binutils-gdb/gdb/std-regs.c
Simon Marchi a7952927db gdb: change value_of_register and value_of_register_lazy to take the next frame
Some functions related to the handling of registers in frames accept
"this frame", for which we want to read or write the register values,
while other functions accept "the next frame", which is the frame next
to that.  The later is needed because we sometimes need to read register
values for a frame that does not exist yet (usually when trying to
unwind that frame-to-be).

value_of_register and value_of_register_lazy both take "this frame",
even if what they ultimately want internally is "the next frame".  This
is annoying if you are in a spot that currently has "the next frame" and
need to call one of these functions (which happens later in this
series).  You need to get the previous frame only for those functions to
get the next frame again.  This is more manipulations, more chances of
mistake.

I propose to change these functions (and a few more functions in the
subsequent patches) to operate on "the next frame".  Things become a bit
less awkward when all these functions agree on which frame they take.

So, in this patch, change value_of_register_lazy and value_of_register
to take "the next frame" instead of "this frame".  This adds a lot of
get_next_frame_sentinel_okay, but if we convert the user registers API
to also use "the next frame" instead of "this frame", it will get simple
again.

Change-Id: Iaa24815e648fbe5ae3c214c738758890a91819cd
Reviewed-By: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
2023-12-14 16:04:49 +00:00

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/* Builtin frame register, for GDB, the GNU debugger.
Copyright (C) 2002-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Contributed by Red Hat.
This file is part of GDB.
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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#include "defs.h"
#include "user-regs.h"
#include "frame.h"
#include "gdbtypes.h"
#include "value.h"
#include "gdbarch.h"
static struct value *
value_of_builtin_frame_fp_reg (frame_info_ptr frame, const void *baton)
{
struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
if (gdbarch_deprecated_fp_regnum (gdbarch) >= 0)
/* NOTE: cagney/2003-04-24: Since the mere presence of "fp" in the
register name table overrides this built-in $fp register, there
is no real reason for this gdbarch_deprecated_fp_regnum trickery here.
An architecture wanting to implement "$fp" as alias for a raw
register can do so by adding "fp" to register name table (mind
you, doing this is probably a dangerous thing). */
return value_of_register (gdbarch_deprecated_fp_regnum (gdbarch),
get_next_frame_sentinel_okay (frame));
else
{
struct type *data_ptr_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_data_ptr;
struct value *val = value::allocate (data_ptr_type);
gdb_byte *buf = val->contents_raw ().data ();
gdbarch_address_to_pointer (gdbarch, data_ptr_type,
buf, get_frame_base_address (frame));
return val;
}
}
static struct value *
value_of_builtin_frame_pc_reg (frame_info_ptr frame, const void *baton)
{
struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
if (gdbarch_pc_regnum (gdbarch) >= 0)
return value_of_register (gdbarch_pc_regnum (gdbarch),
get_next_frame_sentinel_okay (frame));
else
{
struct type *func_ptr_type = builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_func_ptr;
struct value *val = value::allocate (func_ptr_type);
gdb_byte *buf = val->contents_raw ().data ();
gdbarch_address_to_pointer (gdbarch, func_ptr_type,
buf, get_frame_pc (frame));
return val;
}
}
static struct value *
value_of_builtin_frame_sp_reg (frame_info_ptr frame, const void *baton)
{
struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
if (gdbarch_sp_regnum (gdbarch) >= 0)
return value_of_register (gdbarch_sp_regnum (gdbarch),
get_next_frame_sentinel_okay (frame));
error (_("Standard register ``$sp'' is not available for this target"));
}
static struct value *
value_of_builtin_frame_ps_reg (frame_info_ptr frame, const void *baton)
{
struct gdbarch *gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
if (gdbarch_ps_regnum (gdbarch) >= 0)
return value_of_register (gdbarch_ps_regnum (gdbarch),
get_next_frame_sentinel_okay (frame));
error (_("Standard register ``$ps'' is not available for this target"));
}
void _initialize_frame_reg ();
void
_initialize_frame_reg ()
{
/* Frame based $fp, $pc, $sp and $ps. These only come into play
when the target does not define its own version of these
registers. */
user_reg_add_builtin ("fp", value_of_builtin_frame_fp_reg, NULL);
user_reg_add_builtin ("pc", value_of_builtin_frame_pc_reg, NULL);
user_reg_add_builtin ("sp", value_of_builtin_frame_sp_reg, NULL);
user_reg_add_builtin ("ps", value_of_builtin_frame_ps_reg, NULL);
}