2001-11-16 Michael Snyder <msnyder@redhat.com>
[binutils.git] / bfd / elfcore.h
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1 /* ELF core file support for BFD.
2 Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001
3 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21 char*
22 elf_core_file_failing_command (abfd)
23 bfd *abfd;
25 return elf_tdata (abfd)->core_command;
28 int
29 elf_core_file_failing_signal (abfd)
30 bfd *abfd;
32 return elf_tdata (abfd)->core_signal;
35 boolean
36 elf_core_file_matches_executable_p (core_bfd, exec_bfd)
37 bfd *core_bfd;
38 bfd *exec_bfd;
40 char* corename;
42 /* xvecs must match if both are ELF files for the same target. */
44 if (core_bfd->xvec != exec_bfd->xvec)
46 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_system_call);
47 return false;
50 /* See if the name in the corefile matches the executable name. */
52 corename = elf_tdata (core_bfd)->core_program;
53 if (corename != NULL)
55 const char* execname = strrchr (exec_bfd->filename, '/');
56 execname = execname ? execname + 1 : exec_bfd->filename;
58 if (strcmp(execname, corename) != 0)
59 return false;
62 return true;
65 /* Core files are simply standard ELF formatted files that partition
66 the file using the execution view of the file (program header table)
67 rather than the linking view. In fact, there is no section header
68 table in a core file.
70 The process status information (including the contents of the general
71 register set) and the floating point register set are stored in a
72 segment of type PT_NOTE. We handcraft a couple of extra bfd sections
73 that allow standard bfd access to the general registers (.reg) and the
74 floating point registers (.reg2).
78 const bfd_target *
79 elf_core_file_p (abfd)
80 bfd *abfd;
82 Elf_External_Ehdr x_ehdr; /* Elf file header, external form */
83 Elf_Internal_Ehdr *i_ehdrp; /* Elf file header, internal form */
84 Elf_Internal_Phdr *i_phdrp = NULL; /* Elf program header, internal form */
85 unsigned int phindex;
86 struct elf_backend_data *ebd;
87 struct elf_obj_tdata *preserved_tdata = elf_tdata (abfd);
88 struct sec *preserved_sections = abfd->sections;
89 unsigned int preserved_section_count = abfd->section_count;
90 enum bfd_architecture previous_arch = bfd_get_arch (abfd);
91 unsigned long previous_mach = bfd_get_mach (abfd);
92 struct elf_obj_tdata *new_tdata = NULL;
93 bfd_size_type amt;
95 /* Clear section information, since there might be a recognized bfd that
96 we now check if we can replace, and we don't want to append to it. */
97 abfd->sections = NULL;
98 abfd->section_count = 0;
100 /* Read in the ELF header in external format. */
101 if (bfd_bread ((PTR) &x_ehdr, (bfd_size_type) sizeof (x_ehdr), abfd)
102 != sizeof (x_ehdr))
104 if (bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_system_call)
105 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
106 return NULL;
109 /* Check the magic number. */
110 if (elf_file_p (&x_ehdr) == false)
111 goto wrong;
113 /* FIXME: Check EI_VERSION here ! */
115 /* Check the address size ("class"). */
116 if (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS)
117 goto wrong;
119 /* Check the byteorder. */
120 switch (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA])
122 case ELFDATA2MSB: /* Big-endian */
123 if (! bfd_big_endian (abfd))
124 goto wrong;
125 break;
126 case ELFDATA2LSB: /* Little-endian */
127 if (! bfd_little_endian (abfd))
128 goto wrong;
129 break;
130 default:
131 goto wrong;
134 /* Give abfd an elf_obj_tdata. */
135 amt = sizeof (struct elf_obj_tdata);
136 new_tdata = (struct elf_obj_tdata *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, amt);
137 if (new_tdata == NULL)
138 return NULL;
139 elf_tdata (abfd) = new_tdata;
141 /* Swap in the rest of the header, now that we have the byte order. */
142 i_ehdrp = elf_elfheader (abfd);
143 elf_swap_ehdr_in (abfd, &x_ehdr, i_ehdrp);
145 #if DEBUG & 1
146 elf_debug_file (i_ehdrp);
