1 /* Read ELF (Executable and Linking Format) object files for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
4 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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7 Written by Fred Fish at Cygnus Support.
9 This file is part of GDB.
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26 #include "gdb_string.h"
28 #include "elf/common.h"
29 #include "elf/internal.h"
35 #include "stabsread.h"
36 #include "gdb-stabs.h"
37 #include "complaints.h"
41 extern void _initialize_elfread (void);
43 /* The struct elfinfo is available only during ELF symbol table and
44 psymtab reading. It is destroyed at the completion of psymtab-reading.
45 It's local to elf_symfile_read. */
49 asection *stabsect; /* Section pointer for .stab section */
50 asection *stabindexsect; /* Section pointer for .stab.index section */
51 asection *mdebugsect; /* Section pointer for .mdebug section */
54 static void free_elfinfo (void *);
56 /* Locate the segments in ABFD. */
58 static struct symfile_segment_data *
59 elf_symfile_segments (bfd *abfd)
61 Elf_Internal_Phdr *phdrs, **segments;
63 int num_phdrs, num_segments, num_sections, i;
65 struct symfile_segment_data *data;
67 phdrs_size = bfd_get_elf_phdr_upper_bound (abfd);
71 phdrs = alloca (phdrs_size);
72 num_phdrs = bfd_get_elf_phdrs (abfd, phdrs);
77 segments = alloca (sizeof (Elf_Internal_Phdr *) * num_phdrs);
78 for (i = 0; i < num_phdrs; i++)
79 if (phdrs[i].p_type == PT_LOAD)
80 segments[num_segments++] = &phdrs[i];
82 if (num_segments == 0)
85 data = XZALLOC (struct symfile_segment_data);
86 data->num_segments = num_segments;
87 data->segment_bases = XCALLOC (num_segments, CORE_ADDR);
88 data->segment_sizes = XCALLOC (num_segments, CORE_ADDR);
90 for (i = 0; i < num_segments; i++)
92 data->segment_bases[i] = segments[i]->p_vaddr;
93 data->segment_sizes[i] = segments[i]->p_memsz;
96 num_sections = bfd_count_sections (abfd);
97 data->segment_info = XCALLOC (num_sections, int);
99 for (i = 0, sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; i++, sect = sect->next)
104 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_ALLOC) == 0)
107 vma = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect);
109 for (j = 0; j < num_segments; j++)
110 if (segments[j]->p_memsz > 0
111 && vma >= segments[j]->p_vaddr
112 && (vma - segments[j]->p_vaddr) < segments[j]->p_memsz)
114 data->segment_info[i] = j + 1;
118 /* We should have found a segment for every non-empty section.
119 If we haven't, we will not relocate this section by any
120 offsets we apply to the segments. As an exception, do not
121 warn about SHT_NOBITS sections; in normal ELF execution
122 environments, SHT_NOBITS means zero-initialized and belongs
123 in a segment, but in no-OS environments some tools (e.g. ARM
124 RealView) use SHT_NOBITS for uninitialized data. Since it is
125 uninitialized, it doesn't need a program header. Such
126 binaries are not relocatable. */
127 if (bfd_get_section_size (sect) > 0 && j == num_segments
128 && (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_LOAD) != 0)
129 warning (_("Loadable segment \"%s\" outside of ELF segments"),
130 bfd_section_name (abfd, sect));
136 /* We are called once per section from elf_symfile_read. We
137 need to examine each section we are passed, check to see
138 if it is something we are interested in processing, and
139 if so, stash away some access information for the section.
141 For now we recognize the dwarf debug information sections and
142 line number sections from matching their section names. The
143 ELF definition is no real help here since it has no direct
144 knowledge of DWARF (by design, so any debugging format can be
147 We also recognize the ".stab" sections used by the Sun compilers
148 released with Solaris 2.
