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     31 #ifndef COMMON_DWARF_BYTEREADER_H__
     32 #define COMMON_DWARF_BYTEREADER_H__
     33 
     34 #include <string>
     35 #include "common/dwarf/types.h"
     36 #include "common/dwarf/dwarf2enums.h"
     37 
     38 namespace dwarf2reader {
     39 
     40 // We can't use the obvious name of LITTLE_ENDIAN and BIG_ENDIAN
     41 // because it conflicts with a macro
     42 enum Endianness {
     43   ENDIANNESS_BIG,
     44   ENDIANNESS_LITTLE
     45 };
     46 
     47 // A ByteReader knows how to read single- and multi-byte values of
     48 // various endiannesses, sizes, and encodings, as used in DWARF
     49 // debugging information and Linux C++ exception handling data.
     50 class ByteReader {
     51  public:
     52   // Construct a ByteReader capable of reading one-, two-, four-, and
     53   // eight-byte values according to ENDIANNESS, absolute machine-sized
     54   // addresses, DWARF-style "initial length" values, signed and
     55   // unsigned LEB128 numbers, and Linux C++ exception handling data's
     56   // encoded pointers.
     57   explicit ByteReader(enum Endianness endianness);
     58   virtual ~ByteReader();
     59 
     60   // Read a single byte from BUFFER and return it as an unsigned 8 bit
     61   // number.
     62   uint8 ReadOneByte(const char* buffer) const;
     63 
     64   // Read two bytes from BUFFER and return them as an unsigned 16 bit
     65   // number, using this ByteReader's endianness.
     66   uint16 ReadTwoBytes(const char* buffer) const;
     67 
     68   // Read four bytes from BUFFER and return them as an unsigned 32 bit
     69   // number, using this ByteReader's endianness. This function returns
     70   // a uint64 so that it is compatible with ReadAddress and
     71   // ReadOffset. The number it returns will never be outside the range
     72   // of an unsigned 32 bit integer.
     73   uint64 ReadFourBytes(const char* buffer) const;
     74 
     75   // Read eight bytes from BUFFER and return them as an unsigned 64
     76   // bit number, using this ByteReader's endianness.
     77   uint64 ReadEightBytes(const char* buffer) const;
     78 
     79   // Read an unsigned LEB128 (Little Endian Base 128) number from
     80   // BUFFER and return it as an unsigned 64 bit integer. Set LEN to
     81   // the number of bytes read.
     82   //
     83   // The unsigned LEB128 representation of an integer N is a variable
     84   // number of bytes:
     85   //
     86   // - If N is between 0 and 0x7f, then its unsigned LEB128
     87   //   representation is a single byte whose value is N.
     88   //
     89   // - Otherwise, its unsigned LEB128 representation is (N & 0x7f) |
     90   //   0x80, followed by the unsigned LEB128 representation of N /
     91   //   128, rounded towards negative infinity.
     92   //
     93   // In other words, we break VALUE into groups of seven bits, put
     94   // them in little-endian order, and then write them as eight-bit
     95   // bytes with the high bit on all but the last.
     96   uint64 ReadUnsignedLEB128(const char* buffer, size_t* len) const;
     97 
     98   // Read a signed LEB128 number from BUFFER and return it as an
     99   // signed 64 bit integer. Set LEN to the number of bytes read.
    100   //
    101   // The signed LEB128 representation of an integer N is a variable
    102   // number of bytes:
    103   //
    104   // - If N is between -0x40 and 0x3f, then its signed LEB128
    105   //   representation is a single byte whose value is N in two's
    106   //   complement.
    107   //
    108   // - Otherwise, its signed LEB128 representation is (N & 0x7f) |
    109   //   0x80, followed by the signed LEB128 representation of N / 128,
    110   //   rounded towards negative infinity.
    111   //
    112   // In other words, we break VALUE into groups of seven bits, put
    113   // them in little-endian order, and then write them as eight-bit
    114   // bytes with the high bit on all but the last.
    115   int64 ReadSignedLEB128(const char* buffer, size_t* len) const;
    116 
    117   // Indicate that addresses on this architecture are SIZE bytes long. SIZE
    118   // must be either 4 or 8. (DWARF allows addresses to be any number of
    119   // bytes in length from 1 to 255, but we only support 32- and 64-bit
    120   // addresses at the moment.) You must call this before using the
    121   // ReadAddress member function.
    122   //
    123   // For data in a .debug_info section, or something that .debug_info
    124   // refers to like line number or macro data, the compilation unit
    125   // header's address_size field indicates the address size to use. Call
    126   // frame information doesn't indicate its address size (a shortcoming of
    127   // the spec); you must supply the appropriate size based on the
    128   // architecture of the target machine.
