1 /* Core dump and executable file functions below target vector, for GDB.
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25 #include "arch-utils.h"
26 #include "gdb_string.h"
30 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
31 #include <sys/file.h> /* needed for F_OK and friends */
33 #include "frame.h" /* required by inferior.h */
40 #include "gdbthread.h"
45 #include "readline/readline.h"
47 #include "gdb_assert.h"
57 /* List of all available core_fns. On gdb startup, each core file
58 register reader calls deprecated_add_core_fns() to register
59 information on each core format it is prepared to read. */
61 static struct core_fns *core_file_fns = NULL;
63 /* The core_fns for a core file handler that is prepared to read the core
64 file currently open on core_bfd. */
66 static struct core_fns *core_vec = NULL;
68 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: Eventually this variable should
71 struct gdbarch *core_gdbarch = NULL;
73 static void core_files_info (struct target_ops *);
76 static int solib_add_stub (void *);
79 static struct core_fns *sniff_core_bfd (bfd *);
81 static int gdb_check_format (bfd *);
83 static void core_open (char *, int);
85 static void core_detach (char *, int);
87 static void core_close (int);
89 static void core_close_cleanup (void *ignore);
91 static void get_core_registers (int);
93 static void add_to_thread_list (bfd *, asection *, void *);
95 static int ignore (CORE_ADDR, char *);
97 static int core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid);
99 static void init_core_ops (void);
101 void _initialize_corelow (void);
103 struct target_ops core_ops;
105 /* Link a new core_fns into the global core_file_fns list. Called on gdb
106 startup by the _initialize routine in each core file register reader, to
107 register information about each format the the reader is prepared to
111 deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf)
113 cf->next = core_file_fns;
117 /* The default function that core file handlers can use to examine a
118 core file BFD and decide whether or not to accept the job of
119 reading the core file. */
122 default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *our_fns, bfd *abfd)
126 result = (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == our_fns -> core_flavour);
130 /* Walk through the list of core functions to find a set that can
131 handle the core file open on ABFD. Default to the first one in the
132 list if nothing matches. Returns pointer to set that is
135 static struct core_fns *
136 sniff_core_bfd (bfd *abfd)
139 struct core_fns *yummy = NULL;
142 /* Don't sniff if we have support for register sets in CORE_GDBARCH. */
143 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
146 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
148 if (cf->core_sniffer (cf, abfd))
156 warning ("\"%s\": ambiguous core format, %d handlers match",
157 bfd_get_filename (abfd), matches);
159 else if (matches == 0)
161 warning ("\"%s\": no core file handler recognizes format, using default",
162 bfd_get_filename (abfd));
166 yummy = core_file_fns;
171 /* The default is to reject every core file format we see. Either
172 BFD has to recognize it, or we have to provide a function in the
173 core file handler that recognizes it. */
176 default_check_format (bfd *abfd)
181 /* Attempt to recognize core file formats that BFD rejects. */
184 gdb_check_format (bfd *abfd)
188 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
190 if (cf->check_format (abfd))
198 /* Discard all vestiges of any previous core file and mark data and stack
202 core_close (int quitting)
208 inferior_ptid = null_ptid; /* Avoid confusion from thread stuff */
210 /* Clear out solib state while the bfd is still open. See
211 comments in clear_solib in solib.c. */
216 name = bfd_get_filename (core_bfd);
217 if (!bfd_close (core_bfd))
218 warning ("cannot close \"%s\": %s",
219 name, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
222 if (core_ops.to_sections)
224 xfree (core_ops.to_sections);
225 core_ops.to_sections = NULL;
226 core_ops.to_sections_end = NULL;
234 core_close_cleanup (void *ignore)
236 core_close (0/*ignored*/);
240 /* Stub function for catch_errors around shared library hacking. FROM_TTYP
241 is really an int * which points to from_tty. */
244 solib_add_stub (void *from_ttyp)
246 SOLIB_ADD (NULL, *(int *) from_ttyp, ¤t_target, auto_solib_add);
247 re_enable_breakpoints_in_shlibs ();
250 #endif /* SOLIB_ADD */
252 /* Look for sections whose names start with `.reg/' so that we can extract the
253 list of threads in a core file. */
256 add_to_thread_list (bfd *abfd, asection *asect, void *reg_sect_arg)
259 asection *reg_sect = (asection *) reg_sect_arg;
261 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect), ".reg/", 5) != 0)
264 thread_id = atoi (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect) + 5);
266 add_thread (pid_to_ptid (thread_id));
268 /* Warning, Will Robinson, looking at BFD private data! */
271 && asect->filepos == reg_sect->filepos) /* Did we find .reg? */
272 inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (thread_id); /* Yes, make it current */
275 /* This routine opens and sets up the core file bfd. */
278 core_open (char *filename, int from_tty)
282 struct cleanup *old_chain;
289 target_preopen (from_tty);
293 "No core file specified. (Use `detach' to stop debugging a core file.)"
