1 /* Find a variable's value in memory, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995,
4 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
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32 #include "gdb_string.h"
33 #include "gdb_assert.h"
34 #include "floatformat.h"
35 #include "symfile.h" /* for overlay functions */
37 #include "user-regs.h"
40 /* Basic byte-swapping routines. GDB has needed these for a long time...
41 All extract a target-format integer at ADDR which is LEN bytes long. */
43 #if TARGET_CHAR_BIT != 8 || HOST_CHAR_BIT != 8
44 /* 8 bit characters are a pretty safe assumption these days, so we
45 assume it throughout all these swapping routines. If we had to deal with
46 9 bit characters, we would need to make len be in bits and would have
47 to re-write these routines... */
52 extract_signed_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len)
55 const unsigned char *p;
56 const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
57 const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
59 if (len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
61 That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
62 (int) sizeof (LONGEST));
64 /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
65 the least significant. */
66 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
69 /* Do the sign extension once at the start. */
70 retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
71 for (++p; p < endaddr; ++p)
72 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
77 /* Do the sign extension once at the start. */
78 retval = ((LONGEST) * p ^ 0x80) - 0x80;
79 for (--p; p >= startaddr; --p)
80 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
86 extract_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int len)
89 const unsigned char *p;
90 const unsigned char *startaddr = addr;
91 const unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
93 if (len > (int) sizeof (ULONGEST))
95 That operation is not available on integers of more than %d bytes."),
96 (int) sizeof (ULONGEST));
98 /* Start at the most significant end of the integer, and work towards
99 the least significant. */
101 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
103 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
104 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
108 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
109 retval = (retval << 8) | *p;
114 /* Sometimes a long long unsigned integer can be extracted as a
115 LONGEST value. This is done so that we can print these values
116 better. If this integer can be converted to a LONGEST, this
117 function returns 1 and sets *PVAL. Otherwise it returns 0. */
120 extract_long_unsigned_integer (const gdb_byte *addr, int orig_len,
124 const gdb_byte *first_addr;
128 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
131 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p < addr + orig_len;
144 for (p = addr + orig_len - 1;
145 len > (int) sizeof (LONGEST) && p >= addr;
155 if (len <= (int) sizeof (LONGEST))
157 *pval = (LONGEST) extract_unsigned_integer (first_addr,
166 /* Treat the bytes at BUF as a pointer of type TYPE, and return the
167 address it represents. */
169 extract_typed_address (const gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type)
171 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
172 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
173 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
174 _("extract_typed_address: "
175 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
177 return POINTER_TO_ADDRESS (type, buf);
182 store_signed_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len, LONGEST val)
185 gdb_byte *startaddr = addr;
186 gdb_byte *endaddr = startaddr + len;
188 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
189 the most significant. */
190 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
192 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
200 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
209 store_unsigned_integer (gdb_byte *addr, int len, ULONGEST val)
212 unsigned char *startaddr = (unsigned char *) addr;
213 unsigned char *endaddr = startaddr + len;
215 /* Start at the least significant end of the integer, and work towards
216 the most significant. */
217 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG)
219 for (p = endaddr - 1; p >= startaddr; --p)
227 for (p = startaddr; p < endaddr; ++p)
235 /* Store the address ADDR as a pointer of type TYPE at BUF, in target
238 store_typed_address (gdb_byte *buf, struct type *type, CORE_ADDR addr)
240 if (TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_PTR
241 && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_REF)
242 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
243 _("store_typed_address: "
244 "type is not a pointer or reference"));
246 ADDRESS_TO_POINTER (type, buf, addr);
251 /* Return a `value' with the contents of (virtual or cooked) register
252 REGNUM as found in the specified FRAME. The register's type is
253 determined by register_type().
255 NOTE: returns NULL if register value is not available. Caller will
256 check return value or die! */
259 value_of_register (int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
263 struct value *reg_val;
265 gdb_byte raw_buffer[MAX_REGISTER_SIZE];
268 /* User registers lie completely outside of the range of normal
269 registers. Catch them early so that the target never sees them. */
270 if (regnum >= NUM_REGS + NUM_PSEUDO_REGS)
271 return value_of_user_reg (regnum, frame);
273 frame_register (frame, regnum, &optim, &lval, &addr, &realnum, raw_buffer);
275 /* FIXME: cagney/2002-05-15: This test is just bogus.
