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1 /* Find a variable's value in memory, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
4 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
5 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7 This file is part of GDB.
9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
12 (at your option) any later version.
14 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 GNU General Public License for more details.
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
22 #include "defs.h"
23 #include "symtab.h"
24 #include "gdbtypes.h"
25 #include "frame.h"
26 #include "value.h"
27 #include "gdbcore.h"
28 #include "inferior.h"
29 #include "target.h"
30 #include "gdb_string.h"
31 #include "gdb_assert.h"
32 #include "floatformat.h"
33 #include "symfile.h" /* for overlay functions */
34 #include "regcache.h"
35 #include "user-regs.h"
36 #include "block.h"
38 /* Basic byte-swapping routines. GDB has needed these for a long time...
39 All extract a target-format integer at ADDR which is LEN bytes long. */
41 #if TARGET_CHAR_BIT != 8 || HOST_CHAR_BIT != 8
42 /* 8 bit characters are a pretty safe assumption these days, so we
43 assume it throughout all these swapping routines. If we had to deal with
44 9 bit characters, we would need to make len be in bits and would have
45 to re-write these routines... */
46 you lose
47 #endif
49 LONGEST
50 extract_signed_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len)
52 LONGEST retval;
53 const unsigned char *p;
54 const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
55 const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
57 if (len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
58 error (_("\
59 That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
60 (int) sizeof (LONGEST));
62 /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
63 the least significant. */
64 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
66 p = startaddr;
67 /* Do the sign extension once at the start. */
68 retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
69 for (++p; p < endaddr; ++p)
70 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
72 else
74 p = endaddr - 1;
75 /* Do the sign extension once at the start. */
76 retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
77 for (--p; p >= startaddr; --p)
78 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
80 return retval;
83 ULONGEST
84 extract_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len)
86 ULONGEST retval;
87 const unsigned char *p;
88 const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
89 const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
91 if (len > (int) sizeof (ULONGEST))
92 error (_("\
93 That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
94 (int) sizeof (ULONGEST));
96 /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
97 the least significant. */
98 retval = 0;
99 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
101 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
102 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
104 else
106 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
107 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
109 return retval;
112 /* Sometimes a long long unsigned integer can be extracted as a
113 LONGEST value. This is done so that we can print these values
114 better. If this integer can be converted to a LONGEST, this
115 function returns 1 and sets *PVAL. Otherwise it returns 0. */
118 extract_long_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int orig_len,
119 LONGEST *pval)
121 const gdb_byte *p;
122 const gdb_byte *first_addr;
123 int len;
125 len = orig_len;
126 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
128 for (p = addr;
129 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p < addr + orig_len;
130 p++)
132 if (*p == 0)
133 len--;
134 else
135 break;
137 first_addr = p;
139 else
141 first_addr = addr;
142 for (p = addr + orig_len - 1;
143 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p >= addr;
144 p--)
146 if (*p == 0)
147 len--;
148 else
149 break;
153 if (len <= (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
155 *pval = (LONGEST) extract_unsigned_integer (first_addr,
156 sizeof (LONGEST));
157 return 1;
160 return 0;
164 /* Treat the bytes at BUF as a pointer of type TYPE, and return the
165 address it represents. */
166 CORE_ADDR
167 extract_typed_address (const gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type)
169 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
170 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
171 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
172 _("extract_typed_address: "
173 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
175 return gdbarch_pointer_to_address (current_gdbarch, type, buf);
179 void
180 store_signed_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len, LONGEST val)
182 gdb_byte *p;
183 gdb_byte *startaddr = addr;
184 gdb_byte *endaddr = startaddr + len;
186 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
187 the most significant. */
188 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
190 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