    129   void SetAddressSize(uint8 size);
    130 
    131   // Return the current address size, in bytes. This is either 4,
    132   // indicating 32-bit addresses, or 8, indicating 64-bit addresses.
    133   uint8 AddressSize() const { return address_size_; }
    134 
    135   // Read an address from BUFFER and return it as an unsigned 64 bit
    136   // integer, respecting this ByteReader's endianness and address size. You
    137   // must call SetAddressSize before calling this function.
    138   uint64 ReadAddress(const char* buffer) const;
    139 
    140   // DWARF actually defines two slightly different formats: 32-bit DWARF
    141   // and 64-bit DWARF. This is *not* related to the size of registers or
    142   // addresses on the target machine; it refers only to the size of section
    143   // offsets and data lengths appearing in the DWARF data. One only needs
    144   // 64-bit DWARF when the debugging data itself is larger than 4GiB.
    145   // 32-bit DWARF can handle x86_64 or PPC64 code just fine, unless the
    146   // debugging data itself is very large.
    147   //
    148   // DWARF information identifies itself as 32-bit or 64-bit DWARF: each
    149   // compilation unit and call frame information entry begins with an
    150   // "initial length" field, which, in addition to giving the length of the
    151   // data, also indicates the size of section offsets and lengths appearing
    152   // in that data. The ReadInitialLength member function, below, reads an
    153   // initial length and sets the ByteReader's offset size as a side effect.
    154   // Thus, in the normal process of reading DWARF data, the appropriate
    155   // offset size is set automatically. So, you should only need to call
    156   // SetOffsetSize if you are using the same ByteReader to jump from the
    157   // midst of one block of DWARF data into another.
    158 
    159   // Read a DWARF "initial length" field from START, and return it as
    160   // an unsigned 64 bit integer, respecting this ByteReader's
    161   // endianness. Set *LEN to the length of the initial length in
    162   // bytes, either four or twelve. As a side effect, set this
    163   // ByteReader's offset size to either 4 (if we see a 32-bit DWARF
    164   // initial length) or 8 (if we see a 64-bit DWARF initial length).
    165   //
    166   // A DWARF initial length is either:
    167   //
    168   // - a byte count stored as an unsigned 32-bit value less than
    169   //   0xffffff00, indicating that the data whose length is being
    170   //   measured uses the 32-bit DWARF format, or
    171   //
    172   // - The 32-bit value 0xffffffff, followed by a 64-bit byte count,
    173   //   indicating that the data whose length is being measured uses
    174   //   the 64-bit DWARF format.
    175   uint64 ReadInitialLength(const char* start, size_t* len);
    176 
    177   // Read an offset from BUFFER and return it as an unsigned 64 bit
    178   // integer, respecting the ByteReader's endianness. In 32-bit DWARF, the
    179   // offset is 4 bytes long; in 64-bit DWARF, the offset is eight bytes
    180   // long. You must call ReadInitialLength or SetOffsetSize before calling
    181   // this function; see the comments above for details.
    182   uint64 ReadOffset(const char* buffer) const;
    183 
    184   // Return the current offset size, in bytes.
    185   // A return value of 4 indicates that we are reading 32-bit DWARF.
    186   // A return value of 8 indicates that we are reading 64-bit DWARF.
    187   uint8 OffsetSize() const { return offset_size_; }
    188 
    189   // Indicate that section offsets and lengths are SIZE bytes long. SIZE
    190   // must be either 4 (meaning 32-bit DWARF) or 8 (meaning 64-bit DWARF).
    191   // Usually, you should not call this function yourself; instead, let a
    192   // call to ReadInitialLength establish the data's offset size
    193   // automatically.
    194   void SetOffsetSize(uint8 size);
    195 
    196   // The Linux C++ ABI uses a variant of DWARF call frame information
    197   // for exception handling. This data is included in the program's
    198   // address space as the ".eh_frame" section, and intepreted at
    199   // runtime to walk the stack, find exception handlers, and run
    200   // cleanup code. The format is mostly the same as DWARF CFI, with
    201   // some adjustments made to provide the additional
    202   // exception-handling data, and to make the data easier to work with
    203   // in memory --- for example, to allow it to be placed in read-only
    204   // memory even when describing position-independent code.
    205   //
    206   // In particular, exception handling data can select a number of
    207   // different encodings for pointers that appear in the data, as
    208   // described by the DwarfPointerEncoding enum. There are actually
    209   // four axes(!) to the encoding:
    210   //
    211   // - The pointer size: pointers can be 2, 4, or 8 bytes long, or use
    212   //   the DWARF LEB128 encoding.
    213   //
    214   // - The pointer's signedness: pointers can be signed or unsigned.
