gcore.c revision 1.7
1/* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
2
3   Copyright (C) 2001-2017 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#include <algorithm>
38#include "common/gdb_unlinker.h"
39
40/* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once.  We
41   must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
42   generate-core-file for programs with large resident data.  */
43#define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
44
45static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
46static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
47static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
48static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
49
50/* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
51   Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle.  */
52
53gdb_bfd_ref_ptr
54create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename)
55{
56  gdb_bfd_ref_ptr obfd (gdb_bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ()));
57
58  if (obfd == NULL)
59    error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
60  bfd_set_format (obfd.get (), bfd_core);
61  bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd.get (), default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
62  return obfd;
63}
64
65/* write_gcore_file_1 -- do the actual work of write_gcore_file.  */
66
67static void
68write_gcore_file_1 (bfd *obfd)
69{
70  struct cleanup *cleanup;
71  void *note_data = NULL;
72  int note_size = 0;
73  asection *note_sec = NULL;
74
75  /* An external target method must build the notes section.  */
76  /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
77     generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
78     point, the target vector method can be removed.  */
79  if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch ()))
80    note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
81  else
82    note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch (), obfd, &note_size);
83
84  cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, note_data);
85
86  if (note_data == NULL || note_size == 0)
87    error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
88
89  /* Create the note section.  */
90  note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
91						 SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
92						 | SEC_READONLY
93						 | SEC_ALLOC);
94  if (note_sec == NULL)
95    error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
96	   bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
97
98  bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
99  bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
100  bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
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 (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
108    warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
109
110  do_cleanups (cleanup);
111}
112
113/* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
114   Compose and write the corefile data to the core file.  */
115
116void
117write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
118{
119  struct gdb_exception except = exception_none;
120
121  target_prepare_to_generate_core ();
122
123  TRY
124    {
125      write_gcore_file_1 (obfd);
126    }
127  CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
128    {
129      except = e;
130    }
131  END_CATCH
132
133  target_done_generating_core ();
134
135  if (except.reason < 0)
136    throw_exception (except);
137}
138
139/* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
140   Generate a core file from the inferior process.  */
141
142static void
143gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
144{
145  gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> corefilename;
146
147  /* No use generating a corefile without a target process.  */
148  if (!target_has_execution)
149    noprocess ();
150
151  if (args && *args)
152    corefilename.reset (tilde_expand (args));
153  else
154    {
155      /* Default corefile name is "core.PID".  */
156      corefilename.reset (xstrprintf ("core.%d", ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid)));
157    }
158
159  if (info_verbose)
160    fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
161		      "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n",
162		      corefilename.get ());
163
164  /* Open the output file.  */
165  gdb_bfd_ref_ptr obfd (create_gcore_bfd (corefilename.get ()));
166
167  /* Arrange to unlink the file on failure.  */
168  gdb::unlinker unlink_file (corefilename.get ());
169
170  /* Call worker function.  */
171  write_gcore_file (obfd.get ());
172
173  /* Succeeded.  */
174  unlink_file.keep ();
175
176  fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename.get ());
177}
178
179static unsigned long
180default_gcore_mach (void)
181{
182#if 1	/* See if this even matters...  */
183  return 0;
184#else
185
186  const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
187
188  if (bfdarch != NULL)
189    return bfdarch->mach;
190  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
191    error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
192
193  return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
194#endif /* 1 */
195}
196
197static enum bfd_architecture
198default_gcore_arch (void)
199{
200  const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
201
202  if (bfdarch != NULL)
203    return bfdarch->arch;
204  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
205    error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
206
207  return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
208}
209
210static const char *
211default_gcore_target (void)
212{
213  /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files.  */
214  if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
215    return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
216
217  /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target.  This will probably
218     not work for non-ELF targets.  */
219  if (exec_bfd == NULL)
220    return NULL;
221  else
222    return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
223}
224
225/* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
226   and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.  Return non-zero if
227   successful.  */
228
229static int
230derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
231{
232  struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
233
234  gdb_assert (bottom);
235  gdb_assert (top);
236
237  /* Can't succeed without stack and registers.  */
238  if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
239    return 0;
240
241  /* Can't succeed without current frame.  */
242  fi = get_current_frame ();
243  if (fi == NULL)
244    return 0;
245
246  /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame.  */
247  *top = get_frame_base (fi);
248  /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead.  */
249  if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
250    *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
251
252  /* Find prev-most frame.  */
253  while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
254    fi = tmp_fi;
255
256  /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame.  */
257  *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
258
259  /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
260     (as opposed to a lower stack frame).  */
261  if (*bottom > *top)
262    {
263      bfd_vma tmp_vma;
264
265      tmp_vma = *top;
266      *top = *bottom;
267      *bottom = tmp_vma;
268    }
269
270  return 1;
271}
272
273/* call_target_sbrk --
274   helper function for derive_heap_segment.  */
275
276static bfd_vma
277call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
278{
279  struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
280  struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
281  bfd_vma top_of_heap;
282  struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
283  struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
284  bfd_vma tmp;
285
286  if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
287    {
288      sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
289      if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
290	return (bfd_vma) 0;
291    }
292  else 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
299    return (bfd_vma) 0;
300
301  gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
302  target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
303					sbrk_arg);
304  gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
305  ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
306  if (ret == NULL)
307    return (bfd_vma) 0;
308
309  tmp = value_as_long (ret);
310  if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
311    return (bfd_vma) 0;
312
313  top_of_heap = tmp;
314  return top_of_heap;
315}
316
317/* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
318   the static data sections.  Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
319   Return non-zero if successful.  */
320
321static int
322derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
323{
324  bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
325  bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
326  bfd_size_type sec_size;
327  bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
328  asection *sec;
329
330  gdb_assert (bottom);
331  gdb_assert (top);
332
333  /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
334     inferior.  */
335  if (!target_has_execution)
336    return 0;
337
338  /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
339     follows (low to high addresses):
340
341     ---------------------------------
342     | text sections                 |
