Initial python support.

gdb/
2008-08-06  Vladimir Prus  <vladimir@codesourcery.com>
	    Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
	    Thiago Jung Bauermann  <bauerman@br.ibm.com>
	    Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>

	* Makefile.in (SUBDIR_PYTHON_OBS, SUBDIR_PYTHON_SRCS,
	SUBDIR_PYTHON_DEPS, SUBDIR_PYTHON_LDFLAGS, SUBDIR_PYTHON_CFLAGS,
	PYTHON_CFLAGS): New.
	(python_h, python_internal_h): New.
	(cli-script.o): Depend on python.h
	(python.o, python-utils.o): New.
	* cli/cli-script.c (print_command_lines): Handle python_control.
	(execute_control_command): Handle python_control.
	(execute_control_command_untraced): New function.
	(while_command): Call execute_control_command_untraced.
	(if_command): Likewise.
	(get_command_line): Remove static attribute.
	(read_next_line): Handle "python".
	(recurse_read_control_structure): Handle python_control.
	(read_command_lines): Handle python_control.
	Include python.h.
	* cli/cli-script.h (get_command_line): Add prototype.
	(execute_control_command_untraced): Likewise.
	* configure.ac: Add --with-python.
	* defs.h (enum command_control_type) <python_control>: New
	constant.
	* python/python-internal.h: New file.
	* python/python.c: New file.
	* python/python.h: New file.
	* python/python-utils.c: New file.
	* NEWS: Mention Python scripting support and its new commands.

gdb/doc/
2008-08-06  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Extending GDB): New chapter.
	(Sequences): Demoted chapter, now a section under the new
	Extending GDB chapter.
	(Python): New section.

gdb/testsuite/
2008-08-06  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>

	* gdb.python/python.exp: New file.
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Thiago Jung Bauermann
2008-08-06 19:41:33 +00:00
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/* Gdb/Python header for private use by Python module.
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#ifndef GDB_PYTHON_INTERNAL_H
#define GDB_PYTHON_INTERNAL_H
/* Python 2.4 doesn't include stdint.h soon enough to get {u,}intptr_t
needed by pyport.h. */
#include <stdint.h>
/* /usr/include/features.h on linux systems will define _POSIX_C_SOURCE
if it sees _GNU_SOURCE (which config.h will define).
pyconfig.h defines _POSIX_C_SOURCE to a different value than
/usr/include/features.h does causing compilation to fail.
To work around this, undef _POSIX_C_SOURCE before we include Python.h. */
#undef _POSIX_C_SOURCE
#if HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_4
#include "python2.4/Python.h"
/* Py_ssize_t is not defined until 2.5. */
typedef Py_intptr_t Py_ssize_t;
#elif HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_5
#include "python2.5/Python.h"
#elif HAVE_LIBPYTHON2_6
#include "python2.6/Python.h"
#else
#error "Unable to find usable Python.h"
#endif
struct block;
struct symbol;
struct symtab_and_line;
extern PyObject *gdb_module;
struct cleanup *make_cleanup_py_decref (PyObject *py);
/* Use this after a TRY_EXCEPT to throw the appropriate Python
exception. */
#define GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION(Exception) \
do { \
if (Exception.reason < 0) \
return PyErr_Format (Exception.reason == RETURN_QUIT \
? PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt : PyExc_RuntimeError, \
"%s", Exception.message); \
} while (0)
void gdbpy_print_stack (void);
PyObject *python_string_to_unicode (PyObject *obj);
char *unicode_to_target_string (PyObject *unicode_str);
char *python_string_to_target_string (PyObject *obj);
#endif /* GDB_PYTHON_INTERNAL_H */

