gdb/python: Introduce gdb.lookup_static_symbols

If gdb.lookup_static_symbol is going to return a single symbol then it
makes sense (I think) for it to return a context sensitive choice of
symbol, that is the global static symbol that would be visible to the
program at that point.

However, if the user of the python API wants to instead get a
consistent set of global static symbols, no matter where they stop,
then they have to instead consider all global static symbols with a
given name - there could be many.  That is what this new API function
offers, it returns a list (possibly empty) of all global static
symbols matching a given name (and optionally a given symbol domain).

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbols): New
	function.
	* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbols):
	Declare new function.
	* python/python.c (python_GdbMethods): Add
	gdb.lookup_static_symbols method.
	* NEWS: Mention gdb.lookup_static_symbols.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Add test for
	gdb.lookup_static_symbols.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Symbols In Python): Add documentation for
	gdb.lookup_static_symbols.

Change-Id: I1153b0ae5bcbc43b3dcf139043c7a48bf791e1a3
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2019-11-10 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
* python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbols): New
function.
* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbols):
Declare new function.
* python/python.c (python_GdbMethods): Add
gdb.lookup_static_symbols method.
* NEWS: Mention gdb.lookup_static_symbols.
2019-11-10 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
* python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbol): Lookup in

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@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
** The new function gdb.lookup_static_symbol can be used to look up
symbols with static linkage.
** The new function gdb.lookup_static_symbols can be used to look up
all static symbols with static linkage.
** gdb.Objfile has new methods 'lookup_global_symbol' and
'lookup_static_symbol' to lookup a symbol from this objfile only.

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2019-11-10 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
* python.texi (Symbols In Python): Add documentation for
gdb.lookup_static_symbols.
2019-11-10 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
* python.texi (Symbols In Python): Extend documentation for

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@ -4883,6 +4883,41 @@ search all object files in the order they appear in the debug
information.
@end defun
@findex gdb.lookup_global_symbol
@defun gdb.lookup_global_symbol (name @r{[}, domain@r{]})
This function searches for a global symbol by name.
The search scope can be restricted to by the domain argument.
@var{name} is the name of the symbol. It must be a string.
The optional @var{domain} argument restricts the search to the domain type.
The @var{domain} argument must be a domain constant defined in the @code{gdb}
module and described later in this chapter.
The result is a @code{gdb.Symbol} object or @code{None} if the symbol
is not found.
@end defun
@findex gdb.lookup_static_symbols
@defun gdb.lookup_static_symbols (name @r{[}, domain@r{]})
Similar to @code{gdb.lookup_static_symbol}, this function searches for
global symbols with static linkage by name, and optionally restricted
by the domain argument. However, this function returns a list of all
matching symbols found, not just the first one.
@var{name} is the name of the symbol. It must be a string.
The optional @var{domain} argument restricts the search to the domain type.
The @var{domain} argument must be a domain constant defined in the @code{gdb}
module and described later in this chapter.
The result is a list of @code{gdb.Symbol} objects which could be empty
if no matching symbols were found.
Note that this function will not find function-scoped static variables. To look
up such variables, iterate over the variables of the function's
@code{gdb.Block} and check that @code{block.addr_class} is
@code{gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_STATIC}.
@end defun
A @code{gdb.Symbol} object has the following attributes:
@defvar Symbol.type

