1 /* Core dump and executable file functions below target vector, for GDB.
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23 #include "arch-utils.h"
24 #include "gdb_string.h"
28 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
29 #include <sys/file.h> /* needed for F_OK and friends */
31 #include "frame.h" /* required by inferior.h */
38 #include "gdbthread.h"
43 #include "readline/readline.h"
44 #include "gdb_assert.h"
45 #include "exceptions.h"
47 #include "filenames.h"
48 #include "progspace.h"
56 /* List of all available core_fns. On gdb startup, each core file
57 register reader calls deprecated_add_core_fns() to register
58 information on each core format it is prepared to read. */
60 static struct core_fns
*core_file_fns
= NULL
;
62 /* The core_fns for a core file handler that is prepared to read the core
63 file currently open on core_bfd. */
65 static struct core_fns
*core_vec
= NULL
;
67 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: Eventually this variable should
70 struct gdbarch
*core_gdbarch
= NULL
;
72 /* Per-core data. Currently, only the section table. Note that these
73 target sections are *not* mapped in the current address spaces' set
74 of target sections --- those should come only from pure executable
75 or shared library bfds. The core bfd sections are an
76 implementation detail of the core target, just like ptrace is for
77 unix child targets. */
78 static struct target_section_table
*core_data
;
80 /* True if we needed to fake the pid of the loaded core inferior. */
81 static int core_has_fake_pid
= 0;
83 static void core_files_info (struct target_ops
*);
85 static struct core_fns
*sniff_core_bfd (bfd
*);
87 static int gdb_check_format (bfd
*);
89 static void core_open (char *, int);
91 static void core_detach (struct target_ops
*ops
, char *, int);
93 static void core_close (int);
95 static void core_close_cleanup (void *ignore
);
97 static void add_to_thread_list (bfd
*, asection
*, void *);
99 static void init_core_ops (void);
101 void _initialize_corelow (void);
103 static struct target_ops core_ops
;
105 /* An arbitrary identifier for the core inferior. */
106 #define CORELOW_PID 1
108 /* Link a new core_fns into the global core_file_fns list. Called on gdb
109 startup by the _initialize routine in each core file register reader, to
110 register information about each format the the reader is prepared to
114 deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns
*cf
)
116 cf
->next
= core_file_fns
;
120 /* The default function that core file handlers can use to examine a
121 core file BFD and decide whether or not to accept the job of
122 reading the core file. */
125 default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns
*our_fns
, bfd
*abfd
)
129 result
= (bfd_get_flavour (abfd
) == our_fns
-> core_flavour
);
133 /* Walk through the list of core functions to find a set that can
134 handle the core file open on ABFD. Default to the first one in the
135 list if nothing matches. Returns pointer to set that is
138 static struct core_fns
*
139 sniff_core_bfd (bfd
*abfd
)
142 struct core_fns
*yummy
= NULL
;
145 /* Don't sniff if we have support for register sets in CORE_GDBARCH. */
146 if (core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch
))
149 for (cf
= core_file_fns
; cf
!= NULL
; cf
= cf
->next
)
151 if (cf
->core_sniffer (cf
, abfd
))
159 warning (_("\"%s\": ambiguous core format, %d handlers match"),
160 bfd_get_filename (abfd
), matches
);
162 else if (matches
== 0)
164 warning (_("\"%s\": no core file handler recognizes format, using default"),
165 bfd_get_filename (abfd
));
169 yummy
= core_file_fns
;
174 /* The default is to reject every core file format we see. Either
175 BFD has to recognize it, or we have to provide a function in the
176 core file handler that recognizes it. */
179 default_check_format (bfd
*abfd
)
184 /* Attempt to recognize core file formats that BFD rejects. */
187 gdb_check_format (bfd
*abfd
)
191 for (cf
= core_file_fns
; cf
!= NULL
; cf
= cf
->next
)