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/* General utility routines for GDB/Python.
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#include "defs.h"
#include "charset.h"
#include "python-internal.h"
/* This is a cleanup function which decrements the refcount on a
Python object. */
static void
py_decref (void *p)
{
PyObject *py = p;
/* Note that we need the extra braces in this 'if' to avoid a
warning from gcc. */
if (py)
{
Py_DECREF (py);
}
}
/* Return a new cleanup which will decrement the Python object's
refcount when run. */
struct cleanup *
make_cleanup_py_decref (PyObject *py)
{
return make_cleanup (py_decref, (void *) py);
}
/* Converts a Python 8-bit string to a unicode string object. Assumes the
8-bit string is in the host charset. If an error occurs during conversion,
returns NULL with a python exception set.
As an added bonus, the functions accepts a unicode string and returns it
right away, so callers don't need to check which kind of string they've
got.
If the given object is not one of the mentioned string types, NULL is
returned, with the TypeError python exception set. */
PyObject *
python_string_to_unicode (PyObject *obj)
{
PyObject *unicode_str;
/* If obj is already a unicode string, just return it.
I wish life was always that simple... */
if (PyUnicode_Check (obj))
unicode_str = obj;
else if (PyString_Check (obj))
unicode_str = PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject (obj, host_charset (), NULL);
else
{
PyErr_SetString (PyExc_TypeError,
_("Expected a string or unicode object."));
unicode_str = NULL;
}
return unicode_str;
}
/* Returns a newly allocated string with the contents of the given unicode
string object converted to the target's charset. If an error occurs during
the conversion, NULL will be returned and a python exception will be set.
The caller is responsible for xfree'ing the string. */
char *
unicode_to_target_string (PyObject *unicode_str)
{
char *target_string;
PyObject *string;
/* Translate string to target's charset. */
string = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString (unicode_str, target_charset (), NULL);
if (string == NULL)
return NULL;
target_string = xstrdup (PyString_AsString (string));
Py_DECREF (string);
return target_string;
}
/* Converts a python string (8-bit or unicode) to a target string in
the target's charset. Returns NULL on error, with a python exception set.
The caller is responsible for xfree'ing the string. */
char *
python_string_to_target_string (PyObject *obj)
{
PyObject *str;
str = python_string_to_unicode (obj);
if (str == NULL)
return NULL;
return unicode_to_target_string (str);
}

