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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.
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 (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
91 return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
95 FUNCTION
96 bfd_check_format_matches
98 SYNOPSIS
99 bfd_boolean bfd_check_format_matches
100 (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);
102 DESCRIPTION
103 Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns FALSE with
104 <<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>. In that
105 case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
106 a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
107 allocated with <<malloc>>.
108 Then the user may choose a format and try again.
110 When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
111 should free it.
114 bfd_boolean
115 bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching)
117 extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
118 const bfd_target * const *target;
119 const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL;
120 const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ;
121 int match_count;
122 int ar_match_index;
124 if (!bfd_read_p (abfd)
125 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
127 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
128 return FALSE;
131 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
132 return abfd->format == format;
134 /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
135 all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized. */
136 save_targ = abfd->xvec;
137 match_count = 0;
138 ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries;
140 if (matching)
142 bfd_size_type amt;
144 *matching = NULL;
145 amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries;
146 matching_vector = bfd_malloc (amt);
147 if (!matching_vector)
148 return FALSE;
151 right_targ = 0;
152 ar_right_targ = 0;
154 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
155 abfd->format = format;
157 /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target. */
158 if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
160 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0) /* rewind! */
162 if (matching)
163 free (matching_vector);
164 return FALSE;
167 right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
169 if (right_targ)
171 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Set the target as returned. */
173 if (matching)
174 free (matching_vector);
176 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
179 /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
180 targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
181 and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
182 archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
183 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
184 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
185 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
186 object. When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
187 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
188 actual pe-i386 archive. Since there may be other problems of
189 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
190 target. */
191 if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
193 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
194 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
196 if (matching)
197 free (matching_vector);
199 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
201 return FALSE;
205 for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
207 const bfd_target *temp;
208 bfd_error_type err;
210 if (*target == &binary_vec)
211 continue;
213 abfd->xvec = *target; /* Change BFD's target temporarily. */
215 if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
217 if (matching)
218 free (matching_vector);
219 return FALSE;
222 /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
223 bfd_error_wrong_format. We didn't used to even pay any
224 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
225 _bfd_check_format might have this problem. */
226 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
228 temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
230 if (temp)
232 /* This format checks out as ok! */
233 right_targ = temp;
235 /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
236 targets might match. People who want those other targets
237 have to set the GNUTARGET variable. */
238 if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
240 match_count = 1;
241 break;
244 if (matching)
245 matching_vector[match_count] = temp;
247 match_count++;
249 else if ((err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
250 || err == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
252 /* An archive with objects of the wrong type, or an
253 ambiguous match. We want this target to match if we get
254 no better matches. */
255 if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
256 ar_right_targ = *target;
257 if (matching)
258 matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
259 ar_match_index++;
261 else if (err != bfd_error_wrong_format)
263 abfd->xvec = save_targ;
264 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
266 if (matching)
267 free (matching_vector);
269 return FALSE;
273 if (match_count == 0)
275 /* Try partial matches. */
276 right_targ = ar_right_targ;
278 if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0])
280 match_count = 1;
282 else
284 match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries;
286 if (matching && match_count > 1)
287 memcpy (matching_vector,
288 matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries,
289 sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count);
293 if (match_count > 1
294 && bfd_associated_vector != NULL
295 && matching)
297 const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector;
299 while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL)
301 int i = match_count;
303 while (--i >= 0)
304 if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ)
305 break;
307 if (i >= 0)
309 match_count = 1;
310 break;
315 if (match_count == 1)
317 abfd->xvec = right_targ; /* Change BFD's target permanently. */
319 if (matching)
320 free (matching_vector);
322 return TRUE; /* File position has moved, BTW. */
325 abfd->xvec = save_targ; /* Restore original target type. */
326 abfd->format = bfd_unknown; /* Restore original format. */
328 if (match_count == 0)
330 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
332 if (matching)
333 free (matching_vector);
335 else
337 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
339 if (matching)
341 *matching = (char **) matching_vector;
342 matching_vector[match_count] = NULL;
343 /* Return target names. This is a little nasty. Maybe we
344 should do another bfd_malloc? */
345 while (--match_count >= 0)
347 const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name;
348 *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name;
353 return FALSE;
357 FUNCTION
358 bfd_set_format
360 SYNOPSIS
361 bfd_boolean bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
363 DESCRIPTION
364 This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
365 format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
366 support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
367 is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
370 bfd_boolean
371 bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
373 if (bfd_read_p (abfd)
374 || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
376 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
377 return FALSE;
380 if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
381 return abfd->format == format;
383 /* Presume the answer is yes. */
384 abfd->format = format;
386 if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
388 abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
389 return FALSE;
392 return TRUE;
396 FUNCTION
397 bfd_format_string
399 SYNOPSIS
400 const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format);
402 DESCRIPTION
403 Return a pointer to a const string
404 <<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
405 depending upon the value of @var{format}.
408 const char *
409 bfd_format_string (bfd_format format)
411 if (((int) format < (int) bfd_unknown)
412 || ((int) format >= (int) bfd_type_end))
413 return "invalid";
415 switch (format)
417 case bfd_object:
418 return "object"; /* Linker/assembler/compiler output. */
419 case bfd_archive:
420 return "archive"; /* Object archive file. */
421 case bfd_core:
422 return "core"; /* Core dump. */
423 default:
424 return "unknown";