xref: /dragonfly/contrib/gdb-7/gdb/gcore.c (revision 92fc8b5c)
1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
2 
3    Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
4    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 
6    This file is part of GDB.
7 
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.
12 
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.
17 
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/>.  */
20 
21 #include "defs.h"
22 #include "elf-bfd.h"
23 #include "infcall.h"
24 #include "inferior.h"
25 #include "gdbcore.h"
26 #include "objfiles.h"
27 #include "solib.h"
28 #include "symfile.h"
29 #include "arch-utils.h"
30 #include "completer.h"
31 #include "gcore.h"
32 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
33 #include "gdb_assert.h"
34 #include <fcntl.h>
35 #include "regcache.h"
36 #include "regset.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   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 -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
64    Compose and write the corefile data to the core file.  */
65 
66 
67 void
68 write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
69 {
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   note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
76 
77   /* Create the note section.  */
78   if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
79     {
80       note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
81 						     SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
82 						     | SEC_READONLY
83 						     | SEC_ALLOC);
84       if (note_sec == NULL)
85 	error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
86 	       bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
87 
88       bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
89       bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
90       bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
91     }
92 
93   /* Now create the memory/load sections.  */
94   if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
95     error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
96 
97   /* Write out the contents of the note section.  */
98   if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
99     {
100       if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
101 	warning (_("writing note section (%s)"),
102 		 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
103     }
104 }
105 
106 static void
107 do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
108 {
109   bfd *obfd = arg;
110   const char *filename = obfd->filename;
111 
112   bfd_close (arg);
113   unlink (filename);
114 }
115 
116 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
117    Generate a core file from the inferior process.  */
118 
119 static void
120 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
121 {
122   struct cleanup *old_chain;
123   char *corefilename, corefilename_buffer[40];
124   bfd *obfd;
125 
126   /* No use generating a corefile without a target process.  */
127   if (!target_has_execution)
128     noprocess ();
129 
130   if (args && *args)
131     corefilename = args;
132   else
133     {
134       /* Default corefile name is "core.PID".  */
135       sprintf (corefilename_buffer, "core.%d", PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
136       corefilename = corefilename_buffer;
137     }
138 
139   if (info_verbose)
140     fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
141 		      "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
142 
143   /* Open the output file.  */
144   obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
145 
146   /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file.  */
147   old_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
148 
149   /* Call worker function.  */
150   write_gcore_file (obfd);
151 
152   /* Succeeded.  */
153   fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
154 
155   discard_cleanups (old_chain);
156   bfd_close (obfd);
157 }
158 
159 static unsigned long
160 default_gcore_mach (void)
161 {
162 #if 1	/* See if this even matters...  */
163   return 0;
164 #else
165 
166   const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
167 
168   if (bfdarch != NULL)
169     return bfdarch->mach;
170   if (exec_bfd == NULL)
171     error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
172 
173   return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
174 #endif /* 1 */
175 }
176 
177 static enum bfd_architecture
178 default_gcore_arch (void)
179 {
180   const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
181 
182   if (bfdarch != NULL)
183     return bfdarch->arch;
184   if (exec_bfd == NULL)
185     error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
186 
187   return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
188 }
189 
190 static const char *
191 default_gcore_target (void)
192 {
193   /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files.  */
194   if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch))
195     return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch);
196 
197   /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target.  This will probably
198      not work for non-ELF targets.  */
199   if (exec_bfd == NULL)
200     return NULL;
201   else
202     return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
203 }
204 
205 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
206    and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.  Return non-zero if
207    successful.  */
208 
209 static int
210 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
211 {
212   struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
213 
214   gdb_assert (bottom);
215   gdb_assert (top);
216 
217   /* Can't succeed without stack and registers.  */
218   if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
219     return 0;
220 
221   /* Can't succeed without current frame.  */
222   fi = get_current_frame ();
223   if (fi == NULL)
224     return 0;
225 
226   /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame.  */
227   *top = get_frame_base (fi);
228   /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead.  */
229   if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
230     *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
231 
232   /* Find prev-most frame.  */
233   while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
234     fi = tmp_fi;
235 
236   /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame.  */
237   *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
238 
239   /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
240      (as opposed to a lower stack frame).  */
241   if (*bottom > *top)
242     {
243       bfd_vma tmp_vma;
244 
245       tmp_vma = *top;
246       *top = *bottom;
247       *bottom = tmp_vma;
248     }
249 
250   return 1;
251 }
252 
253 /* call_target_sbrk --
254    helper function for derive_heap_segment.  */
255 
256 static bfd_vma
257 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
258 {
259   struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
260   struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
261   bfd_vma top_of_heap;
262   struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
263   struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
264   bfd_vma tmp;
265 
266   if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
267     {
268       sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
269       if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
270 	return (bfd_vma) 0;
271     }
272   else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
273     {
274       sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
275       if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
276 	return (bfd_vma) 0;
277     }
278   else
279     return (bfd_vma) 0;
280 
281   gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
282   target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
283 					sbrk_arg);
284   gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
285   ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
286   if (ret == NULL)
287     return (bfd_vma) 0;
288 
289   tmp = value_as_long (ret);
290   if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
291     return (bfd_vma) 0;
292 
293   top_of_heap = tmp;
294   return top_of_heap;
295 }
296 
297 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
298    the static data sections.  Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
299    Return non-zero if successful.  */
300 
301 static int
302 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
303 {
304   bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
305   bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
306   bfd_size_type sec_size;
307   bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
308   asection *sec;
309 
310   gdb_assert (bottom);
311   gdb_assert (top);
312 
313   /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
314      inferior.  */
315   if (!target_has_execution)
316     return 0;
317 
318   /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
319      follows (low to high addresses):
320 
321      ---------------------------------
322      | text sections                 |
