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1 /* Symbol table definitions for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
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17 GNU General Public License for more details.
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20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
22 #if !defined (SYMTAB_H)
23 #define SYMTAB_H 1
25 /* Opaque declarations. */
26 struct ui_file;
27 struct frame_info;
28 struct symbol;
29 struct obstack;
30 struct objfile;
31 struct block;
32 struct blockvector;
33 struct axs_value;
34 struct agent_expr;
36 /* Some of the structures in this file are space critical.
37 The space-critical structures are:
39 struct general_symbol_info
40 struct symbol
41 struct partial_symbol
43 These structures are laid out to encourage good packing.
44 They use ENUM_BITFIELD and short int fields, and they order the
45 structure members so that fields less than a word are next
46 to each other so they can be packed together. */
48 /* Rearranged: used ENUM_BITFIELD and rearranged field order in
49 all the space critical structures (plus struct minimal_symbol).
50 Memory usage dropped from 99360768 bytes to 90001408 bytes.
51 I measured this with before-and-after tests of
52 "HEAD-old-gdb -readnow HEAD-old-gdb" and
53 "HEAD-new-gdb -readnow HEAD-old-gdb" on native i686-pc-linux-gnu,
54 red hat linux 8, with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/debug,
55 typing "maint space 1" at the first command prompt.
57 Here is another measurement (from andrew c):
58 # no /usr/lib/debug, just plain glibc, like a normal user
59 gdb HEAD-old-gdb
60 (gdb) break internal_error
61 (gdb) run
62 (gdb) maint internal-error
63 (gdb) backtrace
64 (gdb) maint space 1
66 gdb gdb_6_0_branch 2003-08-19 space used: 8896512
67 gdb HEAD 2003-08-19 space used: 8904704
68 gdb HEAD 2003-08-21 space used: 8396800 (+symtab.h)
69 gdb HEAD 2003-08-21 space used: 8265728 (+gdbtypes.h)
71 The third line shows the savings from the optimizations in symtab.h.
72 The fourth line shows the savings from the optimizations in
73 gdbtypes.h. Both optimizations are in gdb HEAD now.
75 --chastain 2003-08-21 */
79 /* Define a structure for the information that is common to all symbol types,
80 including minimal symbols, partial symbols, and full symbols. In a
81 multilanguage environment, some language specific information may need to
82 be recorded along with each symbol. */
84 /* This structure is space critical. See space comments at the top. */
86 struct general_symbol_info
88 /* Name of the symbol. This is a required field. Storage for the
89 name is allocated on the objfile_obstack for the associated
90 objfile. For languages like C++ that make a distinction between
91 the mangled name and demangled name, this is the mangled
92 name. */
94 char *name;
96 /* Value of the symbol. Which member of this union to use, and what
97 it means, depends on what kind of symbol this is and its
98 SYMBOL_CLASS. See comments there for more details. All of these
99 are in host byte order (though what they point to might be in
100 target byte order, e.g. LOC_CONST_BYTES). */
102 union
104 /* The fact that this is a long not a LONGEST mainly limits the
105 range of a LOC_CONST. Since LOC_CONST_BYTES exists, I'm not
106 sure that is a big deal. */
107 long ivalue;
109 struct block *block;
111 gdb_byte *bytes;
113 CORE_ADDR address;
115 /* for opaque typedef struct chain */
117 struct symbol *chain;
119 value;
121 /* Since one and only one language can apply, wrap the language specific
122 information inside a union. */
124 union
126 struct cplus_specific
128 /* This is in fact used for C++, Java, and Objective C. */
129 char *demangled_name;
131 cplus_specific;
133 language_specific;
135 /* Record the source code language that applies to this symbol.
136 This is used to select one of the fields from the language specific
137 union above. */
139 ENUM_BITFIELD(language) language : 8;
141 /* Which section is this symbol in? This is an index into
142 section_offsets for this objfile. Negative means that the symbol
143 does not get relocated relative to a section.
144 Disclaimer: currently this is just used for xcoff, so don't
145 expect all symbol-reading code to set it correctly (the ELF code
146 also tries to set it correctly). */
148 short section;
150 /* The bfd section associated with this symbol. */
152 asection *bfd_section;
155 extern CORE_ADDR symbol_overlayed_address (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
157 /* Note that all the following SYMBOL_* macros are used with the
158 SYMBOL argument being either a partial symbol, a minimal symbol or
159 a full symbol. All three types have a ginfo field. In particular
160 the SYMBOL_INIT_LANGUAGE_SPECIFIC, SYMBOL_INIT_DEMANGLED_NAME,
161 SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME macros cannot be entirely substituted by
162 functions, unless the callers are changed to pass in the ginfo
163 field only, instead of the SYMBOL parameter. */
165 #define DEPRECATED_SYMBOL_NAME(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.name
166 #define SYMBOL_VALUE(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.value.ivalue
167 #define SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.value.address
168 #define SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.value.bytes
169 #define SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.value.block
170 #define SYMBOL_VALUE_CHAIN(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.value.chain
171 #define SYMBOL_LANGUAGE(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.language
172 #define SYMBOL_SECTION(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.section
173 #define SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.bfd_section
175 #define SYMBOL_CPLUS_DEMANGLED_NAME(symbol) \
176 (symbol)->ginfo.language_specific.cplus_specific.demangled_name
178 /* Initializes the language dependent portion of a symbol
179 depending upon the language for the symbol. */
180 #define SYMBOL_INIT_LANGUAGE_SPECIFIC(symbol,language) \
181 (symbol_init_language_specific (&(symbol)->ginfo, (language)))
182 extern void symbol_init_language_specific (struct general_symbol_info *symbol,
183 enum language language);
185 #define SYMBOL_INIT_DEMANGLED_NAME(symbol,obstack) \
186 (symbol_init_demangled_name (&(symbol)->ginfo, (obstack)))
187 extern void symbol_init_demangled_name (struct general_symbol_info *symbol,