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/* General python/gdb code
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#include "defs.h"
#include "command.h"
#include "ui-out.h"
#include "cli/cli-script.h"
#include "gdbcmd.h"
#include <ctype.h>
/* True if we should print the stack when catching a Python error,
false otherwise. */
static int gdbpy_should_print_stack = 1;
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
#include "python.h"
#include "libiberty.h"
#include "cli/cli-decode.h"
#include "charset.h"
#include "top.h"
#include "exceptions.h"
#include "python-internal.h"
#include "version.h"
#include "target.h"
#include "gdbthread.h"
PyObject *gdb_module;
static PyObject *get_parameter (PyObject *, PyObject *);
static PyObject *execute_gdb_command (PyObject *, PyObject *);
static PyObject *gdbpy_write (PyObject *, PyObject *);
static PyObject *gdbpy_flush (PyObject *, PyObject *);
static PyMethodDef GdbMethods[] =
{
{ "execute", execute_gdb_command, METH_VARARGS,
"Execute a gdb command" },
{ "get_parameter", get_parameter, METH_VARARGS,
"Return a gdb parameter's value" },
{ "write", gdbpy_write, METH_VARARGS,
"Write a string using gdb's filtered stream." },
{ "flush", gdbpy_flush, METH_NOARGS,
"Flush gdb's filtered stdout stream." },
{NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
};
/* Given a command_line, return a command string suitable for passing
to Python. Lines in the string are separated by newlines. The
return value is allocated using xmalloc and the caller is
responsible for freeing it. */
static char *
compute_python_string (struct command_line *l)
{
struct command_line *iter;
char *script = NULL;
int size = 0;
int here;
for (iter = l; iter; iter = iter->next)
size += strlen (iter->line) + 1;
script = xmalloc (size + 1);
here = 0;
for (iter = l; iter; iter = iter->next)
{
int len = strlen (iter->line);
strcpy (&script[here], iter->line);
here += len;
script[here++] = '\n';
}
script[here] = '\0';
return script;
}
/* Take a command line structure representing a 'python' command, and
evaluate its body using the Python interpreter. */
void
eval_python_from_control_command (struct command_line *cmd)
{
char *script;
if (cmd->body_count != 1)
error (_("Invalid \"python\" block structure."));
script = compute_python_string (cmd->body_list[0]);
PyRun_SimpleString (script);
xfree (script);
if (PyErr_Occurred ())
{
gdbpy_print_stack ();
error (_("error while executing Python code"));
}
}
/* Implementation of the gdb "python" command. */
static void
python_command (char *arg, int from_tty)
{
while (arg && *arg && isspace (*arg))
++arg;
if (arg && *arg)
{
PyRun_SimpleString (arg);
if (PyErr_Occurred ())
{
gdbpy_print_stack ();
error (_("error while executing Python code"));
}
}
else
{
struct command_line *l = get_command_line (python_control, "");
struct cleanup *cleanups = make_cleanup_free_command_lines (&l);
execute_control_command_untraced (l);
do_cleanups (cleanups);
}
}
/* Transform a gdb parameters's value into a Python value. May return
NULL (and set a Python exception) on error. Helper function for
get_parameter. */
static PyObject *
parameter_to_python (struct cmd_list_element *cmd)
{
switch (cmd->var_type)
{
case var_string:
case var_string_noescape:
case var_optional_filename:
case var_filename:
case var_enum:
{
char *str = * (char **) cmd->var;
if (! str)
str = "";
return PyString_Decode (str, strlen (str), host_charset (), NULL);
}
case var_boolean:
{
if (* (int *) cmd->var)
Py_RETURN_TRUE;
else
Py_RETURN_FALSE;
}
case var_auto_boolean:
{
enum auto_boolean ab = * (enum auto_boolean *) cmd->var;
if (ab == AUTO_BOOLEAN_TRUE)
Py_RETURN_TRUE;
else if (ab == AUTO_BOOLEAN_FALSE)
Py_RETURN_FALSE;
else
Py_RETURN_NONE;
}
case var_integer:
if ((* (int *) cmd->var) == INT_MAX)
Py_RETURN_NONE;
/* Fall through. */
case var_zinteger:
return PyLong_FromLong (* (int *) cmd->var);
case var_uinteger:
{
unsigned int val = * (unsigned int *) cmd->var;
if (val == UINT_MAX)
Py_RETURN_NONE;
return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong (val);
}
}
return PyErr_Format (PyExc_RuntimeError, "programmer error: unhandled type");
}
/* A Python function which returns a gdb parameter's value as a Python
value. */
static PyObject *
get_parameter (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
{
struct cmd_list_element *alias, *prefix, *cmd;
char *arg, *newarg;
volatile struct gdb_exception except;
if (! PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "s", &arg))
return NULL;
newarg = concat ("show ", arg, (char *) NULL);
TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
{
if (! lookup_cmd_composition (newarg, &alias, &prefix, &cmd))
{
xfree (newarg);
return PyErr_Format (PyExc_RuntimeError,
"could not find variable `%s'", arg);
}
}
xfree (newarg);
GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION (except);
if (! cmd->var)
return PyErr_Format (PyExc_RuntimeError, "`%s' is not a variable", arg);
return parameter_to_python (cmd);
}
/* A Python function which evaluates a string using the gdb CLI. */
static PyObject *
execute_gdb_command (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
{
struct cmd_list_element *alias, *prefix, *cmd;
char *arg, *newarg;