193 if (cf
->check_format (abfd
))
201 /* Discard all vestiges of any previous core file and mark data and stack
205 core_close (int quitting
)
211 int pid
= ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid
);
212 inferior_ptid
= null_ptid
; /* Avoid confusion from thread stuff */
213 exit_inferior_silent (pid
);
215 /* Clear out solib state while the bfd is still open. See
216 comments in clear_solib in solib.c. */
219 xfree (core_data
->sections
);
222 core_has_fake_pid
= 0;
224 name
= bfd_get_filename (core_bfd
);
225 gdb_bfd_close_or_warn (core_bfd
);
234 core_close_cleanup (void *ignore
)
236 core_close (0/*ignored*/);
239 /* Look for sections whose names start with `.reg/' so that we can extract the
240 list of threads in a core file. */
243 add_to_thread_list (bfd
*abfd
, asection
*asect
, void *reg_sect_arg
)
248 asection
*reg_sect
= (asection
*) reg_sect_arg
;
250 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (abfd
, asect
), ".reg/", 5) != 0)
253 core_tid
= atoi (bfd_section_name (abfd
, asect
) + 5);
255 pid
= bfd_core_file_pid (core_bfd
);
258 core_has_fake_pid
= 1;
264 if (current_inferior ()->pid
== 0)
265 inferior_appeared (current_inferior (), pid
);
267 ptid
= ptid_build (pid
, lwpid
, 0);
271 /* Warning, Will Robinson, looking at BFD private data! */
274 && asect
->filepos
== reg_sect
->filepos
) /* Did we find .reg? */
275 inferior_ptid
= ptid
; /* Yes, make it current */
278 /* This routine opens and sets up the core file bfd. */
281 core_open (char *filename
, int from_tty
)
285 struct cleanup
*old_chain
;
291 target_preopen (from_tty
);
295 error (_("No core file specified. (Use `detach' to stop debugging a core file.)"));
297 error (_("No core file specified."));
300 filename
= tilde_expand (filename
);
301 if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH(filename
))
303 temp
= concat (current_directory
, "/", filename
, (char *)NULL
);
308 old_chain
= make_cleanup (xfree
, filename
);
310 flags
= O_BINARY
| O_LARGEFILE
;
315 scratch_chan
= open (filename
, flags
, 0);
316 if (scratch_chan
< 0)
317 perror_with_name (filename
);
319 temp_bfd
= bfd_fopen (filename
, gnutarget
,
320 write_files
? FOPEN_RUB
: FOPEN_RB
,
322 if (temp_bfd
== NULL
)
323 perror_with_name (filename
);
325 if (!bfd_check_format (temp_bfd
, bfd_core
)
326 && !gdb_check_format (temp_bfd
))
328 /* Do it after the err msg */
329 /* FIXME: should be checking for errors from bfd_close (for one thing,
330 on error it does not free all the storage associated with the
332 make_cleanup_bfd_close (temp_bfd
);
333 error (_("\"%s\" is not a core dump: %s"),
334 filename
, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
337 /* Looks semi-reasonable. Toss the old core file and work on the new. */
339 discard_cleanups (old_chain
); /* Don't free filename any more */
340 unpush_target (&core_ops
);
342 old_chain
= make_cleanup (core_close_cleanup
, 0 /*ignore*/);
344 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: This is very dangerous. The
345 CORE_GDBARCH that results from this call may very well be
346 different from CURRENT_GDBARCH. However, its methods may only
347 work if it is selected as the current architecture, because they
348 rely on swapped data (see gdbarch.c). We should get rid of that
350 core_gdbarch
= gdbarch_from_bfd (core_bfd
);
352 /* Find a suitable core file handler to munch on core_bfd */
353 core_vec
= sniff_core_bfd (core_bfd
);
357 core_data
= XZALLOC (struct target_section_table
);
359 /* Find the data section */
360 if (build_section_table (core_bfd
,
361 &core_data
->sections
, &core_data
->sections_end
))
362 error (_("\"%s\": Can't find sections: %s"),
363 bfd_get_filename (core_bfd
), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
365 /* If we have no exec file, try to set the architecture from the
366 core file. We don't do this unconditionally since an exec file
367 typically contains more information that helps us determine the
368 architecture than a core file. */
370 set_gdbarch_from_file (core_bfd
);
