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1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
2
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2015 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
38 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
39 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
40 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
41 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
42
43 static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
44 static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
45 static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
46 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
47
48 /* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
49 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
50
51 bfd *
52 create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename)
53 {
54 bfd *obfd = gdb_bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ());
55
56 if (!obfd)
57 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
58 bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
59 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
60 return obfd;
61 }
62
63 /* write_gcore_file_1 -- do the actual work of write_gcore_file. */
64
65 static void
66 write_gcore_file_1 (bfd *obfd)
67 {
68 struct cleanup *cleanup;
69 void *note_data = NULL;
70 int note_size = 0;
71 asection *note_sec = NULL;
72
73 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
74 /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
75 generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
76 point, the target vector method can be removed. */
77 if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch ()))
78 note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
79 else
80 note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch (), obfd, &note_size);
81
82 cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, note_data);
83
84 if (note_data == NULL || note_size == 0)
85 error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
86
87 /* Create the note section. */
88 note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
89 SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
90 | SEC_READONLY
91 | SEC_ALLOC);
92 if (note_sec == NULL)
93 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
94 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
95
96 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
97 bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
98 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
99
100 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
101 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
102 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
103
104 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
105 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
106 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
107
108 do_cleanups (cleanup);
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 volatile struct gdb_exception except;
118
119 target_prepare_to_generate_core ();
120
121 TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
122 write_gcore_file_1 (obfd);
123
124 target_done_generating_core ();
125
126 if (except.reason < 0)
127 throw_exception (except);
128 }
129
130 static void
131 do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
132 {
133 bfd *obfd = arg;
134 const char *filename = obfd->filename;
135
136 gdb_bfd_unref (arg);
137 unlink (filename);
138 }
139
140 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
141 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
142
143 static void
144 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
145 {
146 struct cleanup *filename_chain;
147 struct cleanup *bfd_chain;
148 char *corefilename;
149 bfd *obfd;
150
151 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
152 if (!target_has_execution)
153 noprocess ();
154
155 if (args && *args)
156 corefilename = tilde_expand (args);
157 else
158 {
159 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
160 corefilename = xstrprintf ("core.%d", ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
161 }
162 filename_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, corefilename);
163
164 if (info_verbose)
165 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
166 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
167
168 /* Open the output file. */
169 obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
170
171 /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file. */
172 bfd_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
173
174 /* Call worker function. */
175 write_gcore_file (obfd);
176
177 /* Succeeded. */
178 discard_cleanups (bfd_chain);
179 gdb_bfd_unref (obfd);
180
181 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
182 do_cleanups (filename_chain);
183 }
184
185 static unsigned long
186 default_gcore_mach (void)
187 {
188 #if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
189 return 0;
190 #else
191
192 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
193
194 if (bfdarch != NULL)
195 return bfdarch->mach;
196 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
197 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
198
199 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
200 #endif /* 1 */
201 }
202
203 static enum bfd_architecture
204 default_gcore_arch (void)
205 {
206 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
207
208 if (bfdarch != NULL)
209 return bfdarch->arch;
210 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
211 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
212
213 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
214 }
215
216 static const char *
217 default_gcore_target (void)
218 {
219 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
220 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
221 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
222
223 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
224 not work for non-ELF targets. */
225 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
226 return NULL;
227 else
228 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
229 }
230
231 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
232 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
233 successful. */
234
235 static int
236 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
237 {
238 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
239
240 gdb_assert (bottom);
241 gdb_assert (top);
242
243 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
244 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
245 return 0;
246
247 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
248 fi = get_current_frame ();
249 if (fi == NULL)
250 return 0;
251
252 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
253 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
254 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
255 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
256 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
257
258 /* Find prev-most frame. */
259 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
260 fi = tmp_fi;
261
262 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
263 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
264
265 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
266 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
267 if (*bottom > *top)
268 {
269 bfd_vma tmp_vma;
270
271 tmp_vma = *top;
272 *top = *bottom;
273 *bottom = tmp_vma;
274 }
275
276 return 1;
277 }
278
279 /* call_target_sbrk --
280 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
281
282 static bfd_vma
283 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
284 {
285 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
286 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
287 bfd_vma top_of_heap;
288 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
289 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
290 bfd_vma tmp;
291
292 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
293 {
294 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
295 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
296 return (bfd_vma) 0;
297 }
298 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
299 {
300 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
301 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
302 return (bfd_vma) 0;
303 }
304 else
305 return (bfd_vma) 0;
306
307 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
308 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
309 sbrk_arg);
310 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
311 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
312 if (ret == NULL)
313 return (bfd_vma) 0;
314
315 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
316 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
317 return (bfd_vma) 0;
318
319 top_of_heap = tmp;
320 return top_of_heap;
321 }
322
323 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
324 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
325 Return non-zero if successful. */
326
327 static int
328 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
329 {
330 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
331 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
332 bfd_size_type sec_size;
333 bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
334 asection *sec;
335
