Add Guile frame filter interface

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Andy Wingo Feb. 15, 2015, 11:27 a.m. UTC
  Hi,

The attached patch exposes the frame filter interface to Guile.  It's
mostly modelled on the Python interface, but has a more functional
flavor.  No test cases yet, but I figure there will be a round of
comments so it's probably worth getting this out early.

Thoughts?

Andy
  

Comments

Eli Zaretskii Feb. 15, 2015, 4:50 p.m. UTC | #1
> From: Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
> Cc: Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>, Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:27:47 +0100
> 
> The attached patch exposes the frame filter interface to Guile.  It's
> mostly modelled on the Python interface, but has a more functional
> flavor.  No test cases yet, but I figure there will be a round of
> comments so it's probably worth getting this out early.
> 
> Thoughts?

A few comments regarding the documentation part:

First, I think this warrants a NEWS entry.

> +@node Guile Frame Filter API
> +@subsubsection Filtering Frames in Guile
> +@cindex frame filters api

I would add ", guile" to the index entry, to make it more specific.

> +are affected.  The commands that work with frame filters are:
> +
> +@code{backtrace} (@pxref{backtrace-command,, The backtrace command}),
> +@code{-stack-list-frames}
> +(@pxref{-stack-list-frames,, The -stack-list-frames command}),
> +@code{-stack-list-variables} (@pxref{-stack-list-variables,, The
> +-stack-list-variables command}), @code{-stack-list-arguments}
> +@pxref{-stack-list-arguments,, The -stack-list-arguments command}) and
> +@code{-stack-list-locals} (@pxref{-stack-list-locals,, The
> +-stack-list-locals command}).

I don't really like this style of "itemized list with
cross-references", IMO it looks ugly.  Please consider using some more
traditional format, like a @table maybe.  But if you like the results
of this, I won't argue more.

> +reorganize, insert, and remove frames.  @value{GDBN} also provides a
> +more simple @dfn{frame annotator} API that works on individual frames,

In general, any thing you put inside @dfn should have a @cindex entry.

> +There can be multiple frame filters registered with @value{GDBN}, and
> +each one may be individually enabled or disabled at will.  Multiple
> +frame filters can be enabled at the same time.  Frame filters have an
> +associated @dfn{priority} which determines the order in which they are

Here, I question the need for having "priority" in @dfn: it's not new
terminology.

> +should be a number, and which defaults to 20 if not given.  By
> +default, the filter is @dfn{global}, meaning that it is associated

Likewise here for "global".

> +annotated frame is always associated with a GDB frame object.  To
                                               ^^^
@value{GDBN}

> +object that inherits all fields from @var{x}, but whose function name
> +has been set to @code{"foo"}.

I find the results of @code{"foo"} to be awkward, at least in the Info
manual.  I suggest to use @samp{foo} instead.  (I understand that you
wanted to make it clear this is a string, but I think these double
quotes are not really necessary, as everybody understands that it's a
string from what the text says.)

> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-arguments ann
> +Return a list of the function arguments associated with the annotated
> +frame @var{ann}.  Each item of the list should either be a GDB symbol
> +(@pxref{Symbols In Guile}), a pair of a GDB symbol and a GDB value
> +(@pxref{Values From Inferior In Guile}, or a pair of a string and a
> +GDB value.  In the first case, the value will be loaded from the frame
> +if needed.

@value{GDBN}, 4 times

> +Annotated frames may also have @dfn{child frames}.  By default, no
> +frame has a child frame, but filters may reorganize the frame stream
> +into a stream of frame trees, by populating the child list.  Of
> +course, such a reorganization is ultimately cosmetic, as it doesn't
> +alter the stack of frames seen by @value{GDBN} and navigable by the
> +user, for example by using the @code{frame} command.  Still, nesting
> +frames may lead to a more understandable presentation of a backtrace.
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-children ann
> +Return a list of the @dfn{child frames} function name associated with

Even the first instance of @dfn{child frames} is questionable, IMO;
having 2 of them is way too much.

> +While frame filters can both reorganize and reannotate the frame
> +stream, it is often the case that one only wants to reannotate the
> +frames in a stream, without reorganizing then.  In that case there is
> +a simpler API for @dfn{frame annotators} that simply maps annotated
> +frames to annotated frames.

You already introduced "frame annotators" earlier, so no need to use
@dfn here.

> +@value{GDBN}.  @var{annotator} should be a function of one argument,
> +takingn annotated frame object and returning a possibily modified
   ^^^^^^^
A typo.

> +@node Writing a Frame Filter in Guile
> +@subsubsection Writing a Frame Filter in Guile
> +@cindex writing a frame filter

This @cindex entry should be qualified with "in guile" or some such.

> +the case, because unlike normal Scheme procedures, @code{stream-cons}
> +is @dfn{lazy} in its arguments, which is to say that its arguments are

Again, @dfn is wrong here.

In all the cases where I commented on incorrect @dfn usage, if what
you wanted was to have the text in italics, just use @emph instead.

Thanks.
  
Doug Evans Feb. 22, 2015, 9:53 p.m. UTC | #2
Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> The attached patch exposes the frame filter interface to Guile.  It's
> mostly modelled on the Python interface, but has a more functional
> flavor.  No test cases yet, but I figure there will be a round of
> comments so it's probably worth getting this out early.
>
> Thoughts?

Hi.
Thanks for doing this.

Some initial thoughts.

We've been putting off some of the details for python/scheme interaction.
E.g., What if a user has both python and scheme filters?
One can argue that for some users they shouldn't have to know
how the filters are implemented. With the current patch, if they
want to disable a filter they'll have to know more details than they
otherwise should have to.  E.g., Say they're using a library that provides
guile-based filters - they can be expected to know how to use the library,
but not expected to know library implementation details.

OTOH, providing a functional API for disabling/etc. guile-based filters
for now is fine by me (as opposed to, or in addition to, also providing
gdb commands to enable/disable them). It's what we've done for
guile-based pretty-printers.

> From b8d2c47e351cfe28802001d0315657c807bf73c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:17:23 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] Add Guile frame filter interface.
>
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 	* guile/scm-frame-filter.c:
> 	* guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm: New files.
> 	* guile/guile.c (guile_extension_ops): Add the Guile frame
> 	filter.
> 	(initialize_gdb_module): Initialize the Guile frame filter
> 	module.
> 	* guile/guile-internal.h (frscm_scm_from_frame)
> 	(gdbscm_apply_frame_filter, gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters): New
> 	declarations.
> 	* Makefile.in: Add scm-frame-filter.c.
> 	* data-directory/Makefile.in: Add frames.scm.
> 	* guile/scm-frame.c (frscm_scm_from_frame): Export.
>
> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
> 	* guile.texi (Guile Frame Filter API)
> 	(Writing a Frame Filter in Guile): New sections.
> ---
>  gdb/ChangeLog                  |   15 +
>  gdb/Makefile.in                |    6 +
>  gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in |    2 +
>  gdb/doc/ChangeLog              |    5 +
>  gdb/doc/guile.texi             |  379 +++++++++++++++
>  gdb/guile/guile-internal.h     |   10 +
>  gdb/guile/guile.c              |    3 +-
>  gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm   |  326 +++++++++++++
>  gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c   | 1001 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  gdb/guile/scm-frame.c          |    2 +-
>  10 files changed, 1747 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm
>  create mode 100644 gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c
>
> diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
> index 0b7b4b7..8003dab 100644
> --- a/gdb/ChangeLog
> +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
> +2015-02-15  Andy Wingo  <wingo@igalia.com>
> +
> +	* guile/scm-frame-filter.c:
> +	* guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm: New files.
> +	* guile/guile.c (guile_extension_ops): Add the Guile frame
> +	filter.
> +	(initialize_gdb_module): Initialize the Guile frame filter
> +	module.
> +	* guile/guile-internal.h (frscm_scm_from_frame)
> +	(gdbscm_apply_frame_filter, gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters): New
> +	declarations.
> +	* Makefile.in: Add scm-frame-filter.c.
> +	* data-directory/Makefile.in: Add frames.scm.
> +	* guile/scm-frame.c (frscm_scm_from_frame): Export.
> +
>  2015-02-10  Andy Wingo  <wingo@igalia.com>
>  
>  	* guile/guile.c (_initialize_guile): Disable automatic
> diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
> index 00fb2cd..49bd2d2 100644
> --- a/gdb/Makefile.in
> +++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
> @@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ SUBDIR_GUILE_OBS = \
>  	scm-disasm.o \
>  	scm-exception.o \
>  	scm-frame.o \
> +	scm-frame-filter.o \
>  	scm-gsmob.o \
>  	scm-iterator.o \
>  	scm-lazy-string.o \
> @@ -336,6 +337,7 @@ SUBDIR_GUILE_SRCS = \
>  	guile/scm-disasm.c \
>  	guile/scm-exception.c \
>  	guile/scm-frame.c \
> +	guile/scm-frame-filter.c \
>  	guile/scm-gsmob.c \
>  	guile/scm-iterator.c \
>  	guile/scm-lazy-string.c \
> @@ -2405,6 +2407,10 @@ scm-frame.o: $(srcdir)/guile/scm-frame.c
>  	$(COMPILE) $(srcdir)/guile/scm-frame.c
>  	$(POSTCOMPILE)
>  
> +scm-frame-filter.o: $(srcdir)/guile/scm-frame-filter.c
> +	$(COMPILE) $(srcdir)/guile/scm-frame-filter.c
> +	$(POSTCOMPILE)
> +
>  scm-gsmob.o: $(srcdir)/guile/scm-gsmob.c
>  	$(COMPILE) $(srcdir)/guile/scm-gsmob.c
>  	$(POSTCOMPILE)
> diff --git a/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in b/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in
> index c01b86d..e406e9e 100644
> --- a/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in
> +++ b/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in
> @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ GUILE_SOURCE_FILES = \
>  	./gdb.scm \
>  	gdb/boot.scm \
>  	gdb/experimental.scm \
> +	gdb/frames.scm \
>  	gdb/init.scm \
>  	gdb/iterator.scm \
>  	gdb/printing.scm \
> @@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ GUILE_SOURCE_FILES = \
>  GUILE_COMPILED_FILES = \
>  	./gdb.go \
>  	gdb/experimental.go \
> +	gdb/frames.go \
>  	gdb/iterator.go \
>  	gdb/printing.go \
>  	gdb/support.go \
> diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
> index b8e1f7f..c7f6470 100644
> --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
> +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
> +2015-02-15  Andy Wingo  <wingo@igalia.com>
> +
> +	* guile.texi (Guile Frame Filter API)
> +	(Writing a Frame Filter in Guile): New sections.
> +
>  2015-02-09  Markus Metzger  <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
>  
>  	* gdb.texinfo (Branch Trace Configuration Format): Add size.
> diff --git a/gdb/doc/guile.texi b/gdb/doc/guile.texi
> index 53e69f2..d9b3638 100644
> --- a/gdb/doc/guile.texi
> +++ b/gdb/doc/guile.texi
> @@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ from the Guile interactive prompt.
>  * Guile Pretty Printing API:: Pretty-printing values with Guile
>  * Selecting Guile Pretty-Printers:: How GDB chooses a pretty-printer
>  * Writing a Guile Pretty-Printer:: Writing a pretty-printer
> +* Guile Frame Filter API::   Filtering frames.
> +* Writing a Frame Filter in Guile:: Writing a frame filter.
>  * Commands In Guile::        Implementing new commands in Guile
>  * Parameters In Guile::      Adding new @value{GDBN} parameters
>  * Progspaces In Guile::      Program spaces
> @@ -1693,6 +1695,383 @@ my_library.so:
>      bar
>  @end smallexample
>  
> +@node Guile Frame Filter API
> +@subsubsection Filtering Frames in Guile
> +@cindex frame filters api
> +
> +Frame filters allow the user to programmatically alter the way a
> +backtrace (@pxref{Backtrace}) prints.  Frame filters can reorganize,
> +annotate, insert, and remove frames in a backtrace.
> +
> +Only commands that print a backtrace, or, in the case of @sc{gdb/mi}
> +commands (@pxref{GDB/MI}), those that return a collection of frames
> +are affected.  The commands that work with frame filters are:
> +
> +@code{backtrace} (@pxref{backtrace-command,, The backtrace command}),
> +@code{-stack-list-frames}
> +(@pxref{-stack-list-frames,, The -stack-list-frames command}),
> +@code{-stack-list-variables} (@pxref{-stack-list-variables,, The
> +-stack-list-variables command}), @code{-stack-list-arguments}
> +@pxref{-stack-list-arguments,, The -stack-list-arguments command}) and
> +@code{-stack-list-locals} (@pxref{-stack-list-locals,, The
> +-stack-list-locals command}).
> +
> +A frame filter is a function that takes a SRFI-41 stream of annotated
> +frame objects as an argument, and returns a potentially modified
> +stream of annotated frame objects.  @xref{SRFI-41,,,guile,The Guile
> +Reference Manual}, for more on the SRFI-41 specification for lazy
> +streams.  Operating over a stream allows frame filters to inspect,
> +reorganize, insert, and remove frames.  @value{GDBN} also provides a
> +more simple @dfn{frame annotator} API that works on individual frames,
> +for the common case in which the user does not need to reorganize the
> +backtrace.  Both APIs are described below.
> +
> +There can be multiple frame filters registered with @value{GDBN}, and
> +each one may be individually enabled or disabled at will.  Multiple
> +frame filters can be enabled at the same time.  Frame filters have an
> +associated @dfn{priority} which determines the order in which they are
> +applied over the annotated frame stream.  For example, if there are
> +two filters registered and enabled, @var{f1} and @var{f2}, and the
> +priority of @var{f2} is greater than that of @var{f1}, then the result
> +of frame filtering will be @code{(@var{f2} (@var{f1} @var{stream}))}.
> +In this way, higher-priority frame filters get the last word on the
> +backtrace that is ultimately printed.
> +
> +An important consideration when designing frame filters, and well
> +worth reflecting upon, is that frame filters should avoid unwinding
> +the call stack if possible.  Some stacks can run very deep, into the
> +tens of thousands in some cases.  To search every frame when a frame
> +filter executes may be too expensive at that step.  The frame filter
> +cannot know how many frames it has to iterate over, and it may have to
> +iterate through them all.  This ends up duplicating effort as
> +@value{GDBN} performs this iteration when it prints the frames.
> +Therefore a frame filter should avoid peeking ahead in the frame
> +stream, if possible.  @xref{Writing a Frame Filter}, for examples on
> +how to write a good frame filter.
> +
> +To use frame filters, first load the @code{(gdb frames)} module to
> +have access to the procedures that manipulate frame filters:
> +
> +@example
> +(use-modules (gdb frames))
> +@end example
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} add-frame-filter! name filter @
> +       @r{[}#:priority priority@r{]} @
> +       @r{[}#:objfile objfile@r{]} @r{[}#:progspace progspace@r{]}
> +Register the frame filter procedure @var{filter} with @value{GDBN}.
> +@var{filter} should be a function of one argument, taking a SRFI-41
> +stream of annotated frames and returning a possibily modified stream
> +of annotated frames.  The filter is identified by @var{name}, which
> +should be unique among all known filters.

I sometimes worry about the word "should". :-)
It implies other possibilities are not necessarily wrong.
How about "must be unique"?

Also,
GDB can debug multiple programs, and one can imagine different
binaries using slightly different versions of the same library,
and thus filters for each version of the library could be loaded.
I wouldn't require them to have different names, the names just
have to be different within their respective sets (global, progspace
or objfile).  So maybe something like "... must be unique within its
registered scope"?
That will complicate the implementation a bit, but I don't want
the implementation to drive this aspect of the API.

> +
> +The filter will be registered with the given @var{priority}, which
> +should be a number, and which defaults to 20 if not given.  By
> +default, the filter is @dfn{global}, meaning that it is associated
> +with all objfiles and progspaces.  Pass one of @code{#:objfile} or
> +@code{#:progspace} to instead associate the filter with a specific
> +objfile or progspace, respectively.
> +
> +The filter will be initially enabled.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} all-frame-filters
> +Return a list of the names of all frame filters.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} remove-frame-filter! name
> +@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} enable-frame-filter! name
> +@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} disable-frame-filter! name
> +Remove, enable, or disable a frame filter, respectively.  @var{name}
> +should correspond to the name of a filter previously added with
> +@code{add-frame-filter!}.  If no such filter is found, an error is
> +signalled.
> +@end deffn

We'll want a way to pretty-print all filters with their attributes
(scope, name, enabled, priority).
Thus can all-frame-filters return a list of objects instead of names?

Things are more manageable if progspace and objfile frame-filters
are kept with that object, instead of just one global list that
has everything. E.g., all-frame-filters should probably return *all*
frame filters, e.g., including all progspaces and all objfiles of all
progspaces, but users are generally only interested in the current
progspace, and all objfiles of the current progspace.

> +
> +When a command is executed from @value{GDBN} that is compatible with
> +frame filters, @value{GDBN} selects all filters registered in the
> +current progspace, filters for all objfiles, and filters with no

all objfiles of the current progspace

> +associated objfile or progspace.  That list is then sorted by
> +priority, as described above, and applied to the annotated frame
> +stream.
> +
> +An annotated frame is a Guile record type that holds information about
> +a frame: its function name, its arguments, its locals, and so on.  An
> +annotated frame is always associated with a GDB frame object.  To
> +add, remove, or otherwise alter information associated with an
> +annotated frame, use the @code{reannotate-frame} procedure.
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} reannotate-frame! ann @
> +       @r{[}#:function-name function-name@r{]} @
> +       @r{[}#:address address@r{]} @
> +       @r{[}#:filename filename@r{]} @
> +       @r{[}#:line line@r{]} @
> +       @r{[}#:arguments arguments@r{]} @
> +       @r{[}#:locals locals@r{]} @
> +       @r{[}#:children children@r{]}
> +Take the annotated frame object @var{ann} and return a new annotated
> +frame object, replacing the fields specified by the keyword arguments
> +with their new values.  For example, calling @code{(reannotate-frame
> +@var{x} #:function-name "foo")} will create a new annotated frame
> +object that inherits all fields from @var{x}, but whose function name
> +has been set to @code{"foo"}.
> +@end deffn

reannotate-frame! has a trailing ! but the text implies no side effects.
E.g., "return a new ..." and "that inherits ..."
I don't currently have a strong opinion on whether to modify the
ann argument or construct a new frame.

> +
> +The @code{(gdb frames)} module defines accessors for the various
> +fields of annotated frame objects.
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-frame ann
> +Return the GDB frame object associated with the annotated frame
> +@var{ann}.  @xref{Frames In Guile}.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-function-name ann
> +Return the function name associated with the annotated frame
> +@var{ann}, as a string, or @code{#f} if not available.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-address ann
> +Return the address associated with the annotated frame @var{ann}, as
> +an integer.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-filename ann
> +Return the file name associated with the annotated frame @var{ann}, as
> +a string, or @code{#f} if not available.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-line ann
> +Return the line number associated with the annotated frame @var{ann},
> +as an integer, or @code{#f} if not available.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-arguments ann
> +Return a list of the function arguments associated with the annotated
> +frame @var{ann}.  Each item of the list should either be a GDB symbol
> +(@pxref{Symbols In Guile}), a pair of a GDB symbol and a GDB value
> +(@pxref{Values From Inferior In Guile}, or a pair of a string and a
> +GDB value.  In the first case, the value will be loaded from the frame
> +if needed.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-locals ann
> +Return a list of the function arguments associated with the annotated
> +frame @var{ann}, in the same format as for
> +@code{annotated-frame-arguments}.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +Annotated frames may also have @dfn{child frames}.  By default, no
> +frame has a child frame, but filters may reorganize the frame stream
> +into a stream of frame trees, by populating the child list.  Of
> +course, such a reorganization is ultimately cosmetic, as it doesn't
> +alter the stack of frames seen by @value{GDBN} and navigable by the
> +user, for example by using the @code{frame} command.  Still, nesting
> +frames may lead to a more understandable presentation of a backtrace.

The Python API uses "elided" for child frames (right?).
Plus the Python API uses "Frame Decorator" whereas we're using
"Annotated Frame". I don't mind the differences if they're warranted,
but it's taking me a bit of time to map back and forth, and if it's
taking me a bit of time I'm sure it'll take some users more time.
Thus if we keep this naming we need to provide additional text
to map the names back to their Python cousins.

> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-children ann
> +Return a list of the @dfn{child frames} function name associated with
> +the annotated frame @var{ann}.  Each item of the list should be an
> +annotated frame object.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +While frame filters can both reorganize and reannotate the frame
> +stream, it is often the case that one only wants to reannotate the
> +frames in a stream, without reorganizing then.  In that case there is
> +a simpler API for @dfn{frame annotators} that simply maps annotated
> +frames to annotated frames.
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} add-frame-annotator! name annotator @
> +       @r{[}#:priority priority@r{]} @
> +       @r{[}#:objfile objfile@r{]} @r{[}#:progspace progspace@r{]}
> +Register the frame annotator procedure @var{annotator} with
> +@value{GDBN}.  @var{annotator} should be a function of one argument,
> +takingn annotated frame object and returning a possibily modified
> +annotated frame.  The annotator is identified by @var{name}, which
> +should be unique among all known annotators.
> +
> +The annotator has an associated priority, as with frame filters.  See
> +the documentation on @code{add-frame-filter!}, for more.
> +
> +The annotator will be initially enabled.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} all-frame-annotators
> +Return a list of the names of all frame annotators.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} remove-frame-annotator! name
> +@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} enable-frame-annotator! name
> +@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} disable-frame-annotator! name
> +Remove, enable, or disable a frame annotator, respectively.
> +@var{name} should correspond to the name of a annotator previously
> +added with @code{add-frame-annotator!}.  If no such annotator is
> +found, an error is signalled.
> +@end deffn
> +
> +@node Writing a Frame Filter in Guile
> +@subsubsection Writing a Frame Filter in Guile
> +@cindex writing a frame filter
> +
> +The simplest kind of frame filter just takes the incoming stream of
> +frames and produces an identical stream of values.  For example:
> +
> +@example
> +(use-modules (gdb frames))

(use-modules (srfi srfi-41))

> +
> +(define (identity-frame-filter stream)
> +  (cond
> +   ((stream-null? stream)
> +    ;; End of stream?  Then return end-of-stream.
> +    stream-null)
> +   (else
> +    ;; Otherwise recurse on the tail of the stream.
> +    (stream-cons (stream-car stream)
> +                 (identity-frame-filter (stream-cdr stream))))))
> +@end example
> +
> +If you are not familiar with SRFI-41 streams, you might think that
> +this would eagerly traverse the whole stack of frames.  This would be
> +bad because we don't want to produce an entire backtrace at once when
> +the user might cancel after only seeing one page.  However this is not
> +the case, because unlike normal Scheme procedures, @code{stream-cons}
> +is @dfn{lazy} in its arguments, which is to say that its arguments are
> +only evaluated when they are accessed via @code{stream-car} and
> +@code{stream-cdr}.  In this way the stream looks infinite, but in
> +reality only produces values as they are requested by the caller.
> +
> +To use this frame filter, we have to register it with @value{GDBN}.
> +
> +@example
> +(add-frame-filter! "identity" identity-frame-filter)
> +@end example
> +
> +Now our filter will run each time a backtrace is printed, or in
> +general for any GDB command that uses the frame filter interface.

