1 /* Core dump and executable file functions below target vector, for GDB.
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23 #include "arch-utils.h"
24 #include "gdb_string.h"
28 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
29 #include <sys/file.h> /* needed for F_OK and friends */
31 #include "frame.h" /* required by inferior.h */
38 #include "gdbthread.h"
43 #include "readline/readline.h"
44 #include "gdb_assert.h"
45 #include "exceptions.h"
47 #include "filenames.h"
54 /* List of all available core_fns. On gdb startup, each core file
55 register reader calls deprecated_add_core_fns() to register
56 information on each core format it is prepared to read. */
58 static struct core_fns *core_file_fns = NULL;
60 /* The core_fns for a core file handler that is prepared to read the core
61 file currently open on core_bfd. */
63 static struct core_fns *core_vec = NULL;
65 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: Eventually this variable should
68 struct gdbarch *core_gdbarch = NULL;
70 static void core_files_info (struct target_ops *);
72 static struct core_fns *sniff_core_bfd (bfd *);
74 static int gdb_check_format (bfd *);
76 static void core_open (char *, int);
78 static void core_detach (char *, int);
80 static void core_close (int);
82 static void core_close_cleanup (void *ignore);
84 static void get_core_registers (struct regcache *, int);
86 static void add_to_thread_list (bfd *, asection *, void *);
88 static int core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid);
90 static void init_core_ops (void);
92 void _initialize_corelow (void);
94 struct target_ops core_ops;
96 /* Link a new core_fns into the global core_file_fns list. Called on gdb
97 startup by the _initialize routine in each core file register reader, to
98 register information about each format the the reader is prepared to
102 deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf)
104 cf->next = core_file_fns;
108 /* The default function that core file handlers can use to examine a
109 core file BFD and decide whether or not to accept the job of
110 reading the core file. */
113 default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *our_fns, bfd *abfd)
117 result = (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == our_fns -> core_flavour);
121 /* Walk through the list of core functions to find a set that can
122 handle the core file open on ABFD. Default to the first one in the
123 list if nothing matches. Returns pointer to set that is
126 static struct core_fns *
127 sniff_core_bfd (bfd *abfd)
130 struct core_fns *yummy = NULL;
133 /* Don't sniff if we have support for register sets in CORE_GDBARCH. */
134 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
137 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
139 if (cf->core_sniffer (cf, abfd))
147 warning (_("\"%s\": ambiguous core format, %d handlers match"),
148 bfd_get_filename (abfd), matches);
150 else if (matches == 0)
152 warning (_("\"%s\": no core file handler recognizes format, using default"),
153 bfd_get_filename (abfd));
157 yummy = core_file_fns;
162 /* The default is to reject every core file format we see. Either
163 BFD has to recognize it, or we have to provide a function in the
164 core file handler that recognizes it. */
167 default_check_format (bfd *abfd)
172 /* Attempt to recognize core file formats that BFD rejects. */
175 gdb_check_format (bfd *abfd)
179 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
181 if (cf->check_format (abfd))
189 /* Discard all vestiges of any previous core file and mark data and stack
193 core_close (int quitting)
199 inferior_ptid = null_ptid; /* Avoid confusion from thread stuff */
201 /* Clear out solib state while the bfd is still open. See
202 comments in clear_solib in solib.c. */
205 name = bfd_get_filename (core_bfd);
206 if (!bfd_close (core_bfd))
207 warning (_("cannot close \"%s\": %s"),
208 name, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
211 if (core_ops.to_sections)
213 xfree (core_ops.to_sections);
214 core_ops.to_sections = NULL;
215 core_ops.to_sections_end = NULL;
223 core_close_cleanup (void *ignore)
225 core_close (0/*ignored*/);
228 /* Look for sections whose names start with `.reg/' so that we can extract the
229 list of threads in a core file. */
232 add_to_thread_list (bfd *abfd, asection *asect, void *reg_sect_arg)
235 asection *reg_sect = (asection *) reg_sect_arg;
