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-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog5
-rw-r--r--gdb/minsyms.c63
-rw-r--r--gdb/minsyms.h198
3 files changed, 196 insertions, 70 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 5bcccf6..8b6b718 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
2011-12-21 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
+ * minsyms.h: Rearrange. Document header and all functions.
+ * minsyms.c: Move some comments to minsyms.h.
+
+2011-12-21 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
+
* symtab.h: Include minsyms.h.
(prim_record_minimal_symbol, prim_record_minimal_symbol_full)
(prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info, msymbol_hash_iw)
diff --git a/gdb/minsyms.c b/gdb/minsyms.c
index 18cf672..0d2f5de 100644
--- a/gdb/minsyms.c
+++ b/gdb/minsyms.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int msym_bunch_index;
static int msym_count;
-/* Compute a hash code based using the same criteria as `strcmp_iw'. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
unsigned int
msymbol_hash_iw (const char *string)
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ msymbol_hash_iw (const char *string)
return hash;
}
-/* Compute a hash code for a string. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
unsigned int
msymbol_hash (const char *string)
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ add_minsym_to_demangled_hash_table (struct minimal_symbol *sym,
}
}
+/* See minsyms.h. */
-/* Return OBJFILE where minimal symbol SYM is defined. */
struct objfile *
msymbol_objfile (struct minimal_symbol *sym)
{
@@ -310,13 +310,7 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol (const char *name, const char *sfile,
return NULL;
}
-/* Iterate over all the minimal symbols in the objfile OBJF which
- match NAME. Both the ordinary and demangled names of each symbol
- are considered. The caller is responsible for canonicalizing NAME,
- should that need to be done.
-
- For each matching symbol, CALLBACK is called with the symbol and
- USER_DATA as arguments. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
void
iterate_over_minimal_symbols (struct objfile *objf, const char *name,
@@ -350,12 +344,7 @@ iterate_over_minimal_symbols (struct objfile *objf, const char *name,
}
}
-/* Look through all the current minimal symbol tables and find the
- first minimal symbol that matches NAME and has text type. If OBJF
- is non-NULL, limit the search to that objfile. Returns a pointer
- to the minimal symbol that matches, or NULL if no match is found.
-
- This function only searches the mangled (linkage) names. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
struct minimal_symbol *
lookup_minimal_symbol_text (const char *name, struct objfile *objf)
@@ -407,10 +396,7 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_text (const char *name, struct objfile *objf)
return NULL;
}
-/* Look through all the current minimal symbol tables and find the
- first minimal symbol that matches NAME and PC. If OBJF is non-NULL,
- limit the search to that objfile. Returns a pointer to the minimal
- symbol that matches, or NULL if no match is found. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
struct minimal_symbol *
lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_name (CORE_ADDR pc, const char *name,
@@ -442,13 +428,7 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_name (CORE_ADDR pc, const char *name,
return NULL;
}
-/* Look through all the current minimal symbol tables and find the
- first minimal symbol that matches NAME and is a solib trampoline.
- If OBJF is non-NULL, limit the search to that objfile. Returns a
- pointer to the minimal symbol that matches, or NULL if no match is
- found.