150 FIXME: The section names should not be hardwired strings (what
151 should they be? I don't think most object file formats have enough
152 section flags to specify what kind of debug section it is
156 elf_locate_sections (bfd *ignore_abfd, asection *sectp, void *eip)
160 ei = (struct elfinfo *) eip;
161 if (strcmp (sectp->name, ".stab") == 0)
163 ei->stabsect = sectp;
165 else if (strcmp (sectp->name, ".stab.index") == 0)
167 ei->stabindexsect = sectp;
169 else if (strcmp (sectp->name, ".mdebug") == 0)
171 ei->mdebugsect = sectp;
175 static struct minimal_symbol *
176 record_minimal_symbol (const char *name, int name_len, int copy_name,
178 enum minimal_symbol_type ms_type,
179 asection *bfd_section, struct objfile *objfile)
181 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (objfile);
183 if (ms_type == mst_text || ms_type == mst_file_text)
184 address = gdbarch_smash_text_address (gdbarch, address);
186 return prim_record_minimal_symbol_full (name, name_len, copy_name, address,
187 ms_type, bfd_section->index,
188 bfd_section, objfile);
195 elf_symtab_read -- read the symbol table of an ELF file
199 void elf_symtab_read (struct objfile *objfile, int type,
200 long number_of_symbols, asymbol **symbol_table)
204 Given an objfile, a symbol table, and a flag indicating whether the
205 symbol table contains regular, dynamic, or synthetic symbols, add all
206 the global function and data symbols to the minimal symbol table.
208 In stabs-in-ELF, as implemented by Sun, there are some local symbols
209 defined in the ELF symbol table, which can be used to locate
210 the beginnings of sections from each ".o" file that was linked to
211 form the executable objfile. We gather any such info and record it
212 in data structures hung off the objfile's private data.
218 #define ST_SYNTHETIC 2
221 elf_symtab_read (struct objfile *objfile, int type,
222 long number_of_symbols, asymbol **symbol_table,
225 struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (objfile);
231 enum minimal_symbol_type ms_type;
232 /* If sectinfo is nonNULL, it contains section info that should end up
233 filed in the objfile. */
234 struct stab_section_info *sectinfo = NULL;
235 /* If filesym is nonzero, it points to a file symbol, but we haven't
236 seen any section info for it yet. */
237 asymbol *filesym = 0;
238 /* Name of filesym. This is either a constant string or is saved on
239 the objfile's obstack. */
240 char *filesymname = "";
241 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbx = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
242 int stripped = (bfd_get_symcount (objfile->obfd) == 0);
244 for (i = 0; i < number_of_symbols; i++)
246 sym = symbol_table[i];
247 if (sym->name == NULL || *sym->name == '\0')
249 /* Skip names that don't exist (shouldn't happen), or names
250 that are null strings (may happen). */
254 /* Skip "special" symbols, e.g. ARM mapping symbols. These are
255 symbols which do not correspond to objects in the symbol table,
256 but have some other target-specific meaning. */
257 if (bfd_is_target_special_symbol (objfile->obfd, sym))
259 if (gdbarch_record_special_symbol_p (gdbarch))
260 gdbarch_record_special_symbol (gdbarch, objfile, sym);
264 offset = ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, sym->section->index);
265 if (type == ST_DYNAMIC
266 && sym->section == &bfd_und_section
267 && (sym->flags & BSF_FUNCTION))
269 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
270 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
273 /* Symbol is a reference to a function defined in
275 If its value is non zero then it is usually the address
276 of the corresponding entry in the procedure linkage table,
277 plus the desired section offset.
278 If its value is zero then the dynamic linker has to resolve
279 the symbol. We are unable to find any meaningful address
280 for this symbol in the executable file, so we skip it. */
281 symaddr = sym->value;
285 /* sym->section is the undefined section. However, we want to
286 record the section where the PLT stub resides with the
287 minimal symbol. Search the section table for the one that
288 covers the stub's address. */
289 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; sect = sect->next)
291 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_ALLOC) == 0)
294 if (symaddr >= bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect)
295 && symaddr < bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect)
296 + bfd_get_section_size (sect))
302 symaddr += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, sect->index);
304 msym = record_minimal_symbol
305 (sym->name, strlen (sym->name), copy_names,
306 symaddr, mst_solib_trampoline, sect, objfile);
308 msym->filename = filesymname;
312 /* If it is a nonstripped executable, do not enter dynamic
313 symbols, as the dynamic symbol table is usually a subset
314 of the main symbol table. */
315 if (type == ST_DYNAMIC && !stripped)
317 if (sym->flags & BSF_FILE)
319 /* STT_FILE debugging symbol that helps stabs-in-elf debugging.
