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
5 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
7 Written by Fred Fish at Cygnus Support.
9 This file is part of GDB.
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13 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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16 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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22 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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);
230 enum minimal_symbol_type ms_type;
231 /* If sectinfo is nonNULL, it contains section info that should end up
232 filed in the objfile. */
233 struct stab_section_info *sectinfo = NULL;
234 /* If filesym is nonzero, it points to a file symbol, but we haven't
235 seen any section info for it yet. */
236 asymbol *filesym = 0;
237 /* Name of filesym. This is either a constant string or is saved on
238 the objfile's obstack. */
239 char *filesymname = "";
240 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbx = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
241 int stripped = (bfd_get_symcount (objfile->obfd) == 0);
243 for (i = 0; i < number_of_symbols; i++)
245 sym = symbol_table[i];
246 if (sym->name == NULL || *sym->name == '\0')
248 /* Skip names that don't exist (shouldn't happen), or names
249 that are null strings (may happen). */
253 /* Skip "special" symbols, e.g. ARM mapping symbols. These are
254 symbols which do not correspond to objects in the symbol table,
255 but have some other target-specific meaning. */
256 if (bfd_is_target_special_symbol (objfile->obfd, sym))
258 if (gdbarch_record_special_symbol_p (gdbarch))
259 gdbarch_record_special_symbol (gdbarch, objfile, sym);
263 offset = ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, sym->section->index);
264 if (type == ST_DYNAMIC
265 && sym->section == &bfd_und_section
266 && (sym->flags & BSF_FUNCTION))
268 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
269 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
272 /* Symbol is a reference to a function defined in
274 If its value is non zero then it is usually the address
275 of the corresponding entry in the procedure linkage table,
276 plus the desired section offset.
277 If its value is zero then the dynamic linker has to resolve
278 the symbol. We are unable to find any meaningful address
279 for this symbol in the executable file, so we skip it. */
280 symaddr = sym->value;
284 /* sym->section is the undefined section. However, we want to
285 record the section where the PLT stub resides with the
286 minimal symbol. Search the section table for the one that
287 covers the stub's address. */
288 for (sect = abfd->sections; sect != NULL; sect = sect->next)
290 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sect) & SEC_ALLOC) == 0)
293 if (symaddr >= bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect)
294 && symaddr < bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sect)
295 + bfd_get_section_size (sect))
301 symaddr += ANOFFSET (objfile->section_offsets, sect->index);
303 msym = record_minimal_symbol
304 (sym->name, strlen (sym->name), copy_names,
305 symaddr, mst_solib_trampoline, sect, objfile);
307 msym->filename = filesymname;
311 /* If it is a nonstripped executable, do not enter dynamic
312 symbols, as the dynamic symbol table is usually a subset
313 of the main symbol table. */
314 if (type == ST_DYNAMIC && !stripped)
316 if (sym->flags & BSF_FILE)
318 /* STT_FILE debugging symbol that helps stabs-in-elf debugging.
319 Chain any old one onto the objfile; remember new sym. */
320 if (sectinfo != NULL)
322 sectinfo->next = dbx->stab_section_info;
323 dbx->stab_section_info = sectinfo;
328 obsavestring ((char *) filesym->name, strlen (filesym->name),
329 &objfile->objfile_obstack);
331 else if (sym->flags & BSF_SECTION_SYM)
333 else if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_LOCAL | BSF_WEAK))
335 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
337 /* Select global/local/weak symbols. Note that bfd puts abs
338 symbols in their own section, so all symbols we are
339 interested in will have a section. */
340 /* Bfd symbols are section relative. */
341 symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
342 /* Relocate all non-absolute and non-TLS symbols by the
344 if (sym->section != &bfd_abs_section
345 && !(sym->section->flags & SEC_THREAD_LOCAL))
349 /* For non-absolute symbols, use the type of the section
350 they are relative to, to intuit text/data. Bfd provides
351 no way of figuring this out for absolute symbols. */
352 if (sym->section == &bfd_abs_section)
354 /* This is a hack to get the minimal symbol type
355 right for Irix 5, which has absolute addresses
356 with special section indices for dynamic symbols.
