gcore.c revision 1.3
1/* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
2
3   Copyright (C) 2001-2015 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 <fcntl.h>
33#include "regcache.h"
34#include "regset.h"
35#include "gdb_bfd.h"
36#include "readline/tilde.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
43static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
44static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
45static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
46static 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
51bfd *
52create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename)
53{
54  bfd *obfd = gdb_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_1 -- do the actual work of write_gcore_file.  */
64
65static void
66write_gcore_file_1 (bfd *obfd)
67{
68  struct cleanup *cleanup;
69  void *note_data = NULL;
70  int note_size = 0;
71  asection *note_sec = NULL;
72
73  /* An external target method must build the notes section.  */
74  /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
75     generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
76     point, the target vector method can be removed.  */
77  if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch ()))
78    note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
79  else
80    note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch (), obfd, &note_size);
81
82  cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, note_data);
83
84  if (note_data == NULL || note_size == 0)
85    error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
86
87  /* Create the note section.  */
88  note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
89						 SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
90						 | SEC_READONLY
91						 | SEC_ALLOC);
92  if (note_sec == NULL)
93    error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
94	   bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
95
96  bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
97  bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
98  bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
99
100  /* Now create the memory/load sections.  */
101  if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
102    error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
103
104  /* Write out the contents of the note section.  */
105  if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
106    warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
107
108  do_cleanups (cleanup);
109}
110
111/* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
112   Compose and write the corefile data to the core file.  */
113
114void
115write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
116{
117  volatile struct gdb_exception except;
118
119  target_prepare_to_generate_core ();
120
121  TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
122    write_gcore_file_1 (obfd);
123
124  target_done_generating_core ();
125
126  if (except.reason < 0)
127    throw_exception (except);
128}
129
130static void
131do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
132{
133  bfd *obfd = arg;
134  const char *filename = obfd->filename;
135
136  gdb_bfd_unref (arg);
137  unlink (filename);
138}
139
140/* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
141   Generate a core file from the inferior process.  */
142
143static void
144gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
145{
146  struct cleanup *filename_chain;
147  struct cleanup *bfd_chain;
148  char *corefilename;
149  bfd *obfd;
150
151  /* No use generating a corefile without a target process.  */
152  if (!target_has_execution)
153    noprocess ();
154
155  if (args && *args)
156    corefilename = tilde_expand (args);
157  else
158    {
159      /* Default corefile name is "core.PID".  */
160      corefilename = xstrprintf ("core.%d", ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
161    }
162  filename_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, corefilename);
163
164  if (info_verbose)
165    fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
166		      "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
167
168  /* Open the output file.  */
169  obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
170
171  /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file.  */
172  bfd_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
173
174  /* Call worker function.  */
175  write_gcore_file (obfd);
176
177  /* Succeeded.  */
178  discard_cleanups (bfd_chain);
179  gdb_bfd_unref (obfd);
180
181  fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
182  do_cleanups (filename_chain);
183}
184
185static unsigned long
186default_gcore_mach (void)
187{
188#if 1	/* See if this even matters...  */
189  return 0;
190#else
191
192  const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
193
194  if (bfdarch != NULL)
195    return bfdarch->mach;
196  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
197    error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
198
199  return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
200#endif /* 1 */
201}
202
203static enum bfd_architecture
204default_gcore_arch (void)
205{
206  const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
207
208  if (bfdarch != NULL)
209    return bfdarch->arch;
210  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
211    error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
212
213  return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
214}
215
216static const char *
217default_gcore_target (void)
218{
219  /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files.  */
220  if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
221    return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
222
223  /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target.  This will probably
224     not work for non-ELF targets.  */
225  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
226    return NULL;
227  else
228    return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
229}
230
231/* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
232   and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.  Return non-zero if
233   successful.  */
234
235static int
236derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
237{
238  struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
239
240  gdb_assert (bottom);
241  gdb_assert (top);
242
243  /* Can't succeed without stack and registers.  */
244  if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
245    return 0;
246
247  /* Can't succeed without current frame.  */
248  fi = get_current_frame ();
249  if (fi == NULL)
250    return 0;
251
252  /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame.  */
253  *top = get_frame_base (fi);
254  /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead.  */
255  if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
256    *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
257
258  /* Find prev-most frame.  */
259  while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
260    fi = tmp_fi;
261
262  /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame.  */
263  *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
264
265  /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
266     (as opposed to a lower stack frame).  */
267  if (*bottom > *top)
268    {
269      bfd_vma tmp_vma;
270
271      tmp_vma = *top;
272      *top = *bottom;
273      *bottom = tmp_vma;
274    }
275
276  return 1;
277}
278
279/* call_target_sbrk --
280   helper function for derive_heap_segment.  */
281
282static bfd_vma
283call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
284{
285  struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
286  struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
287  bfd_vma top_of_heap;
288  struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
289  struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
290  bfd_vma tmp;
291
292  if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
293    {
294      sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
295      if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
296	return (bfd_vma) 0;
297    }
298  else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
299    {
300      sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
301      if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
302	return (bfd_vma) 0;
303    }
304  else
305    return (bfd_vma) 0;
306
307  gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
308  target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
309					sbrk_arg);
310  gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
311  ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
312  if (ret == NULL)
313    return (bfd_vma) 0;
314
315  tmp = value_as_long (ret);
316  if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
317    return (bfd_vma) 0;
318
319  top_of_heap = tmp;
320  return top_of_heap;
321}
322
323/* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
324   the static data sections.  Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
325   Return non-zero if successful.  */
326
327static int
328derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
329{
330  bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
331  bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
332  bfd_size_type sec_size;
333  bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
334  asection *sec;
335
336  gdb_assert (bottom);
337  gdb_assert (top);
338
339  /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
340     inferior.  */
341  if (!target_has_execution)
342    return 0;
343
344  /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
345     follows (low to high addresses):
346
347     ---------------------------------
