1 /* Core dump and executable file functions below target vector, for GDB.
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23 #include "arch-utils.h"
24 #include "gdb_string.h"
28 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
29 #include <sys/file.h> /* needed for F_OK and friends */
31 #include "frame.h" /* required by inferior.h */
38 #include "gdbthread.h"
43 #include "readline/readline.h"
44 #include "gdb_assert.h"
45 #include "exceptions.h"
47 #include "filenames.h"
54 /* List of all available core_fns. On gdb startup, each core file
55 register reader calls deprecated_add_core_fns() to register
56 information on each core format it is prepared to read. */
58 static struct core_fns
*core_file_fns
= NULL
;
60 /* The core_fns for a core file handler that is prepared to read the core
61 file currently open on core_bfd. */
63 static struct core_fns
*core_vec
= NULL
;
65 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: Eventually this variable should
68 struct gdbarch
*core_gdbarch
= NULL
;
70 static void core_files_info (struct target_ops
*);
72 static struct core_fns
*sniff_core_bfd (bfd
*);
74 static int gdb_check_format (bfd
*);
76 static void core_open (char *, int);
78 static void core_detach (struct target_ops
*ops
, char *, int);
80 static void core_close (int);
82 static void core_close_cleanup (void *ignore
);
84 static void add_to_thread_list (bfd
*, asection
*, void *);
86 static void init_core_ops (void);
88 void _initialize_corelow (void);
90 struct target_ops core_ops
;
92 /* An arbitrary identifier for the core inferior. */
95 /* Link a new core_fns into the global core_file_fns list. Called on gdb
96 startup by the _initialize routine in each core file register reader, to
97 register information about each format the the reader is prepared to
101 deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns
*cf
)
103 cf
->next
= core_file_fns
;
107 /* The default function that core file handlers can use to examine a
108 core file BFD and decide whether or not to accept the job of
109 reading the core file. */
112 default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns
*our_fns
, bfd
*abfd
)
116 result
= (bfd_get_flavour (abfd
) == our_fns
-> core_flavour
);
120 /* Walk through the list of core functions to find a set that can
121 handle the core file open on ABFD. Default to the first one in the
122 list if nothing matches. Returns pointer to set that is
125 static struct core_fns
*
126 sniff_core_bfd (bfd
*abfd
)
129 struct core_fns
*yummy
= NULL
;
132 /* Don't sniff if we have support for register sets in CORE_GDBARCH. */
133 if (core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch
))
136 for (cf
= core_file_fns
; cf
!= NULL
; cf
= cf
->next
)
138 if (cf
->core_sniffer (cf
, abfd
))
146 warning (_("\"%s\": ambiguous core format, %d handlers match"),
147 bfd_get_filename (abfd
), matches
);
149 else if (matches
== 0)
151 warning (_("\"%s\": no core file handler recognizes format, using default"),
152 bfd_get_filename (abfd
));
156 yummy
= core_file_fns
;
161 /* The default is to reject every core file format we see. Either
162 BFD has to recognize it, or we have to provide a function in the
163 core file handler that recognizes it. */
166 default_check_format (bfd
*abfd
)
171 /* Attempt to recognize core file formats that BFD rejects. */
174 gdb_check_format (bfd
*abfd
)
178 for (cf
= core_file_fns
; cf
!= NULL
; cf
= cf
->next
)
180 if (cf
->check_format (abfd
))
188 /* Discard all vestiges of any previous core file and mark data and stack
192 core_close (int quitting
)
198 int pid
= ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid
);
199 inferior_ptid
= null_ptid
; /* Avoid confusion from thread stuff */
200 delete_inferior_silent (pid
);
202 /* Clear out solib state while the bfd is still open. See
203 comments in clear_solib in solib.c. */
206 name
= bfd_get_filename (core_bfd
);
207 if (!bfd_close (core_bfd
))
208 warning (_("cannot close \"%s\": %s"),
209 name
, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
212 if (core_ops
.to_sections
)
214 xfree (core_ops
.to_sections
);
215 core_ops
.to_sections
= NULL
;
216 core_ops
.to_sections_end
= NULL
;
224 core_close_cleanup (void *ignore
)
226 core_close (0/*ignored*/);
229 /* Look for sections whose names start with `.reg/' so that we can extract the
230 list of threads in a core file. */
233 add_to_thread_list (bfd
*abfd
, asection
*asect
, void *reg_sect_arg
)
237 asection
*reg_sect
= (asection
*) reg_sect_arg
;
