */
119 /* Different kinds of visibility. */
121 enum debug_visibility
123 /* A public field (e.g., a field in a C struct). */
124 DEBUG_VISIBILITY_PUBLIC
,
125 /* A protected field. */
126 DEBUG_VISIBILITY_PROTECTED
,
127 /* A private field. */
128 DEBUG_VISIBILITY_PRIVATE
,
129 /* A field which should be ignored. */
130 DEBUG_VISIBILITY_IGNORE
135 typedef struct debug_type_s
*debug_type
;
137 #define DEBUG_TYPE_NULL ((debug_type) NULL)
139 /* A field in a struct or union. */
141 typedef struct debug_field_s
*debug_field
;
143 #define DEBUG_FIELD_NULL ((debug_field) NULL)
145 /* A base class for an object. */
147 typedef struct debug_baseclass_s
*debug_baseclass
;
149 #define DEBUG_BASECLASS_NULL ((debug_baseclass) NULL)
151 /* A method of an object. */
153 typedef struct debug_method_s
*debug_method
;
155 #define DEBUG_METHOD_NULL ((debug_method) NULL)
157 /* The arguments to a method function of an object. These indicate
158 which method to run. */
160 typedef struct debug_method_variant_s
*debug_method_variant
;
162 #define DEBUG_METHOD_VARIANT_NULL ((debug_method_variant) NULL)
164 /* This structure is passed to debug_write. It holds function
165 pointers that debug_write will call based on the accumulated
166 debugging information. */
168 struct debug_write_fns
170 /* This is called at the start of each new compilation unit with the
171 name of the main file in the new unit. */
172 bool (*start_compilation_unit
) (void *, const char *);
174 /* This is called at the start of each source file within a
175 compilation unit, before outputting any global information for
176 that file. The argument is the name of the file. */
177 bool (*start_source
) (void *, const char *);
179 /* Each writer must keep a stack of types. */
181 /* Push an empty type onto the type stack. This type can appear if
182 there is a reference to a type which is never defined. */
183 bool (*empty_type
) (void *);
185 /* Push a void type onto the type stack. */
186 bool (*void_type
) (void *);
188 /* Push an integer type onto the type stack, given the size and
189 whether it is unsigned. */
190 bool (*int_type
) (void *, unsigned int, bool);
192 /* Push a floating type onto the type stack, given the size. */
193 bool (*float_type
) (void *, unsigned int);
195 /* Push a complex type onto the type stack, given the size. */
196 bool (*complex_type
) (void *, unsigned int);
198 /* Push a bool type onto the type stack, given the size. */
199 bool (*bool_type
) (void *, unsigned int);
201 /* Push an enum type onto the type stack, given the tag, a NULL
202 terminated array of names and the associated values. If there is
203 no tag, the tag argument will be NULL. If this is an undefined
204 enum, the names and values arguments will be NULL. */
206 (void *, const char *, const char **, bfd_signed_vma
*);
208 /* Pop the top type on the type stack, and push a pointer to that
209 type onto the type stack. */
210 bool (*pointer_type
) (void *);
212 /* Push a function type onto the type stack. The second argument
213 indicates the number of argument types that have been pushed onto
214 the stack. If the number of argument types is passed as -1, then
215 the argument types of the function are unknown, and no types have
216 been pushed onto the stack. The third argument is TRUE if the
217 function takes a variable number of arguments. The return type
218 of the function is pushed onto the type stack below the argument
220 bool (*function_type
) (void *, int, bool);
222 /* Pop the top type on the type stack, and push a reference to that
223 type onto the type stack. */
224 bool (*reference_type
) (void *);
226 /* Pop the top type on the type stack, and push a range of that type
227 with the given lower and upper bounds onto the type stack. */
228 bool (*range_type
) (void *, bfd_signed_vma
, bfd_signed_vma
);
230 /* Push an array type onto the type stack. The top type on the type
231 stack is the range, and the next type on the type stack is the
232 element type. These should be popped before the array type is
233 pushed. The arguments are the lower bound, the upper bound, and
234 whether the array is a string. */
236 (void *, bfd_signed_vma
, bfd_signed_vma
, bool);
238 /* Pop the top type on the type stack, and push a set of that type
239 onto the type stack. The argument indicates whether this set is