188 struct obstack *obstack);
190 #define SYMBOL_SET_NAMES(symbol,linkage_name,len,objfile) \
191 symbol_set_names (&(symbol)->ginfo, linkage_name, len, objfile)
192 extern void symbol_set_names (struct general_symbol_info *symbol,
193 const char *linkage_name, int len,
194 struct objfile *objfile);
196 /* Now come lots of name accessor macros. Short version as to when to
197 use which: Use SYMBOL_NATURAL_NAME to refer to the name of the
198 symbol in the original source code. Use SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME if you
199 want to know what the linker thinks the symbol's name is. Use
200 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME for output. Use SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME if you
201 specifically need to know whether SYMBOL_NATURAL_NAME and
202 SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME are different. Don't use
203 DEPRECATED_SYMBOL_NAME at all: instances of that macro should be
204 replaced by SYMBOL_NATURAL_NAME, SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME, or perhaps
205 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME. */
207 /* Return SYMBOL's "natural" name, i.e. the name that it was called in
208 the original source code. In languages like C++ where symbols may
209 be mangled for ease of manipulation by the linker, this is the
210 demangled name. */
212 #define SYMBOL_NATURAL_NAME(symbol) \
213 (symbol_natural_name (&(symbol)->ginfo))
214 extern char *symbol_natural_name (const struct general_symbol_info *symbol);
216 /* Return SYMBOL's name from the point of view of the linker. In
217 languages like C++ where symbols may be mangled for ease of
218 manipulation by the linker, this is the mangled name; otherwise,
219 it's the same as SYMBOL_NATURAL_NAME. This is currently identical
220 to DEPRECATED_SYMBOL_NAME, but please use SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME when
221 appropriate: it conveys the additional semantic information that
222 you really have thought about the issue and decided that you mean
223 SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME instead of SYMBOL_NATURAL_NAME. */
225 #define SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME(symbol) (symbol)->ginfo.name
227 /* Return the demangled name for a symbol based on the language for
228 that symbol. If no demangled name exists, return NULL. */
229 #define SYMBOL_DEMANGLED_NAME(symbol) \
230 (symbol_demangled_name (&(symbol)->ginfo))
231 extern char *symbol_demangled_name (struct general_symbol_info *symbol);
233 /* Macro that returns a version of the name of a symbol that is
234 suitable for output. In C++ this is the "demangled" form of the
235 name if demangle is on and the "mangled" form of the name if
236 demangle is off. In other languages this is just the symbol name.
237 The result should never be NULL. Don't use this for internal
238 purposes (e.g. storing in a hashtable): it's only suitable for
239 output. */
241 #define SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME(symbol) \
242 (demangle ? SYMBOL_NATURAL_NAME (symbol) : SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME (symbol))
244 /* Macro that tests a symbol for a match against a specified name string.
245 First test the unencoded name, then looks for and test a C++ encoded
246 name if it exists. Note that whitespace is ignored while attempting to
247 match a C++ encoded name, so that "foo::bar(int,long)" is the same as
248 "foo :: bar (int, long)".
249 Evaluates to zero if the match fails, or nonzero if it succeeds. */
251 /* Macro that tests a symbol for a match against a specified name
252 string. It tests against SYMBOL_NATURAL_NAME, and it ignores
253 whitespace and trailing parentheses. (See strcmp_iw for details
254 about its behavior.) */
256 #define SYMBOL_MATCHES_NATURAL_NAME(symbol, name) \
257 (strcmp_iw (SYMBOL_NATURAL_NAME (symbol), (name)) == 0)
259 /* Macro that returns the name to be used when sorting and searching symbols.
260 In C++, Chill, and Java, we search for the demangled form of a name,
261 and so sort symbols accordingly. In Ada, however, we search by mangled
262 name. If there is no distinct demangled name, then SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME
263 returns the same value (same pointer) as SYMBOL_LINKAGE_NAME. */
264 #define SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME(symbol) \
265 (symbol_search_name (&(symbol)->ginfo))
266 extern char *symbol_search_name (const struct general_symbol_info *);
268 /* Analogous to SYMBOL_MATCHES_NATURAL_NAME, but uses the search
269 name. */
270 #define SYMBOL_MATCHES_SEARCH_NAME(symbol, name) \
271 (strcmp_iw (SYMBOL_SEARCH_NAME (symbol), (name)) == 0)
273 /* Classification types for a minimal symbol. These should be taken as
274 "advisory only", since if gdb can't easily figure out a
275 classification it simply selects mst_unknown. It may also have to
276 guess when it can't figure out which is a better match between two
277 types (mst_data versus mst_bss) for example. Since the minimal
278 symbol info is sometimes derived from the BFD library's view of a
279 file, we need to live with what information bfd supplies. */
281 enum minimal_symbol_type
283 mst_unknown = 0, /* Unknown type, the default */
284 mst_text, /* Generally executable instructions */
285 mst_data, /* Generally initialized data */
286 mst_bss, /* Generally uninitialized data */
287 mst_abs, /* Generally absolute (nonrelocatable) */
288 /* GDB uses mst_solib_trampoline for the start address of a shared
289 library trampoline entry. Breakpoints for shared library functions
290 are put there if the shared library is not yet loaded.
291 After the shared library is loaded, lookup_minimal_symbol will
292 prefer the minimal symbol from the shared library (usually
293 a mst_text symbol) over the mst_solib_trampoline symbol, and the
294 breakpoints will be moved to their true address in the shared
295 library via breakpoint_re_set. */
296 mst_solib_trampoline, /* Shared library trampoline code */
297 /* For the mst_file* types, the names are only guaranteed to be unique
298 within a given .o file. */
299 mst_file_text, /* Static version of mst_text */
300 mst_file_data, /* Static version of mst_data */
301 mst_file_bss /* Static version of mst_bss */
304 /* Define a simple structure used to hold some very basic information about
305 all defined global symbols (text, data, bss, abs, etc). The only required
306 information is the general_symbol_info.