343     ---------------------------------
344     | data sections (including bss) |
345     ---------------------------------
346     | heap                          |
347     --------------------------------- */
348
349  for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
350    {
351      if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
352	  || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
353	{
354	  sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
355	  sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
356	  if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
357	    top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
358	}
359    }
360
361  top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
362  if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
363    return 0;
364
365  /* Return results.  */
366  if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
367    {
368      *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
369      *top = top_of_heap;
370      return 1;
371    }
372
373  /* No additional heap space needs to be saved.  */
374  return 0;
375}
376
377static void
378make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
379{
380  int p_flags = 0;
381  int p_type = 0;
382
383  /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF.  */
384  if (startswith (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load"))
385    p_type = PT_LOAD;
386  else if (startswith (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note"))
387    p_type = PT_NOTE;
388  else
389    p_type = PT_NULL;
390
391  p_flags |= PF_R;	/* Segment is readable.  */
392  if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
393    p_flags |= PF_W;	/* Segment is writable.  */
394  if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
395    p_flags |= PF_X;	/* Segment is executable.  */
396
397  bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
398}
399
400/* find_memory_region_ftype implementation.  DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
401   GDB is creating.  */
402
403static int
404gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
405		       int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
406{
407  bfd *obfd = (bfd *) data;
408  asection *osec;
409  flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
410
411  /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
412     when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
413     or jam the kernel.  */
414  if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
415    {
416      if (info_verbose)
417        {
418          fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
419                            plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
420        }
421
422      return 0;
423    }
424
425  if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
426    {
427      /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
428	 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD.  */
429      struct objfile *objfile;
430      struct obj_section *objsec;
431
432      ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
433	{
434	  bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
435	  asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
436	  bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
437								    asec);
438	  bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
439	  bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
440
441	  /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
442	     section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
443	     segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
444	     (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
445
446	     This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
447	     we don't want to omit that.  */
448	  if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
449	      && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
450	          || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
451	      && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
452	    {
453	      flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
454	      goto keep;	/* Break out of two nested for loops.  */
455	    }
456	}
457
458    keep:;
459    }
460
461  if (write == 0)
462    flags |= SEC_READONLY;
463
464  if (exec)
465    flags |= SEC_CODE;
466  else
467    flags |= SEC_DATA;
468
469  osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
470  if (osec == NULL)
471    {
472      warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
473	       bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
474      return 1;
475    }
476
477  if (info_verbose)
478    {
479      fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
480			plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
481    }
482
483  bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
484  bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
485  bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma?  */
486  return 0;
487}
488
489int
490objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
491			     find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
492{
493  /* Use objfile data to create memory sections.  */
494  struct objfile *objfile;
495  struct obj_section *objsec;
496  bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
497
498  /* Call callback function for each objfile section.  */
499  ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
500    {
501      bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
502      asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
503      flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
504
505      /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore.  */
506      if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
507	continue;
508
509      if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
510	{
511	  int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
512	  int ret;
513
514	  ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
515			 1, /* All sections will be readable.  */
516			 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable.  */
517			 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable.  */
518			 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true.  */
519			 obfd);
520	  if (ret != 0)
521	    return ret;
522	}
523    }
524
525  /* Make a stack segment.  */
526  if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
527    (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
528	     1, /* Stack section will be readable.  */
529	     1, /* Stack section will be writable.  */
530	     0, /* Stack section will not be executable.  */
531	     1, /* Stack section will be modified.  */
532	     obfd);
533
534  /* Make a heap segment.  */
535  if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
536    (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
537	     1, /* Heap section will be readable.  */
538	     1, /* Heap section will be writable.  */
539	     0, /* Heap section will not be executable.  */
540	     1, /* Heap section will be modified.  */
541	     obfd);
542
543  return 0;
544}
545
546static void
547gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
548{
549  bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
550  file_ptr offset = 0;
551  struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
552  gdb_byte *memhunk;
553
554  /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents.  */
555  if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
556    return;
557
558  /* Only interested in "load" sections.  */
559  if (!startswith (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load"))
560    return;
561
562  size = std::min (total_size, (bfd_size_type) MAX_COPY_BYTES);
563  memhunk = (gdb_byte *) xmalloc (size);
564  old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
565
566  while (total_size > 0)
567    {
568      if (size > total_size)
569	size = total_size;
570
571      if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
572			      memhunk, size) != 0)
573	{
574	  warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
575		     "section, %s bytes at %s."),
576		   plongest (size),
577		   paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
578	  break;
579	}
580      if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
581	{
582	  warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
583		   bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
584	  break;
585	}
586
587      total_size -= size;
588      offset += size;
589    }
590
591  do_cleanups (old_chain);	/* Frees MEMHUNK.  */
592}
593
594static int
595gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
596{
597  /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method.  */
598  if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
599      || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
600				      gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
601    {
602      if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
603	return 0;			/* FIXME: error return/msg?  */
604    }
605
606  /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping.  */
607  bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
608
609  /* Copy memory region contents.  */
610  bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
611
612  return 1;
613}
614
615/* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes.  */
616extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
617
618void
619_initialize_gcore (void)
620{
621  add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
622Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
623Argument is optional filename.  Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
624
625  add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
626}
627