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+/* Definitions for a frame base, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+ Copyright 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+#if !defined (FRAME_BASE_H)
+#define FRAME_BASE_H 1
+
+struct frame_info;
+struct frame_id;
+struct frame_unwind;
+struct frame_base;
+struct gdbarch;
+struct regcache;
+
+/* Return the frame base methods for the function that contains PC, or
+ NULL if it can't handle this frame. */
+
+typedef const struct frame_base *(frame_base_p_ftype) (CORE_ADDR pc);
+
+/* Add a frame base handler to the list. The predicates are polled in
+ the order that they are appended. */
+
+extern void frame_base_append_predicate (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
+ frame_base_p_ftype *p);
+
+/* Set the default frame base. If all else fails, this one is
+ returned. If this isn't set, the default is to use legacy code
+ that uses things like the frame ID's base (ulgh!). */
+
+extern void frame_base_set_default (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
+ const struct frame_base *def);
+
+/* Iterate through the list of frame base handlers until one returns
+ an implementation. */
+
+extern const struct frame_base *frame_base_find_by_pc (struct gdbarch *gdbarch,
+ CORE_ADDR pc);
+
+/* Assuming the frame chain: (outer) prev <-> this <-> next (inner);
+ and that this is a `normal frame'; use the NEXT frame, and its
+ register unwind method, to determine the address of THIS frame's
+ `base'.
+
+ The exact meaning of `base' is highly dependant on the type of the
+ debug info. It is assumed that dwarf2, stabs, ... will each
+ provide their own methods.
+
+ A typical implmentation will return the same value for base,
+ locals-base and args-base. That value, however, will likely be
+ different to the frame ID's stack address. */
+
+/* A generic base address. */
+
+typedef CORE_ADDR (frame_this_base_ftype) (struct frame_info *next_frame,
+ void **this_base_cache);
+
+/* The base address of the frame's local variables. */
+
+typedef CORE_ADDR (frame_this_locals_ftype) (struct frame_info *next_frame,
+ void **this_base_cache);
+
+/* The base address of the frame's arguments / parameters. */
+
+typedef CORE_ADDR (frame_this_args_ftype) (struct frame_info *next_frame,
+ void **this_base_cache);
+
+struct frame_base
+{
+ /* If non-NULL, a low-level unwinder that shares its implementation
+ with this high-level frame-base method. */
+ const struct frame_unwind *unwind;
+ frame_this_base_ftype *this_base;
+ frame_this_locals_ftype *this_locals;
+ frame_this_args_ftype *this_args;
+};
+
+#endif