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[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / gcore.c
1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
2
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2014 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 #include "readline/tilde.h"
38
39 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
40 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
41 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
42 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
43
44 static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
45 static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
46 static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
47 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
48
49 /* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
50 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
51
52 bfd *
53 create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename)
54 {
55 bfd *obfd = gdb_bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ());
56
57 if (!obfd)
58 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
59 bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
60 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
61 return obfd;
62 }
63
64 /* write_gcore_file_1 -- do the actual work of write_gcore_file. */
65
66 static void
67 write_gcore_file_1 (bfd *obfd)
68 {
69 struct cleanup *cleanup;
70 void *note_data = NULL;
71 int note_size = 0;
72 asection *note_sec = NULL;
73
74 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
75 /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
76 generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
77 point, the target vector method can be removed. */
78 if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch ()))
79 note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
80 else
81 note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch (), obfd, &note_size);
82
83 cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, note_data);
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 do_cleanups (cleanup);
110 }
111
112 /* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
113 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
114
115 void
116 write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
117 {
118 volatile struct gdb_exception except;
119
120 target_prepare_to_generate_core ();
121
122 TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
123 write_gcore_file_1 (obfd);
124
125 target_done_generating_core ();
126
127 if (except.reason < 0)
128 throw_exception (except);
129 }
130
131 static void
132 do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
133 {
134 bfd *obfd = arg;
135 const char *filename = obfd->filename;
136
137 gdb_bfd_unref (arg);
138 unlink (filename);
139 }
140
141 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
142 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
143
144 static void
145 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
146 {
147 struct cleanup *filename_chain;
148 struct cleanup *bfd_chain;
149 char *corefilename;
150 bfd *obfd;
151
152 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
153 if (!target_has_execution)
154 noprocess ();
155
156 if (args && *args)
157 corefilename = tilde_expand (args);
158 else
159 {
160 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
161 corefilename = xstrprintf ("core.%d", ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
162 }
163 filename_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, corefilename);
164
165 if (info_verbose)
166 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
167 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
168
169 /* Open the output file. */
170 obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
171
172 /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file. */
173 bfd_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
174
175 /* Call worker function. */
176 write_gcore_file (obfd);
177
178 /* Succeeded. */
179 discard_cleanups (bfd_chain);
180 gdb_bfd_unref (obfd);
181
182 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
183 do_cleanups (filename_chain);
184 }
185
186 static unsigned long
187 default_gcore_mach (void)
188 {
189 #if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
190 return 0;
191 #else
192
193 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
194
195 if (bfdarch != NULL)
196 return bfdarch->mach;
197 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
198 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
199
200 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
201 #endif /* 1 */
202 }
203
204 static enum bfd_architecture
205 default_gcore_arch (void)
206 {
207 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
208
209 if (bfdarch != NULL)
210 return bfdarch->arch;
211 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
212 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
213
214 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
215 }
216
217 static const char *
218 default_gcore_target (void)
219 {
220 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
221 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
222 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
223
224 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
225 not work for non-ELF targets. */
226 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
227 return NULL;
228 else
229 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
230 }
231
232 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
233 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
234 successful. */
235
236 static int
237 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
238 {
239 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
240
241 gdb_assert (bottom);
242 gdb_assert (top);
243
244 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
245 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
246 return 0;
247
248 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
249 fi = get_current_frame ();
250 if (fi == NULL)
251 return 0;
252
253 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
254 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
255 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
256 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
257 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
258
259 /* Find prev-most frame. */
260 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
261 fi = tmp_fi;
262
263 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
264 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
265
266 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
267 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
268 if (*bottom > *top)
269 {
270 bfd_vma tmp_vma;
271
272 tmp_vma = *top;
273 *top = *bottom;
274 *bottom = tmp_vma;
275 }
276
277 return 1;
278 }
279
280 /* call_target_sbrk --
281 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
282
283 static bfd_vma
284 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
285 {
286 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
287 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
288 bfd_vma top_of_heap;
289 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
290 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
291 bfd_vma tmp;
292
293 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
294 {
295 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
296 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
297 return (bfd_vma) 0;
298 }
299 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
300 {
301 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
302 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
303 return (bfd_vma) 0;
304 }
305 else
306 return (bfd_vma) 0;
307
308 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
309 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
310 sbrk_arg);
311 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
312 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
313 if (ret == NULL)
314 return (bfd_vma) 0;
315
316 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
317 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
318 return (bfd_vma) 0;
319
320 top_of_heap = tmp;
321 return top_of_heap;
322 }
323
324 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
325 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
326 Return non-zero if successful. */
327
328 static int
329 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
330 {
331 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
332 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
333 bfd_size_type sec_size;
334 bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
335 asection *sec;
336
337 gdb_assert (bottom);
338 gdb_assert (top);
339
340 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
341 inferior. */
342 if (!target_has_execution)
343 return 0;
344
345 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
346 follows (low to high addresses):
347
348 ---------------------------------
349 | text sections |