294 : "No core file specified.");
297 filename = tilde_expand (filename);
298 if (filename[0] != '/')
300 temp = concat (current_directory, "/", filename, NULL);
305 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
307 flags = O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE;
312 scratch_chan = open (filename, flags, 0);
313 if (scratch_chan < 0)
314 perror_with_name (filename);
316 temp_bfd = bfd_fdopenr (filename, gnutarget, scratch_chan);
317 if (temp_bfd == NULL)
318 perror_with_name (filename);
320 if (!bfd_check_format (temp_bfd, bfd_core) &&
321 !gdb_check_format (temp_bfd))
323 /* Do it after the err msg */
324 /* FIXME: should be checking for errors from bfd_close (for one thing,
325 on error it does not free all the storage associated with the
327 make_cleanup_bfd_close (temp_bfd);
328 error ("\"%s\" is not a core dump: %s",
329 filename, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
332 /* Looks semi-reasonable. Toss the old core file and work on the new. */
334 discard_cleanups (old_chain); /* Don't free filename any more */
335 unpush_target (&core_ops);
337 old_chain = make_cleanup (core_close_cleanup, 0 /*ignore*/);
339 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: This is very dangerous. The
340 CORE_GDBARCH that results from this call may very well be
341 different from CURRENT_GDBARCH. However, its methods may only
342 work if it is selected as the current architecture, because they
343 rely on swapped data (see gdbarch.c). We should get rid of that
345 core_gdbarch = gdbarch_from_bfd (core_bfd);
347 /* Find a suitable core file handler to munch on core_bfd */
348 core_vec = sniff_core_bfd (core_bfd);
352 /* Find the data section */
353 if (build_section_table (core_bfd, &core_ops.to_sections,
354 &core_ops.to_sections_end))
355 error ("\"%s\": Can't find sections: %s",
356 bfd_get_filename (core_bfd), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
358 /* If we have no exec file, try to set the architecture from the
359 core file. We don't do this unconditionally since an exec file
360 typically contains more information that helps us determine the
361 architecture than a core file. */
363 set_gdbarch_from_file (core_bfd);
365 ontop = !push_target (&core_ops);
366 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
368 /* This is done first, before anything has a chance to query the
369 inferior for information such as symbols. */
370 observer_notify_inferior_created (&core_ops, from_tty);
372 p = bfd_core_file_failing_command (core_bfd);
374 printf_filtered ("Core was generated by `%s'.\n", p);
376 siggy = bfd_core_file_failing_signal (core_bfd);
378 /* NOTE: target_signal_from_host() converts a target signal value
379 into gdb's internal signal value. Unfortunately gdb's internal
380 value is called ``target_signal'' and this function got the
381 name ..._from_host(). */
382 printf_filtered ("Program terminated with signal %d, %s.\n", siggy,
383 target_signal_to_string (target_signal_from_host (siggy)));
385 /* Build up thread list from BFD sections. */
388 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd, add_to_thread_list,
389 bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".reg"));
393 /* Fetch all registers from core file. */
394 target_fetch_registers (-1);
396 /* Add symbols and section mappings for any shared libraries. */
398 catch_errors (solib_add_stub, &from_tty, (char *) 0,
402 /* Now, set up the frame cache, and print the top of stack. */
403 flush_cached_frames ();
404 select_frame (get_current_frame ());
405 print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (), 1, SRC_AND_LOC);
410 "you won't be able to access this core file until you terminate\n\
411 your %s; do ``info files''", target_longname);
416 core_detach (char *args, int from_tty)
419 error ("Too many arguments");
420 unpush_target (&core_ops);
421 reinit_frame_cache ();
423 printf_filtered ("No core file now.\n");