320 Chain any old one onto the objfile; remember new sym. */
321 if (sectinfo != NULL)
323 sectinfo->next = dbx->stab_section_info;
324 dbx->stab_section_info = sectinfo;
329 obsavestring ((char *) filesym->name, strlen (filesym->name),
330 &objfile->objfile_obstack);
332 else if (sym->flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM)
334 else if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_LOCAL | BSF_WEAK))
336 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
338 /* Select global/local/weak symbols. Note that bfd puts abs
339 symbols in their own section, so all symbols we are
340 interested in will have a section. */
341 /* Bfd symbols are section relative. */
342 symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
343 /* Relocate all non-absolute and non-TLS symbols by the
345 if (sym->section != &bfd_abs_section
346 && !(sym->section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL))
350 /* For non-absolute symbols, use the type of the section
351 they are relative to, to intuit text/data. Bfd provides
352 no way of figuring this out for absolute symbols. */
353 if (sym->section == &bfd_abs_section)
355 /* This is a hack to get the minimal symbol type
356 right for Irix 5, which has absolute addresses
357 with special section indices for dynamic symbols.
359 NOTE: uweigand-20071112: Synthetic symbols do not
360 have an ELF-private part, so do not touch those. */
361 unsigned int shndx = type == ST_SYNTHETIC ? 0 :
362 ((elf_symbol_type *) sym)->internal_elf_sym.st_shndx;
372 case SHN_MIPS_ACOMMON:
379 /* If it is an Irix dynamic symbol, skip section name
380 symbols, relocate all others by section offset. */
381 if (ms_type != mst_abs)
383 if (sym->name[0] == '.')
388 else if (sym->section->flags & SEC_CODE)
390 if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK))
394 else if ((sym->name[0] == '.' && sym->name[1] == 'L')
395 || ((sym->flags & BSF_LOCAL)
396 && sym->name[0] == '$'
397 && sym->name[1] == 'L'))
398 /* Looks like a compiler-generated label. Skip
399 it. The assembler should be skipping these (to
400 keep executables small), but apparently with
401 gcc on the (deleted) delta m88k SVR4, it loses.
402 So to have us check too should be harmless (but
403 I encourage people to fix this in the assembler
404 instead of adding checks here). */
408 ms_type = mst_file_text;
411 else if (sym->section->flags & SEC_ALLOC)
413 if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK))
415 if (sym->section->flags & SEC_LOAD)
424 else if (sym->flags & BSF_LOCAL)
426 /* Named Local variable in a Data section.
427 Check its name for stabs-in-elf. */
428 int special_local_sect;
429 if (strcmp ("Bbss.bss", sym->name) == 0)
430 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile);
431 else if (strcmp ("Ddata.data", sym->name) == 0)
432 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_DATA (objfile);
433 else if (strcmp ("Drodata.rodata", sym->name) == 0)
434 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_RODATA (objfile);
436 special_local_sect = -1;
437 if (special_local_sect >= 0)
439 /* Found a special local symbol. Allocate a
440 sectinfo, if needed, and fill it in. */
441 if (sectinfo == NULL)
446 max_index = SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile);
447 if (objfile->sect_index_data > max_index)
448 max_index = objfile->sect_index_data;
449 if (objfile->sect_index_rodata > max_index)
450 max_index = objfile->sect_index_rodata;
452 /* max_index is the largest index we'll
453 use into this array, so we must
454 allocate max_index+1 elements for it.
