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1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
2
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 This file is part of GDB.
6
7 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
11
12 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
16
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19
20 #include "defs.h"
21 #include "elf-bfd.h"
22 #include "infcall.h"
23 #include "inferior.h"
24 #include "gdbcore.h"
25 #include "objfiles.h"
26 #include "solib.h"
27 #include "symfile.h"
28 #include "arch-utils.h"
29 #include "completer.h"
30 #include "gcore.h"
31 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
32 #include <fcntl.h>
33 #include "regcache.h"
34 #include "regset.h"
35 #include "gdb_bfd.h"
36 #include "readline/tilde.h"
37 #include <algorithm>
38 #include "gdbsupport/gdb_unlinker.h"
39 #include "gdbsupport/byte-vector.h"
40 #include "gdbsupport/scope-exit.h"
41
42 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
43 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
44 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
45 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
46
47 static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
48 static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
49 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
50
51 /* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
52 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
53
54 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr
55 create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename)
56 {
57 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr obfd (gdb_bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ()));
58
59 if (obfd == NULL)
60 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
61 bfd_set_format (obfd.get (), bfd_core);
62 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd.get (), default_gcore_arch (), 0);
63 return obfd;
64 }
65
66 /* write_gcore_file_1 -- do the actual work of write_gcore_file. */
67
68 static void
69 write_gcore_file_1 (bfd *obfd)
70 {
71 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> note_data;
72 int note_size = 0;
73 asection *note_sec = NULL;
74
75 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
76 /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
77 generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
78 point, the target vector method can be removed. */
79 if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch ()))
80 note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
81 else
82 note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch (), obfd,
83 &note_size);
84
85 if (note_data == NULL || note_size == 0)
86 error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
87
88 /* Create the note section. */
89 note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
90 SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
91 | SEC_READONLY
92 | SEC_ALLOC);
93 if (note_sec == NULL)
94 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
95 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
96
97 bfd_set_section_vma (note_sec, 0);
98 bfd_set_section_alignment (note_sec, 0);
99 bfd_set_section_size (note_sec, note_size);
100
101 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
102 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
103 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
104
105 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
106 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data.get (), 0,
107 note_size))
108 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
109 }
110
111 /* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
112 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
113
114 void
115 write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
116 {
117 target_prepare_to_generate_core ();
118 SCOPE_EXIT { target_done_generating_core (); };
119 write_gcore_file_1 (obfd);
120 }
121
122 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
123 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
124
125 static void
126 gcore_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
127 {
128 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> corefilename;
129
130 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
131 if (!target_has_execution ())
132 noprocess ();
133
134 if (args && *args)
135 corefilename.reset (tilde_expand (args));
136 else
137 {
138 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
139 corefilename.reset (xstrprintf ("core.%d", inferior_ptid.pid ()));
140 }
141
142 if (info_verbose)
143 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
144 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n",
145 corefilename.get ());
146
147 if (target_supports_dumpcore ())
148 target_dumpcore (corefilename.get ());
149 else
150 {
151 /* Open the output file. */
152 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr obfd (create_gcore_bfd (corefilename.get ()));
153
154 /* Arrange to unlink the file on failure. */
155 gdb::unlinker unlink_file (corefilename.get ());
156
157 /* Call worker function. */
158 write_gcore_file (obfd.get ());
159
160 /* Succeeded. */
161 unlink_file.keep ();
162 }
163
164 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename.get ());
165 }
166
167 static enum bfd_architecture
168 default_gcore_arch (void)
169 {
170 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
171
172 if (bfdarch != NULL)
173 return bfdarch->arch;
174 if (current_program_space->exec_bfd () == NULL)
175 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
176
177 return bfd_get_arch (current_program_space->exec_bfd ());
178 }
179
180 static const char *
181 default_gcore_target (void)
182 {
183 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
184 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
185 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
186
187 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec target. This will probably
188 not work for non-ELF targets. */
189 if (current_program_space->exec_bfd () == NULL)
190 return NULL;
191 else
192 return bfd_get_target (current_program_space->exec_bfd ());
193 }
194
195 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
196 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
197 successful. */
198
199 static int
200 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
201 {