372 push_target (&core_ops
);
373 discard_cleanups (old_chain
);
375 /* Do this before acknowledging the inferior, so if
376 post_create_inferior throws (can happen easilly if you're loading
377 a core file with the wrong exec), we aren't left with threads
378 from the previous inferior. */
381 inferior_ptid
= null_ptid
;
382 core_has_fake_pid
= 0;
384 /* Need to flush the register cache (and the frame cache) from a
385 previous debug session. If inferior_ptid ends up the same as the
386 last debug session --- e.g., b foo; run; gcore core1; step; gcore
387 core2; core core1; core core2 --- then there's potential for
388 get_current_regcache to return the cached regcache of the
389 previous session, and the frame cache being stale. */
390 registers_changed ();
392 /* Build up thread list from BFD sections, and possibly set the
393 current thread to the .reg/NN section matching the .reg
395 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd
, add_to_thread_list
,
396 bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, ".reg"));
398 if (ptid_equal (inferior_ptid
, null_ptid
))
400 /* Either we found no .reg/NN section, and hence we have a
401 non-threaded core (single-threaded, from gdb's perspective),
402 or for some reason add_to_thread_list couldn't determine
403 which was the "main" thread. The latter case shouldn't
404 usually happen, but we're dealing with input here, which can
405 always be broken in different ways. */
406 struct thread_info
*thread
= first_thread_of_process (-1);
410 inferior_appeared (current_inferior (), CORELOW_PID
);
411 inferior_ptid
= pid_to_ptid (CORELOW_PID
);
412 add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid
);
415 switch_to_thread (thread
->ptid
);
418 post_create_inferior (&core_ops
, from_tty
);
420 /* Now go through the target stack looking for threads since there
421 may be a thread_stratum target loaded on top of target core by
422 now. The layer above should claim threads found in the BFD
424 target_find_new_threads ();
426 p
= bfd_core_file_failing_command (core_bfd
);
428 printf_filtered (_("Core was generated by `%s'.\n"), p
);
430 siggy
= bfd_core_file_failing_signal (core_bfd
);
433 /* NOTE: target_signal_from_host() converts a target signal value
434 into gdb's internal signal value. Unfortunately gdb's internal
435 value is called ``target_signal'' and this function got the
436 name ..._from_host(). */
437 enum target_signal sig
= (core_gdbarch
!= NULL
438 ? gdbarch_target_signal_from_host (core_gdbarch
, siggy
)
439 : target_signal_from_host (siggy
));
441 printf_filtered (_("Program terminated with signal %d, %s.\n"), siggy
,
442 target_signal_to_string (sig
));
445 /* Fetch all registers from core file. */
446 target_fetch_registers (get_current_regcache (), -1);
448 /* Now, set up the frame cache, and print the top of stack. */
449 reinit_frame_cache ();
450 print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL
), 1, SRC_AND_LOC
);
454 core_detach (struct target_ops
*ops
, char *args
, int from_tty
)
457 error (_("Too many arguments"));
459 reinit_frame_cache ();
461 printf_filtered (_("No core file now.\n"));
464 #ifdef DEPRECATED_IBM6000_TARGET
466 /* Resize the core memory's section table, by NUM_ADDED. Returns a
467 pointer into the first new slot. This will not be necessary when
468 the rs6000 target is converted to use the standard solib
471 struct target_section
*
472 deprecated_core_resize_section_table (int num_added
)
476 old_count
= resize_section_table (core_data
, num_added
);
477 return core_data
->sections
+ old_count
;
482 /* Try to retrieve registers from a section in core_bfd, and supply
483 them to core_vec->core_read_registers, as the register set numbered
486 If inferior_ptid's lwp member is zero, do the single-threaded
487 thing: look for a section named NAME. If inferior_ptid's lwp
488 member is non-zero, do the multi-threaded thing: look for a section
489 named "NAME/LWP", where LWP is the shortest ASCII decimal
490 representation of inferior_ptid's lwp member.