455 However, 'struct stab_section_info'
456 already includes one element, so we
457 need to allocate max_index aadditional
459 size = (sizeof (struct stab_section_info)
460 + (sizeof (CORE_ADDR)
462 sectinfo = (struct stab_section_info *)
464 memset (sectinfo, 0, size);
465 sectinfo->num_sections = max_index;
468 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
469 _("elf/stab section information %s without a preceding file symbol"),
475 (char *) filesym->name;
478 if (sectinfo->sections[special_local_sect] != 0)
479 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
480 _("duplicated elf/stab section information for %s"),
482 /* BFD symbols are section relative. */
483 symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
484 /* Relocate non-absolute symbols by the
486 if (sym->section != &bfd_abs_section)
488 sectinfo->sections[special_local_sect] = symaddr;
489 /* The special local symbols don't go in the
490 minimal symbol table, so ignore this one. */
493 /* Not a special stabs-in-elf symbol, do regular
494 symbol processing. */
495 if (sym->section->flags & SEC_LOAD)
497 ms_type = mst_file_data;
501 ms_type = mst_file_bss;
506 ms_type = mst_unknown;
511 /* FIXME: Solaris2 shared libraries include lots of
512 odd "absolute" and "undefined" symbols, that play
513 hob with actions like finding what function the PC
514 is in. Ignore them if they aren't text, data, or bss. */
515 /* ms_type = mst_unknown; */
516 continue; /* Skip this symbol. */
518 msym = record_minimal_symbol
519 (sym->name, strlen (sym->name), copy_names, symaddr,
520 ms_type, sym->section, objfile);
524 /* Pass symbol size field in via BFD. FIXME!!! */
525 elf_symbol_type *elf_sym;
527 /* NOTE: uweigand-20071112: A synthetic symbol does not have an
528 ELF-private part. However, in some cases (e.g. synthetic
529 'dot' symbols on ppc64) the udata.p entry is set to point back
530 to the original ELF symbol it was derived from. Get the size
532 if (type != ST_SYNTHETIC)
533 elf_sym = (elf_symbol_type *) sym;
535 elf_sym = (elf_symbol_type *) sym->udata.p;
538 MSYMBOL_SIZE(msym) = elf_sym->internal_elf_sym.st_size;
540 msym->filename = filesymname;
541 gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (gdbarch, sym, msym);
544 /* For @plt symbols, also record a trampoline to the
545 destination symbol. The @plt symbol will be used in
546 disassembly, and the trampoline will be used when we are
547 trying to find the target. */
548 if (msym && ms_type == mst_text && type == ST_SYNTHETIC)
550 int len = strlen (sym->name);
552 if (len > 4 && strcmp (sym->name + len - 4, "@plt") == 0)
554 struct minimal_symbol *mtramp;
556 mtramp = record_minimal_symbol (sym->name, len - 4, 1,
558 mst_solib_trampoline,
559 sym->section, objfile);
562 MSYMBOL_SIZE (mtramp) = MSYMBOL_SIZE (msym);
563 mtramp->filename = filesymname;
564 gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (gdbarch, sym, mtramp);
578 /* Locate NT_GNU_BUILD_ID from ABFD and return its content. */
580 static struct build_id *
581 build_id_bfd_get (bfd *abfd)
583 struct build_id *retval;
585 if (!bfd_check_format (abfd, bfd_object)
586 || bfd_get_flavour (abfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour
587 || elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id == NULL)
590 retval = xmalloc (sizeof *retval - 1 + elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id_size);
591 retval->size = elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id_size;
592 memcpy (retval->data, elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id, retval->size);
597 /* Return if FILENAME has NT_GNU_BUILD_ID matching the CHECK value. */
600 build_id_verify (const char *filename, struct build_id *check)
603 struct build_id *found = NULL;
606 /* We expect to be silent on the non-existing files. */
607 abfd = bfd_open_maybe_remote (filename);
611 found = build_id_bfd_get (abfd);
614 warning (_("File \"%s\" has no build-id, file skipped"), filename);
615 else if (found->size != check->size
616 || memcmp (found->data, check->data, found->size) != 0)
617 warning (_("File \"%s\" has a different build-id, file skipped"), filename);
621 if (!bfd_close (abfd))
622 warning (_("cannot close \"%s\": %s"), filename,
623 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
631 build_id_to_debug_filename (struct build_id *build_id)
633 char *link, *debugdir, *retval = NULL;
635 /* DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY/.build-id/ab/cdef */
636 link = alloca (strlen (debug_file_directory) + (sizeof "/.build-id/" - 1) + 1
637 + 2 * build_id->size + (sizeof ".debug" - 1) + 1);
639 /* Keep backward compatibility so that DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY being "" will
640 cause "/.build-id/..." lookups. */
642 debugdir = debug_file_directory;
645 char *s, *debugdir_end;
