1 /* GNU/Linux native-dependent code for debugging multiple forks.
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20 #include "arch-utils.h"
21 #include "event-top.h"
25 #include "cli/cli-cmds.h"
28 #include "linux-fork.h"
29 #include "linux-nat.h"
30 #include "gdbthread.h"
33 #include "nat/gdb_ptrace.h"
34 #include "gdbsupport/gdb_wait.h"
35 #include "target/waitstatus.h"
41 /* Fork list data structure: */
44 explicit fork_info (pid_t pid
)
51 /* Notes on step-resume breakpoints: since this is a concern for
52 threads, let's convince ourselves that it's not a concern for
53 forks. There are two ways for a fork_info to be created.
54 First, by the checkpoint command, in which case we're at a gdb
55 prompt and there can't be any step-resume breakpoint. Second,
56 by a fork in the user program, in which case we *may* have
57 stepped into the fork call, but regardless of whether we follow
58 the parent or the child, we will return to the same place and
59 the step-resume breakpoint, if any, will take care of itself as
60 usual. And unlike threads, we do not save a private copy of
61 the step-resume breakpoint -- so we're OK. */
69 ptid_t ptid
= null_ptid
;
70 ptid_t parent_ptid
= null_ptid
;
72 /* Convenient handle (GDB fork id). */
75 /* Convenient for info fork, saves having to actually switch
77 readonly_detached_regcache
*savedregs
= nullptr;
81 /* Set of open file descriptors' offsets. */
82 off_t
*filepos
= nullptr;
87 static std::list
<fork_info
> fork_list
;
88 static int highest_fork_num
;
90 /* Fork list methods: */
95 return !fork_list
.empty ();
98 /* Return the last fork in the list. */
100 static struct fork_info
*
101 find_last_fork (void)
103 if (fork_list
.empty ())
106 return &fork_list
.back ();
109 /* Return true iff there's one fork in the list. */
114 return fork_list
.size () == 1;
117 /* Add a new fork to the internal fork list. */
122 fork_list
.emplace_back (pid
);
125 highest_fork_num
= 0;
127 fork_info
*fp
= &fork_list
.back ();
128 fp
->num
= ++highest_fork_num
;
132 delete_fork (ptid_t ptid
)
134 linux_target
->low_forget_process (ptid
.pid ());
136 for (auto it
= fork_list
.begin (); it
!= fork_list
.end (); ++it
)
137 if (it
->ptid
== ptid
)
139 fork_list
.erase (it
);
141 /* Special case: if there is now only one process in the list,
142 and if it is (hopefully!) the current inferior_ptid, then
143 remove it, leaving the list empty -- we're now down to the
144 default case of debugging a single process. */
145 if (one_fork_p () && fork_list
.front ().ptid
== inferior_ptid
)
147 /* Last fork -- delete from list and handle as solo
148 process (should be a safe recursion). */
149 delete_fork (inferior_ptid
);
155 /* Find a fork_info by matching PTID. */
156 static struct fork_info
*
157 find_fork_ptid (ptid_t ptid
)
159 for (fork_info
&fi
: fork_list
)
166 /* Find a fork_info by matching ID. */
167 static struct fork_info
*
168 find_fork_id (int num
)
170 for (fork_info
&fi
: fork_list
)
177 /* Find a fork_info by matching pid. */
178 extern struct fork_info
*
179 find_fork_pid (pid_t pid
)
181 for (fork_info
&fi
: fork_list
)
182 if (pid
== fi
.ptid
.pid ())
189 fork_id_to_ptid (int num
)
191 struct fork_info
*fork
= find_fork_id (num
);
198 /* Fork list <-> gdb interface. */
200 /* Utility function for fork_load/fork_save.
