1 /* Auxiliary vector support for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
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.
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.
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/>. */
26 #include "gdb_assert.h"
29 #include "filestuff.h"
32 #include "elf/common.h"
38 /* This function handles access via /proc/PID/auxv, which is a common
39 method for native targets. */
42 procfs_xfer_auxv (gdb_byte *readbuf,
43 const gdb_byte *writebuf,
51 pathname = xstrprintf ("/proc/%d/auxv", PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
52 fd = gdb_open_cloexec (pathname, writebuf != NULL ? O_WRONLY : O_RDONLY, 0);
57 if (offset != (ULONGEST) 0
58 && lseek (fd, (off_t) offset, SEEK_SET) != (off_t) offset)
60 else if (readbuf != NULL)
61 n = read (fd, readbuf, len);
63 n = write (fd, writebuf, len);
70 /* This function handles access via ld.so's symbol `_dl_auxv'. */
73 ld_so_xfer_auxv (gdb_byte *readbuf,
74 const gdb_byte *writebuf,
78 struct minimal_symbol *msym;
79 CORE_ADDR data_address, pointer_address;
80 struct type *ptr_type = builtin_type (target_gdbarch ())->builtin_data_ptr;
81 size_t ptr_size = TYPE_LENGTH (ptr_type);
82 size_t auxv_pair_size = 2 * ptr_size;
83 gdb_byte *ptr_buf = alloca (ptr_size);
87 msym = lookup_minimal_symbol ("_dl_auxv", NULL, NULL);
91 if (MSYMBOL_SIZE (msym) != ptr_size)
94 /* POINTER_ADDRESS is a location where the `_dl_auxv' variable
95 resides. DATA_ADDRESS is the inferior value present in
96 `_dl_auxv', therefore the real inferior AUXV address. */
98 pointer_address = SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (msym);
100 /* The location of the _dl_auxv symbol may no longer be correct if
101 ld.so runs at a different address than the one present in the
102 file. This is very common case - for unprelinked ld.so or with a
103 PIE executable. PIE executable forces random address even for
104 libraries already being prelinked to some address. PIE
105 executables themselves are never prelinked even on prelinked
106 systems. Prelinking of a PIE executable would block their
107 purpose of randomizing load of everything including the
110 If the memory read fails, return -1 to fallback on another
111 mechanism for retrieving the AUXV.
113 In most cases of a PIE running under valgrind there is no way to
114 find out the base addresses of any of ld.so, executable or AUXV
115 as everything is randomized and /proc information is not relevant
116 for the virtual executable running under valgrind. We think that
117 we might need a valgrind extension to make it work. This is PR
120 if (target_read_memory (pointer_address, ptr_buf, ptr_size) != 0)
123 data_address = extract_typed_address (ptr_buf, ptr_type);
125 /* Possibly still not initialized such as during an inferior
127 if (data_address == 0)
130 data_address += offset;
132 if (writebuf != NULL)
134 if (target_write_memory (data_address, writebuf, len) == 0)
140 /* Stop if trying to read past the existing AUXV block. The final
141 AT_NULL was already returned before. */
143 if (offset >= auxv_pair_size)
145 if (target_read_memory (data_address - auxv_pair_size, ptr_buf,
149 if (extract_typed_address (ptr_buf, ptr_type) == AT_NULL)
155 gdb_assert (block % auxv_pair_size == 0);
162 /* Reading sizes smaller than AUXV_PAIR_SIZE is not supported.