202 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
203
204 gdb_assert (bottom);
205 gdb_assert (top);
206
207 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
208 if (!target_has_stack () || !target_has_registers ())
209 return 0;
210
211 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
212 fi = get_current_frame ();
213 if (fi == NULL)
214 return 0;
215
216 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
217 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
218 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
219 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
220 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
221
222 /* Find prev-most frame. */
223 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
224 fi = tmp_fi;
225
226 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
227 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
228
229 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
230 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
231 if (*bottom > *top)
232 {
233 bfd_vma tmp_vma;
234
235 tmp_vma = *top;
236 *top = *bottom;
237 *bottom = tmp_vma;
238 }
239
240 return 1;
241 }
242
243 /* call_target_sbrk --
244 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
245
246 static bfd_vma
247 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
248 {
249 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
250 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
251 bfd_vma top_of_heap;
252 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
253 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
254 bfd_vma tmp;
255
256 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
257 {
258 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
259 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
260 return (bfd_vma) 0;
261 }
262 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
263 {
264 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
265 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
266 return (bfd_vma) 0;
267 }
268 else
269 return (bfd_vma) 0;
270
271 gdbarch = sbrk_objf->arch ();
272 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
273 sbrk_arg);
274 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
275 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, NULL, target_sbrk_arg);
276 if (ret == NULL)
277 return (bfd_vma) 0;
278
279 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
280 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
281 return (bfd_vma) 0;
282
283 top_of_heap = tmp;
284 return top_of_heap;
285 }
286
287 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
288 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
289 Return non-zero if successful. */
290
291 static int
292 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
293 {
294 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
295 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
296 bfd_size_type sec_size;
297 bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
298 asection *sec;
299
300 gdb_assert (bottom);
301 gdb_assert (top);
302
303 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
304 inferior. */
305 if (!target_has_execution ())
306 return 0;
307
308 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
309 follows (low to high addresses):
310
311 ---------------------------------
312 | text sections |
313 ---------------------------------
314 | data sections (including bss) |
315 ---------------------------------
316 | heap |
317 --------------------------------- */
318
319 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
320 {
321 if (bfd_section_flags (sec) & SEC_DATA
322 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (sec)) == 0)
323 {
324 sec_vaddr = bfd_section_vma (sec);
325 sec_size = bfd_section_size (sec);
326 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
327 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
328 }
329 }
330
331 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
332 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
333 return 0;
334
335 /* Return results. */
336 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
337 {
338 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
339 *top = top_of_heap;
340 return 1;
341 }
342
343 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
344 return 0;
345 }
346
347 static void
348 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec)
349 {
350 int p_flags = 0;
351 int p_type = 0;
352
353 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
354 if (startswith (bfd_section_name (osec), "load"))
355 p_type = PT_LOAD;
356 else if (startswith (bfd_section_name (osec), "note"))
357 p_type = PT_NOTE;
358 else
359 p_type = PT_NULL;
360
361 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
362 if (!(bfd_section_flags (osec) & SEC_READONLY))
363 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
364 if (bfd_section_flags (osec) & SEC_CODE)
365 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
366
367 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
368 }
369
370 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
371 GDB is creating. */
372
373 static int
374 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
375 int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
376 {
377 bfd *obfd = (bfd *) data;
378 asection *osec;
379 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
380
381 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
382 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
383 or jam the kernel. */
384 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
385 {
386 if (info_verbose)
387 {
388 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
389 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
390 }
391
392 return 0;
393 }
394
395 if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
396 {
397 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
398 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
399 struct obj_section *objsec;
400
401 for (objfile *objfile : current_program_space->objfiles ())
402 ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
403 {
404 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
405 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
406 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_section_alignment (asec);
407 bfd_vma start = objsec->addr () & -align;
408 bfd_vma end = (objsec->endaddr () + align - 1) & -align;
409
410 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