308 In many cases, even if a file was compiled with no special options for
309 debugging at all, as long as was not stripped it will contain sufficient
310 information to build a useful minimal symbol table using this structure.
311 Even when a file contains enough debugging information to build a full
312 symbol table, these minimal symbols are still useful for quickly mapping
313 between names and addresses, and vice versa. They are also sometimes
314 used to figure out what full symbol table entries need to be read in. */
316 struct minimal_symbol
319 /* The general symbol info required for all types of symbols.
321 The SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS contains the address that this symbol
322 corresponds to. */
324 struct general_symbol_info ginfo;
326 /* The info field is available for caching machine-specific
327 information so it doesn't have to rederive the info constantly
328 (over a serial line). It is initialized to zero and stays that
329 way until target-dependent code sets it. Storage for any data
330 pointed to by this field should be allocated on the
331 objfile_obstack for the associated objfile. The type would be
332 "void *" except for reasons of compatibility with older
333 compilers. This field is optional.
335 Currently, the AMD 29000 tdep.c uses it to remember things it has decoded
336 from the instructions in the function header, and the MIPS-16 code uses
337 it to identify 16-bit procedures. */
339 char *info;
341 /* Size of this symbol. end_psymtab in dbxread.c uses this
342 information to calculate the end of the partial symtab based on the
343 address of the last symbol plus the size of the last symbol. */
345 unsigned long size;
347 /* Which source file is this symbol in? Only relevant for mst_file_*. */
348 char *filename;
350 /* Classification type for this minimal symbol. */
352 ENUM_BITFIELD(minimal_symbol_type) type : 8;
354 /* Minimal symbols with the same hash key are kept on a linked
355 list. This is the link. */
357 struct minimal_symbol *hash_next;
359 /* Minimal symbols are stored in two different hash tables. This is
360 the `next' pointer for the demangled hash table. */
362 struct minimal_symbol *demangled_hash_next;
365 #define MSYMBOL_INFO(msymbol) (msymbol)->info
366 #define MSYMBOL_SIZE(msymbol) (msymbol)->size
367 #define MSYMBOL_TYPE(msymbol) (msymbol)->type
371 /* Represent one symbol name; a variable, constant, function or typedef. */
373 /* Different name domains for symbols. Looking up a symbol specifies a
374 domain and ignores symbol definitions in other name domains. */
376 typedef enum domain_enum_tag
378 /* UNDEF_DOMAIN is used when a domain has not been discovered or
379 none of the following apply. This usually indicates an error either
380 in the symbol information or in gdb's handling of symbols. */
382 UNDEF_DOMAIN,
384 /* VAR_DOMAIN is the usual domain. In C, this contains variables,
385 function names, typedef names and enum type values. */
387 VAR_DOMAIN,
389 /* STRUCT_DOMAIN is used in C to hold struct, union and enum type names.
390 Thus, if `struct foo' is used in a C program, it produces a symbol named
391 `foo' in the STRUCT_DOMAIN. */
393 STRUCT_DOMAIN,
395 /* LABEL_DOMAIN may be used for names of labels (for gotos);
396 currently it is not used and labels are not recorded at all. */
398 LABEL_DOMAIN,
400 /* Searching domains. These overlap with VAR_DOMAIN, providing
401 some granularity with the search_symbols function. */
403 /* Everything in VAR_DOMAIN minus FUNCTIONS_-, TYPES_-, and
404 METHODS_DOMAIN */
405 VARIABLES_DOMAIN,
407 /* All functions -- for some reason not methods, though. */
408 FUNCTIONS_DOMAIN,
410 /* All defined types */
411 TYPES_DOMAIN,
413 /* All class methods -- why is this separated out? */
414 METHODS_DOMAIN
416 domain_enum;
418 /* An address-class says where to find the value of a symbol. */
420 enum address_class
422 /* Not used; catches errors */
424 LOC_UNDEF,
426 /* Value is constant int SYMBOL_VALUE, host byteorder */
428 LOC_CONST,
430 /* Value is at fixed address SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS */
432 LOC_STATIC,
434 /* Value is in register. SYMBOL_VALUE is the register number. */
436 LOC_REGISTER,
438 /* It's an argument; the value is at SYMBOL_VALUE offset in arglist. */
440 LOC_ARG,
442 /* Value address is at SYMBOL_VALUE offset in arglist. */
444 LOC_REF_ARG,
446 /* Value is in register number SYMBOL_VALUE. Just like LOC_REGISTER
447 except this is an argument. Probably the cleaner way to handle
448 this would be to separate address_class (which would include
449 separate ARG and LOCAL to deal with the frame's arguments
450 (get_frame_args_address) versus the frame's locals
451 (get_frame_locals_address), and an is_argument flag.
453 For some symbol formats (stabs, for some compilers at least),
454 the compiler generates two symbols, an argument and a register.
455 In some cases we combine them to a single LOC_REGPARM in symbol
456 reading, but currently not for all cases (e.g. it's passed on the
457 stack and then loaded into a register). */
459 LOC_REGPARM,
461 /* Value is in specified register. Just like LOC_REGPARM except the
462 register holds the address of the argument instead of the argument
463 itself. This is currently used for the passing of structs and unions
464 on sparc and hppa. It is also used for call by reference where the
465 address is in a register, at least by mipsread.c. */
467 LOC_REGPARM_ADDR,
469 /* Value is a local variable at SYMBOL_VALUE offset in stack frame. */
471 LOC_LOCAL,
473 /* Value not used; definition in SYMBOL_TYPE. Symbols in the domain
474 STRUCT_DOMAIN all have this class. */
476 LOC_TYPEDEF,
478 /* Value is address SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS in the code */
480 LOC_LABEL,
482 /* In a symbol table, value is SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE of a `struct block'.