323      ---------------------------------
324      | data sections (including bss) |
325      ---------------------------------
326      | heap                          |
327      --------------------------------- */
328 
329   for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
330     {
331       if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
332 	  || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
333 	{
334 	  sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
335 	  sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
336 	  if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
337 	    top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
338 	}
339     }
340 
341   top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
342   if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
343     return 0;
344 
345   /* Return results.  */
346   if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
347     {
348       *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
349       *top = top_of_heap;
350       return 1;
351     }
352 
353   /* No additional heap space needs to be saved.  */
354   return 0;
355 }
356 
357 static void
358 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
359 {
360   int p_flags = 0;
361   int p_type = 0;
362 
363   /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF.  */
364   if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
365     p_type = PT_LOAD;
366   else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
367     p_type = PT_NOTE;
368   else
369     p_type = PT_NULL;
370 
371   p_flags |= PF_R;	/* Segment is readable.  */
372   if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
373     p_flags |= PF_W;	/* Segment is writable.  */
374   if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
375     p_flags |= PF_X;	/* Segment is executable.  */
376 
377   bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
378 }
379 
380 static int
381 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size,
382 		       int read, int write, int exec, void *data)
383 {
384   bfd *obfd = data;
385   asection *osec;
386   flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
387 
388   /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
389      when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
390      or jam the kernel.  */
391   if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0)
392     {
393       if (info_verbose)
394         {
395           fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
396                             plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
397         }
398 
399       return 0;
400     }
401 
402   if (write == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
403     {
404       /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
405 	 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD.  */
406       struct objfile *objfile;
407       struct obj_section *objsec;
408 
409       ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
410 	{
411 	  bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
412 	  asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
413 	  bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
414 								    asec);
415 	  bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
416 	  bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
417 
418 	  /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
419 	     section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
420 	     segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
421 	     (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
422 
423 	     This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
424 	     we don't want to omit that.  */
425 	  if (((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
426 	       || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
427 	      && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
428 	    {
429 	      flags &= ~SEC_LOAD;
430 	      flags |= SEC_NEVER_LOAD;
431 	      goto keep;	/* break out of two nested for loops */
432 	    }
433 	}
434 
435     keep:
436       flags |= SEC_READONLY;
437     }
438 
439   if (exec)
440     flags |= SEC_CODE;
441   else
442     flags |= SEC_DATA;
443 
444   osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
445   if (osec == NULL)
446     {
447       warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
448 	       bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
449       return 1;
450     }
451 
452   if (info_verbose)
453     {
454       fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
455 			plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
456     }
457 
458   bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
459   bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
460   bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma?  */
461   return 0;
462 }
463 
464 static int
465 objfile_find_memory_regions (int (*func) (CORE_ADDR, unsigned long,
466 					  int, int, int, void *),
467 			     void *obfd)
468 {
469   /* Use objfile data to create memory sections.  */
470   struct objfile *objfile;
471   struct obj_section *objsec;
472   bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
473 
474   /* Call callback function for each objfile section.  */
475   ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
476     {
477       bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
478       asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
479       flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
480 
481       if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
482 	{
483 	  int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
484 	  int ret;
485 
486 	  ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
487 			 1, /* All sections will be readable.  */
488 			 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable.  */
489 			 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable.  */
490 			 obfd);
491 	  if (ret != 0)
492 	    return ret;
493 	}
494     }
495 
496   /* Make a stack segment.  */
497   if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
498     (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
499 	     1, /* Stack section will be readable.  */
500 	     1, /* Stack section will be writable.  */
501 	     0, /* Stack section will not be executable.  */
502 	     obfd);
503 
504   /* Make a heap segment. */
505   if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
506     (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
507 	     1, /* Heap section will be readable.  */
508 	     1, /* Heap section will be writable.  */
509 	     0, /* Heap section will not be executable.  */
510 	     obfd);
511 
512   return 0;
513 }
514 
515 static void
516 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
517 {
518   bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
519   file_ptr offset = 0;
520   struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
521   void *memhunk;
522 
523   /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents.  */
524   if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
525     return;
526 
527   /* Only interested in "load" sections.  */
528   if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
529     return;
530 
531   size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
532   memhunk = xmalloc (size);
533   old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
534 
535   while (total_size > 0)
536     {
537       if (size > total_size)
538 	size = total_size;
539 
540       if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
541 			      memhunk, size) != 0)
542 	{
543 	  warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile section, %s bytes at %s."),
544 		   plongest (size),
545 		   paddress (target_gdbarch, bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
546 	  break;
547 	}
548       if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
549 	{
550 	  warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
551 		   bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
552 	  break;
553 	}
554 
555       total_size -= size;
556       offset += size;
557     }
558 
559   do_cleanups (old_chain);	/* Frees MEMHUNK.  */
560 }
561 
562 static int
563 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
564 {
565   if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
566     return 0;			/* FIXME: error return/msg?  */
567 
568   /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping.  */
569   bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
570 
571   /* Copy memory region contents.  */
572   bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
573 
574   return 1;
575 }
576 
577 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes.  */
578 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
579 
580 void
581 _initialize_gcore (void)
582 {
583   add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
584 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
585 Argument is optional filename.  Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
586 
587   add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
588   exec_set_find_memory_regions (objfile_find_memory_regions);
589 }
590