xref: /dragonfly/contrib/gdb-7/gdb/gcore.c (revision dcd37f7d)
1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
2 
3    Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
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 "symfile.h"
28 
29 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
30 
31 #include "gdb_assert.h"
32 
33 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once.  We
34    must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
35    generate-core-file for programs with large resident data.  */
36 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
37 
38 static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
39 static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
40 static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
41 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
42 
43 /* Generate a core file from the inferior process.  */
44 
45 static void
46 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
47 {
48   struct cleanup *old_chain;
49   char *corefilename, corefilename_buffer[40];
50   asection *note_sec = NULL;
51   bfd *obfd;
52   void *note_data = NULL;
53   int note_size = 0;
54 
55   /* No use generating a corefile without a target process.  */
56   if (!target_has_execution)
57     noprocess ();
58 
59   if (args && *args)
60     corefilename = args;
61   else
62     {
63       /* Default corefile name is "core.PID".  */
64       sprintf (corefilename_buffer, "core.%d", PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
65       corefilename = corefilename_buffer;
66     }
67 
68   if (info_verbose)
69     fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
70 		      "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
71 
72   /* Open the output file.  */
73   obfd = bfd_openw (corefilename, default_gcore_target ());
74   if (!obfd)
75     error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), corefilename);
76 
77   /* Need a cleanup that will close the file (FIXME: delete it?).  */
78   old_chain = make_cleanup_bfd_close (obfd);
79 
80   bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
81   bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
82 
83   /* An external target method must build the notes section.  */
84   note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
85 
86   /* Create the note section.  */
87   if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
88     {
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 
102   /* Now create the memory/load sections.  */
103   if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
104     error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
105 
106   /* Write out the contents of the note section.  */
107   if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
108     {
109       if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
110 	warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
111     }
112 
113   /* Succeeded.  */
114   fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
115 
116   /* Clean-ups will close the output file and free malloc memory.  */
117   do_cleanups (old_chain);
118   return;
119 }
120 
121 static unsigned long
122 default_gcore_mach (void)
123 {
124 #if 1	/* See if this even matters...  */
125   return 0;
126 #else
127 
128   const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
129 
130   if (bfdarch != NULL)
131     return bfdarch->mach;
132   if (exec_bfd == NULL)
133     error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
134 
135   return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
136 #endif /* 1 */
137 }
138 
139 static enum bfd_architecture
140 default_gcore_arch (void)
141 {
142   const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
143 
144   if (bfdarch != NULL)
145     return bfdarch->arch;
146   if (exec_bfd == NULL)
147     error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
148 
149   return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
150 }
151 
152 static const char *
153 default_gcore_target (void)
154 {
155   /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files.  */
156   if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch))
157     return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch);
158 
159   /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target.  This will probably
160      not work for non-ELF targets.  */
161   if (exec_bfd == NULL)
162     return NULL;
163   else
164     return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
165 }
166 
167 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
168    and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.  Return non-zero if
169    successful.  */
170 
171 static int
172 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
173 {
174   struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
175 
176   gdb_assert (bottom);
177   gdb_assert (top);
178 
179   /* Can't succeed without stack and registers.  */
180   if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
181     return 0;
182 
183   /* Can't succeed without current frame.  */
184   fi = get_current_frame ();
185   if (fi == NULL)
186     return 0;
187 
188   /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame.  */
189   *top = get_frame_base (fi);
190   /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead.  */
191   if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
192     *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
193 
194   /* Find prev-most frame.  */
195   while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
196     fi = tmp_fi;
197 
198   /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame.  */
199   *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
200 
201   /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
202      (as opposed to a lower stack frame).  */
203   if (*bottom > *top)
204     {
205       bfd_vma tmp_vma;
206 
207       tmp_vma = *top;
208       *top = *bottom;
209       *bottom = tmp_vma;
210     }
211 
212   return 1;
213 }
214 
215 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
216    the static data sections.  Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
217    Return non-zero if successful.  */
218 
219 static int
220 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
221 {
222   struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
223   struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
224   bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
225   bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
226   bfd_size_type sec_size;
227   struct value *zero, *sbrk;
228   bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
229   asection *sec;
230 
231   gdb_assert (bottom);
232   gdb_assert (top);
233 
234   /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
235      inferior.  */
236   if (!target_has_execution)
237     return 0;
238 
239   /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
240      follows (low to high addresses):
241 
242      ---------------------------------
243      | text sections                 |
244      ---------------------------------
245      | data sections (including bss) |
246      ---------------------------------
247      | heap                          |
248      --------------------------------- */
249 
250   for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
251     {
252       if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
253 	  || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
254 	{
255 	  sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
256 	  sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
257 	  if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
258 	    top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
259 	}
260     }
261 
262   /* Now get the top-of-heap by calling sbrk in the inferior.  */
263   if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
264     {
265       sbrk = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
266       if (sbrk == NULL)
267 	return 0;
268     }
269   else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
270     {
271       sbrk = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
272       if (sbrk == NULL)
273 	return 0;
274     }
275   else
276     return 0;
277 
278   gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
279   zero = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int, 0);
280   gdb_assert (zero);
281   sbrk = call_function_by_hand (sbrk, 1, &zero);
282   if (sbrk == NULL)
