1 /* Low-level child interface to ptrace.
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25 #include "nat/gdb_ptrace.h"
26 #include "gdbsupport/gdb_wait.h"
29 #include "inf-ptrace.h"
30 #include "inf-child.h"
31 #include "gdbthread.h"
32 #include "nat/fork-inferior.h"
38 static PTRACE_TYPE_RET
39 gdb_ptrace (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG1 request
, ptid_t ptid
, PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3 addr
,
40 PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4 data
)
43 return ptrace (request
, ptid
.pid (), addr
, data
);
45 pid_t pid
= get_ptrace_pid (ptid
);
46 return ptrace (request
, pid
, addr
, data
);
50 /* The event pipe registered as a waitable file in the event loop. */
51 event_pipe
inf_ptrace_target::m_event_pipe
;
53 inf_ptrace_target::~inf_ptrace_target ()
58 /* Prepare to be traced. */
63 /* "Trace me, Dr. Memory!" */
64 if (ptrace (PT_TRACE_ME
, 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0, 0) < 0)
65 trace_start_error_with_name ("ptrace");
68 /* Start a new inferior Unix child process. EXEC_FILE is the file to
69 run, ALLARGS is a string containing the arguments to the program.
70 ENV is the environment vector to pass. If FROM_TTY is non-zero, be
74 inf_ptrace_target::create_inferior (const char *exec_file
,
75 const std::string
&allargs
,
76 char **env
, int from_tty
)
78 if (exec_file
== nullptr)
79 no_executable_specified_error ();
81 inferior
*inf
= current_inferior ();
83 /* Do not change either targets above or the same target if already present.
84 The reason is the target stack is shared across multiple inferiors. */
85 int ops_already_pushed
= inf
->target_is_pushed (this);
87 target_unpush_up unpusher
;
88 if (! ops_already_pushed
)
90 /* Clear possible core file with its process_stratum. */
91 inf
->push_target (this);
92 unpusher
.reset (this);
95 pid_t pid
= fork_inferior (exec_file
, allargs
, env
, inf_ptrace_me
, NULL
,
99 /* We have something that executes now. We'll be running through
100 the shell at this point (if startup-with-shell is true), but the
101 pid shouldn't change. */
102 thread_info
*thr
= add_thread_silent (this, ptid
);
103 switch_to_thread (thr
);
107 gdb_startup_inferior (pid
, START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED
);
109 /* On some targets, there must be some explicit actions taken after
110 the inferior has been started up. */
111 post_startup_inferior (ptid
);
114 /* Clean up a rotting corpse of an inferior after it died. */
117 inf_ptrace_target::mourn_inferior ()
121 /* Wait just one more time to collect the inferior's exit status.
122 Do not check whether this succeeds though, since we may be
123 dealing with a process that we attached to. Such a process will
124 only report its exit status to its original parent. */
125 waitpid (inferior_ptid
.pid (), &status
, 0);
127 inf_child_target::mourn_inferior ();
130 /* Attach to the process specified by ARGS. If FROM_TTY is non-zero,
131 be chatty about it. */
134 inf_ptrace_target::attach (const char *args
, int from_tty
)
136 inferior
*inf
= current_inferior ();
138 /* Do not change either targets above or the same target if already present.
139 The reason is the target stack is shared across multiple inferiors. */
140 int ops_already_pushed
= inf
->target_is_pushed (this);
142 pid_t pid
= parse_pid_to_attach (args
);
144 if (pid
== getpid ()) /* Trying to masturbate? */
145 error (_("I refuse to debug myself!"));
147 target_unpush_up unpusher
;
148 if (! ops_already_pushed
)
150 /* target_pid_to_str already uses the target. Also clear possible core
151 file with its process_stratum. */
152 inf
->push_target (this);
153 unpusher
.reset (this);
156 target_announce_attach (from_tty
, pid
);
160 ptrace (PT_ATTACH
, pid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
)0, 0);
162 perror_with_name (("ptrace"));
164 error (_("This system does not support attaching to a process"));
167 inferior_appeared (inf
, pid
);
168 inf
->attach_flag
= true;
170 /* Always add a main thread. If some target extends the ptrace
171 target, it should decorate the ptid later with more info. */
172 thread_info
*thr
= add_thread_silent (this, ptid_t (pid
));
173 switch_to_thread (thr
);
175 /* Don't consider the thread stopped until we've processed its
176 initial SIGSTOP stop. */
177 set_executing (this, thr
->ptid
, true);
182 /* Detach from the inferior. If FROM_TTY is non-zero, be chatty about it. */
185 inf_ptrace_target::detach (inferior