192 *p = val & 0xff;
193 val >>= 8;
196 else
198 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
200 *p = val & 0xff;
201 val >>= 8;
206 void
207 store_unsigned_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len, ULONGEST val)
209 unsigned char *p;
210 unsigned char *startaddr = (unsigned char *) addr;
211 unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
213 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
214 the most significant. */
215 if (gdbarch_byte_order (current_gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
217 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
219 *p = val & 0xff;
220 val >>= 8;
223 else
225 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
227 *p = val & 0xff;
228 val >>= 8;
233 /* Store the address ADDR as a pointer of type TYPE at BUF, in target
234 form. */
235 void
236 store_typed_address (gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr)
238 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
239 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
240 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
241 _("store_typed_address: "
242 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
244 gdbarch_address_to_pointer (current_gdbarch, type, buf, addr);
249 /* Return a `value' with the contents of (virtual or cooked) register
250 REGNUM as found in the specified FRAME. The register's type is
251 determined by register_type(). */
253 struct value *
254 value_of_register (int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
256 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
257 CORE_ADDR addr;
258 int optim;
259 struct value *reg_val;
260 int realnum;
261 gdb_byte raw_buffer[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
262 enum lval_type lval;
264 /* User registers lie completely outside of the range of normal
265 registers. Catch them early so that the target never sees them. */
266 if (regnum >= gdbarch_num_regs (gdbarch)
267 + gdbarch_num_pseudo_regs (gdbarch))
268 return value_of_user_reg (regnum, frame);
270 frame_register (frame, regnum, &optim, &lval, &addr, &realnum, raw_buffer);
272 reg_val = allocate_value (register_type (gdbarch, regnum));
274 memcpy (value_contents_raw (reg_val), raw_buffer,
275 register_size (gdbarch, regnum));
276 VALUE_LVAL (reg_val) = lval;
277 VALUE_ADDRESS (reg_val) = addr;
278 VALUE_REGNUM (reg_val) = regnum;
279 set_value_optimized_out (reg_val, optim);
280 VALUE_FRAME_ID (reg_val) = get_frame_id (frame);
281 return reg_val;
284 /* Given a pointer of type TYPE in target form in BUF, return the
285 address it represents. */
286 CORE_ADDR
287 unsigned_pointer_to_address (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
289 return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
292 CORE_ADDR
293 signed_pointer_to_address (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
295 return extract_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
298 /* Given an address, store it as a pointer of type TYPE in target
299 format in BUF. */
300 void
301 unsigned_address_to_pointer (struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf,
302 CORE_ADDR addr)
304 store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), addr);
307 void
308 address_to_signed_pointer (struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf, CORE_ADDR addr)
310 store_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), addr);
313 /* Will calling read_var_value or locate_var_value on SYM end
314 up caring what frame it is being evaluated relative to? SYM must
315 be non-NULL. */
317 symbol_read_needs_frame (struct symbol *sym)
319 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
321 /* All cases listed explicitly so that gcc -Wall will detect it if
322 we failed to consider one. */
323 case LOC_COMPUTED:
324 case LOC_COMPUTED_ARG:
325 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
326 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_OPS method when available.
327 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
328 function) location in a function's symbol. Oops! For the
329 moment enable this when/where applicable. */
330 return SYMBOL_OPS (sym)->read_needs_frame (sym);
332 case LOC_REGISTER:
333 case LOC_ARG:
334 case LOC_REF_ARG:
335 case LOC_REGPARM:
336 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
337 case LOC_LOCAL:
338 case LOC_LOCAL_ARG:
339 case LOC_BASEREG:
340 case LOC_BASEREG_ARG:
341 case LOC_HP_THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC:
342 return 1;
344 case LOC_UNDEF:
345 case LOC_CONST:
346 case LOC_STATIC:
347 case LOC_INDIRECT:
348 case LOC_TYPEDEF:
350 case LOC_LABEL:
351 /* Getting the address of a label can be done independently of the block,
352 even if some *uses* of that address wouldn't work so well without
353 the right frame. */
355 case LOC_BLOCK:
356 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
357 case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
358 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
359 return 0;
361 return 1;
364 /* Given a struct symbol for a variable,
365 and a stack frame id, read the value of the variable
366 and return a (pointer to a) struct value containing the value.