277 It indicates that the target failed to supply a value for a
278 register because it was "not available" at this time. Problem
279 is, the target still has the register and so get saved_register()
280 may be returning a value saved on the stack. */
282 if (register_cached (regnum) < 0)
283 return NULL; /* register value not available */
285 reg_val = allocate_value (register_type (current_gdbarch, regnum));
287 memcpy (value_contents_raw (reg_val), raw_buffer,
288 register_size (current_gdbarch, regnum));
289 VALUE_LVAL (reg_val) = lval;
290 VALUE_ADDRESS (reg_val) = addr;
291 VALUE_REGNUM (reg_val) = regnum;
292 set_value_optimized_out (reg_val, optim);
293 VALUE_FRAME_ID (reg_val) = get_frame_id (frame);
297 /* Given a pointer of type TYPE in target form in BUF, return the
298 address it represents. */
300 unsigned_pointer_to_address (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
302 return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
306 signed_pointer_to_address (struct type *type, const gdb_byte *buf)
308 return extract_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
311 /* Given an address, store it as a pointer of type TYPE in target
314 unsigned_address_to_pointer (struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf,
317 store_unsigned_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), addr);
321 address_to_signed_pointer (struct type *type, gdb_byte *buf, CORE_ADDR addr)
323 store_signed_integer (buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type), addr);
326 /* Will calling read_var_value or locate_var_value on SYM end
327 up caring what frame it is being evaluated relative to? SYM must
330 symbol_read_needs_frame (struct symbol *sym)
332 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
334 /* All cases listed explicitly so that gcc -Wall will detect it if
335 we failed to consider one. */
337 case LOC_COMPUTED_ARG:
338 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
339 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_OPS method when available.
340 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
341 function) location in a function's symbol. Oops! For the
342 moment enable this when/where applicable. */
343 return SYMBOL_OPS (sym)->read_needs_frame (sym);
349 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
353 case LOC_BASEREG_ARG:
354 case LOC_HP_THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC:
364 /* Getting the address of a label can be done independently of the block,
365 even if some *uses* of that address wouldn't work so well without
369 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
371 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
377 /* Given a struct symbol for a variable,
378 and a stack frame id, read the value of the variable
379 and return a (pointer to a) struct value containing the value.
380 If the variable cannot be found, return a zero pointer.
381 If FRAME is NULL, use the deprecated_selected_frame. */
384 read_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
387 struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
391 if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_COMPUTED
392 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_COMPUTED_ARG
393 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGISTER
394 || SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM)
395 /* These cases do not use V. */
399 v = allocate_value (type);
400 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory; /* The most likely possibility. */
403 len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
405 /* FIXME drow/2003-09-06: this call to the selected frame should be
406 pushed upwards to the callers. */
408 frame = deprecated_safe_get_selected_frame ();
410 switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (var))
413 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
414 store_signed_integer (value_contents_raw (v), len,
415 (LONGEST) SYMBOL_VALUE (var));
416 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
420 /* Put the constant back in target format. */
421 if (overlay_debugging)
424 = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
425 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
426 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type, addr);
429 store_typed_address (value_contents_raw (v), type,
430 SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var));
431 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
434 case LOC_CONST_BYTES:
436 memcpy (value_contents_raw (v), SYMBOL_VALUE_BYTES (var), len);
437 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
442 if (overlay_debugging)
443 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var),
444 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
446 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
451 /* The import slot does not have a real address in it from the
452 dynamic loader (dld.sl on HP-UX), if the target hasn't
453 begun execution yet, so check for that. */
456 if (!target_has_execution)
458 Attempt to access variable defined in different shared object or load module when\n\
459 addresses have not been bound by the dynamic loader. Try again when executable is running."));
461 locaddr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (var);
462 loc = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), locaddr);
463 addr = value_as_address (loc);
470 addr = get_frame_args_address (frame);
473 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
482 argref = get_frame_args_address (frame);
485 argref += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
486 ref = value_at (lookup_pointer_type (type), argref);
487 addr = value_as_address (ref);
495 addr = get_frame_locals_address (frame);
496 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
500 case LOC_BASEREG_ARG:
501 case LOC_HP_THREAD_LOCAL_STATIC:
503 struct value *regval;
505 regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
506 SYMBOL_BASEREG (var), frame);
508 error (_("Value of base register not available."));
509 addr = value_as_address (regval);
510 addr += SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
515 error (_("Cannot look up value of a typedef"));
519 if (overlay_debugging)
520 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = symbol_overlayed_address
521 (BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var)), SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (var));
523 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = BLOCK_START (SYMBOL_BLOCK_VALUE (var));
528 case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:
531 int regno = SYMBOL_VALUE (var);
532 struct value *regval;
536 b = get_frame_block (frame, 0);
538 if (SYMBOL_CLASS (var) == LOC_REGPARM_ADDR)
540 regval = value_from_register (lookup_pointer_type (type),
545 error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
547 addr = value_as_address (regval);
548 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_memory;
552 regval = value_from_register (type, regno, frame);
555 error (_("Value of register variable not available."));
562 case LOC_COMPUTED_ARG:
563 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-01-26: It should be possible to
564 unconditionally call the SYMBOL_OPS method when available.
