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5 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
Omar Sandoval
5fb02f03fd libdrgn: add flags to drgn_format_object() 2019-12-19 11:43:54 -08:00
Omar Sandoval
3b22bd3022 libdrgn: rename pretty_print -> format
In preparation for making drgn_pretty_print_object() more flexible
(i.e., not always "pretty"), rename it to drgn_format_object(). For
consistency, let's rename drgn_pretty_print_type_name(),
drgn_pretty_print_type(), and drgn_pretty_print_stack_trace(), too.
2019-12-16 11:21:12 -08:00
Omar Sandoval
a98445c277 libdrgn: make type index pluggable with callbacks
Similar to "libdrgn: make memory reader pluggable with callbacks", we
want to support custom type indexes (imagine, e.g., using drgn to parse
a binary format). For now, this disables the dwarf index tests; we'll
have a better way to test them later, so let's not bother adding more
test scaffolding.
2019-05-06 14:55:34 -07:00
Omar Sandoval
97f5cf70c6 libdrgn: fix C array and function casting
Casting an array or function should first convert the array or function
into a pointer.
2019-04-12 16:40:12 -07:00
Omar Sandoval
75c3679147 Rewrite drgn core in C
The current mixed Python/C implementation works well, but it has a
couple of important limitations:

- It's too slow for some common use cases, like iterating over large
  data structures.
- It can't be reused in utilities written in other languages.

This replaces the internals with a new library written in C, libdrgn. It
includes Python bindings with mostly the same public interface as
before, with some important improvements:

- Types are now represented by a single Type class rather than the messy
  polymorphism in the Python implementation.
- Qualifiers are a bitmask instead of a set of strings.
- Bit fields are not considered a separate type.
- The lvalue/rvalue terminology is replaced with reference/value.
- Structure, union, and array values are better supported.
- Function objects are supported.
- Program distinguishes between lookups of variables, constants, and
  functions.

The C rewrite is about 6x as fast as the original Python when using the
Python bindings, and about 8x when using the C API directly.

Currently, the exposed API in C is fairly conservative. In the future,
the memory reader, type index, and object index APIs will probably be
exposed for more flexibility.
2019-04-02 14:12:07 -07:00