dump_symbols.h

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// dump_symbols.h: Read debugging information from an ELF file, and write
// it out as a Breakpad symbol file.

#ifndef COMMON_LINUX_DUMP_SYMBOLS_H__
#define COMMON_LINUX_DUMP_SYMBOLS_H__

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "common/symbol_data.h"
#include "common/using_std_string.h"

namespace google_breakpad {

class Module;

struct DumpOptions {
  DumpOptions(SymbolData symbol_data, bool handle_inter_cu_refs)
      : symbol_data(symbol_data),
        handle_inter_cu_refs(handle_inter_cu_refs) {
  }

  SymbolData symbol_data;
  bool handle_inter_cu_refs;
};

// Find all the debugging information in OBJ_FILE, an ELF executable
// or shared library, and write it to SYM_STREAM in the Breakpad symbol
// file format.
// If OBJ_FILE has been stripped but contains a .gnu_debuglink section,
// then look for the debug file in DEBUG_DIRS.
// SYMBOL_DATA allows limiting the type of symbol data written.
bool WriteSymbolFile(const string &obj_file,
                     const std::vector<string>& debug_dirs,
                     const DumpOptions& options,
                     std::ostream &sym_stream);

// Read the selected object file's debugging information, and write out the
// header only to |stream|. Return true on success; if an error occurs, report
// it and return false.
bool WriteSymbolFileHeader(const string& obj_file,
                           std::ostream &sym_stream);

// As above, but simply return the debugging information in MODULE
// instead of writing it to a stream. The caller owns the resulting
// Module object and must delete it when finished.
bool ReadSymbolData(const string& obj_file,
                    const std::vector<string>& debug_dirs,
                    const DumpOptions& options,
                    Module** module);

}  // namespace google_breakpad

#endif  // COMMON_LINUX_DUMP_SYMBOLS_H__