646 gdb_byte *data = build_id->data;
647 size_t size = build_id->size;
649 while (*debugdir == DIRNAME_SEPARATOR)
652 debugdir_end = strchr (debugdir, DIRNAME_SEPARATOR);
653 if (debugdir_end == NULL)
654 debugdir_end = &debugdir[strlen (debugdir)];
656 memcpy (link, debugdir, debugdir_end - debugdir);
657 s = &link[debugdir_end - debugdir];
658 s += sprintf (s, "/.build-id/");
662 s += sprintf (s, "%02x", (unsigned) *data++);
667 s += sprintf (s, "%02x", (unsigned) *data++);
668 strcpy (s, ".debug");
670 /* lrealpath() is expensive even for the usually non-existent files. */
671 if (access (link, F_OK) == 0)
672 retval = lrealpath (link);
674 if (retval != NULL && !build_id_verify (retval, build_id))
683 debugdir = debugdir_end;
685 while (*debugdir != 0);
691 find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid (struct objfile *objfile)
694 char *basename, *name_copy, *debugdir;
696 char *debugfile = NULL;
697 char *canon_name = NULL;
698 bfd_size_type debuglink_size;
701 struct build_id *build_id;
703 build_id = build_id_bfd_get (objfile->obfd);
704 if (build_id != NULL)
708 build_id_name = build_id_to_debug_filename (build_id);
710 /* Prevent looping on a stripped .debug file. */
711 if (build_id_name != NULL && strcmp (build_id_name, objfile->name) == 0)
713 warning (_("\"%s\": separate debug info file has no debug info"),
715 xfree (build_id_name);
717 else if (build_id_name != NULL)
718 return build_id_name;
723 /* Scan and build partial symbols for a symbol file.
724 We have been initialized by a call to elf_symfile_init, which
725 currently does nothing.
727 SECTION_OFFSETS is a set of offsets to apply to relocate the symbols
728 in each section. We simplify it down to a single offset for all
731 This function only does the minimum work necessary for letting the
732 user "name" things symbolically; it does not read the entire symtab.
733 Instead, it reads the external and static symbols and puts them in partial
734 symbol tables. When more extensive information is requested of a
735 file, the corresponding partial symbol table is mutated into a full
736 fledged symbol table by going back and reading the symbols
739 We look for sections with specific names, to tell us what debug
740 format to look for: FIXME!!!
742 elfstab_build_psymtabs() handles STABS symbols;
743 mdebug_build_psymtabs() handles ECOFF debugging information.
745 Note that ELF files have a "minimal" symbol table, which looks a lot
746 like a COFF symbol table, but has only the minimal information necessary
747 for linking. We process this also, and use the information to
748 build gdb's minimal symbol table. This gives us some minimal debugging
749 capability even for files compiled without -g. */
752 elf_symfile_read (struct objfile *objfile, int symfile_flags)
754 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
756 struct cleanup *back_to;
758 long symcount = 0, dynsymcount = 0, synthcount, storage_needed;
759 asymbol **symbol_table = NULL, **dyn_symbol_table = NULL;
762 init_minimal_symbol_collection ();
763 back_to = make_cleanup_discard_minimal_symbols ();
765 memset ((char *) &ei, 0, sizeof (ei));
767 /* Allocate struct to keep track of the symfile */
768 objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info = (struct dbx_symfile_info *)
769 xmalloc (sizeof (struct dbx_symfile_info));
770 memset ((char *) objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info, 0, sizeof (struct dbx_symfile_info));
771 make_cleanup (free_elfinfo, (void *) objfile);
773 /* Process the normal ELF symbol table first. This may write some
774 chain of info into the dbx_symfile_info in objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info,
775 which can later be used by elfstab_offset_sections. */
777 storage_needed = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (objfile->obfd);
778 if (storage_needed < 0)
779 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
780 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
782 if (storage_needed > 0)
784 symbol_table = (asymbol **) xmalloc (storage_needed);
785 make_cleanup (xfree, symbol_table);
786 symcount = bfd_canonicalize_symtab (objfile->obfd, symbol_table);
789 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
790 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
792 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_REGULAR, symcount, symbol_table, 0);
795 /* Add the dynamic symbols. */
797 storage_needed = bfd_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound (objfile->obfd);
799 if (storage_needed > 0)
801 dyn_symbol_table = (asymbol **) xmalloc (storage_needed);
802 make_cleanup (xfree, dyn_symbol_table);
803 dynsymcount = bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab (objfile->obfd,
807 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