Assuming python doesn't "win".
This includes errors, if a python filter gets an error guile filters
aren't tried. For compatibility's sake, python always wins.
We'll need to document this here (or near here), somehow.

> +
> +Filters are enabled when they are added.  You can control the enabled
> +or disabled state of a filter using the appropriate procedures:
> +
> +@example
> +(disable-frame-filter! "identity")
> +(enable-frame-filter! "identity")
> +@end example
> +
> +Finally, we can remove all filters with a simple application of
> +@code{for-each}:
> +
> +@example
> +(for-each remove-frame-filter! (all-frame-filters))
> +@end example
> +
> +The same general mechanics apply to frame annotators as well.
> +
> +Let us define a more interesting example.  For example, in Guile there
> +is a function @code{scm_call_n}, which may be invoked directly but is
> +often invoked via well-known wrappers like @code{scm_call_0},
> +@code{scm_call_1}, and so on.  For example here is part of a backtrace
> +of an optimized Guile build, when you first start a Guile REPL:
> +
> +@smallexample
> +#10 0x00007ffff7b6ed91 in vm_debug_engine ([...]) at vm-engine.c:815
> +#11 0x00007ffff7b74380 in scm_call_n ([...]) at vm.c:1258
> +#12 0x00007ffff7afb9d9 in scm_call_0 ([...]) at eval.c:475
> +#13 0x00007ffff7b74a0e in sf_fill_input ([...]) at vports.c:94
> +@end smallexample
> +
> +For the sake of the example, the arguments to each have been
> +abbreviated to @code{[...]}.  Now, it might be nice if we could nest
> +@code{scm_call_n} inside @code{scm_call_0}, so let's do that:
> +
> +@smallexample
> +(use-modules (gdb) (gdb frames) (srfi srfi-41))
> +
> +(define (nest-scm-call-filter stream)
> +  (cond
> +   ((stream-null? stream)
> +    ;; No frames.
> +    stream)
> +   (else
> +    (let ((ann (stream-car stream))
> +          (stream* (stream-cdr stream)))
> +      ;; A base case, for when the head frame does not match.
> +      (define (continue)
> +        (stream-cons ann (nest-scm-call-filter stream*)))
> +
> +      (cond
> +       ;; Is this a call to scm_call_n and is there a next frame?
> +       ((and (equal? (annotated-frame-function-name ann) "scm_call_n")
> +             (not (stream-null? stream*)))
> +        (let* ((next (stream-car stream*))
> +               (next-name (annotated-frame-function-name next)))
> +          (cond
> +           ;; Does the next frame have a function name and
> +           ;; does it start with "scm_call_"?
> +           ((and next-name
> +                 (string-prefix? "scm_call_" next-name))
> +            ;; A match!  Reorganize the first two frames into
> +            ;; one annotated frame with a child.
> +            (let* ((children (cons ann
> +                                   (annotated-frame-children next)))
> +                   (next (reannotate-frame next #:children children)))
> +              (stream-cons next
> +                           (nest-scm-call-filter (stream-cdr stream*)))))
> +           (else (continue)))))
> +       (else (continue)))))))
> +
> +(add-frame-filter! "nest-scm-call" nest-scm-call-filter)
> +@end smallexample
> +
> +With this filter in place, the resulting backtrace looks like:
> +
> +@smallexample
> +#10 0x00007ffff7b6ed91 in vm_debug_engine ([...]) at vm-engine.c:815
> +#12 0x00007ffff7afb9d9 in scm_call_0 ([...]) at eval.c:475
> +    #11 0x00007ffff7b74380 in scm_call_n ([...]) at vm.c:1258
> +#13 0x00007ffff7b74a0e in sf_fill_input ([...]) at vports.c:94
> +@end smallexample
> +
> +As you can see, frame #11 has been nested below frame #12.
> +
> +Sometimes, though, all this stream processing and stream recursion can
> +be too complicated if your desire is just to annotate individual
> +frames.  In that situation, the frame annotator API can be more
> +appropriate.  For example, if we know that there are some C procedures
> +that have ``aliases'' in some other language, like Scheme, then we can
> +annotate them in the backtrace with their Scheme names.
> +
> +@smallexample
> +(use-modules (gdb frames))
> +
> +(define *function-name-aliases*
> +  '(("scm_primitive_eval" . "primitive-eval")))
> +
> +(define (alias-annotator ann)
> +  (let* ((name (annotated-frame-function-name ann))
> +         (alias (assoc-ref *function-name-aliases* name)))
> +    (if alias
> +        (reannotate-frame ann #:function-name
> +                              (string-append "[" alias "] " name))
> +        ann)))
> +
> +(add-frame-annotator! "alias-annotator" alias-annotator)
> +@end smallexample
> +
> +A backtrace with this annotator in place produces:
> +
> +@smallexample
> +#19 [...] in vm_debug_engine ([...]) at vm-engine.c:806
> +#20 [...] in scm_call_n ([...]) at vm.c:1258
> +#21 [...] in [primitive-eval] scm_primitive_eval ([...]) at eval.c:656
> +#22 [...] in scm_eval ([...]) at eval.c:690
> +#23 [...] in scm_shell ([...]) at script.c:454
> +@end smallexample

Can annotators be implemented on top of filters?
If so, IWBN to have just one low level entity.
How would this example look if it were implemented with filters
instead of annotators?

> +
> +Again, parts have been elided with @code{[...]}.
> +
> +It is possible to do the job of an annotator with a filter, but if the
> +task is simple enough for an annotator, it's much less code, as the
> +above example shows.
> +
>  @node Commands In Guile
>  @subsubsection Commands In Guile
>  
> diff --git a/gdb/guile/guile-internal.h b/gdb/guile/guile-internal.h
> index 7b7f592..9733e20 100644
> --- a/gdb/guile/guile-internal.h
> +++ b/gdb/guile/guile-internal.h
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct block;
>  struct frame_info;
>  struct objfile;
>  struct symbol;
> +struct inferior;
>  
>  /* A function to pass to the safe-call routines to ignore things like
>     memory errors.  */
> @@ -421,6 +422,9 @@ typedef struct _frame_smob frame_smob;
>  
>  extern int frscm_is_frame (SCM scm);
>  
> +extern SCM frscm_scm_from_frame (struct frame_info *frame,
> +				 struct inferior *inferior);
> +
>  extern frame_smob *frscm_get_frame_smob_arg_unsafe (SCM frame_scm, int arg_pos,
>  						    const char *func_name);
>  
> @@ -578,6 +582,11 @@ extern enum ext_lang_rc gdbscm_apply_val_pretty_printer
>     const struct value_print_options *options,
>     const struct language_defn *language);
>  
> +extern enum ext_lang_bt_status gdbscm_apply_frame_filter
> +  (const struct extension_language_defn *,
> +   struct frame_info *frame, int flags, enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +   struct ui_out *out, int frame_low, int frame_high);
> +
>  extern int gdbscm_breakpoint_has_cond (const struct extension_language_defn *,
>  				       struct breakpoint *b);
>  
> @@ -594,6 +603,7 @@ extern void gdbscm_initialize_commands (void);
>  extern void gdbscm_initialize_disasm (void);
>  extern void gdbscm_initialize_exceptions (void);
>  extern void gdbscm_initialize_frames (void);
> +extern void gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters (void);
>  extern void gdbscm_initialize_iterators (void);
>  extern void gdbscm_initialize_lazy_strings (void);
>  extern void gdbscm_initialize_math (void);
> diff --git a/gdb/guile/guile.c b/gdb/guile/guile.c
> index e9d2aae..3ad362b 100644
> --- a/gdb/guile/guile.c
> +++ b/gdb/guile/guile.c
> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static const struct extension_language_ops guile_extension_ops =
>  
>    gdbscm_apply_val_pretty_printer,
>  
> -  NULL, /* gdbscm_apply_frame_filter, */
> +  gdbscm_apply_frame_filter,
>  
>    gdbscm_preserve_values,
>  
> @@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ initialize_gdb_module (void *data)
>    gdbscm_initialize_commands ();
>    gdbscm_initialize_disasm ();
>    gdbscm_initialize_frames ();
> +  gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters ();
>    gdbscm_initialize_iterators ();
>    gdbscm_initialize_lazy_strings ();
>    gdbscm_initialize_math ();
> diff --git a/gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm b/gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..9bab59f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm
> @@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
> +;; Frame filter support.
> +;;
> +;; Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +;;
> +;; This file is part of GDB.
> +;;
> +;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> +;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> +;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
> +;; (at your option) any later version.
> +;;
> +;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> +;; GNU General Public License for more details.
> +;;
> +;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> +;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
> +
> +(define-module (gdb frames)
> +  #:use-module ((gdb) #:hide (frame? symbol?))
> +  #:use-module ((gdb) #:select ((frame? . gdb:frame?) (symbol? . gdb:symbol?)))
> +  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
> +  #:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
> +  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
> +  #:use-module (srfi srfi-41)
> +  #:export (reannotate-frame
> +            annotated-frame?
> +            annotated-frame-frame
> +            annotated-frame-function-name
> +            annotated-frame-address
> +            annotated-frame-filename
> +            annotated-frame-line
> +            annotated-frame-arguments
> +            annotated-frame-locals
> +            annotated-frame-children
> +
> +            add-frame-annotator!
> +            all-frame-annotators
> +            remove-frame-annotator!
> +            enable-frame-annotator!
> +            disable-frame-annotator!
> +
> +            add-frame-filter!
> +            all-frame-filters
> +            remove-frame-filter!
> +            enable-frame-filter!
> +            disable-frame-filter!))
> +
> +(define-record-type <annotated-frame>
> +  (make-annotated-frame frame function-name address filename line
> +                        arguments locals children)
> +  annotated-frame?
> +  (frame annotated-frame-frame)            ; frame
> +  (function-name annotated-frame-function-name) ; string
> +  (address annotated-frame-address)        ; int
> +  (filename annotated-frame-filename)      ; string
> +  (line annotated-frame-line)              ; int
> +  ;; local := symbol | (string . value)
> +  (arguments annotated-frame-arguments)    ; (local  ...)
> +  (locals annotated-frame-locals)          ; (local ...)
> +  (children annotated-frame-children)      ; (annotated-frame ...)
> +  )
> +
> +(define (frame-function-name frame)
> +  (let ((f (frame-function frame)))
> +    (cond
> +     ((not f) f)
> +     ((gdb:symbol? f) (symbol-print-name f))
> +     (else (object->string f)))))
> +
> +(define (frame-filename frame)
> +  (or (and=> (frame-sal frame)
> +             (lambda (sal)
> +               (and=> (sal-symtab sal) symtab-filename)))
> +      ;; FIXME: Fall back to (solib-name (frame-pc frame)) if present.
> +      #f))
> +
> +(define (frame-line frame)
> +  (and=> (frame-sal frame) sal-line))
> +
> +(define (frame-arguments frame)
> +  (let lp ((block (false-if-exception (frame-block frame))))
> +    (cond
> +     ((not block) '())
> +     ((not (block-function block)) (lp (block-superblock block)))
> +     (else
> +      (filter symbol-argument? (block-symbols block))))))
> +
> +(define (frame-locals frame)
> +  (let lp ((block (false-if-exception (frame-block frame))))
> +    (if (or (not block) (block-global? block) (block-static? block))
> +        '()
> +        (append (remove symbol-argument? (block-symbols block))
> +                (lp (block-superblock block))))))
> +
> +;; frame -> annotated-frame
> +(define (annotate-frame frame)
> +  (make-annotated-frame frame
> +                        (frame-function-name frame)
> +                        (frame-pc frame)
> +                        (frame-filename frame)
> +                        (frame-line frame)
> +                        (frame-arguments frame)
> +                        (frame-locals frame)
> +                        '()))
> +
> +(define* (reannotate-frame ann #:key
> +                           (function-name (annotated-frame-function-name ann))
> +                           (address (annotated-frame-address ann))
> +                           (filename (annotated-frame-filename ann))
> +                           (line (annotated-frame-line ann))
> +                           (arguments (annotated-frame-arguments ann))
> +                           (locals (annotated-frame-locals ann))
> +                           (children (annotated-frame-children ann)))
> +  (define (valid-local? x)
> +    (or (gdb:symbol? x)
> +        (and (pair? x)
> +             (or (gdb:symbol? (car x)) (string? (car x)))
> +             (value? (cdr x)))))
> +  (define (list-of? pred x)
> +    (and (list? x) (and-map pred x)))
> +  (unless (or (not function-name) (string? function-name))
> +    (error "function-name should be a string or #f"))
> +  (unless (and (exact-integer? address) (not (negative? address)))
> +    (error "address should be an non-negative integer"))
> +  (unless (or (not filename) (string? filename))
> +    (error "filename should be a string or #f"))
> +  (unless (or (not line) (and (exact-integer? line) (positive? line)))
> +    (error "line expected to a positive integer or #f"))
> +  (unless (list-of? valid-local? arguments)
> +    (error "arguments should be a list of symbol-value pairs, \
> +string-value pairs, or symbols"))
> +  (unless (list-of? valid-local? locals)
> +    (error "locals should be a list of symbol-value pairs, \
> +string-value pairs, or symbols"))
> +  (unless (and-map annotated-frame? children)
> +    (error "children should be annotated frames" children))
> +  (make-annotated-frame (annotated-frame-frame ann)
> +                        function-name address filename line arguments locals
> +                        children))
> +
> +(define-record-type <scoped-priority-item>
> +  (make-scoped-priority-item name priority enabled? entry scope)
> +  priority-item?
> +  (name &name)
> +  (priority &priority)
> +  (enabled? &enabled? set-enabled?!)
> +  (entry &entry)
> +  (scope &scope))
> +
> +(define (add-to-priority-list priority-list name priority enabled? entry scope)
> +  (when (find (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list)
> +    (error "Name already present in list" name))
> +  (sort (cons (make-scoped-priority-item name priority enabled? entry scope)
> +              priority-list)
> +        (lambda (a b)
> +          (>= (&priority a) (&priority b)))))
> +
> +(define (remove-from-priority-list priority-list name)
> +  (remove (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list))

When an objfile goes away we'll want all its frame-filters to go away.
[E.g., imagine a frame-filter registered with an objfile that is
dlopen'd and later dlclose'd.]
Either that, or the code has to do its own garbage collection of
invalid objfiles. One nice thing about recording frame-filters
with the objfile is that such garbage collection comes for free.

> +
> +(define (priority-list-enable! priority-list name)
> +  (let ((item (find (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list)))
> +    (unless item
> +      (error "Name not found in list" name))
> +    (set-enabled?! item #t)))
> +
> +(define (priority-list-disable! priority-list name)
> +  (let ((item (find (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list)))
> +    (unless item
> +      (error "Name not found in list" name))
> +    (set-enabled?! item #f)))
> +
> +(define-syntax-rule (define-scoped-priority-list *priority-list*
> +                      all-names active-entries add! remove! enable! disable!)
> +  (begin
> +    (define *priority-list* '())
> +
> +    ;; -> (name ...), from low to high priority
> +    (define (all-names)
> +      (reverse (map &name *priority-list*)))
> +
> +    ;; -> (entry ...), from low to high priority
> +    (define* (active-entries progspace)
> +      (reverse (filter-map (lambda (item)
> +                             (and (&enabled? item)
> +                                  ;; The entry matches if its progspace
> +                                  ;; matches, its objfile is still
> +                                  ;; valid, or if it is not associated
> +                                  ;; with a specific progspace or
> +                                  ;; objfile.
> +                                  (let ((scope (&scope item)))
> +                                    (or (not scope)
> +                                        (if (progspace? scope)
> +                                            (eq? progspace scope)
> +                                            (objfile-valid? scope))))
> +                                  (&entry item)))
> +                           *priority-list*)))
> +
> +    (define* (add! name entry #:key objfile progspace (priority 20))

I couldn't find what the default priority is for python filters.
20 is fine by me, but it would be good to be consistent.

> +      ;; scope := objfile | progspace | #f
> +      (define (compute-scope objfile progspace)
> +        (cond
> +         (objfile
> +          (when progspace
> +            (error "Only one of #:objfile or #:progspace may be given"))
> +          (unless (objfile? objfile)
> +            (error "Not an objfile" objfile))
> +          objfile)
> +         (progspace
> +          (unless (progspace? progspace)
> +            (error "Not a progspace" progspace))
> +          progspace)
> +         (else #f)))
> +      (let ((scope (compute-scope objfile progspace)))
> +        (set! *priority-list*
> +              (add-to-priority-list *priority-list*
> +                                    name priority #t entry scope))))
> +
> +    (define (remove! name)
> +      (set! *priority-list*
> +            (remove-from-priority-list *priority-list* name)))
> +
> +    (define (enable! name)
> +      (priority-list-enable! *priority-list* name))
> +
> +    (define (disable! name)
> +      (priority-list-disable! *priority-list* name))))
> +
> +;; frame-annotator := annotated-frame -> annotated-frame
> +(define-scoped-priority-list *frame-annotators*
> +  all-frame-annotators
> +  active-frame-annotators
> +  add-frame-annotator!
> +  remove-frame-annotator!
> +  enable-frame-annotator!
> +  disable-frame-annotator!)
> +
> +(define (apply-fold functions seed)
> +  (fold (lambda (f seed) (f seed)) seed functions))
> +
> +(define (apply-frame-annotators ann)
> +  (apply-fold (active-frame-annotators (current-progspace)) ann))
> +
> +;; frame-filter := Stream annotated-frame -> Stream annotated-frame
> +(define-scoped-priority-list *frame-filters*
> +  all-frame-filters
> +  active-frame-filters
> +  add-frame-filter!
> +  remove-frame-filter!
> +  enable-frame-filter!
> +  disable-frame-filter!)
> +
> +(define (apply-frame-filters ann)
> +  (apply-fold (active-frame-filters (current-progspace)) ann))
> +
> +;; frame int int -> Stream annotated-frame
> +(define (frame-stream frame frame-low frame-high)
> +  (define (make-stream frame index count)
> +    (let ((frames (stream-unfold annotate-frame gdb:frame? frame-older frame)))
> +      (if count
> +          (stream-take frames count)
> +          frames)))
> +  (if (negative? frame-low)
> +      ;; Traverse the stack to find the outermost N frames.
> +      (let ((count (- frame-low)))
> +        (let lp ((older frame) (n 0))
> +          (cond
> +           ((not older)
> +            (make-stream frame 0 n))
> +           ((< n count)
> +            (lp (frame-older frame) (1+ n)))
> +           (else
> +            ;; "older" is now "count" frames older than "frame".  Keep
> +            ;; going until we hit the oldest frame.
> +            (let lp ((frame frame) (older older) (newer-index 0))
> +              (if older
> +                  (lp (frame-older frame) (frame-older older) (1+ newer-index))
> +                  (make-stream frame newer-index count)))))))
> +      (let lp ((frame frame) (frame-low frame-low) (newer-index 0))
> +        ;; Cut the innermost N frames.
> +        (cond
> +         ((not frame) 'no-frames)
> +         ((zero? frame-low)
> +          (let ((count (if (eqv? frame-high -1)
> +                           #f
> +                           (1+ (max (- frame-high newer-index) 0)))))
> +            (make-stream frame newer-index count)))
> +         (else
> +          (lp (frame-older frame) (1- frame-low) (1+ newer-index)))))))
> +
> +(define (stream->gdb-iterator stream lower)
> +  (make-iterator stream stream
> +                 (lambda (iter)
> +                   (let ((stream (iterator-progress iter)))
> +                     (cond
> +                      ((stream-null? stream)
> +                       (end-of-iteration))
> +                      (else
> +                       (set-iterator-progress! iter (stream-cdr stream))
> +                       (lower (stream-car stream))))))))
> +
> +(define (annotated-frame->vector ann)
> +  ;; C can't deal so nicely with record types, so lower to a more simple
> +  ;; data structure.
> +  (vector (annotated-frame-frame ann)
> +          (annotated-frame-function-name ann)
> +          (annotated-frame-address ann)
> +          (annotated-frame-filename ann)
> +          (annotated-frame-line ann)
> +          (annotated-frame-arguments ann)
> +          (annotated-frame-locals ann)
> +          (map annotated-frame->vector (annotated-frame-children ann))))
> +
> +(define (apply-frame-filter frame frame-low frame-high)
> +  (and (or (pair? (active-frame-filters (current-progspace)))
> +           (pair? (active-frame-annotators (current-progspace))))
> +       (stream->gdb-iterator
> +        (apply-frame-filters
> +         (stream-map
> +          apply-frame-annotators
> +          (frame-stream frame frame-low frame-high)))
> +        annotated-frame->vector)))
> +
> +(load-extension "gdb" "gdbscm_load_frame_filters")
> diff --git a/gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c b/gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..0c9687b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,1001 @@
> +/* Scheme interface to frame filter.
> +
> +   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> +
> +   This file is part of GDB.
> +
> +   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> +   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> +   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
> +   (at your option) any later version.
> +
> +   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
> +   GNU General Public License for more details.
> +
> +   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> +   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> +
> +/* See README file in this directory for implementation notes, coding
> +   conventions, et.al.  */
> +
> +#include "defs.h"
> +#include "annotate.h"
> +#include "block.h"
> +#include "demangle.h"
> +#include "frame.h"
> +#include "inferior.h"
> +#include "language.h"
> +#include "objfiles.h"
> +#include "symfile.h"
> +#include "symtab.h"
> +#include "stack.h"
> +#include "valprint.h"
> +#include "value.h"
> +#include "guile-internal.h"
> +
> +/* Non-zero if the (gdb frames) module has been loaded.  */
> +static int gdbscm_frame_filters_loaded = 0;
> +
> +/* The captured apply-frame-filter variable.  */
> +static SCM apply_frame_filter = SCM_BOOL_F;
> +
> +/* Called by lib/gdb/frames.scm.  */

Blank line between function command and function definition.
Here and throughout.

