1 /* Auxiliary vector support for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
6 This file is part of GDB.
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.
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.
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/>. */
27 #include "gdb_assert.h"
31 #include "elf/common.h"
37 /* This function handles access via /proc/PID/auxv, which is a common method
38 for native targets. */
41 procfs_xfer_auxv (gdb_byte
*readbuf
,
42 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
,
50 pathname
= xstrprintf ("/proc/%d/auxv", PIDGET (inferior_ptid
));
51 fd
= open (pathname
, writebuf
!= NULL
? O_WRONLY
: O_RDONLY
);
56 if (offset
!= (ULONGEST
) 0
57 && lseek (fd
, (off_t
) offset
, SEEK_SET
) != (off_t
) offset
)
59 else if (readbuf
!= NULL
)
60 n
= read (fd
, readbuf
, len
);
62 n
= write (fd
, writebuf
, len
);
69 /* This function handles access via ld.so's symbol `_dl_auxv'. */
72 ld_so_xfer_auxv (gdb_byte
*readbuf
,
73 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
,
77 struct minimal_symbol
*msym
;
78 CORE_ADDR data_address
, pointer_address
;
79 struct type
*ptr_type
= builtin_type (target_gdbarch
)->builtin_data_ptr
;
80 size_t ptr_size
= TYPE_LENGTH (ptr_type
);
81 size_t auxv_pair_size
= 2 * ptr_size
;
82 gdb_byte
*ptr_buf
= alloca (ptr_size
);
86 msym
= lookup_minimal_symbol ("_dl_auxv", NULL
, NULL
);
90 if (MSYMBOL_SIZE (msym
) != ptr_size
)
93 /* POINTER_ADDRESS is a location where the `_dl_auxv' variable resides.
94 DATA_ADDRESS is the inferior value present in `_dl_auxv', therefore the
95 real inferior AUXV address. */
97 pointer_address
= SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym
);
99 /* The location of the _dl_auxv symbol may no longer be correct if
100 ld.so runs at a different address than the one present in the file.
101 This is very common case - for unprelinked ld.so or with a PIE executable.
102 PIE executable forces random address even for libraries already being
103 prelinked to some address. PIE executables themselves are never prelinked
104 even on prelinked systems. Prelinking of a PIE executable would block
105 their purpose of randomizing load of everything including the executable.
107 If the memory read fails, return -1 to fallback on another mechanism for
110 In most cases of a PIE running under valgrind there is no way to find
111 out the base addresses of any of ld.so, executable or AUXV as everything
112 is randomized and /proc information is not relevant for the virtual
113 executable running under valgrind. We think that we might need a valgrind
114 extension to make it work. This is PR 11440. */
116 if (target_read_memory (pointer_address
, ptr_buf
, ptr_size
) != 0)
119 data_address
= extract_typed_address (ptr_buf
, ptr_type
);
121 /* Possibly still not initialized such as during an inferior startup. */
122 if (data_address
== 0)
125 data_address
+= offset
;
127 if (writebuf
!= NULL
)
129 if (target_write_memory (data_address
, writebuf
, len
) == 0)
135 /* Stop if trying to read past the existing AUXV block. The final AT_NULL
136 was already returned before. */
138 if (offset
>= auxv_pair_size
)
140 if (target_read_memory (data_address
- auxv_pair_size
, ptr_buf
,
144 if (extract_typed_address (ptr_buf
, ptr_type
) == AT_NULL
)
150 gdb_assert (block
% auxv_pair_size
== 0);
157 /* Reading sizes smaller than AUXV_PAIR_SIZE is not supported. Tails
158 unaligned to AUXV_PAIR_SIZE will not be read during a call (they
159 should be completed during next read with new/extended buffer). */
161 block
&= -auxv_pair_size
;
165 if (target_read_memory (data_address
, readbuf
, block
) != 0)
167 if (block
<= auxv_pair_size
)
170 block
= auxv_pair_size
;
174 data_address
+= block
;
177 /* Check terminal AT_NULL. This function is being called indefinitely
178 being extended its READBUF until it returns EOF (0). */
180 while (block
>= auxv_pair_size
)
182 retval
+= auxv_pair_size
;
184 if (extract_typed_address (readbuf
, ptr_type
) == AT_NULL
)
187 readbuf
+= auxv_pair_size
;
188 block
-= auxv_pair_size
;
195 /* This function is called like a to_xfer_partial hook, but must be
196 called with TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV. It handles access to AUXV. */
199 memory_xfer_auxv (struct target_ops
*ops
,
200 enum target_object object
,
203 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
,
207 gdb_assert (object
== TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV
);
208 gdb_assert (readbuf
|| writebuf
);
210 /* ld_so_xfer_auxv is the only function safe for virtual executables being
211 executed by valgrind's memcheck. Using ld_so_xfer_auxv during inferior
212 startup is problematic, because ld.so symbol tables have not yet been
213 relocated. So GDB uses this function only when attaching to a process.