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#include "symtab.h"
#include "python-internal.h"
#include "objfiles.h"
#include "symfile.h"
typedef struct sympy_symbol_object {
PyObject_HEAD
@ -534,6 +535,66 @@ gdbpy_lookup_static_symbol (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
return sym_obj;
}
/* Implementation of
gdb.lookup_static_symbols (name [, domain]) -> symbol list.
Returns a list of all static symbols matching NAME in DOMAIN. */
PyObject *
gdbpy_lookup_static_symbols (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
{
const char *name;
int domain = VAR_DOMAIN;
static const char *keywords[] = { "name", "domain", NULL };
if (!gdb_PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords (args, kw, "s|i", keywords, &name,
&domain))
return NULL;
gdbpy_ref<> return_list (PyList_New (0));
if (return_list == NULL)
return NULL;
try
{
/* Expand any symtabs that contain potentially matching symbols. */
lookup_name_info lookup_name (name, symbol_name_match_type::FULL);
expand_symtabs_matching (NULL, lookup_name, NULL, NULL, ALL_DOMAIN);
for (objfile *objfile : current_program_space->objfiles ())
{
for (compunit_symtab *cust : objfile->compunits ())
{
const struct blockvector *bv;
const struct block *block;
bv = COMPUNIT_BLOCKVECTOR (cust);
block = BLOCKVECTOR_BLOCK (bv, STATIC_BLOCK);
if (block != nullptr)
{
symbol *symbol = lookup_symbol_in_static_block
(name, block, (domain_enum) domain).symbol;
if (symbol != nullptr)
{
PyObject *sym_obj
= symbol_to_symbol_object (symbol);
if (PyList_Append (return_list.get (), sym_obj) == -1)
return NULL;
}
}
}
}
}
catch (const gdb_exception &except)
{
GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION (except);
}
return return_list.release ();
}
/* This function is called when an objfile is about to be freed.
Invalidate the symbol as further actions on the symbol would result
in bad data. All access to obj->symbol should be gated by

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@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ PyObject *gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol (PyObject *self, PyObject *args,
PyObject *kw);
PyObject *gdbpy_lookup_static_symbol (PyObject *self, PyObject *args,
PyObject *kw);
PyObject *gdbpy_lookup_static_symbols (PyObject *self, PyObject *args,
PyObject *kw);
PyObject *gdbpy_start_recording (PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
PyObject *gdbpy_current_recording (PyObject *self, PyObject *args);
PyObject *gdbpy_stop_recording (PyObject *self, PyObject *args);

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@ -1994,6 +1994,10 @@ Return the symbol corresponding to the given name (or None)." },
METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
"lookup_static_symbol (name [, domain]) -> symbol\n\
Return the static-linkage symbol corresponding to the given name (or None)." },
{ "lookup_static_symbols", (PyCFunction) gdbpy_lookup_static_symbols,
METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
"lookup_static_symbols (name [, domain]) -> symbol\n\
Return a list of all static-linkage symbols corresponding to the given name." },
{ "lookup_objfile", (PyCFunction) gdbpy_lookup_objfile,
METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,

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2019-11-10 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Add test for
gdb.lookup_static_symbols.
2019-11-10 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
* gdb.python/py-symbol.c: Declare and call function from new

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@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ if {[prepare_for_testing "failed to prepare" $testfile \
# Skip all tests if Python scripting is not enabled.
if { [skip_python_tests] } { continue }
# Check that we find all static symbols before the inferior has
# started, at which point some of the symtabs might not have been
# expanded.
gdb_test "python print (len (gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')))" \
"2" "print (len (gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')))"
# Restart so we don't have expanded symtabs after the previous test.
clean_restart ${binfile}
# Test looking up a global symbol before we runto_main as this is the
# point where we don't have a current frame, and we don't want to
# require one.
@ -108,6 +117,10 @@ gdb_breakpoint "function_in_other_file"
gdb_continue_to_breakpoint "function_in_other_file"
gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_static_symbol ('rr').value ())" "99" \
"print value of rr from other file"
gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')\[0\].value ())" "99" \
"print value of gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')\[0\], from the other file"
gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')\[1\].value ())" "42" \
"print value of gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')\[1\], from the other file"
# Now continue back to the first source file.
set linenum [gdb_get_line_number "Break at end."]
@ -119,6 +132,10 @@ gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python frame = gdb.selected_frame()" "Get Frame" 0
# static symbol from the second source file.
gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_static_symbol ('rr').value ())" "42" \
"print value of rr from main file"
gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')\[0\].value ())" "99" \
"print value of gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')\[0\], from the main file"
gdb_test "python print (gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')\[1\].value ())" "42" \
"print value of gdb.lookup_static_symbols ('rr')\[1\], from the main file"
# Test is_variable attribute.
gdb_py_test_silent_cmd "python a = gdb.lookup_symbol(\'a\')" "Get variable a" 0