> +static void
> +gdbscm_load_frame_filters (void *unused)
> +{
> +  if (gdbscm_frame_filters_loaded)
> +    return;
> +
> +  gdbscm_frame_filters_loaded = 1;
> +
> +  apply_frame_filter = scm_c_lookup ("apply-frame-filter");
> +}
> +
> +/* Helper to throw type errors as Scheme exceptions.  */

move to scm-exception.c, add decl to guile-internal.h,
with ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN.

> +static void
> +gdbscm_throw_type_error (const char *subr, int arg_pos, SCM val,
> +                         const char *expected_type)
> +{
> +  gdbscm_throw (gdbscm_make_type_error (subr, arg_pos, val, expected_type));
> +}
> +
> +/* We surround TRY_CATCH blocks with Scheme dynwinds, so that Scheme
> +   exceptions can interoperate with GDB exceptions.  Since GDB's
> +   TRY_CATCH saves and restores cleanups around its body, and
> +   automatically runs inner cleanups on exception, we arrange to do the
> +   same on Scheme exceptions.  */
> +static void
> +dynwind_restore_cleanups (void *data)
> +{
> +  struct cleanup *cleanups = data;
> +  restore_cleanups (cleanups);
> +}
> +
> +static void
> +dynwind_do_cleanups (void *data)
> +{
> +  struct cleanup *cleanups = data;
> +  do_cleanups (cleanups);
> +}
> +
> +/* Use BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS instead of TRY_CATCH when
> +   you are inside gdbscm_safe_call, and close it with
> +   RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND.  This will cause
> +   GDB exceptions raised within the block to be re-raised as Scheme
> +   exceptions.  Leaving the block in any way -- whether normally, via a
> +   GDB exception, or a Scheme exception -- will cause any cleanups that
> +   were registered within the block to run.
> +
> +   Given that almost all code in this file is dynamically within one of
> +   these blocks, when should you add a new one?  There are only a few
> +   cases:
> +
> +     1. You need to call make_cleanup_ui_out_tuple_begin_end or
> +        some other bracketed UI operation.
> +     2. You are allocating something "big" that should be cleaned up
> +        promptly, like make_cleanup_ui_file_delete.
> +     3. You want to register a Scheme unwind procedure, and need to
> +        prevent GDB exceptions from passing your dynwind.  */
> +
> +#define BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS()                        \

move to guile-internal.h

> +  do {                                                                  \
> +    volatile struct gdb_exception __except;                             \

__anything is reserved for the compiler.
dynwind_except or some such is probably fine.
Similarly with __cleanups.

> +    /* Any cleanup pushed within the TRY_CATCH will be run on GDB       \
> +       exception.  We will have to run them manually on normal exit or  \
> +       Scheme exception.  */                                            \
> +    scm_dynwind_begin (0);                                              \
> +    /* Save the cleanup stack, and arrange to restore it after any exit \
> +       from the TRY_CATCH, local or non-local.  */                      \
> +    scm_dynwind_unwind_handler (dynwind_restore_cleanups,               \
> +                                save_cleanups (),                       \
> +                                SCM_F_WIND_EXPLICITLY);                 \
> +    TRY_CATCH (__except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)                               \
> +      {                                                                 \
> +        struct cleanup *__cleanups = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL); \
> +        /* Ensure cleanups run on Scheme exception.  */                 \
> +        scm_dynwind_unwind_handler (dynwind_do_cleanups, __cleanups, 0);\
> +        do
> +
> +#define RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND()              \
> +        while (0);                                                      \
> +        /* Ensure cleanups run on normal exit.  */                      \
> +        do_cleanups (__cleanups);                                       \
> +      }                                                                 \
> +    /* Pop the dynwind and restore the saved cleanup stack.  */         \
> +    scm_dynwind_end ();                                                 \
> +    if (__except.reason < 0)                                            \
> +      /* Rethrow GDB exception as Scheme exception.  */                 \
> +      gdbscm_throw_gdb_exception (__except);                            \
> +  } while (0)
> +

extra blank line

> +
> +/* Helper function to extract a symbol, a name, a language definition,
> +   and a value from ITEM, which is an element of a Scheme "arguments" or
> +   "locals" list.
> +
> +   ITEM will either be a pair of a string and a value, a pair of a
> +   symbol and a value, or just a symbol.  NAME is a pass-through
> +   argument where the name of the symbol will be written.  NAME is
> +   allocated in this function, and a cleanup handler is registered if
> +   needed.  SYM is a pass-through argument where the symbol will be
> +   written.  If the name is a string and not a symbol, SYM will be set
> +   to NULL.  LANGUAGE is also a pass-through argument denoting the
> +   language attributed to the symbol.  In the case of SYM being NULL,
> +   this will be set to the current language.  Finally, VALUE will be set
> +   to the unwrapped GDB value, if ITEM is a pair, and otherwise
> +   NULL.  */
> +static void
> +extract_sym_and_value (SCM item, const char **name, struct symbol **sym,
> +                       const struct language_defn **language,
> +                       struct value **value, struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
> +{
> +  if (scm_is_pair (item))
> +    {
> +      SCM symbol_scm = scm_car (item), value_scm = scm_cdr (item);
> +      SCM exception = SCM_BOOL_F;
> +
> +      if (scm_is_string (symbol_scm))
> +        {
> +          *name = gdbscm_scm_to_host_string (symbol_scm, NULL,
> +					     &exception);
> +          if (!*name)
> +            gdbscm_throw (exception);
> +          make_cleanup (xfree, name);
> +
> +          *sym = NULL;
> +          *language = current_language;
> +        }
> +      else
> +        {
> +          *sym = syscm_get_valid_symbol_arg_unsafe (symbol_scm,
> +						    GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
> +                                                    "print-frame");
> +          *name = SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (*sym);
> +
> +          if (language_mode == language_mode_auto)
> +            *language = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (*sym));
> +          else
> +            *language = current_language;

Any reason for overriding the language recorded with the symbol
even if language_mode is not auto?

> +        }
> +
> +      *value = vlscm_convert_value_from_scheme ("print-frame",
> +                                                GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
> +                                                value_scm,
> +                                                &exception,
> +                                                gdbarch,
> +                                                *language);
> +      if (!*value)

gdb style rules require this to be written as *value == NULL.
ref: https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/Internals%20GDB-C-Coding-Standards#NULL_Is_Not_Zero

> +        gdbscm_throw (exception);
> +    }
> +  else
> +    {
> +      *sym = syscm_get_valid_symbol_arg_unsafe (item, GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
> +                                                "print-frame");
> +      *name = SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (*sym);
> +
> +      if (language_mode == language_mode_auto)
> +        *language = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (*sym));
> +      else
> +        *language = current_language;
> +
> +      *value = NULL;
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +enum mi_print_types
> +{
> +  MI_PRINT_ARGS,
> +  MI_PRINT_LOCALS
> +};
> +
> +/* MI prints only certain values according to the type of symbol and
> +   also what the user has specified.  SYM is the symbol to check, and
> +   MI_PRINT_TYPES is an enum specifying what the user wants emitted
> +   for the MI command in question.  */
> +static int
> +mi_should_print (struct symbol *sym, enum mi_print_types type)
> +{
> +  int print_me = 0;
> +
> +  switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
> +    {
> +    default:
> +    case LOC_UNDEF:     /* catches errors        */

I'm not aware of a gdb convention for aligning "*/", but it's not used
much in gdb, and at any rate in this case the comments don't really
add any value, so let's remove them.
[I realize this is cut-n-paste from py-framefilter.c.]

> +    case LOC_CONST:     /* constant              */
> +    case LOC_TYPEDEF:   /* local typedef         */
> +    case LOC_LABEL:     /* local label           */
> +    case LOC_BLOCK:     /* local function        */
> +    case LOC_CONST_BYTES:       /* loc. byte seq.        */
> +    case LOC_UNRESOLVED:        /* unresolved static     */
> +    case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:     /* optimized out         */
> +      print_me = 0;
> +      break;

Since this is the default, simplify this and remove the above cases,
except the default case if you want to keep it.
Also, I don't think I've seen many cases of default appearing at the
front of the case list, we generally put it at the end.

> +
> +    case LOC_ARG:       /* argument              */
> +    case LOC_REF_ARG:   /* reference arg         */
> +    case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:      /* indirect register arg */
> +    case LOC_LOCAL:     /* stack local           */
> +    case LOC_STATIC:    /* static                */
> +    case LOC_REGISTER:  /* register              */
> +    case LOC_COMPUTED:  /* computed location     */
> +      if (type == MI_PRINT_LOCALS)
> +        print_me = ! SYMBOL_IS_ARGUMENT (sym);
> +      else
> +        print_me = SYMBOL_IS_ARGUMENT (sym);
> +    }
> +  return print_me;
> +}
> +
> +/* Helper function which outputs a type name extracted from VAL to a
> +   "type" field in the output stream OUT.  OUT is the ui-out structure
> +   the type name will be output too, and VAL is the value that the
> +   type will be extracted from.  */
> +static void
> +gdbscm_print_type (struct ui_out *out, struct value *val)
> +{
> +  struct type *type;
> +
> +  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
> +    {
> +      struct ui_file *stb = mem_fileopen ();

blank line after locals
[not my favorite of our conventions, but that's what it is]

> +      make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (stb);
> +      type = check_typedef (value_type (val));
> +      type_print (value_type (val), "", stb, -1);
> +      ui_out_field_stream (out, "type", stb);
> +    }
> +  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
> +}
> +
> +/* Helper function which outputs a value to an output field in a
> +   stream.  OUT is the ui-out structure the value will be output to,
> +   VAL is the value that will be printed, OPTS contains the value
> +   printing options, ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator describing the
> +   argument format, and LANGUAGE is the language_defn that the value
> +   will be printed with. */
> +static void
> +gdbscm_print_value (struct ui_out *out, struct value *val,
> +                    const struct value_print_options *opts,
> +                    int indent,
> +                    enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +                    const struct language_defn *language)
> +{
> +  int should_print = 0;
> +  int local_indent = (4 * indent);
> +
> +  /* Never set an indent level for common_val_print if MI.  */
> +  if (ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
> +    local_indent = 0;
> +
> +  /* MI does not print certain values, differentiated by type,
> +     depending on what ARGS_TYPE indicates.  Test type against option.
> +     For CLI print all values.  */
> +  if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES
> +      || args_type == MI_PRINT_ALL_VALUES)
> +    {
> +      struct type *type = check_typedef (value_type (val));
> +
> +      if (args_type == MI_PRINT_ALL_VALUES)
> +        should_print = 1;
> +      else if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES
> +               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_ARRAY
> +               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_STRUCT
> +               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_UNION)

we should have a predicate to abstract away what MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES
means. Maybe even better would be a function that also took args_type as
a parameter. No need to add that with this patch set.
Bonus points for doing so though. :-)

> +        should_print = 1;
> +    }
> +  else if (args_type != NO_VALUES)
> +    should_print = 1;
> +
> +  if (should_print)
> +    {
> +      BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
> +        {
> +          struct ui_file *stb = mem_fileopen ();
> +          make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (stb);
> +          common_val_print (val, stb, indent, opts, language);
> +          ui_out_field_stream (out, "value", stb);
> +        }
> +      RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +enum print_args_field
> +{
> +  WITH_ARGS_FIELD,
> +  WITHOUT_ARGS_FIELD
> +};
> +
> +/* Helper function to output a single frame argument and value to an
> +   output stream.  This function will account for entry values if the FV
> +   parameter is populated, the frame argument has entry values
> +   associated with them, and the appropriate "set entry-value" options
> +   are set.  Will output in CLI or MI like format depending on the type
> +   of output stream detected.  OUT is the output stream, SYM_NAME is the
> +   name of the symbol.  If SYM_NAME is populated then it must have an
> +   accompanying value in the parameter FV.  FA is a frame argument
> +   structure.  If FA is populated, both SYM_NAME and FV are ignored.
> +   OPTS contains the value printing options, ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator
> +   describing the argument format, PRINT_ARGS_FIELD is a flag which
> +   indicates if we output "ARGS=1" in MI output in commands where both
> +   arguments and locals are printed.  */
> +static void
> +gdbscm_print_single_arg (struct ui_out *out,
> +                         const char *sym_name,
> +                         struct frame_arg *fa,
> +                         struct value *fv,
> +                         const struct value_print_options *opts,
> +                         enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +			 enum print_args_field print_args_field,
> +                         const struct language_defn *language)

Mixed kinds of indentation (spaces vs tabs+spaces).
General gdb convention is to use tabs+spaces.

> +{
> +  struct value *val;
> +
> +  if (fa != NULL)
> +    {
> +      if (fa->val == NULL && fa->error == NULL)
> +        return;
> +      language = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (fa->sym));
> +      val = fa->val;
> +    }
> +  else
> +    val = fv;
> +
> +  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
> +    {
> +      /*  MI has varying rules for tuples, but generally if there is

Extra space after /*.
I know this is cut-n-paste from py-framefilter.c, but you've
reformatted it anyway.

> +          only one element in each item in the list, do not start a
> +          tuple.  The exception is -stack-list-variables which emits an
> +          ARGS="1" field if the value is a frame argument.  This is
> +          denoted in this function with PRINT_ARGS_FIELD which is flag
> +          from the caller to emit the ARGS field.  */
> +      if (ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
> +        {
> +          if (print_args_field == WITH_ARGS_FIELD
> +	      || args_type != NO_VALUES)
> +            make_cleanup_ui_out_tuple_begin_end (out, NULL);
> +        }
> +
> +      annotate_arg_begin ();
> +
> +      /* If frame argument is populated, check for entry-values and the
> +         entry value options.  */
> +      if (fa != NULL)
> +        {
> +          struct ui_file *stb;
> +
> +          stb = mem_fileopen ();
> +          make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (stb);
> +          fprintf_symbol_filtered (stb, SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (fa->sym),
> +                                   SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (fa->sym),
> +                                   DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI);
> +          if (fa->entry_kind == print_entry_values_compact)
> +            {
> +              fputs_filtered ("=", stb);
> +
> +              fprintf_symbol_filtered (stb, SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (fa->sym),
> +                                       SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (fa->sym),
> +                                       DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI);
> +            }
> +          if (fa->entry_kind == print_entry_values_only
> +              || fa->entry_kind == print_entry_values_compact)
> +            {
> +              fputs_filtered ("@entry", stb);
> +            }
> +          ui_out_field_stream (out, "name", stb);
> +        }
> +      else
> +        /* Otherwise, just output the name.  */
> +        ui_out_field_string (out, "name", sym_name);
> +
> +      annotate_arg_name_end ();
> +
> +      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
> +        ui_out_text (out, "=");
> +
> +      if (print_args_field == WITH_ARGS_FIELD)
> +        ui_out_field_int (out, "arg", 1);
> +
> +      /* For MI print the type, but only for simple values.  This seems
> +         weird, but this is how MI choose to format the various output
> +         types.  */
> +      if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES && val != NULL)
> +        gdbscm_print_type (out, val);
> +
> +      if (val != NULL)
> +        annotate_arg_value (value_type (val));
> +
> +      /* If the output is to the CLI, and the user option "set print
> +         frame-arguments" is set to none, just output "...".  */
> +      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out) && args_type == NO_VALUES)
> +        ui_out_field_string (out, "value", "...");
> +      else
> +        {
> +          /* Otherwise, print the value for both MI and the CLI, except
> +             for the case of MI_PRINT_NO_VALUES.  */
> +          if (args_type != NO_VALUES)
> +            {
> +              if (val == NULL)
> +                {
> +                  gdb_assert (fa != NULL && fa->error != NULL);
> +                  ui_out_field_fmt (out, "value",
> +                                    _("<error reading variable: %s>"),
> +                                    fa->error);
> +                }
> +              else
> +                gdbscm_print_value (out, val, opts, 0, args_type,
> +				    language);
> +            }
> +        }
> +    }
> +  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
> +}
> +
> +/* Helper function to print one local.  LOCAL is the pair or symbol that
> +   is compatible with extract_sym_and_value, OUT is the output stream,
> +   INDENT is whether we should indent the output (for CLI), ARGS_TYPE is
> +   an enumerator describing the argument format, PRINT_ARGS_FIELD is
> +   flag which indicates whether to output the ARGS field in the case of
> +   -stack-list-variables and FRAME is the backing frame.  */
> +static void
> +gdbscm_print_local (SCM local,
> +                    struct ui_out *out,
> +                    int indent,
> +                    enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +                    struct frame_info *frame,
> +		    enum print_args_field print_args_field,
> +                    struct gdbarch *gdbarch)

mixed kinds of indentation.

> +{
> +  struct value_print_options opts;
> +  const struct language_defn *language;
> +  const char *sym_name;
> +  struct value *val;
> +  struct symbol *sym;
> +  int local_indent = 8 + (8 * indent);
> +  int out_is_mi = ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out);
> +
> +  get_user_print_options (&opts);
> +  opts.deref_ref = 1;
> +
> +  extract_sym_and_value (local, &sym_name, &sym, &language, &val,
> +			 gdbarch);
> +
> +  if (sym && out_is_mi && ! mi_should_print (sym, MI_PRINT_LOCALS))
> +    return;
> +
> +  if (!val)
> +    /* If the object did not provide a value, read it.  */
> +    val = read_var_value (sym, frame);
> +
> +  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
> +    {
> +      /* With PRINT_NO_VALUES, MI does not emit a tuple normally as each
> +         output contains only one field.  The exception is
> +         -stack-list-variables, which always provides a tuple.  */
> +      if (out_is_mi)
> +        {
> +          if (print_args_field == WITH_ARGS_FIELD
> +	      || args_type != NO_VALUES)
> +            make_cleanup_ui_out_tuple_begin_end (out, NULL);
> +        }
> +      else
> +        {
> +          /* If the output is not MI we indent locals.  */
> +          ui_out_spaces (out, local_indent);
> +        }
> +
> +      ui_out_field_string (out, "name", sym_name);
> +
> +      if (! out_is_mi)
> +        ui_out_text (out, " = ");
> +
> +      if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES)
> +        gdbscm_print_type (out, val);
> +
> +      /* CLI always prints values for locals.  MI uses the
> +         simple/no/all system.  */
> +      if (! out_is_mi)
> +        {
> +          int val_indent = (indent + 1) * 4;
> +
> +          gdbscm_print_value (out, val, &opts, val_indent, args_type,
> +			      language);
> +        }
> +      else
> +        {
> +          if (args_type != NO_VALUES)
> +            gdbscm_print_value (out, val, &opts, 0, args_type, language);
> +        }
> +    }
> +  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
> +
> +  ui_out_text (out, "\n");
> +}
> +
> +/* Helper function for printing locals.  This function largely just
> +   creates the wrapping tuple, and calls enumerate_locals.  Returns
> +   EXT_LANG_BT_ERROR on error, or EXT_LANG_BT_OK on success.  */
> +static void
> +gdbscm_print_locals (SCM locals,
> +                     struct ui_out *out,
> +                     enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +                     int indent,
> +                     struct frame_info *frame,
> +		     enum print_args_field print_args_field,
> +                     struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
> +{
> +  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
> +    {
> +      make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "locals");
> +
> +      for (; scm_is_pair (locals); locals = scm_cdr (locals))
> +        {
> +          SCM local = scm_car (locals);
> +
> +          gdbscm_print_local (local, out, indent, args_type, frame,
> +			      print_args_field, gdbarch);
> +        }
> +
> +      if (!scm_is_null (locals))
> +        gdbscm_throw_type_error ("print-locals", GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
> +                                 locals, "null-terminated locals list");
> +    }
> +  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
> +}
> +
> +/* Helper function to print an argument.  ARG is a pair or a symbol, in
> +   the format expected by extract_sym_and_value, OUT is the output
> +   stream, ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator describing the argument format,
> +   PRINT_ARGS_FIELD is a flag which indicates if we output "ARGS=1" in
> +   MI output in commands where both arguments and locals are printed,
> +   and FRAME is the backing frame.  */
> +static void
> +gdbscm_print_arg (SCM arg, struct ui_out *out,
> +                  enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +                  struct frame_info *frame,
> +		  enum print_args_field print_args_field,
> +                  struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
> +{
> +  struct value_print_options opts;
> +  const struct language_defn *language;
> +  const char *sym_name;
> +  struct symbol *sym;
> +  struct value *val;
> +
> +  get_user_print_options (&opts);
> +  if (args_type == CLI_SCALAR_VALUES)
> +    opts.summary = 1;
> +  opts.deref_ref = 1;
> +
> +  extract_sym_and_value (arg, &sym_name, &sym, &language, &val, gdbarch);
> +
> +  if (sym && ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out)
> +      && ! mi_should_print (sym, MI_PRINT_ARGS))
> +    return;
> +
> +  annotate_arg_begin ();
> +
> +  if (val)
> +    {
> +      /* If the annotated frame provides a value, just print that.  */
> +      gdbscm_print_single_arg (out, sym_name, NULL, val, &opts,
> +                               args_type, print_args_field,
> +                               language);
> +    }
> +  else
> +    {
> +      struct frame_arg arg, entryarg;
> +
> +      /* Otherwise, the annotated frame did not provide a value, so this
> +         is a frame argument to be read by GDB.  In this case we have to
> +         account for entry-values.  */
> +      read_frame_arg (sym, frame, &arg, &entryarg);
> +      make_cleanup (xfree, arg.error);
> +      make_cleanup (xfree, entryarg.error);
> +
> +      if (arg.entry_kind != print_entry_values_only)
> +        gdbscm_print_single_arg (out, NULL, &arg, NULL, &opts,
> +                                 args_type, print_args_field, NULL);
> +
> +      if (entryarg.entry_kind != print_entry_values_no)
> +        {
> +          if (arg.entry_kind != print_entry_values_only)
> +            {
> +              /* Delimit the two arguments that we are printing.  */
> +              ui_out_text (out, ", ");
> +              ui_out_wrap_hint (out, "    ");
> +            }
> +
> +          gdbscm_print_single_arg (out, NULL, &entryarg, NULL, &opts,
> +                                   args_type, print_args_field, NULL);
> +        }
> +    }
> +