*inf
, int from_tty
)
187 pid_t pid
= inferior_ptid
.pid ();
189 target_announce_detach (from_tty
);
192 /* We'd better not have left any breakpoints in the program or it'll
193 die when it hits one. Also note that this may only work if we
194 previously attached to the inferior. It *might* work if we
195 started the process ourselves. */
197 ptrace (PT_DETACH
, pid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
)1, 0);
199 perror_with_name (("ptrace"));
201 error (_("This system does not support detaching from a process"));
204 detach_success (inf
);
207 /* See inf-ptrace.h. */
210 inf_ptrace_target::detach_success (inferior
*inf
)
212 switch_to_no_thread ();
213 detach_inferior (inf
);
215 maybe_unpush_target ();
218 /* Kill the inferior. */
221 inf_ptrace_target::kill ()
223 pid_t pid
= inferior_ptid
.pid ();
229 ptrace (PT_KILL
, pid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
)0, 0);
230 waitpid (pid
, &status
, 0);
232 target_mourn_inferior (inferior_ptid
);
237 /* See inf-ptrace.h. */
240 get_ptrace_pid (ptid_t ptid
)
244 /* If we have an LWPID to work with, use it. Otherwise, we're
245 dealing with a non-threaded program/target. */
253 /* Resume execution of thread PTID, or all threads if PTID is -1. If
254 STEP is nonzero, single-step it. If SIGNAL is nonzero, give it
258 inf_ptrace_target::resume (ptid_t ptid
, int step
, enum gdb_signal signal
)
260 PTRACE_TYPE_ARG1 request
;
262 if (minus_one_ptid
== ptid
)
263 /* Resume all threads. Traditionally ptrace() only supports
264 single-threaded processes, so simply resume the inferior. */
265 ptid
= ptid_t (inferior_ptid
.pid ());
267 if (catch_syscall_enabled ())
268 request
= PT_SYSCALL
;
270 request
= PT_CONTINUE
;
274 /* If this system does not support PT_STEP, a higher level
275 function will have called the appropriate functions to transmute the
276 step request into a continue request (by setting breakpoints on
277 all possible successor instructions), so we don't have to
278 worry about that here. */
282 /* An address of (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3)1 tells ptrace to continue from
283 where it was. If GDB wanted it to start some other way, we have
284 already written a new program counter value to the child. */
286 gdb_ptrace (request
, ptid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
)1, gdb_signal_to_host (signal
));
288 perror_with_name (("ptrace"));
291 /* Wait for the child specified by PTID to do something. Return the
292 process ID of the child, or MINUS_ONE_PTID in case of error; store
293 the status in *OURSTATUS. */
296 inf_ptrace_target::wait (ptid_t ptid
, struct target_waitstatus
*ourstatus
,
297 target_wait_flags target_options
)
300 int options
, status
, save_errno
;
303 if (target_options
& TARGET_WNOHANG
)
312 pid
= waitpid (ptid
.pid (), &status
, options
);
315 while (pid
== -1 && errno
== EINTR
);
317 clear_sigint_trap ();
321 gdb_assert (target_options
& TARGET_WNOHANG
);
322 ourstatus
->set_ignore ();
323 return minus_one_ptid
;
328 /* In async mode the SIGCHLD might have raced and triggered
329 a check for an event that had already been reported. If
330 the event was the exit of the only remaining child,
331 waitpid() will fail with ECHILD. */
332 if (ptid
== minus_one_ptid
&& save_errno
== ECHILD
)
334 ourstatus
->set_no_resumed ();
335 return minus_one_ptid
;
338 gdb_printf (gdb_stderr
,
339 _("Child process unexpectedly missing: %s.\n"),
340 safe_strerror (save_errno
));
342 ourstatus
->set_ignore ();
343 return minus_one_ptid
;
346 /* Ignore terminated detached child processes. */
347 if (!WIFSTOPPED (status
) && find_inferior_pid (this, pid
) == nullptr)
352 *ourstatus
= host_status_to_waitstatus (status
);
357 /* Transfer data via ptrace into process PID's memory from WRITEBUF, or
358 from process PID's memory into READBUF. Start at target address ADDR
359 and transfer up to LEN bytes. Exactly one of READBUF and WRITEBUF must
360 be non-null. Return the number of transferred bytes. */
363 inf_ptrace_peek_poke (ptid_t ptid
, gdb_byte
*readbuf
,
364 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
,
365 ULONGEST addr
, ULONGEST len
)
370 /* We transfer aligned words. Thus align ADDR down to a word
371 boundary and determine how many bytes to skip at the
373 ULONGEST skip
= addr
& (sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET
) - 1);
378 n
+= chunk
, addr
+= sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET
), skip
= 0)
