1 /* Reading symbol files from memory.
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20 /* This file defines functions (and commands to exercise those
21 functions) for reading debugging information from object files
22 whose images are mapped directly into the inferior's memory. For
23 example, the Linux kernel maps a "syscall DSO" into each process's
24 address space; this DSO provides kernel-specific code for some
27 At the moment, BFD only has functions for parsing object files from
28 memory for the ELF format, even though the general idea isn't
29 ELF-specific. This means that BFD only provides the functions GDB
30 needs when configured for ELF-based targets. So these functions
31 may only be compiled on ELF-based targets.
33 GDB has no idea whether it has been configured for an ELF-based
34 target or not: it just tries to handle whatever files it is given.
35 But this means there are no preprocessor symbols on which we could
36 make these functions' compilation conditional.
38 So, for the time being, we put these functions alone in this file,
39 and have .mt files reference them as appropriate. In the future, I
40 hope BFD will provide a format-independent bfd_from_remote_memory
52 #include "observable.h"
54 #include "elf/common.h"
57 /* Verify parameters of target_read_memory_bfd and target_read_memory are
60 gdb_static_assert (sizeof (CORE_ADDR) == sizeof (bfd_vma));
61 gdb_static_assert (sizeof (gdb_byte) == sizeof (bfd_byte));
62 gdb_static_assert (sizeof (ssize_t) <= sizeof (bfd_size_type));
64 /* Provide bfd/ compatible prototype for target_read_memory. Casting would not
65 be enough as LEN width may differ. */
68 target_read_memory_bfd (bfd_vma memaddr, bfd_byte *myaddr, bfd_size_type len)
70 /* MYADDR must be already allocated for the LEN size so it has to fit in
72 gdb_assert ((ssize_t) len == len);
74 return target_read_memory (memaddr, myaddr, len);
77 /* Read inferior memory at ADDR to find the header of a loaded object file
78 and read its in-core symbols out of inferior memory. SIZE, if
79 non-zero, is the known size of the object. TEMPL is a bfd
80 representing the target's format. NAME is the name to use for this
81 symbol file in messages; it can be NULL or a malloc-allocated string
82 which will be attached to the BFD. */
83 static struct objfile *
84 symbol_file_add_from_memory (struct bfd *templ, CORE_ADDR addr,
85 size_t size, char *name, int from_tty)
89 struct bfd_section *sec;
91 symfile_add_flags add_flags = 0;
93 if (bfd_get_flavour (templ) != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
94 error (_("add-symbol-file-from-memory not supported for this target"));
96 nbfd = bfd_elf_bfd_from_remote_memory (templ, addr, size, &loadbase,
97 target_read_memory_bfd);
99 error (_("Failed to read a valid object file image from memory."));
101 /* Manage the new reference for the duration of this function. */
102 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr nbfd_holder = gdb_bfd_ref_ptr::new_reference (nbfd);
104 xfree (bfd_get_filename (nbfd));
106 nbfd->filename = xstrdup ("shared object read from target memory");
108 nbfd->filename = name;
110 if (!bfd_check_format (nbfd, bfd_object))
111 error (_("Got object file from memory but can't read symbols: %s."),
112 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
114 section_addr_info sai;
115 for (sec = nbfd->sections; sec != NULL; sec = sec->next)
116 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (nbfd, sec) & (SEC_ALLOC|SEC_LOAD)) != 0)
117 sai.emplace_back (bfd_get_section_vma (nbfd, sec) + loadbase,
118 bfd_get_section_name (nbfd, sec),
122 add_flags |= SYMFILE_VERBOSE;
124 objf = symbol_file_add_from_bfd (nbfd, bfd_get_filename (nbfd),
125 add_flags, &sai, OBJF_SHARED, NULL);
127 add_target_sections_of_objfile (objf);
129 /* This might change our ideas about frames already looked at. */
130 reinit_frame_cache ();
137 add_symbol_file_from_memory_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
143 error (_("add-symbol-file-from-memory requires an expression argument"));
145 addr = parse_and_eval_address (args);
147 /* We need some representative bfd to know the target we are looking at. */
148 if (symfile_objfile != NULL)
149 templ = symfile_objfile->obfd;
153 error (_("Must use symbol-file or exec-file "
154 "before add-symbol-file-from-memory."));
156 symbol_file_add_from_memory (templ, addr, 0, NULL, from_tty);
159 /* Try to add the symbols for the vsyscall page, if there is one.
160 This function is called via the inferior_created observer. */
163 add_vsyscall_page (struct target_ops *target, int from_tty)
165 struct mem_range vsyscall_range;
167 if (gdbarch_vsyscall_range (target_gdbarch (), &vsyscall_range))
171 if (core_bfd != NULL)
173 else if (exec_bfd != NULL)
176 /* FIXME: cagney/2004-05-06: Should not require an existing
177 BFD when trying to create a run-time BFD of the VSYSCALL
178 page in the inferior. Unfortunately that's the current
179 interface so for the moment bail. Introducing a
180 ``bfd_runtime'' (a BFD created using the loaded image) file
181 format should fix this. */
183 warning (_("Could not load vsyscall page "
184 "because no executable was specified"));
188 char *name = xstrprintf ("system-supplied DSO at %s",
189 paddress (target_gdbarch (), vsyscall_range.start));
192 /* Pass zero for FROM_TTY, because the action of loading the
193 vsyscall DSO was not triggered by the user, even if the
194 user typed "run" at the TTY. */
195 symbol_file_add_from_memory (bfd,
196 vsyscall_range.start,
197 vsyscall_range.length,
201 catch (const gdb_exception &ex)
203 exception_print (gdb_stderr, ex);
209 _initialize_symfile_mem (void)
211 add_cmd ("add-symbol-file-from-memory", class_files,
212 add_symbol_file_from_memory_command,
213 _("Load the symbols out of memory from a "
214 "dynamically loaded object file.\n"
215 "Give an expression for the address "
216 "of the file's shared object file header."),
219 /* Want to know of each new inferior so that its vsyscall info can
221 gdb::observers::inferior_created.attach (add_vsyscall_page);