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> +
> +  annotate_arg_end ();
> +}
> +
> +/* Helper function for printing frame arguments.  */
> +static void
> +gdbscm_print_args (SCM args, struct ui_out *out,
> +                   enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +                   struct frame_info *frame,
> +		   enum print_args_field print_args_field,
> +                   struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
> +{
> +  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
> +    {
> +      int arg_index = 0;
> +
> +      make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "args");
> +
> +      annotate_frame_args ();
> +      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
> +        ui_out_text (out, " (");
> +
> +      for (; scm_is_pair (args); args = scm_cdr (args), arg_index++)
> +        {
> +          SCM arg = scm_car (args);
> +
> +          if (arg_index > 0)
> +            ui_out_text (out, ", ");
> +
> +          gdbscm_print_arg (arg, out, args_type, frame,
> +			    print_args_field, gdbarch);
> +        }
> +
> +      if (!scm_is_null (args))
> +        gdbscm_throw_type_error ("print-args", GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
> +                                 args, "null-terminated argument list");
> +
> +      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
> +        ui_out_text (out, ")");
> +    }
> +  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
> +}
> +
> +/*  Print a single frame to the designated output stream, detecting
> +    whether the output is MI or console, and formatting the output
> +    according to the conventions of that protocol.  ANN is the annotated
> +    frame object, as a vector.  FLAGS is an integer describing the
> +    various print options.  The FLAGS variables is described in
> +    "apply_frame_filter" function.  ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator
> +    describing the argument format.  OUT is the output stream to print,
> +    INDENT is the level of indention for this frame, in the case of
> +    child frames. */
> +static void
> +gdbscm_print_frame (SCM ann, int flags, enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +                    struct ui_out *out, int indent)
> +{
> +  struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
> +  struct frame_info *frame;
> +  struct value_print_options opts;
> +  int print_level, print_frame_info, print_args, print_locals;
> +  SCM frame_scm, function_name_scm, address_scm, filename_scm, line_scm;
> +  SCM arguments_scm, locals_scm, children_scm;
> +
> +  /* Extract print settings from FLAGS.  */
> +  print_level = (flags & PRINT_LEVEL) ? 1 : 0;
> +  print_frame_info = (flags & PRINT_FRAME_INFO) ? 1 : 0;
> +  print_args = (flags & PRINT_ARGS) ? 1 : 0;
> +  print_locals = (flags & PRINT_LOCALS) ? 1 : 0;
> +
> +  get_user_print_options (&opts);
> +
> +  frame_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 0);
> +  function_name_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 1);
> +  address_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 2);
> +  filename_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 3);
> +  line_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 4);
> +  arguments_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 5);
> +  locals_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 6);
> +  children_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 7);
> +
> +  {
> +    frame_smob *smob =
> +      frscm_get_frame_smob_arg_unsafe (frame_scm, 0, "print-frame");
> +    frame = frscm_frame_smob_to_frame (smob);
> +  }
> +
> +  /* stack-list-variables.  */
> +  if (print_locals && print_args && ! print_frame_info)
> +    {
> +      BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
> +        {
> +          /* Getting the frame arch needs to happen within a dynwind.  */
> +          gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
> +
> +          make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "variables");
> +          gdbscm_print_args (arguments_scm, out, args_type, frame,
> +			     WITH_ARGS_FIELD, gdbarch);
> +          gdbscm_print_locals (locals_scm, out, args_type, indent, frame,
> +			       WITH_ARGS_FIELD, gdbarch);
> +        }
> +      RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
> +      /* FIXME: Print variables for child frames?  */
> +      return;
> +    }
> +
> +  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
> +    {
> +      /* Getting the frame arch needs to happen within a dynwind.  */
> +      gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
> +
> +      /* -stack-list-locals does not require a wrapping frame
> +          attribute.  */
> +      if (print_frame_info || (print_args && ! print_locals))
> +        make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "frame");
> +
> +      if (print_frame_info && indent > 0)
> +        {
> +          /* Child frames are also printed with this function
> +             (recursively) and are printed with indention.  */
> +          ui_out_spaces (out, indent * 4);
> +        }
> +
> +      /* Print frame level.  MI does not require the level if
> +         locals/variables only are being printed.  */
> +      if ((print_frame_info || print_args) && print_level)
> +        {
> +          CORE_ADDR address = 0;
> +          int level = frame_relative_level (frame);
> +
> +          if (gdbscm_is_true (address_scm))
> +            address = gdbscm_scm_to_ulongest (address_scm);
> +
> +          annotate_frame_begin (print_level ? level : 0, gdbarch,
> +				address);
> +          ui_out_text (out, "#");
> +          ui_out_field_fmt_int (out, 2, ui_left, "level", level);
> +        }
> +
> +      if (print_frame_info)
> +        {
> +          /* Print address to the address field.  If an address is not
> +             provided, print nothing.  */
> +          if (opts.addressprint && gdbscm_is_true (address_scm))
> +            {
> +              CORE_ADDR address = gdbscm_scm_to_ulongest (address_scm);
> +              annotate_frame_address ();
> +              ui_out_field_core_addr (out, "addr", gdbarch, address);
> +              annotate_frame_address_end ();
> +              ui_out_text (out, " in ");
> +            }
> +
> +          /* Print frame function name.  */
> +          if (gdbscm_is_false (function_name_scm))
> +            {
> +              annotate_frame_function_name ();
> +              ui_out_field_skip (out, "func");
> +            }
> +          else if (scm_is_string (function_name_scm))
> +            {
> +              SCM exception = SCM_BOOL_F;
> +              char *function;
> +
> +              function = gdbscm_scm_to_host_string (function_name_scm,
> +						    NULL,
> +                                                    &exception);
> +              if (!function)
> +                gdbscm_throw (exception);
> +              make_cleanup (xfree, function);
> +
> +              annotate_frame_function_name ();
> +              ui_out_field_string (out, "func", function);
> +            }
> +          else
> +            {
> +              gdbscm_throw_type_error ("print-frame", GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
> +                                       function_name_scm,
> +                                       "string or false");
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +      /* Frame arguments.  Check the result, and error if something went
> +         wrong.  */
> +      if (print_args)
> +        gdbscm_print_args (arguments_scm, out, args_type, frame,
> +			   WITHOUT_ARGS_FIELD, gdbarch);
> +
> +      /* File name/source/line number information.  */
> +      if (print_frame_info)
> +        {
> +          char *filename = NULL;
> +
> +          annotate_frame_source_begin ();
> +
> +          if (gdbscm_is_true (filename_scm))
> +            {
> +              SCM exception = SCM_BOOL_F;
> +
> +              filename = gdbscm_scm_to_host_string (filename_scm, NULL,
> +						    &exception);
> +
> +              if (!filename)
> +                gdbscm_throw (exception);
> +
> +              make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
> +
> +              ui_out_wrap_hint (out, "   ");
> +              ui_out_text (out, " at ");
> +              annotate_frame_source_file ();
> +              ui_out_field_string (out, "file", filename);
> +              annotate_frame_source_file_end ();
> +
> +              if (gdbscm_is_true (line_scm))
> +                {
> +                  int line = scm_to_int (line_scm);
> +                  ui_out_text (out, ":");
> +                  annotate_frame_source_line ();
> +                  ui_out_field_int (out, "line", line);
> +                }
> +            }
> +        }
> +
> +      /* For MI we need to deal with child frames, so if MI output
> +         detected do not send newline.  */
> +      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
> +        {
> +          annotate_frame_end ();
> +          ui_out_text (out, "\n");
> +        }
> +
> +      if (print_locals)
> +        gdbscm_print_locals (locals_scm, out, args_type, indent, frame,
> +			     WITHOUT_ARGS_FIELD, gdbarch);
> +
> +      /* Finally recursively print child frames, if any.  */
> +      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
> +        indent++;
> +
> +      /* No need for another dynwind; since we're at the end of the
> +         function, the RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND
> +         below will close the "children" list just fine.  */
> +      make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "children");
> +      for (;
> +	   scm_is_pair (children_scm);
> +	   children_scm = scm_cdr (children_scm))
> +        {
> +          SCM child = scm_car (children_scm);
> +
> +          gdbscm_print_frame (child, flags, args_type, out, indent);
> +        }
> +
> +      if (!scm_is_null (children_scm))
> +        gdbscm_throw_type_error ("print-frame", GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
> +                                 children_scm,
> +                                 "null-terminated child list");
> +    }
> +  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
> +}
> +
> +/* Iterate through the frame stream, printing each one.  Throws Scheme
> +   exceptions on error.  */
> +static void
> +print_annotated_frame_stream (SCM iter, int flags,
> +                              enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +                              struct ui_out *out)
> +{
> +  while (1)
> +    {
> +      SCM ann = itscm_safe_call_next_x (iter, gdbscm_memory_error_p);
> +
> +      if (itscm_is_end_of_iteration (ann))
> +        break;
> +
> +      /* Since we handle all exceptions via gdbscm_safe_call, really
> +         we'd like an itcm_call_next_x method that propagates the
> +         exception, but lacking that we manually re-throw as needed.  */
> +      if (gdbscm_is_exception (ann))
> +        gdbscm_throw (ann);
> +
> +      gdbscm_print_frame (ann, flags, args_type, out, 0);
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +struct print_args {
> +  SCM iter;
> +  int flags;
> +  enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type;
> +  struct ui_out *out;
> +};
> +
> +/* Returns normally if successful, or otherwise throws an exception.  */
> +static SCM
> +do_print_annotated_frame_stream (void *data)
> +{
> +  struct print_args *args = data;
> +
> +  print_annotated_frame_stream (args->iter, args->flags, args->args_type,
> +                                args->out);
> +
> +  return SCM_BOOL_T;
> +}
> +
> +/*  This is the only publicly exported function in this file.  FRAME is
> +    the source frame to start frame-filter invocation.  FLAGS is an
> +    integer holding the flags for printing.  The following elements of
> +    the FRAME_FILTER_FLAGS enum denotes the make-up of FLAGS:
> +    PRINT_LEVEL is a flag indicating whether to print the frame's
> +    relative level in the output.  PRINT_FRAME_INFO is a flag that
> +    indicates whether this function should print the frame information,
> +    PRINT_ARGS is a flag that indicates whether to print frame
> +    arguments, and PRINT_LOCALS, likewise, with frame local variables.
> +    ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator describing the argument format, OUT is
> +    the output stream to print.  FRAME_LOW is the beginning of the slice
> +    of frames to print, and FRAME_HIGH is the upper limit of the frames
> +    to count.  Returns EXT_LANG_BT_ERROR on error, or
> +    EXT_LANG_BT_COMPLETED on success.  */
> +
> +enum ext_lang_bt_status
> +gdbscm_apply_frame_filter (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
> +                          struct frame_info *frame, int flags,
> +                          enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
> +                          struct ui_out *out, int frame_low,
> +			   int frame_high)
> +{
> +  struct inferior *inferior;
> +  SCM result;
> +
> +  /* Note that it's possible to have loaded the Guile interface, but not
> +     yet loaded (gdb frames), so checking gdb_scheme_initialized is not
> +     sufficient.  */
> +  if (!gdbscm_frame_filters_loaded)
> +    return EXT_LANG_BT_NO_FILTERS;
> +
> +  inferior = current_inferior();

space before (

> +  result = gdbscm_safe_call_3 (scm_variable_ref (apply_frame_filter),
> +			       frscm_scm_from_frame (frame, inferior),
> +                               scm_from_int (frame_low),
> +                               scm_from_int (frame_high),
> +                               gdbscm_memory_error_p);

mixed kinds of indentation

> +
> +  if (gdbscm_is_false (result))
> +    return EXT_LANG_BT_NO_FILTERS;
> +
> +  if (itscm_is_iterator (result))
> +    {
> +      struct print_args args = { result, flags, args_type, out };
> +
> +      /* Recurse through gdbscm_call_guile so that we can just throw
> +         exceptions on error.  */
> +      result = gdbscm_call_guile (do_print_annotated_frame_stream, &args,
> +                                  gdbscm_memory_error_p);
> +    }
> +
> +  if (gdbscm_is_exception (result))
> +    {
> +      gdbscm_print_gdb_exception (SCM_BOOL_F, result);
> +      return EXT_LANG_BT_ERROR;
> +    }
> +
> +  return EXT_LANG_BT_COMPLETED;
> +}
> +
> +/* Register gdbscm_load_frame_filters for calling by (gdb frames).  */
> +void
> +gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters (void)
> +{
> +  scm_c_register_extension ("gdb", "gdbscm_load_frame_filters",
> +                            gdbscm_load_frame_filters, NULL);
> +}
> diff --git a/gdb/guile/scm-frame.c b/gdb/guile/scm-frame.c
> index a30c093..3927714 100644
> --- a/gdb/guile/scm-frame.c
> +++ b/gdb/guile/scm-frame.c
> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ gdbscm_frame_p (SCM scm)
>  /* Create a new <gdb:frame> object that encapsulates FRAME.
>     Returns a <gdb:exception> object if there is an error.  */
>  
> -static SCM
> +SCM
>  frscm_scm_from_frame (struct frame_info *frame, struct inferior *inferior)
>  {
>    frame_smob *f_smob, f_smob_for_lookup;
  
Ludovic Courtès Feb. 27, 2015, 3:40 p.m. UTC | #3
Hi,

Nice work!

Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com> skribis:

> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} add-frame-filter! name filter @

[...]

> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} add-frame-annotator! name annotator @

As discussed with one of Doug’s initial series, shouldn’t there be
first-class frame-filter and frame-annotator objects, as is done in the
breakpoint API?  That is, ‘make-X’ + ‘register-X!’.

Thanks,
Ludo’.
  
Andy Wingo March 4, 2015, 1:07 p.m. UTC | #4
Hi!

Thanks for the review, and sorry for the delay in responding.  With
extension languages so much is possible that it's hard to know what's
the right thing to do!  Comments inline, will send the new patch.

On Sun 22 Feb 2015 22:53, Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> writes:

> We've been putting off some of the details for python/scheme interaction.

Yes.  I propose we address the command issue in the other thread:

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/105225

So as you mention it's probably fine in this patch to just provide the
API and punt the command question down the road.

>> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} add-frame-filter! name filter @
>> +       @r{[}#:priority priority@r{]} @
>> +       @r{[}#:objfile objfile@r{]} @r{[}#:progspace progspace@r{]}
>> +Register the frame filter procedure @var{filter} with @value{GDBN}.
>> +@var{filter} should be a function of one argument, taking a SRFI-41
>> +stream of annotated frames and returning a possibily modified stream
>> +of annotated frames.  The filter is identified by @var{name}, which
>> +should be unique among all known filters.
>
> I sometimes worry about the word "should". :-)
> It implies other possibilities are not necessarily wrong.
> How about "must be unique"?

Sure.  I assume you are you OK with things of the form "@var{filter}
should be a function of one argument"?  Seems clear to be but YMMV
obviously; please do point out weirdnesses in the updated patch.

> Also,
> GDB can debug multiple programs, and one can imagine different
> binaries using slightly different versions of the same library,
> and thus filters for each version of the library could be loaded.
> I wouldn't require them to have different names, the names just
> have to be different within their respective sets (global, progspace
> or objfile).  So maybe something like "... must be unique within its
> registered scope"?
> That will complicate the implementation a bit, but I don't want
> the implementation to drive this aspect of the API.

Interesting.  So what if you add a global filter "foo", do you have to
check that the filter name is unique in all progspaces and in all
objfiles?  It's easy and sensible to check "up" the scope chain but not
so nice to check "down".  We could do it though.  Or, we could instead
allow references to filters to be disambiguated by mentioning the
specific objfile or progspace... dunno.

>> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} all-frame-filters
>> +Return a list of the names of all frame filters.
>> +@end deffn
>> +
>> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} remove-frame-filter! name
>> +@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} enable-frame-filter! name
>> +@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} disable-frame-filter! name
>> +Remove, enable, or disable a frame filter, respectively.  @var{name}
>> +should correspond to the name of a filter previously added with
>> +@code{add-frame-filter!}.  If no such filter is found, an error is
>> +signalled.
>> +@end deffn
>
> We'll want a way to pretty-print all filters with their attributes
> (scope, name, enabled, priority).
> Thus can all-frame-filters return a list of objects instead of names?

Both you and Ludovic have mentioned this.  I wanted to avoid it because
I don't really like the state in which a filter can exist but not be
registered, possibly even contradicting the already-existing "enabled"
flag... for example with breakpoints you can't set the stop function on
a breakpoint before you register it.  That seems silly to me, is
probably a bug, but bugs like this fall out of this object-centered
approach.  But OK, I will see what I can do :)

> Things are more manageable if progspace and objfile frame-filters
> are kept with that object, instead of just one global list that
> has everything. E.g., all-frame-filters should probably return *all*
> frame filters, e.g., including all progspaces and all objfiles of all
> progspaces, but users are generally only interested in the current
> progspace, and all objfiles of the current progspace.

Hmm.  Should we assert then that the objfile/progspace is valid when a
filter is installed on it?  I would guess so.

In general I would think that the final form of this implementation
depends quite a bit on the answers to the python/guile command
integration question.  Given that, for now I would like to go for a
pure-scheme solution, so that any possible future
integration/abstraction would be easier to make just by touching the
Python side, then I could update Guile to follow suit.  WDYT?  I will
see about pruning invalid filters for invalidated objfiles/progspaces
from the filter set.

>> +When a command is executed from @value{GDBN} that is compatible with
>> +frame filters, @value{GDBN} selects all filters registered in the
>> +current progspace, filters for all objfiles, and filters with no
>
> all objfiles of the current progspace

ACK.

> reannotate-frame! has a trailing ! but the text implies no side effects.
> E.g., "return a new ..." and "that inherits ..."
> I don't currently have a strong opinion on whether to modify the
> ann argument or construct a new frame.

Whoops!  Accidental.  Will remove the !.  Constructing a new object
harder to get wrong, so if you still don't have a strong opinion there
I'll keep the functional style.

>> +Annotated frames may also have @dfn{child frames}.  By default, no
>> +frame has a child frame, but filters may reorganize the frame stream
>> +into a stream of frame trees, by populating the child list.  Of
>> +course, such a reorganization is ultimately cosmetic, as it doesn't
>> +alter the stack of frames seen by @value{GDBN} and navigable by the
>> +user, for example by using the @code{frame} command.  Still, nesting
>> +frames may lead to a more understandable presentation of a backtrace.
>
> The Python API uses "elided" for child frames (right?).

Yes.  To me this is a silly name -- the frames are not actually elided,
they are presentationally (not semantically) nested, and the "elided"
set can also introduce new frames.  The MI interface calls this set
"children", and rightly so.

> Plus the Python API uses "Frame Decorator" whereas we're using
> "Annotated Frame". I don't mind the differences if they're warranted,
> but it's taking me a bit of time to map back and forth, and if it's
> taking me a bit of time I'm sure it'll take some users more time.
> Thus if we keep this naming we need to provide additional text
> to map the names back to their Python cousins.

ACK.  I guess the word "decorate" has more meaning to Python users,
given Python's decorators, but "redecorate-frame",
"decorated-frame-address", etc doesn't sound bad to me either.  Probably
best to stick with the Python names then.

>> +@subsubsection Writing a Frame Filter in Guile
>> +@cindex writing a frame filter
>> +
>> +The simplest kind of frame filter just takes the incoming stream of
>> +frames and produces an identical stream of values.  For example:
>> +
>> +@example
>> +(use-modules (gdb frames))
>
> (use-modules (srfi srfi-41))

About this!  I realized at some point that SRFI-41 was only added to
Guile in version 2.0.9.  It's the best streams interface we have, but
that's too new for GDB.

Sometimes you can get around these things by dynamically including
features depending on what's available at runtime, but like a
header-only C++ library, you can't use these dlopen-style tricks on
streams because most of the (srfi srfi-41) exports are macros, and so
embed their code when they are used.

Options:

  1. GDB ships a srfi-41 module if the Guile doesn't have it

  2. GDB uses the old (ice-9 streams) module always

  3. GDB uses the old (ice-9 streams) module conditionally

  4. We don't use streams, we use GDB iterators or something

  5. We expose only the "decorator" interface and not the "filter"
     interface if GDB was compiled without srfi-41 support, and
     internally use (ice-9 streams).

  6. We could require a new version of Guile.

All of the options are bad, but some are worse :)  I don't like (1), as
that's not really GDB's job.  Conditional stream implementations (3) is
terrible, because how can you find out which one your GDB has?  (2)
would be OK but not great.  GDB iterators (4) are something of a nasty
interface IMO but that's just me :)  But documenting filters and not
having them as in (5) is bad too.  And finally although 2.0.9 was
released in April 2013, that still prevents many common users from
having Guile support.

It seems to me that (2) is the least bad option, and Ludovic agrees.
(ice-9 streams) streams aren't terrible; they are like the ones in SICP.
They have a problem called "oddness", which you can read about here if
you are interested:

  "How to Add Laziness to a Strict Language Without Even Being Odd"
  Philip Wadler, Walid Taha, David Macqueen
  http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.35.9427

Anyway.  In Guile 2.2 we'll see about reimplementing our (ice-9 streams)
in terms of the newer SRFI-41, so they will be interoperable, but in the
GDB manual we'll have to mention some of these details, sadly.

>> +@example
>> +(add-frame-filter! "identity" identity-frame-filter)
>> +@end example
>> +
>> +Now our filter will run each time a backtrace is printed, or in
>> +general for any GDB command that uses the frame filter interface.
>
> Assuming python doesn't "win".
> This includes errors, if a python filter gets an error guile filters
> aren't tried. For compatibility's sake, python always wins.
> We'll need to document this here (or near here), somehow.

ACK.  I don't see any nice way for Python and Guile to interact, so if
Python decides to filter frames, it will win.

>> +(define (alias-annotator ann)
>> +  (let* ((name (annotated-frame-function-name ann))
>> +         (alias (assoc-ref *function-name-aliases* name)))
>> +    (if alias
>> +        (reannotate-frame ann #:function-name
>> +                              (string-append "[" alias "] " name))
>> +        ann)))
>> +
>> +(add-frame-annotator! "alias-annotator" alias-annotator)
>> +@end smallexample
>> +
>> +A backtrace with this annotator in place produces:
>> +
>> +@smallexample
>> +#19 [...] in vm_debug_engine ([...]) at vm-engine.c:806
>> +#20 [...] in scm_call_n ([...]) at vm.c:1258
>> +#21 [...] in [primitive-eval] scm_primitive_eval ([...]) at eval.c:656
>> +#22 [...] in scm_eval ([...]) at eval.c:690
>> +#23 [...] in scm_shell ([...]) at script.c:454
>> +@end smallexample
>
> Can annotators be implemented on top of filters?
> If so, IWBN to have just one low level entity.

Yes, good idea.  You could define this function:

  (define (annotator->filter annotate)
    (lambda (stream)
      (stream-map annotate stream)))

I think it could still make sense to have annotators as a concept,
because they are simpler to reason about.

> How would this example look if it were implemented with filters
> instead of annotators?

With (ice-9 streams) this would look like:

 (define (alias-filter stream)
   (stream-map
    (lambda (ann)
      (let* ((name (annotated-frame-function-name ann))
             (alias (assoc-ref *function-name-aliases* name)))
        (if alias
            (reannotate-frame ann #:function-name
                              (string-append "[" alias "] " name))
            ann)))
    stream))

which is not so bad I guess.

