drgn/libdrgn/error.h
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

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// Copyright 2018-2019 - Omar Sandoval
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0+
/**
* @file
*
* Error helpers.
*
* See @ref Errors.
*/
#ifndef DRGN_ERROR_H
#define DRGN_ERROR_H
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "drgn.h"
/**
* @ingroup Internals
*
* @defgroup Errors Errors
*
* Common errors.
*
* @{
*/
#define DRGN_UNREACHABLE() abort()
struct drgn_object_type;
/**
* Global stop iteration error.
*
* This is also used as a special sentinel return in various places internally.
*/
extern struct drgn_error drgn_stop;
/** Not an ELF file. */
extern struct drgn_error drgn_not_elf;
/** Create a @ref drgn_error from the libelf error indicator. */
struct drgn_error *drgn_error_libelf(void)
__attribute__((returns_nonnull));
/** Create a @ref drgn_error from the libdw error indicator. */
struct drgn_error *drgn_error_libdw(void)
__attribute__((returns_nonnull));
/**
* Create a @ref drgn_error with a type name.
*
* The error code will be @ref DRGN_ERROR_TYPE.
*
* @param[in] format Format string for the type error. Must contain %s, which
* will be replaced with the type name, and no other conversion specifications.
*/
struct drgn_error *drgn_type_error(const char *format, struct drgn_type *type)
__attribute__((returns_nonnull));
/**
* Create a @ref drgn_error with a qualified type name.
*
* @sa drgn_type_error().
*/
struct drgn_error *
drgn_qualified_type_error(const char *format,
struct drgn_qualified_type qualified_type)
__attribute__((returns_nonnull));
/**
* Create a @ref drgn_error for an incomplete type.
*
* @sa drgn_type_error().
*/
struct drgn_error *drgn_error_incomplete_type(const char *format,
struct drgn_type *type);
/**
* Create a @ref drgn_error for a type which does not have a given member.
*
* The error code will be @ref DRGN_ERROR_LOOKUP.
*/
struct drgn_error *drgn_error_member_not_found(struct drgn_type *type,
const char *member_name)
__attribute__((returns_nonnull));
/** Create a @ref drgn_error for invalid types to a binary operator. */
struct drgn_error *drgn_error_binary_op(const char *op_name,
struct drgn_object_type *type1,
struct drgn_object_type *type2)
__attribute__((returns_nonnull));
/** Create a @ref drgn_error for an invalid type to a unary operator. */
struct drgn_error *drgn_error_unary_op(const char *op_name,
struct drgn_object_type *type)
__attribute__((returns_nonnull));
/** @} */
#endif /* DRGN_ERROR_H */