483 In a partial symbol table, SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS is the start address
484 of the block. Function names have this class. */
486 LOC_BLOCK,
488 /* Value is a constant byte-sequence pointed to by SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES, in
489 target byte order. */
491 LOC_CONST_BYTES,
493 /* Value is arg at SYMBOL_VALUE offset in stack frame. Differs from
494 LOC_LOCAL in that symbol is an argument; differs from LOC_ARG in
495 that we find it in the frame (get_frame_locals_address), not in
496 the arglist (get_frame_args_address). Added for i960, which
497 passes args in regs then copies to frame. */
499 LOC_LOCAL_ARG,
501 /* Value is at SYMBOL_VALUE offset from the current value of
502 register number SYMBOL_BASEREG. This exists mainly for the same
503 things that LOC_LOCAL and LOC_ARG do; but we need to do this
504 instead because on 88k DWARF gives us the offset from the
505 frame/stack pointer, rather than the offset from the "canonical
506 frame address" used by COFF, stabs, etc., and we don't know how
507 to convert between these until we start examining prologues.
509 Note that LOC_BASEREG is much less general than a DWARF expression.
510 We don't need the generality (at least not yet), and storing a general
511 DWARF expression would presumably take up more space than the existing
512 scheme. */
514 LOC_BASEREG,
516 /* Same as LOC_BASEREG but it is an argument. */
518 LOC_BASEREG_ARG,
520 /* Value is at fixed address, but the address of the variable has
521 to be determined from the minimal symbol table whenever the
522 variable is referenced.
523 This happens if debugging information for a global symbol is
524 emitted and the corresponding minimal symbol is defined
525 in another object file or runtime common storage.
526 The linker might even remove the minimal symbol if the global
527 symbol is never referenced, in which case the symbol remains
528 unresolved. */
530 LOC_UNRESOLVED,
532 /* Value is at a thread-specific location calculated by a
533 target-specific method. This is used only by hppa. */
535 LOC_HP_THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC,
537 /* The variable does not actually exist in the program.
538 The value is ignored. */
540 LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT,
542 /* The variable is static, but actually lives at * (address).
543 * I.e. do an extra indirection to get to it.
544 * This is used on HP-UX to get at globals that are allocated
545 * in shared libraries, where references from images other
546 * than the one where the global was allocated are done
547 * with a level of indirection.
550 LOC_INDIRECT,
552 /* The variable's address is computed by a set of location
553 functions (see "struct symbol_ops" below). */
554 LOC_COMPUTED,
556 /* Same as LOC_COMPUTED, but for function arguments. */
557 LOC_COMPUTED_ARG
560 /* The methods needed to implement a symbol class. These methods can
561 use the symbol's .aux_value for additional per-symbol information.
563 At present this is only used to implement location expressions. */
565 struct symbol_ops
568 /* Return the value of the variable SYMBOL, relative to the stack
569 frame FRAME. If the variable has been optimized out, return
570 zero.
572 Iff `read_needs_frame (SYMBOL)' is zero, then FRAME may be zero. */
574 struct value *(*read_variable) (struct symbol * symbol,
575 struct frame_info * frame);
577 /* Return non-zero if we need a frame to find the value of the SYMBOL. */
578 int (*read_needs_frame) (struct symbol * symbol);
580 /* Write to STREAM a natural-language description of the location of
581 SYMBOL. */
582 int (*describe_location) (struct symbol * symbol, struct ui_file * stream);
584 /* Tracepoint support. Append bytecodes to the tracepoint agent
585 expression AX that push the address of the object SYMBOL. Set
586 VALUE appropriately. Note --- for objects in registers, this
587 needn't emit any code; as long as it sets VALUE properly, then
588 the caller will generate the right code in the process of
589 treating this as an lvalue or rvalue. */
591 void (*tracepoint_var_ref) (struct symbol * symbol, struct agent_expr * ax,
592 struct axs_value * value);
595 /* This structure is space critical. See space comments at the top. */
597 struct symbol
600 /* The general symbol info required for all types of symbols. */
602 struct general_symbol_info ginfo;
604 /* Data type of value */
606 struct type *type;
608 /* The symbol table containing this symbol. This is the file
609 associated with LINE. */
610 struct symtab *symtab;
612 /* Domain code. */
614 ENUM_BITFIELD(domain_enum_tag) domain : 6;
616 /* Address class */
617 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-11-02: The fields "aclass" and "ops" contain
618 overlapping information. By creating a per-aclass ops vector, or
619 using the aclass as an index into an ops table, the aclass and
620 ops fields can be merged. The latter, for instance, would shave
621 32-bits from each symbol (relative to a symbol lookup, any table
622 index overhead would be in the noise). */
624 ENUM_BITFIELD(address_class) aclass : 6;
626 /* Line number of definition. FIXME: Should we really make the assumption
627 that nobody will try to debug files longer than 64K lines? What about
628 machine generated programs? */
630 unsigned short line;
632 /* Method's for symbol's of this class. */
633 /* NOTE: cagney/2003-11-02: See comment above attached to "aclass". */
635 const struct symbol_ops *ops;
637 /* Some symbols require additional information to be recorded on a
638 per- symbol basis. Stash those values here. */
640 union
642 /* Used by LOC_BASEREG and LOC_BASEREG_ARG. */
643 short basereg;
644 /* An arbitrary data pointer. Note that this data must be
645 allocated using the same obstack as the symbol itself. */
646 /* So far it is only used by LOC_COMPUTED and LOC_COMPUTED_ARG to
647 find the location location information. For a LOC_BLOCK symbol
648 for a function in a compilation unit compiled with DWARF 2
649 information, this is information used internally by the DWARF 2
650 code --- specifically, the location expression for the frame
651 base for this function. */
652 /* FIXME drow/2003-02-21: For the LOC_BLOCK case, it might be better
653 to add a magic symbol to the block containing this information,
654 or to have a generic debug info annotation slot for symbols. */
655 void *ptr;
657 aux_value;
659 struct symbol *hash_next;
663 #define SYMBOL_DOMAIN(symbol) (symbol)->domain
664 #define SYMBOL_CLASS(symbol) (symbol)->aclass
665 #define SYMBOL_TYPE(symbol) (symbol)->type
666 #define SYMBOL_LINE(symbol) (symbol)->line
667 #define SYMBOL_SYMTAB(symbol) (symbol)->symtab
668 #define SYMBOL_BASEREG(symbol) (symbol)->aux_value.basereg
669 #define SYMBOL_OBJFILE(symbol) (symbol)->aux_value.objfile
670 #define SYMBOL_OPS(symbol) (symbol)->ops
671 #define SYMBOL_LOCATION_BATON(symbol) (symbol)->aux_value.ptr
673 /* A partial_symbol records the name, domain, and address class of
674 symbols whose types we have not parsed yet. For functions, it also
675 contains their memory address, so we can find them from a PC value.