237 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect), ".reg/", 5) != 0)
240 thread_id = atoi (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect) + 5);
242 add_thread (pid_to_ptid (thread_id));
244 /* Warning, Will Robinson, looking at BFD private data! */
247 && asect->filepos == reg_sect->filepos) /* Did we find .reg? */
248 inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (thread_id); /* Yes, make it current */
251 /* This routine opens and sets up the core file bfd. */
254 core_open (char *filename, int from_tty)
258 struct cleanup *old_chain;
264 target_preopen (from_tty);
268 error (_("No core file specified. (Use `detach' to stop debugging a core file.)"));
270 error (_("No core file specified."));
273 filename = tilde_expand (filename);
274 if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH(filename))
276 temp = concat (current_directory, "/", filename, (char *)NULL);
281 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
283 flags = O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE;
288 scratch_chan = open (filename, flags, 0);
289 if (scratch_chan < 0)
290 perror_with_name (filename);
292 temp_bfd = bfd_fopen (filename, gnutarget,
293 write_files ? FOPEN_RUB : FOPEN_RB,
295 if (temp_bfd == NULL)
296 perror_with_name (filename);
298 if (!bfd_check_format (temp_bfd, bfd_core) &&
299 !gdb_check_format (temp_bfd))
301 /* Do it after the err msg */
302 /* FIXME: should be checking for errors from bfd_close (for one thing,
303 on error it does not free all the storage associated with the
305 make_cleanup_bfd_close (temp_bfd);
306 error (_("\"%s\" is not a core dump: %s"),
307 filename, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
310 /* Looks semi-reasonable. Toss the old core file and work on the new. */
312 discard_cleanups (old_chain); /* Don't free filename any more */
313 unpush_target (&core_ops);
315 old_chain = make_cleanup (core_close_cleanup, 0 /*ignore*/);
317 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: This is very dangerous. The
318 CORE_GDBARCH that results from this call may very well be
319 different from CURRENT_GDBARCH. However, its methods may only
320 work if it is selected as the current architecture, because they
321 rely on swapped data (see gdbarch.c). We should get rid of that
323 core_gdbarch = gdbarch_from_bfd (core_bfd);
325 /* Find a suitable core file handler to munch on core_bfd */
326 core_vec = sniff_core_bfd (core_bfd);
330 /* Find the data section */
331 if (build_section_table (core_bfd, &core_ops.to_sections,
332 &core_ops.to_sections_end))
333 error (_("\"%s\": Can't find sections: %s"),
334 bfd_get_filename (core_bfd), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
336 /* If we have no exec file, try to set the architecture from the
337 core file. We don't do this unconditionally since an exec file
338 typically contains more information that helps us determine the
339 architecture than a core file. */
341 set_gdbarch_from_file (core_bfd);
343 push_target (&core_ops);
344 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
346 /* This is done first, before anything has a chance to query the
347 inferior for information such as symbols. */
348 post_create_inferior (&core_ops, from_tty);
350 p = bfd_core_file_failing_command (core_bfd);
352 printf_filtered (_("Core was generated by `%s'.\n"), p);
354 siggy = bfd_core_file_failing_signal (core_bfd);
356 /* NOTE: target_signal_from_host() converts a target signal value
357 into gdb's internal signal value. Unfortunately gdb's internal
358 value is called ``target_signal'' and this function got the
359 name ..._from_host(). */
360 printf_filtered (_("Program terminated with signal %d, %s.\n"), siggy,
361 target_signal_to_string (
362 gdbarch_target_signal_from_host (core_gdbarch, siggy)));
364 /* Build up thread list from BFD sections. */
367 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd, add_to_thread_list,
368 bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".reg"));
370 /* Fetch all registers from core file. */
371 target_fetch_registers (get_current_regcache (), -1);
373 /* Now, set up the frame cache, and print the top of stack. */
374 reinit_frame_cache ();
375 print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL), 1, SRC_AND_LOC);
379 core_detach (char *args, int from_tty)
382 error (_("Too many arguments"));
383 unpush_target (&core_ops);
384 reinit_frame_cache ();
386 printf_filtered (_("No core file now.\n"));