    215   //
    216   // - The pointer's base address: the data stored in the exception
    217   //   handling data can be the actual address (that is, an absolute
    218   //   pointer), or relative to one of a number of different base
    219   //   addreses --- including that of the encoded pointer itself, for
    220   //   a form of "pc-relative" addressing.
    221   //
    222   // - The pointer may be indirect: it may be the address where the
    223   //   true pointer is stored. (This is used to refer to things via
    224   //   global offset table entries, program linkage table entries, or
    225   //   other tricks used in position-independent code.)
    226   //
    227   // There are also two options that fall outside that matrix
    228   // altogether: the pointer may be omitted, or it may have padding to
    229   // align it on an appropriate address boundary. (That last option
    230   // may seem like it should be just another axis, but it is not.)
    231 
    232   // Indicate that the exception handling data is loaded starting at
    233   // SECTION_BASE, and that the start of its buffer in our own memory
    234   // is BUFFER_BASE. This allows us to find the address that a given
    235   // byte in our buffer would have when loaded into the program the
    236   // data describes. We need this to resolve DW_EH_PE_pcrel pointers.
    237   void SetCFIDataBase(uint64 section_base, const char *buffer_base);
    238 
    239   // Indicate that the base address of the program's ".text" section
    240   // is TEXT_BASE. We need this to resolve DW_EH_PE_textrel pointers.
    241   void SetTextBase(uint64 text_base);
    242 
    243   // Indicate that the base address for DW_EH_PE_datarel pointers is
    244   // DATA_BASE. The proper value depends on the ABI; it is usually the
    245   // address of the global offset table, held in a designated register in
    246   // position-independent code. You will need to look at the startup code
    247   // for the target system to be sure. I tried; my eyes bled.
    248   void SetDataBase(uint64 data_base);
    249 
    250   // Indicate that the base address for the FDE we are processing is
    251   // FUNCTION_BASE. This is the start address of DW_EH_PE_funcrel
    252   // pointers. (This encoding does not seem to be used by the GNU
    253   // toolchain.)
    254   void SetFunctionBase(uint64 function_base);
    255 
    256   // Indicate that we are no longer processing any FDE, so any use of
    257   // a DW_EH_PE_funcrel encoding is an error.
    258   void ClearFunctionBase();
    259 
    260   // Return true if ENCODING is a valid pointer encoding.
    261   bool ValidEncoding(DwarfPointerEncoding encoding) const;
    262 
    263   // Return true if we have all the information we need to read a
    264   // pointer that uses ENCODING. This checks that the appropriate
    265   // SetFooBase function for ENCODING has been called.
    266   bool UsableEncoding(DwarfPointerEncoding encoding) const;
    267 
    268   // Read an encoded pointer from BUFFER using ENCODING; return the
    269   // absolute address it represents, and set *LEN to the pointer's
    270   // length in bytes, including any padding for aligned pointers.
    271   //
    272   // This function calls 'abort' if ENCODING is invalid or refers to a
    273   // base address this reader hasn't been given, so you should check
    274   // with ValidEncoding and UsableEncoding first if you would rather
    275   // die in a more helpful way.
    276   uint64 ReadEncodedPointer(const char *buffer, DwarfPointerEncoding encoding,
    277                             size_t *len) const;
    278 
    279  private:
    280 
    281   // Function pointer type for our address and offset readers.
    282   typedef uint64 (ByteReader::*AddressReader)(const char*) const;
    283 
    284   // Read an offset from BUFFER and return it as an unsigned 64 bit
    285   // integer.  DWARF2/3 define offsets as either 4 or 8 bytes,
    286   // generally depending on the amount of DWARF2/3 info present.
    287   // This function pointer gets set by SetOffsetSize.
    288   AddressReader offset_reader_;
    289 
    290   // Read an address from BUFFER and return it as an unsigned 64 bit
    291   // integer.  DWARF2/3 allow addresses to be any size from 0-255
    292   // bytes currently.  Internally we support 4 and 8 byte addresses,
    293   // and will CHECK on anything else.
    294   // This function pointer gets set by SetAddressSize.
    295   AddressReader address_reader_;
    296 
    297   Endianness endian_;
    298   uint8 address_size_;
    299   uint8 offset_size_;
    300 
    301   // Base addresses for Linux C++ exception handling data's encoded pointers.
    302   bool have_section_base_, have_text_base_, have_data_base_;
    303   bool have_function_base_;
    304   uint64 section_base_, text_base_, data_base_, function_base_;
    305   const char *buffer_base_;
    306 };
    307 
    308 }  // namespace dwarf2reader
    309 
    310 #endif  // COMMON_DWARF_BYTEREADER_H__
    311