path: root/bfd/format.c

/* Generic BFD support for file formats.
   Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001
   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   Written by Cygnus Support.

This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.

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.  */

/*
SECTION
	File formats

	A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
	formats supported by BFD are:

	o <<bfd_object>>

	The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.

	o <<bfd_archive>>

	The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.

	o <<bfd_core>>

	The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.

*/

#include "bfd.h"
#include "sysdep.h"
#include "libbfd.h"

/* IMPORT from targets.c.  */
extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;

/*
FUNCTION
	bfd_check_format

SYNOPSIS
	boolean bfd_check_format(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);

DESCRIPTION
	Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
	with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
	<<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).

	If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
	call, only the named target and format combination is
	checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
	<<default>>, then all the known target backends is
	interrogated to determine a match.  If the default target
	matches, it is used.  If not, exactly one target must recognize
	the file, or an error results.

	The function returns <<true>> on success, otherwise <<false>>
	with one of the following error codes:

	o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
	if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
	<<bfd_core>>.

	o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
	if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
	can cause bfd_error_system_calls.

	o <<file_not_recognised>> -
	none of the backends recognised the file format.

	o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
	more than one backend recognised the file format.
*/

boolean
bfd_check_format (abfd, format)
     bfd *abfd;
     bfd_format format;
{
  return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
}

/*
FUNCTION
	bfd_check_format_matches

SYNOPSIS
	boolean bfd_check_format_matches(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);

DESCRIPTION
	Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns false with
	<<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>.  In that
	case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
	a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
	allocated with <<malloc>>.
	Then the user may choose a format and try again.

	When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
	should free it.
*/

boolean
bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, matching)
     bfd *abfd;
     bfd_format format;
     char ***matching;
{
  extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
  const bfd_target * const *target, *save_targ, *right_targ;
  char **matching_vector = NULL;
  int match_count;

  if (!bfd_read_p (abfd) ||
      ((int)(abfd->format) < (int)bfd_unknown) ||
      ((int)(abfd->format) >= (int)bfd_type_end))
    {
      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
      return false;
    }

  if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
    return (abfd->format == format)? true: false;

  /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
     all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized.  */
  save_targ = abfd->xvec;
  match_count = 0;

  if (matching)
    {
      matching_vector =
	(char **) bfd_malloc (sizeof (char *) *
			      (_bfd_target_vector_entries + 1));
      if (!matching_vector)
	return false;
      matching_vector[0] = NULL;
      *matching = matching_vector;
    }

  right_targ = 0;

  /* Presume the answer is yes.  */
  abfd->format = format;

  /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target.  */
  if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
    {
      if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr)0, SEEK_SET) != 0)	/* rewind! */
	return false;

      right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));

      if (right_targ)
	{
	  abfd->xvec = right_targ;	/* Set the target as returned.  */

	  if (matching)
	    free (matching_vector);

	  return true;			/* File position has moved, BTW.  */
	}

      /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
	 targets if the specified target was wrong.  I don't know why,
	 and I'm reluctant to change it.  However, in the case of an
	 archive, it can cause problems.  If the specified target does
	 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
	 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
	 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
	 object.  When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
	 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
	 actual pe-i386 archive.  Since there may be other problems of
	 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
	 target.  */
      if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
	{
	  abfd->xvec = save_targ;
	  abfd->format = bfd_unknown;

	  if (matching)
	    free (matching_vector);

	  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);

	  return false;
	}
    }

  for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
    {
      const bfd_target *temp;

      if (*target == &binary_vec)
	continue;

      abfd->xvec = *target;	/* Change BFD's target temporarily */

      if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr)0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
	return false;

      /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
	 bfd_error_wrong_format.  We didn't used to even pay any
	 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
	 _bfd_check_format might have this problem.  */
      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);

      temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));

      if (temp)
	{		/* This format checks out as ok!  */
	  right_targ = temp;

	  if (matching)
	    {
	      matching_vector[match_count] = temp->name;
	      matching_vector[match_count + 1] = NULL;
	    }

	  match_count++;

	  /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
	     targets might match.  People who want those other targets
	     have to set the GNUTARGET variable.  */
	  if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
	    {
	      if (matching)
		{
		  matching_vector[0] = temp->name;
		  matching_vector[1] = NULL;
		}
	      match_count = 1;
	      break;
	    }
#ifdef GNU960
	  /* Big- and little-endian b.out archives look the same, but it
	     doesn't matter: there is no difference in their headers, and
	     member file byte orders will (I hope) be handled appropriately
	     by bfd.  Ditto for big and little coff archives.  And the 4
	     coff/b.out object formats are unambiguous.  So accept the
	     first match we find.  */
	  break;
#endif
	}
      else if (bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_wrong_format)
	{
	  abfd->xvec = save_targ;
	  abfd->format = bfd_unknown;

	  if (matching && bfd_get_error ()
	      != bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
	    free (matching_vector);

	  return false;
	}
    }

  if (match_count == 1)
    {
      abfd->xvec = right_targ;		/* Change BFD's target permanently.  */

      if (matching)
	free (matching_vector);

      return true;			/* File position has moved, BTW.  */
    }

  abfd->xvec = save_targ;		/* Restore original target type.  */
  abfd->format = bfd_unknown;		/* Restore original format.  */

  if (match_count == 0)
    {
      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);

      if (matching)
	free (matching_vector);
    }
  else
    bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);

  return false;
}

/*
FUNCTION
	bfd_set_format

SYNOPSIS
	boolean bfd_set_format(bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);

DESCRIPTION
	This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
	format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
	support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
	is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
*/

boolean
bfd_set_format (abfd, format)
     bfd *abfd;
     bfd_format format;
{
  if (bfd_read_p (abfd) ||
      ((int)abfd->format < (int)bfd_unknown) ||
      ((int)abfd->format >= (int)bfd_type_end))
    {
      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
      return false;
    }

  if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
    return (abfd->format == format) ? true : false;

  /* Presume the answer is yes.  */
  abfd->format = format;

  if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
    {
      abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
      return false;
    }

  return true;
}

/*
FUNCTION
	bfd_format_string

SYNOPSIS
	CONST char *bfd_format_string(bfd_format format);

DESCRIPTION
	Return a pointer to a const string
	<<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
	depending upon the value of @var{format}.
*/

CONST char *
bfd_format_string (format)
     bfd_format format;
{
  if (((int)format <(int) bfd_unknown)
      || ((int)format >=(int) bfd_type_end))
    return "invalid";

  switch (format)
    {
    case bfd_object:
      return "object";		/* Linker/assember/compiler output.  */
    case bfd_archive:
      return "archive";		/* Object archive file.  */
    case bfd_core:
      return "core";		/* Core dump.  */
    default:
      return "unknown";
    }
}