-
- This function only searches the mangled (linkage) names. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
struct minimal_symbol *
lookup_minimal_symbol_solib_trampoline (const char *name,
@@ -734,8 +714,7 @@ lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section (CORE_ADDR pc, struct obj_section *section)
return lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section_1 (pc, section, 0);
}
-/* Backward compatibility: search through the minimal symbol table
- for a matching PC (no section given). */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
struct minimal_symbol *
lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (CORE_ADDR pc)
@@ -806,10 +785,7 @@ static const struct gnu_ifunc_fns stub_gnu_ifunc_fns =
const struct gnu_ifunc_fns *gnu_ifunc_fns_p = &stub_gnu_ifunc_fns;
-/* Find the minimal symbol named NAME, and return both the minsym
- struct and its objfile. This only checks the linkage name. Sets
- *OBJFILE_P and returns the minimal symbol, if it is found. If it
- is not found, returns NULL. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
struct minimal_symbol *
lookup_minimal_symbol_and_objfile (const char *name,
@@ -853,18 +829,21 @@ get_symbol_leading_char (bfd *abfd)
return 0;
}
-/* Prepare to start collecting minimal symbols. Note that presetting
- msym_bunch_index to BUNCH_SIZE causes the first call to save a minimal
- symbol to allocate the memory for the first bunch. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
void
init_minimal_symbol_collection (void)
{
msym_count = 0;
msym_bunch = NULL;
+ /* Note that presetting msym_bunch_index to BUNCH_SIZE causes the
+ first call to save a minimal symbol to allocate the memory for
+ the first bunch. */
msym_bunch_index = BUNCH_SIZE;
}
+/* See minsyms.h. */
+
void
prim_record_minimal_symbol (const char *name, CORE_ADDR address,
enum minimal_symbol_type ms_type,
@@ -896,8 +875,7 @@ prim_record_minimal_symbol (const char *name, CORE_ADDR address,
section, NULL, objfile);
}
-/* Record a minimal symbol in the msym bunches. Returns the symbol
- newly created. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
struct minimal_symbol *
prim_record_minimal_symbol_full (const char *name, int name_len, int copy_name,
@@ -974,8 +952,7 @@ prim_record_minimal_symbol_full (const char *name, int name_len, int copy_name,
return msymbol;
}
-/* Record a minimal symbol in the msym bunches. Returns the symbol
- newly created. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
struct minimal_symbol *
prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info (const char *name, CORE_ADDR address,
@@ -1048,6 +1025,8 @@ do_discard_minimal_symbols_cleanup (void *arg)
}
}
+/* See minsyms.h. */
+
struct cleanup *
make_cleanup_discard_minimal_symbols (void)
{
@@ -1322,9 +1301,7 @@ msymbols_sort (struct objfile *objfile)
build_minimal_symbol_hash_tables (objfile);
}
-/* Check if PC is in a shared library trampoline code stub.
- Return minimal symbol for the trampoline entry or NULL if PC is not
- in a trampoline code stub. */
+/* See minsyms.h. */
struct minimal_symbol *
lookup_solib_trampoline_symbol_by_pc (CORE_ADDR pc)
diff --git a/gdb/minsyms.h b/gdb/minsyms.h
index 614f124..e6e2c8b 100644
--- a/gdb/minsyms.h
+++ b/gdb/minsyms.h
@@ -20,20 +20,86 @@
#ifndef MINSYMS_H
#define MINSYMS_H
-/* Functions for dealing with the minimal symbol table, really a misc
- address<->symbol mapping for things we don't have debug symbols for. */
+/* This header declares most of the API for dealing with minimal
+ symbols and minimal symbol tables. A few things are declared
+ elsewhere; see below.
-void prim_record_minimal_symbol (const char *, CORE_ADDR,
- enum minimal_symbol_type,
- struct objfile *);
+ A minimal symbol is a symbol for which there is no direct debug
+ information. For example, for an ELF binary, minimal symbols are
+ created from the ELF symbol table.
+
+ For the definition of the minimal symbol structure, see struct
+ minimal_symbol in symtab.h.
+
+ Minimal symbols are stored in tables attached to an objfile; see
+ objfiles.h for details. Code should generally treat these tables
+ as opaque and use functions provided by minsyms.c to inspect them.
+*/
+
+/* Prepare to start collecting minimal symbols. This should be called
+ by a symbol reader to initialize the minimal symbol module.
+ Currently, minimal symbol table creation is not reentrant; it
+ relies on global (static) variables in minsyms.c. */
+
+void init_minimal_symbol_collection (void);
+
+/* Return a cleanup which is used to clean up the global state left
+ over by minimal symbol creation. After calling
+ init_minimal_symbol_collection, a symbol reader should call this
+ function. Then, after all minimal symbols have been read,
+ regardless of whether they are installed or not, the cleanup
+ returned by this function should be run. */
+
+struct cleanup *make_cleanup_discard_minimal_symbols (void);
+
+/* Record a new minimal symbol. This is the "full" entry point;
+ simpler convenience entry points are also provided below.