358 NOTE: uweigand-20071112: Synthetic symbols do not
359 have an ELF-private part, so do not touch those. */
360 unsigned int shndx = type == ST_SYNTHETIC ? 0 :
361 ((elf_symbol_type *) sym)->internal_elf_sym.st_shndx;
371 case SHN_MIPS_ACOMMON:
378 /* If it is an Irix dynamic symbol, skip section name
379 symbols, relocate all others by section offset. */
380 if (ms_type != mst_abs)
382 if (sym->name[0] == '.')
387 else if (sym->section->flags & SEC_CODE)
389 if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK))
393 else if ((sym->name[0] == '.' && sym->name[1] == 'L')
394 || ((sym->flags & BSF_LOCAL)
395 && sym->name[0] == '$'
396 && sym->name[1] == 'L'))
397 /* Looks like a compiler-generated label. Skip
398 it. The assembler should be skipping these (to
399 keep executables small), but apparently with
400 gcc on the (deleted) delta m88k SVR4, it loses.
401 So to have us check too should be harmless (but
402 I encourage people to fix this in the assembler
403 instead of adding checks here). */
407 ms_type = mst_file_text;
410 else if (sym->section->flags & SEC_ALLOC)
412 if (sym->flags & (BSF_GLOBAL | BSF_WEAK))
414 if (sym->section->flags & SEC_LOAD)
423 else if (sym->flags & BSF_LOCAL)
425 /* Named Local variable in a Data section.
426 Check its name for stabs-in-elf. */
427 int special_local_sect;
428 if (strcmp ("Bbss.bss", sym->name) == 0)
429 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile);
430 else if (strcmp ("Ddata.data", sym->name) == 0)
431 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_DATA (objfile);
432 else if (strcmp ("Drodata.rodata", sym->name) == 0)
433 special_local_sect = SECT_OFF_RODATA (objfile);
435 special_local_sect = -1;
436 if (special_local_sect >= 0)
438 /* Found a special local symbol. Allocate a
439 sectinfo, if needed, and fill it in. */
440 if (sectinfo == NULL)
445 max_index = SECT_OFF_BSS (objfile);
446 if (objfile->sect_index_data > max_index)
447 max_index = objfile->sect_index_data;
448 if (objfile->sect_index_rodata > max_index)
449 max_index = objfile->sect_index_rodata;
451 /* max_index is the largest index we'll
452 use into this array, so we must
453 allocate max_index+1 elements for it.
454 However, 'struct stab_section_info'
455 already includes one element, so we
456 need to allocate max_index aadditional
458 size = (sizeof (struct stab_section_info)
459 + (sizeof (CORE_ADDR)
461 sectinfo = (struct stab_section_info *)
463 memset (sectinfo, 0, size);
464 sectinfo->num_sections = max_index;
467 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
468 _("elf/stab section information %s without a preceding file symbol"),
474 (char *) filesym->name;
477 if (sectinfo->sections[special_local_sect] != 0)
478 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
479 _("duplicated elf/stab section information for %s"),
481 /* BFD symbols are section relative. */
482 symaddr = sym->value + sym->section->vma;
483 /* Relocate non-absolute symbols by the
485 if (sym->section != &bfd_abs_section)
487 sectinfo->sections[special_local_sect] = symaddr;
488 /* The special local symbols don't go in the
489 minimal symbol table, so ignore this one. */
492 /* Not a special stabs-in-elf symbol, do regular
493 symbol processing. */
494 if (sym->section->flags & SEC_LOAD)
496 ms_type = mst_file_data;
500 ms_type = mst_file_bss;
505 ms_type = mst_unknown;
510 /* FIXME: Solaris2 shared libraries include lots of
511 odd "absolute" and "undefined" symbols, that play
512 hob with actions like finding what function the PC
513 is in. Ignore them if they aren't text, data, or bss. */
514 /* ms_type = mst_unknown; */
515 continue; /* Skip this symbol. */
517 msym = record_minimal_symbol
518 (sym->name, strlen (sym->name), copy_names, symaddr,
519 ms_type, sym->section, objfile);
523 /* Pass symbol size field in via BFD. FIXME!!! */
524 elf_symbol_type *elf_sym;
526 /* NOTE: uweigand-20071112: A synthetic symbol does not have an
527 ELF-private part. However, in some cases (e.g. synthetic
528 'dot' symbols on ppc64) the udata.p entry is set to point back
529 to the original ELF symbol it was derived from. Get the size