>> +(define (remove-from-priority-list priority-list name)
>> +  (remove (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list))
>
> When an objfile goes away we'll want all its frame-filters to go away.
> [E.g., imagine a frame-filter registered with an objfile that is
> dlopen'd and later dlclose'd.]
> Either that, or the code has to do its own garbage collection of
> invalid objfiles. One nice thing about recording frame-filters
> with the objfile is that such garbage collection comes for free.

ACK.

>> +    (define* (add! name entry #:key objfile progspace (priority 20))
>
> I couldn't find what the default priority is for python filters.
> 20 is fine by me, but it would be good to be consistent.

Seems to be zero, from get_priority() in frames.py:

    # Do not fail here, as the sort will fail.  If a filter has not
    # (incorrectly) set a priority, set it to zero.
    return getattr(filter_item, "priority", 0)

FWIW all the examples in the manual are 100.

>> +/* Called by lib/gdb/frames.scm.  */
>
> Blank line between function command and function definition.
> Here and throughout.

Between comment and definition, I assume.  ACK.

>> +#define BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS()                        \
>
> move to guile-internal.h

ACK

>> +  do {                                                                  \
>> +    volatile struct gdb_exception __except;                             \
>
> __anything is reserved for the compiler.
> dynwind_except or some such is probably fine.
> Similarly with __cleanups.

ACK

>> +  } while (0)
>> +
>
> extra blank line

ACK

>> +/* Helper function to extract a symbol, a name, a language definition,
>> +   and a value from ITEM, which is an element of a Scheme "arguments" or
>> +   "locals" list.
>> +
>> +   ITEM will either be a pair of a string and a value, a pair of a
>> +   symbol and a value, or just a symbol.  NAME is a pass-through
>> +   argument where the name of the symbol will be written.  NAME is
>> +   allocated in this function, and a cleanup handler is registered if
>> +   needed.  SYM is a pass-through argument where the symbol will be
>> +   written.  If the name is a string and not a symbol, SYM will be set
>> +   to NULL.  LANGUAGE is also a pass-through argument denoting the
>> +   language attributed to the symbol.  In the case of SYM being NULL,
>> +   this will be set to the current language.  Finally, VALUE will be set
>> +   to the unwrapped GDB value, if ITEM is a pair, and otherwise
>> +   NULL.  */
>> +static void
>> +extract_sym_and_value (SCM item, const char **name, struct symbol **sym,
>> +                       const struct language_defn **language,
>> +                       struct value **value, struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
>> +{
>> +  if (scm_is_pair (item))
>> +    {
>> +      SCM symbol_scm = scm_car (item), value_scm = scm_cdr (item);
>> +      SCM exception = SCM_BOOL_F;
>> +
>> +      if (scm_is_string (symbol_scm))
>> +        {
>> +          *name = gdbscm_scm_to_host_string (symbol_scm, NULL,
>> +					     &exception);
>> +          if (!*name)
>> +            gdbscm_throw (exception);
>> +          make_cleanup (xfree, name);
>> +
>> +          *sym = NULL;
>> +          *language = current_language;
>> +        }
>> +      else
>> +        {
>> +          *sym = syscm_get_valid_symbol_arg_unsafe (symbol_scm,
>> +						    GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
>> +                                                    "print-frame");
>> +          *name = SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (*sym);
>> +
>> +          if (language_mode == language_mode_auto)
>> +            *language = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (*sym));
>> +          else
>> +            *language = current_language;
>
> Any reason for overriding the language recorded with the symbol
> even if language_mode is not auto?

I have no idea.  Copied this from py-framefilter.c:99, which says in its
comment:

      /* If a symbol is specified attempt to determine the language
	 from the symbol.  If mode is not "auto", then the language
	 has been explicitly set, use that.  */

The "If a symbol is specified" I think is true at that point.  So, no
idea basically.

>> +      if (!*value)
>
> gdb style rules require this to be written as *value == NULL.
> ref: https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/Internals%20GDB-C-Coding-Standards#NULL_Is_Not_Zero

ACK

>> +  switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
>> +    {
>> +    default:
>> +    case LOC_UNDEF:     /* catches errors        */
>
> I'm not aware of a gdb convention for aligning "*/", but it's not used
> much in gdb, and at any rate in this case the comments don't really
> add any value, so let's remove them.
> [I realize this is cut-n-paste from py-framefilter.c.]

ACK


>> +    case LOC_CONST:     /* constant              */
>> +    case LOC_TYPEDEF:   /* local typedef         */
>> +    case LOC_LABEL:     /* local label           */
>> +    case LOC_BLOCK:     /* local function        */
>> +    case LOC_CONST_BYTES:       /* loc. byte seq.        */
>> +    case LOC_UNRESOLVED:        /* unresolved static     */
>> +    case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:     /* optimized out         */
>> +      print_me = 0;
>> +      break;
>
> Since this is the default, simplify this and remove the above cases,
> except the default case if you want to keep it.
> Also, I don't think I've seen many cases of default appearing at the
> front of the case list, we generally put it at the end.

ACK

>> +      struct ui_file *stb = mem_fileopen ();
>
> blank line after locals
> [not my favorite of our conventions, but that's what it is]

ACK

>> +      else if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES
>> +               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_ARRAY
>> +               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_STRUCT
>> +               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_UNION)
>
> we should have a predicate to abstract away what MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES
> means. Maybe even better would be a function that also took args_type as
> a parameter. No need to add that with this patch set.
> Bonus points for doing so though. :-)

ACK :)

>> +                         const struct language_defn *language)
>
> Mixed kinds of indentation (spaces vs tabs+spaces).
> General gdb convention is to use tabs+spaces.

Will reindent the file.

>> +      /*  MI has varying rules for tuples, but generally if there is
>
> Extra space after /*.
> I know this is cut-n-paste from py-framefilter.c, but you've
> reformatted it anyway.

ACK

>> +          gdbscm_print_single_arg (out, NULL, &entryarg, NULL, &opts,
>> +                                   args_type, print_args_field, NULL);
>> +        }
>> +    }
>> +
>
> extra blank line

ACK

>> +  inferior = current_inferior();
>
> space before (

ACK
  
Doug Evans March 17, 2015, 4:29 p.m. UTC | #5
On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Thanks for the review, and sorry for the delay in responding.  With
> extension languages so much is possible that it's hard to know what's
> the right thing to do!  Comments inline, will send the new patch.

Sorry as well.
The time I have available to work on Guile and random GDB stuff
can be sporadic.

> On Sun 22 Feb 2015 22:53, Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> We've been putting off some of the details for python/scheme interaction.
>
> Yes.  I propose we address the command issue in the other thread:
>
>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gdb.patches/105225
>
> So as you mention it's probably fine in this patch to just provide the
> API and punt the command question down the road.
>
>>> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} add-frame-filter! name filter @
>>> +       @r{[}#:priority priority@r{]} @
>>> +       @r{[}#:objfile objfile@r{]} @r{[}#:progspace progspace@r{]}
>>> +Register the frame filter procedure @var{filter} with @value{GDBN}.
>>> +@var{filter} should be a function of one argument, taking a SRFI-41
>>> +stream of annotated frames and returning a possibily modified stream
>>> +of annotated frames.  The filter is identified by @var{name}, which
>>> +should be unique among all known filters.
>>
>> I sometimes worry about the word "should". :-)
>> It implies other possibilities are not necessarily wrong.
>> How about "must be unique"?
>
> Sure.  I assume you are you OK with things of the form "@var{filter}
> should be a function of one argument"?  Seems clear to be but YMMV
> obviously; please do point out weirdnesses in the updated patch.

Well, TBH I'm not opposed to it, but s/should/shall/
would be an improvement IMO (and obviously YMMV as well).

>> Also,
>> GDB can debug multiple programs, and one can imagine different
>> binaries using slightly different versions of the same library,
>> and thus filters for each version of the library could be loaded.
>> I wouldn't require them to have different names, the names just
>> have to be different within their respective sets (global, progspace
>> or objfile).  So maybe something like "... must be unique within its
>> registered scope"?
>> That will complicate the implementation a bit, but I don't want
>> the implementation to drive this aspect of the API.
>
> Interesting.  So what if you add a global filter "foo", do you have to
> check that the filter name is unique in all progspaces and in all
> objfiles?  It's easy and sensible to check "up" the scope chain but not
> so nice to check "down".  We could do it though.  Or, we could instead
> allow references to filters to be disambiguated by mentioning the
> specific objfile or progspace... dunno.

On the python side, such things are indeed qualified by their scope
so there is no conflict. Consistency here would be nice.
The python xmethod support uses the term locus,
IWBN to have a consistent term here too.
"locus/loci" has the nice attribute that it currently isn't used
for anything else. I don't have as strong an opinion on which
term is used as I do on using the term consistently.

>>> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} all-frame-filters
>>> +Return a list of the names of all frame filters.
>>> +@end deffn
>>> +
>>> +@deffn {Scheme Procedure} remove-frame-filter! name
>>> +@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} enable-frame-filter! name
>>> +@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} disable-frame-filter! name
>>> +Remove, enable, or disable a frame filter, respectively.  @var{name}
>>> +should correspond to the name of a filter previously added with
>>> +@code{add-frame-filter!}.  If no such filter is found, an error is
>>> +signalled.
>>> +@end deffn
>>
>> We'll want a way to pretty-print all filters with their attributes
>> (scope, name, enabled, priority).
>> Thus can all-frame-filters return a list of objects instead of names?
>
> Both you and Ludovic have mentioned this.  I wanted to avoid it because
> I don't really like the state in which a filter can exist but not be
> registered, possibly even contradicting the already-existing "enabled"
> flag... for example with breakpoints you can't set the stop function on
> a breakpoint before you register it.  That seems silly to me, is
> probably a bug, but bugs like this fall out of this object-centered
> approach.  But OK, I will see what I can do :)

I guess this is a case where I'm not as bothered by such "bugs".

>> Things are more manageable if progspace and objfile frame-filters
>> are kept with that object, instead of just one global list that
>> has everything. E.g., all-frame-filters should probably return *all*
>> frame filters, e.g., including all progspaces and all objfiles of all
>> progspaces, but users are generally only interested in the current
>> progspace, and all objfiles of the current progspace.
>
> Hmm.  Should we assert then that the objfile/progspace is valid when a
> filter is installed on it?  I would guess so.

I think so.

> In general I would think that the final form of this implementation
> depends quite a bit on the answers to the python/guile command
> integration question.  Given that, for now I would like to go for a
> pure-scheme solution, so that any possible future
> integration/abstraction would be easier to make just by touching the
> Python side, then I could update Guile to follow suit.  WDYT?  I will
> see about pruning invalid filters for invalidated objfiles/progspaces
> from the filter set.

I don't see the cost difference being that great.
I could go with a pure Guile implementation AS LONG AS
it could be later rewritten to be consistent with
everything else. If there isn't a compelling reason
to be inconsistent, I'd rather not be.
And if there are barriers to being consistent,
what can we do to remove them?
[IOW, can we add something that makes a more pure
Guile implementation possible, and yet still be
consistent in form?]

>>> +When a command is executed from @value{GDBN} that is compatible with
>>> +frame filters, @value{GDBN} selects all filters registered in the
>>> +current progspace, filters for all objfiles, and filters with no
>>
>> all objfiles of the current progspace
>
> ACK.
>
>> reannotate-frame! has a trailing ! but the text implies no side effects.
>> E.g., "return a new ..." and "that inherits ..."
>> I don't currently have a strong opinion on whether to modify the
>> ann argument or construct a new frame.
>
> Whoops!  Accidental.  Will remove the !.  Constructing a new object
> harder to get wrong, so if you still don't have a strong opinion there
> I'll keep the functional style.
>
>>> +Annotated frames may also have @dfn{child frames}.  By default, no
>>> +frame has a child frame, but filters may reorganize the frame stream
>>> +into a stream of frame trees, by populating the child list.  Of
>>> +course, such a reorganization is ultimately cosmetic, as it doesn't
>>> +alter the stack of frames seen by @value{GDBN} and navigable by the
>>> +user, for example by using the @code{frame} command.  Still, nesting
>>> +frames may lead to a more understandable presentation of a backtrace.
>>
>> The Python API uses "elided" for child frames (right?).
>
> Yes.  To me this is a silly name -- the frames are not actually elided,
> they are presentationally (not semantically) nested, and the "elided"
> set can also introduce new frames.  The MI interface calls this set
> "children", and rightly so.
>
>> Plus the Python API uses "Frame Decorator" whereas we're using
>> "Annotated Frame". I don't mind the differences if they're warranted,
>> but it's taking me a bit of time to map back and forth, and if it's
>> taking me a bit of time I'm sure it'll take some users more time.
>> Thus if we keep this naming we need to provide additional text
>> to map the names back to their Python cousins.
>
> ACK.  I guess the word "decorate" has more meaning to Python users,
> given Python's decorators, but "redecorate-frame",
> "decorated-frame-address", etc doesn't sound bad to me either.  Probably
> best to stick with the Python names then.
>
>>> +@subsubsection Writing a Frame Filter in Guile
>>> +@cindex writing a frame filter
>>> +
>>> +The simplest kind of frame filter just takes the incoming stream of
>>> +frames and produces an identical stream of values.  For example:
>>> +
>>> +@example
>>> +(use-modules (gdb frames))
>>
>> (use-modules (srfi srfi-41))
>
> About this!  I realized at some point that SRFI-41 was only added to
> Guile in version 2.0.9.  It's the best streams interface we have, but
> that's too new for GDB.

TBH, I don't mind limiting new features to newer version of Guile.

> Sometimes you can get around these things by dynamically including
> features depending on what's available at runtime, but like a
> header-only C++ library, you can't use these dlopen-style tricks on
> streams because most of the (srfi srfi-41) exports are macros, and so
> embed their code when they are used.
>
> Options:
>
>   1. GDB ships a srfi-41 module if the Guile doesn't have it
>
>   2. GDB uses the old (ice-9 streams) module always
>
>   3. GDB uses the old (ice-9 streams) module conditionally
>
>   4. We don't use streams, we use GDB iterators or something
>
>   5. We expose only the "decorator" interface and not the "filter"
>      interface if GDB was compiled without srfi-41 support, and
>      internally use (ice-9 streams).
>
>   6. We could require a new version of Guile.
>
> All of the options are bad, but some are worse :)  I don't like (1), as
> that's not really GDB's job.  Conditional stream implementations (3) is
> terrible, because how can you find out which one your GDB has?  (2)
> would be OK but not great.  GDB iterators (4) are something of a nasty
> interface IMO but that's just me :)  But documenting filters and not
> having them as in (5) is bad too.  And finally although 2.0.9 was
> released in April 2013, that still prevents many common users from
> having Guile support.
>
> It seems to me that (2) is the least bad option, and Ludovic agrees.
> (ice-9 streams) streams aren't terrible; they are like the ones in SICP.
> They have a problem called "oddness", which you can read about here if
> you are interested:

Fine by me.

>   "How to Add Laziness to a Strict Language Without Even Being Odd"
>   Philip Wadler, Walid Taha, David Macqueen
>   http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.35.9427
>
> Anyway.  In Guile 2.2 we'll see about reimplementing our (ice-9 streams)
> in terms of the newer SRFI-41, so they will be interoperable, but in the
> GDB manual we'll have to mention some of these details, sadly.
>
>>> +@example
>>> +(add-frame-filter! "identity" identity-frame-filter)
>>> +@end example
>>> +
>>> +Now our filter will run each time a backtrace is printed, or in
>>> +general for any GDB command that uses the frame filter interface.
>>
>> Assuming python doesn't "win".
>> This includes errors, if a python filter gets an error guile filters
>> aren't tried. For compatibility's sake, python always wins.
>> We'll need to document this here (or near here), somehow.
>
> ACK.  I don't see any nice way for Python and Guile to interact, so if
> Python decides to filter frames, it will win.
>
>>> +(define (alias-annotator ann)
>>> +  (let* ((name (annotated-frame-function-name ann))
>>> +         (alias (assoc-ref *function-name-aliases* name)))
>>> +    (if alias
>>> +        (reannotate-frame ann #:function-name
>>> +                              (string-append "[" alias "] " name))
>>> +        ann)))
>>> +
>>> +(add-frame-annotator! "alias-annotator" alias-annotator)
>>> +@end smallexample
>>> +
>>> +A backtrace with this annotator in place produces:
>>> +
>>> +@smallexample
>>> +#19 [...] in vm_debug_engine ([...]) at vm-engine.c:806
>>> +#20 [...] in scm_call_n ([...]) at vm.c:1258
>>> +#21 [...] in [primitive-eval] scm_primitive_eval ([...]) at eval.c:656
>>> +#22 [...] in scm_eval ([...]) at eval.c:690
>>> +#23 [...] in scm_shell ([...]) at script.c:454
>>> +@end smallexample
>>
>> Can annotators be implemented on top of filters?
>> If so, IWBN to have just one low level entity.
>
> Yes, good idea.  You could define this function:
>
>   (define (annotator->filter annotate)
>     (lambda (stream)
>       (stream-map annotate stream)))
>
> I think it could still make sense to have annotators as a concept,
> because they are simpler to reason about.

Sure.

>> How would this example look if it were implemented with filters
>> instead of annotators?
>
> With (ice-9 streams) this would look like:
>
>  (define (alias-filter stream)
>    (stream-map
>     (lambda (ann)
>       (let* ((name (annotated-frame-function-name ann))
>              (alias (assoc-ref *function-name-aliases* name)))
>         (if alias
>             (reannotate-frame ann #:function-name
>                               (string-append "[" alias "] " name))
>             ann)))
>     stream))
>
> which is not so bad I guess.
>
>>> +(define (remove-from-priority-list priority-list name)
>>> +  (remove (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list))
>>
>> When an objfile goes away we'll want all its frame-filters to go away.
>> [E.g., imagine a frame-filter registered with an objfile that is
>> dlopen'd and later dlclose'd.]
>> Either that, or the code has to do its own garbage collection of
>> invalid objfiles. One nice thing about recording frame-filters
>> with the objfile is that such garbage collection comes for free.
>
> ACK.
>
>>> +    (define* (add! name entry #:key objfile progspace (priority 20))
>>
>> I couldn't find what the default priority is for python filters.
>> 20 is fine by me, but it would be good to be consistent.
>
> Seems to be zero, from get_priority() in frames.py:
>
>     # Do not fail here, as the sort will fail.  If a filter has not
>     # (incorrectly) set a priority, set it to zero.
>     return getattr(filter_item, "priority", 0)
>
> FWIW all the examples in the manual are 100.
>
>>> +/* Called by lib/gdb/frames.scm.  */
>>
>> Blank line between function command and function definition.
>> Here and throughout.
>
> Between comment and definition, I assume.  ACK.
>
>>> +#define BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS()                        \
>>
>> move to guile-internal.h
>
> ACK
>
>>> +  do {                                                                  \
>>> +    volatile struct gdb_exception __except;                             \
>>
>> __anything is reserved for the compiler.
>> dynwind_except or some such is probably fine.
>> Similarly with __cleanups.
>
> ACK
>
>>> +  } while (0)
>>> +
>>
>> extra blank line
>
> ACK
>
>>> +/* Helper function to extract a symbol, a name, a language definition,
>>> +   and a value from ITEM, which is an element of a Scheme "arguments" or
>>> +   "locals" list.
>>> +
>>> +   ITEM will either be a pair of a string and a value, a pair of a
>>> +   symbol and a value, or just a symbol.  NAME is a pass-through
>>> +   argument where the name of the symbol will be written.  NAME is
>>> +   allocated in this function, and a cleanup handler is registered if
>>> +   needed.  SYM is a pass-through argument where the symbol will be
>>> +   written.  If the name is a string and not a symbol, SYM will be set
>>> +   to NULL.  LANGUAGE is also a pass-through argument denoting the
>>> +   language attributed to the symbol.  In the case of SYM being NULL,
>>> +   this will be set to the current language.  Finally, VALUE will be set
>>> +   to the unwrapped GDB value, if ITEM is a pair, and otherwise
>>> +   NULL.  */
>>> +static void
>>> +extract_sym_and_value (SCM item, const char **name, struct symbol **sym,
>>> +                       const struct language_defn **language,
>>> +                       struct value **value, struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
>>> +{
>>> +  if (scm_is_pair (item))
>>> +    {
>>> +      SCM symbol_scm = scm_car (item), value_scm = scm_cdr (item);
>>> +      SCM exception = SCM_BOOL_F;
>>> +
>>> +      if (scm_is_string (symbol_scm))
>>> +        {
>>> +          *name = gdbscm_scm_to_host_string (symbol_scm, NULL,
>>> +                                         &exception);
>>> +          if (!*name)
>>> +            gdbscm_throw (exception);
>>> +          make_cleanup (xfree, name);
>>> +
>>> +          *sym = NULL;
>>> +          *language = current_language;
>>> +        }
>>> +      else
>>> +        {
>>> +          *sym = syscm_get_valid_symbol_arg_unsafe (symbol_scm,
>>> +                                                GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
>>> +                                                    "print-frame");
>>> +          *name = SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (*sym);
>>> +
>>> +          if (language_mode == language_mode_auto)
>>> +            *language = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (*sym));
>>> +          else
>>> +            *language = current_language;
>>
>> Any reason for overriding the language recorded with the symbol
>> even if language_mode is not auto?
>
> I have no idea.  Copied this from py-framefilter.c:99, which says in its
> comment:
>
>       /* If a symbol is specified attempt to determine the language
>          from the symbol.  If mode is not "auto", then the language
>          has been explicitly set, use that.  */
>
> The "If a symbol is specified" I think is true at that point.  So, no
> idea basically.

Ah.
I suppose that's in keeping with the purpose of language_mode.

