1 /* Definitions for dealing with stack frames, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
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20 #ifndef GDB_FRAME_ID_H
21 #define GDB_FRAME_ID_H 1
23 /* Status of a given frame's stack. */
25 enum frame_id_stack_status
27 /* Stack address is invalid. */
28 FID_STACK_INVALID
= 0,
30 /* Stack address is valid, and is found in the stack_addr field. */
34 FID_STACK_SENTINEL
= 2,
36 /* Outer frame. Since a frame's stack address is typically defined as the
37 value the stack pointer had prior to the activation of the frame, an outer
38 frame doesn't have a stack address. The frame ids of frames inlined in the
39 outer frame are also of this type. */
42 /* Stack address is unavailable. I.e., there's a valid stack, but
43 we don't know where it is (because memory or registers we'd
44 compute it from were not collected). */
45 FID_STACK_UNAVAILABLE
= -1
48 /* The frame object's ID. This provides a per-frame unique identifier
49 that can be used to relocate a `struct frame_info' after a target
50 resume or a frame cache destruct. It of course assumes that the
51 inferior hasn't unwound the stack past that frame. */
55 /* The frame's stack address. This shall be constant through out
56 the lifetime of a frame. Note that this requirement applies to
57 not just the function body, but also the prologue and (in theory
58 at least) the epilogue. Since that value needs to fall either on
59 the boundary, or within the frame's address range, the frame's
60 outer-most address (the inner-most address of the previous frame)
61 is used. Watch out for all the legacy targets that still use the
62 function pointer register or stack pointer register. They are
65 This field is valid only if frame_id.stack_status is
66 FID_STACK_VALID. It will be 0 for other
67 FID_STACK_... statuses. */
70 /* The frame's code address. This shall be constant through out the
71 lifetime of the frame. While the PC (a.k.a. resume address)
72 changes as the function is executed, this code address cannot.
73 Typically, it is set to the address of the entry point of the
74 frame's function (as returned by get_frame_func).
76 For inlined functions (INLINE_DEPTH != 0), this is the address of
77 the first executed instruction in the block corresponding to the
80 This field is valid only if code_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
81 frame is considered to have a wildcard code address, i.e. one that
82 matches every address value in frame comparisons. */
85 /* The frame's special address. This shall be constant through out the
86 lifetime of the frame. This is used for architectures that may have
87 frames that do not change the stack but are still distinct and have
88 some form of distinct identifier (e.g. the ia64 which uses a 2nd
89 stack for registers). This field is treated as unordered - i.e. will
90 not be used in frame ordering comparisons.
92 This field is valid only if special_addr_p is true. Otherwise, this
93 frame is considered to have a wildcard special address, i.e. one that
94 matches every address value in frame comparisons. */
95 CORE_ADDR special_addr
;
97 /* Flags to indicate the above fields have valid contents. */
98 ENUM_BITFIELD(frame_id_stack_status
) stack_status
: 3;
99 unsigned int code_addr_p
: 1;
100 unsigned int special_addr_p
: 1;
102 /* It is non-zero for a frame made up by GDB without stack data
103 representation in inferior, such as INLINE_FRAME or TAILCALL_FRAME.
104 Caller of inlined function will have it zero, each more inner called frame
105 will have it increasingly one, two etc. Similarly for TAILCALL_FRAME. */
106 int artificial_depth
;
108 /* Return a string representation of this frame id. */
109 std::string
to_string () const;
111 /* Returns true when this frame_id and R identify the same
113 bool operator== (const frame_id
&r
) const;
116 bool operator!= (const frame_id
&r
) const
118 return !(*this == r
);
122 /* Methods for constructing and comparing Frame IDs. */
124 /* For convenience. All fields are zero. This means "there is no frame". */
125 extern const struct frame_id null_frame_id
;
127 /* Sentinel frame. */
128 extern const struct frame_id sentinel_frame_id
;
130 /* This means "there is no frame ID, but there is a frame". It should be
131 replaced by best-effort frame IDs for the outermost frame, somehow.
132 The implementation is only special_addr_p set. */
133 extern const struct frame_id outer_frame_id
;
135 #endif /* ifdef GDB_FRAME_ID_H */