676 Each partial_symbol sits in a partial_symtab, all of which are chained
677 on a partial symtab list and which points to the corresponding
678 normal symtab once the partial_symtab has been referenced. */
680 /* This structure is space critical. See space comments at the top. */
682 struct partial_symbol
685 /* The general symbol info required for all types of symbols. */
687 struct general_symbol_info ginfo;
689 /* Name space code. */
691 ENUM_BITFIELD(domain_enum_tag) domain : 6;
693 /* Address class (for info_symbols) */
695 ENUM_BITFIELD(address_class) aclass : 6;
699 #define PSYMBOL_DOMAIN(psymbol) (psymbol)->domain
700 #define PSYMBOL_CLASS(psymbol) (psymbol)->aclass
703 /* Each item represents a line-->pc (or the reverse) mapping. This is
704 somewhat more wasteful of space than one might wish, but since only
705 the files which are actually debugged are read in to core, we don't
706 waste much space. */
708 struct linetable_entry
710 int line;
711 CORE_ADDR pc;
714 /* The order of entries in the linetable is significant. They should
715 be sorted by increasing values of the pc field. If there is more than
716 one entry for a given pc, then I'm not sure what should happen (and
717 I not sure whether we currently handle it the best way).
719 Example: a C for statement generally looks like this
721 10 0x100 - for the init/test part of a for stmt.
722 20 0x200
723 30 0x300
724 10 0x400 - for the increment part of a for stmt.
726 If an entry has a line number of zero, it marks the start of a PC
727 range for which no line number information is available. It is
728 acceptable, though wasteful of table space, for such a range to be
729 zero length. */
731 struct linetable
733 int nitems;
735 /* Actually NITEMS elements. If you don't like this use of the
736 `struct hack', you can shove it up your ANSI (seriously, if the
737 committee tells us how to do it, we can probably go along). */
738 struct linetable_entry item[1];
741 /* How to relocate the symbols from each section in a symbol file.
742 Each struct contains an array of offsets.
743 The ordering and meaning of the offsets is file-type-dependent;
744 typically it is indexed by section numbers or symbol types or
745 something like that.
747 To give us flexibility in changing the internal representation
748 of these offsets, the ANOFFSET macro must be used to insert and
749 extract offset values in the struct. */
751 struct section_offsets
753 CORE_ADDR offsets[1]; /* As many as needed. */
756 #define ANOFFSET(secoff, whichone) \
757 ((whichone == -1) \
758 ? (internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__, _("Section index is uninitialized")), -1) \
759 : secoff->offsets[whichone])
761 /* The size of a section_offsets table for N sections. */
762 #define SIZEOF_N_SECTION_OFFSETS(n) \
763 (sizeof (struct section_offsets) \
764 + sizeof (((struct section_offsets *) 0)->offsets) * ((n)-1))
766 /* Each source file or header is represented by a struct symtab.
767 These objects are chained through the `next' field. */
769 struct symtab
772 /* Chain of all existing symtabs. */
774 struct symtab *next;
776 /* List of all symbol scope blocks for this symtab. May be shared
777 between different symtabs (and normally is for all the symtabs
778 in a given compilation unit). */
780 struct blockvector *blockvector;
782 /* Table mapping core addresses to line numbers for this file.
783 Can be NULL if none. Never shared between different symtabs. */
785 struct linetable *linetable;
787 /* Section in objfile->section_offsets for the blockvector and
788 the linetable. Probably always SECT_OFF_TEXT. */
790 int block_line_section;
792 /* If several symtabs share a blockvector, exactly one of them
793 should be designated the primary, so that the blockvector
794 is relocated exactly once by objfile_relocate. */
796 int primary;
798 /* The macro table for this symtab. Like the blockvector, this
799 may be shared between different symtabs --- and normally is for
800 all the symtabs in a given compilation unit. */
801 struct macro_table *macro_table;
803 /* Name of this source file. */
805 char *filename;
807 /* Directory in which it was compiled, or NULL if we don't know. */
809 char *dirname;
811 /* This component says how to free the data we point to:
812 free_contents => do a tree walk and free each object.
813 free_nothing => do nothing; some other symtab will free
814 the data this one uses.
815 free_linetable => free just the linetable. FIXME: Is this redundant
816 with the primary field? */
818 enum free_code
820 free_nothing, free_contents, free_linetable
822 free_code;
824 /* A function to call to free space, if necessary. This is IN
825 ADDITION to the action indicated by free_code. */
827 void (*free_func)(struct symtab *symtab);
829 /* Total number of lines found in source file. */
831 int nlines;
833 /* line_charpos[N] is the position of the (N-1)th line of the
834 source file. "position" means something we can lseek() to; it
835 is not guaranteed to be useful any other way. */
837 int *line_charpos;
839 /* Language of this source file. */
841 enum language language;
843 /* String that identifies the format of the debugging information, such
844 as "stabs", "dwarf 1", "dwarf 2", "coff", etc. This is mostly useful
845 for automated testing of gdb but may also be information that is
846 useful to the user. */
848 char *debugformat;
850 /* String of producer version information. May be zero. */
852 char *producer;
854 /* Full name of file as found by searching the source path.
855 NULL if not yet known. */
857 char *fullname;
859 /* Object file from which this symbol information was read. */
861 struct objfile *objfile;
865 #define BLOCKVECTOR(symtab) (symtab)->blockvector
866 #define LINETABLE(symtab) (symtab)->linetable
869 /* Each source file that has not been fully read in is represented by
870 a partial_symtab. This contains the information on where in the
871 executable the debugging symbols for a specific file are, and a
872 list of names of global symbols which are located in this file.