492 HUMAN_NAME is a human-readable name for the kind of registers the
493 NAME section contains, for use in error messages.
495 If REQUIRED is non-zero, print an error if the core file doesn't
496 have a section by the appropriate name. Otherwise, just do nothing. */
499 get_core_register_section (struct regcache
*regcache
,
502 const char *human_name
,
505 static char *section_name
= NULL
;
506 struct bfd_section
*section
;
510 xfree (section_name
);
512 if (ptid_get_lwp (inferior_ptid
))
513 section_name
= xstrprintf ("%s/%ld", name
, ptid_get_lwp (inferior_ptid
));
515 section_name
= xstrdup (name
);
517 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, section_name
);
521 warning (_("Couldn't find %s registers in core file."), human_name
);
525 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
526 contents
= alloca (size
);
527 if (! bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, contents
,
530 warning (_("Couldn't read %s registers from `%s' section in core file."),
535 if (core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch
))
537 const struct regset
*regset
;
539 regset
= gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (core_gdbarch
, name
, size
);
543 warning (_("Couldn't recognize %s registers in core file."),
548 regset
->supply_regset (regset
, regcache
, -1, contents
, size
);
552 gdb_assert (core_vec
);
553 core_vec
->core_read_registers (regcache
, contents
, size
, which
,
555 bfd_section_vma (core_bfd
, section
)));
559 /* Get the registers out of a core file. This is the machine-
560 independent part. Fetch_core_registers is the machine-dependent
561 part, typically implemented in the xm-file for each architecture. */
563 /* We just get all the registers, so we don't use regno. */
566 get_core_registers (struct target_ops
*ops
,
567 struct regcache
*regcache
, int regno
)
569 struct core_regset_section
*sect_list
;
572 if (!(core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch
))
573 && (core_vec
== NULL
|| core_vec
->core_read_registers
== NULL
))
575 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stderr
,
576 "Can't fetch registers from this type of core file\n");
580 sect_list
= gdbarch_core_regset_sections (get_regcache_arch (regcache
));
582 while (sect_list
->sect_name
!= NULL
)
584 if (strcmp (sect_list
->sect_name
, ".reg") == 0)
585 get_core_register_section (regcache
, sect_list
->sect_name
,
586 0, sect_list
->human_name
, 1);
587 else if (strcmp (sect_list
->sect_name
, ".reg2") == 0)
588 get_core_register_section (regcache
, sect_list
->sect_name
,
589 2, sect_list
->human_name
, 0);
591 get_core_register_section (regcache
, sect_list
->sect_name
,
592 3, sect_list
->human_name
, 0);
599 get_core_register_section (regcache
,
600 ".reg", 0, "general-purpose", 1);
601 get_core_register_section (regcache
,
602 ".reg2", 2, "floating-point", 0);
605 /* Supply dummy value for all registers not found in the core. */
606 for (i
= 0; i
< gdbarch_num_regs (get_regcache_arch (regcache
)); i
++)
607 if (!regcache_valid_p (regcache
, i
))
608 regcache_raw_supply (regcache
, i
, NULL
);
612 core_files_info (struct target_ops
*t
)
614 print_section_info (core_data
, core_bfd
);
627 add_to_spuid_list (bfd
*abfd
, asection
*asect
, void *list_p
)
629 struct spuid_list
*list
= list_p
;
630 enum bfd_endian byte_order
631 = bfd_big_endian (abfd
)? BFD_ENDIAN_BIG
: BFD_ENDIAN_LITTLE
;
634 sscanf (bfd_section_name (abfd
, asect
), "SPU/%d/regs%n", &fd
, &pos
);
638 if (list
->pos
>= list
->offset
&& list
->pos
+ 4 <= list
->offset
+ list
->len
)
640 store_unsigned_integer (list
->buf
+ list
->pos
- list
->offset
,
648 core_xfer_partial (struct target_ops
*ops
, enum target_object object
,
649 const char *annex
, gdb_byte
*readbuf
,
650 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
, ULONGEST offset
, LONGEST len
)
654 case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY
:
655 return section_table_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf
, writebuf
,
658 core_data
->sections_end
,
661 case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV
:
664 /* When the aux vector is stored in core file, BFD
665 represents this with a fake section called ".auxv". */
667 struct bfd_section
*section
;
670 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, ".auxv");
674 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
681 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, readbuf
,
682 (file_ptr
) offset
, size
))
684 warning (_("Couldn't read NT_AUXV note in core file."));
692 case TARGET_OBJECT_WCOOKIE
:
695 /* When the StackGhost cookie is stored in core file, BFD
696 represents this with a fake section called ".wcookie". */
698 struct bfd_section
*section
;
701 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, ".wcookie");
705 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
712 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, readbuf
,
713 (file_ptr
) offset
, size
))
715 warning (_("Couldn't read StackGhost cookie in core file."));
723 case TARGET_OBJECT_LIBRARIES
:
725 && gdbarch_core_xfer_shared_libraries_p (core_gdbarch
))
730 gdbarch_core_xfer_shared_libraries (core_gdbarch
,
731 readbuf
, offset
, len
);
735 case TARGET_OBJECT_SPU
:
736 if (readbuf
&& annex
)
738 /* When the SPU contexts are stored in a core file, BFD
739 represents this with a fake section called "SPU/<annex>". */
741 struct bfd_section
*section
;
743 char sectionstr
[100];
745 xsnprintf (sectionstr
, sizeof sectionstr
, "SPU/%s", annex
);
747 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, sectionstr
);
751 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
758 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, readbuf
,
759 (file_ptr
) offset
, size
))
761 warning (_("Couldn't read SPU section in core file."));
769 /* NULL annex requests list of all present spuids. */
770 struct spuid_list list
;
773 list
.offset
= offset
;
777 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd
, add_to_spuid_list
, &list
);
783 if (ops
->beneath
!= NULL
)
784 return ops
->beneath
->to_xfer_partial (ops
->beneath
, object
, annex
,
785 readbuf
, writebuf
, offset
, len
);
791 /* If mourn is being called in all the right places, this could be say
792 `gdb internal error' (since generic_mourn calls breakpoint_init_inferior). */
795 ignore (struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
, struct bp_target_info
*bp_tgt
)
801 /* Okay, let's be honest: threads gleaned from a core file aren't
802 exactly lively, are they? On the other hand, if we don't claim
803 that each & every one is alive, then we don't get any of them
804 to appear in an "info thread" command, which is quite a useful
808 core_thread_alive (struct target_ops
*ops
, ptid_t ptid
)
813 /* Ask the current architecture what it knows about this core file.