283     return 0;
284   top_of_heap = value_as_long (sbrk);
285 
286   /* Return results.  */
287   if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
288     {
289       *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
290       *top = top_of_heap;
291       return 1;
292     }
293 
294   /* No additional heap space needs to be saved.  */
295   return 0;
296 }
297 
298 static void
299 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
300 {
301   int p_flags = 0;
302   int p_type;
303 
304   /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF.  */
305   if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
306     p_type = PT_LOAD;
307   else
308     p_type = PT_NOTE;
309 
310   p_flags |= PF_R;	/* Segment is readable.  */
311   if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
312     p_flags |= PF_W;	/* Segment is writable.  */
313   if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
314     p_flags |= PF_X;	/* Segment is executable.  */
315 
316   bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
317 }
318 
319 static int
320 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size,
321 		       int read, int write, int exec, void *data)
322 {
323   bfd *obfd = data;
324   asection *osec;
325   flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
326 
327   /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
328      when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
329      or jam the kernel.  */
330   if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0)
331     {
332       if (info_verbose)
333         {
334           fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
335                             plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
336         }
337 
338       return 0;
339     }
340 
341   if (write == 0)
342     {
343       /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
344 	 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD.  */
345       struct objfile *objfile;
346       struct obj_section *objsec;
347 
348       ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
349 	{
350 	  bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
351 	  asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
352 	  bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
353 								    asec);
354 	  bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
355 	  bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
356 	  /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
357 	     section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
358 	     segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
359 	     (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
360 
361 	     This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
362 	     we don't want to omit that.  */
363 	  if (((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
364 	       || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
365 	      && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
366 	    {
367 	      flags &= ~SEC_LOAD;
368 	      flags |= SEC_NEVER_LOAD;
369 	      goto keep;	/* break out of two nested for loops */
370 	    }
371 	}
372 
373     keep:
374       flags |= SEC_READONLY;
375     }
376 
377   if (exec)
378     flags |= SEC_CODE;
379   else
380     flags |= SEC_DATA;
381 
382   osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
383   if (osec == NULL)
384     {
385       warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
386 	       bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
387       return 1;
388     }
389 
390   if (info_verbose)
391     {
392       fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
393 			plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
394     }
395 
396   bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
397   bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
398   bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma?  */
399   return 0;
400 }
401 
402 static int
403 objfile_find_memory_regions (int (*func) (CORE_ADDR, unsigned long,
404 					  int, int, int, void *),
405 			     void *obfd)
406 {
407   /* Use objfile data to create memory sections.  */
408   struct objfile *objfile;
409   struct obj_section *objsec;
410   bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
411 
412   /* Call callback function for each objfile section.  */
413   ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
414     {
415       bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
416       asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
417       flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
418       int ret;
419 
420       if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
421 	{
422 	  int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
423 	  int ret;
424 
425 	  ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec),
426 			 1, /* All sections will be readable.  */
427 			 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable.  */
428 			 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable.  */
429 			 obfd);
430 	  if (ret != 0)
431 	    return ret;
432 	}
433     }
434 
435   /* Make a stack segment.  */
436   if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
437     (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
438 	     1, /* Stack section will be readable.  */
439 	     1, /* Stack section will be writable.  */
440 	     0, /* Stack section will not be executable.  */
441 	     obfd);
442 
443   /* Make a heap segment. */
444   if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
445     (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
446 	     1, /* Heap section will be readable.  */
447 	     1, /* Heap section will be writable.  */
448 	     0, /* Heap section will not be executable.  */
449 	     obfd);
450 
451   return 0;
452 }
453 
454 static void
455 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
456 {
457   bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
458   file_ptr offset = 0;
459   struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
460   void *memhunk;
461 
462   /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents.  */
463   if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
464     return;
465 
466   /* Only interested in "load" sections.  */
467   if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
468     return;
469 
470   size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
471   memhunk = xmalloc (size);
472   /* ??? This is crap since xmalloc should never return NULL.  */
473   if (memhunk == NULL)
474     error (_("Not enough memory to create corefile."));
475   old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
476 
477   while (total_size > 0)
478     {
479       if (size > total_size)
480 	size = total_size;
481 
482       if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
483 			      memhunk, size) != 0)
484 	{
485 	  warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile section, %s bytes at %s."),
486 		   plongest (size),
487 		   paddress (target_gdbarch, bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
488 	  break;
489 	}
490       if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
491 	{
492 	  warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
493 		   bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
494 	  break;
495 	}
496 
497       total_size -= size;
498       offset += size;
499     }
500 
501   do_cleanups (old_chain);	/* Frees MEMHUNK.  */
502 }
503 
504 static int
505 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
506 {
507   if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
508     return 0;			/* FIXME: error return/msg?  */
509 
510   /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping.  */
511   bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
512 
513   /* Copy memory region contents.  */
514   bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
515 
516   return 1;
517 }
518 
519 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes.  */
520 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
521 
522 void
523 _initialize_gcore (void)
524 {
525   add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
526 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
527 Argument is optional filename.  Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
528 
529   add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
530   exec_set_find_memory_regions (objfile_find_memory_regions);
531 }
532