1 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 # elftools: dwarf/locationlists.py
4 # DWARF location lists section decoding (.debug_loc)
6 # Eli Bendersky (eliben@gmail.com)
7 # This code is in the public domain
8 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10 from collections
import namedtuple
11 from ..common
.exceptions
import DWARFError
12 from ..common
.utils
import struct_parse
14 LocationExpr
= namedtuple('LocationExpr', 'loc_expr')
15 LocationEntry
= namedtuple('LocationEntry', 'entry_offset entry_length begin_offset end_offset loc_expr is_absolute')
16 BaseAddressEntry
= namedtuple('BaseAddressEntry', 'entry_offset entry_length base_address')
17 LocationViewPair
= namedtuple('LocationViewPair', 'entry_offset begin end')
19 class LocationLists(object):
20 """ A single location list is a Python list consisting of LocationEntry or
21 BaseAddressEntry objects.
23 Starting with DWARF5, it may also contain LocationViewPair, but only
24 if scanning the section, never when requested for a DIE attribute.
26 The default location entries are returned as LocationEntry with
27 begin_offset == end_offset == -1
29 Version determines whether the executable contains a debug_loc
30 section, or a DWARFv5 style debug_loclists one. Only the 4/5
33 Dwarfinfo is only needed for DWARFv5 location entry encodings
34 that contain references to other sections (e. g. DW_LLE_startx_endx),
35 and only for location list enumeration.
37 def __init__(self
, stream
, structs
, version
=4, dwarfinfo
=None):
39 self
.structs
= structs
40 self
.dwarfinfo
= dwarfinfo
41 self
.version
= version
42 self
._max
_addr
= 2 ** (self
.structs
.address_size
* 8) - 1
44 def get_location_list_at_offset(self
, offset
, die
=None):
45 """ Get a location list at the given offset in the section.
46 Passing the die is only neccessary in DWARF5+, for decoding
47 location entry encodings that contain references to other sections.
49 self
.stream
.seek(offset
, os
.SEEK_SET
)
50 return self
._parse
_location
_list
_from
_stream
_v
5(die
) if self
.version
>= 5 else self
._parse
_location
_list
_from
_stream
()
52 def iter_location_lists(self
):
53 """ Iterates through location lists and view pairs. Returns lists of
54 LocationEntry, BaseAddressEntry, and LocationViewPair objects.
56 # The location lists section was never meant for sequential access.
57 # Location lists are referenced by DIE attributes by offset or by index.
59 # As of DWARFv5, it may contain, in addition to proper location lists,
60 #location list view pairs, which are referenced by the nonstandard DW_AT_GNU_locviews
61 # attribute. A set of locview pairs (which is a couple of ULEB128 values) may preceed
62 # a location list; the former is referenced by the DW_AT_GNU_locviews attribute, the
63 # latter - by DW_AT_location (in the same DIE). Binutils' readelf dumps those.
64 # There is a view pair for each location-type entry in the list.
66 # Also, the section may contain gaps.
68 # Taking a cue from binutils, we would have to scan this section while looking at
71 stream
.seek(0, os
.SEEK_END
)
72 endpos
= stream
.tell()
74 stream
.seek(0, os
.SEEK_SET
)
77 # Need to provide support for DW_AT_GNU_locviews. They are interspersed in
78 # the locations section, no way to tell where short of checking all DIEs
79 all_offsets
= set() # Set of offsets where either a locview pair set can be found, or a view-less loclist
80 locviews
= dict() # Map of locview offset to the respective loclist offset
81 cu_map
= dict() # Map of loclist offsets to CUs
82 for cu
in self
.dwarfinfo
.iter_CUs():
83 cu_ver
= cu
['version']
84 for die
in cu
.iter_DIEs():
85 # A combination of location and locviews means there is a location list
86 # preceed by several locview pairs
87 if 'DW_AT_GNU_locviews' in die
.attributes
:
88 assert('DW_AT_location' in die
.attributes
and
89 LocationParser
._attribute
_has
_loc
_list
(die
.attributes
['DW_AT_location'], cu_ver
))
90 views_offset
= die
.attributes
['DW_AT_GNU_locviews'].value
91 list_offset
= die
.attributes
['DW_AT_location'].value
92 locviews
[views_offset
] = list_offset
93 cu_map
[list_offset
] = cu
94 all_offsets
.add(views_offset
)
96 # Scan other attributes for location lists
97 for key
in die
.attributes
:
98 attr
= die
.attributes
[key
]
99 if (key
!= 'DW_AT_location' and
100 LocationParser
.attribute_has_location(attr
, cu_ver
) and
101 LocationParser
._attribute
_has
_loc
_list
(attr
, cu_ver
)):
102 list_offset
= attr
.value
103 all_offsets
.add(list_offset
)
104 cu_map
[list_offset
] = cu
105 all_offsets
= list(all_offsets
)
108 # Loclists section is organized as an array of CUs, each length prefixed.