873 They are all chained on partial symtab lists.
875 Even after the source file has been read into a symtab, the
876 partial_symtab remains around. They are allocated on an obstack,
877 objfile_obstack. FIXME, this is bad for dynamic linking or VxWorks-
878 style execution of a bunch of .o's. */
880 struct partial_symtab
883 /* Chain of all existing partial symtabs. */
885 struct partial_symtab *next;
887 /* Name of the source file which this partial_symtab defines */
889 char *filename;
891 /* Full path of the source file. NULL if not known. */
893 char *fullname;
895 /* Directory in which it was compiled, or NULL if we don't know. */
897 char *dirname;
899 /* Information about the object file from which symbols should be read. */
901 struct objfile *objfile;
903 /* Set of relocation offsets to apply to each section. */
905 struct section_offsets *section_offsets;
907 /* Range of text addresses covered by this file; texthigh is the
908 beginning of the next section. */
910 CORE_ADDR textlow;
911 CORE_ADDR texthigh;
913 /* Array of pointers to all of the partial_symtab's which this one
914 depends on. Since this array can only be set to previous or
915 the current (?) psymtab, this dependency tree is guaranteed not
916 to have any loops. "depends on" means that symbols must be read
917 for the dependencies before being read for this psymtab; this is
918 for type references in stabs, where if foo.c includes foo.h, declarations
919 in foo.h may use type numbers defined in foo.c. For other debugging
920 formats there may be no need to use dependencies. */
922 struct partial_symtab **dependencies;
924 int number_of_dependencies;
926 /* Global symbol list. This list will be sorted after readin to
927 improve access. Binary search will be the usual method of
928 finding a symbol within it. globals_offset is an integer offset
929 within global_psymbols[]. */
931 int globals_offset;
932 int n_global_syms;
934 /* Static symbol list. This list will *not* be sorted after readin;
935 to find a symbol in it, exhaustive search must be used. This is
936 reasonable because searches through this list will eventually
937 lead to either the read in of a files symbols for real (assumed
938 to take a *lot* of time; check) or an error (and we don't care
939 how long errors take). This is an offset and size within
940 static_psymbols[]. */
942 int statics_offset;
943 int n_static_syms;
945 /* Pointer to symtab eventually allocated for this source file, 0 if
946 !readin or if we haven't looked for the symtab after it was readin. */
948 struct symtab *symtab;
950 /* Pointer to function which will read in the symtab corresponding to
951 this psymtab. */
953 void (*read_symtab) (struct partial_symtab *);
955 /* Information that lets read_symtab() locate the part of the symbol table
956 that this psymtab corresponds to. This information is private to the
957 format-dependent symbol reading routines. For further detail examine
958 the various symbol reading modules. Should really be (void *) but is
959 (char *) as with other such gdb variables. (FIXME) */
961 char *read_symtab_private;
963 /* Non-zero if the symtab corresponding to this psymtab has been readin */
965 unsigned char readin;
968 /* A fast way to get from a psymtab to its symtab (after the first time). */
969 #define PSYMTAB_TO_SYMTAB(pst) \
970 ((pst) -> symtab != NULL ? (pst) -> symtab : psymtab_to_symtab (pst))
973 /* The virtual function table is now an array of structures which have the
974 form { int16 offset, delta; void *pfn; }.
976 In normal virtual function tables, OFFSET is unused.
977 DELTA is the amount which is added to the apparent object's base
978 address in order to point to the actual object to which the
979 virtual function should be applied.
980 PFN is a pointer to the virtual function.
982 Note that this macro is g++ specific (FIXME). */
984 #define VTBL_FNADDR_OFFSET 2
986 /* External variables and functions for the objects described above. */
988 /* See the comment in symfile.c about how current_objfile is used. */
990 extern struct objfile *current_objfile;
992 /* True if we are nested inside psymtab_to_symtab. */
994 extern int currently_reading_symtab;
996 /* From utils.c. */
997 extern int demangle;
998 extern int asm_demangle;
1000 /* symtab.c lookup functions */
1002 /* lookup a symbol table by source file name */
1004 extern struct symtab *lookup_symtab (const char *);
1006 /* lookup a symbol by name (optional block, optional symtab) in language */
1008 extern struct symbol *lookup_symbol_in_language (const char *,
1009 const struct block *,
1010 const domain_enum,
1011 enum language,
1012 int *,
1013 struct symtab **);
1015 /* lookup a symbol by name (optional block, optional symtab)
1016 in the current language */
1018 extern struct symbol *lookup_symbol (const char *, const struct block *,
1019 const domain_enum, int *,
1020 struct symtab **);
1022 /* A default version of lookup_symbol_nonlocal for use by languages
1023 that can't think of anything better to do. */
1025 extern struct symbol *basic_lookup_symbol_nonlocal (const char *,
1026 const char *,
1027 const struct block *,
1028 const domain_enum,
1029 struct symtab **);
1031 /* Some helper functions for languages that need to write their own
1032 lookup_symbol_nonlocal functions. */
1034 /* Lookup a symbol in the static block associated to BLOCK, if there
1035 is one; do nothing if BLOCK is NULL or a global block. */
1037 extern struct symbol *lookup_symbol_static (const char *name,
1038 const char *linkage_name,
1039 const struct block *block,
1040 const domain_enum domain,
1041 struct symtab **symtab);
1043 /* Lookup a symbol in all files' global blocks (searching psymtabs if
