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1 /*
2  * This file is part of ltrace.
3  * Copyright (C) 2011,2012 Petr Machata, Red Hat Inc.
4  *
5  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
7  * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
8  * License, or (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
11  * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
13  * General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
17  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
18  * 02110-1301 USA
19  */
20 
21 #ifndef VALUE_H
22 #define VALUE_H
23 
24 #include "forward.h"
25 #include "sysdep.h"
26 
27 /* Values are objects that capture data fetched from an inferior.
28  * Typically a value is attached to a single inferior where it was
29  * extracted from, but it is possible to create a detached value.
30  * Each value is typed.  Values support a number of routines, such as
31  * dereferencing if the value is of pointer type, array or structure
32  * access, etc.
33  *
34  * A value can be uninitialized, abstract or reified.  Abstract values
35  * are just references into inferior, no transfer has taken place yet.
36  * Reified values have been copied out of the corresponding inferior,
37  * or otherwise set to some value.  */
38 
39 enum value_location_t {
40 	VAL_LOC_NODATA = 0,	/* Uninitialized.  */
41 	VAL_LOC_INFERIOR,	/* Value is in the inferior process.  */
42 	VAL_LOC_COPY,		/* Value was copied out of the inferior.  */
43 	VAL_LOC_SHARED,		/* Like VAL_LOC_COPY, but don't free.  */
44 	VAL_LOC_WORD,		/* Like VAL_LOC_COPY, but small enough.  */
45 };
46 
47 struct value {
48 	struct arg_type_info *type;
49 	struct process *inferior;
50 	struct value *parent;
51 	size_t size;
52 	union {
53 		void *address;  /* VAL_LOC_COPY, VAL_LOC_SHARED */
54 		arch_addr_t inf_address;  /* VAL_LOC_INFERIOR */
55 		long value;     /* VAL_LOC_WORD */
56 		unsigned char buf[0];
57 	} u;
58 	enum value_location_t where;
59 	int own_type;
60 };
61 
62 /* Initialize VALUE.  INFERIOR must not be NULL.  PARENT is parental
63  * value, in case of compound types.  It may be NULL.  TYPE is a type
64  * of the value.  It may be NULL if the type is not yet known.  If
65  * OWN_TYPE, the passed-in type is owned and released by value.  */
66 void value_init(struct value *value, struct process *inferior,
67 		struct value *parent, struct arg_type_info *type,
68 		int own_type);
69 
70 /* Initialize VALUE.  This is like value_init, except that inferior is
71  * NULL.  VALP is initialized as a detached value, without assigned
72  * process.  You have to be careful not to use VAL_LOC_INFERIOR
73  * values if the value is detached.  */
74 void value_init_detached(struct value *value, struct value *parent,
75 			 struct arg_type_info *type, int own_type);
76 
77 /* Set TYPE.  This releases old type if it was owned.  TYPE is owned
78  * and released if OWN_TYPE.  */
79 void value_set_type(struct value *value,
80 		    struct arg_type_info *type, int own_type);
81 
82 /* Transfers the ownership of VALUE's type, if any, to the caller.
83  * This doesn't reset the VALUE's type, but gives up ownership if
84  * there was one.  Previous ownership is passed in OWN_TYPE.  */
85 void value_take_type(struct value *value,
86 		     struct arg_type_info **type, int *own_type);
87 
88 /* Release the data held by VALP, if any, but not the type.  */
89 void value_release(struct value *valp);
90 
91 /* Value resides in inferior, on given ADDRESS.  */
92 void value_in_inferior(struct value *valp, arch_addr_t address);
93 
94 /* Destroy the value.  This is like value_release, but it additionally
95  * frees the value type, if it's own_type.  It doesn't free the VAL
96  * pointer itself.  */
97 void value_destroy(struct value *val);
98 
99 /* Set the data held by VALP to VALUE.  This also sets the value's
100  * where to VAL_LOC_WORD.  */
101 void value_set_word(struct value *valp, long value);
102 
103 /* Set the data held by VALP to a buffer of size SIZE.  This buffer
104  * may be allocated by malloc.  Returns NULL on failure.  */
105 unsigned char *value_reserve(struct value *valp, size_t size);
106 
107 /* Access ELEMENT-th field of the compound value VALP, and store the
108  * result into the value RET_VAL.  Returns 0 on success, or negative
109  * value on failure.  */
110 int value_init_element(struct value *ret_val, struct value *valp, size_t element);
111 
112 /* De-reference pointer value, and store the result into the value
113  * RET_VAL.  Returns 0 on success, or negative value on failure.  */
114 int value_init_deref(struct value *ret_val, struct value *valp);
115 
116 /* If value is in inferior, copy it over to ltrace.  Return 0 for
117  * success or negative value for failure.  */
118 int value_reify(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
119 
120 /* Return a pointer to the data of the value.  This copies the data
121  * from the inferior to the tracer.  Returns NULL on failure.  */
122 unsigned char *value_get_data(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
123 
124 /* Return a pointer to the raw data of the value.  This shall not be
125  * called on a VAL_LOC_INFERIOR value.  */
126 unsigned char *value_get_raw_data(struct value *val);
127 
128 /* Copy value VAL into the area pointed-to by RETP.  Return 0 on
129  * success or a negative value on failure.  */
130 int value_clone(struct value *retp, const struct value *val);
131 
132 /* Give a size of given value.  Return (size_t)-1 for error.  This is
133  * a full size of the value.  In particular for arrays, it returns
134  * actual length of the array, as computed by the length
135  * expression.  */
136 size_t value_size(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
137 
138 /* Extract at most word-sized datum from the value.  Return 0 on
139  * success or negative value on failure.  */
140 int value_extract_word(struct value *val, long *retp,
141 		       struct value_dict *arguments);
142 
143 /* Copy contents of VAL to DATA.  The buffer must be large enough to
144  * hold all the data inside.  */
145 int value_extract_buf(struct value *val, unsigned char *data,
146 		      struct value_dict *arguments);
147 
148 /* Find the most enclosing parental value that is a struct.  Return
149  * NULL when there is no such parental value.  */
150 struct value *value_get_parental_struct(struct value *val);
151 
152 /* Determine whether this is all-zero value.  Returns >0 if it is, ==0
153  * if it isn't, <0 on error.  */
154 int value_is_zero(struct value *val, struct value_dict *arguments);
155 
156 /* Compare two values for byte-by-byte equality.  Returns >0 if they
157  * are equal, ==0 if they are not, and <0 on error.  */
158 int value_equal(struct value *val1, struct value *val2,
159 		struct value_dict *arguments);
160 
161 /* Convert a structure type to pointer to that structure type.  */
162 int value_pass_by_reference(struct value *value);
163 
164 #endif /* VALUE_H */
165