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1 /* Generic BFD support for file formats.
2 Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
3 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
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20 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
23 SECTION
24 File formats
26 A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
27 formats supported by BFD are:
29 o <<bfd_object>>
31 The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.
33 o <<bfd_archive>>
35 The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.
37 o <<bfd_core>>
39 The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.
43 #include "bfd.h"
44 #include "sysdep.h"
45 #include "libbfd.h"
47 /* IMPORT from targets.c. */
48 extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
51 FUNCTION
52 bfd_check_format
54 SYNOPSIS
55 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
57 DESCRIPTION
58 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
59 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
60 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
62 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
63 call, only the named target and format combination is
64 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
65 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
66 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
67 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
68 the file, or an error results.
70 The function returns <<TRUE>> on success, otherwise <<FALSE>>
71 with one of the following error codes:
73 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
74 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
75 <<bfd_core>>.
77 o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
78 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
79 can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
81 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
82 none of the backends recognised the file format.
84 o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
85 more than one backend recognised the file format.
88 bfd_boolean
89 bfd_check_format (abfd, format)
90 bfd *abfd;
91 bfd_format format;
93 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
97 FUNCTION
98 bfd_check_format_matches
100 SYNOPSIS
101 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format,
102 char ***matching);
104 DESCRIPTION
105 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns FALSE with
106 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
107 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
108 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
109 allocated with <<malloc>>.
110 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
112 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
113 should free it.
116 bfd_boolean
117 bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, matching)
118 bfd *abfd;
119 bfd_format format;
120 char ***matching;
122 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
123 const bfd_target * const *target;
124 const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL;
125 const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ;
126 int match_count;
127 int ar_match_index;
129 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd)
130 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
132 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
133 return FALSE;
136 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
137 return abfd->format == format;
139 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
140 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
141 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
142 match_count = 0;
143 ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries;
145 if (matching)
147 bfd_size_type amt;
149 *matching = NULL;
150 amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries;
151 matching_vector = (const bfd_target **) bfd_malloc (amt);
152 if (!matching_vector)
153 return FALSE;
156 right_targ = 0;
157 ar_right_targ = 0;
159 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
160 abfd->format = format;
162 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
163 if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
165 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
167 if (matching)
168 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
169 return FALSE;
172 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
174 if (right_targ)
176 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Set the target as returned. */
178 if (matching)
179 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
181 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
184 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
185 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
186 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
187 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
188 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
189 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
190 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
191 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
192 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
193 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
194 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
195 target. */
196 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
198 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
199 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
201 if (matching)
202 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
204 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
206 return FALSE;
210 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
212 const bfd_target *temp;
213 bfd_error_type err;
215 if (*target == &binary_vec)
216 continue;
218 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily. */
220 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
222 if (matching)
223 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
224 return FALSE;
227 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
228 bfd_error_wrong_format. We didn't used to even pay any
229 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
230 _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
231 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
233 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
235 if (temp)
237 /* This format checks out as ok! */
238 right_targ = temp;
240 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
241 targets might match. People who want those other targets
242 have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */
243 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
245 match_count = 1;
246 break;
249 if (matching)
250 matching_vector[match_count] = temp;
252 match_count++;
254 #ifdef GNU960
255 /* Big- and little-endian b.out archives look the same, but it
256 doesn't matter: there is no difference in their headers, and
257 member file byte orders will (I hope) be handled appropriately
258 by bfd. Ditto for big and little coff archives. And the 4
259 coff/b.out object formats are unambiguous. So accept the
260 first match we find. */
261 break;
262 #endif
264 else if ((err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
265 || err == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
267 /* An archive with objects of the wrong type, or an
268 ambiguous match. We want this target to match if we get
269 no better matches. */
270 if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
271 ar_right_targ = *target;
272 if (matching)
273 matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
274 ar_match_index++;
276 else if (err != bfd_error_wrong_format)
278 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
279 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
281 if (matching)
282 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
284 return FALSE;
288 if (match_count == 0)
290 /* Try partial matches. */
291 right_targ = ar_right_targ;
293 if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0])
295 match_count = 1;
297 else
299 match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries;
301 if (matching && match_count > 1)
302 memcpy (matching_vector,
303 matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries,
304 sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count);
308 if (match_count > 1
309 && bfd_associated_vector != NULL
310 && matching)
312 const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector;
314 while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL)
316 int i = match_count;
318 while (--i >= 0)
319 if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ)
320 break;
322 if (i >= 0)
324 match_count = 1;
325 break;
330 if (match_count == 1)
332 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Change BFD's target permanently. */
334 if (matching)
335 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
337 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
340 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type. */
341 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format. */
343 if (match_count == 0)
345 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
347 if (matching)
348 free ((PTR) matching_vector);
350 else
352 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
354 if (matching)
356 *matching = (char **) matching_vector;
357 matching_vector[match_count] = NULL;
358 /* Return target names. This is a little nasty. Maybe we
359 should do another bfd_malloc? */
360 while (--match_count >= 0)
362 const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name;
363 *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name;
368 return FALSE;
372 FUNCTION
373 bfd_set_format
375 SYNOPSIS
376 bfd_boolean bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
378 DESCRIPTION
379 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
380 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
381 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
382 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
385 bfd_boolean
386 bfd_set_format (abfd, format)
387 bfd *abfd;
388 bfd_format format;
390 if (bfd_read_p (abfd)
391 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
393 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
394 return FALSE;
397 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
398 return abfd->format == format;
400 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
401 abfd->format = format;
403 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
405 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
406 return FALSE;
409 return TRUE;
413 FUNCTION
414 bfd_format_string
416 SYNOPSIS
417 const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format);
419 DESCRIPTION
420 Return a pointer to a const string
421 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
422 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
425 const char *
426 bfd_format_string (format)
427 bfd_format format;
429 if (((int)format <(int) bfd_unknown)
430 || ((int)format >=(int) bfd_type_end))
431 return "invalid";
433 switch (format)
435 case bfd_object:
436 return "object"; /* Linker/assember/compiler output. */
437 case bfd_archive:
438 return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */
439 case bfd_core:
440 return "core"; /* Core dump. */
441 default:
442 return "unknown";