427 /* Try to retrieve registers from a section in core_bfd, and supply
428 them to core_vec->core_read_registers, as the register set numbered
431 If inferior_ptid is zero, do the single-threaded thing: look for a
432 section named NAME. If inferior_ptid is non-zero, do the
433 multi-threaded thing: look for a section named "NAME/PID", where
434 PID is the shortest ASCII decimal representation of inferior_ptid.
436 HUMAN_NAME is a human-readable name for the kind of registers the
437 NAME section contains, for use in error messages.
439 If REQUIRED is non-zero, print an error if the core file doesn't
440 have a section by the appropriate name. Otherwise, just do nothing. */
443 get_core_register_section (char *name,
448 char section_name[100];
449 struct bfd_section *section;
453 if (PIDGET (inferior_ptid))
454 sprintf (section_name, "%s/%d", name, PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
456 strcpy (section_name, name);
458 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, section_name);
462 warning ("Couldn't find %s registers in core file.\n", human_name);
466 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
467 contents = alloca (size);
468 if (! bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, contents,
471 warning ("Couldn't read %s registers from `%s' section in core file.\n",
476 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
478 const struct regset *regset;
480 regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (core_gdbarch, name, size);
484 warning ("Couldn't recognize %s registers in core file.\n",
489 regset->supply_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1, contents, size);
493 gdb_assert (core_vec);
494 core_vec->core_read_registers (contents, size, which,
496 bfd_section_vma (core_bfd, section)));
500 /* Get the registers out of a core file. This is the machine-
501 independent part. Fetch_core_registers is the machine-dependent
502 part, typically implemented in the xm-file for each architecture. */
504 /* We just get all the registers, so we don't use regno. */
507 get_core_registers (int regno)
511 if (!(core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
512 && (core_vec == NULL || core_vec->core_read_registers == NULL))
514 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stderr,
515 "Can't fetch registers from this type of core file\n");
519 get_core_register_section (".reg", 0, "general-purpose", 1);
520 get_core_register_section (".reg2", 2, "floating-point", 0);
521 get_core_register_section (".reg-xfp", 3, "extended floating-point", 0);
523 deprecated_registers_fetched ();
527 core_files_info (struct target_ops *t)
529 print_section_info (t, core_bfd);
533 core_xfer_partial (struct target_ops *ops, enum target_object object,
534 const char *annex, void *readbuf,
535 const void *writebuf, ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len)
539 case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY:
541 return (*ops->deprecated_xfer_memory) (offset, readbuf, len,
542 0/*write*/, NULL, ops);
544 return (*ops->deprecated_xfer_memory) (offset, readbuf, len,
545 1/*write*/, NULL, ops);
548 case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV:
551 /* When the aux vector is stored in core file, BFD
552 represents this with a fake section called ".auxv". */
554 struct bfd_section *section;
558 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".auxv");
562 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
569 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
570 (file_ptr) offset, size))
572 warning ("Couldn't read NT_AUXV note in core file.");
580 case TARGET_OBJECT_WCOOKIE:
583 /* When the StackGhost cookie is stored in core file, BFD
584 represents this with a fake section called ".wcookie". */
586 struct bfd_section *section;
590 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".wcookie");
594 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
601 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
602 (file_ptr) offset, size))
604 warning ("Couldn't read StackGhost cookie in core file.");
613 if (ops->beneath != NULL)
614 return ops->beneath->to_xfer_partial (ops->beneath, object, annex,
615 readbuf, writebuf, offset, len);
621 /* If mourn is being called in all the right places, this could be say
622 `gdb internal error' (since generic_mourn calls breakpoint_init_inferior). */
625 ignore (CORE_ADDR addr, char *contents)
631 /* Okay, let's be honest: threads gleaned from a core file aren't
632 exactly lively, are they? On the other hand, if we don't claim
633 that each & every one is alive, then we don't get any of them
634 to appear in an "info thread" command, which is quite a useful
638 core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid)
643 /* Fill in core_ops with its defined operations and properties. */
648 core_ops.to_shortname = "core";
649 core_ops.to_longname = "Local core dump file";
651 "Use a core file as a target. Specify the filename of the core file.";
652 core_ops.to_open = core_open;
653 core_ops.to_close = core_close;
654 core_ops.to_attach = find_default_attach;
655 core_ops.to_detach = core_detach;
656 core_ops.to_fetch_registers = get_core_registers;
657 core_ops.to_xfer_partial = core_xfer_partial;
658 core_ops.deprecated_xfer_memory = xfer_memory;
659 core_ops.to_files_info = core_files_info;
660 core_ops.to_insert_breakpoint = ignore;
661 core_ops.to_remove_breakpoint = ignore;
662 core_ops.to_create_inferior = find_default_create_inferior;
663 core_ops.to_thread_alive = core_file_thread_alive;
664 core_ops.to_stratum = core_stratum;
665 core_ops.to_has_memory = 1;
666 core_ops.to_has_stack = 1;
667 core_ops.to_has_registers = 1;
668 core_ops.to_magic = OPS_MAGIC;
671 /* non-zero if we should not do the add_target call in
672 _initialize_corelow; not initialized (i.e., bss) so that
673 the target can initialize it (i.e., data) if appropriate.
674 This needs to be set at compile time because we don't know
675 for sure whether the target's initialize routine is called
676 before us or after us. */
677 int coreops_suppress_target;
680 _initialize_corelow (void)
684 if (!coreops_suppress_target)
685 add_target (&core_ops);