>>> +      if (!*value)
>>
>> gdb style rules require this to be written as *value == NULL.
>> ref: https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/Internals%20GDB-C-Coding-Standards#NULL_Is_Not_Zero
>
> ACK
>
>>> +  switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
>>> +    {
>>> +    default:
>>> +    case LOC_UNDEF:     /* catches errors        */
>>
>> I'm not aware of a gdb convention for aligning "*/", but it's not used
>> much in gdb, and at any rate in this case the comments don't really
>> add any value, so let's remove them.
>> [I realize this is cut-n-paste from py-framefilter.c.]
>
> ACK
>
>
>>> +    case LOC_CONST:     /* constant              */
>>> +    case LOC_TYPEDEF:   /* local typedef         */
>>> +    case LOC_LABEL:     /* local label           */
>>> +    case LOC_BLOCK:     /* local function        */
>>> +    case LOC_CONST_BYTES:       /* loc. byte seq.        */
>>> +    case LOC_UNRESOLVED:        /* unresolved static     */
>>> +    case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:     /* optimized out         */
>>> +      print_me = 0;
>>> +      break;
>>
>> Since this is the default, simplify this and remove the above cases,
>> except the default case if you want to keep it.
>> Also, I don't think I've seen many cases of default appearing at the
>> front of the case list, we generally put it at the end.
>
> ACK
>
>>> +      struct ui_file *stb = mem_fileopen ();
>>
>> blank line after locals
>> [not my favorite of our conventions, but that's what it is]
>
> ACK
>
>>> +      else if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES
>>> +               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_ARRAY
>>> +               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_STRUCT
>>> +               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_UNION)
>>
>> we should have a predicate to abstract away what MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES
>> means. Maybe even better would be a function that also took args_type as
>> a parameter. No need to add that with this patch set.
>> Bonus points for doing so though. :-)
>
> ACK :)
>
>>> +                         const struct language_defn *language)
>>
>> Mixed kinds of indentation (spaces vs tabs+spaces).
>> General gdb convention is to use tabs+spaces.
>
> Will reindent the file.
>
>>> +      /*  MI has varying rules for tuples, but generally if there is
>>
>> Extra space after /*.
>> I know this is cut-n-paste from py-framefilter.c, but you've
>> reformatted it anyway.
>
> ACK
>
>>> +          gdbscm_print_single_arg (out, NULL, &entryarg, NULL, &opts,
>>> +                                   args_type, print_args_field, NULL);
>>> +        }
>>> +    }
>>> +
>>
>> extra blank line
>
> ACK
>
>>> +  inferior = current_inferior();
>>
>> space before (
>
> ACK
  

Patch

From b8d2c47e351cfe28802001d0315657c807bf73c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Wingo <wingo@igalia.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:17:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add Guile frame filter interface.

gdb/ChangeLog:
	* guile/scm-frame-filter.c:
	* guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm: New files.
	* guile/guile.c (guile_extension_ops): Add the Guile frame
	filter.
	(initialize_gdb_module): Initialize the Guile frame filter
	module.
	* guile/guile-internal.h (frscm_scm_from_frame)
	(gdbscm_apply_frame_filter, gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters): New
	declarations.
	* Makefile.in: Add scm-frame-filter.c.
	* data-directory/Makefile.in: Add frames.scm.
	* guile/scm-frame.c (frscm_scm_from_frame): Export.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
	* guile.texi (Guile Frame Filter API)
	(Writing a Frame Filter in Guile): New sections.
---
 gdb/ChangeLog                  |   15 +
 gdb/Makefile.in                |    6 +
 gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in |    2 +
 gdb/doc/ChangeLog              |    5 +
 gdb/doc/guile.texi             |  379 +++++++++++++++
 gdb/guile/guile-internal.h     |   10 +
 gdb/guile/guile.c              |    3 +-
 gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm   |  326 +++++++++++++
 gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c   | 1001 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gdb/guile/scm-frame.c          |    2 +-
 10 files changed, 1747 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm
 create mode 100644 gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0b7b4b7..8003dab 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@ 
+2015-02-15  Andy Wingo  <wingo@igalia.com>
+
+	* guile/scm-frame-filter.c:
+	* guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm: New files.
+	* guile/guile.c (guile_extension_ops): Add the Guile frame
+	filter.
+	(initialize_gdb_module): Initialize the Guile frame filter
+	module.
+	* guile/guile-internal.h (frscm_scm_from_frame)
+	(gdbscm_apply_frame_filter, gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters): New
+	declarations.
+	* Makefile.in: Add scm-frame-filter.c.
+	* data-directory/Makefile.in: Add frames.scm.
+	* guile/scm-frame.c (frscm_scm_from_frame): Export.
+
 2015-02-10  Andy Wingo  <wingo@igalia.com>
 
 	* guile/guile.c (_initialize_guile): Disable automatic
diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 00fb2cd..49bd2d2 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@  SUBDIR_GUILE_OBS = \
 	scm-disasm.o \
 	scm-exception.o \
 	scm-frame.o \
+	scm-frame-filter.o \
 	scm-gsmob.o \
 	scm-iterator.o \
 	scm-lazy-string.o \
@@ -336,6 +337,7 @@  SUBDIR_GUILE_SRCS = \
 	guile/scm-disasm.c \
 	guile/scm-exception.c \
 	guile/scm-frame.c \
+	guile/scm-frame-filter.c \
 	guile/scm-gsmob.c \
 	guile/scm-iterator.c \
 	guile/scm-lazy-string.c \
@@ -2405,6 +2407,10 @@  scm-frame.o: $(srcdir)/guile/scm-frame.c
 	$(COMPILE) $(srcdir)/guile/scm-frame.c
 	$(POSTCOMPILE)
 
+scm-frame-filter.o: $(srcdir)/guile/scm-frame-filter.c
+	$(COMPILE) $(srcdir)/guile/scm-frame-filter.c
+	$(POSTCOMPILE)
+
 scm-gsmob.o: $(srcdir)/guile/scm-gsmob.c
 	$(COMPILE) $(srcdir)/guile/scm-gsmob.c
 	$(POSTCOMPILE)
diff --git a/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in b/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in
index c01b86d..e406e9e 100644
--- a/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@  GUILE_SOURCE_FILES = \
 	./gdb.scm \
 	gdb/boot.scm \
 	gdb/experimental.scm \
+	gdb/frames.scm \
 	gdb/init.scm \
 	gdb/iterator.scm \
 	gdb/printing.scm \
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@  GUILE_SOURCE_FILES = \
 GUILE_COMPILED_FILES = \
 	./gdb.go \
 	gdb/experimental.go \
+	gdb/frames.go \
 	gdb/iterator.go \
 	gdb/printing.go \
 	gdb/support.go \
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index b8e1f7f..c7f6470 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ 
+2015-02-15  Andy Wingo  <wingo@igalia.com>
+
+	* guile.texi (Guile Frame Filter API)
+	(Writing a Frame Filter in Guile): New sections.
+
 2015-02-09  Markus Metzger  <markus.t.metzger@intel.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (Branch Trace Configuration Format): Add size.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/guile.texi b/gdb/doc/guile.texi
index 53e69f2..d9b3638 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/guile.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/guile.texi
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@  from the Guile interactive prompt.
 * Guile Pretty Printing API:: Pretty-printing values with Guile
 * Selecting Guile Pretty-Printers:: How GDB chooses a pretty-printer
 * Writing a Guile Pretty-Printer:: Writing a pretty-printer
+* Guile Frame Filter API::   Filtering frames.
+* Writing a Frame Filter in Guile:: Writing a frame filter.
 * Commands In Guile::        Implementing new commands in Guile
 * Parameters In Guile::      Adding new @value{GDBN} parameters
 * Progspaces In Guile::      Program spaces
@@ -1693,6 +1695,383 @@  my_library.so:
     bar
 @end smallexample
 
+@node Guile Frame Filter API
+@subsubsection Filtering Frames in Guile
+@cindex frame filters api
+
+Frame filters allow the user to programmatically alter the way a
+backtrace (@pxref{Backtrace}) prints.  Frame filters can reorganize,
+annotate, insert, and remove frames in a backtrace.
+
+Only commands that print a backtrace, or, in the case of @sc{gdb/mi}
+commands (@pxref{GDB/MI}), those that return a collection of frames
+are affected.  The commands that work with frame filters are:
+
+@code{backtrace} (@pxref{backtrace-command,, The backtrace command}),
+@code{-stack-list-frames}
+(@pxref{-stack-list-frames,, The -stack-list-frames command}),
+@code{-stack-list-variables} (@pxref{-stack-list-variables,, The
+-stack-list-variables command}), @code{-stack-list-arguments}
+@pxref{-stack-list-arguments,, The -stack-list-arguments command}) and
+@code{-stack-list-locals} (@pxref{-stack-list-locals,, The
+-stack-list-locals command}).
+
+A frame filter is a function that takes a SRFI-41 stream of annotated
+frame objects as an argument, and returns a potentially modified
+stream of annotated frame objects.  @xref{SRFI-41,,,guile,The Guile
+Reference Manual}, for more on the SRFI-41 specification for lazy
+streams.  Operating over a stream allows frame filters to inspect,
+reorganize, insert, and remove frames.  @value{GDBN} also provides a
+more simple @dfn{frame annotator} API that works on individual frames,
+for the common case in which the user does not need to reorganize the
+backtrace.  Both APIs are described below.
+
+There can be multiple frame filters registered with @value{GDBN}, and
+each one may be individually enabled or disabled at will.  Multiple
+frame filters can be enabled at the same time.  Frame filters have an
+associated @dfn{priority} which determines the order in which they are
+applied over the annotated frame stream.  For example, if there are
+two filters registered and enabled, @var{f1} and @var{f2}, and the
+priority of @var{f2} is greater than that of @var{f1}, then the result
+of frame filtering will be @code{(@var{f2} (@var{f1} @var{stream}))}.
+In this way, higher-priority frame filters get the last word on the
+backtrace that is ultimately printed.
+
+An important consideration when designing frame filters, and well
+worth reflecting upon, is that frame filters should avoid unwinding
+the call stack if possible.  Some stacks can run very deep, into the
+tens of thousands in some cases.  To search every frame when a frame
+filter executes may be too expensive at that step.  The frame filter
+cannot know how many frames it has to iterate over, and it may have to
+iterate through them all.  This ends up duplicating effort as
+@value{GDBN} performs this iteration when it prints the frames.
+Therefore a frame filter should avoid peeking ahead in the frame
+stream, if possible.  @xref{Writing a Frame Filter}, for examples on
+how to write a good frame filter.
+
+To use frame filters, first load the @code{(gdb frames)} module to
+have access to the procedures that manipulate frame filters:
+
+@example
+(use-modules (gdb frames))
+@end example
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} add-frame-filter! name filter @
+       @r{[}#:priority priority@r{]} @
+       @r{[}#:objfile objfile@r{]} @r{[}#:progspace progspace@r{]}
+Register the frame filter procedure @var{filter} with @value{GDBN}.
+@var{filter} should be a function of one argument, taking a SRFI-41
+stream of annotated frames and returning a possibily modified stream
+of annotated frames.  The filter is identified by @var{name}, which
+should be unique among all known filters.
+
+The filter will be registered with the given @var{priority}, which
+should be a number, and which defaults to 20 if not given.  By
+default, the filter is @dfn{global}, meaning that it is associated
+with all objfiles and progspaces.  Pass one of @code{#:objfile} or
+@code{#:progspace} to instead associate the filter with a specific
+objfile or progspace, respectively.
+
+The filter will be initially enabled.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} all-frame-filters
+Return a list of the names of all frame filters.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} remove-frame-filter! name
+@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} enable-frame-filter! name
+@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} disable-frame-filter! name
+Remove, enable, or disable a frame filter, respectively.  @var{name}
+should correspond to the name of a filter previously added with
+@code{add-frame-filter!}.  If no such filter is found, an error is
+signalled.
+@end deffn
+
+When a command is executed from @value{GDBN} that is compatible with
+frame filters, @value{GDBN} selects all filters registered in the
+current progspace, filters for all objfiles, and filters with no
+associated objfile or progspace.  That list is then sorted by
+priority, as described above, and applied to the annotated frame
+stream.
+
+An annotated frame is a Guile record type that holds information about
+a frame: its function name, its arguments, its locals, and so on.  An
+annotated frame is always associated with a GDB frame object.  To
+add, remove, or otherwise alter information associated with an
+annotated frame, use the @code{reannotate-frame} procedure.
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} reannotate-frame! ann @
+       @r{[}#:function-name function-name@r{]} @
+       @r{[}#:address address@r{]} @
+       @r{[}#:filename filename@r{]} @
+       @r{[}#:line line@r{]} @
+       @r{[}#:arguments arguments@r{]} @
+       @r{[}#:locals locals@r{]} @
+       @r{[}#:children children@r{]}
+Take the annotated frame object @var{ann} and return a new annotated
+frame object, replacing the fields specified by the keyword arguments
+with their new values.  For example, calling @code{(reannotate-frame
+@var{x} #:function-name "foo")} will create a new annotated frame
+object that inherits all fields from @var{x}, but whose function name
+has been set to @code{"foo"}.
+@end deffn
+
+The @code{(gdb frames)} module defines accessors for the various
+fields of annotated frame objects.
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-frame ann
+Return the GDB frame object associated with the annotated frame
+@var{ann}.  @xref{Frames In Guile}.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-function-name ann
+Return the function name associated with the annotated frame
+@var{ann}, as a string, or @code{#f} if not available.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-address ann
+Return the address associated with the annotated frame @var{ann}, as
+an integer.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-filename ann
+Return the file name associated with the annotated frame @var{ann}, as
+a string, or @code{#f} if not available.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-line ann
+Return the line number associated with the annotated frame @var{ann},
+as an integer, or @code{#f} if not available.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-arguments ann
+Return a list of the function arguments associated with the annotated
+frame @var{ann}.  Each item of the list should either be a GDB symbol
+(@pxref{Symbols In Guile}), a pair of a GDB symbol and a GDB value
+(@pxref{Values From Inferior In Guile}, or a pair of a string and a
+GDB value.  In the first case, the value will be loaded from the frame
+if needed.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-locals ann
+Return a list of the function arguments associated with the annotated
+frame @var{ann}, in the same format as for
+@code{annotated-frame-arguments}.
+@end deffn
+
+Annotated frames may also have @dfn{child frames}.  By default, no
+frame has a child frame, but filters may reorganize the frame stream
+into a stream of frame trees, by populating the child list.  Of
+course, such a reorganization is ultimately cosmetic, as it doesn't
+alter the stack of frames seen by @value{GDBN} and navigable by the
+user, for example by using the @code{frame} command.  Still, nesting
+frames may lead to a more understandable presentation of a backtrace.
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} annotated-frame-children ann
+Return a list of the @dfn{child frames} function name associated with
+the annotated frame @var{ann}.  Each item of the list should be an
+annotated frame object.
+@end deffn
+
+While frame filters can both reorganize and reannotate the frame
+stream, it is often the case that one only wants to reannotate the
+frames in a stream, without reorganizing then.  In that case there is
+a simpler API for @dfn{frame annotators} that simply maps annotated
+frames to annotated frames.
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} add-frame-annotator! name annotator @
+       @r{[}#:priority priority@r{]} @
+       @r{[}#:objfile objfile@r{]} @r{[}#:progspace progspace@r{]}
+Register the frame annotator procedure @var{annotator} with
+@value{GDBN}.  @var{annotator} should be a function of one argument,
+takingn annotated frame object and returning a possibily modified
+annotated frame.  The annotator is identified by @var{name}, which
+should be unique among all known annotators.
+
+The annotator has an associated priority, as with frame filters.  See
+the documentation on @code{add-frame-filter!}, for more.
+
+The annotator will be initially enabled.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} all-frame-annotators
+Return a list of the names of all frame annotators.
+@end deffn
+
+@deffn {Scheme Procedure} remove-frame-annotator! name
+@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} enable-frame-annotator! name
+@deffnx {Scheme Procedure} disable-frame-annotator! name
+Remove, enable, or disable a frame annotator, respectively.
+@var{name} should correspond to the name of a annotator previously
+added with @code{add-frame-annotator!}.  If no such annotator is
+found, an error is signalled.
+@end deffn
+
+@node Writing a Frame Filter in Guile
+@subsubsection Writing a Frame Filter in Guile
+@cindex writing a frame filter
+
+The simplest kind of frame filter just takes the incoming stream of
+frames and produces an identical stream of values.  For example:
+
+@example
+(use-modules (gdb frames))
+
+(define (identity-frame-filter stream)
+  (cond
+   ((stream-null? stream)
+    ;; End of stream?  Then return end-of-stream.
+    stream-null)
+   (else
+    ;; Otherwise recurse on the tail of the stream.
+    (stream-cons (stream-car stream)
+                 (identity-frame-filter (stream-cdr stream))))))
+@end example
+
+If you are not familiar with SRFI-41 streams, you might think that
+this would eagerly traverse the whole stack of frames.  This would be
+bad because we don't want to produce an entire backtrace at once when
+the user might cancel after only seeing one page.  However this is not
+the case, because unlike normal Scheme procedures, @code{stream-cons}
+is @dfn{lazy} in its arguments, which is to say that its arguments are
+only evaluated when they are accessed via @code{stream-car} and
+@code{stream-cdr}.  In this way the stream looks infinite, but in
+reality only produces values as they are requested by the caller.
+
+To use this frame filter, we have to register it with @value{GDBN}.
+
+@example
+(add-frame-filter! "identity" identity-frame-filter)
+@end example
+
+Now our filter will run each time a backtrace is printed, or in
+general for any GDB command that uses the frame filter interface.
+
+Filters are enabled when they are added.  You can control the enabled
+or disabled state of a filter using the appropriate procedures:
+
+@example
+(disable-frame-filter! "identity")
+(enable-frame-filter! "identity")
+@end example
+
+Finally, we can remove all filters with a simple application of
+@code{for-each}:
+
+@example
+(for-each remove-frame-filter! (all-frame-filters))
+@end example
+
+The same general mechanics apply to frame annotators as well.
+
+Let us define a more interesting example.  For example, in Guile there
+is a function @code{scm_call_n}, which may be invoked directly but is
+often invoked via well-known wrappers like @code{scm_call_0},
+@code{scm_call_1}, and so on.  For example here is part of a backtrace
+of an optimized Guile build, when you first start a Guile REPL:
+
+@smallexample
+#10 0x00007ffff7b6ed91 in vm_debug_engine ([...]) at vm-engine.c:815
+#11 0x00007ffff7b74380 in scm_call_n ([...]) at vm.c:1258
+#12 0x00007ffff7afb9d9 in scm_call_0 ([...]) at eval.c:475
+#13 0x00007ffff7b74a0e in sf_fill_input ([...]) at vports.c:94
+@end smallexample
+
+For the sake of the example, the arguments to each have been
+abbreviated to @code{[...]}.  Now, it might be nice if we could nest
+@code{scm_call_n} inside @code{scm_call_0}, so let's do that:
+
+@smallexample
+(use-modules (gdb) (gdb frames) (srfi srfi-41))
+
+(define (nest-scm-call-filter stream)
+  (cond
+   ((stream-null? stream)
+    ;; No frames.
+    stream)
+   (else
+    (let ((ann (stream-car stream))
+          (stream* (stream-cdr stream)))
+      ;; A base case, for when the head frame does not match.
+      (define (continue)
+        (stream-cons ann (nest-scm-call-filter stream*)))
+
+      (cond
+       ;; Is this a call to scm_call_n and is there a next frame?
+       ((and (equal? (annotated-frame-function-name ann) "scm_call_n")
+             (not (stream-null? stream*)))
+        (let* ((next (stream-car stream*))
+               (next-name (annotated-frame-function-name next)))
+          (cond
+           ;; Does the next frame have a function name and
+           ;; does it start with "scm_call_"?
+           ((and next-name
+                 (string-prefix? "scm_call_" next-name))
+            ;; A match!  Reorganize the first two frames into
+            ;; one annotated frame with a child.
+            (let* ((children (cons ann
+                                   (annotated-frame-children next)))
+                   (next (reannotate-frame next #:children children)))
+              (stream-cons next
+                           (nest-scm-call-filter (stream-cdr stream*)))))
+           (else (continue)))))
+       (else (continue)))))))
+
+(add-frame-filter! "nest-scm-call" nest-scm-call-filter)
+@end smallexample
+
+With this filter in place, the resulting backtrace looks like:
+
+@smallexample
+#10 0x00007ffff7b6ed91 in vm_debug_engine ([...]) at vm-engine.c:815
+#12 0x00007ffff7afb9d9 in scm_call_0 ([...]) at eval.c:475
+    #11 0x00007ffff7b74380 in scm_call_n ([...]) at vm.c:1258
+#13 0x00007ffff7b74a0e in sf_fill_input ([...]) at vports.c:94
+@end smallexample
+
+As you can see, frame #11 has been nested below frame #12.
+
+Sometimes, though, all this stream processing and stream recursion can
+be too complicated if your desire is just to annotate individual
+frames.  In that situation, the frame annotator API can be more
+appropriate.  For example, if we know that there are some C procedures
+that have ``aliases'' in some other language, like Scheme, then we can
+annotate them in the backtrace with their Scheme names.
+
+@smallexample
+(use-modules (gdb frames))
+
+(define *function-name-aliases*
+  '(("scm_primitive_eval" . "primitive-eval")))
+
+(define (alias-annotator ann)
+  (let* ((name (annotated-frame-function-name ann))
+         (alias (assoc-ref *function-name-aliases* name)))
+    (if alias
+        (reannotate-frame ann #:function-name
+                              (string-append "[" alias "] " name))
+        ann)))
+
+(add-frame-annotator! "alias-annotator" alias-annotator)
+@end smallexample
+
+A backtrace with this annotator in place produces:
+
+@smallexample
+#19 [...] in vm_debug_engine ([...]) at vm-engine.c:806
+#20 [...] in scm_call_n ([...]) at vm.c:1258
+#21 [...] in [primitive-eval] scm_primitive_eval ([...]) at eval.c:656
+#22 [...] in scm_eval ([...]) at eval.c:690
+#23 [...] in scm_shell ([...]) at script.c:454
+@end smallexample
+
+Again, parts have been elided with @code{[...]}.
+
+It is possible to do the job of an annotator with a filter, but if the
+task is simple enough for an annotator, it's much less code, as the
+above example shows.
+
 @node Commands In Guile
 @subsubsection Commands In Guile
 
diff --git a/gdb/guile/guile-internal.h b/gdb/guile/guile-internal.h
index 7b7f592..9733e20 100644
--- a/gdb/guile/guile-internal.h
+++ b/gdb/guile/guile-internal.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@  struct block;
 struct frame_info;
 struct objfile;
 struct symbol;
+struct inferior;
 
 /* A function to pass to the safe-call routines to ignore things like
    memory errors.  */
@@ -421,6 +422,9 @@  typedef struct _frame_smob frame_smob;
 
 extern int frscm_is_frame (SCM scm);
 
+extern SCM frscm_scm_from_frame (struct frame_info *frame,
+				 struct inferior *inferior);
+
 extern frame_smob *frscm_get_frame_smob_arg_unsafe (SCM frame_scm, int arg_pos,
 						    const char *func_name);
 
@@ -578,6 +582,11 @@  extern enum ext_lang_rc gdbscm_apply_val_pretty_printer
    const struct value_print_options *options,
    const struct language_defn *language);
 
+extern enum ext_lang_bt_status gdbscm_apply_frame_filter
+  (const struct extension_language_defn *,
+   struct frame_info *frame, int flags, enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+   struct ui_out *out, int frame_low, int frame_high);
+
 extern int gdbscm_breakpoint_has_cond (const struct extension_language_defn *,
 				       struct breakpoint *b);
 