411 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
412 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
413 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
414
415 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
416 we don't want to omit that. */
417 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
418 && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
419 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
420 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
421 {
422 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
423 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
424 }
425 }
426
427 keep:;
428 }
429
430 if (write == 0)
431 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
432
433 if (exec)
434 flags |= SEC_CODE;
435 else
436 flags |= SEC_DATA;
437
438 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
439 if (osec == NULL)
440 {
441 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
442 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
443 return 1;
444 }
445
446 if (info_verbose)
447 {
448 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
449 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
450 }
451
452 bfd_set_section_size (osec, size);
453 bfd_set_section_vma (osec, vaddr);
454 bfd_set_section_lma (osec, 0);
455 return 0;
456 }
457
458 int
459 objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
460 find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
461 {
462 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
463 struct obj_section *objsec;
464 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
465
466 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
467 for (objfile *objfile : current_program_space->objfiles ())
468 ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
469 {
470 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
471 flagword flags = bfd_section_flags (isec);
472
473 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
474 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
475 continue;
476
477 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
478 {
479 int size = bfd_section_size (isec);
480 int ret;
481
482 ret = (*func) (objsec->addr (), size,
483 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
484 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
485 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
486 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
487 obfd);
488 if (ret != 0)
489 return ret;
490 }
491 }
492
493 /* Make a stack segment. */
494 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
495 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
496 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
497 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
498 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
499 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
500 obfd);
501
502 /* Make a heap segment. */
503 if (derive_heap_segment (current_program_space->exec_bfd (), &temp_bottom,
504 &temp_top))
505 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
506 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
507 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
508 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
509 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
510 obfd);
511
512 return 0;
513 }
514
515 static void
516 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec)
517 {
518 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (osec);
519 file_ptr offset = 0;
520
521 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
522 if ((bfd_section_flags (osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
523 return;
524
525 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
526 if (!startswith (bfd_section_name (osec), "load"))
527 return;
528
529 size = std::min (total_size, (bfd_size_type) MAX_COPY_BYTES);
530 gdb::byte_vector memhunk (size);
531
532 while (total_size > 0)
533 {
534 if (size > total_size)
535 size = total_size;
536
537 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (osec) + offset,
538 memhunk.data (), size) != 0)
539 {
540 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
541 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
542 plongest (size),
543 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (osec)));
544 break;
545 }
546 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk.data (),
547 offset, size))
548 {
549 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
550 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
551 break;
552 }
553
554 total_size -= size;
555 offset += size;
556 }
557 }
558
559 static int
560 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
561 {
562 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
563 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
564 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
565 gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
566 {
567 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
568 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
569 }
570
571 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
572 for (asection *sect : gdb_bfd_sections (obfd))
573 make_output_phdrs (obfd, sect);
574
575 /* Copy memory region contents. */
576 for (asection *sect : gdb_bfd_sections (obfd))
577 gcore_copy_callback (obfd, sect);
578
579 return 1;
580 }
581
582 /* See gcore.h. */
583
584 thread_info *
585 gcore_find_signalled_thread ()
586 {
587 thread_info *curr_thr = inferior_thread ();
588 if (curr_thr->state != THREAD_EXITED
589 && curr_thr->suspend.stop_signal != GDB_SIGNAL_0)
590 return curr_thr;
591
592 for (thread_info *thr : current_inferior ()->non_exited_threads ())
593 if (thr->suspend.stop_signal != GDB_SIGNAL_0)
594 return thr;
595
596 /* Default to the current thread, unless it has exited. */
597 if (curr_thr->state != THREAD_EXITED)
598 return curr_thr;
599
600 return nullptr;
601 }
602
603 void _initialize_gcore ();
604 void
605 _initialize_gcore ()
606 {
607 cmd_list_element *generate_core_file_cmd
608 = add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
609 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
610 Usage: generate-core-file [FILENAME]\n\
611 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.PROCESS_ID'."));
612
613 add_com_alias ("gcore", generate_core_file_cmd, class_files, 1);
614 }
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