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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 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 2 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, 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.
41 SUBSECTION
42 File format functions
45 #include "bfd.h"
46 #include "sysdep.h"
47 #include "libbfd.h"
49 /* IMPORT from targets.c. */
50 extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
53 FUNCTION
54 bfd_check_format
56 SYNOPSIS
57 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
59 DESCRIPTION
60 Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
61 with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
62 <<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
64 If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
65 call, only the named target and format combination is
66 checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
67 <<default>>, then all the known target backends is
68 interrogated to determine a match. If the default target
69 matches, it is used. If not, exactly one target must recognize
70 the file, or an error results.
72 The function returns <<TRUE>> on success, otherwise <<FALSE>>
73 with one of the following error codes:
75 o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
76 if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
77 <<bfd_core>>.
79 o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
80 if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
81 can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
83 o <<file_not_recognised>> -
84 none of the backends recognised the file format.
86 o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
87 more than one backend recognised the file format.
90 bfd_boolean
91 bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, 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
102 (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, 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 (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching)
119 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
120 const bfd_target * const *target;
121 const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL;
122 const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ;
123 int match_count;
124 int ar_match_index;
126 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd)
127 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
129 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
130 return FALSE;
133 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
134 return abfd->format == format;
136 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
137 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
138 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
139 match_count = 0;
140 ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries;
142 if (matching)
144 bfd_size_type amt;
146 *matching = NULL;
147 amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries;
148 matching_vector = bfd_malloc (amt);
149 if (!matching_vector)
150 return FALSE;
153 right_targ = 0;
154 ar_right_targ = 0;
156 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
157 abfd->format = format;
159 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
160 if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
162 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
164 if (matching)
165 free (matching_vector);
166 return FALSE;
169 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
171 if (right_targ)
173 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Set the target as returned. */
175 if (matching)
176 free (matching_vector);
178 /* If the file was opened for update, then `output_has_begun'
179 some time ago when the file was created. Do not recompute
180 sections sizes or alignments in _bfd_set_section_contents.
181 We can not set this flag until after checking the format,
182 because it will interfere with creation of BFD sections. */
183 if (abfd->direction == both_direction)
184 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
186 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
189 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
190 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
191 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
192 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
193 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
194 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
195 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
196 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
197 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
198 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
199 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
200 target. */
201 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
203 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
204 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
206 if (matching)
207 free (matching_vector);
209 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
211 return FALSE;
215 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
217 const bfd_target *temp;
218 bfd_error_type err;
220 /* Don't check the default target twice. */
221 if (*target == &binary_vec
222 || (!abfd->target_defaulted && *target == save_targ))
223 continue;
225 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily. */
227 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
229 if (matching)
230 free (matching_vector);
231 return FALSE;
234 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
235 bfd_error_wrong_format. We didn't used to even pay any
236 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
237 _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
238 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
240 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
242 if (temp)
244 /* This format checks out as ok! */
245 right_targ = temp;
247 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
248 targets might match. People who want those other targets
249 have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */
250 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
252 match_count = 1;
253 break;
256 if (matching)
257 matching_vector[match_count] = temp;
259 match_count++;
261 else if ((err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
262 || err == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
264 /* An archive with objects of the wrong type, or an
265 ambiguous match. We want this target to match if we get
266 no better matches. */
267 if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
268 ar_right_targ = *target;
269 if (matching)
270 matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
271 ar_match_index++;
273 else if (err != bfd_error_wrong_format)
275 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
276 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
278 if (matching)
279 free (matching_vector);
281 return FALSE;
285 if (match_count == 0)
287 /* Try partial matches. */
288 right_targ = ar_right_targ;
290 if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0])
292 match_count = 1;
294 else
296 match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries;
298 if (matching && match_count > 1)
299 memcpy (matching_vector,
300 matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries,
301 sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count);
305 if (match_count > 1
306 && bfd_associated_vector != NULL
307 && matching)
309 const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector;
311 while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL)
313 int i = match_count;
315 while (--i >= 0)
316 if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ)
317 break;
319 if (i >= 0)
321 match_count = 1;
322 break;
327 if (match_count == 1)
329 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Change BFD's target permanently. */
331 if (matching)
332 free (matching_vector);
334 /* If the file was opened for update, then `output_has_begun'
335 some time ago when the file was created. Do not recompute
336 sections sizes or alignments in _bfd_set_section_contents.
337 We can not set this flag until after checking the format,
338 because it will interfere with creation of BFD sections. */
339 if (abfd->direction == both_direction)
340 abfd->output_has_begun = TRUE;
342 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
345 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type. */
346 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format. */
348 if (match_count == 0)
350 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
352 if (matching)
353 free (matching_vector);
355 else
357 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
359 if (matching)
361 *matching = (char **) matching_vector;
362 matching_vector[match_count] = NULL;
363 /* Return target names. This is a little nasty. Maybe we
364 should do another bfd_malloc? */
365 while (--match_count >= 0)
367 const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name;
368 *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name;
373 return FALSE;
377 FUNCTION
378 bfd_set_format
380 SYNOPSIS
381 bfd_boolean bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
383 DESCRIPTION
384 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
385 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
386 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
387 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
390 bfd_boolean
391 bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
393 if (bfd_read_p (abfd)
394 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
396 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
397 return FALSE;
400 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
401 return abfd->format == format;
403 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
404 abfd->format = format;
406 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
408 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
409 return FALSE;
412 return TRUE;
416 FUNCTION
417 bfd_format_string
419 SYNOPSIS
420 const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format);
422 DESCRIPTION
423 Return a pointer to a const string
424 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
425 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
428 const char *
429 bfd_format_string (bfd_format format)
431 if (((int) format < (int) bfd_unknown)
432 || ((int) format >= (int) bfd_type_end))
433 return "invalid";
435 switch (format)
437 case bfd_object:
438 return "object"; /* Linker/assembler/compiler output. */
439 case bfd_archive:
440 return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */
441 case bfd_core:
442 return "core"; /* Core dump. */
443 default:
444 return "unknown";