1 /* Read ELF (Executable and Linking Format) object files for GDB.
2 Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Written by Fred Fish at Cygnus Support.
5 This file is part of GDB.
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
21 /************************************************************************
25 * This file is still under construction. When it is complete, this *
26 * notice will be removed. Until then, direct any questions or changes *
27 * to Fred Fish at Cygnus Support (fnf@cygint) *
29 * FIXME Still needs support for shared libraries. *
30 * FIXME Still needs support for core files. *
31 * FIXME The ".debug" and ".line" section names are hardwired. *
32 * FIXME Still needs support ELF symbol tables (as distinct *
33 * from DWARF support). Can use them to build the misc *
34 * function vector at least. This is fairly trivial once *
35 * bfd is extended to handle ELF symbol tables. *
37 ************************************************************************/
43 #include "elf-common.h"
44 #include "elf-external.h"
45 #include "elf-internal.h"
51 extern int EXFUN (strcmp, (CONST char *a, CONST char *b));
52 extern int EXFUN (dwarf_build_psymtabs,
53 (int desc, char *filename, CORE_ADDR addr, int mainline,
54 unsigned int dbfoff, unsigned int dbsize, unsigned int lnoffset,
55 unsigned int lnsize, struct objfile *objfile));
57 #define STREQ(a,b) (strcmp((a),(b))==0)
60 unsigned int dboffset; /* Offset to dwarf debug section */
61 unsigned int dbsize; /* Size of dwarf debug section */
62 unsigned int lnoffset; /* Offset to dwarf line number section */
63 unsigned int lnsize; /* Size of dwarf line number section */
66 /* We are called once per section from elf_symfile_read. We
67 need to examine each section we are passed, check to see
68 if it is something we are interested in processing, and
69 if so, stash away some access information for the section.
71 For now we recognize the dwarf debug information sections and
72 line number sections from matching their section names. The
73 ELF definition is no real help here since it has no direct
74 knowledge of DWARF (by design, so any debugging format can be
77 FIXME: The section names should not be hardwired strings. */
80 DEFUN(elf_locate_sections, (abfd, sectp, ei),
85 if (STREQ (sectp -> name, ".debug"))
87 ei -> dboffset = sectp -> filepos;
88 ei -> dbsize = sectp -> size;
90 else if (STREQ (sectp -> name, ".line"))
92 ei -> lnoffset = sectp -> filepos;
93 ei -> lnsize = sectp -> size;
101 record_misc_function -- add entry to miscellaneous function vector
105 static void record_misc_function (char *name, CORE_ADDR address)
109 Given a pointer to the name of a symbol that should be added to the
110 miscellaneous function vector, and the address associated with that
111 symbol, records this information for later use in building the
112 miscellaneous function vector.
116 FIXME: For now we just use mf_unknown as the type. This should be
121 DEFUN(record_misc_function, (name, address), char *name AND CORE_ADDR address)
123 prim_record_misc_function (obsavestring (name, strlen (name)), address,
128 DEFUN (elf_symtab_read, (abfd, addr),
132 unsigned int storage_needed;
134 asymbol **symbol_table;
135 unsigned int number_of_symbols;
137 struct cleanup *back_to;
139 storage_needed = get_symtab_upper_bound (abfd);
141 if (storage_needed > 0)
143 symbol_table = (asymbol **) bfd_xmalloc (storage_needed);
144 back_to = make_cleanup (free, symbol_table);
145 number_of_symbols = bfd_canonicalize_symtab (abfd, symbol_table);
147 for (i = 0; i < number_of_symbols; i++)
149 sym = *symbol_table++;
150 /* Select global symbols that are defined in a specific section
152 if (sym -> flags & BSF_GLOBAL
153 && ((sym -> section != NULL) || (sym -> flags & BSF_ABSOLUTE)))
155 record_misc_function ((char *) sym -> name, sym -> value);
158 do_cleanups (back_to);
162 /* Scan and build partial symbols for a symbol file.
163 We have been initialized by a call to elf_symfile_init, which
164 currently does nothing.
166 ADDR is the address relative to which the symbols in it are (e.g.
167 the base address of the text segment).
