* bfd-target.c (target_bfd_reopen): Update.
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1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
2
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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 "gdb_assert.h"
33 #include <fcntl.h>
34 #include "regcache.h"
35 #include "regset.h"
36 #include "gdb_bfd.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 (char *filename)
53 {
54 bfd *obfd = bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ());
55
56 gdb_bfd_ref (obfd);
57 if (!obfd)
58 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
59 gdb_bfd_stash_filename (obfd);
60 bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
61 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
62 return obfd;
63 }
64
65 /* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
66 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
67
68
69 void
70 write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
71 {
72 void *note_data = NULL;
73 int note_size = 0;
74 asection *note_sec = NULL;
75
76 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
77 /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
78 generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
79 point, the target vector method can be removed. */
80 if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch))
81 note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
82 else
83 note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch, obfd, &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 (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 /* 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, 0, note_size))
107 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
108 }
109
110 static void
111 do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
112 {
113 bfd *obfd = arg;
114 const char *filename = obfd->filename;
115
116 gdb_bfd_unref (arg);
117 unlink (filename);
118 }
119
120 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
121 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
122
123 static void
124 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
125 {
126 struct cleanup *old_chain;
127 char *corefilename, corefilename_buffer[40];
128 bfd *obfd;
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 = args;
136 else
137 {
138 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
139 sprintf (corefilename_buffer, "core.%d", PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
140 corefilename = corefilename_buffer;
141 }
142
143 if (info_verbose)
144 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
145 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
146
147 /* Open the output file. */
148 obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
149
150 /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file. */
151 old_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
152
153 /* Call worker function. */
154 write_gcore_file (obfd);
155
156 /* Succeeded. */
157 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
158
159 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
160 gdb_bfd_unref (obfd);
161 }
162
163 static unsigned long
164 default_gcore_mach (void)
165 {
166 #if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
167 return 0;
168 #else
169
170 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
171
172 if (bfdarch != NULL)
173 return bfdarch->mach;
174 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
175 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
176
177 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
178 #endif /* 1 */
179 }
180
181 static enum bfd_architecture
182 default_gcore_arch (void)
183 {
184 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
185
186 if (bfdarch != NULL)
187 return bfdarch->arch;
188 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
189 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
190
191 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
192 }
193
194 static const char *
195 default_gcore_target (void)
196 {
197 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
198 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch))
199 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch);
200
201 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
202 not work for non-ELF targets. */
203 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
204 return NULL;
205 else
206 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
207 }
208
209 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
210 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
211 successful. */
212
213 static int
214 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
215 {
216 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
217
218 gdb_assert (bottom);
219 gdb_assert (top);
220
221 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
222 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
223 return 0;
224
225 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
226 fi = get_current_frame ();
227 if (fi == NULL)
228 return 0;
229
230 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
231 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
232 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
233 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
234 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
235
236 /* Find prev-most frame. */
237 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
238 fi = tmp_fi;
239
240 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
241 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
242
243 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
244 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
245 if (*bottom > *top)
246 {
247 bfd_vma tmp_vma;
248
249 tmp_vma = *top;
250 *top = *bottom;
251 *bottom = tmp_vma;
252 }
253
254 return 1;
255 }
256
257 /* call_target_sbrk --
258 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
259
260 static bfd_vma
261 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
262 {
263 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
264 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
265 bfd_vma top_of_heap;
266 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
267 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
268 bfd_vma tmp;
269
270 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
271 {
272 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
273 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
274 return (bfd_vma) 0;
275 }
276 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
277 {
278 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
279 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
280 return (bfd_vma) 0;
281 }
282 else
283 return (bfd_vma) 0;
284
285 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
286 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
287 sbrk_arg);
288 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
289 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
290 if (ret == NULL)
291 return (bfd_vma) 0;
292
293 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
294 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
295 return (bfd_vma) 0;
296
297 top_of_heap = tmp;
298 return top_of_heap;
299 }
300
301 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
302 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
303 Return non-zero if successful. */
304
305 static int
306 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
307 {
308 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
309 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
310 bfd_size_type sec_size;
311 bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
312 asection *sec;
313
314 gdb_assert (bottom);
315 gdb_assert (top);
316
317 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
318 inferior. */
319 if (!target_has_execution)
320 return 0;
321
322 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
323 follows (low to high addresses):
324
325 ---------------------------------
326 | text sections |
327 ---------------------------------
328 | data sections (including bss) |
329 ---------------------------------
330 | heap |
331 --------------------------------- */
332
333 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
334 {
335 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
336 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