808 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
810 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_DYNAMIC, dynsymcount, dyn_symbol_table, 0);
813 /* Add synthetic symbols - for instance, names for any PLT entries. */
815 synthcount = bfd_get_synthetic_symtab (abfd, symcount, symbol_table,
816 dynsymcount, dyn_symbol_table,
820 asymbol **synth_symbol_table;
823 make_cleanup (xfree, synthsyms);
824 synth_symbol_table = xmalloc (sizeof (asymbol *) * synthcount);
825 for (i = 0; i < synthcount; i++)
826 synth_symbol_table[i] = synthsyms + i;
827 make_cleanup (xfree, synth_symbol_table);
828 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_SYNTHETIC, synthcount, synth_symbol_table, 1);
831 /* Install any minimal symbols that have been collected as the current
832 minimal symbols for this objfile. The debug readers below this point
833 should not generate new minimal symbols; if they do it's their
834 responsibility to install them. "mdebug" appears to be the only one
835 which will do this. */
837 install_minimal_symbols (objfile);
838 do_cleanups (back_to);
840 /* Now process debugging information, which is contained in
841 special ELF sections. */
843 /* We first have to find them... */
844 bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, elf_locate_sections, (void *) & ei);
846 /* ELF debugging information is inserted into the psymtab in the
847 order of least informative first - most informative last. Since
848 the psymtab table is searched `most recent insertion first' this
849 increases the probability that more detailed debug information
850 for a section is found.
852 For instance, an object file might contain both .mdebug (XCOFF)
853 and .debug_info (DWARF2) sections then .mdebug is inserted first
854 (searched last) and DWARF2 is inserted last (searched first). If
855 we don't do this then the XCOFF info is found first - for code in
856 an included file XCOFF info is useless. */
860 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *swap;
862 /* .mdebug section, presumably holding ECOFF debugging
864 swap = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->elf_backend_ecoff_debug_swap;
866 elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (objfile, swap, ei.mdebugsect);
872 /* Stab sections have an associated string table that looks like
873 a separate section. */
874 str_sect = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".stabstr");
876 /* FIXME should probably warn about a stab section without a stabstr. */
878 elfstab_build_psymtabs (objfile,
881 bfd_section_size (abfd, str_sect));
883 if (dwarf2_has_info (objfile))
885 /* DWARF 2 sections */
886 dwarf2_build_psymtabs (objfile);
889 /* FIXME: kettenis/20030504: This still needs to be integrated with
890 dwarf2read.c in a better way. */
891 dwarf2_build_frame_info (objfile);
893 /* If the file has its own symbol tables it has no separate debug info.
894 `.dynsym'/`.symtab' go to MSYMBOLS, `.debug_info' goes to SYMTABS/PSYMTABS.
895 `.gnu_debuglink' may no longer be present with `.note.gnu.build-id'. */
896 if (!objfile_has_partial_symbols (objfile))
900 debugfile = find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid (objfile);
902 if (debugfile == NULL)
903 debugfile = find_separate_debug_file_by_debuglink (objfile);
907 bfd *abfd = symfile_bfd_open (debugfile);
908 symbol_file_add_separate (abfd, symfile_flags, objfile);
914 /* This cleans up the objfile's deprecated_sym_stab_info pointer, and
915 the chain of stab_section_info's, that might be dangling from
919 free_elfinfo (void *objp)
921 struct objfile *objfile = (struct objfile *) objp;
922 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbxinfo = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
923 struct stab_section_info *ssi, *nssi;
925 ssi = dbxinfo->stab_section_info;
933 dbxinfo->stab_section_info = 0; /* Just say No mo info about this. */
937 /* Initialize anything that needs initializing when a completely new symbol
938 file is specified (not just adding some symbols from another file, e.g. a
941 We reinitialize buildsym, since we may be reading stabs from an ELF file. */
944 elf_new_init (struct objfile *ignore)
946 stabsread_new_init ();
947 buildsym_new_init ();
950 /* Perform any local cleanups required when we are done with a particular
951 objfile. I.E, we are in the process of discarding all symbol information
952 for an objfile, freeing up all memory held for it, and unlinking the
953 objfile struct from the global list of known objfiles. */
956 elf_symfile_finish (struct objfile *objfile)
958 if (objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info != NULL)
960 xfree (objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info);
963 dwarf2_free_objfile (objfile);
966 /* ELF specific initialization routine for reading symbols.