163 Tails unaligned to AUXV_PAIR_SIZE will not be read during a
164 call (they should be completed during next read with
165 new/extended buffer). */
167 block &= -auxv_pair_size;
171 if (target_read_memory (data_address, readbuf, block) != 0)
173 if (block <= auxv_pair_size)
176 block = auxv_pair_size;
180 data_address += block;
183 /* Check terminal AT_NULL. This function is being called
184 indefinitely being extended its READBUF until it returns EOF
187 while (block >= auxv_pair_size)
189 retval += auxv_pair_size;
191 if (extract_typed_address (readbuf, ptr_type) == AT_NULL)
194 readbuf += auxv_pair_size;
195 block -= auxv_pair_size;
202 /* This function is called like a to_xfer_partial hook, but must be
203 called with TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV. It handles access to AUXV. */
206 memory_xfer_auxv (struct target_ops *ops,
207 enum target_object object,
210 const gdb_byte *writebuf,
214 gdb_assert (object == TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV);
215 gdb_assert (readbuf || writebuf);
217 /* ld_so_xfer_auxv is the only function safe for virtual
218 executables being executed by valgrind's memcheck. Using
219 ld_so_xfer_auxv during inferior startup is problematic, because
220 ld.so symbol tables have not yet been relocated. So GDB uses
221 this function only when attaching to a process.
224 if (current_inferior ()->attach_flag != 0)
228 retval = ld_so_xfer_auxv (readbuf, writebuf, offset, len);
233 return procfs_xfer_auxv (readbuf, writebuf, offset, len);
236 /* Read one auxv entry from *READPTR, not reading locations >= ENDPTR.
237 Return 0 if *READPTR is already at the end of the buffer.
238 Return -1 if there is insufficient buffer for a whole entry.
239 Return 1 if an entry was read into *TYPEP and *VALP. */
241 default_auxv_parse (struct target_ops *ops, gdb_byte **readptr,
242 gdb_byte *endptr, CORE_ADDR *typep, CORE_ADDR *valp)
244 const int sizeof_auxv_field = gdbarch_ptr_bit (target_gdbarch ())
246 const enum bfd_endian byte_order = gdbarch_byte_order (target_gdbarch ());
247 gdb_byte *ptr = *readptr;
252 if (endptr - ptr < sizeof_auxv_field * 2)
255 *typep = extract_unsigned_integer (ptr, sizeof_auxv_field, byte_order);
256 ptr += sizeof_auxv_field;
257 *valp = extract_unsigned_integer (ptr, sizeof_auxv_field, byte_order);
258 ptr += sizeof_auxv_field;
264 /* Read one auxv entry from *READPTR, not reading locations >= ENDPTR.
265 Return 0 if *READPTR is already at the end of the buffer.
266 Return -1 if there is insufficient buffer for a whole entry.
267 Return 1 if an entry was read into *TYPEP and *VALP. */
269 target_auxv_parse (struct target_ops *ops, gdb_byte **readptr,
270 gdb_byte *endptr, CORE_ADDR *typep, CORE_ADDR *valp)
272 struct target_ops *t;
274 for (t = ops; t != NULL; t = t->beneath)
275 if (t->to_auxv_parse != NULL)
276 return t->to_auxv_parse (t, readptr, endptr, typep, valp);
278 return default_auxv_parse (ops, readptr, endptr, typep, valp);
282 /* Per-inferior data key for auxv. */
283 static const struct inferior_data *auxv_inferior_data;
285 /* Auxiliary Vector information structure. This is used by GDB
286 for caching purposes for each inferior. This helps reduce the
287 overhead of transfering data from a remote target to the local host. */
294 /* Handles the cleanup of the auxv cache for inferior INF. ARG is ignored.
295 Frees whatever allocated space there is to be freed and sets INF's auxv cache
296 data pointer to NULL.
