format.c revision 130561
1/* Generic BFD support for file formats.
2   Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
3   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4   Written by Cygnus Support.
5
6   This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
7
8   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11   (at your option) any later version.
12
13   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
16   GNU General Public License for more details.
17
18   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
21
22/*
23SECTION
24	File formats
25
26	A format is a BFD concept of high level file contents type. The
27	formats supported by BFD are:
28
29	o <<bfd_object>>
30
31	The BFD may contain data, symbols, relocations and debug info.
32
33	o <<bfd_archive>>
34
35	The BFD contains other BFDs and an optional index.
36
37	o <<bfd_core>>
38
39	The BFD contains the result of an executable core dump.
40
41*/
42
43#include "bfd.h"
44#include "sysdep.h"
45#include "libbfd.h"
46
47/* IMPORT from targets.c.  */
48extern const size_t _bfd_target_vector_entries;
49
50/*
51FUNCTION
52	bfd_check_format
53
54SYNOPSIS
55	bfd_boolean bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
56
57DESCRIPTION
58	Verify if the file attached to the BFD @var{abfd} is compatible
59	with the format @var{format} (i.e., one of <<bfd_object>>,
60	<<bfd_archive>> or <<bfd_core>>).
61
62	If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
63	call, only the named target and format combination is
64	checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
65	<<default>>, then all the known target backends is
66	interrogated to determine a match.  If the default target
67	matches, it is used.  If not, exactly one target must recognize
68	the file, or an error results.
69
70	The function returns <<TRUE>> on success, otherwise <<FALSE>>
71	with one of the following error codes:
72
73	o <<bfd_error_invalid_operation>> -
74	if <<format>> is not one of <<bfd_object>>, <<bfd_archive>> or
75	<<bfd_core>>.
76
77	o <<bfd_error_system_call>> -
78	if an error occured during a read - even some file mismatches
79	can cause bfd_error_system_calls.
80
81	o <<file_not_recognised>> -
82	none of the backends recognised the file format.
83
84	o <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>> -
85	more than one backend recognised the file format.
86*/
87
88bfd_boolean
89bfd_check_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
90{
91  return bfd_check_format_matches (abfd, format, NULL);
92}
93
94/*
95FUNCTION
96	bfd_check_format_matches
97
98SYNOPSIS
99	bfd_boolean bfd_check_format_matches
100	  (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching);
101
102DESCRIPTION
103	Like <<bfd_check_format>>, except when it returns FALSE with
104	<<bfd_errno>> set to <<bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized>>.  In that
105	case, if @var{matching} is not NULL, it will be filled in with
106	a NULL-terminated list of the names of the formats that matched,
107	allocated with <<malloc>>.
108	Then the user may choose a format and try again.
109
110	When done with the list that @var{matching} points to, the caller
111	should free it.
112*/
113
114bfd_boolean
115bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching)
116{
117  extern const bfd_target binary_vec;
118  const bfd_target * const *target;
119  const bfd_target **matching_vector = NULL;
120  const bfd_target *save_targ, *right_targ, *ar_right_targ;
121  int match_count;
122  int ar_match_index;
123
124  if (!bfd_read_p (abfd)
125      || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
126    {
127      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
128      return FALSE;
129    }
130
131  if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
132    return abfd->format == format;
133
134  /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
135     all in the hope that one will be uniquely recognized.  */
136  save_targ = abfd->xvec;
137  match_count = 0;
138  ar_match_index = _bfd_target_vector_entries;
139
140  if (matching)
141    {
142      bfd_size_type amt;
143
144      *matching = NULL;
145      amt = sizeof (*matching_vector) * 2 * _bfd_target_vector_entries;
146      matching_vector = bfd_malloc (amt);
147      if (!matching_vector)
148	return FALSE;
149    }
150
151  right_targ = 0;
152  ar_right_targ = 0;
153
154  /* Presume the answer is yes.  */
155  abfd->format = format;
156
157  /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target.  */
158  if (!abfd->target_defaulted)
159    {
160      if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)	/* rewind! */
161	{
162	  if (matching)
163	    free (matching_vector);
164	  return FALSE;
165	}
166
167      right_targ = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
168
169      if (right_targ)
170	{
171	  abfd->xvec = right_targ;	/* Set the target as returned.  */
172
173	  if (matching)
174	    free (matching_vector);
175
176	  return TRUE;			/* File position has moved, BTW.  */
177	}
178
179      /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
180	 targets if the specified target was wrong.  I don't know why,
181	 and I'm reluctant to change it.  However, in the case of an
182	 archive, it can cause problems.  If the specified target does
183	 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
184	 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
185	 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
186	 object.  When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
187	 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
188	 actual pe-i386 archive.  Since there may be other problems of
189	 this sort, I changed this test to check only for the binary
190	 target.  */
191      if (format == bfd_archive && save_targ == &binary_vec)
192	{
193	  abfd->xvec = save_targ;
194	  abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
195
196	  if (matching)
197	    free (matching_vector);
198
199	  bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
200
201	  return FALSE;
202	}
203    }
204
205  for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
206    {
207      const bfd_target *temp;
208      bfd_error_type err;
209
