1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2014 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
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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
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18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
28 #include "arch-utils.h"
29 #include "completer.h"
31 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
32 #include "gdb_assert.h"
37 #include "readline/tilde.h"
39 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
40 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
41 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
42 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
44 static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
45 static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
46 static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
47 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
49 /* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
50 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
53 create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename)
55 bfd *obfd = gdb_bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ());
58 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
59 bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
60 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
64 /* write_gcore_file_1 -- do the actual work of write_gcore_file. */
67 write_gcore_file_1 (bfd *obfd)
69 struct cleanup *cleanup;
70 void *note_data = NULL;
72 asection *note_sec = NULL;
74 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
75 /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
76 generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
77 point, the target vector method can be removed. */
78 if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch ()))
79 note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, ¬e_size);
81 note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch (), obfd, ¬e_size);
83 cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, note_data);
85 if (note_data == NULL || note_size == 0)
86 error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
88 /* Create the note section. */
89 note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
94 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
95 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
97 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
98 bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
99 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
101 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
102 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
103 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
105 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
106 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
107 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
109 do_cleanups (cleanup);
112 /* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
113 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
116 write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
118 volatile struct gdb_exception except;
120 target_prepare_to_generate_core ();
122 TRY_CATCH (except, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
123 write_gcore_file_1 (obfd);
125 target_done_generating_core ();
127 if (except.reason < 0)
128 throw_exception (except);
132 do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
135 const char *filename = obfd->filename;
141 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
142 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
145 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
147 struct cleanup *filename_chain;
148 struct cleanup *bfd_chain;
152 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
153 if (!target_has_execution)
157 corefilename = tilde_expand (args);
160 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
161 corefilename = xstrprintf ("core.%d", ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
163 filename_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, corefilename);
166 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
167 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
169 /* Open the output file. */
170 obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
172 /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file. */
173 bfd_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
175 /* Call worker function. */
176 write_gcore_file (obfd);
179 discard_cleanups (bfd_chain);
180 gdb_bfd_unref (obfd);
182 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
183 do_cleanups (filename_chain);
187 default_gcore_mach (void)
189 #if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
193 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
196 return bfdarch->mach;
197 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
198 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
200 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
204 static enum bfd_architecture
205 default_gcore_arch (void)
207 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
210 return bfdarch->arch;
211 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
212 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
214 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
218 default_gcore_target (void)
220 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
221 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
222 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
224 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
225 not work for non-ELF targets. */
226 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
229 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
232 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
233 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
237 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
239 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
244 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
245 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
248 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
249 fi = get_current_frame ();
253 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
254 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
255 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
256 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
257 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
259 /* Find prev-most frame. */
260 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
263 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
264 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
266 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
267 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
280 /* call_target_sbrk --
281 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
284 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
286 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
287 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
289 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
290 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
293 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
295 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
299 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
301 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
308 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
309 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
311 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
312 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
316 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
317 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
324 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
325 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
326 Return non-zero if successful. */
329 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
331 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
332 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
333 bfd_size_type sec_size;
340 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
342 if (!target_has_execution)
345 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
346 follows (low to high addresses):
348 ---------------------------------
350 ---------------------------------
351 | data sections (including bss) |
352 ---------------------------------
354 --------------------------------- */
356 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
358 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
359 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
361 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
362 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
363 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
364 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
368 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
369 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
372 /* Return results. */
373 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
375 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
380 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
385 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
390 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
391 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
393 else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
398 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
399 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
400 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
401 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
402 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
404 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
407 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
411 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
412 int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
416 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
418 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
419 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
420 or jam the kernel. */
421 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
425 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
426 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
432 if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
434 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
435 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
436 struct objfile *objfile;
437 struct obj_section *objsec;
439 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
441 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
442 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
443 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
445 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
446 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
448 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
449 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
450 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
451 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
453 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
454 we don't want to omit that. */
455 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
456 && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
457 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
458 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
460 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
461 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
469 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
476 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
479 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
480 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
486 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
487 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
490 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
491 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
492 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
497 objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
498 find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
500 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
501 struct objfile *objfile;
502 struct obj_section *objsec;
503 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
505 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
506 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
508 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
509 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
510 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
512 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
513 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
516 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
518 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
521 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
522 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
523 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
524 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
525 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
532 /* Make a stack segment. */
533 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
534 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
535 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
536 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
537 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
538 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
541 /* Make a heap segment. */
542 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
543 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
544 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
545 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
546 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
547 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
554 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
556 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
558 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
561 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
562 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
565 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
566 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
569 size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
570 memhunk = xmalloc (size);
571 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
573 while (total_size > 0)
575 if (size > total_size)
578 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
581 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
582 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
584 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
587 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
589 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
590 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
598 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
602 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
604 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
605 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
606 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
607 gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
609 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
610 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
613 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
614 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
616 /* Copy memory region contents. */
617 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
622 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
623 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
626 _initialize_gcore (void)
628 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
629 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
630 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
632 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);