1044 necessary). */
1046 extern struct symbol *lookup_symbol_global (const char *name,
1047 const char *linkage_name,
1048 const struct block *block,
1049 const domain_enum domain,
1050 struct symtab **symtab);
1052 /* Lookup a symbol within the block BLOCK. This, unlike
1053 lookup_symbol_block, will set SYMTAB and BLOCK_FOUND correctly, and
1054 will fix up the symbol if necessary. */
1056 extern struct symbol *lookup_symbol_aux_block (const char *name,
1057 const char *linkage_name,
1058 const struct block *block,
1059 const domain_enum domain,
1060 struct symtab **symtab);
1062 /* Lookup a partial symbol. */
1064 extern struct partial_symbol *lookup_partial_symbol (struct partial_symtab *,
1065 const char *,
1066 const char *, int,
1067 domain_enum);
1069 /* lookup a symbol by name, within a specified block */
1071 extern struct symbol *lookup_block_symbol (const struct block *, const char *,
1072 const char *,
1073 const domain_enum);
1075 /* lookup a [struct, union, enum] by name, within a specified block */
1077 extern struct type *lookup_struct (char *, struct block *);
1079 extern struct type *lookup_union (char *, struct block *);
1081 extern struct type *lookup_enum (char *, struct block *);
1083 /* from blockframe.c: */
1085 /* lookup the function symbol corresponding to the address */
1087 extern struct symbol *find_pc_function (CORE_ADDR);
1089 /* lookup the function corresponding to the address and section */
1091 extern struct symbol *find_pc_sect_function (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
1093 /* lookup function from address, return name, start addr and end addr */
1095 extern int find_pc_partial_function (CORE_ADDR, char **, CORE_ADDR *,
1096 CORE_ADDR *);
1098 extern void clear_pc_function_cache (void);
1100 /* from symtab.c: */
1102 /* lookup partial symbol table by filename */
1104 extern struct partial_symtab *lookup_partial_symtab (const char *);
1106 /* lookup partial symbol table by address */
1108 extern struct partial_symtab *find_pc_psymtab (CORE_ADDR);
1110 /* lookup partial symbol table by address and section */
1112 extern struct partial_symtab *find_pc_sect_psymtab (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
1114 /* lookup full symbol table by address */
1116 extern struct symtab *find_pc_symtab (CORE_ADDR);
1118 /* lookup full symbol table by address and section */
1120 extern struct symtab *find_pc_sect_symtab (CORE_ADDR, asection *);
1122 /* lookup partial symbol by address */
1124 extern struct partial_symbol *find_pc_psymbol (struct partial_symtab *,
1125 CORE_ADDR);
1127 /* lookup partial symbol by address and section */
1129 extern struct partial_symbol *find_pc_sect_psymbol (struct partial_symtab *,
1130 CORE_ADDR, asection *);
1132 extern int find_pc_line_pc_range (CORE_ADDR, CORE_ADDR *, CORE_ADDR *);
1134 extern void reread_symbols (void);
1136 extern struct type *lookup_transparent_type (const char *);
1137 extern struct type *basic_lookup_transparent_type (const char *);
1140 /* Macro for name of symbol to indicate a file compiled with gcc. */
1141 #ifndef GCC_COMPILED_FLAG_SYMBOL
1142 #define GCC_COMPILED_FLAG_SYMBOL "gcc_compiled."
1143 #endif
1145 /* Macro for name of symbol to indicate a file compiled with gcc2. */
1146 #ifndef GCC2_COMPILED_FLAG_SYMBOL
1147 #define GCC2_COMPILED_FLAG_SYMBOL "gcc2_compiled."
1148 #endif
1150 /* Functions for dealing with the minimal symbol table, really a misc
1151 address<->symbol mapping for things we don't have debug symbols for. */
1153 extern void prim_record_minimal_symbol (const char *, CORE_ADDR,
1154 enum minimal_symbol_type,
1155 struct objfile *);
1157 extern struct minimal_symbol *prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info
1158 (const char *, CORE_ADDR,
1159 enum minimal_symbol_type,
1160 char *info, int section, asection * bfd_section, struct objfile *);
1162 extern unsigned int msymbol_hash_iw (const char *);
1164 extern unsigned int msymbol_hash (const char *);
1166 extern void
1167 add_minsym_to_hash_table (struct minimal_symbol *sym,
1168 struct minimal_symbol **table);
1170 extern struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol (const char *,
1171 const char *,
1172 struct objfile *);
1174 extern struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_text (const char *,
1175 struct objfile *);
1177 struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_solib_trampoline (const char *,
1178 struct objfile
1181 extern struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (CORE_ADDR);
1183 extern struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section (CORE_ADDR,
1184 asection
1187 extern struct minimal_symbol
1188 *lookup_solib_trampoline_symbol_by_pc (CORE_ADDR);
1190 extern CORE_ADDR find_solib_trampoline_target (struct frame_info *, CORE_ADDR);
1192 extern void init_minimal_symbol_collection (void);
1194 extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_discard_minimal_symbols (void);
1196 extern void install_minimal_symbols (struct objfile *);
1198 /* Sort all the minimal symbols in OBJFILE. */
1200 extern void msymbols_sort (struct objfile *objfile);
1202 struct symtab_and_line
1204 struct symtab *symtab;
1205 asection *section;
1206 /* Line number. Line numbers start at 1 and proceed through symtab->nlines.
1207 0 is never a valid line number; it is used to indicate that line number
1208 information is not available. */
1209 int line;
1211 CORE_ADDR pc;
1212 CORE_ADDR end;
1213 int explicit_pc;
1214 int explicit_line;
1217 extern void init_sal (struct symtab_and_line *sal);
1219 struct symtabs_and_lines
1221 struct symtab_and_line *sals;
1222 int nelts;
1227 /* Some types and macros needed for exception catchpoints.
