[Lldb-commits] [lldb] [lldb] Add SBProcess methods for get/set/use address masks (PR #83095)

[David Spickett via lldb-commits]

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@@ -407,6 +407,129 @@ class LLDB_API SBProcess {
   ///     the process isn't loaded from a core file.
   lldb::SBFileSpec GetCoreFile();
 
+  /// Get the current address mask that can be applied to addresses
+  /// before reading from memory.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] type
+  ///     lldb may have different address masks for code and data
+  ///     addresses.  Either can be requested, or most commonly,
+  ///     eAddressMaskTypeAny can be requested and the least specific
+  ///     mask will be fetched.  e.g. on a target where instructions
+  ///     are word aligned, the Code mask might clear the low 2 bits.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] addr_range
+  ///     Specify whether the address mask for high or low address spaces
+  ///     is requested.
+  ///     It is highly unusual to have different address masks in high
+  ///     or low memory, and by default the eAddressMaskRangeLow is the
+  ///     only one used for both types of addresses, the default value for
+  ///     this argument is the correct one.
+  ///
+  ///     On some architectures like AArch64, it is possible to have
+  ///     different page table setups for low and high memory, so different
+  ///     numbers of bits relevant to addressing, and it is possible to have
+  ///     a program running in one half of memory and accessing the other
+  ///     as heap, etc.  In that case the eAddressMaskRangeLow and
+  ///     eAddressMaskRangeHigh will have different masks that must be handled.
+  ///
+  /// \return
+  ///     The address mask currently in use.  Bits which are not used
+  ///     for addressing will be set to 1 in the mask.
+  lldb::addr_t GetAddressMask(
+      lldb::AddressMaskType type,
+      lldb::AddressMaskRange addr_range = lldb::eAddressMaskRangeLow);
+
+  /// Set the current address mask that can be applied to addresses
+  /// before reading from memory.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] type
+  ///     lldb may have different address masks for code and data
+  ///     addresses.  Either can be set, or most commonly,
+  ///     eAddressMaskTypeAll can be set for both types of addresses.
+  ///     An example where they could be different is a target where
+  ///     instructions are word aligned, so the low 2 bits are always
+  ///     zero.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] mask
+  ///     The address mask to set.  Bits which are not used for addressing
+  ///     should be set to 1 in the mask.
+  ///
+  /// \param[in] addr_range
+  ///     Specify whether the address mask for high or low address spaces
+  ///     is being set.
+  ///     It is highly unusual to have different address masks in high
+  ///     or low memory, and by default the eAddressMaskRangeLow is the
+  ///     only one used for both types of addresses, the default value for
+  ///     this argument is the correct one.
+  ///
+  ///     On some architectures like AArch64, it is possible to have
+  ///     different page table setups for low and high memory, so different
+  ///     numbers of bits relevant to addressing, and it is possible to have
+  ///     a program running in one half of memory and accessing the other
+  ///     as heap, etc.  In that case the eAddressMaskRangeLow and
+  ///     eAddressMaskRangeHigh will have different masks that must be
+  ///     specified.
+  void SetAddressMask(
+      lldb::AddressMaskType type, lldb::addr_t mask,
+      lldb::AddressMaskRange addr_range = lldb::eAddressMaskRangeLow);
+
+  /// Set the number of bits used for addressing in this Process.
+  ///
+  /// In some environments, the number of bits that are used for addressing
+  /// is the natural representation insted of a mask; this method calculates
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DavidSpickett wrote:

"this method uses that number to calculate the addressing mask that lldb uses internally."

So that "that number" unambiguously refers to the number of addressable bits.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/83095