298 This function is called when the following events occur: inferior_appeared,
299 inferior_exit and executable_changed. */
302 auxv_inferior_data_cleanup (struct inferior *inf, void *arg)
304 struct auxv_info *info;
306 info = inferior_data (inf, auxv_inferior_data);
311 set_inferior_data (inf, auxv_inferior_data, NULL);
315 /* Invalidate INF's auxv cache. */
318 invalidate_auxv_cache_inf (struct inferior *inf)
320 auxv_inferior_data_cleanup (inf, NULL);
323 /* Invalidate current inferior's auxv cache. */
326 invalidate_auxv_cache (void)
328 invalidate_auxv_cache_inf (current_inferior ());
331 /* Fetch the auxv object from inferior INF. If auxv is cached already,
332 return a pointer to the cache. If not, fetch the auxv object from the
333 target and cache it. This function always returns a valid INFO pointer. */
335 static struct auxv_info *
336 get_auxv_inferior_data (struct target_ops *ops)
338 struct auxv_info *info;
339 struct inferior *inf = current_inferior ();
341 info = inferior_data (inf, auxv_inferior_data);
344 info = XZALLOC (struct auxv_info);
345 info->length = target_read_alloc (ops, TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV,
347 set_inferior_data (inf, auxv_inferior_data, info);
353 /* Extract the auxiliary vector entry with a_type matching MATCH.
354 Return zero if no such entry was found, or -1 if there was
355 an error getting the information. On success, return 1 after
356 storing the entry's value field in *VALP. */
358 target_auxv_search (struct target_ops *ops, CORE_ADDR match, CORE_ADDR *valp)
363 struct auxv_info *info;
365 info = get_auxv_inferior_data (ops);
370 if (info->length <= 0)
374 switch (target_auxv_parse (ops, &ptr, data + info->length, &type, &val))
376 case 1: /* Here's an entry, check it. */
383 case 0: /* End of the vector. */
385 default: /* Bogosity. */
393 /* Print the contents of the target's AUXV on the specified file. */
395 fprint_target_auxv (struct ui_file *file, struct target_ops *ops)
400 struct auxv_info *info;
403 info = get_auxv_inferior_data (ops);
407 if (info->length <= 0)
410 while (target_auxv_parse (ops, &ptr, data + info->length, &type, &val) > 0)
412 const char *name = "???";
413 const char *description = "";
414 enum { dec, hex, str } flavor = hex;
418 #define TAG(tag, text, kind) \
419 case tag: name = #tag; description = text; flavor = kind; break
420 TAG (AT_NULL, _("End of vector"), hex);
421 TAG (AT_IGNORE, _("Entry should be ignored"), hex);
422 TAG (AT_EXECFD, _("File descriptor of program"), dec);
423 TAG (AT_PHDR, _("Program headers for program"), hex);
424 TAG (AT_PHENT, _("Size of program header entry"), dec);
425 TAG (AT_PHNUM, _("Number of program headers"), dec);
426 TAG (AT_PAGESZ, _("System page size"), dec);
427 TAG (AT_BASE, _("Base address of interpreter"), hex);
428 TAG (AT_FLAGS, _("Flags"), hex);
429 TAG (AT_ENTRY, _("Entry point of program"), hex);
430 TAG (AT_NOTELF, _("Program is not ELF"), dec);
431 TAG (AT_UID, _("Real user ID"), dec);
432 TAG (AT_EUID, _("Effective user ID"), dec);
433 TAG (AT_GID, _("Real group ID"), dec);
434 TAG (AT_EGID, _("Effective group ID"), dec);
435 TAG (AT_CLKTCK, _("Frequency of times()"), dec);
436 TAG (AT_PLATFORM, _("String identifying platform"), str);
437 TAG (AT_HWCAP, _("Machine-dependent CPU capability hints"), hex);
438 TAG (AT_FPUCW, _("Used FPU control word"), dec);
439 TAG (AT_DCACHEBSIZE, _("Data cache block size"), dec);