531 if (type != ST_SYNTHETIC)
532 elf_sym = (elf_symbol_type *) sym;
534 elf_sym = (elf_symbol_type *) sym->udata.p;
537 MSYMBOL_SIZE(msym) = elf_sym->internal_elf_sym.st_size;
539 msym->filename = filesymname;
540 gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (gdbarch, sym, msym);
543 /* For @plt symbols, also record a trampoline to the
544 destination symbol. The @plt symbol will be used in
545 disassembly, and the trampoline will be used when we are
546 trying to find the target. */
547 if (msym && ms_type == mst_text && type == ST_SYNTHETIC)
549 int len = strlen (sym->name);
551 if (len > 4 && strcmp (sym->name + len - 4, "@plt") == 0)
553 struct minimal_symbol *mtramp;
555 mtramp = record_minimal_symbol (sym->name, len - 4, 1,
557 mst_solib_trampoline,
558 sym->section, objfile);
561 MSYMBOL_SIZE (mtramp) = MSYMBOL_SIZE (msym);
562 mtramp->filename = filesymname;
563 gdbarch_elf_make_msymbol_special (gdbarch, sym, mtramp);
577 /* Locate NT_GNU_BUILD_ID from ABFD and return its content. */
579 static struct build_id *
580 build_id_bfd_get (bfd *abfd)
582 struct build_id *retval;
584 if (!bfd_check_format (abfd, bfd_object)
585 || bfd_get_flavour (abfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour
586 || elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id == NULL)
589 retval = xmalloc (sizeof *retval - 1 + elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id_size);
590 retval->size = elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id_size;
591 memcpy (retval->data, elf_tdata (abfd)->build_id, retval->size);
596 /* Return if FILENAME has NT_GNU_BUILD_ID matching the CHECK value. */
599 build_id_verify (const char *filename, struct build_id *check)
602 struct build_id *found = NULL;
605 /* We expect to be silent on the non-existing files. */
606 abfd = bfd_open_maybe_remote (filename);
610 found = build_id_bfd_get (abfd);
613 warning (_("File \"%s\" has no build-id, file skipped"), filename);
614 else if (found->size != check->size
615 || memcmp (found->data, check->data, found->size) != 0)
616 warning (_("File \"%s\" has a different build-id, file skipped"), filename);
620 gdb_bfd_close_or_warn (abfd);
628 build_id_to_debug_filename (struct build_id *build_id)
630 char *link, *debugdir, *retval = NULL;
632 /* DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY/.build-id/ab/cdef */
633 link = alloca (strlen (debug_file_directory) + (sizeof "/.build-id/" - 1) + 1
634 + 2 * build_id->size + (sizeof ".debug" - 1) + 1);
636 /* Keep backward compatibility so that DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY being "" will
637 cause "/.build-id/..." lookups. */
639 debugdir = debug_file_directory;
642 char *s, *debugdir_end;
643 gdb_byte *data = build_id->data;
644 size_t size = build_id->size;
646 while (*debugdir == DIRNAME_SEPARATOR)
649 debugdir_end = strchr (debugdir, DIRNAME_SEPARATOR);
650 if (debugdir_end == NULL)
651 debugdir_end = &debugdir[strlen (debugdir)];
653 memcpy (link, debugdir, debugdir_end - debugdir);
654 s = &link[debugdir_end - debugdir];
655 s += sprintf (s, "/.build-id/");
659 s += sprintf (s, "%02x", (unsigned) *data++);
664 s += sprintf (s, "%02x", (unsigned) *data++);
665 strcpy (s, ".debug");
667 /* lrealpath() is expensive even for the usually non-existent files. */
668 if (access (link, F_OK) == 0)
669 retval = lrealpath (link);
671 if (retval != NULL && !build_id_verify (retval, build_id))
680 debugdir = debugdir_end;
682 while (*debugdir != 0);
688 find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid (struct objfile *objfile)
690 struct build_id *build_id;
692 build_id = build_id_bfd_get (objfile->obfd);
693 if (build_id != NULL)
697 build_id_name = build_id_to_debug_filename (build_id);
699 /* Prevent looping on a stripped .debug file. */
700 if (build_id_name != NULL && strcmp (build_id_name, objfile->name) == 0)
702 warning (_("\"%s\": separate debug info file has no debug info"),
704 xfree (build_id_name);
706 else if (build_id_name != NULL)
707 return build_id_name;
712 /* Scan and build partial symbols for a symbol file.