1228 Can't put these in target.h because symtab_and_line isn't
1229 known there. This file will be included by breakpoint.c,
1230 hppa-tdep.c, etc. */
1232 /* Enums for exception-handling support */
1233 enum exception_event_kind
1235 EX_EVENT_THROW,
1236 EX_EVENT_CATCH
1239 /* Type for returning info about an exception */
1240 struct exception_event_record
1242 enum exception_event_kind kind;
1243 struct symtab_and_line throw_sal;
1244 struct symtab_and_line catch_sal;
1245 /* This may need to be extended in the future, if
1246 some platforms allow reporting more information,
1247 such as point of rethrow, type of exception object,
1248 type expected by catch clause, etc. */
1251 #define CURRENT_EXCEPTION_KIND (current_exception_event->kind)
1252 #define CURRENT_EXCEPTION_CATCH_SAL (current_exception_event->catch_sal)
1253 #define CURRENT_EXCEPTION_CATCH_LINE (current_exception_event->catch_sal.line)
1254 #define CURRENT_EXCEPTION_CATCH_FILE (current_exception_event->catch_sal.symtab->filename)
1255 #define CURRENT_EXCEPTION_CATCH_PC (current_exception_event->catch_sal.pc)
1256 #define CURRENT_EXCEPTION_THROW_SAL (current_exception_event->throw_sal)
1257 #define CURRENT_EXCEPTION_THROW_LINE (current_exception_event->throw_sal.line)
1258 #define CURRENT_EXCEPTION_THROW_FILE (current_exception_event->throw_sal.symtab->filename)
1259 #define CURRENT_EXCEPTION_THROW_PC (current_exception_event->throw_sal.pc)
1262 /* Given a pc value, return line number it is in. Second arg nonzero means
1263 if pc is on the boundary use the previous statement's line number. */
1265 extern struct symtab_and_line find_pc_line (CORE_ADDR, int);
1267 /* Same function, but specify a section as well as an address */
1269 extern struct symtab_and_line find_pc_sect_line (CORE_ADDR, asection *, int);
1271 /* Given a symtab and line number, return the pc there. */
1273 extern int find_line_pc (struct symtab *, int, CORE_ADDR *);
1275 extern int find_line_pc_range (struct symtab_and_line, CORE_ADDR *,
1276 CORE_ADDR *);
1278 extern void resolve_sal_pc (struct symtab_and_line *);
1280 /* Given a string, return the line specified by it. For commands like "list"
1281 and "breakpoint". */
1283 extern struct symtabs_and_lines decode_line_spec (char *, int);
1285 extern struct symtabs_and_lines decode_line_spec_1 (char *, int);
1287 /* Symmisc.c */
1289 void maintenance_print_symbols (char *, int);
1291 void maintenance_print_psymbols (char *, int);
1293 void maintenance_print_msymbols (char *, int);
1295 void maintenance_print_objfiles (char *, int);
1297 void maintenance_info_symtabs (char *, int);
1299 void maintenance_info_psymtabs (char *, int);
1301 void maintenance_check_symtabs (char *, int);
1303 /* maint.c */
1305 void maintenance_print_statistics (char *, int);
1307 extern void free_symtab (struct symtab *);
1309 /* Symbol-reading stuff in symfile.c and solib.c. */
1311 extern struct symtab *psymtab_to_symtab (struct partial_symtab *);
1313 extern void clear_solib (void);
1315 /* source.c */
1317 extern int identify_source_line (struct symtab *, int, int, CORE_ADDR);
1319 extern void print_source_lines (struct symtab *, int, int, int);
1321 extern void forget_cached_source_info (void);
1323 extern void select_source_symtab (struct symtab *);
1325 extern char **default_make_symbol_completion_list (char *, char *);
1326 extern char **make_symbol_completion_list (char *, char *);
1328 extern char **make_file_symbol_completion_list (char *, char *, char *);
1330 extern char **make_source_files_completion_list (char *, char *);
1332 /* symtab.c */
1334 int matching_bfd_sections (asection *, asection *);
1336 extern struct partial_symtab *find_main_psymtab (void);
1338 extern struct symtab *find_line_symtab (struct symtab *, int, int *, int *);
1340 extern struct symtab_and_line find_function_start_sal (struct symbol *sym,
1341 int);
1343 /* symfile.c */
1345 extern void clear_symtab_users (void);
1347 extern enum language deduce_language_from_filename (char *);
1349 /* symtab.c */
1351 extern int in_prologue (CORE_ADDR pc, CORE_ADDR func_start);
1353 extern CORE_ADDR skip_prologue_using_sal (CORE_ADDR func_addr);
1355 extern struct symbol *fixup_symbol_section (struct symbol *,
1356 struct objfile *);
1358 extern struct partial_symbol *fixup_psymbol_section (struct partial_symbol
1359 *psym,
1360 struct objfile *objfile);
1362 /* Symbol searching */
1364 /* When using search_symbols, a list of the following structs is returned.
1365 Callers must free the search list using free_search_symbols! */
1366 struct symbol_search
1368 /* The block in which the match was found. Could be, for example,
1369 STATIC_BLOCK or GLOBAL_BLOCK. */
1370 int block;
1372 /* Information describing what was found.
1374 If symtab abd symbol are NOT NULL, then information was found
1375 for this match. */
1376 struct symtab *symtab;
1377 struct symbol *symbol;
1379 /* If msymbol is non-null, then a match was made on something for
1380 which only minimal_symbols exist. */
1381 struct minimal_symbol *msymbol;
1383 /* A link to the next match, or NULL for the end. */
1384 struct symbol_search *next;
1387 extern void search_symbols (char *, domain_enum, int, char **,
1388 struct symbol_search **);
1389 extern void free_search_symbols (struct symbol_search *);
1390 extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_free_search_symbols (struct symbol_search
1393 /* The name of the ``main'' function.
1394 FIXME: cagney/2001-03-20: Can't make main_name() const since some
1395 of the calling code currently assumes that the string isn't
1396 const. */
1397 extern void set_main_name (const char *name);
1398 extern /*const */ char *main_name (void);
1400 /* Check global symbols in objfile. */
1401 struct symbol *lookup_global_symbol_from_objfile (const struct objfile *objfile,
1402 const char *name,
1403 const char *linkage_name,
1404 const domain_enum domain,
1405 struct symtab **symtab);
1407 extern struct symtabs_and_lines
1408 expand_line_sal (struct symtab_and_line sal);
1410 #endif /* !defined(SYMTAB_H) */