241 bool (*set_type
) (void *, bool);
243 /* Push an offset type onto the type stack. The top type on the
244 type stack is the target type, and the next type on the type
245 stack is the base type. These should be popped before the offset
247 bool (*offset_type
) (void *);
249 /* Push a method type onto the type stack. If the second argument
250 is TRUE, the top type on the stack is the class to which the
251 method belongs; otherwise, the class must be determined by the
252 class to which the method is attached. The third argument is the
253 number of argument types; these are pushed onto the type stack in
254 reverse order (the first type popped is the last argument to the
255 method). A value of -1 for the third argument means that no
256 argument information is available. The fourth argument is TRUE
257 if the function takes a variable number of arguments. The next
258 type on the type stack below the domain and the argument types is
259 the return type of the method. All these types must be popped,
260 and then the method type must be pushed. */
261 bool (*method_type
) (void *, bool, int, bool);
263 /* Pop the top type off the type stack, and push a const qualified
264 version of that type onto the type stack. */
265 bool (*const_type
) (void *);
267 /* Pop the top type off the type stack, and push a volatile
268 qualified version of that type onto the type stack. */
269 bool (*volatile_type
) (void *);
271 /* Start building a struct. This is followed by calls to the
272 struct_field function, and finished by a call to the
273 end_struct_type function. The second argument is the tag; this
274 will be NULL if there isn't one. If the second argument is NULL,
275 the third argument is a constant identifying this struct for use
276 with tag_type. The fourth argument is TRUE for a struct, FALSE
277 for a union. The fifth argument is the size. If this is an
278 undefined struct or union, the size will be 0 and struct_field
279 will not be called before end_struct_type is called. */
280 bool (*start_struct_type
)
281 (void *, const char *, unsigned int, bool, unsigned int);
283 /* Add a field to the struct type currently being built. The type
284 of the field should be popped off the type stack. The arguments
285 are the name, the bit position, the bit size (may be zero if the
286 field is not packed), and the visibility. */
288 (void *, const char *, bfd_vma
, bfd_vma
, enum debug_visibility
);
290 /* Finish building a struct, and push it onto the type stack. */
291 bool (*end_struct_type
) (void *);
293 /* Start building a class. This is followed by calls to several
294 functions: struct_field, class_static_member, class_baseclass,
295 class_start_method, class_method_variant,
296 class_static_method_variant, and class_end_method. The class is
297 finished by a call to end_class_type. The first five arguments
298 are the same as for start_struct_type. The sixth argument is
299 TRUE if there is a virtual function table; if there is, the
300 seventh argument is TRUE if the virtual function table can be
301 found in the type itself, and is FALSE if the type of the object
302 holding the virtual function table should be popped from the type
304 bool (*start_class_type
)
305 (void *, const char *, unsigned int, bool, unsigned int, bool, bool);
307 /* Add a static member to the class currently being built. The
308 arguments are the field name, the physical name, and the
309 visibility. The type must be popped off the type stack. */
310 bool (*class_static_member
)
311 (void *, const char *, const char *, enum debug_visibility
);
313 /* Add a baseclass to the class currently being built. The type of
314 the baseclass must be popped off the type stack. The arguments
315 are the bit position, whether the class is virtual, and the
317 bool (*class_baseclass
)
318 (void *, bfd_vma
, bool, enum debug_visibility
);
320 /* Start adding a method to the class currently being built. This
321 is followed by calls to class_method_variant and
322 class_static_method_variant to describe different variants of the
323 method which take different arguments. The method is finished
324 with a call to class_end_method. The argument is the method
326 bool (*class_start_method
) (void *, const char *);
328 /* Describe a variant to the class method currently being built.
