1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 This file is part of GDB.
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13 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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28 #include "arch-utils.h"
29 #include "completer.h"
31 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
32 #include "gdb_assert.h"
38 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
39 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
40 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
41 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
43 static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
44 static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
45 static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
46 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
48 /* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
49 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
52 create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename)
54 bfd *obfd = gdb_bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ());
57 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
58 bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
59 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
63 /* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
64 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
68 write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
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 if (note_data == NULL || note_size == 0)
84 error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
86 /* Create the note section. */
87 note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
92 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
93 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
95 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
96 bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
97 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
99 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
100 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
101 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
103 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
104 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
105 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
109 do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
112 const char *filename = obfd->filename;
118 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
119 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
122 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
124 struct cleanup *old_chain;
125 char *corefilename, corefilename_buffer[40];
128 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
129 if (!target_has_execution)
136 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
137 xsnprintf (corefilename_buffer, sizeof (corefilename_buffer),
138 "core.%d", PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
139 corefilename = corefilename_buffer;
143 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
144 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
146 /* Open the output file. */
147 obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
149 /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file. */
150 old_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
152 /* Call worker function. */
153 write_gcore_file (obfd);
156 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
158 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
159 gdb_bfd_unref (obfd);
163 default_gcore_mach (void)
165 #if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
169 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
172 return bfdarch->mach;
173 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
174 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
176 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
180 static enum bfd_architecture
181 default_gcore_arch (void)
183 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
186 return bfdarch->arch;
187 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
188 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
190 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
194 default_gcore_target (void)
196 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
197 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
198 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
200 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
201 not work for non-ELF targets. */
202 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
205 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
208 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
209 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
213 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
215 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
220 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
221 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
224 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
225 fi = get_current_frame ();
229 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
230 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
231 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
232 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
233 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
235 /* Find prev-most frame. */
236 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
239 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
240 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
242 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
243 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
256 /* call_target_sbrk --
257 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
260 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
262 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
263 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
265 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
266 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
269 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
271 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
275 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
277 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
284 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
285 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
287 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
288 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
292 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
293 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
300 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
301 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
302 Return non-zero if successful. */
305 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
307 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
308 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
309 bfd_size_type sec_size;
316 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
318 if (!target_has_execution)
321 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
322 follows (low to high addresses):
324 ---------------------------------
326 ---------------------------------
327 | data sections (including bss) |
328 ---------------------------------
330 --------------------------------- */
332 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
334 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
335 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
337 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
338 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
339 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
340 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
344 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
345 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
348 /* Return results. */
349 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
351 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
356 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
361 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
366 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
367 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
369 else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
374 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
375 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
376 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
377 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
378 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
380 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
383 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
387 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
388 int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
392 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
394 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
395 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
396 or jam the kernel. */
397 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
401 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
402 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
408 if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
410 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
411 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
412 struct objfile *objfile;
413 struct obj_section *objsec;
415 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
417 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
418 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
419 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
421 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
422 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
424 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
425 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
426 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
427 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
429 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
430 we don't want to omit that. */
431 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
432 && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
433 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
434 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
436 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
437 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
445 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
452 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
455 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
456 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
462 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
463 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
466 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
467 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
468 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
473 objfile_find_memory_regions (find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
475 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
476 struct objfile *objfile;
477 struct obj_section *objsec;
478 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
480 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
481 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
483 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
484 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
485 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
487 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
488 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
491 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
493 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
496 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
497 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
498 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
499 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
500 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
507 /* Make a stack segment. */
508 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
509 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
510 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
511 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
512 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
513 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
516 /* Make a heap segment. */
517 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
518 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
519 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
520 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
521 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
522 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
529 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
531 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
533 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
536 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
537 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
540 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
541 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
544 size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
545 memhunk = xmalloc (size);
546 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
548 while (total_size > 0)
550 if (size > total_size)
553 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
556 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
557 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
559 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
562 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
564 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
565 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
573 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
577 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
579 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
580 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
581 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
582 gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
584 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
585 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
588 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
589 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
591 /* Copy memory region contents. */
592 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
597 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
598 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
601 _initialize_gcore (void)
603 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
604 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
605 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
607 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
608 exec_set_find_memory_regions (objfile_find_memory_regions);