+
+ This returns a new minimal symbol. It is ok to modify the returned
+ minimal symbol (though generally not necessary). It is not ok,
+ though, to stash the pointer anywhere; as minimal symbols may be
+ moved after creation. The memory for the returned minimal symbol
+ is still owned by the minsyms.c code, and should not be freed.
+
+ Arguments are:
+
+ NAME - the symbol's name
+ NAME_LEN - the length of the name
+ COPY_NAME - if true, the minsym code must make a copy of NAME. If
+ false, then NAME must be NUL-terminated, and must have a lifetime
+ that is at least as long as OBJFILE's lifetime.
+ ADDRESS - the address of the symbol
+ MS_TYPE - the type of the symbol
+ SECTION - the symbol's section
+ BFD_SECTION - the symbol's BFD section; used to find the
+ appropriate obj_section for the minimal symbol. This can be NULL.
+ OBJFILE - the objfile associated with the minimal symbol. */
struct minimal_symbol *prim_record_minimal_symbol_full
- (const char *,
- int, int, CORE_ADDR,
- enum minimal_symbol_type,
+ (const char *name,
+ int name_len,
+ int copy_name,
+ CORE_ADDR address,
+ enum minimal_symbol_type ms_type,
int section,
asection *bfd_section,
- struct objfile *);
+ struct objfile *objfile);
+
+/* Like prim_record_minimal_symbol_full, but:
+ - uses strlen to compute NAME_LEN,
+ - passes COPY_NAME = 0,
+ - passes SECTION = 0,
+ - and passes BFD_SECTION = NULL.
+
+ This variant does not return the new symbol. */
+
+void prim_record_minimal_symbol (const char *, CORE_ADDR,
+ enum minimal_symbol_type,
+ struct objfile *);
+
+/* Like prim_record_minimal_symbol_full, but:
+ - uses strlen to compute NAME_LEN,
+ - passes COPY_NAME = 0. */
struct minimal_symbol *prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info
(const char *,
@@ -43,10 +109,37 @@ struct minimal_symbol *prim_record_minimal_symbol_and_info
asection *bfd_section,
struct objfile *);
-unsigned int msymbol_hash_iw (const char *);
+/* Install the minimal symbols that have been collected into the given
+ objfile. After this is called, the cleanup returned by
+ make_cleanup_discard_minimal_symbols should be run in order to
+ clean up global state. */
+
+void install_minimal_symbols (struct objfile *);
+
+/* Create the terminating entry of OBJFILE's minimal symbol table.
+ If OBJFILE->msymbols is zero, allocate a single entry from
+ OBJFILE->objfile_obstack; otherwise, just initialize
+ OBJFILE->msymbols[OBJFILE->minimal_symbol_count]. */
+
+void terminate_minimal_symbol_table (struct objfile *objfile);
+
+/* Sort all the minimal symbols in OBJFILE. This should be only be
+ called after relocating symbols; it ensures that the minimal
+ symbols are properly sorted by address. */
+
+void msymbols_sort (struct objfile *objfile);
+
+
+
+/* Compute a hash code for the string argument. */
unsigned int msymbol_hash (const char *);
+/* Like msymbol_hash, but compute a hash code that is compatible with
+ strcmp_iw. */
+
+unsigned int msymbol_hash_iw (const char *);
+
/* Compute the next hash value from previous HASH and the character C. This
is only a GDB in-memory computed value with no external files compatibility
requirements. */
@@ -54,49 +147,100 @@ unsigned int msymbol_hash (const char *);
#define SYMBOL_HASH_NEXT(hash, c) \
((hash) * 67 + tolower ((unsigned char) (c)) - 113)
+
+
+/* Return the objfile that holds the minimal symbol SYM. Every
+ minimal symbols is held by some objfile; this will never return
+ NULL. */
+
struct objfile *msymbol_objfile (struct minimal_symbol *sym);
+
+
+/* Look through all the current minimal symbol tables and find the
+ first minimal symbol that matches NAME. If OBJF is non-NULL, limit
+ the search to that objfile. If SFILE is non-NULL, the only file-scope
+ symbols considered will be from that source file (global symbols are
+ still preferred). Returns a pointer to the minimal symbol that
+ matches, or NULL if no match is found. */
+
struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol (const char *,
const char *,
struct objfile *);
+/* Find the minimal symbol named NAME, and return both the minsym
+ struct and its objfile. This only checks the linkage name. Sets
+ *OBJFILE_P and returns the minimal symbol, if it is found. If it
+ is not found, returns NULL. */
+
+struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_and_objfile (const char *,
+ struct objfile **);
+
+/* Look through all the current minimal symbol tables and find the
+ first minimal symbol that matches NAME and has text type. If OBJF
+ is non-NULL, limit the search to that objfile. Returns a pointer
+ to the minimal symbol that matches, or NULL if no match is found.
