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      1 /* Generic interface between GCC and GDB
      2 
      3    Copyright (C) 2014-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      4 
      5    This file is part of GCC.
      6 
      7    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
      8    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
      9    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
     10    (at your option) any later version.
     11 
     12    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     13    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     14    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     15    GNU General Public License for more details.
     16 
     17    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     18    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
     19 
     20 #ifndef GCC_INTERFACE_H
     21 #define GCC_INTERFACE_H
     22 
     23 /* This header defines the interface to the GCC API.  It must be both
     24    valid C and valid C++, because it is included by both programs.  */
     25 
     26 #ifdef __cplusplus
     27 extern "C" {
     28 #endif
     29 
     30 /* Opaque typedefs for objects passed through the interface.  */
     31 
     32 typedef unsigned long long gcc_type;
     33 typedef unsigned long long gcc_decl;
     34 
     35 /* An address in the inferior.  */
     36 
     37 typedef unsigned long long gcc_address;
     38 
     39 /* Forward declaration.  */
     40 
     41 struct gcc_base_context;
     42 
     43 /* Defined versions of the generic API.  */
     44 
     45 enum gcc_base_api_version
     46 {
     47   GCC_FE_VERSION_0 = 0,
     48 
     49   /* Deprecated methods set_arguments_v0 and compile_v0.  Added methods
     50      set_arguments, set_triplet_regexp, set_driver_filename, set_verbose and
     51      compile.  */
     52   GCC_FE_VERSION_1 = 1,
     53 };
     54 
     55 /* The operations defined by the GCC base API.  This is the vtable for
     56    the real context structure which is passed around.
     57 
     58    The "base" API is concerned with basics shared by all compiler
     59    front ends: setting command-line arguments, the file names, etc.
     60 
     61    Front-end-specific interfaces inherit from this one.  */
     62 
     63 struct gcc_base_vtable
     64 {
     65   /* The actual version implemented in this interface.  This field can
     66      be relied on not to move, so users can always check it if they
     67      desire.  The value is one of the gcc_base_api_version constants.
     68   */
     69 
     70   unsigned int version;
     71 
     72   /* Deprecated GCC_FE_VERSION_0 variant of the GCC_FE_VERSION_1
     73      methods set_triplet_regexp and set_arguments.  */
     74 
     75   char *(*set_arguments_v0) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
     76 			     const char *triplet_regexp,
     77 			     int argc, char **argv);
     78 
     79   /* Set the file name of the program to compile.  The string is
     80      copied by the method implementation, but the caller must
     81      guarantee that the file exists through the compilation.  */
     82 
     83   void (*set_source_file) (struct gcc_base_context *self, const char *file);
     84 
     85   /* Set a callback to use for printing error messages.  DATUM is
     86      passed through to the callback unchanged.  */
     87 
     88   void (*set_print_callback) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
     89 			      void (*print_function) (void *datum,
     90 						      const char *message),
     91 			      void *datum);
     92 
     93   /* Deprecated GCC_FE_VERSION_0 variant of the GCC_FE_VERSION_1
     94      compile method.  GCC_FE_VERSION_0 version verbose parameter has
     95      been replaced by the set_verbose method.  */
     96 
     97   int /* bool */ (*compile_v0) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
     98 				const char *filename,
     99 				int /* bool */ verbose);
    100 
    101   /* Destroy this object.  */
    102 
    103   void (*destroy) (struct gcc_base_context *self);
    104 
    105   /* VERBOSE can be set to non-zero to cause GCC to print some
    106      information as it works.  Calling this method overrides its
    107      possible previous calls.
    108 
    109      This method is only available since GCC_FE_VERSION_1.  */
    110 
    111   void (*set_verbose) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
    112 		       int /* bool */ verbose);
    113 
    114   /* Perform the compilation.  FILENAME is the name of the resulting
    115      object file.  Either set_triplet_regexp or set_driver_filename must
    116      be called before.  Returns true on success, false on error.
    117 
    118      This method is only available since GCC_FE_VERSION_1.  */
    119 
    120   int /* bool */ (*compile) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
    121 			     const char *filename);
    122 
    123   /* Set the compiler's command-line options for the next compilation.
    124      The arguments are copied by GCC.  ARGV need not be
    125      NULL-terminated.  The arguments must be set separately for each
    126      compilation; that is, after a compile is requested, the
    127      previously-set arguments cannot be reused.
    128 
    129      This returns NULL on success.  On failure, returns a malloc()d
    130      error message.  The caller is responsible for freeing it.
    131 
    132      This method is only available since GCC_FE_VERSION_1.  */
    133 
    134   char *(*set_arguments) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
    135 			  int argc, char **argv);
    136 
    137   /* Set TRIPLET_REGEXP as a regular expression that is used to match
    138      the configury triplet prefix to the compiler.  Calling this method
    139      overrides possible previous call of itself or set_driver_filename.
    140 
    141      This returns NULL on success.  On failure, returns a malloc()d
    142      error message.  The caller is responsible for freeing it.
    143 
    144      This method is only available since GCC_FE_VERSION_1.  */
    145 
    146   char *(*set_triplet_regexp) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
    147 			       const char *triplet_regexp);
    148 
    149   /* DRIVER_FILENAME should be filename of the gcc compiler driver
    150      program.  It will be searched in PATH components like
    151      TRIPLET_REGEXP.  Calling this method overrides possible previous
    152      call of itself or set_triplet_regexp.
    153 
    154      This returns NULL on success.  On failure, returns a malloc()d
    155      error message.  The caller is responsible for freeing it.
    156 
    157      This method is only available since GCC_FE_VERSION_1.  */
    158 
    159   char *(*set_driver_filename) (struct gcc_base_context *self,
    160 				const char *driver_filename);
    161 };
    162 
    163 /* The GCC object.  */
    164 
    165 struct gcc_base_context
    166 {
    167   /* The virtual table.  */
    168 
    169   const struct gcc_base_vtable *ops;
    170 };
    171 
    172 /* An array of types used for creating function types in multiple
    173    languages.  */
    174 
    175 struct gcc_type_array
    176 {
    177   /* Number of elements.  */
    178 
    179   int n_elements;
    180 
    181   /* The elements.  */
    182 
    183   gcc_type *elements;
    184 };
    185 
    186 /* The name of the dummy wrapper function generated by gdb.  */
    187 
    188 #define GCC_FE_WRAPPER_FUNCTION "_gdb_expr"
    189 
    190 #ifdef __cplusplus
    191 }
    192 #endif
    193 
    194 #endif /* GCC_INTERFACE_H */
    195