329 The type of the variant must be popped off the type stack. The
330 second argument is the physical name of the function. The
331 following arguments are the visibility, whether the variant is
332 const, whether the variant is volatile, the offset in the virtual
333 function table, and whether the context is on the type stack
334 (below the variant type). */
335 bool (*class_method_variant
)
336 (void *, const char *, enum debug_visibility
, bool, bool, bfd_vma
, bool);
338 /* Describe a static variant to the class method currently being
339 built. The arguments are the same as for class_method_variant,
340 except that the last two arguments are omitted. The type of the
341 variant must be popped off the type stack. */
342 bool (*class_static_method_variant
)
343 (void *, const char *, enum debug_visibility
, bool, bool);
345 /* Finish describing a class method. */
346 bool (*class_end_method
) (void *);
348 /* Finish describing a class, and push it onto the type stack. */
349 bool (*end_class_type
) (void *);
351 /* Push a type on the stack which was given a name by an earlier
353 bool (*typedef_type
) (void *, const char *);
355 /* Push a tagged type on the stack which was defined earlier. If
356 the second argument is not NULL, the type was defined by a call
357 to tag. If the second argument is NULL, the type was defined by
358 a call to start_struct_type or start_class_type with a tag of
359 NULL and the number of the third argument. Either way, the
360 fourth argument is the tag kind. Note that this may be called
361 for a struct (class) being defined, in between the call to
362 start_struct_type (start_class_type) and the call to
363 end_struct_type (end_class_type). */
365 (void *, const char *, unsigned int, enum debug_type_kind
);
367 /* Pop the type stack, and typedef it to the given name. */
368 bool (*typdef
) (void *, const char *);
370 /* Pop the type stack, and declare it as a tagged struct or union or
371 enum or whatever. The tag passed down here is redundant, since
372 was also passed when enum_type, start_struct_type, or
373 start_class_type was called. */
374 bool (*tag
) (void *, const char *);
376 /* This is called to record a named integer constant. */
377 bool (*int_constant
) (void *, const char *, bfd_vma
);
379 /* This is called to record a named floating point constant. */
380 bool (*float_constant
) (void *, const char *, double);
382 /* This is called to record a typed integer constant. The type is
383 popped off the type stack. */
384 bool (*typed_constant
) (void *, const char *, bfd_vma
);
386 /* This is called to record a variable. The type is popped off the
389 (void *, const char *, enum debug_var_kind
, bfd_vma
);
391 /* Start writing out a function. The return type must be popped off
392 the stack. The bool is TRUE if the function is global. This
393 is followed by calls to function_parameter, followed by block
395 bool (*start_function
) (void *, const char *, bool);
397 /* Record a function parameter for the current function. The type
398 must be popped off the stack. */
399 bool (*function_parameter
)
400 (void *, const char *, enum debug_parm_kind
, bfd_vma
);
402 /* Start writing out a block. There is at least one top level block
403 per function. Blocks may be nested. The argument is the
404 starting address of the block. */
405 bool (*start_block
) (void *, bfd_vma
);
407 /* Finish writing out a block. The argument is the ending address
409 bool (*end_block
) (void *, bfd_vma
);
411 /* Finish writing out a function. */
412 bool (*end_function
) (void *);
414 /* Record line number information for the current compilation unit. */
415 bool (*lineno
) (void *, const char *, unsigned long, bfd_vma
);
418 /* Exported functions. */
420 /* The first argument to most of these functions is a handle. This
421 handle is returned by the debug_init function. The purpose of the
422 handle is to permit the debugging routines to not use static
423 variables, and hence to be reentrant. This would be useful for a
424 program which wanted to handle two executables simultaneously. */
426 /* Return a debugging handle. */
428 extern void *debug_init (bfd
*);
430 /* Allocate bytes on the debug handle objalloc memory pool. */
432 extern void *debug_xalloc (void *, size_t);
433 extern void *debug_xzalloc (void *, size_t);
435 /* Set the source filename. This implicitly starts a new compilation
438 extern bool debug_set_filename (void *, const char *);
440 /* Change source files to the given file name. This is used for
441 include files in a single compilation unit. */
443 extern bool debug_start_source (void *, const char *);
445 /* Record a function definition. This implicitly starts a function
446 block. The debug_type argument is the type of the return value.
