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1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
2
3 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5
6 This file is part of GDB.
7
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
11 (at your option) any later version.
12
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
17
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20
21 #include "defs.h"
22 #include "elf-bfd.h"
23 #include "infcall.h"
24 #include "inferior.h"
25 #include "gdbcore.h"
26 #include "objfiles.h"
27 #include "symfile.h"
28
29 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
30
31 #include "gdb_assert.h"
32
33 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
34 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
35 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
36 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
37
38 static char *default_gcore_target (void);
39 static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
40 static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
41 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
42
43 /* Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
44
45 static void
46 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
47 {
48 struct cleanup *old_chain;
49 char *corefilename, corefilename_buffer[40];
50 asection *note_sec = NULL;
51 bfd *obfd;
52 void *note_data = NULL;
53 int note_size = 0;
54
55 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
56 if (!target_has_execution)
57 noprocess ();
58
59 if (args && *args)
60 corefilename = args;
61 else
62 {
63 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
64 sprintf (corefilename_buffer, "core.%d", PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
65 corefilename = corefilename_buffer;
66 }
67
68 if (info_verbose)
69 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
70 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
71
72 /* Open the output file. */
73 obfd = bfd_openw (corefilename, default_gcore_target ());
74 if (!obfd)
75 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), corefilename);
76
77 /* Need a cleanup that will close the file (FIXME: delete it?). */
78 old_chain = make_cleanup_bfd_close (obfd);
79
80 bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
81 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
82
83 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
84 note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
85
86 /* Create the note section. */
87 if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
88 {
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 (obfd, note_sec, 0);
98 bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
99 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
100 }
101
102 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
103 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
104 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
105
106 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
107 if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
108 {
109 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
110 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
111 }
112
113 /* Succeeded. */
114 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
115
116 /* Clean-ups will close the output file and free malloc memory. */
117 do_cleanups (old_chain);
118 return;
119 }
120
121 static unsigned long
122 default_gcore_mach (void)
123 {
124 #if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
125 return 0;
126 #else
127
128 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (current_gdbarch);
129
130 if (bfdarch != NULL)
131 return bfdarch->mach;
132 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
133 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
134
135 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
136 #endif /* 1 */
137 }
138
139 static enum bfd_architecture
140 default_gcore_arch (void)
141 {
142 const struct bfd_arch_info * bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info
143 (current_gdbarch);
144
145 if (bfdarch != NULL)
146 return bfdarch->arch;
147 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
148 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
149
150 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
151 }
152
153 static char *
154 default_gcore_target (void)
155 {
156 /* FIXME: This may only work for ELF targets. */
157 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
158 return NULL;
159 else
160 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
161 }
162
163 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
164 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
165 successful. */
166
167 static int
168 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
169 {
170 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
171
172 gdb_assert (bottom);
173 gdb_assert (top);
174
175 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
176 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
177 return 0;
178
179 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
180 fi = get_current_frame ();
181 if (fi == NULL)
182 return 0;
183
184 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
185 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
186 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
187 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
188 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
189
190 /* Find prev-most frame. */
191 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
192 fi = tmp_fi;
193
194 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
195 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
196
197 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
198 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
199 if (*bottom > *top)
200 {
201 bfd_vma tmp_vma;
202
203 tmp_vma = *top;
204 *top = *bottom;
205 *bottom = tmp_vma;
206 }
207
208 return 1;
209 }
210
211 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
212 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
213 Return non-zero if successful. */
214
215 static int
216 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
217 {
218 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
219 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
220 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
221 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
222 bfd_size_type sec_size;
223 struct value *zero, *sbrk;
224 bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
225 asection *sec;
226
227 gdb_assert (bottom);
228 gdb_assert (top);
229
230 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
231 inferior. */
232 if (!target_has_execution)
233 return 0;
234
235 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
236 follows (low to high addresses):
237
238 ---------------------------------
239 | text sections |
240 ---------------------------------
241 | data sections (including bss) |
242 ---------------------------------
243 | heap |
244 --------------------------------- */
245
246 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
247 {
248 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
249 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
250 {
251 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
252 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
253 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
254 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
255 }
256 }
257
258 /* Now get the top-of-heap by calling sbrk in the inferior. */
259 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
260 {
261 sbrk = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
262 if (sbrk == NULL)
263 return 0;
264 }
265 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
266 {
267 sbrk = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
268 if (sbrk == NULL)
