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/*
* This file is part of ltrace.
* Copyright (C) 2011,2012 Petr Machata, Red Hat Inc.
*
* 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
* 02110-1301 USA
*/
#ifndef VALUE_H
#define VALUE_H
#include "forward.h"
#include "sysdep.h"
/* Values are objects that capture data fetched from an inferior.
* Typically a value is attached to a single inferior where it was
* extracted from, but it is possible to create a detached value.
* Each value is typed. Values support a number of routines, such as
* dereferencing if the value is of pointer type, array or structure
* access, etc.
*
* A value can be uninitialized, abstract or reified. Abstract values
* are just references into inferior, no transfer has taken place yet.
* Reified values have been copied out of the corresponding inferior,
* or otherwise set to some value. */
enum value_location_t {
VAL_LOC_NODATA = 0, /* Uninitialized. */
VAL_LOC_INFERIOR, /* Value is in the inferior process. */
VAL_LOC_COPY, /* Value was copied out of the inferior. */
VAL_LOC_SHARED, /* Like VAL_LOC_COPY, but don't free. */
VAL_LOC_WORD, /* Like VAL_LOC_COPY, but small enough. */
};
struct value {
struct arg_type_info *type;
struct process *inferior;
struct value *parent;
size_t size;
union {
void *address; /* VAL_LOC_COPY, VAL_LOC_SHARED */
arch_addr_t inf_address; /* VAL_LOC_INFERIOR */
long value; /* VAL_LOC_WORD */
unsigned char buf[0];
} u;
enum value_location_t where;
int own_type;
};
/* Initialize VALUE. INFERIOR must not be NULL. PARENT is parental
* value, in case of compound types. It may be NULL. TYPE is a type
* of the value. It may be NULL if the type is not yet known. If
* OWN_TYPE, the passed-in type is owned and released by value. */
void value_init(struct value *value, struct process *inferior,
struct value *parent, struct arg_type_info *type,
int own_type);
/* Initialize VALUE. This is like value_init, except that inferior is
* NULL. VALP is initialized as a detached value, without assigned
* process. You have to be careful not to use VAL_LOC_INFERIOR
* values if the value is detached. */
void value_init_detached(struct value *value, struct value *parent,
struct arg_type_info *type, int own_type);
/* Set TYPE. This releases old type if it was owned. TYPE is owned
* and released if OWN_TYPE. */
void value_set_type(struct value *value,
struct arg_type_info *type, int own_type);
/* Transfers the ownership of VALUE's type, if any, to the caller.
* This doesn't reset the VALUE's type, but gives up ownership if
* there was one. Previous ownership is passed in OWN_TYPE. */
void value_take_type(struct value *value,
struct arg_type_info **type, int *own_type);
/* Release the data held by VALP, if any, but not the type. */
void value_release(struct value *valp);
/* Value resides in inferior, on given ADDRESS. */
void value_in_inferior(struct value *valp, arch_addr_t address);
/* Destroy the value. This is like value_release, but it additionally
* frees the value type, if it's own_type. It doesn't free the VAL
* pointer itself. */
void value_destroy(struct value *val);
/* Set the data held by VALP to VALUE. This also sets the value's
* where to VAL_LOC_WORD. */
void value_set_word(struct value *valp, long value);
/* Set the data held by VALP to a buffer of size SIZE. This buffer
* may be allocated by malloc. Returns NULL on failure. */
unsigned char *value_reserve(struct value *valp, size_t size);
/* Access ELEMENT-th field of the compound value VALP, and store the
* result into the value RET_VAL. Returns 0 on success, or negative
* value on failure. */
int value_init_element(struct value *ret_val, struct value *valp, size_t element);
/* De-reference pointer value, and store the result into the value
* RET_VAL. Returns 0 on success, or negative value on failure. */
int value_init_deref(struct value *ret_val, struct value *valp);
/* If value is in inferior, copy it over to ltrace. Return 0 for
* success or negative value for failure. */
int value_reify(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
/* Return a pointer to the data of the value. This copies the data
* from the inferior to the tracer. Returns NULL on failure. */
unsigned char *value_get_data(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
/* Return a pointer to the raw data of the value. This shall not be
* called on a VAL_LOC_INFERIOR value. */
unsigned char *value_get_raw_data(struct value *val);
/* Copy value VAL into the area pointed-to by RETP. Return 0 on
* success or a negative value on failure. */
int value_clone(struct value *retp, const struct value *val);
/* Give a size of given value. Return (size_t)-1 for error. This is
* a full size of the value. In particular for arrays, it returns
* actual length of the array, as computed by the length
* expression. */
size_t value_size(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
/* Extract at most word-sized datum from the value. Return 0 on
* success or negative value on failure. */
int value_extract_word(struct value *val, long *retp,
struct value_dict *arguments);
/* Copy contents of VAL to DATA. The buffer must be large enough to
* hold all the data inside. */
int value_extract_buf(struct value *val, unsigned char *data,
struct value_dict *arguments);
/* Find the most enclosing parental value that is a struct. Return
* NULL when there is no such parental value. */
struct value *value_get_parental_struct(struct value *val);
/* Determine whether this is all-zero value. Returns >0 if it is, ==0
* if it isn't, <0 on error. */
int value_is_zero(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
/* Compare two values for byte-by-byte equality. Returns >0 if they
* are equal, ==0 if they are not, and <0 on error. */
int value_equal(struct value *val1, struct value *val2,
struct value_dict *arguments);
/* Convert a structure type to pointer to that structure type. */
int value_pass_by_reference(struct value *value);
#endif /* VALUE_H */