447 The bool indicates whether the function is globally visible.
448 The bfd_vma is the address of the start of the function. Currently
449 the parameter types are specified by calls to
450 debug_record_parameter. */
452 extern bool debug_record_function
453 (void *, const char *, debug_type
, bool, bfd_vma
);
455 /* Record a parameter for the current function. */
457 extern bool debug_record_parameter
458 (void *, const char *, debug_type
, enum debug_parm_kind
, bfd_vma
);
460 /* End a function definition. The argument is the address where the
463 extern bool debug_end_function (void *, bfd_vma
);
465 /* Start a block in a function. All local information will be
466 recorded in this block, until the matching call to debug_end_block.
467 debug_start_block and debug_end_block may be nested. The argument
468 is the address at which this block starts. */
470 extern bool debug_start_block (void *, bfd_vma
);
472 /* Finish a block in a function. This matches the call to
473 debug_start_block. The argument is the address at which this block
476 extern bool debug_end_block (void *, bfd_vma
);
478 /* Associate a line number in the current source file with a given
481 extern bool debug_record_line (void *, unsigned long, bfd_vma
);
483 /* Start a named common block. This is a block of variables that may
486 extern bool debug_start_common_block (void *, const char *);
488 /* End a named common block. */
490 extern bool debug_end_common_block (void *, const char *);
492 /* Record a named integer constant. */
494 extern bool debug_record_int_const (void *, const char *, bfd_vma
);
496 /* Record a named floating point constant. */
498 extern bool debug_record_float_const (void *, const char *, double);
500 /* Record a typed constant with an integral value. */
502 extern bool debug_record_typed_const
503 (void *, const char *, debug_type
, bfd_vma
);
505 /* Record a label. */
507 extern bool debug_record_label
508 (void *, const char *, debug_type
, bfd_vma
);
510 /* Record a variable. */
512 extern bool debug_record_variable
513 (void *, const char *, debug_type
, enum debug_var_kind
, bfd_vma
);
515 /* Make an indirect type. The first argument is a pointer to the
516 location where the real type will be placed. The second argument
517 is the type tag, if there is one; this may be NULL; the only
518 purpose of this argument is so that debug_get_type_name can return
519 something useful. This function may be used when a type is
520 referenced before it is defined. */
522 extern debug_type debug_make_indirect_type
523 (void *, debug_type
*, const char *);
525 /* Make a void type. */
527 extern debug_type
debug_make_void_type (void *);
529 /* Make an integer type of a given size. The bool argument is TRUE
530 if the integer is unsigned. */
532 extern debug_type
debug_make_int_type (void *, unsigned int, bool);
534 /* Make a floating point type of a given size. FIXME: On some
535 platforms, like an Alpha, you probably need to be able to specify
538 extern debug_type
debug_make_float_type (void *, unsigned int);
540 /* Make a boolean type of a given size. */
542 extern debug_type
debug_make_bool_type (void *, unsigned int);
544 /* Make a complex type of a given size. */
546 extern debug_type
debug_make_complex_type (void *, unsigned int);
