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author | Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> | 2023-03-13 08:51:34 -0600 |
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committer | Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> | 2023-03-18 11:12:37 -0600 |
commit | 6a4d297c62ce68a833814b9cf84626c42fc0cf78 (patch) | |
tree | 602c362b180c575b532b8ac28f6ba8846755d5bb /gdb/gdbtypes.h | |
parent | d1de9f5c6c7d63303616e407fe562c92458d67b9 (diff) | |
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Introduce type_allocator
This introduces a new type_allocator class. This class will be used
to abstract out the placement of new types, so that type-creation code
can be simplified and shared.
Reviewed-By: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/gdbtypes.h')
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1 files changed, 98 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/gdbtypes.h b/gdb/gdbtypes.h index 52475d5..613c22d 100644 --- a/gdb/gdbtypes.h +++ b/gdb/gdbtypes.h @@ -2205,6 +2205,104 @@ extern struct type *get_target_type (struct type *type); extern unsigned int type_length_units (struct type *type); +/* An object of this type is passed when allocating certain types. It + determines where the new type is allocated. Ultimately a type is + either allocated on a on an objfile obstack or on a gdbarch + obstack. However, it's also possible to request that a new type be + allocated on the same obstack as some existing type, or that a + "new" type instead overwrite a supplied type object. */ + +class type_allocator +{ +public: + + /* Create new types on OBJFILE. */ + explicit type_allocator (objfile *objfile) + : m_is_objfile (true) + { + m_data.objfile = objfile; + } + + /* Create new types on GDBARCH. */ + explicit type_allocator (gdbarch *gdbarch) + { + m_data.gdbarch = gdbarch; + } + + /* This determines whether a passed-in type should be rewritten in + place, or whether it should simply determine where the new type + is created. */ + enum type_allocator_kind + { + /* Allocate on same obstack as existing type. */ + SAME = 0, + /* Smash the existing type. */ + SMASH = 1, + }; + + /* Create new types either on the same obstack as TYPE; or if SMASH + is passed, overwrite TYPE. */ + explicit type_allocator (struct type *type, + type_allocator_kind kind = SAME) + { + if (kind == SAME) + { + if (type->is_objfile_owned ()) + { + m_data.objfile = type->objfile_owner (); + m_is_objfile = true; + } + else + m_data.gdbarch = type->arch_owner (); + } + else + { + m_smash = true; + m_data.type = type; + } + } + + /* Create new types on the same obstack as TYPE. */ + explicit type_allocator (const struct type *type) + : m_is_objfile (type->is_objfile_owned ()) + { + if (type->is_objfile_owned ()) + m_data.objfile = type->objfile_owner (); + else + m_data.gdbarch = type->arch_owner (); + } + + /* Create a new type on the desired obstack. Note that a "new" type + is not created if type-smashing was selected at construction. */ + type *new_type (); + + /* Create a new type on the desired obstack, and fill in its code, + length, and name. If NAME is non-null, it is copied to the + destination obstack first. Note that a "new" type is not created + if type-smashing was selected at construction. */ + type *new_type (enum type_code code, int bit, const char *name); + + /* Return the architecture associated with this allocator. This + comes from whatever object was supplied to the constructor. */ + gdbarch *arch (); + +private: + + /* Where the type should wind up. */ + union + { + struct objfile *objfile; + struct gdbarch *gdbarch; + struct type *type; + } m_data {}; + + /* True if this allocator uses the objfile field above. */ + bool m_is_objfile = false; + /* True if this allocator uses the type field above, indicating that + the "allocation" should be done in-place. */ + bool m_smash = false; +}; + /* * Helper function to construct objfile-owned types. */ extern struct type *init_type (struct objfile *, enum type_code, int, |