713 We have been initialized by a call to elf_symfile_init, which
714 currently does nothing.
716 SECTION_OFFSETS is a set of offsets to apply to relocate the symbols
717 in each section. We simplify it down to a single offset for all
720 This function only does the minimum work necessary for letting the
721 user "name" things symbolically; it does not read the entire symtab.
722 Instead, it reads the external and static symbols and puts them in partial
723 symbol tables. When more extensive information is requested of a
724 file, the corresponding partial symbol table is mutated into a full
725 fledged symbol table by going back and reading the symbols
728 We look for sections with specific names, to tell us what debug
729 format to look for: FIXME!!!
731 elfstab_build_psymtabs() handles STABS symbols;
732 mdebug_build_psymtabs() handles ECOFF debugging information.
734 Note that ELF files have a "minimal" symbol table, which looks a lot
735 like a COFF symbol table, but has only the minimal information necessary
736 for linking. We process this also, and use the information to
737 build gdb's minimal symbol table. This gives us some minimal debugging
738 capability even for files compiled without -g. */
741 elf_symfile_read (struct objfile *objfile, int symfile_flags)
743 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
745 struct cleanup *back_to;
746 long symcount = 0, dynsymcount = 0, synthcount, storage_needed;
747 asymbol **symbol_table = NULL, **dyn_symbol_table = NULL;
750 init_minimal_symbol_collection ();
751 back_to = make_cleanup_discard_minimal_symbols ();
753 memset ((char *) &ei, 0, sizeof (ei));
755 /* Allocate struct to keep track of the symfile */
756 objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info = (struct dbx_symfile_info *)
757 xmalloc (sizeof (struct dbx_symfile_info));
758 memset ((char *) objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info, 0, sizeof (struct dbx_symfile_info));
759 make_cleanup (free_elfinfo, (void *) objfile);
761 /* Process the normal ELF symbol table first. This may write some
762 chain of info into the dbx_symfile_info in objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info,
763 which can later be used by elfstab_offset_sections. */
765 storage_needed = bfd_get_symtab_upper_bound (objfile->obfd);
766 if (storage_needed < 0)
767 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
768 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
770 if (storage_needed > 0)
772 symbol_table = (asymbol **) xmalloc (storage_needed);
773 make_cleanup (xfree, symbol_table);
774 symcount = bfd_canonicalize_symtab (objfile->obfd, symbol_table);
777 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
778 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
780 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_REGULAR, symcount, symbol_table, 0);
783 /* Add the dynamic symbols. */
785 storage_needed = bfd_get_dynamic_symtab_upper_bound (objfile->obfd);
787 if (storage_needed > 0)
789 dyn_symbol_table = (asymbol **) xmalloc (storage_needed);
790 make_cleanup (xfree, dyn_symbol_table);
791 dynsymcount = bfd_canonicalize_dynamic_symtab (objfile->obfd,
795 error (_("Can't read symbols from %s: %s"), bfd_get_filename (objfile->obfd),
796 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
798 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_DYNAMIC, dynsymcount, dyn_symbol_table, 0);
801 /* Add synthetic symbols - for instance, names for any PLT entries. */
803 synthcount = bfd_get_synthetic_symtab (abfd, symcount, symbol_table,
804 dynsymcount, dyn_symbol_table,
808 asymbol **synth_symbol_table;
811 make_cleanup (xfree, synthsyms);
812 synth_symbol_table = xmalloc (sizeof (asymbol *) * synthcount);
813 for (i = 0; i < synthcount; i++)
814 synth_symbol_table[i] = synthsyms + i;
815 make_cleanup (xfree, synth_symbol_table);