109 # We don't assume that the CUs go in the same order as the ones in info.
111 while stream
.tell() < endpos
:
112 # We are at the start of the CU block in the loclists now
113 unit_length
= struct_parse(self
.structs
.Dwarf_initial_length(''), stream
)
114 offset_past_len
= stream
.tell()
115 cu_header
= struct_parse(self
.structs
.Dwarf_loclists_CU_header
, stream
)
116 assert(cu_header
.version
== 5)
118 # GNU binutils supports two traversal modes: by offsets in CU header, and sequential.
119 # We don't have a binary for the former yet. On an off chance that we one day might,
120 # let's parse the header anyway.
122 cu_end_offset
= offset_past_len
+ unit_length
123 # Unit_length includes the header but doesn't include the length
125 while stream
.tell() < cu_end_offset
:
126 # Skip the gap to the next object
127 next_offset
= all_offsets
[offset_index
]
128 if next_offset
== stream
.tell(): # At an object, either a loc list or a loc view pair
129 locview_pairs
= self
._parse
_locview
_pairs
(locviews
)
130 entries
= self
._parse
_location
_list
_from
_stream
_v
5()
131 yield locview_pairs
+ entries
133 else: # We are at a gap - skip the gap to the next object or to the next CU
134 if next_offset
> cu_end_offset
: # Gap at the CU end - the next object is in the next CU
135 next_offset
= cu_end_offset
# And implicitly quit the loop within the CU
136 stream
.seek(next_offset
, os
.SEEK_SET
)
138 # Just call _parse_location_list_from_stream until the stream ends
139 while stream
.tell() < endpos
:
140 yield self
._parse
_location
_list
_from
_stream
()
142 #------ PRIVATE ------#
144 def _parse_location_list_from_stream(self
):
147 entry_offset
= self
.stream
.tell()
148 begin_offset
= struct_parse(
149 self
.structs
.Dwarf_target_addr(''), self
.stream
)
150 end_offset
= struct_parse(
151 self
.structs
.Dwarf_target_addr(''), self
.stream
)
152 if begin_offset
== 0 and end_offset
== 0:
153 # End of list - we're done.
155 elif begin_offset
== self
._max
_addr
:
156 # Base address selection entry
157 entry_length
= self
.stream
.tell() - entry_offset
158 lst
.append(BaseAddressEntry(entry_offset
=entry_offset
, entry_length
=entry_length
, base_address
=end_offset
))
160 # Location list entry
161 expr_len
= struct_parse(
162 self
.structs
.Dwarf_uint16(''), self
.stream
)
163 loc_expr
= [struct_parse(self
.structs
.Dwarf_uint8(''),
165 for i
in range(expr_len
)]
166 entry_length
= self
.stream
.tell() - entry_offset
167 lst
.append(LocationEntry(
168 entry_offset
=entry_offset
,
169 entry_length
=entry_length
,
170 begin_offset
=begin_offset
,
171 end_offset
=end_offset
,
173 is_absolute
= False))
176 # Also returns an array with BaseAddressEntry and LocationEntry
177 # Can't possibly support indexed values, since parsing those requires
178 # knowing the DIE context it came from
179 def _parse_location_list_from_stream_v5(self
, die
= None):
180 # This won't contain the terminator entry
181 lst
= [self
._translate
_entry
_v
5(entry
, die
)
183 in struct_parse(self
.structs
.Dwarf_loclists_entries
, self
.stream
)]
186 # From V5 style entries to a LocationEntry/BaseAddressEntry
187 def _translate_entry_v5(self
, entry
, die
):
188 off
= entry
.entry_offset
189 len = entry
.entry_end_offset
- off
190 type = entry
.entry_type
191 if type == 'DW_LLE_base_address':
192 return BaseAddressEntry(off
, len, entry
.address
)
193 elif type == 'DW_LLE_offset_pair':
194 return LocationEntry(off
, len, entry
.start_offset
, entry
.end_offset
, entry
.loc_expr
, False)
195 elif type == 'DW_LLE_start_length':
196 return LocationEntry(off
, len, entry
.start_address
, entry