968 It is passed a pointer to a struct sym_fns which contains, among other
969 things, the BFD for the file whose symbols are being read, and a slot for
970 a pointer to "private data" which we can fill with goodies.
972 For now at least, we have nothing in particular to do, so this function is
976 elf_symfile_init (struct objfile *objfile)
978 /* ELF objects may be reordered, so set OBJF_REORDERED. If we
979 find this causes a significant slowdown in gdb then we could
980 set it in the debug symbol readers only when necessary. */
981 objfile->flags |= OBJF_REORDERED;
984 /* When handling an ELF file that contains Sun STABS debug info,
985 some of the debug info is relative to the particular chunk of the
986 section that was generated in its individual .o file. E.g.
987 offsets to static variables are relative to the start of the data
988 segment *for that module before linking*. This information is
989 painfully squirreled away in the ELF symbol table as local symbols
990 with wierd names. Go get 'em when needed. */
993 elfstab_offset_sections (struct objfile *objfile, struct partial_symtab *pst)
995 char *filename = pst->filename;
996 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbx = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
997 struct stab_section_info *maybe = dbx->stab_section_info;
998 struct stab_section_info *questionable = 0;
1002 /* The ELF symbol info doesn't include path names, so strip the path
1003 (if any) from the psymtab filename. */
1004 while (0 != (p = strchr (filename, '/')))
1007 /* FIXME: This linear search could speed up significantly
1008 if it was chained in the right order to match how we search it,
1009 and if we unchained when we found a match. */
1010 for (; maybe; maybe = maybe->next)
1012 if (filename[0] == maybe->filename[0]
1013 && strcmp (filename, maybe->filename) == 0)
1015 /* We found a match. But there might be several source files
1016 (from different directories) with the same name. */
1017 if (0 == maybe->found)
1019 questionable = maybe; /* Might use it later. */
1023 if (maybe == 0 && questionable != 0)
1025 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
1026 _("elf/stab section information questionable for %s"), filename);
1027 maybe = questionable;
1032 /* Found it! Allocate a new psymtab struct, and fill it in. */
1034 pst->section_offsets = (struct section_offsets *)
1035 obstack_alloc (&objfile->objfile_obstack,
1036 SIZEOF_N_SECTION_OFFSETS (objfile->num_sections));
1037 for (i = 0; i < maybe->num_sections; i++)
1038 (pst->section_offsets)->offsets[i] = maybe->sections[i];
1042 /* We were unable to find any offsets for this file. Complain. */
1043 if (dbx->stab_section_info) /* If there *is* any info, */
1044 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
1045 _("elf/stab section information missing for %s"), filename);
1048 /* Register that we are able to handle ELF object file formats. */
1050 static struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns =
1052 bfd_target_elf_flavour,
1053 elf_new_init, /* sym_new_init: init anything gbl to entire symtab */
1054 elf_symfile_init, /* sym_init: read initial info, setup for sym_read() */
1055 elf_symfile_read, /* sym_read: read a symbol file into symtab */
1056 elf_symfile_finish, /* sym_finish: finished with file, cleanup */
1057 default_symfile_offsets, /* sym_offsets: Translate ext. to int. relocation */
1058 elf_symfile_segments, /* sym_segments: Get segment information from
1060 NULL, /* sym_read_linetable */
1061 default_symfile_relocate, /* sym_relocate: Relocate a debug section. */
1063 NULL /* next: pointer to next struct sym_fns */
1067 _initialize_elfread (void)
1069 add_symtab_fns (&elf_sym_fns);