350 ---------------------------------
351 | data sections (including bss) |
352 ---------------------------------
353 | heap |
354 --------------------------------- */
355
356 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
357 {
358 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
359 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
360 {
361 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
362 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
363 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
364 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
365 }
366 }
367
368 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
369 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
370 return 0;
371
372 /* Return results. */
373 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
374 {
375 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
376 *top = top_of_heap;
377 return 1;
378 }
379
380 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
381 return 0;
382 }
383
384 static void
385 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
386 {
387 int p_flags = 0;
388 int p_type = 0;
389
390 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
391 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
392 p_type = PT_LOAD;
393 else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
394 p_type = PT_NOTE;
395 else
396 p_type = PT_NULL;
397
398 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
399 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
400 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
401 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
402 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
403
404 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
405 }
406
407 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
408 GDB is creating. */
409
410 static int
411 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
412 int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
413 {
414 bfd *obfd = data;
415 asection *osec;
416 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
417
418 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
419 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
420 or jam the kernel. */
421 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
422 {
423 if (info_verbose)
424 {
425 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
426 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
427 }
428
429 return 0;
430 }
431
432 if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
433 {
434 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
435 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
436 struct objfile *objfile;
437 struct obj_section *objsec;
438
439 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
440 {
441 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
442 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
443 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
444 asec);
445 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
446 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
447
448 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
449 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
450 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
451 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
452
453 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
454 we don't want to omit that. */
455 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
456 && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
457 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
458 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
459 {
460 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
461 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
462 }
463 }
464
465 keep:;
466 }
467
468 if (write == 0)
469 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
470
471 if (exec)
472 flags |= SEC_CODE;
473 else
474 flags |= SEC_DATA;
475
476 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
477 if (osec == NULL)
478 {
479 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
480 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
481 return 1;
482 }
483
484 if (info_verbose)
485 {
486 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
487 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
488 }
489
490 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
491 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
492 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
493 return 0;
494 }
495
496 int
497 objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
498 find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
499 {
500 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
501 struct objfile *objfile;
502 struct obj_section *objsec;
503 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
504
505 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
506 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
507 {
508 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
509 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
510 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
511
512 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
513 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
514 continue;
515
516 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
517 {
518 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
519 int ret;
520
521 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
522 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
523 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
524 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
525 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
526 obfd);
527 if (ret != 0)
528 return ret;
529 }
530 }
531
532 /* Make a stack segment. */
533 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
534 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
535 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
536 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
537 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
538 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
539 obfd);
540
541 /* Make a heap segment. */
542 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
543 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
544 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
545 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
546 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
547 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
548 obfd);
549
550 return 0;
551 }
552
553 static void
554 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
555 {
556 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
557 file_ptr offset = 0;
558 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
559 void *memhunk;
560
561 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
562 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
563 return;
564
565 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
566 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
567 return;
568
569 size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
570 memhunk = xmalloc (size);
571 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
572
573 while (total_size > 0)
574 {
575 if (size > total_size)
576 size = total_size;
577
578 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
579 memhunk, size) != 0)
580 {
581 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
582 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
583 plongest (size),
584 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
585 break;
586 }
587 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
588 {
589 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
590 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
591 break;
592 }
593
594 total_size -= size;
595 offset += size;
596 }
597
598 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
599 }
600
601 static int
602 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
603 {
604 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
605 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
606 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
607 gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
608 {
609 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
610 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
611 }
612
613 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
614 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
615
616 /* Copy memory region contents. */
617 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
618
619 return 1;
620 }
621
622 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
623 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
624
625 void
626 _initialize_gcore (void)
627 {
628 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
629 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
630 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
631
632 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
633 }
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