1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2022 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
9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
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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17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 "gdbsupport/gdb_unlinker.h"
39 #include "gdbsupport/byte-vector.h"
40 #include "gdbsupport/scope-exit.h"
42 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
43 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
44 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
45 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
47 static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
48 static enum bfd_architecture
default_gcore_arch (void);
49 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd
*);
51 /* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
52 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
55 create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename
)
57 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr
obfd (gdb_bfd_openw (filename
, default_gcore_target ()));
60 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename
);
61 bfd_set_format (obfd
.get (), bfd_core
);
62 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd
.get (), default_gcore_arch (), 0);
66 /* write_gcore_file_1 -- do the actual work of write_gcore_file. */
69 write_gcore_file_1 (bfd
*obfd
)
71 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr
<char> note_data
;
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
,
85 if (note_data
== NULL
|| note_size
== 0)
86 error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
88 /* Create the note section. */
89 note_sec
= bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd
, "note0",
94 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
95 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
97 bfd_set_section_vma (note_sec
, 0);
98 bfd_set_section_alignment (note_sec
, 0);
99 bfd_set_section_size (note_sec
, note_size
);
101 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
102 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd
) == 0)
103 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
105 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
106 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd
, note_sec
, note_data
.get (), 0,
108 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
111 /* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
112 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
115 write_gcore_file (bfd
*obfd
)
117 target_prepare_to_generate_core ();
118 SCOPE_EXIT
{ target_done_generating_core (); };
119 write_gcore_file_1 (obfd
);
122 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
123 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
126 gcore_command (const char *args
, int from_tty
)
128 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr
<char> corefilename
;
130 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
131 if (!target_has_execution ())
135 corefilename
.reset (tilde_expand (args
));
138 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
139 corefilename
= xstrprintf ("core.%d", inferior_ptid
.pid ());
143 gdb_printf ("Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n",
144 corefilename
.get ());
146 if (target_supports_dumpcore ())
147 target_dumpcore (corefilename
.get ());
150 /* Open the output file. */
151 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr
obfd (create_gcore_bfd (corefilename
.get ()));
153 /* Arrange to unlink the file on failure. */
154 gdb::unlinker
unlink_file (corefilename
.get ());
156 /* Call worker function. */
157 write_gcore_file (obfd
.get ());
163 gdb_printf ("Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename
.get ());
166 static enum bfd_architecture
167 default_gcore_arch (void)
169 const struct bfd_arch_info
*bfdarch
= gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
172 return bfdarch
->arch
;
173 if (current_program_space
->exec_bfd () == NULL
)
174 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
176 return bfd_get_arch (current_program_space
->exec_bfd ());
180 default_gcore_target (void)
182 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
183 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
184 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
186 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec target. This will probably
187 not work for non-ELF targets. */
188 if (current_program_space
->exec_bfd () == NULL
)
191 return bfd_get_target (current_program_space
->exec_bfd ());
194 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
195 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
199 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma
*bottom
, bfd_vma
*top
)
201 struct frame_info
*fi
, *tmp_fi
;
206 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
207 if (!target_has_stack () || !target_has_registers ())
210 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
211 fi
= get_current_frame ();
215 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
216 *top
= get_frame_base (fi
);
217 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
218 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi
), get_frame_sp (fi
), *top
))
219 *top
= get_frame_sp (fi
);
221 /* Find prev-most frame. */
222 while ((tmp_fi
= get_prev_frame (fi
)) != NULL
)
225 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
226 *bottom
= get_frame_base (fi
);
228 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
229 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
242 /* call_target_sbrk --
243 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