336 gdb_assert (bottom);
337 gdb_assert (top);
338
339 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
340 inferior. */
341 if (!target_has_execution)
342 return 0;
343
344 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
345 follows (low to high addresses):
346
347 ---------------------------------
348 | text sections |
349 ---------------------------------
350 | data sections (including bss) |
351 ---------------------------------
352 | heap |
353 --------------------------------- */
354
355 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
356 {
357 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
358 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
359 {
360 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
361 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
362 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
363 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
364 }
365 }
366
367 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
368 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
369 return 0;
370
371 /* Return results. */
372 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
373 {
374 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
375 *top = top_of_heap;
376 return 1;
377 }
378
379 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
380 return 0;
381 }
382
383 static void
384 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
385 {
386 int p_flags = 0;
387 int p_type = 0;
388
389 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
390 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
391 p_type = PT_LOAD;
392 else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
393 p_type = PT_NOTE;
394 else
395 p_type = PT_NULL;
396
397 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
398 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
399 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
400 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
401 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
402
403 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
404 }
405
406 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
407 GDB is creating. */
408
409 static int
410 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
411 int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
412 {
413 bfd *obfd = data;
414 asection *osec;
415 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
416
417 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
418 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
419 or jam the kernel. */
420 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
421 {
422 if (info_verbose)
423 {
424 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
425 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
426 }
427
428 return 0;
429 }
430
431 if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
432 {
433 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
434 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
435 struct objfile *objfile;
436 struct obj_section *objsec;
437
438 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
439 {
440 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
441 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
442 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
443 asec);
444 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
445 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
446
447 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
448 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
449 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
450 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
451
452 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
453 we don't want to omit that. */
454 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
455 && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
456 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
457 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
458 {
459 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
460 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
461 }
462 }
463
464 keep:;
465 }
466
467 if (write == 0)
468 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
469
470 if (exec)
471 flags |= SEC_CODE;
472 else
473 flags |= SEC_DATA;
474
475 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
476 if (osec == NULL)
477 {
478 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
479 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
480 return 1;
481 }
482
483 if (info_verbose)
484 {
485 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
486 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
487 }
488
489 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
490 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
491 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
492 return 0;
493 }
494
495 int
496 objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
497 find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
498 {
499 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
500 struct objfile *objfile;
501 struct obj_section *objsec;
502 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
503
504 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
505 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
506 {
507 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
508 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
509 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
510
511 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
512 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
513 continue;
514
515 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
516 {
517 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
518 int ret;
519
520 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
521 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
522 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
523 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
524 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
525 obfd);
526 if (ret != 0)
527 return ret;
528 }
529 }
530
531 /* Make a stack segment. */
532 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
533 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
534 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
535 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
536 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
537 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
538 obfd);
539
540 /* Make a heap segment. */
541 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
542 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
543 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
544 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
545 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
546 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
547 obfd);
548
549 return 0;
550 }
551
552 static void
553 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
554 {
555 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
556 file_ptr offset = 0;
557 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
558 void *memhunk;
559
560 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
561 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
562 return;
563
564 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
565 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
566 return;
567
568 size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
569 memhunk = xmalloc (size);
570 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
571
572 while (total_size > 0)
573 {
574 if (size > total_size)
575 size = total_size;
576
577 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
578 memhunk, size) != 0)
579 {
580 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
581 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
582 plongest (size),
583 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
584 break;
585 }
586 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
587 {
588 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
589 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
590 break;
591 }
592
593 total_size -= size;
594 offset += size;
595 }
596
597 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
598 }
599
600 static int
601 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
602 {
603 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
604 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
605 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
606 gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
607 {
608 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
609 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
610 }
611
612 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
613 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
614
615 /* Copy memory region contents. */
616 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
617
618 return 1;
619 }
620
621 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
622 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
623
624 void
625 _initialize_gcore (void)
626 {
627 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
628 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
629 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
630
631 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
632 }
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