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1 /* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB.
2    Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996
3    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 
5 This file is part of GDB.
6 
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.
11 
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.
16 
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.  */
20 
21 #if !defined (SYMFILE_H)
22 #define SYMFILE_H
23 
24 /* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h".  */
25 
26 /* Partial symbols are stored in the psymbol_cache and pointers to them
27    are kept in a dynamically grown array that is obtained from malloc and
28    grown as necessary via realloc.  Each objfile typically has two of these,
29    one for global symbols and one for static symbols.  Although this adds
30    a level of indirection for storing or accessing the partial symbols,
31    it allows us to throw away duplicate psymbols and set all pointers
32    to the single saved instance. */
33 
34 struct psymbol_allocation_list {
35 
36   /* Pointer to beginning of dynamically allocated array of pointers to
37    partial symbols.  The array is dynamically expanded as necessary to
38    accommodate more pointers. */
39 
40   struct partial_symbol **list;
41 
42   /* Pointer to next available slot in which to store a pointer to a partial
43      symbol. */
44 
45   struct partial_symbol **next;
46 
47   /* Number of allocated pointer slots in current dynamic array (not the
48      number of bytes of storage).  The "next" pointer will always point
49      somewhere between list[0] and list[size], and when at list[size] the
50      array will be expanded on the next attempt to store a pointer. */
51 
52   int size;
53 };
54 
55 /* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various
56    object file types.  */
57 
58 struct sym_fns {
59 
60   /* BFD flavour that we handle, or (as a special kludge, see xcoffread.c,
61      (enum bfd_flavour)-1 for xcoff).  */
62 
63   enum bfd_flavour sym_flavour;
64 
65   /* Initializes anything that is global to the entire symbol table.  It is
66      called during symbol_file_add, when we begin debugging an entirely new
67      program. */
68 
69   void (*sym_new_init) PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
70 
71   /* Reads any initial information from a symbol file, and initializes the
72      struct sym_fns SF in preparation for sym_read().  It is called every
73      time we read a symbol file for any reason. */
74 
75   void (*sym_init) PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
76 
77   /* sym_read (objfile, addr, mainline)
78      Reads a symbol file into a psymtab (or possibly a symtab).
79      OBJFILE is the objfile struct for the file we are reading.
80      SECTION_OFFSETS
81      are the offset between the file's specified section addresses and
82      their true addresses in memory.
83      MAINLINE is 1 if this is the
84      main symbol table being read, and 0 if a secondary
85      symbol file (e.g. shared library or dynamically loaded file)
86      is being read.  */
87 
88   void (*sym_read) PARAMS ((struct objfile *, struct section_offsets *, int));
89 
90   /* Called when we are finished with an objfile.  Should do all cleanup
91      that is specific to the object file format for the particular objfile. */
92 
93   void (*sym_finish) PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
94 
95   /* This function produces a file-dependent section_offsets structure,
96      allocated in the objfile's storage, and based on the parameter.
