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 -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
65 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
69 write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
71 void *note_data = NULL;
73 asection *note_sec = NULL;
75 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
76 /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
77 generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
78 point, the target vector method can be removed. */
79 if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch ()))
80 note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, ¬e_size);
82 note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch (), obfd, ¬e_size);
84 if (note_data == NULL || note_size == 0)
85 error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
87 /* Create the note section. */
88 note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
93 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
94 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
96 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
97 bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
98 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
100 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
101 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
102 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
104 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
105 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
106 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
110 do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
113 const char *filename = obfd->filename;
119 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
120 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
123 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
125 struct cleanup *filename_chain;
126 struct cleanup *bfd_chain;
130 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
131 if (!target_has_execution)
135 corefilename = tilde_expand (args);
138 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
139 corefilename = xstrprintf ("core.%d", ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
141 filename_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, corefilename);
144 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
145 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
147 /* Open the output file. */
148 obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
150 /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file. */
151 bfd_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
153 /* Call worker function. */
154 write_gcore_file (obfd);
157 discard_cleanups (bfd_chain);
158 gdb_bfd_unref (obfd);
160 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
161 do_cleanups (filename_chain);
165 default_gcore_mach (void)
167 #if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
171 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
174 return bfdarch->mach;
175 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
176 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
178 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
182 static enum bfd_architecture
183 default_gcore_arch (void)
185 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
188 return bfdarch->arch;
189 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
190 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
192 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
196 default_gcore_target (void)
198 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
199 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
200 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
202 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
203 not work for non-ELF targets. */
204 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
207 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
210 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
211 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
215 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
217 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
222 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
223 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
226 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
227 fi = get_current_frame ();
231 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
232 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
233 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
234 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
235 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
237 /* Find prev-most frame. */
238 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
241 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
242 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
244 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
245 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
258 /* call_target_sbrk --
259 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
262 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
264 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
265 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
267 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
268 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
271 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
273 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
277 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
279 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
286 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
287 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
289 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
290 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
294 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
295 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
302 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
303 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
304 Return non-zero if successful. */
307 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
309 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
310 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
311 bfd_size_type sec_size;
318 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
320 if (!target_has_execution)
323 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
324 follows (low to high addresses):
326 ---------------------------------
328 ---------------------------------
329 | data sections (including bss) |
330 ---------------------------------
332 --------------------------------- */
334 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
336 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
337 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
339 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
340 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
341 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
342 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
346 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
347 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
350 /* Return results. */
351 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
353 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
358 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
363 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
368 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
369 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
371 else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
376 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
377 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
378 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
379 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
380 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
382 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
385 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
389 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
390 int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
394 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
396 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
397 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
398 or jam the kernel. */
399 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
403 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
404 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
410 if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
412 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
413 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
414 struct objfile *objfile;
415 struct obj_section *objsec;
417 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
419 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
420 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
421 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
423 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
424 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
426 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
427 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
428 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
429 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
431 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
432 we don't want to omit that. */
433 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
434 && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
435 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
436 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
438 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
439 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
447 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
454 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
457 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
458 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
464 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
465 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
468 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
469 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
470 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
475 objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
476 find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
478 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
479 struct objfile *objfile;
480 struct obj_section *objsec;
481 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
483 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
484 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
486 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
487 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
488 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
490 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
491 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
494 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
496 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
499 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
500 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
501 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
502 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
503 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
510 /* Make a stack segment. */
511 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
512 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
513 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
514 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
515 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
516 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
519 /* Make a heap segment. */
520 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
521 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
522 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
523 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
524 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
525 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
532 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
534 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
536 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
539 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
540 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
543 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
544 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
547 size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
548 memhunk = xmalloc (size);
549 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
551 while (total_size > 0)
553 if (size > total_size)
556 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
559 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
560 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
562 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
565 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
567 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
568 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
576 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
580 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
582 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
583 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
584 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
585 gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
587 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
588 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
591 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
592 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
594 /* Copy memory region contents. */
595 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
600 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
601 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
604 _initialize_gcore (void)
606 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
607 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
608 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
610 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);