816 elf_symtab_read (objfile, ST_SYNTHETIC, synthcount, synth_symbol_table, 1);
819 /* Install any minimal symbols that have been collected as the current
820 minimal symbols for this objfile. The debug readers below this point
821 should not generate new minimal symbols; if they do it's their
822 responsibility to install them. "mdebug" appears to be the only one
823 which will do this. */
825 install_minimal_symbols (objfile);
826 do_cleanups (back_to);
828 /* Now process debugging information, which is contained in
829 special ELF sections. */
831 /* We first have to find them... */
832 bfd_map_over_sections (abfd, elf_locate_sections, (void *) & ei);
834 /* ELF debugging information is inserted into the psymtab in the
835 order of least informative first - most informative last. Since
836 the psymtab table is searched `most recent insertion first' this
837 increases the probability that more detailed debug information
838 for a section is found.
840 For instance, an object file might contain both .mdebug (XCOFF)
841 and .debug_info (DWARF2) sections then .mdebug is inserted first
842 (searched last) and DWARF2 is inserted last (searched first). If
843 we don't do this then the XCOFF info is found first - for code in
844 an included file XCOFF info is useless. */
848 const struct ecoff_debug_swap *swap;
850 /* .mdebug section, presumably holding ECOFF debugging
852 swap = get_elf_backend_data (abfd)->elf_backend_ecoff_debug_swap;
854 elfmdebug_build_psymtabs (objfile, swap, ei.mdebugsect);
860 /* Stab sections have an associated string table that looks like
861 a separate section. */
862 str_sect = bfd_get_section_by_name (abfd, ".stabstr");
864 /* FIXME should probably warn about a stab section without a stabstr. */
866 elfstab_build_psymtabs (objfile,
869 bfd_section_size (abfd, str_sect));
871 if (dwarf2_has_info (objfile))
873 /* DWARF 2 sections */
874 dwarf2_build_psymtabs (objfile);
877 /* If the file has its own symbol tables it has no separate debug info.
878 `.dynsym'/`.symtab' go to MSYMBOLS, `.debug_info' goes to SYMTABS/PSYMTABS.
879 `.gnu_debuglink' may no longer be present with `.note.gnu.build-id'. */
880 if (!objfile_has_partial_symbols (objfile))
884 debugfile = find_separate_debug_file_by_buildid (objfile);
886 if (debugfile == NULL)
887 debugfile = find_separate_debug_file_by_debuglink (objfile);
891 bfd *abfd = symfile_bfd_open (debugfile);
892 symbol_file_add_separate (abfd, symfile_flags, objfile);
898 /* This cleans up the objfile's deprecated_sym_stab_info pointer, and
899 the chain of stab_section_info's, that might be dangling from
903 free_elfinfo (void *objp)
905 struct objfile *objfile = (struct objfile *) objp;
906 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbxinfo = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
907 struct stab_section_info *ssi, *nssi;
909 ssi = dbxinfo->stab_section_info;
917 dbxinfo->stab_section_info = 0; /* Just say No mo info about this. */
921 /* Initialize anything that needs initializing when a completely new symbol
922 file is specified (not just adding some symbols from another file, e.g. a
925 We reinitialize buildsym, since we may be reading stabs from an ELF file. */
928 elf_new_init (struct objfile *ignore)
930 stabsread_new_init ();
931 buildsym_new_init ();
934 /* Perform any local cleanups required when we are done with a particular
935 objfile. I.E, we are in the process of discarding all symbol information
936 for an objfile, freeing up all memory held for it, and unlinking the
937 objfile struct from the global list of known objfiles. */
940 elf_symfile_finish (struct objfile *objfile)
942 if (objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info != NULL)
944 xfree (objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info);
947 dwarf2_free_objfile (objfile);
950 /* ELF specific initialization routine for reading symbols.