337 {
338 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
339 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
340 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
341 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
342 }
343 }
344
345 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
346 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
347 return 0;
348
349 /* Return results. */
350 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
351 {
352 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
353 *top = top_of_heap;
354 return 1;
355 }
356
357 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
358 return 0;
359 }
360
361 static void
362 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
363 {
364 int p_flags = 0;
365 int p_type = 0;
366
367 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
368 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
369 p_type = PT_LOAD;
370 else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
371 p_type = PT_NOTE;
372 else
373 p_type = PT_NULL;
374
375 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
376 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
377 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
378 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
379 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
380
381 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
382 }
383
384 static int
385 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size,
386 int read, int write, int exec, void *data)
387 {
388 bfd *obfd = data;
389 asection *osec;
390 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
391
392 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
393 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
394 or jam the kernel. */
395 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0)
396 {
397 if (info_verbose)
398 {
399 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
400 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
401 }
402
403 return 0;
404 }
405
406 if (write == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
407 {
408 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
409 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
410 struct objfile *objfile;
411 struct obj_section *objsec;
412
413 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
414 {
415 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
416 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
417 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
418 asec);
419 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
420 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
421
422 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
423 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
424 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
425 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
426
427 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
428 we don't want to omit that. */
429 if (((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
430 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
431 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
432 {
433 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
434 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
435 }
436 }
437
438 keep:
439 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
440 }
441
442 if (exec)
443 flags |= SEC_CODE;
444 else
445 flags |= SEC_DATA;
446
447 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
448 if (osec == NULL)
449 {
450 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
451 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
452 return 1;
453 }
454
455 if (info_verbose)
456 {
457 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
458 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
459 }
460
461 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
462 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
463 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
464 return 0;
465 }
466
467 static int
468 objfile_find_memory_regions (find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
469 {
470 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
471 struct objfile *objfile;
472 struct obj_section *objsec;
473 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
474
475 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
476 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
477 {
478 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
479 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
480 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
481
482 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
483 {
484 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
485 int ret;
486
487 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
488 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
489 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
490 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
491 obfd);
492 if (ret != 0)
493 return ret;
494 }
495 }
496
497 /* Make a stack segment. */
498 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
499 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
500 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
501 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
502 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
503 obfd);
504
505 /* Make a heap segment. */
506 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
507 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
508 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
509 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
510 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
511 obfd);
512
513 return 0;
514 }
515
516 static void
517 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
518 {
519 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
520 file_ptr offset = 0;
521 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
522 void *memhunk;
523
524 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
525 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
526 return;
527
528 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
529 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
530 return;
531
532 size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
533 memhunk = xmalloc (size);
534 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
535
536 while (total_size > 0)
537 {
538 if (size > total_size)
539 size = total_size;
540
541 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
542 memhunk, size) != 0)
543 {
544 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
545 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
546 plongest (size),
547 paddress (target_gdbarch, bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
548 break;
549 }
550 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
551 {
552 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
553 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
554 break;
555 }
556
557 total_size -= size;
558 offset += size;
559 }
560
561 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
562 }
563
564 static int
565 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
566 {
567 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
568 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch)
569 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch,
570 gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
571 {
572 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
573 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
574 }
575
576 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
577 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
578
579 /* Copy memory region contents. */
580 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
581
582 return 1;
583 }
584
585 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
586 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
587
588 void
589 _initialize_gcore (void)
590 {
591 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
592 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
593 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
594
595 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
596 exec_set_find_memory_regions (objfile_find_memory_regions);
597 }
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