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author | K. Richard Pixley <rich@cygnus> | 1991-03-28 16:26:26 +0000 |
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committer | K. Richard Pixley <rich@cygnus> | 1991-03-28 16:26:26 +0000 |
commit | bd5635a1e2b38ee8432fcdaa6456079191375277 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/gdb/symfile.h b/gdb/symfile.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6785117 --- /dev/null +++ b/gdb/symfile.h @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ +/* Definitions for reading symbol files into GDB. + Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +This file is part of GDB. + +GDB 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 1, or (at your option) +any later version. + +GDB 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 GDB; see the file COPYING. If not, write to +the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ + +/* This file requires that you first include "bfd.h". */ + +/* Data structures and function definitions for dealing with + symbol table reading from files. */ + +/* Structure to keep track of symbol reading functions for various + object file types. */ + +struct sym_fns { + + /* sym_name + is the name, or name prefix, of the BFD "target type" that this + set of functions handles. E.g. "a.out" or "sunOs" or "coff". */ + + char *sym_name; + + /* sym_namelen + counts how many bytes of sym_name should be checked against the + BFD target type of the file being read. If an exact match is + desired, specify the number of characters in sym_name plus 1 for the + NUL. If a prefix match is desired, specify the number of characters in + sym_name. */ + + int sym_namelen; + + /* sym_new_init + initializes anything that is global to the entire + symbol table. It is called e.g. during symbol_file_command, when + we begin debugging an entirely new program. */ + + void (*sym_new_init) (); + + /* sym_init (sf) + reads any initial information from a symbol file, and + initializes the struct sym_fns SF in preparation for sym_read(). + It is called every time we read a symbol file for any reason. */ + + void (*sym_init) (); + + /* sym_read (sf, addr, mainline) + reads a symbol file into a psymtab (or possibly a symtab). + SF is the struct sym_fns that sym_init initialized. ADDR + is the offset between the file's specified start address and + its true address in memory. MAINLINE is 1 if this is the + main symbol table being read, and 0 if a secondary + symbol file (e.g. shared library or dynamically loaded file) + is being read. */ + + void (*sym_read) (); + + /* sym_discard (sf) + discards any cached information from SF or elsewhere, that + was saved as part of reading a single symbol file. */ + + void (*sym_discard) (); + + /* sym_bfd + is the accessor for the symbol file being read. */ + + bfd *sym_bfd; + + /* sym_private + is where information can be shared among sym_init, sym_read and + sym_discard. It is typically a pointer to malloc'd memory. */ + + char *sym_private; /* Should be void * */ + + /* next + finds the next struct sym_fns. They are allocated and initialized + in whatever module implements the functions pointed to; an + initializer calls add_symtab_fns to add them to the global chain. */ + struct sym_fns *next; +}; + + /* Functions */ + +extern void free_named_symtab (); +extern int fill_in_vptr_fieldno (); +extern void add_symtab_fns (); + +/* Functions for dealing with the misc "function" vector, really a misc + address<->symbol mapping vector for things we don't have debug symbols + for. */ + +extern void init_misc_bunches (); +extern void prim_record_misc_function (); +extern void discard_misc_bunches (); +extern void condense_misc_bunches (); + +/* Sorting your symbols for fast lookup or alphabetical printing. */ + +extern void sort_block_syms (); +extern void sort_symtab_syms (); +extern void sort_all_symtab_syms (); +extern void sort_block_syms (); + +/* Make a copy of the string at PTR with SIZE characters in the symbol obstack + (and add a null character at the end in the copy). + Returns the address of the copy. */ + +extern char *obsavestring (); + +/* Concatenate strings S1, S2 and S3; return the new string. + Space is found in the symbol_obstack. */ + +extern char *obconcat (); + + /* Variables */ + +/* File name symbols were loaded from. */ + +extern char *symfile; + +/* The modification date of the file when they were loaded. */ + +extern int symfile_mtime; + +/* The BFD for this file -- only good while we're actively reading + symbols into a psymtab or a symtab. */ + +static bfd *symfile_bfd; + +/* Vectors of all partial symbols read in from file. */ + +extern struct psymbol_allocation_list { + struct partial_symbol *list, *next; + int size; +} global_psymbols, static_psymbols; + +/* Support for complaining about things in the symbol file that aren't + catastrophic. + + Each such thing gets a counter. The first time we have the problem, + during a symbol read, we report it. At the end of symbol reading, + if verbose, we report how many of each problem we had. */ + +struct complaint { + char *message; + unsigned counter; + struct complaint *next; +}; + +/* Root of the chain of complaints that have at some point been issued. + This is used to reset the counters, and/or report the total counts. */ + +extern struct complaint complaint_root[1]; + +/* Functions that handle complaints. (in symfile.c) */ + +int complain(); +void clear_complaints(); |