gcore.c revision 1.5
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  struct gdb_exception except = exception_none;
118
119  target_prepare_to_generate_core ();
120
121  TRY
122    {
123      write_gcore_file_1 (obfd);
124    }
125  CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
126    {
127      except = e;
128    }
129  END_CATCH
130
131  target_done_generating_core ();
132
133  if (except.reason < 0)
134    throw_exception (except);
135}
136
137static void
138do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
139{
140  bfd *obfd = arg;
141  const char *filename = obfd->filename;
142
143  gdb_bfd_unref (arg);
144  unlink (filename);
145}
146
147/* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
148   Generate a core file from the inferior process.  */
149
150static void
151gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
152{
153  struct cleanup *filename_chain;
154  struct cleanup *bfd_chain;
155  char *corefilename;
156  bfd *obfd;
157
158  /* No use generating a corefile without a target process.  */
159  if (!target_has_execution)
160    noprocess ();
161
162  if (args && *args)
163    corefilename = tilde_expand (args);
164  else
165    {
166      /* Default corefile name is "core.PID".  */
167      corefilename = xstrprintf ("core.%d", ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
168    }
169  filename_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, corefilename);
170
171  if (info_verbose)
172    fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
173		      "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
174
175  /* Open the output file.  */
176  obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
177
178  /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file.  */
179  bfd_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
180
181  /* Call worker function.  */
182  write_gcore_file (obfd);
183
184  /* Succeeded.  */
185  discard_cleanups (bfd_chain);
186  gdb_bfd_unref (obfd);
187
188  fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
189  do_cleanups (filename_chain);
190}
191
192static unsigned long
193default_gcore_mach (void)
194{
195#if 1	/* See if this even matters...  */
196  return 0;
197#else
198
199  const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
200
201  if (bfdarch != NULL)
202    return bfdarch->mach;
203  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
204    error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
205
206  return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
207#endif /* 1 */
208}
209
210static enum bfd_architecture
211default_gcore_arch (void)
212{
213  const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
214
215  if (bfdarch != NULL)
216    return bfdarch->arch;
217  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
218    error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
219
220  return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
221}
222
223static const char *
224default_gcore_target (void)
225{
226  /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files.  */
227  if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
228    return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
229
230  /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target.  This will probably
231     not work for non-ELF targets.  */
232  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
233    return NULL;
234  else
235    return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
236}
237
238/* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
239   and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.  Return non-zero if
240   successful.  */
241
242static int
243derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
244{
245  struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
246
247  gdb_assert (bottom);
248  gdb_assert (top);
249
250  /* Can't succeed without stack and registers.  */
251  if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
252    return 0;
253
254  /* Can't succeed without current frame.  */
255  fi = get_current_frame ();
256  if (fi == NULL)
257    return 0;
258
259  /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame.  */
260  *top = get_frame_base (fi);
261  /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead.  */
262  if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
263    *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
264
265  /* Find prev-most frame.  */
266  while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
267    fi = tmp_fi;
268
269  /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame.  */
270  *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
271
272  /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
273     (as opposed to a lower stack frame).  */
274  if (*bottom > *top)
275    {
276      bfd_vma tmp_vma;
277
278      tmp_vma = *top;
279      *top = *bottom;
280      *bottom = tmp_vma;
281    }
282
283  return 1;
284}
285
286/* call_target_sbrk --
287   helper function for derive_heap_segment.  */
288
289static bfd_vma
290call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
291{
292  struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
293  struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
294  bfd_vma top_of_heap;
295  struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
296  struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
297  bfd_vma tmp;
298
299  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 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
306    {
307      sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
308      if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
309	return (bfd_vma) 0;
310    }
311  else
312    return (bfd_vma) 0;
313
314  gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
315  target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
316					sbrk_arg);
317  gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
318  ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
319  if (ret == NULL)
320    return (bfd_vma) 0;
321
322  tmp = value_as_long (ret);
323  if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
324    return (bfd_vma) 0;
325
326  top_of_heap = tmp;
327  return top_of_heap;
328}
329
330/* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
331   the static data sections.  Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
332   Return non-zero if successful.  */
333
334static int
335derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
336{
337  bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
338  bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
339  bfd_size_type sec_size;
340  bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
341  asection *sec;
342
343  gdb_assert (bottom);
344  gdb_assert (top);
345
346  /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
347     inferior.  */
348  if (!target_has_execution)
349    return 0;
350
351  /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
352     follows (low to high addresses):
353
354     ---------------------------------
355     | text sections                 |
356     ---------------------------------
357     | data sections (including bss) |
358     ---------------------------------
359     | heap                          |
360     --------------------------------- */
361
362  for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
363    {
364      if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
365	  || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
366	{
367	  sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
368	  sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
369	  if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
370	    top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
371	}
372    }
373
374  top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
375  if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
376    return 0;
377
378  /* Return results.  */
379  if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
380    {
381      *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
382      *top = top_of_heap;
383      return 1;
384    }
385
386  /* No additional heap space needs to be saved.  */
387  return 0;
388}
389
390static void
391make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
392{
393  int p_flags = 0;
394  int p_type = 0;
395
396  /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF.  */
