1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2017 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"
36 #include "readline/tilde.h"
38 #include "common/gdb_unlinker.h"
40 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
41 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
42 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
43 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
45 static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
46 static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
47 static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
48 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
50 /* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
51 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
54 create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename)
56 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr obfd (gdb_bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ()));
59 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
60 bfd_set_format (obfd.get (), bfd_core);
61 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd.get (), default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
65 /* write_gcore_file_1 -- do the actual work of write_gcore_file. */
68 write_gcore_file_1 (bfd *obfd)
70 struct cleanup *cleanup;
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 cleanup = make_cleanup (xfree, note_data);
86 if (note_data == NULL || note_size == 0)
87 error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
89 /* Create the note section. */
90 note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
95 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
96 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
98 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
99 bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
100 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
102 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
103 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
104 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
106 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
107 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
108 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
110 do_cleanups (cleanup);
113 /* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
114 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
117 write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
119 struct gdb_exception except = exception_none;
121 target_prepare_to_generate_core ();
125 write_gcore_file_1 (obfd);
127 CATCH (e, RETURN_MASK_ALL)
133 target_done_generating_core ();
135 if (except.reason < 0)
136 throw_exception (except);
139 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
140 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
143 gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
145 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> corefilename;
147 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
148 if (!target_has_execution)
152 corefilename.reset (tilde_expand (args));
155 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
156 corefilename.reset (xstrprintf ("core.%d", ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid)));
160 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
161 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n",
162 corefilename.get ());
164 /* Open the output file. */
165 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr obfd (create_gcore_bfd (corefilename.get ()));
167 /* Arrange to unlink the file on failure. */
168 gdb::unlinker unlink_file (corefilename.get ());
170 /* Call worker function. */
171 write_gcore_file (obfd.get ());
176 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename.get ());
180 default_gcore_mach (void)
182 #if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
186 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
189 return bfdarch->mach;
190 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
191 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
193 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
197 static enum bfd_architecture
198 default_gcore_arch (void)
200 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
203 return bfdarch->arch;
204 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
205 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
207 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
211 default_gcore_target (void)
213 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
214 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
215 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
217 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
218 not work for non-ELF targets. */
219 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
222 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
225 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
226 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
230 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
232 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
237 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
238 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
241 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
242 fi = get_current_frame ();
246 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
247 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
248 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
249 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
250 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
252 /* Find prev-most frame. */
253 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
256 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
257 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
259 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
260 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
273 /* call_target_sbrk --
274 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
277 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
279 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
280 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
282 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
283 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
286 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
288 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
292 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
294 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
301 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
302 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
304 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
305 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
309 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
310 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
317 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
318 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
319 Return non-zero if successful. */
322 derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
324 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
325 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
326 bfd_size_type sec_size;
333 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
335 if (!target_has_execution)
338 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
339 follows (low to high addresses):
341 ---------------------------------
343 ---------------------------------
344 | data sections (including bss) |
345 ---------------------------------
347 --------------------------------- */
349 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
351 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
352 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
354 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
355 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
356 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
357 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
361 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
362 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
365 /* Return results. */
366 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
368 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
373 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
378 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
383 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
384 if (startswith (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load"))
386 else if (startswith (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note"))
391 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
392 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
393 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
394 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
395 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
397 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
400 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
404 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
405 int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
407 bfd *obfd = (bfd *) data;
409 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
411 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
412 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
413 or jam the kernel. */
414 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
418 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
419 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
425 if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
427 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
428 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
429 struct objfile *objfile;
430 struct obj_section *objsec;
432 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
434 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
435 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
436 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
438 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
439 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
441 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
442 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
443 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
444 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
446 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
447 we don't want to omit that. */
448 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
449 && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
450 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
451 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
453 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
454 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
462 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
469 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
472 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
473 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
479 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
480 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
483 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
484 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
485 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
490 objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
491 find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
493 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
494 struct objfile *objfile;
495 struct obj_section *objsec;
496 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
498 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
499 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
501 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
502 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
503 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
505 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
506 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
509 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
511 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
514 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
515 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
516 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
517 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
518 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
525 /* Make a stack segment. */
526 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
527 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
528 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
529 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
530 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
531 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
534 /* Make a heap segment. */
535 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
536 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
537 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
538 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
539 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
540 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
547 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
549 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
551 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
554 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
555 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
558 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
559 if (!startswith (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load"))
562 size = std::min (total_size, (bfd_size_type) MAX_COPY_BYTES);
563 memhunk = (gdb_byte *) xmalloc (size);
564 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
566 while (total_size > 0)
568 if (size > total_size)
571 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
574 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
575 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
577 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
580 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
582 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
583 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
591 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
595 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
597 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
598 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
599 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
600 gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
602 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
603 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
606 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
607 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
609 /* Copy memory region contents. */
610 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
615 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
616 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
619 _initialize_gcore (void)
621 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
622 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
623 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
625 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);