.start_address
+ entry
.length
, entry
.loc_expr
, True)
197 elif type == 'DW_LLE_start_end': # No test for this yet, but the format seems straightforward
198 return LocationEntry(off
, len, entry
.start_address
, entry
.end_address
, entry
.loc_expr
, True)
199 elif type == 'DW_LLE_default_location': # No test for this either, and this is new in the API
200 return LocationEntry(off
, len, -1, -1, entry
.loc_expr
, True)
201 elif type in ('DW_LLE_base_addressx', 'DW_LLE_startx_endx', 'DW_LLE_startx_length'):
202 # We don't have sample binaries for those LLEs. Their proper parsing would
203 # require knowing the CU context (so that indices can be resolved to code offsets)
204 raise NotImplementedError("Location list entry type %s is not supported yet" % (type,))
206 raise DWARFError(False, "Unknown DW_LLE code: %s" % (type,))
208 # Locviews is the dict, mapping locview offsets to corresponding loclist offsets
209 def _parse_locview_pairs(self
, locviews
):
211 list_offset
= locviews
.get(stream
.tell(), None)
213 if list_offset
is not None:
214 while stream
.tell() < list_offset
:
215 pair
= struct_parse(self
.structs
.Dwarf_locview_pair
, stream
)
216 pairs
.append(LocationViewPair(pair
.entry_offset
, pair
.begin
, pair
.end
))
217 assert(stream
.tell() == list_offset
)
220 class LocationParser(object):
221 """ A parser for location information in DIEs.
222 Handles both location information contained within the attribute
223 itself (represented as a LocationExpr object) and references to
224 location lists in the .debug_loc section (represented as a
227 def __init__(self
, location_lists
):
228 self
.location_lists
= location_lists
231 def attribute_has_location(attr
, dwarf_version
):
232 """ Checks if a DIE attribute contains location information.
234 return (LocationParser
._attribute
_is
_loclistptr
_class
(attr
) and
235 (LocationParser
._attribute
_has
_loc
_expr
(attr
, dwarf_version
) or
236 LocationParser
._attribute
_has
_loc
_list
(attr
, dwarf_version
)))
238 def parse_from_attribute(self
, attr
, dwarf_version
, die
= None):
239 """ Parses a DIE attribute and returns either a LocationExpr or
242 if self
.attribute_has_location(attr
, dwarf_version
):
243 if self
._attribute
_has
_loc
_expr
(attr
, dwarf_version
):
244 return LocationExpr(attr
.value
)
245 elif self
._attribute
_has
_loc
_list
(attr
, dwarf_version
):
246 return self
.location_lists
.get_location_list_at_offset(
248 # We don't yet know if the DIE context will be needed.
249 # We might get it without a full tree traversal using
250 # attr.offset as a key, but we assume a good DWARF5
251 # aware consumer would pass a DIE along.
253 raise ValueError("Attribute does not have location information")
255 #------ PRIVATE ------#
258 def _attribute_has_loc_expr(attr
, dwarf_version
):
259 return ((dwarf_version
< 4 and attr
.form
.startswith('DW_FORM_block') and
260 not attr
.name
== 'DW_AT_const_value') or
261 attr
.form
== 'DW_FORM_exprloc')
264 def _attribute_has_loc_list(attr
, dwarf_version
):
265 return ((dwarf_version
< 4 and
266 attr
.form
in ('DW_FORM_data4', 'DW_FORM_data8') and
267 not attr
.name
== 'DW_AT_const_value') or
268 attr
.form
== 'DW_FORM_sec_offset')
271 def _attribute_is_loclistptr_class(attr
):
272 return (attr
.name
in ( 'DW_AT_location', 'DW_AT_string_length',
273 'DW_AT_const_value', 'DW_AT_return_addr',
274 'DW_AT_data_member_location',
275 'DW_AT_frame_base', 'DW_AT_segment',
276 'DW_AT_static_link', 'DW_AT_use_location',
277 'DW_AT_vtable_elem_location',
278 'DW_AT_GNU_call_site_value',
279 'DW_AT_GNU_call_site_target',
280 'DW_AT_GNU_call_site_data_value'))