397  if (startswith (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load"))
398    p_type = PT_LOAD;
399  else if (startswith (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note"))
400    p_type = PT_NOTE;
401  else
402    p_type = PT_NULL;
403
404  p_flags |= PF_R;	/* Segment is readable.  */
405  if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
406    p_flags |= PF_W;	/* Segment is writable.  */
407  if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
408    p_flags |= PF_X;	/* Segment is executable.  */
409
410  bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
411}
412
413/* find_memory_region_ftype implementation.  DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
414   GDB is creating.  */
415
416static int
417gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
418		       int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
419{
420  bfd *obfd = data;
421  asection *osec;
422  flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
423
424  /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
425     when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
426     or jam the kernel.  */
427  if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
428    {
429      if (info_verbose)
430        {
431          fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
432                            plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
433        }
434
435      return 0;
436    }
437
438  if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
439    {
440      /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
441	 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD.  */
442      struct objfile *objfile;
443      struct obj_section *objsec;
444
445      ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
446	{
447	  bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
448	  asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
449	  bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
450								    asec);
451	  bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
452	  bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
453
454	  /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
455	     section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
456	     segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
457	     (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
458
459	     This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
460	     we don't want to omit that.  */
461	  if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
462	      && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
463	          || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
464	      && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
465	    {
466	      flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
467	      goto keep;	/* Break out of two nested for loops.  */
468	    }
469	}
470
471    keep:;
472    }
473
474  if (write == 0)
475    flags |= SEC_READONLY;
476
477  if (exec)
478    flags |= SEC_CODE;
479  else
480    flags |= SEC_DATA;
481
482  osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
483  if (osec == NULL)
484    {
485      warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
486	       bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
487      return 1;
488    }
489
490  if (info_verbose)
491    {
492      fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
493			plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
494    }
495
496  bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
497  bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
498  bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma?  */
499  return 0;
500}
501
502int
503objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
504			     find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
505{
506  /* Use objfile data to create memory sections.  */
507  struct objfile *objfile;
508  struct obj_section *objsec;
509  bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
510
511  /* Call callback function for each objfile section.  */
512  ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
513    {
514      bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
515      asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
516      flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
517
518      /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore.  */
519      if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
520	continue;
521
522      if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
523	{
524	  int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
525	  int ret;
526
527	  ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
528			 1, /* All sections will be readable.  */
529			 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable.  */
530			 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable.  */
531			 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true.  */
532			 obfd);
533	  if (ret != 0)
534	    return ret;
535	}
536    }
537
538  /* Make a stack segment.  */
539  if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
540    (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
541	     1, /* Stack section will be readable.  */
542	     1, /* Stack section will be writable.  */
543	     0, /* Stack section will not be executable.  */
544	     1, /* Stack section will be modified.  */
545	     obfd);
546
547  /* Make a heap segment.  */
548  if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
549    (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
550	     1, /* Heap section will be readable.  */
551	     1, /* Heap section will be writable.  */
552	     0, /* Heap section will not be executable.  */
553	     1, /* Heap section will be modified.  */
554	     obfd);
555
556  return 0;
557}
558
559static void
560gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
561{
562  bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
563  file_ptr offset = 0;
564  struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
565  void *memhunk;
566
567  /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents.  */
568  if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
569    return;
570
571  /* Only interested in "load" sections.  */
572  if (!startswith (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load"))
573    return;
574
575  size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
576  memhunk = xmalloc (size);
577  old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
578
579  while (total_size > 0)
580    {
581      if (size > total_size)
582	size = total_size;
583
584      if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
585			      memhunk, size) != 0)
586	{
587	  warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
588		     "section, %s bytes at %s."),
589		   plongest (size),
590		   paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
591	  break;
592	}
593      if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
594	{
595	  warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
596		   bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
597	  break;
598	}
599
600      total_size -= size;
601      offset += size;
602    }
603
604  do_cleanups (old_chain);	/* Frees MEMHUNK.  */
605}
606
607static int
608gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
609{
610  /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method.  */
611  if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
612      || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
613				      gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
614    {
615      if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
616	return 0;			/* FIXME: error return/msg?  */
617    }
618
619  /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping.  */
620  bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
621
622  /* Copy memory region contents.  */
623  bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
624
625  return 1;
626}
627
628/* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes.  */
629extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
630
631void
632_initialize_gcore (void)
633{
634  add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
635Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
636Argument is optional filename.  Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
637
638  add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
639}
640