Add gdb.Objfile.is_file attribute

Sometimes an objfile comes from memory and not from a file.  It can be
useful to be able to check this from Python, so this patch adds a new
"is_file" attribute.

4 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index c4f4a02..1178a37 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ GNU/Linux/LoongArch (gdbserver)	loongarch*-*-linux*
        to wrap the result of a call to a Disassembler.  It has
        read-only attributes 'length' and 'string'.
 
+  ** gdb.Objfile now has an attribute named "is_file".  This is True
+     if the objfile comes from a file, and False otherwise.
+
 * New features in the GDB remote stub, GDBserver
 
   ** GDBserver is now supported on LoongArch GNU/Linux.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index 9e2e97b..19ae330 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -4891,6 +4891,13 @@ The value is @code{None} if the objfile is no longer valid.
 See the @code{gdb.Objfile.is_valid} method, described below.
 @end defvar
 
+@defvar Objfile.is_file
+An objfile often comes from an ordinary file, but in some cases it may
+be constructed from the contents of memory.  This attribute is
+@code{True} for file-backed objfiles, and @code{False} for other
+kinds.
+@end defvar
+
 @defvar Objfile.owner
 For separate debug info objfiles this is the corresponding @code{gdb.Objfile}
 object that debug info is being provided for.
diff --git a/gdb/python/py-objfile.c b/gdb/python/py-objfile.c
index 3e3270e..298f3f2 100644
--- a/gdb/python/py-objfile.c
+++ b/gdb/python/py-objfile.c
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@ objfpy_get_username (PyObject *self, void *closure)
   Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
 
+/* Get the 'is_file' attribute.  */
+
+static PyObject *
+objfpy_get_is_file (PyObject *o, void *ignore)
+{
+  objfile_object *self = (objfile_object *) o;
+
+  if (self->objfile != nullptr)
+    return PyBool_FromLong ((self->objfile->flags & OBJF_NOT_FILENAME) == 0);
+  Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
 /* If SELF is a separate debug-info file, return the "backlink" field.
    Otherwise return None.  */
 
@@ -762,6 +774,8 @@ static gdb_PyGetSetDef objfile_getset[] =
     "Type printers.", NULL },
   { "xmethods", objfpy_get_xmethods, NULL,
     "Debug methods.", NULL },
+  { "is_file", objfpy_get_is_file, nullptr,
+    "Whether this objfile came from a file.", nullptr },
   { NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-reader.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-reader.exp
index e0b3ba4..69bf721 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-reader.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/jit-reader.exp
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+# Optionally test a Python API here as well.
+load_lib gdb-python.exp
+
 standard_testfile jit-reader-host.c
 
 if { (![istarget x86_64-*-*] && ![istarget i?86-*-*]) || ![is_lp64_target] } {
@@ -265,6 +268,15 @@ proc jit_reader_test {} {
 		 "#1 ${any} in main ${any}" \
 		]
     }
+
+    if {![skip_python_tests]} {
+	gdb_test "python print(any(\[not x.is_file for x in gdb.objfiles()\]))" \
+	    "True" \
+	    "at least one non-file objfile"
+	gdb_test "python print(any(\[x.is_file for x in gdb.objfiles()\]))" \
+	    "True" \
+	    "at least one file-based objfile"
+    }
 }
 
 jit_reader_test