print "ERROR: You cannot cast an 'int' to %s, please use kern.GetValueFromAddress() for such purposes." % str(target_type)
raise TypeError("object of type %s cannot be casted to %s" % (str(type(obj)), str(target_type)))
+
_value_types_cache={}
def gettype(target_type):
"""
global _value_types_cache
target_type = str(target_type).strip()
- if target_type not in _value_types_cache:
- tmp_type = None
- if target_type.endswith('*') :
- tmp_type = LazyTarget.GetTarget().FindFirstType(target_type.rstrip('*').strip())
- if not tmp_type.IsValid():
- raise NameError('Unable to Cast to type '+target_type)
- tmp_type = tmp_type.GetPointerType()
- else :
- tmp_type = LazyTarget.GetTarget().FindFirstType(target_type)
- if not tmp_type.IsValid():
- raise NameError('Unable to Cast to type '+target_type)
- _value_types_cache[target_type] = tmp_type
+ if target_type in _value_types_cache:
+ return _value_types_cache[target_type]
+
+ tmp_type = None
+ requested_type_is_pointer = False
+ if target_type.endswith('*') :
+ requested_type_is_pointer = True
+
+ # tmp_type = LazyTarget.GetTarget().FindFirstType(target_type.rstrip('*').strip())
+ search_type = target_type.rstrip('*').strip()
+ type_arr = [t for t in LazyTarget.GetTarget().FindTypes(search_type)]
+
+ # After the sort, the struct type with more fields will be at index [0].
+ # This hueristic helps selecting struct type with more fields compared to ones with "opaque" members
+ type_arr.sort(reverse=True, key=lambda x: x.GetNumberOfFields())
+ if len(type_arr) > 0:
+ tmp_type = type_arr[0]
+ else:
+ raise NameError('Unable to find type '+target_type)
+
+ if not tmp_type.IsValid():
+ raise NameError('Unable to Cast to type '+target_type)
+
+ if requested_type_is_pointer:
+ tmp_type = tmp_type.GetPointerType()
+ _value_types_cache[target_type] = tmp_type
+
return _value_types_cache[target_type]
+
def getfieldoffset(struct_type, field_name):
""" Returns the byte offset of a field inside a given struct
params:
for field in struct_type.get_fields_array():
if str(field.GetName()) == field_name:
return field.GetOffsetInBytes()
+
+ # Hack for anonymous unions - the compiler does this, so cvalue should too
+ if field.GetName() is None and field.GetType().GetTypeClass() == lldb.eTypeClassUnion :
+ for union_field in field.GetType().get_fields_array():
+ if str(union_field.GetName()) == field_name:
+ return union_field.GetOffsetInBytes() + field.GetOffsetInBytes()
raise TypeError('Field name "%s" not found in type "%s"' % (field_name, str(struct_type)))
def islong(x):