+
+ This function only searches the mangled (linkage) names. */
+
struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_text (const char *,
struct objfile *);
+/* Look through all the current minimal symbol tables and find the
+ first minimal symbol that matches NAME and is a solib trampoline.
+ If OBJF is non-NULL, limit the search to that objfile. Returns a
+ pointer to the minimal symbol that matches, or NULL if no match is
+ found.
+
+ This function only searches the mangled (linkage) names. */
+
struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_solib_trampoline
(const char *,
struct objfile *);
+/* Look through all the current minimal symbol tables and find the
+ first minimal symbol that matches NAME and PC. If OBJF is non-NULL,
+ limit the search to that objfile. Returns a pointer to the minimal
+ symbol that matches, or NULL if no match is found. */
+
struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_name
-(CORE_ADDR, const char *, struct objfile *);
+ (CORE_ADDR, const char *, struct objfile *);
-struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (CORE_ADDR);
+/* Search through the minimal symbol table for each objfile and find
+ the symbol whose address is the largest address that is still less
+ than or equal to PC, and which matches SECTION.
-struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_and_objfile (const char *,
- struct objfile **);
+ If SECTION is NULL, this uses the result of find_pc_section
+ instead.
+
+ Returns a pointer to the minimal symbol if such a symbol is found,
+ or NULL if PC is not in a suitable range. */
struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section
(CORE_ADDR,
struct obj_section *);
-struct minimal_symbol *lookup_solib_trampoline_symbol_by_pc (CORE_ADDR);
+/* Backward compatibility: search through the minimal symbol table
+ for a matching PC (no section given).
+
+ This is a wrapper that calls lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc_section
+ with a NULL section argument. */
-void init_minimal_symbol_collection (void);
-
-struct cleanup *make_cleanup_discard_minimal_symbols (void);
-
-void install_minimal_symbols (struct objfile *);
+struct minimal_symbol *lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (CORE_ADDR);
-/* Sort all the minimal symbols in OBJFILE. */
+/* Check if PC is in a shared library trampoline code stub.
+ Return minimal symbol for the trampoline entry or NULL if PC is not
+ in a trampoline code stub. */
-void msymbols_sort (struct objfile *objfile);
+struct minimal_symbol *lookup_solib_trampoline_symbol_by_pc (CORE_ADDR);
-/* Create the terminating entry of OBJFILE's minimal symbol table.
- If OBJFILE->msymbols is zero, allocate a single entry from
- OBJFILE->objfile_obstack; otherwise, just initialize
- OBJFILE->msymbols[OBJFILE->minimal_symbol_count]. */
+/* Iterate over all the minimal symbols in the objfile OBJF which
+ match NAME. Both the ordinary and demangled names of each symbol
+ are considered. The caller is responsible for canonicalizing NAME,
+ should that need to be done.
-void terminate_minimal_symbol_table (struct objfile *objfile);
+ For each matching symbol, CALLBACK is called with the symbol and
+ USER_DATA as arguments. */
void iterate_over_minimal_symbols (struct objfile *objf,
const char *name,