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authorDoug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>2015-01-31 12:01:13 -0800
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Add support for inlining scripts into .debug_gdb_scripts.
include/gdb/ChangeLog: * section-scripts.h: Remove "future extension" comment. (SECTION_SCRIPT_ID_PYTHON_TEXT): New macro. (SECTION_SCRIPT_ID_SCHEME_TEXT): New macro. gdb/ChangeLog: * NEWS: Mention inlined scripts in .debug_gdb_scripts section. * auto-load.c: #include ctype.h. (struct auto_load_pspace_info): Replace member loaded_scripts with new members loaded_script_files, loaded_script_texts. (auto_load_pspace_data_cleanup): Update. (init_loaded_scripts_info): Update. (get_auto_load_pspace_data_for_loading): Update. (maybe_add_script_file): Renamed from maybe_add_script. All callers updated. (maybe_add_script_text): New function. (clear_section_scripts): Update. (source_script_file, execute_script_contents): New functions. (source_section_scripts): Add support for SECTION_SCRIPT_ID_PYTHON_TEXT, SECTION_SCRIPT_ID_GUILE_TEXT. (print_scripts): New function. (auto_load_info_scripts): Also print inlined scripts. (maybe_print_unsupported_script_warning): Renamed from unsupported_script_warning_print. All callers updated. (maybe_print_script_not_found_warning): Renamed from script_not_found_warning_print. All callers updated. * extension-priv.h (struct extension_language_script_ops): New member objfile_script_executor. * extension.c (ext_lang_objfile_script_executor): New function. * extension.h (objfile_script_executor_func): New typedef. (ext_lang_objfile_script_executor): Declare. * guile/guile-internal.h (gdbscm_execute_objfile_script): Declare. * guile/guile.c (guile_extension_script_ops): Update. * guile/scm-objfile.c (gdbscm_execute_objfile_script): New function. * python/python.c (python_extension_script_ops): Update. (gdbpy_execute_objfile_script): New function. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * gdb.texinfo (dotdebug_gdb_scripts section): Update docs to distinguish script files vs inlined scripts. * python.texi (Python Auto-loading): Ditto. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.guile/scm-section-script.c: Add duplicate inlined section script entries. Duplicate file section script entries. * gdb.guile/scm-section-script.exp: Add tests for duplicate entries, inlined entries. Add test for safe-path rejection. * gdb.python/py-section-script.c: Add duplicate inlined section script entries. Duplicate file section script entries. * gdb.python/py-section-script.exp: Add tests for duplicate entries, inlined entries. Add test for safe-path rejection.
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@@ -23977,17 +23977,29 @@ is evaluated more than once.
For systems using file formats like ELF and COFF,
when @value{GDBN} loads a new object file
it will look for a special section named @code{.debug_gdb_scripts}.
-If this section exists, its contents is a list of NUL-terminated names
-of scripts to load. Each entry begins with a non-NULL prefix byte that
-specifies the kind of entry, typically the extension language.
+If this section exists, its contents is a list of null-terminated entries
+specifying scripts to load. Each entry begins with a non-null prefix byte that
+specifies the kind of entry, typically the extension language and whether the
+script is in a file or inlined in @code{.debug_gdb_scripts}.
-@value{GDBN} will look for each specified script file first in the
-current directory and then along the source search path
+The following entries are supported:
+
+@table @code
+@item SECTION_SCRIPT_ID_PYTHON_FILE = 1
+@item SECTION_SCRIPT_ID_SCHEME_FILE = 3
+@item SECTION_SCRIPT_ID_PYTHON_TEXT = 4
+@item SECTION_SCRIPT_ID_SCHEME_TEXT = 6
+@end table
+
+@subsubsection Script File Entries
+
+If the entry specifies a file, @value{GDBN} will look for the file first
+in the current directory and then along the source search path
(@pxref{Source Path, ,Specifying Source Directories}),
except that @file{$cdir} is not searched, since the compilation
directory is not relevant to scripts.
-Entries can be placed in section @code{.debug_gdb_scripts} with,
+File entries can be placed in section @code{.debug_gdb_scripts} with,
for example, this GCC macro for Python scripts.
@example
@@ -24019,6 +24031,45 @@ using this header will get a reference to the specified script,
and with the use of @code{"MS"} attributes on the section, the linker
will remove duplicates.
+@subsubsection Script Text Entries
+
+Script text entries allow to put the executable script in the entry
+itself instead of loading it from a file.
+The first line of the entry, everything after the prefix byte and up to
+the first newline (@code{0xa}) character, is the script name, and must not
+contain any kind of space character, e.g., spaces or tabs.
+The rest of the entry, up to the trailing null byte, is the script to
+execute in the specified language. The name needs to be unique among
+all script names, as @value{GDBN} executes each script only once based
+on its name.
+
+Here is an example from file @file{py-section-script.c} in the @value{GDBN}
+testsuite.
+
+@example
+#include "symcat.h"
+#include "gdb/section-scripts.h"
+asm(
+".pushsection \".debug_gdb_scripts\", \"MS\",@@progbits,1\n"
+".byte " XSTRING (SECTION_SCRIPT_ID_PYTHON_TEXT) "\n"
+".ascii \"gdb.inlined-script\\n\"\n"
+".ascii \"class test_cmd (gdb.Command):\\n\"\n"
+".ascii \" def __init__ (self):\\n\"\n"
+".ascii \" super (test_cmd, self).__init__ ("
+ "\\\"test-cmd\\\", gdb.COMMAND_OBSCURE)\\n\"\n"
+".ascii \" def invoke (self, arg, from_tty):\\n\"\n"
+".ascii \" print (\\\"test-cmd output, arg = %s\\\" % arg)\\n\"\n"
+".ascii \"test_cmd ()\\n\"\n"
+".byte 0\n"
+".popsection\n"
+);
+@end example
+
+Loading of inlined scripts requires a properly configured
+@code{auto-load safe-path} (@pxref{Auto-loading safe path}).
+The path to specify in @code{auto-load safe-path} is the path of the file
+containing the @code{.debug_gdb_scripts} section.
+
@node Which flavor to choose?
@subsection Which flavor to choose?