814 That will be used, in turn, to pick a better architecture. This
815 wrapper could be avoided if targets got a chance to specialize
818 static const struct target_desc
*
819 core_read_description (struct target_ops
*target
)
821 if (core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_core_read_description_p (core_gdbarch
))
822 return gdbarch_core_read_description (core_gdbarch
, target
, core_bfd
);
828 core_pid_to_str (struct target_ops
*ops
, ptid_t ptid
)
833 /* The preferred way is to have a gdbarch/OS specific
836 && gdbarch_core_pid_to_str_p (core_gdbarch
))
837 return gdbarch_core_pid_to_str (core_gdbarch
, ptid
);
839 /* Otherwise, if we don't have one, we'll just fallback to
840 "process", with normal_pid_to_str. */
842 /* Try the LWPID field first. */
843 pid
= ptid_get_lwp (ptid
);
845 return normal_pid_to_str (pid_to_ptid (pid
));
847 /* Otherwise, this isn't a "threaded" core -- use the PID field, but
848 only if it isn't a fake PID. */
849 if (!core_has_fake_pid
)
850 return normal_pid_to_str (ptid
);
852 /* No luck. We simply don't have a valid PID to print. */
853 xsnprintf (buf
, sizeof buf
, "<main task>");
858 core_has_memory (struct target_ops
*ops
)
860 return (core_bfd
!= NULL
);
864 core_has_stack (struct target_ops
*ops
)
866 return (core_bfd
!= NULL
);
870 core_has_registers (struct target_ops
*ops
)
872 return (core_bfd
!= NULL
);
875 /* Fill in core_ops with its defined operations and properties. */
880 core_ops
.to_shortname
= "core";
881 core_ops
.to_longname
= "Local core dump file";
883 "Use a core file as a target. Specify the filename of the core file.";
884 core_ops
.to_open
= core_open
;
885 core_ops
.to_close
= core_close
;
886 core_ops
.to_attach
= find_default_attach
;
887 core_ops
.to_detach
= core_detach
;
888 core_ops
.to_fetch_registers
= get_core_registers
;
889 core_ops
.to_xfer_partial
= core_xfer_partial
;
890 core_ops
.to_files_info
= core_files_info
;
891 core_ops
.to_insert_breakpoint
= ignore
;
892 core_ops
.to_remove_breakpoint
= ignore
;
893 core_ops
.to_create_inferior
= find_default_create_inferior
;
894 core_ops
.to_thread_alive
= core_thread_alive
;
895 core_ops
.to_read_description
= core_read_description
;
896 core_ops
.to_pid_to_str
= core_pid_to_str
;
897 core_ops
.to_stratum
= process_stratum
;
898 core_ops
.to_has_memory
= core_has_memory
;
899 core_ops
.to_has_stack
= core_has_stack
;
900 core_ops
.to_has_registers
= core_has_registers
;
901 core_ops
.to_magic
= OPS_MAGIC
;
904 internal_error (__FILE__
, __LINE__
,
905 _("init_core_ops: core target already exists (\"%s\")."),
906 core_target
->to_longname
);
907 core_target
= &core_ops
;
911 _initialize_corelow (void)
915 add_target (&core_ops
);