@@ -594,6 +603,7 @@  extern void gdbscm_initialize_commands (void);
 extern void gdbscm_initialize_disasm (void);
 extern void gdbscm_initialize_exceptions (void);
 extern void gdbscm_initialize_frames (void);
+extern void gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters (void);
 extern void gdbscm_initialize_iterators (void);
 extern void gdbscm_initialize_lazy_strings (void);
 extern void gdbscm_initialize_math (void);
diff --git a/gdb/guile/guile.c b/gdb/guile/guile.c
index e9d2aae..3ad362b 100644
--- a/gdb/guile/guile.c
+++ b/gdb/guile/guile.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@  static const struct extension_language_ops guile_extension_ops =
 
   gdbscm_apply_val_pretty_printer,
 
-  NULL, /* gdbscm_apply_frame_filter, */
+  gdbscm_apply_frame_filter,
 
   gdbscm_preserve_values,
 
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@  initialize_gdb_module (void *data)
   gdbscm_initialize_commands ();
   gdbscm_initialize_disasm ();
   gdbscm_initialize_frames ();
+  gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters ();
   gdbscm_initialize_iterators ();
   gdbscm_initialize_lazy_strings ();
   gdbscm_initialize_math ();
diff --git a/gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm b/gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bab59f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/guile/lib/gdb/frames.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@ 
+;; Frame filter support.
+;;
+;; Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;
+;; This file is part of GDB.
+;;
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+;;
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gdb frames)
+  #:use-module ((gdb) #:hide (frame? symbol?))
+  #:use-module ((gdb) #:select ((frame? . gdb:frame?) (symbol? . gdb:symbol?)))
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-9)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-41)
+  #:export (reannotate-frame
+            annotated-frame?
+            annotated-frame-frame
+            annotated-frame-function-name
+            annotated-frame-address
+            annotated-frame-filename
+            annotated-frame-line
+            annotated-frame-arguments
+            annotated-frame-locals
+            annotated-frame-children
+
+            add-frame-annotator!
+            all-frame-annotators
+            remove-frame-annotator!
+            enable-frame-annotator!
+            disable-frame-annotator!
+
+            add-frame-filter!
+            all-frame-filters
+            remove-frame-filter!
+            enable-frame-filter!
+            disable-frame-filter!))
+
+(define-record-type <annotated-frame>
+  (make-annotated-frame frame function-name address filename line
+                        arguments locals children)
+  annotated-frame?
+  (frame annotated-frame-frame)            ; frame
+  (function-name annotated-frame-function-name) ; string
+  (address annotated-frame-address)        ; int
+  (filename annotated-frame-filename)      ; string
+  (line annotated-frame-line)              ; int
+  ;; local := symbol | (string . value)
+  (arguments annotated-frame-arguments)    ; (local  ...)
+  (locals annotated-frame-locals)          ; (local ...)
+  (children annotated-frame-children)      ; (annotated-frame ...)
+  )
+
+(define (frame-function-name frame)
+  (let ((f (frame-function frame)))
+    (cond
+     ((not f) f)
+     ((gdb:symbol? f) (symbol-print-name f))
+     (else (object->string f)))))
+
+(define (frame-filename frame)
+  (or (and=> (frame-sal frame)
+             (lambda (sal)
+               (and=> (sal-symtab sal) symtab-filename)))
+      ;; FIXME: Fall back to (solib-name (frame-pc frame)) if present.
+      #f))
+
+(define (frame-line frame)
+  (and=> (frame-sal frame) sal-line))
+
+(define (frame-arguments frame)
+  (let lp ((block (false-if-exception (frame-block frame))))
+    (cond
+     ((not block) '())
+     ((not (block-function block)) (lp (block-superblock block)))
+     (else
+      (filter symbol-argument? (block-symbols block))))))
+
+(define (frame-locals frame)
+  (let lp ((block (false-if-exception (frame-block frame))))
+    (if (or (not block) (block-global? block) (block-static? block))
+        '()
+        (append (remove symbol-argument? (block-symbols block))
+                (lp (block-superblock block))))))
+
+;; frame -> annotated-frame
+(define (annotate-frame frame)
+  (make-annotated-frame frame
+                        (frame-function-name frame)
+                        (frame-pc frame)
+                        (frame-filename frame)
+                        (frame-line frame)
+                        (frame-arguments frame)
+                        (frame-locals frame)
+                        '()))
+
+(define* (reannotate-frame ann #:key
+                           (function-name (annotated-frame-function-name ann))
+                           (address (annotated-frame-address ann))
+                           (filename (annotated-frame-filename ann))
+                           (line (annotated-frame-line ann))
+                           (arguments (annotated-frame-arguments ann))
+                           (locals (annotated-frame-locals ann))
+                           (children (annotated-frame-children ann)))
+  (define (valid-local? x)
+    (or (gdb:symbol? x)
+        (and (pair? x)
+             (or (gdb:symbol? (car x)) (string? (car x)))
+             (value? (cdr x)))))
+  (define (list-of? pred x)
+    (and (list? x) (and-map pred x)))
+  (unless (or (not function-name) (string? function-name))
+    (error "function-name should be a string or #f"))
+  (unless (and (exact-integer? address) (not (negative? address)))
+    (error "address should be an non-negative integer"))
+  (unless (or (not filename) (string? filename))
+    (error "filename should be a string or #f"))
+  (unless (or (not line) (and (exact-integer? line) (positive? line)))
+    (error "line expected to a positive integer or #f"))
+  (unless (list-of? valid-local? arguments)
+    (error "arguments should be a list of symbol-value pairs, \
+string-value pairs, or symbols"))
+  (unless (list-of? valid-local? locals)
+    (error "locals should be a list of symbol-value pairs, \
+string-value pairs, or symbols"))
+  (unless (and-map annotated-frame? children)
+    (error "children should be annotated frames" children))
+  (make-annotated-frame (annotated-frame-frame ann)
+                        function-name address filename line arguments locals
+                        children))
+
+(define-record-type <scoped-priority-item>
+  (make-scoped-priority-item name priority enabled? entry scope)
+  priority-item?
+  (name &name)
+  (priority &priority)
+  (enabled? &enabled? set-enabled?!)
+  (entry &entry)
+  (scope &scope))
+
+(define (add-to-priority-list priority-list name priority enabled? entry scope)
+  (when (find (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list)
+    (error "Name already present in list" name))
+  (sort (cons (make-scoped-priority-item name priority enabled? entry scope)
+              priority-list)
+        (lambda (a b)
+          (>= (&priority a) (&priority b)))))
+
+(define (remove-from-priority-list priority-list name)
+  (remove (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list))
+
+(define (priority-list-enable! priority-list name)
+  (let ((item (find (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list)))
+    (unless item
+      (error "Name not found in list" name))
+    (set-enabled?! item #t)))
+
+(define (priority-list-disable! priority-list name)
+  (let ((item (find (lambda (x) (equal? (&name x) name)) priority-list)))
+    (unless item
+      (error "Name not found in list" name))
+    (set-enabled?! item #f)))
+
+(define-syntax-rule (define-scoped-priority-list *priority-list*
+                      all-names active-entries add! remove! enable! disable!)
+  (begin
+    (define *priority-list* '())
+
+    ;; -> (name ...), from low to high priority
+    (define (all-names)
+      (reverse (map &name *priority-list*)))
+
+    ;; -> (entry ...), from low to high priority
+    (define* (active-entries progspace)
+      (reverse (filter-map (lambda (item)
+                             (and (&enabled? item)
+                                  ;; The entry matches if its progspace
+                                  ;; matches, its objfile is still
+                                  ;; valid, or if it is not associated
+                                  ;; with a specific progspace or
+                                  ;; objfile.
+                                  (let ((scope (&scope item)))
+                                    (or (not scope)
+                                        (if (progspace? scope)
+                                            (eq? progspace scope)
+                                            (objfile-valid? scope))))
+                                  (&entry item)))
+                           *priority-list*)))
+
+    (define* (add! name entry #:key objfile progspace (priority 20))
+      ;; scope := objfile | progspace | #f
+      (define (compute-scope objfile progspace)
+        (cond
+         (objfile
+          (when progspace
+            (error "Only one of #:objfile or #:progspace may be given"))
+          (unless (objfile? objfile)
+            (error "Not an objfile" objfile))
+          objfile)
+         (progspace
+          (unless (progspace? progspace)
+            (error "Not a progspace" progspace))
+          progspace)
+         (else #f)))
+      (let ((scope (compute-scope objfile progspace)))
+        (set! *priority-list*
+              (add-to-priority-list *priority-list*
+                                    name priority #t entry scope))))
+
+    (define (remove! name)
+      (set! *priority-list*
+            (remove-from-priority-list *priority-list* name)))
+
+    (define (enable! name)
+      (priority-list-enable! *priority-list* name))
+
+    (define (disable! name)
+      (priority-list-disable! *priority-list* name))))
+
+;; frame-annotator := annotated-frame -> annotated-frame
+(define-scoped-priority-list *frame-annotators*
+  all-frame-annotators
+  active-frame-annotators
+  add-frame-annotator!
+  remove-frame-annotator!
+  enable-frame-annotator!
+  disable-frame-annotator!)
+
+(define (apply-fold functions seed)
+  (fold (lambda (f seed) (f seed)) seed functions))
+
+(define (apply-frame-annotators ann)
+  (apply-fold (active-frame-annotators (current-progspace)) ann))
+
+;; frame-filter := Stream annotated-frame -> Stream annotated-frame
+(define-scoped-priority-list *frame-filters*
+  all-frame-filters
+  active-frame-filters
+  add-frame-filter!
+  remove-frame-filter!
+  enable-frame-filter!
+  disable-frame-filter!)
+
+(define (apply-frame-filters ann)
+  (apply-fold (active-frame-filters (current-progspace)) ann))
+
+;; frame int int -> Stream annotated-frame
+(define (frame-stream frame frame-low frame-high)
+  (define (make-stream frame index count)
+    (let ((frames (stream-unfold annotate-frame gdb:frame? frame-older frame)))
+      (if count
+          (stream-take frames count)
+          frames)))
+  (if (negative? frame-low)
+      ;; Traverse the stack to find the outermost N frames.
+      (let ((count (- frame-low)))
+        (let lp ((older frame) (n 0))
+          (cond
+           ((not older)
+            (make-stream frame 0 n))
+           ((< n count)
+            (lp (frame-older frame) (1+ n)))
+           (else
+            ;; "older" is now "count" frames older than "frame".  Keep
+            ;; going until we hit the oldest frame.
+            (let lp ((frame frame) (older older) (newer-index 0))
+              (if older
+                  (lp (frame-older frame) (frame-older older) (1+ newer-index))
+                  (make-stream frame newer-index count)))))))
+      (let lp ((frame frame) (frame-low frame-low) (newer-index 0))
+        ;; Cut the innermost N frames.
+        (cond
+         ((not frame) 'no-frames)
+         ((zero? frame-low)
+          (let ((count (if (eqv? frame-high -1)
+                           #f
+                           (1+ (max (- frame-high newer-index) 0)))))
+            (make-stream frame newer-index count)))
+         (else
+          (lp (frame-older frame) (1- frame-low) (1+ newer-index)))))))
+
+(define (stream->gdb-iterator stream lower)
+  (make-iterator stream stream
+                 (lambda (iter)
+                   (let ((stream (iterator-progress iter)))
+                     (cond
+                      ((stream-null? stream)
+                       (end-of-iteration))
+                      (else
+                       (set-iterator-progress! iter (stream-cdr stream))
+                       (lower (stream-car stream))))))))
+
+(define (annotated-frame->vector ann)
+  ;; C can't deal so nicely with record types, so lower to a more simple
+  ;; data structure.
+  (vector (annotated-frame-frame ann)
+          (annotated-frame-function-name ann)
+          (annotated-frame-address ann)
+          (annotated-frame-filename ann)
+          (annotated-frame-line ann)
+          (annotated-frame-arguments ann)
+          (annotated-frame-locals ann)
+          (map annotated-frame->vector (annotated-frame-children ann))))
+
+(define (apply-frame-filter frame frame-low frame-high)
+  (and (or (pair? (active-frame-filters (current-progspace)))
+           (pair? (active-frame-annotators (current-progspace))))
+       (stream->gdb-iterator
+        (apply-frame-filters
+         (stream-map
+          apply-frame-annotators
+          (frame-stream frame frame-low frame-high)))
+        annotated-frame->vector)))
+
+(load-extension "gdb" "gdbscm_load_frame_filters")
diff --git a/gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c b/gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c9687b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/guile/scm-frame-filter.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1001 @@ 
+/* Scheme interface to frame filter.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+/* See README file in this directory for implementation notes, coding
+   conventions, et.al.  */
+
+#include "defs.h"
+#include "annotate.h"
+#include "block.h"
+#include "demangle.h"
+#include "frame.h"
+#include "inferior.h"
+#include "language.h"
+#include "objfiles.h"
+#include "symfile.h"
+#include "symtab.h"
+#include "stack.h"
+#include "valprint.h"
+#include "value.h"
+#include "guile-internal.h"
+
+/* Non-zero if the (gdb frames) module has been loaded.  */
+static int gdbscm_frame_filters_loaded = 0;
+
+/* The captured apply-frame-filter variable.  */
+static SCM apply_frame_filter = SCM_BOOL_F;
+
+/* Called by lib/gdb/frames.scm.  */
+static void
+gdbscm_load_frame_filters (void *unused)
+{
+  if (gdbscm_frame_filters_loaded)
+    return;
+
+  gdbscm_frame_filters_loaded = 1;
+
+  apply_frame_filter = scm_c_lookup ("apply-frame-filter");
+}
+
+/* Helper to throw type errors as Scheme exceptions.  */
+static void
+gdbscm_throw_type_error (const char *subr, int arg_pos, SCM val,
+                         const char *expected_type)
+{
+  gdbscm_throw (gdbscm_make_type_error (subr, arg_pos, val, expected_type));
+}
+
+/* We surround TRY_CATCH blocks with Scheme dynwinds, so that Scheme
+   exceptions can interoperate with GDB exceptions.  Since GDB's
+   TRY_CATCH saves and restores cleanups around its body, and
+   automatically runs inner cleanups on exception, we arrange to do the
+   same on Scheme exceptions.  */
+static void
+dynwind_restore_cleanups (void *data)
+{
+  struct cleanup *cleanups = data;
+  restore_cleanups (cleanups);
+}
+
+static void
+dynwind_do_cleanups (void *data)
+{
+  struct cleanup *cleanups = data;
+  do_cleanups (cleanups);
+}
+
+/* Use BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS instead of TRY_CATCH when
+   you are inside gdbscm_safe_call, and close it with
+   RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND.  This will cause
+   GDB exceptions raised within the block to be re-raised as Scheme
+   exceptions.  Leaving the block in any way -- whether normally, via a
+   GDB exception, or a Scheme exception -- will cause any cleanups that
+   were registered within the block to run.
+
+   Given that almost all code in this file is dynamically within one of
+   these blocks, when should you add a new one?  There are only a few
+   cases:
+
+     1. You need to call make_cleanup_ui_out_tuple_begin_end or
+        some other bracketed UI operation.
+     2. You are allocating something "big" that should be cleaned up
+        promptly, like make_cleanup_ui_file_delete.
+     3. You want to register a Scheme unwind procedure, and need to
+        prevent GDB exceptions from passing your dynwind.  */
+
+#define BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS()                        \
+  do {                                                                  \
+    volatile struct gdb_exception __except;                             \
+    /* Any cleanup pushed within the TRY_CATCH will be run on GDB       \
+       exception.  We will have to run them manually on normal exit or  \
+       Scheme exception.  */                                            \
+    scm_dynwind_begin (0);                                              \
+    /* Save the cleanup stack, and arrange to restore it after any exit \
+       from the TRY_CATCH, local or non-local.  */                      \
+    scm_dynwind_unwind_handler (dynwind_restore_cleanups,               \
+                                save_cleanups (),                       \
+                                SCM_F_WIND_EXPLICITLY);                 \
+    TRY_CATCH (__except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)                               \
+      {                                                                 \
+        struct cleanup *__cleanups = make_cleanup (null_cleanup, NULL); \
+        /* Ensure cleanups run on Scheme exception.  */                 \
+        scm_dynwind_unwind_handler (dynwind_do_cleanups, __cleanups, 0);\
+        do
+
+#define RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND()              \
+        while (0);                                                      \
+        /* Ensure cleanups run on normal exit.  */                      \
+        do_cleanups (__cleanups);                                       \
+      }                                                                 \
+    /* Pop the dynwind and restore the saved cleanup stack.  */         \
+    scm_dynwind_end ();                                                 \
+    if (__except.reason < 0)                                            \
+      /* Rethrow GDB exception as Scheme exception.  */                 \
+      gdbscm_throw_gdb_exception (__except);                            \
+  } while (0)
+
+
+/* Helper function to extract a symbol, a name, a language definition,
+   and a value from ITEM, which is an element of a Scheme "arguments" or
+   "locals" list.
+
+   ITEM will either be a pair of a string and a value, a pair of a
+   symbol and a value, or just a symbol.  NAME is a pass-through
+   argument where the name of the symbol will be written.  NAME is
+   allocated in this function, and a cleanup handler is registered if
+   needed.  SYM is a pass-through argument where the symbol will be
+   written.  If the name is a string and not a symbol, SYM will be set
+   to NULL.  LANGUAGE is also a pass-through argument denoting the
+   language attributed to the symbol.  In the case of SYM being NULL,
+   this will be set to the current language.  Finally, VALUE will be set
+   to the unwrapped GDB value, if ITEM is a pair, and otherwise
+   NULL.  */
+static void
+extract_sym_and_value (SCM item, const char **name, struct symbol **sym,
+                       const struct language_defn **language,
+                       struct value **value, struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+  if (scm_is_pair (item))
+    {
+      SCM symbol_scm = scm_car (item), value_scm = scm_cdr (item);
+      SCM exception = SCM_BOOL_F;
+
+      if (scm_is_string (symbol_scm))
+        {
+          *name = gdbscm_scm_to_host_string (symbol_scm, NULL,
+					     &exception);
+          if (!*name)
+            gdbscm_throw (exception);
+          make_cleanup (xfree, name);
+
+          *sym = NULL;
+          *language = current_language;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          *sym = syscm_get_valid_symbol_arg_unsafe (symbol_scm,
+						    GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
+                                                    "print-frame");
+          *name = SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (*sym);
+
+          if (language_mode == language_mode_auto)
+            *language = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (*sym));
+          else
+            *language = current_language;
+        }
+
+      *value = vlscm_convert_value_from_scheme ("print-frame",
+                                                GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
+                                                value_scm,
+                                                &exception,
+                                                gdbarch,
+                                                *language);
+      if (!*value)
+        gdbscm_throw (exception);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      *sym = syscm_get_valid_symbol_arg_unsafe (item, GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
+                                                "print-frame");
+      *name = SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (*sym);
+
+      if (language_mode == language_mode_auto)
+        *language = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (*sym));
+      else
+        *language = current_language;
+
+      *value = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+enum mi_print_types
+{
+  MI_PRINT_ARGS,
+  MI_PRINT_LOCALS
+};
+
+/* MI prints only certain values according to the type of symbol and
+   also what the user has specified.  SYM is the symbol to check, and
+   MI_PRINT_TYPES is an enum specifying what the user wants emitted
+   for the MI command in question.  */
+static int
+mi_should_print (struct symbol *sym, enum mi_print_types type)
+{
+  int print_me = 0;
+
+  switch (SYMBOL_CLASS (sym))
+    {
+    default:
+    case LOC_UNDEF:     /* catches errors        */
+    case LOC_CONST:     /* constant              */
+    case LOC_TYPEDEF:   /* local typedef         */
+    case LOC_LABEL:     /* local label           */
+    case LOC_BLOCK:     /* local function        */
+    case LOC_CONST_BYTES:       /* loc. byte seq.        */
+    case LOC_UNRESOLVED:        /* unresolved static     */
+    case LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT:     /* optimized out         */
+      print_me = 0;
+      break;
+
+    case LOC_ARG:       /* argument              */
+    case LOC_REF_ARG:   /* reference arg         */
+    case LOC_REGPARM_ADDR:      /* indirect register arg */
+    case LOC_LOCAL:     /* stack local           */
+    case LOC_STATIC:    /* static                */
+    case LOC_REGISTER:  /* register              */
+    case LOC_COMPUTED:  /* computed location     */
+      if (type == MI_PRINT_LOCALS)
+        print_me = ! SYMBOL_IS_ARGUMENT (sym);
+      else
+        print_me = SYMBOL_IS_ARGUMENT (sym);
+    }
+  return print_me;
+}
+
+/* Helper function which outputs a type name extracted from VAL to a
+   "type" field in the output stream OUT.  OUT is the ui-out structure
+   the type name will be output too, and VAL is the value that the
+   type will be extracted from.  */
+static void
+gdbscm_print_type (struct ui_out *out, struct value *val)
+{
+  struct type *type;
+
+  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
+    {
+      struct ui_file *stb = mem_fileopen ();
+      make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (stb);
+      type = check_typedef (value_type (val));
+      type_print (value_type (val), "", stb, -1);
+      ui_out_field_stream (out, "type", stb);
+    }
+  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
+}
+
+/* Helper function which outputs a value to an output field in a
+   stream.  OUT is the ui-out structure the value will be output to,
+   VAL is the value that will be printed, OPTS contains the value
+   printing options, ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator describing the
+   argument format, and LANGUAGE is the language_defn that the value
+   will be printed with. */
+static void
+gdbscm_print_value (struct ui_out *out, struct value *val,
+                    const struct value_print_options *opts,
+                    int indent,
+                    enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+                    const struct language_defn *language)
+{
+  int should_print = 0;
+  int local_indent = (4 * indent);
+
+  /* Never set an indent level for common_val_print if MI.  */
+  if (ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
+    local_indent = 0;
+
+  /* MI does not print certain values, differentiated by type,
+     depending on what ARGS_TYPE indicates.  Test type against option.
+     For CLI print all values.  */
+  if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES
+      || args_type == MI_PRINT_ALL_VALUES)
+    {
+      struct type *type = check_typedef (value_type (val));
+
+      if (args_type == MI_PRINT_ALL_VALUES)
+        should_print = 1;
+      else if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES
+               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_ARRAY
+               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_STRUCT
+               && TYPE_CODE (type) != TYPE_CODE_UNION)
+        should_print = 1;
+    }
+  else if (args_type != NO_VALUES)
+    should_print = 1;
+
+  if (should_print)
+    {
+      BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
+        {
+          struct ui_file *stb = mem_fileopen ();