367 If the variable cannot be found, return a zero pointer.
368 If FRAME is NULL, use the selected frame. */
370 struct value *
371 read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
373 struct value *v;
374 struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
375 CORE_ADDR addr;
376 int len;
378 if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_COMPUTED
379 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_COMPUTED_ARG
380 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGISTER
381 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM)
382 /* These cases do not use V. */
383 v = NULL;
384 else
386 v = allocate_value (type);
387 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory; /* The most likely possibility. */
390 len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
392 /* FIXME drow/2003-09-06: this call to the selected frame should be
393 pushed upwards to the callers. */
394 if (frame == NULL)
395 frame = deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame ();
397 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (var))
399 case LOC_CONST:
400 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
401 store_signed_integer (value_contents_raw (v), len,
402 (LONGEST) SYMBOL_VALUE (var));
403 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
404 return v;
406 case LOC_LABEL:
407 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
408 if (overlay_debugging)
410 CORE_ADDR addr
411 = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
412 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
413 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type, addr);
415 else
416 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type,
417 SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var));
418 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
419 return v;
421 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
423 memcpy (value_contents_raw (v), SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES (var), len);
424 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
425 return v;
428 case LOC_STATIC:
429 if (overlay_debugging)
430 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
431 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
432 else
433 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
434 break;
436 case LOC_INDIRECT:
438 /* The import slot does not have a real address in it from the
439 dynamic loader (dld.sl on HP-UX), if the target hasn't
440 begun execution yet, so check for that. */
441 CORE_ADDR locaddr;
442 struct value *loc;
443 if (!target_has_execution)
444 error (_("\
445 Attempt to access variable defined in different shared object or load module when\n\
446 addresses have not been bound by the dynamic loader. Try again when executable is running."));
448 locaddr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
449 loc = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), locaddr);
450 addr = value_as_address (loc);
451 break;
454 case LOC_ARG:
455 if (frame == NULL)
456 return 0;
457 addr = get_frame_args_address (frame);
458 if (!addr)
459 return 0;
460 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
461 break;
463 case LOC_REF_ARG:
465 struct value *ref;
466 CORE_ADDR argref;
467 if (frame == NULL)
468 return 0;
469 argref = get_frame_args_address (frame);
470 if (!argref)
471 return 0;
472 argref += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
473 ref = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), argref);
474 addr = value_as_address (ref);
475 break;
478 case LOC_LOCAL:
479 case LOC_LOCAL_ARG:
480 if (frame == NULL)
481 return 0;
482 addr = get_frame_locals_address (frame);
483 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
484 break;
486 case LOC_BASEREG:
487 case LOC_BASEREG_ARG:
488 case LOC_HP_THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC:
490 struct value *regval;
492 regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
493 SYMBOL_BASEREG (var), frame);
494 if (regval == NULL)
495 error (_("Value of base register not available."));
496 addr = value_as_address (regval);
497 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
498 break;
501 case LOC_TYPEDEF:
502 error (_("Cannot look up value of a typedef"));
503 break;
505 case LOC_BLOCK:
506 if (overlay_debugging)
507 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = symbol_overlayed_address
508 (BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var)), SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
509 else
510 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var));
511 return v;
513 case LOC_REGISTER:
514 case LOC_REGPARM:
515 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
517 struct block *b;
518 int regno = SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
519 struct value *regval;
521 if (frame == NULL)
522 return 0;
523 b = get_frame_block (frame, 0);
525 if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM_ADDR)
527 regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
528 regno,
529 frame);
531 if (regval == NULL)
532 error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
534 addr = value_as_address (regval);
535 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory;
537 else
539 regval = value_from_register (type, regno, frame);
541 if (regval == NULL)
542 error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
543 return regval;
546 break;
548 case LOC_COMPUTED:
549 case LOC_COMPUTED_ARG:
550 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
551 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_OPS method when available.
