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+""" Helper commands to make development of llnode easier. No API stability
+guarantees for these commands (at least for now).
+
+To use it, run:
+
+  (llnode) command script import ./tools/helpers.py
+
+Or start llnode with:
+
+  $ llnode -o 'command script import ./tools/helpers.py'
+"""
+import struct
+
+import lldb
+
+
+def int_from_bytearray(uint, size, target):
+    byte_order = target.GetByteOrder()
+
+    fmt = ""
+
+    # https://docs.python.org/3.2/library/struct.html#byte-order-size-and-alignment
+    # < is little endian, > is big endian
+    if byte_order == lldb.eByteOrderLittle:
+        fmt += "<"
+    elif byte_order == lldb.eByteOrderBig:
+        fmt += ">"
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Unexpected byte order %d" % byte_order)
+
+    # https://docs.python.org/3.2/library/struct.html#format-characters
+    if size == 1:
+        fmt += "B"
+    elif size == 2:
+        fmt += "H"
+    elif size == 4:
+        fmt += "I"
+    elif size == 8:
+        fmt += "Q"
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Unexpected size %d" % size)
+    return struct.unpack(fmt, uint)[0]
+
+
+def brute(debugger, command, result, internal_dict):
+    """ v8-brute <addr>
+    This command will try to run `v8 inspect` on 20 object-aligned addresses
+    following <addr>. Useful to find all objects on the stack, or all objects
+    after a given object field, etc.
+    """
+    process = debugger.GetSelectedTarget().GetProcess()
+    if not command:
+        return
+
+    for i in range(20):
+        addr = int(command, 16) + (8 * i)
+        error = lldb.SBError()
+        obj = process.ReadUnsignedFromMemory(addr, 8, error)
+        if error.Fail():
+            print("failed for 0x%x" % addr)
+            continue
+        print("v8 inspect 0x%lx" % obj)
+        debugger.HandleCommand("v8 inspect 0x%lx" % obj)
+
+
+def get_constants(debugger, command, result, internal_dict):
+    """ v8-get-constants [pattern]
+    This command will return all constants prefixed by v8dbg and nodedbg, with
+    respective values for each constant. Useful when looking at missing types,
+    offsets, etc. Optional pattern parameter will filter symbol names before
+    showing them (for example, running `v8-get-constants v8dbg_type_` will
+    return all type constants).
+    """
+    target = debugger.GetSelectedTarget()
+
+    for module in target.module_iter():
+        for symbol in module:
+            name = symbol.GetName()
+            if name is None:
+                continue
+            if name.startswith("v8dbg_") or name.startswith("nodedbg_"):
+                if command and command not in name:
+                    continue
+                start = symbol.GetStartAddress()
+                size = symbol.GetEndAddress().GetOffset() - start.GetOffset()
+
+                error = lldb.SBError()
+                uint = bytes(target.ReadMemory(start, size, error))
+                if error.Success():
+                    uint = int_from_bytearray(uint, size, target)
+                    print("%s: %d" % (name, uint))
+                else:
+                    print('error: ', error.GetCString())
+
+lldb.debugger.HandleCommand('command script add -f helpers.brute v8-brute-inspect')
+lldb.debugger.HandleCommand('command script add -f helpers.get_constants v8-get-constants')