216 if (current_inferior ()->attach_flag
!= 0)
220 retval
= ld_so_xfer_auxv (readbuf
, writebuf
, offset
, len
);
225 return procfs_xfer_auxv (readbuf
, writebuf
, offset
, len
);
228 /* Read one auxv entry from *READPTR, not reading locations >= ENDPTR.
229 Return 0 if *READPTR is already at the end of the buffer.
230 Return -1 if there is insufficient buffer for a whole entry.
231 Return 1 if an entry was read into *TYPEP and *VALP. */
233 default_auxv_parse (struct target_ops
*ops
, gdb_byte
**readptr
,
234 gdb_byte
*endptr
, CORE_ADDR
*typep
, CORE_ADDR
*valp
)
236 const int sizeof_auxv_field
= gdbarch_ptr_bit (target_gdbarch
)
238 const enum bfd_endian byte_order
= gdbarch_byte_order (target_gdbarch
);
239 gdb_byte
*ptr
= *readptr
;
244 if (endptr
- ptr
< sizeof_auxv_field
* 2)
247 *typep
= extract_unsigned_integer (ptr
, sizeof_auxv_field
, byte_order
);
248 ptr
+= sizeof_auxv_field
;
249 *valp
= extract_unsigned_integer (ptr
, sizeof_auxv_field
, byte_order
);
250 ptr
+= sizeof_auxv_field
;
256 /* Read one auxv entry from *READPTR, not reading locations >= ENDPTR.
257 Return 0 if *READPTR is already at the end of the buffer.
258 Return -1 if there is insufficient buffer for a whole entry.
259 Return 1 if an entry was read into *TYPEP and *VALP. */
261 target_auxv_parse (struct target_ops
*ops
, gdb_byte
**readptr
,
262 gdb_byte
*endptr
, CORE_ADDR
*typep
, CORE_ADDR
*valp
)
264 struct target_ops
*t
;
266 for (t
= ops
; t
!= NULL
; t
= t
->beneath
)
267 if (t
->to_auxv_parse
!= NULL
)
268 return t
->to_auxv_parse (t
, readptr
, endptr
, typep
, valp
);
270 return default_auxv_parse (ops
, readptr
, endptr
, typep
, valp
);
273 /* Extract the auxiliary vector entry with a_type matching MATCH.
274 Return zero if no such entry was found, or -1 if there was
275 an error getting the information. On success, return 1 after
276 storing the entry's value field in *VALP. */
278 target_auxv_search (struct target_ops
*ops
, CORE_ADDR match
, CORE_ADDR
*valp
)
282 LONGEST n
= target_read_alloc (ops
, TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV
, NULL
, &data
);
283 gdb_byte
*ptr
= data
;
289 switch (target_auxv_parse (ops
, &ptr
, data
+ n
, &type
, &val
))
291 case 1: /* Here's an entry, check it. */
299 case 0: /* End of the vector. */
302 default: /* Bogosity. */
311 /* Print the contents of the target's AUXV on the specified file. */
313 fprint_target_auxv (struct ui_file
*file
, struct target_ops
*ops
)
317 LONGEST len
= target_read_alloc (ops
, TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV
, NULL
,
319 gdb_byte
*ptr
= data
;
325 while (target_auxv_parse (ops
, &ptr
, data
+ len
, &type
, &val
) > 0)
327 const char *name
= "???";
328 const char *description
= "";
329 enum { dec
, hex
, str
} flavor
= hex
;
333 #define TAG(tag, text, kind) \
334 case tag: name = #tag; description = text; flavor = kind; break
335 TAG (AT_NULL
, _("End of vector"), hex
);
336 TAG (AT_IGNORE
, _("Entry should be ignored"), hex
);
337 TAG (AT_EXECFD
, _("File descriptor of program"), dec
);
338 TAG (AT_PHDR
, _("Program headers for program"), hex
);
339 TAG (AT_PHENT
, _("Size of program header entry"), dec
);
340 TAG (AT_PHNUM
, _("Number of program headers"), dec
);
341 TAG (AT_PAGESZ
, _("System page size"), dec
);
342 TAG (AT_BASE
, _("Base address of interpreter"), hex
);
343 TAG (AT_FLAGS
, _("Flags"), hex
);
344 TAG (AT_ENTRY
, _("Entry point of program"), hex
);
345 TAG (AT_NOTELF