548 /* Make a structure type. The second argument is TRUE for a struct,
549 FALSE for a union. The third argument is the size of the struct.
550 The fourth argument is a NULL terminated array of fields. */
552 extern debug_type debug_make_struct_type
553 (void *, bool, bfd_vma
, debug_field
*);
555 /* Make an object type. The first three arguments after the handle
556 are the same as for debug_make_struct_type. The next arguments are
557 a NULL terminated array of base classes, a NULL terminated array of
558 methods, the type of the object holding the virtual function table
559 if it is not this object, and a bool which is TRUE if this
560 object has its own virtual function table. */
562 extern debug_type debug_make_object_type
563 (void *, bool, bfd_vma
, debug_field
*, debug_baseclass
*,
564 debug_method
*, debug_type
, bool);
566 /* Make an enumeration type. The arguments are a null terminated
567 array of strings, and an array of corresponding values. */
569 extern debug_type debug_make_enum_type
570 (void *, const char **, bfd_signed_vma
*);
572 /* Make a pointer to a given type. */
574 extern debug_type
debug_make_pointer_type (void *, debug_type
);
576 /* Make a function type. The second argument is the return type. The
577 third argument is a NULL terminated array of argument types. The
578 fourth argument is TRUE if the function takes a variable number of
579 arguments. If the third argument is NULL, then the argument types
582 extern debug_type debug_make_function_type
583 (void *, debug_type
, debug_type
*, bool);
585 /* Make a reference to a given type. */
587 extern debug_type
debug_make_reference_type (void *, debug_type
);
589 /* Make a range of a given type from a lower to an upper bound. */
591 extern debug_type debug_make_range_type
592 (void *, debug_type
, bfd_signed_vma
, bfd_signed_vma
);
594 /* Make an array type. The second argument is the type of an element
595 of the array. The third argument is the type of a range of the
596 array. The fourth and fifth argument are the lower and upper
597 bounds, respectively (if the bounds are not known, lower should be
598 0 and upper should be -1). The sixth argument is TRUE if this
599 array is actually a string, as in C. */
601 extern debug_type debug_make_array_type
602 (void *, debug_type
, debug_type
, bfd_signed_vma
, bfd_signed_vma
,
605 /* Make a set of a given type. For example, a Pascal set type. The
606 bool argument is TRUE if this set is actually a bitstring, as in
609 extern debug_type
debug_make_set_type (void *, debug_type
, bool);
611 /* Make a type for a pointer which is relative to an object. The
612 second argument is the type of the object to which the pointer is
613 relative. The third argument is the type that the pointer points
616 extern debug_type
debug_make_offset_type (void *, debug_type
, debug_type
);
618 /* Make a type for a method function. The second argument is the
619 return type. The third argument is the domain. The fourth
620 argument is a NULL terminated array of argument types. The fifth
621 argument is TRUE if the function takes a variable number of
622 arguments, in which case the array of argument types indicates the
623 types of the first arguments. The domain and the argument array
624 may be NULL, in which case this is a stub method and that
625 information is not available. Stabs debugging uses this, and gets
626 the argument types from the mangled name. */
628 extern debug_type debug_make_method_type
629 (void *, debug_type
, debug_type
, debug_type
*, bool);
631 /* Make a const qualified version of a given type. */
633 extern debug_type
debug_make_const_type (void *, debug_type
);
635 /* Make a volatile qualified version of a given type. */
637 extern debug_type
debug_make_volatile_type (void *, debug_type
);
639 /* Make an undefined tagged type. For example, a struct which has
640 been mentioned, but not defined. */
642 extern debug_type debug_make_undefined_tagged_type
643 (void *, const char *, enum debug_type_kind
);
645 /* Make a base class for an object. The second argument is the base
646 class type. The third argument is the bit position of this base
647 class in the object. The fourth argument is whether this is a
648 virtual class. The fifth argument is the visibility of the base
651 extern debug_baseclass debug_make_baseclass
652 (void *, debug_type
, bfd_vma
, bool, enum debug_visibility
);
654 /* Make a field for a struct. The second argument is the name. The
655 third argument is the type of the field. The fourth argument is
656 the bit position of the field. The fifth argument is the size of
657 the field (it may be zero). The sixth argument is the visibility
660 extern debug_field debug_make_field
661 (void *, const char *, debug_type
, bfd_vma
, bfd_vma