952 It is passed a pointer to a struct sym_fns which contains, among other
953 things, the BFD for the file whose symbols are being read, and a slot for
954 a pointer to "private data" which we can fill with goodies.
956 For now at least, we have nothing in particular to do, so this function is
960 elf_symfile_init (struct objfile *objfile)
962 /* ELF objects may be reordered, so set OBJF_REORDERED. If we
963 find this causes a significant slowdown in gdb then we could
964 set it in the debug symbol readers only when necessary. */
965 objfile->flags |= OBJF_REORDERED;
968 /* When handling an ELF file that contains Sun STABS debug info,
969 some of the debug info is relative to the particular chunk of the
970 section that was generated in its individual .o file. E.g.
971 offsets to static variables are relative to the start of the data
972 segment *for that module before linking*. This information is
973 painfully squirreled away in the ELF symbol table as local symbols
974 with wierd names. Go get 'em when needed. */
977 elfstab_offset_sections (struct objfile *objfile, struct partial_symtab *pst)
979 char *filename = pst->filename;
980 struct dbx_symfile_info *dbx = objfile->deprecated_sym_stab_info;
981 struct stab_section_info *maybe = dbx->stab_section_info;
982 struct stab_section_info *questionable = 0;
986 /* The ELF symbol info doesn't include path names, so strip the path
987 (if any) from the psymtab filename. */
988 while (0 != (p = strchr (filename, '/')))
991 /* FIXME: This linear search could speed up significantly
992 if it was chained in the right order to match how we search it,
993 and if we unchained when we found a match. */
994 for (; maybe; maybe = maybe->next)
996 if (filename[0] == maybe->filename[0]
997 && strcmp (filename, maybe->filename) == 0)
999 /* We found a match. But there might be several source files
1000 (from different directories) with the same name. */
1001 if (0 == maybe->found)
1003 questionable = maybe; /* Might use it later. */
1007 if (maybe == 0 && questionable != 0)
1009 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
1010 _("elf/stab section information questionable for %s"), filename);
1011 maybe = questionable;
1016 /* Found it! Allocate a new psymtab struct, and fill it in. */
1018 pst->section_offsets = (struct section_offsets *)
1019 obstack_alloc (&objfile->objfile_obstack,
1020 SIZEOF_N_SECTION_OFFSETS (objfile->num_sections));
1021 for (i = 0; i < maybe->num_sections; i++)
1022 (pst->section_offsets)->offsets[i] = maybe->sections[i];
1026 /* We were unable to find any offsets for this file. Complain. */
1027 if (dbx->stab_section_info) /* If there *is* any info, */
1028 complaint (&symfile_complaints,
1029 _("elf/stab section information missing for %s"), filename);
1032 /* Register that we are able to handle ELF object file formats. */
1034 static struct sym_fns elf_sym_fns =
1036 bfd_target_elf_flavour,
1037 elf_new_init, /* sym_new_init: init anything gbl to entire symtab */
1038 elf_symfile_init, /* sym_init: read initial info, setup for sym_read() */
1039 elf_symfile_read, /* sym_read: read a symbol file into symtab */
1040 elf_symfile_finish, /* sym_finish: finished with file, cleanup */
1041 default_symfile_offsets, /* sym_offsets: Translate ext. to int. relocation */
1042 elf_symfile_segments, /* sym_segments: Get segment information from
1044 NULL, /* sym_read_linetable */
1045 default_symfile_relocate, /* sym_relocate: Relocate a debug section. */
1047 NULL /* next: pointer to next struct sym_fns */
1051 _initialize_elfread (void)
1053 add_symtab_fns (&elf_sym_fns);