, _("Program is not ELF"), dec
);
346 TAG (AT_UID
, _("Real user ID"), dec
);
347 TAG (AT_EUID
, _("Effective user ID"), dec
);
348 TAG (AT_GID
, _("Real group ID"), dec
);
349 TAG (AT_EGID
, _("Effective group ID"), dec
);
350 TAG (AT_CLKTCK
, _("Frequency of times()"), dec
);
351 TAG (AT_PLATFORM
, _("String identifying platform"), str
);
352 TAG (AT_HWCAP
, _("Machine-dependent CPU capability hints"), hex
);
353 TAG (AT_FPUCW
, _("Used FPU control word"), dec
);
354 TAG (AT_DCACHEBSIZE
, _("Data cache block size"), dec
);
355 TAG (AT_ICACHEBSIZE
, _("Instruction cache block size"), dec
);
356 TAG (AT_UCACHEBSIZE
, _("Unified cache block size"), dec
);
357 TAG (AT_IGNOREPPC
, _("Entry should be ignored"), dec
);
358 TAG (AT_BASE_PLATFORM
, _("String identifying base platform"), str
);
359 TAG (AT_RANDOM
, _("Address of 16 random bytes"), hex
);
360 TAG (AT_EXECFN
, _("File name of executable"), str
);
361 TAG (AT_SECURE
, _("Boolean, was exec setuid-like?"), dec
);
362 TAG (AT_SYSINFO
, _("Special system info/entry points"), hex
);
363 TAG (AT_SYSINFO_EHDR
, _("System-supplied DSO's ELF header"), hex
);
364 TAG (AT_SUN_UID
, _("Effective user ID"), dec
);
365 TAG (AT_SUN_RUID
, _("Real user ID"), dec
);
366 TAG (AT_SUN_GID
, _("Effective group ID"), dec
);
367 TAG (AT_SUN_RGID
, _("Real group ID"), dec
);
368 TAG (AT_SUN_LDELF
, _("Dynamic linker's ELF header"), hex
);
369 TAG (AT_SUN_LDSHDR
, _("Dynamic linker's section headers"), hex
);
370 TAG (AT_SUN_LDNAME
, _("String giving name of dynamic linker"), str
);
371 TAG (AT_SUN_LPAGESZ
, _("Large pagesize"), dec
);
372 TAG (AT_SUN_PLATFORM
, _("Platform name string"), str
);
373 TAG (AT_SUN_HWCAP
, _("Machine-dependent CPU capability hints"), hex
);
374 TAG (AT_SUN_IFLUSH
, _("Should flush icache?"), dec
);
375 TAG (AT_SUN_CPU
, _("CPU name string"), str
);
376 TAG (AT_SUN_EMUL_ENTRY
, _("COFF entry point address"), hex
);
377 TAG (AT_SUN_EMUL_EXECFD
, _("COFF executable file descriptor"), dec
);
378 TAG (AT_SUN_EXECNAME
,
379 _("Canonicalized file name given to execve"), str
);
380 TAG (AT_SUN_MMU
, _("String for name of MMU module"), str
);
381 TAG (AT_SUN_LDDATA
, _("Dynamic linker's data segment address"), hex
);
382 TAG (AT_SUN_AUXFLAGS
,
383 _("AF_SUN_ flags passed from the kernel"), hex
);
386 fprintf_filtered (file
, "%-4s %-20s %-30s ",
387 plongest (type
), name
, description
);
391 fprintf_filtered (file
, "%s\n", plongest (val
));
394 fprintf_filtered (file
, "%s\n", paddress (target_gdbarch
, val
));
398 struct value_print_options opts
;
400 get_user_print_options (&opts
);
401 if (opts
.addressprint
)
402 fprintf_filtered (file
, "%s", paddress (target_gdbarch
, val
));
403 val_print_string (builtin_type (target_gdbarch
)->builtin_char
,
404 NULL
, val
, -1, file
, &opts
);
405 fprintf_filtered (file
, "\n");
420 info_auxv_command (char *cmd
, int from_tty
)
422 if (! target_has_stack
)
423 error (_("The program has no auxiliary information now."));
426 int ents
= fprint_target_auxv (gdb_stdout
, ¤t_target
);
429 error (_("No auxiliary vector found, or failed reading it."));
431 error (_("Auxiliary vector is empty."));
436 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_auxv
; /* -Wmissing-prototypes; */
439 _initialize_auxv (void)
441 add_info ("auxv", info_auxv_command
,
442 _("Display the inferior's auxiliary vector.\n\
443 This is information provided by the operating system at program startup."));