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authorFred Fish <fnf@specifix.com>1991-10-24 11:28:54 +0000
committerFred Fish <fnf@specifix.com>1991-10-24 11:28:54 +0000
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New files for DWARF debugging format support, ELF object file support, SVR4
/proc (process file system) support, Amiga UNIX target and host defines, SVR4 target and host defines, and m68k hosts defines.
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+/* Read ELF (Executable and Linking Format) object files for GDB.
+ Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Written by Fred Fish at Cygnus Support.
+
+This file is part of GDB.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
+
+/************************************************************************
+ * *
+ * NOTICE *
+ * *
+ * This file is still under construction. When it is complete, this *
+ * notice will be removed. Until then, direct any questions or changes *
+ * to Fred Fish at Cygnus Support (fnf@cygint) *
+ * *
+ * FIXME Still needs support for shared libraries. *
+ * FIXME Still needs support for core files. *
+ * FIXME The ".debug" and ".line" section names are hardwired. *
+ * FIXME Still needs support ELF symbol tables (as distinct *
+ * from DWARF support). Can use them to build the misc *
+ * function vector at least. This is fairly trivial once *
+ * bfd is extended to handle ELF symbol tables. *
+ * *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "defs.h"
+#include "param.h"
+#include "elf-common.h"
+#include "elf-external.h"
+#include "elf-internal.h"
+#include "bfd.h"
+#include "symfile.h"
+#include "symtab.h"
+#include "ansidecl.h"
+
+extern int EXFUN(strcmp, (CONST char *a, CONST char *b));
+#define STREQ(a,b) (strcmp((a),(b))==0)
+
+struct elfinfo {
+ unsigned int dboffset; /* Offset to dwarf debug section */
+ unsigned int dbsize; /* Size of dwarf debug section */
+ unsigned int lnoffset; /* Offset to dwarf line number section */
+ unsigned int lnsize; /* Size of dwarf line number section */
+};
+
+/* FIXME - crude hack to resolve undefined global. This function is
+ part of support for corefiles, which is not yet implemented. */
+
+unsigned int
+DEFUN(register_addr, (regno, blockend),
+ int regno AND
+ int blockend)
+{
+ error ("Fetching registers from corefiles unimplemented.");
+}
+
+/* We are called once per section from elf_symfile_read. We
+ need to examine each section we are passed, check to see
+ if it is something we are interested in processing, and
+ if so, stash away some access information for the section.
+
+ For now we recognize the dwarf debug information sections and
+ line number sections from matching their section names. The
+ ELF definition is no real help here since it has no direct
+ knowledge of DWARF (by design, so any debugging format can be
+ used).
+
+ FIXME: The section names should not be hardwired strings. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_locate_sections, (abfd, sectp, ei),
+ bfd *abfd AND
+ asection *sectp AND
+ struct elfinfo *ei)
+{
+ if (STREQ (sectp -> name, ".debug"))
+ {
+ ei -> dboffset = sectp -> filepos;
+ ei -> dbsize = sectp -> size;
+ }
+ else if (STREQ (sectp -> name, ".line"))
+ {
+ ei -> lnoffset = sectp -> filepos;
+ ei -> lnsize = sectp -> size;
+ }
+}
+
+/* Scan and build partial symbols for a symbol file.
+ We have been initialized by a call to elf_symfile_init, which
+ currently does nothing.
+
+ ADDR is the address relative to which the symbols in it are (e.g.
+ the base address of the text segment).
+
+ MAINLINE is true if we are reading the main symbol
+ table (as opposed to a shared lib or dynamically loaded file).
+
+ This function only does the minimum work necessary for letting the
+ user "name" things symbolically; it does not read the entire symtab.
+ Instead, it reads the external and static symbols and puts them in partial
+ symbol tables. When more extensive information is requested of a
+ file, the corresponding partial symbol table is mutated into a full
+ fledged symbol table by going back and reading the symbols
+ for real. The function dwarf_psymtab_to_symtab() is the function that
+ does this for DWARF symbols. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_symfile_read, (sf, addr, mainline),
+ struct sym_fns *sf AND
+ CORE_ADDR addr AND
+ int mainline)
+{
+ bfd *abfd = sf -> sym_bfd;
+ struct elfinfo ei;
+
+ bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, elf_locate_sections, &ei);
+ if (ei.dboffset && ei.lnoffset)
+ {
+ addr = 0; /* FIXME: force address base to zero for now */
+ dwarf_build_psymtabs (fileno ((FILE *)(abfd -> iostream)),
+ bfd_get_filename (abfd),
+ addr, mainline,
+ ei.dboffset, ei.dbsize,
+ ei.lnoffset, ei.lnsize);
+ }
+ if (!partial_symtab_list)
+ {
+ wrap_here ("");
+ printf_filtered ("(no debugging symbols found)...");
+ wrap_here ("");
+ }
+}
+
+/* Initialize anything that needs initializing when a completely new symbol
+ file is specified (not just adding some symbols from another file, e.g. a
+ shared library).
+
+ For now at least, we have nothing in particular to do, so this function is
+ just a stub. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN_VOID (elf_new_init)
+{
+}
+
+/* ELF specific initialization routine for reading symbols.
+
+ It is passed a pointer to a struct sym_fns which contains, among other
+ things, the BFD for the file whose symbols are being read, and a slot for
+ a pointer to "private data" which we can fill with goodies.
+
+ For now at least, we have nothing in particular to do, so this function is
+ just a stub. */
+
+static void
+DEFUN(elf_symfile_init, (sf),
+ struct sym_fns *sf)
+{
+}
+
+
+/* Register that we are able to handle ELF object file formats and DWARF
+ debugging formats.
+
+ Unlike other object file formats, where the debugging information format
+ is implied by the object file format, the ELF object file format and the
+ DWARF debugging information format are two distinct, and potentially
+ separate entities. I.E. it is perfectly possible to have ELF objects
+ with debugging formats other than DWARF. And it is conceivable that the
+ DWARF debugging format might be used with another object file format,
+ like COFF, by simply using COFF's custom section feature.
+
+ GDB, and to a lesser extent BFD, should support the notion of separate
+ object file formats and debugging information formats. For now, we just
+ use "elf" in the same sense as "a.out" or "coff", to imply both the ELF
+ object file format and the DWARF debugging format. */
+
+static struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns = {
+ "elf", /* sym_name: name or name prefix of BFD target type */
+ 3, /* sym_namelen: number of significant sym_name chars */
+ elf_new_init, /* sym_new_init: init anything gbl to entire symtab */
+ elf_symfile_init, /* sym_init: read initial info, setup for sym_read() */
+ elf_symfile_read, /* sym_read: read a symbol file into symtab */
+ NULL, /* sym_bfd: accessor for symbol file being read */
+ NULL, /* sym_private: sym_init & sym_read shared info */
+ NULL /* next: pointer to next struct sym_fns */
+};
+
+void
+DEFUN_VOID (_initialize_elfread)
+{
+ add_symtab_fns (&elf_sym_fns);
+}