239 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (abfd
, asect
), ".reg/", 5) != 0)
242 thread_id
= atoi (bfd_section_name (abfd
, asect
) + 5);
245 && gdbarch_core_reg_section_encodes_pid (core_gdbarch
))
247 uint32_t merged_pid
= thread_id
;
248 ptid
= ptid_build (merged_pid
& 0xffff,
249 merged_pid
>> 16, 0);
252 ptid
= ptid_build (ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid
), thread_id
, 0);
254 if (ptid_get_lwp (inferior_ptid
) == 0)
255 /* The main thread has already been added before getting here, and
256 this is the first time we hear about a thread id. Assume this
257 is the main thread. */
258 thread_change_ptid (inferior_ptid
, ptid
);
260 /* Nope, really a new thread. */
263 /* Warning, Will Robinson, looking at BFD private data! */
266 && asect
->filepos
== reg_sect
->filepos
) /* Did we find .reg? */
267 inferior_ptid
= ptid
; /* Yes, make it current */
270 /* This routine opens and sets up the core file bfd. */
273 core_open (char *filename
, int from_tty
)
277 struct cleanup
*old_chain
;
282 int corelow_pid
= CORELOW_PID
;
284 target_preopen (from_tty
);
288 error (_("No core file specified. (Use `detach' to stop debugging a core file.)"));
290 error (_("No core file specified."));
293 filename
= tilde_expand (filename
);
294 if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH(filename
))
296 temp
= concat (current_directory
, "/", filename
, (char *)NULL
);
301 old_chain
= make_cleanup (xfree
, filename
);
303 flags
= O_BINARY
| O_LARGEFILE
;
308 scratch_chan
= open (filename
, flags
, 0);
309 if (scratch_chan
< 0)
310 perror_with_name (filename
);
312 temp_bfd
= bfd_fopen (filename
, gnutarget
,
313 write_files
? FOPEN_RUB
: FOPEN_RB
,
315 if (temp_bfd
== NULL
)
316 perror_with_name (filename
);
318 if (!bfd_check_format (temp_bfd
, bfd_core
) &&
319 !gdb_check_format (temp_bfd
))
321 /* Do it after the err msg */
322 /* FIXME: should be checking for errors from bfd_close (for one thing,
323 on error it does not free all the storage associated with the
325 make_cleanup_bfd_close (temp_bfd
);
326 error (_("\"%s\" is not a core dump: %s"),
327 filename
, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
330 /* Looks semi-reasonable. Toss the old core file and work on the new. */
332 discard_cleanups (old_chain
); /* Don't free filename any more */
333 unpush_target (&core_ops
);
335 old_chain
= make_cleanup (core_close_cleanup
, 0 /*ignore*/);
337 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: This is very dangerous. The
338 CORE_GDBARCH that results from this call may very well be
339 different from CURRENT_GDBARCH. However, its methods may only
340 work if it is selected as the current architecture, because they
341 rely on swapped data (see gdbarch.c). We should get rid of that
343 core_gdbarch
= gdbarch_from_bfd (core_bfd
);
345 /* Find a suitable core file handler to munch on core_bfd */
346 core_vec
= sniff_core_bfd (core_bfd
);
350 /* Find the data section */
351 if (build_section_table (core_bfd
, &core_ops
.to_sections
,
352 &core_ops
.to_sections_end
))
353 error (_("\"%s\": Can't find sections: %s"),
354 bfd_get_filename (core_bfd
), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
356 /* If we have no exec file, try to set the architecture from the
357 core file. We don't do this unconditionally since an exec file
358 typically contains more information that helps us determine the
359 architecture than a core file. */
361 set_gdbarch_from_file (core_bfd
);
363 push_target (&core_ops
);
364 discard_cleanups (old_chain
);
366 add_inferior_silent (corelow_pid
);
368 /* Do this before acknowledging the inferior, so if
369 post_create_inferior throws (can happen easilly if you're loading
370 a core file with the wrong exec), we aren't left with threads
371 from the previous inferior. */
374 /* Set INFERIOR_PTID early, so an upper layer can rely on it being
375 set while in the target_find_new_threads call below. */
376 inferior_ptid
= pid_to_ptid (corelow_pid
);
378 /* Assume ST --- Add a main task. We'll later detect when we go
380 add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid
);
382 /* Build up thread list from BFD sections, and possibly set the
383 current thread to the .reg/NN section matching the .reg
385 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd
, add_to_thread_list
,
386 bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, ".reg"));
388 post_create_inferior (&core_ops
, from_tty
);
390 /* Now go through the target stack looking for threads since there