169 MAINLINE is true if we are reading the main symbol
170 table (as opposed to a shared lib or dynamically loaded file).
172 This function only does the minimum work necessary for letting the
173 user "name" things symbolically; it does not read the entire symtab.
174 Instead, it reads the external and static symbols and puts them in partial
175 symbol tables. When more extensive information is requested of a
176 file, the corresponding partial symbol table is mutated into a full
177 fledged symbol table by going back and reading the symbols
178 for real. The function dwarf_psymtab_to_symtab() is the function that
179 does this for DWARF symbols.
181 Note that ELF files have a "minimal" symbol table, which looks a lot
182 like a COFF symbol table, but has only the minimal information necessary
183 for linking. We process this also, and just use the information to
184 add to the misc function vector. This gives us some minimal debugging
185 capability even for files compiled without -g.
189 DEFUN(elf_symfile_read, (sf, addr, mainline),
190 struct sym_fns *sf AND
194 bfd *abfd = sf->objfile->obfd;
196 struct cleanup *back_to;
198 init_misc_bunches ();
199 back_to = make_cleanup (discard_misc_bunches, 0);
201 /* Process the normal ELF symbol table first. */
203 elf_symtab_read (abfd, addr);
205 /* Now process the DWARF debugging information, which is contained in
206 special ELF sections. We first have to find them... */
208 (void) memset ((char *) &ei, 0, sizeof (ei));
209 bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, elf_locate_sections, &ei);
210 if (ei.dboffset && ei.lnoffset)
212 addr = 0; /* FIXME: force address base to zero for now */
213 dwarf_build_psymtabs (fileno ((FILE *)(abfd -> iostream)),
214 bfd_get_filename (abfd),
216 ei.dboffset, ei.dbsize,
217 ei.lnoffset, ei.lnsize, sf->objfile);
220 if (!partial_symtab_list)
223 printf_filtered ("(no debugging symbols found)...");
227 /* Go over the miscellaneous functions and install them in the
228 miscellaneous function vector. */
230 condense_misc_bunches (!mainline);
231 do_cleanups (back_to);
234 /* Initialize anything that needs initializing when a completely new symbol
235 file is specified (not just adding some symbols from another file, e.g. a
238 For now at least, we have nothing in particular to do, so this function is
242 DEFUN_VOID (elf_new_init)
246 /* ELF specific initialization routine for reading symbols.
248 It is passed a pointer to a struct sym_fns which contains, among other
249 things, the BFD for the file whose symbols are being read, and a slot for
250 a pointer to "private data" which we can fill with goodies.
252 For now at least, we have nothing in particular to do, so this function is
256 DEFUN(elf_symfile_init, (sf),
262 /* Register that we are able to handle ELF object file formats and DWARF
265 Unlike other object file formats, where the debugging information format
266 is implied by the object file format, the ELF object file format and the
267 DWARF debugging information format are two distinct, and potentially
268 separate entities. I.E. it is perfectly possible to have ELF objects
269 with debugging formats other than DWARF. And it is conceivable that the
270 DWARF debugging format might be used with another object file format,
271 like COFF, by simply using COFF's custom section feature.
273 GDB, and to a lesser extent BFD, should support the notion of separate
274 object file formats and debugging information formats. For now, we just
275 use "elf" in the same sense as "a.out" or "coff", to imply both the ELF
276 object file format and the DWARF debugging format. */
278 static struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns = {
279 "elf", /* sym_name: name or name prefix of BFD target type */
280 3, /* sym_namelen: number of significant sym_name chars */
281 elf_new_init, /* sym_new_init: init anything gbl to entire symtab */
282 elf_symfile_init, /* sym_init: read initial info, setup for sym_read() */
283 elf_symfile_read, /* sym_read: read a symbol file into symtab */
284 NULL, /* sym_bfd: accessor for symbol file being read */
285 NULL, /* sym_private: sym_init & sym_read shared info */
286 NULL /* next: pointer to next struct sym_fns */
290 DEFUN_VOID (_initialize_elfread)
292 add_symtab_fns (&elf_sym_fns);