269 return 0;
270 }
271 else
272 return 0;
273
274 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
275 zero = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int, 0);
276 gdb_assert (zero);
277 sbrk = call_function_by_hand (sbrk, 1, &zero);
278 if (sbrk == NULL)
279 return 0;
280 top_of_heap = value_as_long (sbrk);
281
282 /* Return results. */
283 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
284 {
285 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
286 *top = top_of_heap;
287 return 1;
288 }
289
290 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
291 return 0;
292 }
293
294 static void
295 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
296 {
297 int p_flags = 0;
298 int p_type;
299
300 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
301 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
302 p_type = PT_LOAD;
303 else
304 p_type = PT_NOTE;
305
306 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
307 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
308 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
309 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
310 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
311
312 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
313 }
314
315 static int
316 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size,
317 int read, int write, int exec, void *data)
318 {
319 bfd *obfd = data;
320 asection *osec;
321 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
322
323 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
324 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
325 or jam the kernel. */
326 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0)
327 {
328 if (info_verbose)
329 {
330 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at 0x%s\n",
331 plongest (size), paddr_nz (vaddr));
332 }
333
334 return 0;
335 }
336
337 if (write == 0)
338 {
339 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
340 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
341 struct objfile *objfile;
342 struct obj_section *objsec;
343
344 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
345 {
346 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
347 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
348 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
349 asec);
350 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
351 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
352 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
353 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
354 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
355 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
356
357 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
358 we don't want to omit that. */
359 if (((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
360 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
361 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
362 {
363 flags &= ~SEC_LOAD;
364 flags |= SEC_NEVER_LOAD;
365 goto keep; /* break out of two nested for loops */
366 }
367 }
368
369 keep:
370 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
371 }
372
373 if (exec)
374 flags |= SEC_CODE;
375 else
376 flags |= SEC_DATA;
377
378 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
379 if (osec == NULL)
380 {
381 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
382 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
383 return 1;
384 }
385
386 if (info_verbose)
387 {
388 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at 0x%s\n",
389 plongest (size), paddr_nz (vaddr));
390 }
391
392 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
393 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
394 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
395 return 0;
396 }
397
398 static int
399 objfile_find_memory_regions (int (*func) (CORE_ADDR, unsigned long,
400 int, int, int, void *),
401 void *obfd)
402 {
403 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
404 struct objfile *objfile;
405 struct obj_section *objsec;
406 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
407
408 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
409 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
410 {
411 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
412 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
413 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
414 int ret;
415
416 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
417 {
418 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
419 int ret;
420
421 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec),
422 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
423 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
424 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
425 obfd);
426 if (ret != 0)
427 return ret;
428 }
429 }
430
431 /* Make a stack segment. */
432 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
433 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
434 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
435 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
436 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
437 obfd);
438
439 /* Make a heap segment. */
440 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
441 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
442 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
443 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
444 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
445 obfd);
446
447 return 0;
448 }
449
450 static void
451 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
452 {
453 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
454 file_ptr offset = 0;
455 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
456 void *memhunk;
457
458 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
459 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
460 return;
461
462 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
463 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
464 return;
465
466 size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
467 memhunk = xmalloc (size);
468 /* ??? This is crap since xmalloc should never return NULL. */
469 if (memhunk == NULL)
470 error (_("Not enough memory to create corefile."));
471 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
472
473 while (total_size > 0)
474 {
475 if (size > total_size)
476 size = total_size;
477
478 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
479 memhunk, size) != 0)
480 {
481 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile section, %s bytes at 0x%s."),
482 plongest (size), paddr (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
483 break;
484 }
485 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
486 {
487 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
488 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
489 break;
490 }
491
492 total_size -= size;
493 offset += size;
494 }
495
496 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
497 }
498
499 static int
500 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
501 {
502 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
503 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
504
505 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
506 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
507
508 /* Copy memory region contents. */
509 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
510
511 return 1;
512 }
513
514 void
515 _initialize_gcore (void)
516 {
517 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
518 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
519 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
520
521 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
522 exec_set_find_memory_regions (objfile_find_memory_regions);
523 }
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