210      if (*target == &binary_vec)
211	continue;
212
213      abfd->xvec = *target;	/* Change BFD's target temporarily.  */
214
215      if (bfd_seek (abfd, (file_ptr) 0, SEEK_SET) != 0)
216	{
217	  if (matching)
218	    free (matching_vector);
219	  return FALSE;
220	}
221
222      /* If _bfd_check_format neglects to set bfd_error, assume
223	 bfd_error_wrong_format.  We didn't used to even pay any
224	 attention to bfd_error, so I suspect that some
225	 _bfd_check_format might have this problem.  */
226      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
227
228      temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
229
230      if (temp)
231	{
232	  /* This format checks out as ok!  */
233	  right_targ = temp;
234
235	  /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
236	     targets might match.  People who want those other targets
237	     have to set the GNUTARGET variable.  */
238	  if (temp == bfd_default_vector[0])
239	    {
240	      match_count = 1;
241	      break;
242	    }
243
244	  if (matching)
245	    matching_vector[match_count] = temp;
246
247	  match_count++;
248
249#ifdef GNU960
250	  /* Big- and little-endian b.out archives look the same, but it
251	     doesn't matter: there is no difference in their headers, and
252	     member file byte orders will (I hope) be handled appropriately
253	     by bfd.  Ditto for big and little coff archives.  And the 4
254	     coff/b.out object formats are unambiguous.  So accept the
255	     first match we find.  */
256	  break;
257#endif
258	}
259      else if ((err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
260	       || err == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
261	{
262	  /* An archive with objects of the wrong type, or an
263	     ambiguous match.  We want this target to match if we get
264	     no better matches.  */
265	  if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
266	    ar_right_targ = *target;
267	  if (matching)
268	    matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
269	  ar_match_index++;
270	}
271      else if (err != bfd_error_wrong_format)
272	{
273	  abfd->xvec = save_targ;
274	  abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
275
276	  if (matching)
277	    free (matching_vector);
278
279	  return FALSE;
280	}
281    }
282
283  if (match_count == 0)
284    {
285      /* Try partial matches.  */
286      right_targ = ar_right_targ;
287
288      if (right_targ == bfd_default_vector[0])
289	{
290	  match_count = 1;
291	}
292      else
293	{
294	  match_count = ar_match_index - _bfd_target_vector_entries;
295
296	  if (matching && match_count > 1)
297	    memcpy (matching_vector,
298		    matching_vector + _bfd_target_vector_entries,
299		    sizeof (*matching_vector) * match_count);
300	}
301    }
302
303  if (match_count > 1
304      && bfd_associated_vector != NULL
305      && matching)
306    {
307      const bfd_target * const *assoc = bfd_associated_vector;
308
309      while ((right_targ = *assoc++) != NULL)
310	{
311	  int i = match_count;
312
313	  while (--i >= 0)
314	    if (matching_vector[i] == right_targ)
315	      break;
316
317	  if (i >= 0)
318	    {
319	      match_count = 1;
320	      break;
321	    }
322	}
323    }
324
325  if (match_count == 1)
326    {
327      abfd->xvec = right_targ;		/* Change BFD's target permanently.  */
328
329      if (matching)
330	free (matching_vector);
331
332      return TRUE;			/* File position has moved, BTW.  */
333    }
334
335  abfd->xvec = save_targ;		/* Restore original target type.  */
336  abfd->format = bfd_unknown;		/* Restore original format.  */
337
338  if (match_count == 0)
339    {
340      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
341
342      if (matching)
343	free (matching_vector);
344    }
345  else
346    {
347      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized);
348
349      if (matching)
350	{
351	  *matching = (char **) matching_vector;
352	  matching_vector[match_count] = NULL;
353	  /* Return target names.  This is a little nasty.  Maybe we
354	     should do another bfd_malloc?  */
355	  while (--match_count >= 0)
356	    {
357	      const char *name = matching_vector[match_count]->name;
358	      *(const char **) &matching_vector[match_count] = name;
359	    }
360	}
361    }
362
363  return FALSE;
364}
365
366/*
367FUNCTION
368	bfd_set_format
369
370SYNOPSIS
371	bfd_boolean bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format);
372
373DESCRIPTION
374	This function sets the file format of the BFD @var{abfd} to the
375	format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not
376	support the format requested, the format is invalid, or the BFD
377	is not open for writing, then an error occurs.
378*/
379
380bfd_boolean
381bfd_set_format (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format)
382{
383  if (bfd_read_p (abfd)
384      || (unsigned int) abfd->format >= (unsigned int) bfd_type_end)
385    {
386      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
387      return FALSE;
388    }
389
390  if (abfd->format != bfd_unknown)
391    return abfd->format == format;
392
393  /* Presume the answer is yes.  */
394  abfd->format = format;
395
396  if (!BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_set_format, (abfd)))
397    {
398      abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
399      return FALSE;
400    }
401
402  return TRUE;
403}
404
405/*
406FUNCTION
407	bfd_format_string
408
409SYNOPSIS
410	const char *bfd_format_string (bfd_format format);
411
412DESCRIPTION
413	Return a pointer to a const string
414	<<invalid>>, <<object>>, <<archive>>, <<core>>, or <<unknown>>,
415	depending upon the value of @var{format}.
416*/
417
418const char *
419bfd_format_string (bfd_format format)
420{
421  if (((int) format < (int) bfd_unknown)
422      || ((int) format >= (int) bfd_type_end))
423    return "invalid";
424
425  switch (format)
426    {
427    case bfd_object:
428      return "object";		/* Linker/assembler/compiler output.  */
429    case bfd_archive:
430      return "archive";		/* Object archive file.  */
431    case bfd_core:
432      return "core";		/* Core dump.  */
433    default:
434      return "unknown";
435    }
436}
437