391 may be a thread_stratum target loaded on top of target core by
392 now. The layer above should claim threads found in the BFD
394 target_find_new_threads ();
396 p
= bfd_core_file_failing_command (core_bfd
);
398 printf_filtered (_("Core was generated by `%s'.\n"), p
);
400 siggy
= bfd_core_file_failing_signal (core_bfd
);
402 /* NOTE: target_signal_from_host() converts a target signal value
403 into gdb's internal signal value. Unfortunately gdb's internal
404 value is called ``target_signal'' and this function got the
405 name ..._from_host(). */
406 printf_filtered (_("Program terminated with signal %d, %s.\n"), siggy
,
407 target_signal_to_string (
408 gdbarch_target_signal_from_host (core_gdbarch
, siggy
)));
410 /* Fetch all registers from core file. */
411 target_fetch_registers (get_current_regcache (), -1);
413 /* Now, set up the frame cache, and print the top of stack. */
414 reinit_frame_cache ();
415 print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL
), 1, SRC_AND_LOC
);
419 core_detach (struct target_ops
*ops
, char *args
, int from_tty
)
422 error (_("Too many arguments"));
424 reinit_frame_cache ();
426 printf_filtered (_("No core file now.\n"));
430 /* Try to retrieve registers from a section in core_bfd, and supply
431 them to core_vec->core_read_registers, as the register set numbered
434 If inferior_ptid's lwp member is zero, do the single-threaded
435 thing: look for a section named NAME. If inferior_ptid's lwp
436 member is non-zero, do the multi-threaded thing: look for a section
437 named "NAME/LWP", where LWP is the shortest ASCII decimal
438 representation of inferior_ptid's lwp member.
440 HUMAN_NAME is a human-readable name for the kind of registers the
441 NAME section contains, for use in error messages.
443 If REQUIRED is non-zero, print an error if the core file doesn't
444 have a section by the appropriate name. Otherwise, just do nothing. */
447 get_core_register_section (struct regcache
*regcache
,
453 static char *section_name
= NULL
;
454 struct bfd_section
*section
;
458 xfree (section_name
);
461 && gdbarch_core_reg_section_encodes_pid (core_gdbarch
))
465 merged_pid
= ptid_get_lwp (inferior_ptid
);
466 merged_pid
= merged_pid
<< 16 | ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid
);
468 section_name
= xstrprintf ("%s/%s", name
, plongest (merged_pid
));
470 else if (ptid_get_lwp (inferior_ptid
))
471 section_name
= xstrprintf ("%s/%ld", name
, ptid_get_lwp (inferior_ptid
));
473 section_name
= xstrdup (name
);
475 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, section_name
);
479 warning (_("Couldn't find %s registers in core file."), human_name
);
483 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
484 contents
= alloca (size
);
485 if (! bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, contents
,
488 warning (_("Couldn't read %s registers from `%s' section in core file."),
493 if (core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch
))
495 const struct regset
*regset
;
497 regset
= gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (core_gdbarch
, name
, size
);
501 warning (_("Couldn't recognize %s registers in core file."),
506 regset
->supply_regset (regset
, regcache
, -1, contents
, size
);
510 gdb_assert (core_vec
);
511 core_vec
->core_read_registers (regcache
, contents
, size
, which
,
513 bfd_section_vma (core_bfd
, section
)));
517 /* Get the registers out of a core file. This is the machine-
518 independent part. Fetch_core_registers is the machine-dependent
519 part, typically implemented in the xm-file for each architecture. */
521 /* We just get all the registers, so we don't use regno. */
524 get_core_registers (struct target_ops
*ops
,
525 struct regcache
*regcache
, int regno
)
529 if (!(core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch
))
530 && (core_vec
== NULL
|| core_vec
->core_read_registers
== NULL
))
532 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stderr
,
533 "Can't fetch registers from this type of core file\n");
537 get_core_register_section (regcache
,
538 ".reg", 0, "general-purpose", 1);
539 get_core_register_section (regcache
,
540 ".reg2", 2, "floating-point", 0);
541 get_core_register_section (regcache
,
542 ".reg-xfp", 3, "extended floating-point", 0);
543 get_core_register_section (regcache
,
544 ".reg-ppc-vmx", 3, "ppc Altivec", 0);
545 get_core_register_section (regcache
,
546 ".reg-ppc-vsx", 4, "POWER7 VSX", 0);
548 /* Supply dummy value for all registers not found in the core. */
549 for (i