volatile struct gdb_exception except;
struct cleanup *old_chain;
if (! PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "s", &arg))
return NULL;
old_chain = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, 0);
TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
{
execute_command (arg, 0);
}
GDB_PY_HANDLE_EXCEPTION (except);
/* Do any commands attached to breakpoint we stopped at. Only if we
are always running synchronously. Or if we have just executed a
command that doesn't start the target. */
if (!target_can_async_p () || !is_running (inferior_ptid))
{
bpstat_do_actions (&stop_bpstat);
do_cleanups (old_chain);
}
Py_RETURN_NONE;
}
/* Printing. */
/* A python function to write a single string using gdb's filtered
output stream. */
static PyObject *
gdbpy_write (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
{
char *arg;
if (! PyArg_ParseTuple (args, "s", &arg))
return NULL;
printf_filtered ("%s", arg);
Py_RETURN_NONE;
}
/* A python function to flush gdb's filtered output stream. */
static PyObject *
gdbpy_flush (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
{
gdb_flush (gdb_stdout);
Py_RETURN_NONE;
}
/* Print a python exception trace, or print nothing and clear the
python exception, depending on gdbpy_should_print_stack. Only call
this if a python exception is set. */
void
gdbpy_print_stack (void)
{
if (gdbpy_should_print_stack)
PyErr_Print ();
else
PyErr_Clear ();
}
#else /* HAVE_PYTHON */
/* Dummy implementation of the gdb "python" command. */
static void
python_command (char *arg, int from_tty)
{
while (arg && *arg && isspace (*arg))
++arg;
if (arg && *arg)
error (_("Python scripting is not supported in this copy of GDB."));
else
{
struct command_line *l = get_command_line (python_control, "");
struct cleanup *cleanups = make_cleanup_free_command_lines (&l);
execute_control_command_untraced (l);
do_cleanups (cleanups);
}
}
void
eval_python_from_control_command (struct command_line *cmd)
{
error (_("Python scripting is not supported in this copy of GDB."));
}
#endif /* HAVE_PYTHON */
/* Lists for 'maint set python' commands. */
static struct cmd_list_element *set_python_list;
static struct cmd_list_element *show_python_list;
/* Function for use by 'maint set python' prefix command. */
static void
set_python (char *args, int from_tty)
{
help_list (set_python_list, "maintenance set python ", -1, gdb_stdout);
}
/* Function for use by 'maint show python' prefix command. */
static void
show_python (char *args, int from_tty)
{
cmd_show_list (show_python_list, from_tty, "");
}
/* Initialize the Python code. */
void
_initialize_python (void)
{
add_com ("python", class_obscure, python_command,
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
_("\
Evaluate a Python command.\n\
\n\
The command can be given as an argument, for instance:\n\
\n\
python print 23\n\
\n\
If no argument is given, the following lines are read and used\n\
as the Python commands. Type a line containing \"end\" to indicate\n\
the end of the command.")
#else /* HAVE_PYTHON */
_("\
Evaluate a Python command.\n\
\n\
Python scripting is not supported in this copy of GDB.\n\
This command is only a placeholder.")
#endif /* HAVE_PYTHON */
);
add_prefix_cmd ("python", no_class, show_python,
_("Prefix command for python maintenance settings."),
&show_python_list, "maint show python ", 0,
&maintenance_show_cmdlist);
add_prefix_cmd ("python", no_class, set_python,
_("Prefix command for python maintenance settings."),
&set_python_list, "maint set python ", 0,
&maintenance_set_cmdlist);
add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("print-stack", class_maintenance,
&gdbpy_should_print_stack, _("\
Enable or disable printing of Python stack dump on error."), _("\
Show whether Python stack will be printed on error."), _("\
Enables or disables printing of Python stack traces."),
NULL, NULL,
&set_python_list,
&show_python_list);
#ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
Py_Initialize ();
gdb_module = Py_InitModule ("gdb", GdbMethods);
/* The casts to (char*) are for python 2.4. */
PyModule_AddStringConstant (gdb_module, "VERSION", (char*) version);
PyModule_AddStringConstant (gdb_module, "HOST_CONFIG", (char*) host_name);
PyModule_AddStringConstant (gdb_module, "TARGET_CONFIG", (char*) target_name);
PyRun_SimpleString ("import gdb");
/* Create a couple objects which are used for Python's stdout and
stderr. */
PyRun_SimpleString ("\
import sys\n\
class GdbOutputFile:\n\
def close(self):\n\
# Do nothing.\n\
return None\n\
\n\
def isatty(self):\n\
return False\n\
\n\
def write(self, s):\n\
gdb.write(s)\n\
\n\
def writelines(self, iterable):\n\
for line in iterable:\n\
self.write(line)\n\
\n\
def flush(self):\n\
gdb.flush()\n\
\n\
sys.stderr = GdbOutputFile()\n\
sys.stdout = GdbOutputFile()\n\
");
#endif /* HAVE_PYTHON */
}

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/* Python/gdb header for generic use in gdb
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GDB.
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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
#ifndef GDB_PYTHON_H
#define GDB_PYTHON_H
#include "value.h"
void eval_python_from_control_command (struct command_line *);
#endif /* GDB_PYTHON_H */