+          make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (stb);
+          common_val_print (val, stb, indent, opts, language);
+          ui_out_field_stream (out, "value", stb);
+        }
+      RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
+    }
+}
+
+enum print_args_field
+{
+  WITH_ARGS_FIELD,
+  WITHOUT_ARGS_FIELD
+};
+
+/* Helper function to output a single frame argument and value to an
+   output stream.  This function will account for entry values if the FV
+   parameter is populated, the frame argument has entry values
+   associated with them, and the appropriate "set entry-value" options
+   are set.  Will output in CLI or MI like format depending on the type
+   of output stream detected.  OUT is the output stream, SYM_NAME is the
+   name of the symbol.  If SYM_NAME is populated then it must have an
+   accompanying value in the parameter FV.  FA is a frame argument
+   structure.  If FA is populated, both SYM_NAME and FV are ignored.
+   OPTS contains the value printing options, ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator
+   describing the argument format, PRINT_ARGS_FIELD is a flag which
+   indicates if we output "ARGS=1" in MI output in commands where both
+   arguments and locals are printed.  */
+static void
+gdbscm_print_single_arg (struct ui_out *out,
+                         const char *sym_name,
+                         struct frame_arg *fa,
+                         struct value *fv,
+                         const struct value_print_options *opts,
+                         enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+			 enum print_args_field print_args_field,
+                         const struct language_defn *language)
+{
+  struct value *val;
+
+  if (fa != NULL)
+    {
+      if (fa->val == NULL && fa->error == NULL)
+        return;
+      language = language_def (SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (fa->sym));
+      val = fa->val;
+    }
+  else
+    val = fv;
+
+  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
+    {
+      /*  MI has varying rules for tuples, but generally if there is
+          only one element in each item in the list, do not start a
+          tuple.  The exception is -stack-list-variables which emits an
+          ARGS="1" field if the value is a frame argument.  This is
+          denoted in this function with PRINT_ARGS_FIELD which is flag
+          from the caller to emit the ARGS field.  */
+      if (ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
+        {
+          if (print_args_field == WITH_ARGS_FIELD
+	      || args_type != NO_VALUES)
+            make_cleanup_ui_out_tuple_begin_end (out, NULL);
+        }
+
+      annotate_arg_begin ();
+
+      /* If frame argument is populated, check for entry-values and the
+         entry value options.  */
+      if (fa != NULL)
+        {
+          struct ui_file *stb;
+
+          stb = mem_fileopen ();
+          make_cleanup_ui_file_delete (stb);
+          fprintf_symbol_filtered (stb, SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (fa->sym),
+                                   SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (fa->sym),
+                                   DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI);
+          if (fa->entry_kind == print_entry_values_compact)
+            {
+              fputs_filtered ("=", stb);
+
+              fprintf_symbol_filtered (stb, SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (fa->sym),
+                                       SYMBOL_LANGUAGE (fa->sym),
+                                       DMGL_PARAMS | DMGL_ANSI);
+            }
+          if (fa->entry_kind == print_entry_values_only
+              || fa->entry_kind == print_entry_values_compact)
+            {
+              fputs_filtered ("@entry", stb);
+            }
+          ui_out_field_stream (out, "name", stb);
+        }
+      else
+        /* Otherwise, just output the name.  */
+        ui_out_field_string (out, "name", sym_name);
+
+      annotate_arg_name_end ();
+
+      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
+        ui_out_text (out, "=");
+
+      if (print_args_field == WITH_ARGS_FIELD)
+        ui_out_field_int (out, "arg", 1);
+
+      /* For MI print the type, but only for simple values.  This seems
+         weird, but this is how MI choose to format the various output
+         types.  */
+      if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES && val != NULL)
+        gdbscm_print_type (out, val);
+
+      if (val != NULL)
+        annotate_arg_value (value_type (val));
+
+      /* If the output is to the CLI, and the user option "set print
+         frame-arguments" is set to none, just output "...".  */
+      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out) && args_type == NO_VALUES)
+        ui_out_field_string (out, "value", "...");
+      else
+        {
+          /* Otherwise, print the value for both MI and the CLI, except
+             for the case of MI_PRINT_NO_VALUES.  */
+          if (args_type != NO_VALUES)
+            {
+              if (val == NULL)
+                {
+                  gdb_assert (fa != NULL && fa->error != NULL);
+                  ui_out_field_fmt (out, "value",
+                                    _("<error reading variable: %s>"),
+                                    fa->error);
+                }
+              else
+                gdbscm_print_value (out, val, opts, 0, args_type,
+				    language);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
+}
+
+/* Helper function to print one local.  LOCAL is the pair or symbol that
+   is compatible with extract_sym_and_value, OUT is the output stream,
+   INDENT is whether we should indent the output (for CLI), ARGS_TYPE is
+   an enumerator describing the argument format, PRINT_ARGS_FIELD is
+   flag which indicates whether to output the ARGS field in the case of
+   -stack-list-variables and FRAME is the backing frame.  */
+static void
+gdbscm_print_local (SCM local,
+                    struct ui_out *out,
+                    int indent,
+                    enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+                    struct frame_info *frame,
+		    enum print_args_field print_args_field,
+                    struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+  struct value_print_options opts;
+  const struct language_defn *language;
+  const char *sym_name;
+  struct value *val;
+  struct symbol *sym;
+  int local_indent = 8 + (8 * indent);
+  int out_is_mi = ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out);
+
+  get_user_print_options (&opts);
+  opts.deref_ref = 1;
+
+  extract_sym_and_value (local, &sym_name, &sym, &language, &val,
+			 gdbarch);
+
+  if (sym && out_is_mi && ! mi_should_print (sym, MI_PRINT_LOCALS))
+    return;
+
+  if (!val)
+    /* If the object did not provide a value, read it.  */
+    val = read_var_value (sym, frame);
+
+  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
+    {
+      /* With PRINT_NO_VALUES, MI does not emit a tuple normally as each
+         output contains only one field.  The exception is
+         -stack-list-variables, which always provides a tuple.  */
+      if (out_is_mi)
+        {
+          if (print_args_field == WITH_ARGS_FIELD
+	      || args_type != NO_VALUES)
+            make_cleanup_ui_out_tuple_begin_end (out, NULL);
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          /* If the output is not MI we indent locals.  */
+          ui_out_spaces (out, local_indent);
+        }
+
+      ui_out_field_string (out, "name", sym_name);
+
+      if (! out_is_mi)
+        ui_out_text (out, " = ");
+
+      if (args_type == MI_PRINT_SIMPLE_VALUES)
+        gdbscm_print_type (out, val);
+
+      /* CLI always prints values for locals.  MI uses the
+         simple/no/all system.  */
+      if (! out_is_mi)
+        {
+          int val_indent = (indent + 1) * 4;
+
+          gdbscm_print_value (out, val, &opts, val_indent, args_type,
+			      language);
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          if (args_type != NO_VALUES)
+            gdbscm_print_value (out, val, &opts, 0, args_type, language);
+        }
+    }
+  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
+
+  ui_out_text (out, "\n");
+}
+
+/* Helper function for printing locals.  This function largely just
+   creates the wrapping tuple, and calls enumerate_locals.  Returns
+   EXT_LANG_BT_ERROR on error, or EXT_LANG_BT_OK on success.  */
+static void
+gdbscm_print_locals (SCM locals,
+                     struct ui_out *out,
+                     enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+                     int indent,
+                     struct frame_info *frame,
+		     enum print_args_field print_args_field,
+                     struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
+    {
+      make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "locals");
+
+      for (; scm_is_pair (locals); locals = scm_cdr (locals))
+        {
+          SCM local = scm_car (locals);
+
+          gdbscm_print_local (local, out, indent, args_type, frame,
+			      print_args_field, gdbarch);
+        }
+
+      if (!scm_is_null (locals))
+        gdbscm_throw_type_error ("print-locals", GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
+                                 locals, "null-terminated locals list");
+    }
+  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
+}
+
+/* Helper function to print an argument.  ARG is a pair or a symbol, in
+   the format expected by extract_sym_and_value, OUT is the output
+   stream, ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator describing the argument format,
+   PRINT_ARGS_FIELD is a flag which indicates if we output "ARGS=1" in
+   MI output in commands where both arguments and locals are printed,
+   and FRAME is the backing frame.  */
+static void
+gdbscm_print_arg (SCM arg, struct ui_out *out,
+                  enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+                  struct frame_info *frame,
+		  enum print_args_field print_args_field,
+                  struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+  struct value_print_options opts;
+  const struct language_defn *language;
+  const char *sym_name;
+  struct symbol *sym;
+  struct value *val;
+
+  get_user_print_options (&opts);
+  if (args_type == CLI_SCALAR_VALUES)
+    opts.summary = 1;
+  opts.deref_ref = 1;
+
+  extract_sym_and_value (arg, &sym_name, &sym, &language, &val, gdbarch);
+
+  if (sym && ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out)
+      && ! mi_should_print (sym, MI_PRINT_ARGS))
+    return;
+
+  annotate_arg_begin ();
+
+  if (val)
+    {
+      /* If the annotated frame provides a value, just print that.  */
+      gdbscm_print_single_arg (out, sym_name, NULL, val, &opts,
+                               args_type, print_args_field,
+                               language);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      struct frame_arg arg, entryarg;
+
+      /* Otherwise, the annotated frame did not provide a value, so this
+         is a frame argument to be read by GDB.  In this case we have to
+         account for entry-values.  */
+      read_frame_arg (sym, frame, &arg, &entryarg);
+      make_cleanup (xfree, arg.error);
+      make_cleanup (xfree, entryarg.error);
+
+      if (arg.entry_kind != print_entry_values_only)
+        gdbscm_print_single_arg (out, NULL, &arg, NULL, &opts,
+                                 args_type, print_args_field, NULL);
+
+      if (entryarg.entry_kind != print_entry_values_no)
+        {
+          if (arg.entry_kind != print_entry_values_only)
+            {
+              /* Delimit the two arguments that we are printing.  */
+              ui_out_text (out, ", ");
+              ui_out_wrap_hint (out, "    ");
+            }
+
+          gdbscm_print_single_arg (out, NULL, &entryarg, NULL, &opts,
+                                   args_type, print_args_field, NULL);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+  annotate_arg_end ();
+}
+
+/* Helper function for printing frame arguments.  */
+static void
+gdbscm_print_args (SCM args, struct ui_out *out,
+                   enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+                   struct frame_info *frame,
+		   enum print_args_field print_args_field,
+                   struct gdbarch *gdbarch)
+{
+  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
+    {
+      int arg_index = 0;
+
+      make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "args");
+
+      annotate_frame_args ();
+      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
+        ui_out_text (out, " (");
+
+      for (; scm_is_pair (args); args = scm_cdr (args), arg_index++)
+        {
+          SCM arg = scm_car (args);
+
+          if (arg_index > 0)
+            ui_out_text (out, ", ");
+
+          gdbscm_print_arg (arg, out, args_type, frame,
+			    print_args_field, gdbarch);
+        }
+
+      if (!scm_is_null (args))
+        gdbscm_throw_type_error ("print-args", GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
+                                 args, "null-terminated argument list");
+
+      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
+        ui_out_text (out, ")");
+    }
+  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
+}
+
+/*  Print a single frame to the designated output stream, detecting
+    whether the output is MI or console, and formatting the output
+    according to the conventions of that protocol.  ANN is the annotated
+    frame object, as a vector.  FLAGS is an integer describing the
+    various print options.  The FLAGS variables is described in
+    "apply_frame_filter" function.  ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator
+    describing the argument format.  OUT is the output stream to print,
+    INDENT is the level of indention for this frame, in the case of
+    child frames. */
+static void
+gdbscm_print_frame (SCM ann, int flags, enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+                    struct ui_out *out, int indent)
+{
+  struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
+  struct frame_info *frame;
+  struct value_print_options opts;
+  int print_level, print_frame_info, print_args, print_locals;
+  SCM frame_scm, function_name_scm, address_scm, filename_scm, line_scm;
+  SCM arguments_scm, locals_scm, children_scm;
+
+  /* Extract print settings from FLAGS.  */
+  print_level = (flags & PRINT_LEVEL) ? 1 : 0;
+  print_frame_info = (flags & PRINT_FRAME_INFO) ? 1 : 0;
+  print_args = (flags & PRINT_ARGS) ? 1 : 0;
+  print_locals = (flags & PRINT_LOCALS) ? 1 : 0;
+
+  get_user_print_options (&opts);
+
+  frame_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 0);
+  function_name_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 1);
+  address_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 2);
+  filename_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 3);
+  line_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 4);
+  arguments_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 5);
+  locals_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 6);
+  children_scm = scm_c_vector_ref (ann, 7);
+
+  {
+    frame_smob *smob =
+      frscm_get_frame_smob_arg_unsafe (frame_scm, 0, "print-frame");
+    frame = frscm_frame_smob_to_frame (smob);
+  }
+
+  /* stack-list-variables.  */
+  if (print_locals && print_args && ! print_frame_info)
+    {
+      BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
+        {
+          /* Getting the frame arch needs to happen within a dynwind.  */
+          gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
+
+          make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "variables");
+          gdbscm_print_args (arguments_scm, out, args_type, frame,
+			     WITH_ARGS_FIELD, gdbarch);
+          gdbscm_print_locals (locals_scm, out, args_type, indent, frame,
+			       WITH_ARGS_FIELD, gdbarch);
+        }
+      RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
+      /* FIXME: Print variables for child frames?  */
+      return;
+    }
+
+  BEGIN_DYNWIND_AND_CATCH_GDB_EXCEPTIONS ()
+    {
+      /* Getting the frame arch needs to happen within a dynwind.  */
+      gdbarch = get_frame_arch (frame);
+
+      /* -stack-list-locals does not require a wrapping frame
+          attribute.  */
+      if (print_frame_info || (print_args && ! print_locals))
+        make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "frame");
+
+      if (print_frame_info && indent > 0)
+        {
+          /* Child frames are also printed with this function
+             (recursively) and are printed with indention.  */
+          ui_out_spaces (out, indent * 4);
+        }
+
+      /* Print frame level.  MI does not require the level if
+         locals/variables only are being printed.  */
+      if ((print_frame_info || print_args) && print_level)
+        {
+          CORE_ADDR address = 0;
+          int level = frame_relative_level (frame);
+
+          if (gdbscm_is_true (address_scm))
+            address = gdbscm_scm_to_ulongest (address_scm);
+
+          annotate_frame_begin (print_level ? level : 0, gdbarch,
+				address);
+          ui_out_text (out, "#");
+          ui_out_field_fmt_int (out, 2, ui_left, "level", level);
+        }
+
+      if (print_frame_info)
+        {
+          /* Print address to the address field.  If an address is not
+             provided, print nothing.  */
+          if (opts.addressprint && gdbscm_is_true (address_scm))
+            {
+              CORE_ADDR address = gdbscm_scm_to_ulongest (address_scm);
+              annotate_frame_address ();
+              ui_out_field_core_addr (out, "addr", gdbarch, address);
+              annotate_frame_address_end ();
+              ui_out_text (out, " in ");
+            }
+
+          /* Print frame function name.  */
+          if (gdbscm_is_false (function_name_scm))
+            {
+              annotate_frame_function_name ();
+              ui_out_field_skip (out, "func");
+            }
+          else if (scm_is_string (function_name_scm))
+            {
+              SCM exception = SCM_BOOL_F;
+              char *function;
+
+              function = gdbscm_scm_to_host_string (function_name_scm,
+						    NULL,
+                                                    &exception);
+              if (!function)
+                gdbscm_throw (exception);
+              make_cleanup (xfree, function);
+
+              annotate_frame_function_name ();
+              ui_out_field_string (out, "func", function);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              gdbscm_throw_type_error ("print-frame", GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
+                                       function_name_scm,
+                                       "string or false");
+            }
+        }
+
+      /* Frame arguments.  Check the result, and error if something went
+         wrong.  */
+      if (print_args)
+        gdbscm_print_args (arguments_scm, out, args_type, frame,
+			   WITHOUT_ARGS_FIELD, gdbarch);
+
+      /* File name/source/line number information.  */
+      if (print_frame_info)
+        {
+          char *filename = NULL;
+
+          annotate_frame_source_begin ();
+
+          if (gdbscm_is_true (filename_scm))
+            {
+              SCM exception = SCM_BOOL_F;
+
+              filename = gdbscm_scm_to_host_string (filename_scm, NULL,
+						    &exception);
+
+              if (!filename)
+                gdbscm_throw (exception);
+
+              make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
+
+              ui_out_wrap_hint (out, "   ");
+              ui_out_text (out, " at ");
+              annotate_frame_source_file ();
+              ui_out_field_string (out, "file", filename);
+              annotate_frame_source_file_end ();
+
+              if (gdbscm_is_true (line_scm))
+                {
+                  int line = scm_to_int (line_scm);
+                  ui_out_text (out, ":");
+                  annotate_frame_source_line ();
+                  ui_out_field_int (out, "line", line);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+      /* For MI we need to deal with child frames, so if MI output
+         detected do not send newline.  */
+      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
+        {
+          annotate_frame_end ();
+          ui_out_text (out, "\n");
+        }
+
+      if (print_locals)
+        gdbscm_print_locals (locals_scm, out, args_type, indent, frame,
+			     WITHOUT_ARGS_FIELD, gdbarch);
+
+      /* Finally recursively print child frames, if any.  */
+      if (! ui_out_is_mi_like_p (out))
+        indent++;
+
+      /* No need for another dynwind; since we're at the end of the
+         function, the RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND
+         below will close the "children" list just fine.  */
+      make_cleanup_ui_out_list_begin_end (out, "children");
+      for (;
+	   scm_is_pair (children_scm);
+	   children_scm = scm_cdr (children_scm))
+        {
+          SCM child = scm_car (children_scm);
+
+          gdbscm_print_frame (child, flags, args_type, out, indent);
+        }
+
+      if (!scm_is_null (children_scm))
+        gdbscm_throw_type_error ("print-frame", GDBSCM_ARG_NONE,
+                                 children_scm,
+                                 "null-terminated child list");
+    }
+  RETHROW_GDB_EXCEPTIONS_TO_SCHEME_AND_END_DYNWIND ();
+}
+
+/* Iterate through the frame stream, printing each one.  Throws Scheme
+   exceptions on error.  */
+static void
+print_annotated_frame_stream (SCM iter, int flags,
+                              enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+                              struct ui_out *out)
+{
+  while (1)
+    {
+      SCM ann = itscm_safe_call_next_x (iter, gdbscm_memory_error_p);
+
+      if (itscm_is_end_of_iteration (ann))
+        break;
+
+      /* Since we handle all exceptions via gdbscm_safe_call, really
+         we'd like an itcm_call_next_x method that propagates the
+         exception, but lacking that we manually re-throw as needed.  */
+      if (gdbscm_is_exception (ann))
+        gdbscm_throw (ann);
+
+      gdbscm_print_frame (ann, flags, args_type, out, 0);
+    }
+}
+
+struct print_args {
+  SCM iter;
+  int flags;
+  enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type;
+  struct ui_out *out;
+};
+
+/* Returns normally if successful, or otherwise throws an exception.  */
+static SCM
+do_print_annotated_frame_stream (void *data)
+{
+  struct print_args *args = data;
+
+  print_annotated_frame_stream (args->iter, args->flags, args->args_type,
+                                args->out);
+
+  return SCM_BOOL_T;
+}
+
+/*  This is the only publicly exported function in this file.  FRAME is
+    the source frame to start frame-filter invocation.  FLAGS is an
+    integer holding the flags for printing.  The following elements of
+    the FRAME_FILTER_FLAGS enum denotes the make-up of FLAGS:
+    PRINT_LEVEL is a flag indicating whether to print the frame's
+    relative level in the output.  PRINT_FRAME_INFO is a flag that
+    indicates whether this function should print the frame information,
+    PRINT_ARGS is a flag that indicates whether to print frame
+    arguments, and PRINT_LOCALS, likewise, with frame local variables.
+    ARGS_TYPE is an enumerator describing the argument format, OUT is
+    the output stream to print.  FRAME_LOW is the beginning of the slice
+    of frames to print, and FRAME_HIGH is the upper limit of the frames
+    to count.  Returns EXT_LANG_BT_ERROR on error, or
+    EXT_LANG_BT_COMPLETED on success.  */
+
+enum ext_lang_bt_status
+gdbscm_apply_frame_filter (const struct extension_language_defn *extlang,
+                          struct frame_info *frame, int flags,
+                          enum ext_lang_frame_args args_type,
+                          struct ui_out *out, int frame_low,
+			   int frame_high)
+{
+  struct inferior *inferior;
+  SCM result;
+
+  /* Note that it's possible to have loaded the Guile interface, but not
+     yet loaded (gdb frames), so checking gdb_scheme_initialized is not
+     sufficient.  */
+  if (!gdbscm_frame_filters_loaded)
+    return EXT_LANG_BT_NO_FILTERS;
+
+  inferior = current_inferior();
+  result = gdbscm_safe_call_3 (scm_variable_ref (apply_frame_filter),
+			       frscm_scm_from_frame (frame, inferior),
+                               scm_from_int (frame_low),
+                               scm_from_int (frame_high),
+                               gdbscm_memory_error_p);
+
+  if (gdbscm_is_false (result))
+    return EXT_LANG_BT_NO_FILTERS;
+
+  if (itscm_is_iterator (result))
+    {
+      struct print_args args = { result, flags, args_type, out };
+
+      /* Recurse through gdbscm_call_guile so that we can just throw
+         exceptions on error.  */
+      result = gdbscm_call_guile (do_print_annotated_frame_stream, &args,
+                                  gdbscm_memory_error_p);
+    }
+
+  if (gdbscm_is_exception (result))
+    {
+      gdbscm_print_gdb_exception (SCM_BOOL_F, result);
+      return EXT_LANG_BT_ERROR;
+    }
+
+  return EXT_LANG_BT_COMPLETED;
+}
+
+/* Register gdbscm_load_frame_filters for calling by (gdb frames).  */
+void
+gdbscm_initialize_frame_filters (void)
+{
+  scm_c_register_extension ("gdb", "gdbscm_load_frame_filters",
+                            gdbscm_load_frame_filters, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/gdb/guile/scm-frame.c b/gdb/guile/scm-frame.c
index a30c093..3927714 100644
--- a/gdb/guile/scm-frame.c
+++ b/gdb/guile/scm-frame.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@  gdbscm_frame_p (SCM scm)
 /* Create a new <gdb:frame> object that encapsulates FRAME.
    Returns a <gdb:exception> object if there is an error.  */
 
-static SCM
+SCM
 frscm_scm_from_frame (struct frame_info *frame, struct inferior *inferior)
 {
   frame_smob *f_smob, f_smob_for_lookup;
-- 
2.1.4