97      The parameter is currently a CORE_ADDR (FIXME!) for backward compatibility
98      with the higher levels of GDB.  It should probably be changed to
99      a string, where NULL means the default, and others are parsed in a file
100      dependent way.  The result of this function is handed in to sym_read.  */
101 
102   struct section_offsets *(*sym_offsets) PARAMS ((struct objfile *, CORE_ADDR));
103 
104   /* Finds the next struct sym_fns.  They are allocated and initialized
105      in whatever module implements the functions pointed to; an
106      initializer calls add_symtab_fns to add them to the global chain.  */
107 
108   struct sym_fns *next;
109 
110 };
111 
112 /* The default version of sym_fns.sym_offsets for readers that don't
113    do anything special.  */
114 
115 extern struct section_offsets *
116 default_symfile_offsets PARAMS ((struct objfile *objfile, CORE_ADDR addr));
117 
118 
119 extern void
120 extend_psymbol_list PARAMS ((struct psymbol_allocation_list *,
121 			     struct objfile *));
122 
123 /* Add any kind of symbol to a psymbol_allocation_list. */
124 
125 /* #include "demangle.h" */
126 
127 extern void
128 add_psymbol_to_list PARAMS ((char *, int, namespace_enum, enum address_class,
129 			     struct psymbol_allocation_list *, long, CORE_ADDR,
130 			     enum language, struct objfile *));
131 
132 extern void init_psymbol_list PARAMS ((struct objfile *, int));
133 
134 extern void
135 sort_pst_symbols PARAMS ((struct partial_symtab *));
136 
137 extern struct symtab *
138 allocate_symtab PARAMS ((char *, struct objfile *));
139 
140 extern int
141 free_named_symtabs PARAMS ((char *));
142 
143 extern void
144 fill_in_vptr_fieldno PARAMS ((struct type *));
145 
146 extern void
147 add_symtab_fns PARAMS ((struct sym_fns *));
148 
149 extern void
150 init_entry_point_info PARAMS ((struct objfile *));
151 
152 extern void
153 syms_from_objfile PARAMS ((struct objfile *, CORE_ADDR, int, int));
154 
155 extern void
156 new_symfile_objfile PARAMS ((struct objfile *, int, int));
157 
158 extern struct partial_symtab *
159 start_psymtab_common PARAMS ((struct objfile *, struct section_offsets *,
160 			      char *, CORE_ADDR,
161 			      struct partial_symbol **,
162 			      struct partial_symbol **));
163 
164 /* Sorting your symbols for fast lookup or alphabetical printing.  */
165 
166 extern void
167 sort_block_syms PARAMS ((struct block *));
168 
169 extern void
170 sort_symtab_syms PARAMS ((struct symtab *));
171 
172 /* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol obstack
173    (and add a null character at the end in the copy).
174    Returns the address of the copy.  */
175 
176 extern char *
177 obsavestring PARAMS ((char *, int, struct obstack *));
178 
179 /* Concatenate strings S1, S2 and S3; return the new string.
180    Space is found in the symbol_obstack.  */
181 
182 extern char *
183 obconcat PARAMS ((struct obstack *obstackp, const char *, const char *,
184 		  const char *));
185 
186 			/*   Variables   */
187 
188 /* whether to auto load solibs at startup time:  0/1. */
189 
190 extern int auto_solib_add;
191 
192 /* From symfile.c */
193 
194 extern CORE_ADDR
195 entry_point_address PARAMS ((void));
196 
197 extern struct partial_symtab *
198 allocate_psymtab PARAMS ((char *, struct objfile *));
199 
200 extern void find_lowest_section PARAMS ((bfd *, asection *, PTR));
201 
202 /* Remote targets may wish to use this as their load function.  */
203 extern void generic_load PARAMS ((char *name, int from_tty));
204 
205 /* From dwarfread.c */
206 
207 extern void
208 dwarf_build_psymtabs PARAMS ((struct objfile *, struct section_offsets *, int,
209 			      file_ptr, unsigned int, file_ptr, unsigned int));
210 
211 /* From dwarf2read.c */
212 
213 extern int dwarf2_has_info PARAMS ((bfd *abfd));
214 
215 extern void dwarf2_build_psymtabs PARAMS ((struct objfile *,
216 					   struct section_offsets *,
217 					   int));
218 /* From mdebugread.c */
219 
220 /* Hack to force structures to exist before use in parameter list.  */
221 struct ecoff_debug_hack
222 {
223   struct ecoff_debug_swap *a;
224   struct ecoff_debug_info *b;
225 };
226 extern void
227 mdebug_build_psymtabs PARAMS ((struct objfile *,
228 			       const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
229 			       struct ecoff_debug_info *,
230 			       struct section_offsets *));
231 
232 extern void
233 elfmdebug_build_psymtabs PARAMS ((struct objfile *,
234 				  const struct ecoff_debug_swap *,
235 				  asection *,
236 				  struct section_offsets *));
237 
238 #endif	/* !defined(SYMFILE_H) */
239