include/pub_tool_execontext.h

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/*--- ExeContexts: long-lived stack traces.  pub_tool_execontext.h ---*/
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/*
   This file is part of Valgrind, a dynamic binary instrumentation
   framework.

   Copyright (C) 2000-2012 Julian Seward
      jseward@acm.org

   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 2 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, write to the Free Software
   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
   02111-1307, USA.

   The GNU General Public License is contained in the file COPYING.
*/

#ifndef __PUB_TOOL_EXECONTEXT_H
#define __PUB_TOOL_EXECONTEXT_H

// It's an abstract type.
typedef
   struct _ExeContext
   ExeContext;

// Resolution type used to decide how closely to compare two errors for
// equality.
typedef
   enum { Vg_LowRes, Vg_MedRes, Vg_HighRes }
   VgRes;

// Take a snapshot of the client's stack.  Search our collection of
// ExeContexts to see if we already have it, and if not, allocate a
// new one.  Either way, return a pointer to the context.  Context size
// controlled by --num-callers option.
//
// This should only be used for long-lived stack traces.  If you want a
// short-lived stack trace, use VG_(get_StackTrace)().
//
// If called from generated code, use VG_(get_running_tid)() to get the
// current ThreadId.  If called from non-generated code, the current
// ThreadId should be passed in by the core.  The initial IP value to 
// use is adjusted by first_ip_delta before the stack is unwound.
// A safe value to pass is zero.
//
// See comments in pub_tool_stacktrace.h for precise definition of
// the meaning of the code addresses in the returned ExeContext.
extern 
ExeContext* VG_(record_ExeContext) ( ThreadId tid, Word first_ip_delta );

// Trivial version of VG_(record_ExeContext), which just records the
// thread's current program counter but does not do any stack
// unwinding.  This is useful in some rare cases when we suspect the
// stack might be outside mapped storage, and so unwinding
// might cause a segfault.  In this case we can at least safely
// produce a one-element stack trace, which is better than nothing.
extern
ExeContext* VG_(record_depth_1_ExeContext)(ThreadId tid, Word first_ip_delta);

// Apply a function to every element in the ExeContext.  The parameter 'n'
// gives the index of the passed ip.  Doesn't go below main() unless
// --show-below-main=yes is set.
extern void VG_(apply_ExeContext)( void(*action)(UInt n, Addr ip),
                                   ExeContext* ec, UInt n_ips );

// Compare two ExeContexts.  Number of callers considered depends on `res':
//   Vg_LowRes:  2
//   Vg_MedRes:  4
//   Vg_HighRes: all
extern Bool VG_(eq_ExeContext) ( VgRes res, ExeContext* e1, ExeContext* e2 );

// Print an ExeContext.
extern void VG_(pp_ExeContext) ( ExeContext* ec );

// Get the 32-bit unique reference number for this ExeContext
// (the "ExeContext Unique").  Guaranteed to be nonzero and to be a
// multiple of four (iow, the lowest two bits are guaranteed to
// be zero, so that callers can store other information there.
extern UInt VG_(get_ECU_from_ExeContext)( ExeContext* e );

// How many entries (frames) in this ExeContext?
extern Int VG_(get_ExeContext_n_ips)( ExeContext* e );

// Find the ExeContext that has the given ECU, if any.
// NOTE: very slow.  Do not call often.
extern ExeContext* VG_(get_ExeContext_from_ECU)( UInt uniq );

// Make an ExeContext containing just 'a', and nothing else
ExeContext* VG_(make_depth_1_ExeContext_from_Addr)( Addr a );

// Is this a plausible-looking ECU ?  Catches some obvious stupid
// cases, but does not guarantee that the ECU is really valid, that
// is, has an associated ExeContext.
static inline Bool VG_(is_plausible_ECU)( UInt ecu ) {
   return (ecu > 0) && ((ecu & 3) == 0);
}

// Make an ExeContext containing exactly the specified stack frames.
ExeContext* VG_(make_ExeContext_from_StackTrace)( Addr* ips, UInt n_ips );

#endif   // __PUB_TOOL_EXECONTEXT_H

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