380 /* Restrict to a chunk that fits in the current word. */
381 chunk
= std::min (sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET
) - skip
, len
- n
);
383 /* Use a union for type punning. */
386 PTRACE_TYPE_RET word
;
387 gdb_byte byte
[sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET
)];
390 /* Read the word, also when doing a partial word write. */
391 if (readbuf
!= NULL
|| chunk
< sizeof (PTRACE_TYPE_RET
))
394 buf
.word
= gdb_ptrace (PT_READ_I
, ptid
,
395 (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
)(uintptr_t) addr
, 0);
399 memcpy (readbuf
+ n
, buf
.byte
+ skip
, chunk
);
401 if (writebuf
!= NULL
)
403 memcpy (buf
.byte
+ skip
, writebuf
+ n
, chunk
);
405 gdb_ptrace (PT_WRITE_D
, ptid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
)(uintptr_t) addr
,
409 /* Using the appropriate one (I or D) is necessary for
410 Gould NP1, at least. */
412 gdb_ptrace (PT_WRITE_I
, ptid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
)(uintptr_t) addr
,
423 /* Implement the to_xfer_partial target_ops method. */
425 enum target_xfer_status
426 inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object
,
427 const char *annex
, gdb_byte
*readbuf
,
428 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
,
429 ULONGEST offset
, ULONGEST len
, ULONGEST
*xfered_len
)
431 ptid_t ptid
= inferior_ptid
;
435 case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY
:
437 /* OpenBSD 3.1, NetBSD 1.6 and FreeBSD 5.0 have a new PT_IO
438 request that promises to be much more efficient in reading
439 and writing data in the traced process's address space. */
441 struct ptrace_io_desc piod
;
443 /* NOTE: We assume that there are no distinct address spaces
444 for instruction and data. However, on OpenBSD 3.9 and
445 later, PIOD_WRITE_D doesn't allow changing memory that's
446 mapped read-only. Since most code segments will be
447 read-only, using PIOD_WRITE_D will prevent us from
448 inserting breakpoints, so we use PIOD_WRITE_I instead. */
449 piod
.piod_op
= writebuf
? PIOD_WRITE_I
: PIOD_READ_D
;
450 piod
.piod_addr
= writebuf
? (void *) writebuf
: readbuf
;
451 piod
.piod_offs
= (void *) (long) offset
;
455 if (gdb_ptrace (PT_IO
, ptid
, (caddr_t
)&piod
, 0) == 0)
457 /* Return the actual number of bytes read or written. */
458 *xfered_len
= piod
.piod_len
;
459 return (piod
.piod_len
== 0) ? TARGET_XFER_EOF
: TARGET_XFER_OK
;
461 /* If the PT_IO request is somehow not supported, fallback on
462 using PT_WRITE_D/PT_READ_D. Otherwise we will return zero
463 to indicate failure. */
465 return TARGET_XFER_EOF
;
468 *xfered_len
= inf_ptrace_peek_poke (ptid
, readbuf
, writebuf
,
470 return *xfered_len
!= 0 ? TARGET_XFER_OK
: TARGET_XFER_EOF
;
472 case TARGET_OBJECT_UNWIND_TABLE
:
473 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
475 case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV
:
476 #if defined (PT_IO) && defined (PIOD_READ_AUXV)
477 /* OpenBSD 4.5 has a new PIOD_READ_AUXV operation for the PT_IO
478 request that allows us to read the auxiliary vector. Other
479 BSD's may follow if they feel the need to support PIE. */
481 struct ptrace_io_desc piod
;
484 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
485 piod
.piod_op
= PIOD_READ_AUXV
;
486 piod
.piod_addr
= readbuf
;
487 piod
.piod_offs
= (void *) (long) offset
;
491 if (gdb_ptrace (PT_IO
, ptid
, (caddr_t
)&piod
, 0) == 0)
493 /* Return the actual number of bytes read or written. */
494 *xfered_len
= piod
.piod_len
;
495 return (piod
.piod_len
== 0) ? TARGET_XFER_EOF
: TARGET_XFER_OK
;
499 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
501 case TARGET_OBJECT_WCOOKIE
:
502 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
505 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
509 /* Return non-zero if the thread specified by PTID is alive. */
512 inf_ptrace_target::thread_alive (ptid_t ptid
)
514 /* ??? Is kill the right way to do this? */
515 return (::kill (ptid
.pid (), 0) != -1);
518 /* Print status information about what we're accessing. */
521 inf_ptrace_target::files_info ()
523 struct inferior
*inf
= current_inferior ();
525 gdb_printf (_("\tUsing the running image of %s %s.\n"),
526 inf
->attach_flag
? "attached" : "child",
527 target_pid_to_str (ptid_t (inf
->pid
)).c_str ());
531 inf_ptrace_target::pid_to_str (ptid_t ptid
)
533 return normal_pid_to_str (ptid
);
536 /* Implement the "close" target method. */
539 inf_ptrace_target::close ()
541 /* Unregister from the event loop. */
545 inf_child_target::close ();