390 /* Try to retrieve registers from a section in core_bfd, and supply
391 them to core_vec->core_read_registers, as the register set numbered
394 If inferior_ptid is zero, do the single-threaded thing: look for a
395 section named NAME. If inferior_ptid is non-zero, do the
396 multi-threaded thing: look for a section named "NAME/PID", where
397 PID is the shortest ASCII decimal representation of inferior_ptid.
399 HUMAN_NAME is a human-readable name for the kind of registers the
400 NAME section contains, for use in error messages.
402 If REQUIRED is non-zero, print an error if the core file doesn't
403 have a section by the appropriate name. Otherwise, just do nothing. */
406 get_core_register_section (struct regcache *regcache,
412 static char *section_name = NULL;
413 struct bfd_section *section;
417 xfree (section_name);
418 if (PIDGET (inferior_ptid))
419 section_name = xstrprintf ("%s/%d", name, PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
421 section_name = xstrdup (name);
423 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, section_name);
427 warning (_("Couldn't find %s registers in core file."), human_name);
431 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
432 contents = alloca (size);
433 if (! bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, contents,
436 warning (_("Couldn't read %s registers from `%s' section in core file."),
441 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
443 const struct regset *regset;
445 regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (core_gdbarch, name, size);
449 warning (_("Couldn't recognize %s registers in core file."),
454 regset->supply_regset (regset, regcache, -1, contents, size);
458 gdb_assert (core_vec);
459 core_vec->core_read_registers (regcache, contents, size, which,
461 bfd_section_vma (core_bfd, section)));
465 /* Get the registers out of a core file. This is the machine-
466 independent part. Fetch_core_registers is the machine-dependent
467 part, typically implemented in the xm-file for each architecture. */
469 /* We just get all the registers, so we don't use regno. */
472 get_core_registers (struct regcache *regcache, int regno)
476 if (!(core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
477 && (core_vec == NULL || core_vec->core_read_registers == NULL))
479 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stderr,
480 "Can't fetch registers from this type of core file\n");
484 get_core_register_section (regcache,
485 ".reg", 0, "general-purpose", 1);
486 get_core_register_section (regcache,
487 ".reg2", 2, "floating-point", 0);
488 get_core_register_section (regcache,
489 ".reg-xfp", 3, "extended floating-point", 0);
490 get_core_register_section (regcache,
491 ".reg-ppc-vmx", 3, "ppc Altivec", 0);
492 get_core_register_section (regcache,
493 ".reg-ppc-vsx", 4, "POWER7 VSX", 0);
495 /* Supply dummy value for all registers not found in the core. */
496 for (i = 0; i < gdbarch_num_regs (get_regcache_arch (regcache)); i++)
497 if (!regcache_valid_p (regcache, i))
498 regcache_raw_supply (regcache, i, NULL);
502 core_files_info (struct target_ops *t)
504 print_section_info (t, core_bfd);
508 core_xfer_partial (struct target_ops *ops, enum target_object object,
509 const char *annex, gdb_byte *readbuf,
510 const gdb_byte *writebuf, ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len)
514 case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY:
516 return (*ops->deprecated_xfer_memory) (offset, readbuf,
517 len, 0/*read*/, NULL, ops);
519 return (*ops->deprecated_xfer_memory) (offset, (gdb_byte *) writebuf,
520 len, 1/*write*/, NULL, ops);
523 case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV:
526 /* When the aux vector is stored in core file, BFD
527 represents this with a fake section called ".auxv". */
529 struct bfd_section *section;
533 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".auxv");
537 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
544 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
545 (file_ptr) offset, size))
547 warning (_("Couldn't read NT_AUXV note in core file."));
555 case TARGET_OBJECT_WCOOKIE:
558 /* When the StackGhost cookie is stored in core file, BFD
559 represents this with a fake section called ".wcookie". */
561 struct bfd_section *section;
565 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".wcookie");
569 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
576 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
577 (file_ptr) offset, size))
579 warning (_("Couldn't read StackGhost cookie in core file."));
587 case TARGET_OBJECT_LIBRARIES:
589 && gdbarch_core_xfer_shared_libraries_p (core_gdbarch))
594 gdbarch_core_xfer_shared_libraries (core_gdbarch,
595 readbuf, offset, len);
600 if (ops->beneath != NULL)
601 return ops->beneath->to_xfer_partial (ops->beneath, object, annex,
602 readbuf, writebuf, offset, len);
608 /* If mourn is being called in all the right places, this could be say
609 `gdb internal error' (since generic_mourn calls breakpoint_init_inferior). */
612 ignore (struct bp_target_info *bp_tgt)
618 /* Okay, let's be honest: threads gleaned from a core file aren't
619 exactly lively, are they? On the other hand, if we don't claim
620 that each & every one is alive, then we don't get any of them
621 to appear in an "info thread" command, which is quite a useful
625 core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid)
630 /* Ask the current architecture what it knows about this core file.
631 That will be used, in turn, to pick a better architecture. This
632 wrapper could be avoided if targets got a chance to specialize
635 static const struct target_desc *
636 core_read_description (struct target_ops *target)
638 if (gdbarch_core_read_description_p (current_gdbarch))
639 return gdbarch_core_read_description (current_gdbarch, target, core_bfd);
644 /* Fill in core_ops with its defined operations and properties. */
649 core_ops.to_shortname = "core";
650 core_ops.to_longname = "Local core dump file";
652 "Use a core file as a target. Specify the filename of the core file.";
653 core_ops.to_open = core_open;
654 core_ops.to_close = core_close;
655 core_ops.to_attach = find_default_attach;
656 core_ops.to_detach = core_detach;
657 core_ops.to_fetch_registers = get_core_registers;
658 core_ops.to_xfer_partial = core_xfer_partial;
659 core_ops.deprecated_xfer_memory = xfer_memory;
660 core_ops.to_files_info = core_files_info;
661 core_ops.to_insert_breakpoint = ignore;
662 core_ops.to_remove_breakpoint = ignore;
663 core_ops.to_create_inferior = find_default_create_inferior;
664 core_ops.to_thread_alive = core_file_thread_alive;
665 core_ops.to_read_description = core_read_description;
666 core_ops.to_stratum = core_stratum;
667 core_ops.to_has_memory = 1;
668 core_ops.to_has_stack = 1;
669 core_ops.to_has_registers = 1;
670 core_ops.to_magic = OPS_MAGIC;
673 /* non-zero if we should not do the add_target call in
674 _initialize_corelow; not initialized (i.e., bss) so that
675 the target can initialize it (i.e., data) if appropriate.
676 This needs to be set at compile time because we don't know
677 for sure whether the target's initialize routine is called
678 before us or after us. */
679 int coreops_suppress_target;
682 _initialize_corelow (void)
686 if (!coreops_suppress_target)
687 add_target (&core_ops);