552 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
553 function) location in a function's symbol. Oops! For the
554 moment enable this when/where applicable. */
555 if (frame == 0 && SYMBOL_OPS (var)->read_needs_frame (var))
556 return 0;
557 return SYMBOL_OPS (var)->read_variable (var, frame);
559 case LOC_UNRESOLVED:
561 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
563 msym = lookup_minimal_symbol (DEPRECATED_SYMBOL_NAME (var), NULL, NULL);
564 if (msym == NULL)
565 return 0;
566 if (overlay_debugging)
567 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym),
568 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (msym));
569 else
570 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym);
572 break;
574 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
575 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
576 set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
577 return v;
579 default:
580 error (_("Cannot look up value of a botched symbol."));
581 break;
584 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = addr;
585 set_value_lazy (v, 1);
586 return v;
589 /* Install default attributes for register values. */
591 struct value *
592 default_value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum,
593 struct frame_info *frame)
595 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
596 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
597 struct value *value = allocate_value (type);
599 VALUE_LVAL (value) = lval_register;
600 VALUE_FRAME_ID (value) = get_frame_id (frame);
601 VALUE_REGNUM (value) = regnum;
603 /* Any structure stored in more than one register will always be
604 an integral number of registers. Otherwise, you need to do
605 some fiddling with the last register copied here for little
606 endian machines. */
607 if (gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch) == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG
608 && len < register_size (gdbarch, regnum))
609 /* Big-endian, and we want less than full size. */
610 set_value_offset (value, register_size (gdbarch, regnum) - len);
611 else
612 set_value_offset (value, 0);
614 return value;
617 /* Return a value of type TYPE, stored in register REGNUM, in frame FRAME. */
619 struct value *
620 value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
622 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
623 struct type *type1 = check_typedef (type);
624 struct value *v;
626 if (gdbarch_convert_register_p (gdbarch, regnum, type1))
628 /* The ISA/ABI need to something weird when obtaining the
629 specified value from this register. It might need to
630 re-order non-adjacent, starting with REGNUM (see MIPS and
631 i386). It might need to convert the [float] register into
632 the corresponding [integer] type (see Alpha). The assumption
633 is that gdbarch_register_to_value populates the entire value
634 including the location. */
635 v = allocate_value (type);
636 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_register;
637 VALUE_FRAME_ID (v) = get_frame_id (frame);
638 VALUE_REGNUM (v) = regnum;
639 gdbarch_register_to_value (gdbarch,
640 frame, regnum, type1, value_contents_raw (v));
642 else
644 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
646 /* Construct the value. */
647 v = gdbarch_value_from_register (gdbarch, type, regnum, frame);
649 /* Get the data. */
650 if (!get_frame_register_bytes (frame, regnum, value_offset (v), len,
651 value_contents_raw (v)))
652 set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
654 return v;
657 /* Return contents of register REGNUM in frame FRAME as address,
658 interpreted as value of type TYPE. Will abort if register
659 value is not available. */
661 CORE_ADDR
662 address_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
664 struct value *value;
665 CORE_ADDR result;
667 value = value_from_register (type, regnum, frame);
668 gdb_assert (value);
670 result = value_as_address (value);
671 release_value (value);
672 value_free (value);
674 return result;
678 /* Given a struct symbol for a variable or function,
679 and a stack frame id,
680 return a (pointer to a) struct value containing the properly typed
681 address. */
683 struct value *
684 locate_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
686 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
687 CORE_ADDR addr = 0;
688 struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
689 struct value *lazy_value;
691 /* Evaluate it first; if the result is a memory address, we're fine.
692 Lazy evaluation pays off here. */
694 lazy_value = read_var_value (var, frame);
695 if (lazy_value == 0)
696 error (_("Address of \"%s\" is unknown."), SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
698 if (value_lazy (lazy_value)
699 || TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC)
701 struct value *val;
703 addr = VALUE_ADDRESS (lazy_value);
704 val = value_from_pointer (lookup_pointer_type (type), addr);
705 return val;
708 /* Not a memory address; check what the problem was. */
709 switch (VALUE_LVAL (lazy_value))
711 case lval_register:
712 gdb_assert (gdbarch_register_name
713 (gdbarch, VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)) != NULL
714 && *gdbarch_register_name
715 (gdbarch, VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)) != '\0');
716 error (_("Address requested for identifier "
717 "\"%s\" which is in register $%s"),
718 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var),
719 gdbarch_register_name (gdbarch, VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)));
720 break;
722 default:
723 error (_("Can't take address of \"%s\" which isn't an lvalue."),
724 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
725 break;
727 return 0; /* For lint -- never reached */