= 0; i
< gdbarch_num_regs (get_regcache_arch (regcache
)); i
++)
550 if (!regcache_valid_p (regcache
, i
))
551 regcache_raw_supply (regcache
, i
, NULL
);
555 core_files_info (struct target_ops
*t
)
557 print_section_info (t
, core_bfd
);
561 core_xfer_partial (struct target_ops
*ops
, enum target_object object
,
562 const char *annex
, gdb_byte
*readbuf
,
563 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
, ULONGEST offset
, LONGEST len
)
567 case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY
:
569 return (*ops
->deprecated_xfer_memory
) (offset
, readbuf
,
570 len
, 0/*read*/, NULL
, ops
);
572 return (*ops
->deprecated_xfer_memory
) (offset
, (gdb_byte
*) writebuf
,
573 len
, 1/*write*/, NULL
, ops
);
576 case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV
:
579 /* When the aux vector is stored in core file, BFD
580 represents this with a fake section called ".auxv". */
582 struct bfd_section
*section
;
586 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, ".auxv");
590 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
597 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, readbuf
,
598 (file_ptr
) offset
, size
))
600 warning (_("Couldn't read NT_AUXV note in core file."));
608 case TARGET_OBJECT_WCOOKIE
:
611 /* When the StackGhost cookie is stored in core file, BFD
612 represents this with a fake section called ".wcookie". */
614 struct bfd_section
*section
;
618 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, ".wcookie");
622 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
629 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, readbuf
,
630 (file_ptr
) offset
, size
))
632 warning (_("Couldn't read StackGhost cookie in core file."));
640 case TARGET_OBJECT_LIBRARIES
:
642 && gdbarch_core_xfer_shared_libraries_p (core_gdbarch
))
647 gdbarch_core_xfer_shared_libraries (core_gdbarch
,
648 readbuf
, offset
, len
);
653 if (ops
->beneath
!= NULL
)
654 return ops
->beneath
->to_xfer_partial (ops
->beneath
, object
, annex
,
655 readbuf
, writebuf
, offset
, len
);
661 /* If mourn is being called in all the right places, this could be say
662 `gdb internal error' (since generic_mourn calls breakpoint_init_inferior). */
665 ignore (struct bp_target_info
*bp_tgt
)
671 /* Okay, let's be honest: threads gleaned from a core file aren't
672 exactly lively, are they? On the other hand, if we don't claim
673 that each & every one is alive, then we don't get any of them
674 to appear in an "info thread" command, which is quite a useful
678 core_thread_alive (struct target_ops
*ops
, ptid_t ptid
)
683 /* Ask the current architecture what it knows about this core file.
684 That will be used, in turn, to pick a better architecture. This
685 wrapper could be avoided if targets got a chance to specialize
688 static const struct target_desc
*
689 core_read_description (struct target_ops
*target
)
691 if (gdbarch_core_read_description_p (current_gdbarch
))
692 return gdbarch_core_read_description (current_gdbarch
, target
, core_bfd
);
698 core_pid_to_str (struct target_ops
*ops
, ptid_t ptid
)
703 && gdbarch_core_pid_to_str_p (core_gdbarch
))
705 char *ret
= gdbarch_core_pid_to_str (core_gdbarch
, ptid
);
710 if (ptid_get_lwp (ptid
) == 0)
711 xsnprintf (buf
, sizeof buf
, "<main task>");
713 xsnprintf (buf
, sizeof buf
, "Thread %ld", ptid_get_lwp (ptid
));
718 /* Fill in core_ops with its defined operations and properties. */
723 core_ops
.to_shortname
= "core";
724 core_ops
.to_longname
= "Local core dump file";
726 "Use a core file as a target. Specify the filename of the core file.";
727 core_ops
.to_open
= core_open
;
728 core_ops
.to_close
= core_close
;
729 core_ops
.to_attach
= find_default_attach
;
730 core_ops
.to_detach
= core_detach
;
731 core_ops
.to_fetch_registers
= get_core_registers
;
732 core_ops
.to_xfer_partial
= core_xfer_partial
;
733 core_ops
.deprecated_xfer_memory
= xfer_memory
;
734 core_ops
.to_files_info
= core_files_info
;
735 core_ops
.to_insert_breakpoint
= ignore
;
736 core_ops
.to_remove_breakpoint
= ignore
;
737 core_ops
.to_create_inferior
= find_default_create_inferior
;
738 core_ops
.to_thread_alive
= core_thread_alive
;
739 core_ops
.to_read_description
= core_read_description
;
740 core_ops
.to_pid_to_str
= core_pid_to_str
;
741 core_ops
.to_stratum
= core_stratum
;
742 core_ops
.to_has_memory
= 1;
743 core_ops
.to_has_stack
= 1;
744 core_ops
.to_has_registers
= 1;
745 core_ops
.to_magic
= OPS_MAGIC
;
749 _initialize_corelow (void)
753 add_target (&core_ops
);