440 TAG (AT_ICACHEBSIZE, _("Instruction cache block size"), dec);
441 TAG (AT_UCACHEBSIZE, _("Unified cache block size"), dec);
442 TAG (AT_IGNOREPPC, _("Entry should be ignored"), dec);
443 TAG (AT_BASE_PLATFORM, _("String identifying base platform"), str);
444 TAG (AT_RANDOM, _("Address of 16 random bytes"), hex);
445 TAG (AT_EXECFN, _("File name of executable"), str);
446 TAG (AT_SECURE, _("Boolean, was exec setuid-like?"), dec);
447 TAG (AT_SYSINFO, _("Special system info/entry points"), hex);
448 TAG (AT_SYSINFO_EHDR, _("System-supplied DSO's ELF header"), hex);
449 TAG (AT_L1I_CACHESHAPE, _("L1 Instruction cache information"), hex);
450 TAG (AT_L1D_CACHESHAPE, _("L1 Data cache information"), hex);
451 TAG (AT_L2_CACHESHAPE, _("L2 cache information"), hex);
452 TAG (AT_L3_CACHESHAPE, _("L3 cache information"), hex);
453 TAG (AT_SUN_UID, _("Effective user ID"), dec);
454 TAG (AT_SUN_RUID, _("Real user ID"), dec);
455 TAG (AT_SUN_GID, _("Effective group ID"), dec);
456 TAG (AT_SUN_RGID, _("Real group ID"), dec);
457 TAG (AT_SUN_LDELF, _("Dynamic linker's ELF header"), hex);
458 TAG (AT_SUN_LDSHDR, _("Dynamic linker's section headers"), hex);
459 TAG (AT_SUN_LDNAME, _("String giving name of dynamic linker"), str);
460 TAG (AT_SUN_LPAGESZ, _("Large pagesize"), dec);
461 TAG (AT_SUN_PLATFORM, _("Platform name string"), str);
462 TAG (AT_SUN_HWCAP, _("Machine-dependent CPU capability hints"), hex);
463 TAG (AT_SUN_IFLUSH, _("Should flush icache?"), dec);
464 TAG (AT_SUN_CPU, _("CPU name string"), str);
465 TAG (AT_SUN_EMUL_ENTRY, _("COFF entry point address"), hex);
466 TAG (AT_SUN_EMUL_EXECFD, _("COFF executable file descriptor"), dec);
467 TAG (AT_SUN_EXECNAME,
468 _("Canonicalized file name given to execve"), str);
469 TAG (AT_SUN_MMU, _("String for name of MMU module"), str);
470 TAG (AT_SUN_LDDATA, _("Dynamic linker's data segment address"), hex);
471 TAG (AT_SUN_AUXFLAGS,
472 _("AF_SUN_ flags passed from the kernel"), hex);
475 fprintf_filtered (file, "%-4s %-20s %-30s ",
476 plongest (type), name, description);
480 fprintf_filtered (file, "%s\n", plongest (val));
483 fprintf_filtered (file, "%s\n", paddress (target_gdbarch (), val));
487 struct value_print_options opts;
489 get_user_print_options (&opts);
490 if (opts.addressprint)
491 fprintf_filtered (file, "%s ", paddress (target_gdbarch (), val));
492 val_print_string (builtin_type (target_gdbarch ())->builtin_char,
493 NULL, val, -1, file, &opts);
494 fprintf_filtered (file, "\n");
507 info_auxv_command (char *cmd, int from_tty)
509 if (! target_has_stack)
510 error (_("The program has no auxiliary information now."));
513 int ents = fprint_target_auxv (gdb_stdout, ¤t_target);
516 error (_("No auxiliary vector found, or failed reading it."));
518 error (_("Auxiliary vector is empty."));
523 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_auxv; /* -Wmissing-prototypes; */
526 _initialize_auxv (void)
528 add_info ("auxv", info_auxv_command,
529 _("Display the inferior's auxiliary vector.\n\
530 This is information provided by the operating system at program startup."));
532 /* Set an auxv cache per-inferior. */
534 = register_inferior_data_with_cleanup (NULL, auxv_inferior_data_cleanup);
536 /* Observers used to invalidate the auxv cache when needed. */
537 observer_attach_inferior_exit (invalidate_auxv_cache_inf);
538 observer_attach_inferior_appeared (invalidate_auxv_cache_inf);
539 observer_attach_executable_changed (invalidate_auxv_cache);