147 #endif
149 ebd = get_elf_backend_data (abfd);
151 /* Check that the ELF e_machine field matches what this particular
152 BFD format expects. */
154 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != i_ehdrp->e_machine
155 && (ebd->elf_machine_alt1 == 0
156 || i_ehdrp->e_machine != ebd->elf_machine_alt1)
157 && (ebd->elf_machine_alt2 == 0
158 || i_ehdrp->e_machine != ebd->elf_machine_alt2))
160 const bfd_target * const *target_ptr;
162 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
163 goto wrong;
165 /* This is the generic ELF target. Let it match any ELF target
166 for which we do not have a specific backend. */
168 for (target_ptr = bfd_target_vector; *target_ptr != NULL; target_ptr++)
170 struct elf_backend_data *back;
172 if ((*target_ptr)->flavour != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
173 continue;
174 back = (struct elf_backend_data *) (*target_ptr)->backend_data;
175 if (back->elf_machine_code == i_ehdrp->e_machine)
177 /* target_ptr is an ELF backend which matches this
178 object file, so reject the generic ELF target. */
179 goto wrong;
184 /* If there is no program header, or the type is not a core file, then
185 we are hosed. */
186 if (i_ehdrp->e_phoff == 0 || i_ehdrp->e_type != ET_CORE)
187 goto wrong;
189 /* Does BFD's idea of the phdr size match the size
190 recorded in the file? */
191 if (i_ehdrp->e_phentsize != sizeof (Elf_External_Phdr))
192 goto wrong;
194 /* Move to the start of the program headers. */
195 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) i_ehdrp->e_phoff, SEEK_SET) != 0)
196 goto wrong;
198 /* Allocate space for the program headers. */
199 amt = sizeof (*i_phdrp) * i_ehdrp->e_phnum;
200 i_phdrp = (Elf_Internal_Phdr *) bfd_alloc (abfd, amt);
201 if (!i_phdrp)
202 goto fail;
204 elf_tdata (abfd)->phdr = i_phdrp;
206 /* Read and convert to internal form. */
207 for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; ++phindex)
209 Elf_External_Phdr x_phdr;
210 if (bfd_bread ((PTR) &x_phdr, (bfd_size_type) sizeof (x_phdr), abfd)
211 != sizeof (x_phdr))
212 goto fail;
214 elf_swap_phdr_in (abfd, &x_phdr, i_phdrp + phindex);
217 /* Process each program header. */
218 for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; ++phindex)
220 if (! bfd_section_from_phdr (abfd, i_phdrp + phindex, (int) phindex))
221 goto fail;
224 /* Set the machine architecture. */
225 if (! bfd_default_set_arch_mach (abfd, ebd->arch, 0))
227 /* It's OK if this fails for the generic target. */
228 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
229 goto fail;
232 /* Save the entry point from the ELF header. */
233 bfd_get_start_address (abfd) = i_ehdrp->e_entry;
235 /* Let the backend double check the format and override global
236 information. */
237 if (ebd->elf_backend_object_p)
239 if ((*ebd->elf_backend_object_p) (abfd) == false)
240 goto wrong;
243 return abfd->xvec;
245 wrong:
246 /* There is way too much undoing of half-known state here. The caller,
247 bfd_check_format_matches, really shouldn't iterate on live bfd's to
248 check match/no-match like it does. We have to rely on that a call to
249 bfd_default_set_arch_mach with the previously known mach, undoes what
250 was done by the first bfd_default_set_arch_mach (with mach 0) here.
251 For this to work, only elf-data and the mach may be changed by the
252 target-specific elf_backend_object_p function. Note that saving the
253 whole bfd here and restoring it would be even worse; the first thing
254 you notice is that the cached bfd file position gets out of sync. */
255 bfd_default_set_arch_mach (abfd, previous_arch, previous_mach);
256 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
257 fail:
258 if (i_phdrp != NULL)
259 bfd_release (abfd, i_phdrp);
260 if (new_tdata != NULL)
261 bfd_release (abfd, new_tdata);
262 elf_tdata (abfd) = preserved_tdata;
263 abfd->sections = preserved_sections;
264 abfd->section_count = preserved_section_count;
265 return NULL;