348     | text sections                 |
349     ---------------------------------
350     | data sections (including bss) |
351     ---------------------------------
352     | heap                          |
353     --------------------------------- */
354
355  for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
356    {
357      if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
358	  || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
359	{
360	  sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
361	  sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
362	  if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
363	    top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
364	}
365    }
366
367  top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
368  if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
369    return 0;
370
371  /* Return results.  */
372  if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
373    {
374      *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
375      *top = top_of_heap;
376      return 1;
377    }
378
379  /* No additional heap space needs to be saved.  */
380  return 0;
381}
382
383static void
384make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
385{
386  int p_flags = 0;
387  int p_type = 0;
388
389  /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF.  */
390  if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
391    p_type = PT_LOAD;
392  else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
393    p_type = PT_NOTE;
394  else
395    p_type = PT_NULL;
396
397  p_flags |= PF_R;	/* Segment is readable.  */
398  if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
399    p_flags |= PF_W;	/* Segment is writable.  */
400  if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
401    p_flags |= PF_X;	/* Segment is executable.  */
402
403  bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
404}
405
406/* find_memory_region_ftype implementation.  DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
407   GDB is creating.  */
408
409static int
410gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
411		       int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
412{
413  bfd *obfd = data;
414  asection *osec;
415  flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
416
417  /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
418     when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
419     or jam the kernel.  */
420  if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
421    {
422      if (info_verbose)
423        {
424          fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
425                            plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
426        }
427
428      return 0;
429    }
430
431  if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
432    {
433      /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
434	 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD.  */
435      struct objfile *objfile;
436      struct obj_section *objsec;
437
438      ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
439	{
440	  bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
441	  asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
442	  bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
443								    asec);
444	  bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
445	  bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
446
447	  /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
448	     section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
449	     segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
450	     (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
451
452	     This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
453	     we don't want to omit that.  */
454	  if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
455	      && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
456	          || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
457	      && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
458	    {
459	      flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
460	      goto keep;	/* Break out of two nested for loops.  */
461	    }
462	}
463
464    keep:;
465    }
466
467  if (write == 0)
468    flags |= SEC_READONLY;
469
470  if (exec)
471    flags |= SEC_CODE;
472  else
473    flags |= SEC_DATA;
474
475  osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
476  if (osec == NULL)
477    {
478      warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
479	       bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
480      return 1;
481    }
482
483  if (info_verbose)
484    {
485      fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
486			plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
487    }
488
489  bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
490  bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
491  bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma?  */
492  return 0;
493}
494
495int
496objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
497			     find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
498{
499  /* Use objfile data to create memory sections.  */
500  struct objfile *objfile;
501  struct obj_section *objsec;
502  bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
503
504  /* Call callback function for each objfile section.  */
505  ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
506    {
507      bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
508      asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
509      flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
510
511      /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore.  */
512      if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
513	continue;
514
515      if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
516	{
517	  int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
518	  int ret;
519
520	  ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
521			 1, /* All sections will be readable.  */
522			 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable.  */
523			 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable.  */
524			 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true.  */
525			 obfd);
526	  if (ret != 0)
527	    return ret;
528	}
529    }
530
531  /* Make a stack segment.  */
532  if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
533    (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
534	     1, /* Stack section will be readable.  */
535	     1, /* Stack section will be writable.  */
536	     0, /* Stack section will not be executable.  */
537	     1, /* Stack section will be modified.  */
538	     obfd);
539
540  /* Make a heap segment.  */
541  if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
542    (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
543	     1, /* Heap section will be readable.  */
544	     1, /* Heap section will be writable.  */
545	     0, /* Heap section will not be executable.  */
546	     1, /* Heap section will be modified.  */
547	     obfd);
548
549  return 0;
550}
551
552static void
553gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
554{
555  bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
556  file_ptr offset = 0;
557  struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
558  void *memhunk;
559
560  /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents.  */
561  if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
562    return;
563
564  /* Only interested in "load" sections.  */
565  if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
566    return;
567
568  size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
569  memhunk = xmalloc (size);
570  old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
571
572  while (total_size > 0)
573    {
574      if (size > total_size)
575	size = total_size;
576
577      if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
578			      memhunk, size) != 0)
579	{
580	  warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
581		     "section, %s bytes at %s."),
582		   plongest (size),
583		   paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
584	  break;
585	}
586      if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
587	{
588	  warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
589		   bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
590	  break;
591	}
592
593      total_size -= size;
594      offset += size;
595    }
596
597  do_cleanups (old_chain);	/* Frees MEMHUNK.  */
598}
599
600static int
601gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
602{
603  /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method.  */
604  if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
605      || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
606				      gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
607    {
608      if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
609	return 0;			/* FIXME: error return/msg?  */
610    }
611
612  /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping.  */
613  bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
614
615  /* Copy memory region contents.  */
616  bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
617
618  return 1;
619}
620
621/* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes.  */
622extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
623
624void
625_initialize_gcore (void)
626{
627  add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
628Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
629Argument is optional filename.  Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
630
631  add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
632}
633