246 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg
)
248 struct objfile
*sbrk_objf
;
249 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
;
251 struct value
*target_sbrk_arg
;
252 struct value
*sbrk_fn
, *ret
;
255 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL
, NULL
).minsym
!= NULL
)
257 sbrk_fn
= find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf
);
261 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL
, NULL
).minsym
!= NULL
)
263 sbrk_fn
= find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf
);
270 gdbarch
= sbrk_objf
->arch ();
271 target_sbrk_arg
= value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_int
,
273 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg
);
274 ret
= call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn
, NULL
, target_sbrk_arg
);
278 tmp
= value_as_long (ret
);
279 if ((LONGEST
) tmp
<= 0 || (LONGEST
) tmp
== 0xffffffff)
286 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
287 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
288 Return non-zero if successful. */
291 derive_heap_segment (bfd
*abfd
, bfd_vma
*bottom
, bfd_vma
*top
)
293 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory
= 0;
294 bfd_vma top_of_heap
= 0;
295 bfd_size_type sec_size
;
302 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
304 if (!target_has_execution ())
307 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
308 follows (low to high addresses):
310 ---------------------------------
312 ---------------------------------
313 | data sections (including bss) |
314 ---------------------------------
316 --------------------------------- */
318 for (sec
= abfd
->sections
; sec
; sec
= sec
->next
)
320 if (bfd_section_flags (sec
) & SEC_DATA
321 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (sec
)) == 0)
323 sec_vaddr
= bfd_section_vma (sec
);
324 sec_size
= bfd_section_size (sec
);
325 if (sec_vaddr
+ sec_size
> top_of_data_memory
)
326 top_of_data_memory
= sec_vaddr
+ sec_size
;
330 top_of_heap
= call_target_sbrk (0);
331 if (top_of_heap
== (bfd_vma
) 0)
334 /* Return results. */
335 if (top_of_heap
> top_of_data_memory
)
337 *bottom
= top_of_data_memory
;
342 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
347 make_output_phdrs (bfd
*obfd
, asection
*osec
)
352 /* Memory tag segments have already been handled by the architecture, as
353 those contain arch-specific information. If we have one of those, just
355 if (startswith (bfd_section_name (osec
), "memtag"))
358 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
359 if (startswith (bfd_section_name (osec
), "load"))
361 else if (startswith (bfd_section_name (osec
), "note"))
366 p_flags
|= PF_R
; /* Segment is readable. */
367 if (!(bfd_section_flags (osec
) & SEC_READONLY
))
368 p_flags
|= PF_W
; /* Segment is writable. */
369 if (bfd_section_flags (osec
) & SEC_CODE
)
370 p_flags
|= PF_X
; /* Segment is executable. */
372 bfd_record_phdr (obfd
, p_type
, 1, p_flags
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec
);
375 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
379 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr
, unsigned long size
, int read
,
380 int write
, int exec
, int modified
, bool memory_tagged
,
383 bfd
*obfd
= (bfd
*) data
;
385 flagword flags
= SEC_ALLOC
| SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
| SEC_LOAD
;
387 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
388 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
389 or jam the kernel. */
390 if (read
== 0 && write
== 0 && exec
== 0 && modified
== 0)
394 gdb_printf ("Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
395 plongest (size
), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr
));
401 if (write
== 0 && modified
== 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr
, size
))
403 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
404 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
405 struct obj_section
*objsec
;
407 for (objfile
*objfile
: current_program_space
->objfiles ())
408 ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile
, objsec
)
410 bfd
*abfd
= objfile
->obfd
.get ();
411 asection
*asec
= objsec
->the_bfd_section
;
412 bfd_vma align
= (bfd_vma
) 1 << bfd_section_alignment (asec
);
413 bfd_vma start
= objsec
->addr () & -align
;
414 bfd_vma end
= (objsec
->endaddr () + align
- 1) & -align
;
416 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
417 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
418 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
419 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
421 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
422 we don't want to omit that. */
423 if (objfile
->separate_debug_objfile_backlink
== NULL
424 && ((vaddr
>= start
&& vaddr
+ size
<= end
)
425 || (start
>= vaddr
&& end
<= vaddr
+ size
))
426 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd
) & BFD_IN_MEMORY
))
428 flags
&= ~(SEC_LOAD
| SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
);
429 goto keep
; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
437 flags
|= SEC_READONLY
;
444 osec
= bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd
, "load", flags
);
447 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
448 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
454 gdb_printf ("Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
455 plongest (size
), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr
));
458 bfd_set_section_size (osec
, size
);
459 bfd_set_section_vma (osec
, vaddr
);
460 bfd_set_section_lma (osec
, 0);
464 /* gdbarch_find_memory_region callback for creating a memory tag section.