565 Unfortunately DWARF 2 stores the frame-base (instead of the
566 function) location in a function's symbol. Oops! For the
567 moment enable this when/where applicable. */
568 if (frame == 0 && SYMBOL_OPS (var)->read_needs_frame (var))
570 return SYMBOL_OPS (var)->read_variable (var, frame);
574 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
576 msym = lookup_minimal_symbol (DEPRECATED_SYMBOL_NAME (var), NULL, NULL);
579 if (overlay_debugging)
580 addr = symbol_overlayed_address (SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym),
581 SYMBOL_BFD_SECTION (msym));
583 addr = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym);
587 case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:
588 VALUE_LVAL (v) = not_lval;
589 set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
593 error (_("Cannot look up value of a botched symbol."));
597 VALUE_ADDRESS (v) = addr;
598 set_value_lazy (v, 1);
602 /* Install default attributes for register values. */
605 default_value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum,
606 struct frame_info *frame)
608 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
609 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
610 struct value *value = allocate_value (type);
612 VALUE_LVAL (value) = lval_register;
613 VALUE_FRAME_ID (value) = get_frame_id (frame);
614 VALUE_REGNUM (value) = regnum;
616 /* Any structure stored in more than one register will always be
617 an integral number of registers. Otherwise, you need to do
618 some fiddling with the last register copied here for little
620 if (TARGET_BYTE_ORDER == BFD_ENDIAN_BIG
621 && len < register_size (gdbarch, regnum))
622 /* Big-endian, and we want less than full size. */
623 set_value_offset (value, register_size (gdbarch, regnum) - len);
625 set_value_offset (value, 0);
630 /* Return a value of type TYPE, stored in register REGNUM, in frame FRAME. */
633 value_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
635 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
636 struct type *type1 = check_typedef (type);
639 if (CONVERT_REGISTER_P (regnum, type1))
641 /* The ISA/ABI need to something weird when obtaining the
642 specified value from this register. It might need to
643 re-order non-adjacent, starting with REGNUM (see MIPS and
644 i386). It might need to convert the [float] register into
645 the corresponding [integer] type (see Alpha). The assumption
646 is that REGISTER_TO_VALUE populates the entire value
647 including the location. */
648 v = allocate_value (type);
649 VALUE_LVAL (v) = lval_register;
650 VALUE_FRAME_ID (v) = get_frame_id (frame);
651 VALUE_REGNUM (v) = regnum;
652 REGISTER_TO_VALUE (frame, regnum, type1, value_contents_raw (v));
656 int len = TYPE_LENGTH (type);
658 /* Construct the value. */
659 v = gdbarch_value_from_register (gdbarch, type, regnum, frame);
662 if (!get_frame_register_bytes (frame, regnum, value_offset (v), len,
663 value_contents_raw (v)))
664 set_value_optimized_out (v, 1);
669 /* Return contents of register REGNUM in frame FRAME as address,
670 interpreted as value of type TYPE. Will abort if register
671 value is not available. */
674 address_from_register (struct type *type, int regnum, struct frame_info *frame)
679 value = value_from_register (type, regnum, frame);
682 result = value_as_address (value);
683 release_value (value);
690 /* Given a struct symbol for a variable or function,
691 and a stack frame id,
692 return a (pointer to a) struct value containing the properly typed
696 locate_var_value (struct symbol *var, struct frame_info *frame)
699 struct type *type = SYMBOL_TYPE (var);
700 struct value *lazy_value;
702 /* Evaluate it first; if the result is a memory address, we're fine.
703 Lazy evaluation pays off here. */
705 lazy_value = read_var_value (var, frame);
707 error (_("Address of \"%s\" is unknown."), SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
709 if (value_lazy (lazy_value)
710 || TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_FUNC)
714 addr = VALUE_ADDRESS (lazy_value);
715 val = value_from_pointer (lookup_pointer_type (type), addr);
719 /* Not a memory address; check what the problem was. */
720 switch (VALUE_LVAL (lazy_value))
723 gdb_assert (REGISTER_NAME (VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)) != NULL
724 && *REGISTER_NAME (VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)) != '\0');
725 error (_("Address requested for identifier "
726 "\"%s\" which is in register $%s"),
727 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var),
728 REGISTER_NAME (VALUE_REGNUM (lazy_value)));
732 error (_("Can't take address of \"%s\" which isn't an lvalue."),
733 SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (var));
736 return 0; /* For lint -- never reached */