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1 /* Generic BFD support for file formats.
2 Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
3 2003, 2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 Written by Cygnus Support.
6 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston,
21 MA 02110-1301, USA. */
25 SECTION
26 File formats
28 A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
29 formats supported by BFD are:
31 o <<bfd_object>>
33 The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.
35 o <<bfd_archive>>
37 The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.
39 o <<bfd_core>>
41 The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.
43 SUBSECTION
44 File format functions
47 #include "sysdep.h"
48 #include "bfd.h"
49 #include "libbfd.h"
51 /* IMPORT from targets.c. */
52 extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
55 FUNCTION
56 bfd_check_format
58 SYNOPSIS
59 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
61 DESCRIPTION
62 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
63 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
64 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
66 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
67 call, only the named target and format combination is
68 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
69 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
70 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
71 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
72 the file, or an error results.
74 The function returns <<TRUE>> on success, otherwise <<FALSE>>
75 with one of the following error codes:
77 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
78 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
79 <<bfd_core>>.
81 o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
82 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
83 can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
85 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
86 none of the backends recognised the file format.
88 o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
89 more than one backend recognised the file format.
92 bfd_boolean
93 bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
95 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
99 FUNCTION
100 bfd_check_format_matches
102 SYNOPSIS
103 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format_matches
104 (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);
106 DESCRIPTION
107 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns FALSE with
108 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
109 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
110 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
111 allocated with <<malloc>>.
112 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
114 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
115 should free it.
118 bfd_boolean
119 bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching)
121 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
122 const bfd_target * const *target;
123 const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL;
124 const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ;
125 int match_count;
126 int ar_match_index;
128 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd)
129 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
131 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
132 return FALSE;
135 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
136 return abfd->format == format;
138 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
139 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
140 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
141 match_count = 0;
142 ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries;
144 if (matching)
146 bfd_size_type amt;
148 *matching = NULL;
149 amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries;
150 matching_vector = bfd_malloc (amt);
151 if (!matching_vector)
152 return FALSE;
155 right_targ = 0;
156 ar_right_targ = 0;
158 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
159 abfd->format = format;
161 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
162 if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
164 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
166 if (matching)
167 free (matching_vector);
168 return FALSE;
171 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
173 if (right_targ)
175 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Set the target as returned. */
177 if (matching)
178 free (matching_vector);
180 /* If the file was opened for update, then `output_has_begun'
181 some time ago when the file was created. Do not recompute
182 sections sizes or alignments in _bfd_set_section_contents.
183 We can not set this flag until after checking the format,
184 because it will interfere with creation of BFD sections. */
185 if (abfd->direction == both_direction)
186 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
188 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
191 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
192 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
193 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
194 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
195 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
196 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
197 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
198 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
199 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
200 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
201 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
202 target. */
203 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
205 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
206 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
208 if (matching)
209 free (matching_vector);
211 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
213 return FALSE;
217 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
219 const bfd_target *temp;
220 bfd_error_type err;
222 /* Don't check the default target twice. */
223 if (*target == &binary_vec
224 || (!abfd->target_defaulted && *target == save_targ))
225 continue;
227 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily. */
229 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
231 if (matching)
232 free (matching_vector);
233 return FALSE;
236 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
237 bfd_error_wrong_format. We didn't used to even pay any
238 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
239 _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
240 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
242 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
244 if (temp)
246 /* This format checks out as ok! */
247 right_targ = temp;
249 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
250 targets might match. People who want those other targets
251 have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */
252 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
254 match_count = 1;
255 break;
258 if (matching)
259 matching_vector[match_count] = temp;
261 match_count++;
263 else if ((err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
264 || err == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
266 /* An archive with objects of the wrong type, or an
267 ambiguous match. We want this target to match if we get
268 no better matches. */
269 if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
270 ar_right_targ = *target;
271 if (matching)
272 matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
273 ar_match_index++;
275 else if (err != bfd_error_wrong_format)
277 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
278 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
280 if (matching)
281 free (matching_vector);
283 return FALSE;
287 if (match_count == 0)
289 /* Try partial matches. */
290 right_targ = ar_right_targ;
292 if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0])
294 match_count = 1;
296 else
298 match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries;
300 if (matching && match_count > 1)
301 memcpy (matching_vector,
302 matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries,
303 sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count);
307 if (match_count > 1
308 && bfd_associated_vector != NULL
309 && matching)
311 const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector;
313 while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL)
315 int i = match_count;
317 while (--i >= 0)
318 if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ)
319 break;
321 if (i >= 0)
323 match_count = 1;
324 break;
329 if (match_count == 1)
331 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Change BFD's target permanently. */
333 if (matching)
334 free (matching_vector);
336 /* If the file was opened for update, then `output_has_begun'
337 some time ago when the file was created. Do not recompute
338 sections sizes or alignments in _bfd_set_section_contents.
339 We can not set this flag until after checking the format,
340 because it will interfere with creation of BFD sections. */
341 if (abfd->direction == both_direction)
342 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
344 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
347 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type. */
348 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format. */
350 if (match_count == 0)
352 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
354 if (matching)
355 free (matching_vector);
357 else
359 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
361 if (matching)
363 *matching = (char **) matching_vector;
364 matching_vector[match_count] = NULL;
365 /* Return target names. This is a little nasty. Maybe we
366 should do another bfd_malloc? */
367 while (--match_count >= 0)
369 const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name;
370 *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name;
375 return FALSE;
379 FUNCTION
380 bfd_set_format
382 SYNOPSIS
383 bfd_boolean bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
385 DESCRIPTION
386 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
387 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
388 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
389 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
392 bfd_boolean
393 bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
395 if (bfd_read_p (abfd)
396 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
398 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
399 return FALSE;
402 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
403 return abfd->format == format;
405 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
406 abfd->format = format;
408 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
410 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
411 return FALSE;
414 return TRUE;
418 FUNCTION
419 bfd_format_string
421 SYNOPSIS
422 const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format);
424 DESCRIPTION
425 Return a pointer to a const string
426 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
427 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
430 const char *
431 bfd_format_string (bfd_format format)
433 if (((int) format < (int) bfd_unknown)
434 || ((int) format >= (int) bfd_type_end))
435 return "invalid";
437 switch (format)
439 case bfd_object:
440 return "object"; /* Linker/assembler/compiler output. */
441 case bfd_archive:
442 return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */
443 case bfd_core:
444 return "core"; /* Core dump. */
445 default:
446 return "unknown";