465 DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file GDB is creating. */
468 gcore_create_memtag_section_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr
, unsigned long size
,
469 int read
, int write
, int exec
,
470 int modified
, bool memory_tagged
,
473 /* Are there memory tags in this particular memory map entry? */
477 bfd
*obfd
= (bfd
*) data
;
479 /* Ask the architecture to create a memory tag section for this particular
480 memory map entry. It will be populated with contents later, as we can't
481 start writing the contents before we have all the sections sorted out. */
482 asection
*memtag_section
483 = gdbarch_create_memtag_section (target_gdbarch (), obfd
, vaddr
, size
);
485 if (memtag_section
== nullptr)
487 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore memory tag segment: %s"),
488 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
494 gdb_printf (gdb_stdout
, "Saved memory tag segment, %s bytes "
496 plongest (bfd_section_size (memtag_section
)),
497 paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr
));
504 objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops
*self
,
505 find_memory_region_ftype func
, void *obfd
)
507 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
508 struct obj_section
*objsec
;
509 bfd_vma temp_bottom
, temp_top
;
511 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
512 for (objfile
*objfile
: current_program_space
->objfiles ())
513 ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile
, objsec
)
515 asection
*isec
= objsec
->the_bfd_section
;
516 flagword flags
= bfd_section_flags (isec
);
518 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
519 if (objfile
->separate_debug_objfile_backlink
!= NULL
)
522 if ((flags
& SEC_ALLOC
) || (flags
& SEC_LOAD
))
524 int size
= bfd_section_size (isec
);
527 ret
= (*func
) (objsec
->addr (), size
,
528 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
529 (flags
& SEC_READONLY
) == 0, /* Writable. */
530 (flags
& SEC_CODE
) != 0, /* Executable. */
531 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
532 false, /* No memory tags in the object file. */
539 /* Make a stack segment. */
540 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom
, &temp_top
))
541 (*func
) (temp_bottom
, temp_top
- temp_bottom
,
542 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
543 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
544 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
545 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
546 false, /* No memory tags in the object file. */
549 /* Make a heap segment. */
550 if (derive_heap_segment (current_program_space
->exec_bfd (), &temp_bottom
,
552 (*func
) (temp_bottom
, temp_top
- temp_bottom
,
553 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
554 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
555 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
556 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
557 false, /* No memory tags in the object file. */
564 gcore_copy_callback (bfd
*obfd
, asection
*osec
)
566 bfd_size_type size
, total_size
= bfd_section_size (osec
);
569 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
570 if ((bfd_section_flags (osec
) & SEC_LOAD
) == 0)
573 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
574 if (!startswith (bfd_section_name (osec
), "load"))
577 size
= std::min (total_size
, (bfd_size_type
) MAX_COPY_BYTES
);
578 gdb::byte_vector
memhunk (size
);
580 while (total_size
> 0)
582 if (size
> total_size
)
585 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (osec
) + offset
,
586 memhunk
.data (), size
) != 0)
588 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
589 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
591 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (osec
)));
594 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd
, osec
, memhunk
.data (),
597 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
598 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
607 /* Callback to copy contents to a particular memory tag section. */
610 gcore_copy_memtag_section_callback (bfd
*obfd
, asection
*osec
)
612 /* We are only interested in "memtag" sections. */
613 if (!startswith (bfd_section_name (osec
), "memtag"))
616 /* Fill the section with memory tag contents. */
617 if (!gdbarch_fill_memtag_section (target_gdbarch (), osec
))
618 error (_("Failed to fill memory tag section for core file."));
622 gcore_memory_sections (bfd
*obfd
)
624 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
625 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
626 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
627 gcore_create_callback
, obfd
) != 0)
629 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback
, obfd
) != 0)
630 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
633 /* Take care of dumping memory tags, if there are any. */
634 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
635 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
636 gcore_create_memtag_section_callback
,
639 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_memtag_section_callback
,
644 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
645 for (asection
*sect
: gdb_bfd_sections (obfd
))
646 make_output_phdrs (obfd
, sect
);
648 /* Copy memory region and memory tag contents. */
649 for (asection
*sect
: gdb_bfd_sections (obfd
))
651 gcore_copy_callback (obfd
, sect
);
652 gcore_copy_memtag_section_callback (obfd
, sect
);
661 gcore_find_signalled_thread ()
663 thread_info
*curr_thr
= inferior_thread ();
664 if (curr_thr
->state
!= THREAD_EXITED
665 && curr_thr
->stop_signal () != GDB_SIGNAL_0
)
668 for (thread_info
*thr
: current_inferior ()->non_exited_threads ())
669 if (thr
->stop_signal () != GDB_SIGNAL_0
)
672 /* Default to the current thread, unless it has exited. */
673 if (curr_thr
->state
!= THREAD_EXITED
)
679 void _initialize_gcore ();
683 cmd_list_element
*generate_core_file_cmd
684 = add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files
, gcore_command
, _("\
685 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
686 Usage: generate-core-file [FILENAME]\n\
687 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.PROCESS_ID'."));
689 add_com_alias ("gcore", generate_core_file_cmd
, class_files
, 1);