, enum debug_visibility
);
663 /* Make a static member of an object. The second argument is the
664 name. The third argument is the type of the member. The fourth
665 argument is the physical name of the member (i.e., the name as a
666 global variable). The fifth argument is the visibility of the
669 extern debug_field debug_make_static_member
670 (void *, const char *, debug_type
, const char *, enum debug_visibility
);
672 /* Make a method. The second argument is the name, and the third
673 argument is a NULL terminated array of method variants. Each
674 method variant is a method with this name but with different
677 extern debug_method debug_make_method
678 (void *, const char *, debug_method_variant
*);
680 /* Make a method variant. The second argument is the physical name of
681 the function. The third argument is the type of the function,
682 probably constructed by debug_make_method_type. The fourth
683 argument is the visibility. The fifth argument is whether this is
684 a const function. The sixth argument is whether this is a volatile
685 function. The seventh argument is the index in the virtual
686 function table, if any. The eighth argument is the virtual
689 extern debug_method_variant debug_make_method_variant
690 (void *, const char *, debug_type
, enum debug_visibility
, bool,
691 bool, bfd_vma
, debug_type
);
693 /* Make a static method argument. The arguments are the same as for
694 debug_make_method_variant, except that the last two are omitted
695 since a static method can not also be virtual. */
697 extern debug_method_variant debug_make_static_method_variant
698 (void *, const char *, debug_type
, enum debug_visibility
, bool,
701 /* Name a type. This returns a new type with an attached name. */
703 extern debug_type
debug_name_type (void *, const char *, debug_type
);
705 /* Give a tag to a type, such as a struct or union. This returns a
706 new type with an attached tag. */
708 extern debug_type
debug_tag_type (void *, const char *, debug_type
);
710 /* Record the size of a given type. */
712 extern bool debug_record_type_size (void *, debug_type
, unsigned int);
714 /* Find a named type. */
716 extern debug_type
debug_find_named_type (void *, const char *);
718 /* Find a tagged type. */
720 extern debug_type debug_find_tagged_type
721 (void *, const char *, enum debug_type_kind
);
723 /* Get the kind of a type. */
725 extern enum debug_type_kind
debug_get_type_kind (void *, debug_type
);
727 /* Get the name of a type. */
729 extern const char *debug_get_type_name (void *, debug_type
);
731 /* Get the size of a type. */
733 extern bfd_vma
debug_get_type_size (void *, debug_type
);
735 /* Get the return type of a function or method type. */
737 extern debug_type
debug_get_return_type (void *, debug_type
);
739 /* Get the NULL terminated array of parameter types for a function or
740 method type (actually, parameter types are not currently stored for
741 function types). This may be used to determine whether a method
742 type is a stub method or not. The last argument points to a
743 bool which is set to TRUE if the function takes a variable
744 number of arguments. */
746 extern const debug_type
*debug_get_parameter_types
747 (void *, debug_type
, bool *);
749 /* Get the target type of a pointer or reference or const or volatile
752 extern debug_type
debug_get_target_type (void *, debug_type
);
754 /* Get the NULL terminated array of fields for a struct, union, or
757 extern const debug_field
*debug_get_fields (void *, debug_type
);
759 /* Get the type of a field. */
761 extern debug_type
debug_get_field_type (void *, debug_field
);
763 /* Get the name of a field. */
765 extern const char *debug_get_field_name (void *, debug_field
);
767 /* Get the bit position of a field within the containing structure.
768 If the field is a static member, this will return (bfd_vma) -1. */
770 extern bfd_vma
debug_get_field_bitpos (void *, debug_field
);
772 /* Get the bit size of a field. If the field is a static member, this
773 will return (bfd_vma) -1. */
775 extern bfd_vma
debug_get_field_bitsize (void *, debug_field
);
777 /* Get the visibility of a field. */
779 extern enum debug_visibility
debug_get_field_visibility (void *, debug_field
);
781 /* Get the physical name of a field, if it is a static member. If the
782 field is not a static member, this will return NULL. */
784 extern const char *debug_get_field_physname (void *, debug_field
);
786 /* Write out the recorded debugging information. This takes a set of
787 function pointers which are called to do the actual writing. The
788 first void * is the debugging handle. The second void * is a handle
789 which is passed to the functions. */
791 extern bool debug_write
792 (void *, const struct debug_write_fns
*, void *);