201 Calls lseek in the (current) inferior process. */
204 call_lseek (int fd
, off_t offset
, int whence
)
208 snprintf (&exp
[0], sizeof (exp
), "(long) lseek (%d, %ld, %d)",
209 fd
, (long) offset
, whence
);
210 return (off_t
) parse_and_eval_long (&exp
[0]);
213 /* Load infrun state for the fork PTID. */
216 fork_load_infrun_state (struct fork_info
*fp
)
220 linux_nat_switch_fork (fp
->ptid
);
223 get_thread_regcache (inferior_thread ())->restore (fp
->savedregs
);
225 registers_changed ();
226 reinit_frame_cache ();
228 inferior_thread ()->set_stop_pc
229 (regcache_read_pc (get_thread_regcache (inferior_thread ())));
230 inferior_thread ()->set_executing (false);
231 inferior_thread ()->set_resumed (false);
232 nullify_last_target_wait_ptid ();
234 /* Now restore the file positions of open file descriptors. */
237 for (i
= 0; i
<= fp
->maxfd
; i
++)
238 if (fp
->filepos
[i
] != (off_t
) -1)
239 call_lseek (i
, fp
->filepos
[i
], SEEK_SET
);
240 /* NOTE: I can get away with using SEEK_SET and SEEK_CUR because
241 this is native-only. If it ever has to be cross, we'll have
246 /* Save infrun state for the fork FP. */
249 fork_save_infrun_state (struct fork_info
*fp
)
256 delete fp
->savedregs
;
258 fp
->savedregs
= new readonly_detached_regcache
259 (*get_thread_regcache (inferior_thread ()));
260 fp
->pc
= regcache_read_pc (get_thread_regcache (inferior_thread ()));
262 /* Now save the 'state' (file position) of all open file descriptors.
263 Unfortunately fork does not take care of that for us... */
264 snprintf (path
, PATH_MAX
, "/proc/%ld/fd", (long) fp
->ptid
.pid ());
265 if ((d
= opendir (path
)) != NULL
)
270 while ((de
= readdir (d
)) != NULL
)
272 /* Count open file descriptors (actually find highest
274 tmp
= strtol (&de
->d_name
[0], NULL
, 10);
278 /* Allocate array of file positions. */
279 fp
->filepos
= XRESIZEVEC (off_t
, fp
->filepos
, fp
->maxfd
+ 1);
281 /* Initialize to -1 (invalid). */
282 for (tmp
= 0; tmp
<= fp
->maxfd
; tmp
++)
283 fp
->filepos
[tmp
] = -1;
285 /* Now find actual file positions. */
287 while ((de
= readdir (d
)) != NULL
)
288 if (isdigit (de
->d_name
[0]))
290 tmp
= strtol (&de
->d_name
[0], NULL
, 10);
291 fp
->filepos
[tmp
] = call_lseek (tmp
, 0, SEEK_CUR
);
297 /* Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out... */
300 linux_fork_killall (void)
302 /* Walk list and kill every pid. No need to treat the
303 current inferior_ptid as special (we do not return a
304 status for it) -- however any process may be a child
305 or a parent, so may get a SIGCHLD from a previously
306 killed child. Wait them all out. */
308 for (fork_info
&fi
: fork_list
)
310 pid_t pid
= fi
.ptid
.pid ();
314 /* Use SIGKILL instead of PTRACE_KILL because the former works even
315 if the thread is running, while the later doesn't. */
317 ret
= waitpid (pid
, &status
, 0);
318 /* We might get a SIGCHLD instead of an exit status. This is
319 aggravated by the first kill above - a child has just
320 died. MVS comment cut-and-pasted from linux-nat. */
321 } while (ret
== pid
&& WIFSTOPPED (status
));
324 /* Clear list, prepare to start fresh. */
328 /* The current inferior_ptid has exited, but there are other viable
329 forks to debug. Delete the exiting one and context-switch to the
333 linux_fork_mourn_inferior (void)
335 struct fork_info
*last
;
338 /* Wait just one more time to collect the inferior's exit status.
339 Do not check whether this succeeds though, since we may be
340 dealing with a process that we attached to. Such a process will
341 only report its exit status to its original parent. */
342 waitpid (inferior_ptid
.pid (), &status
, 0);
344 /* OK, presumably inferior_ptid is the one who has exited.
345 We need to delete that one from the fork_list, and switch
346 to the next available fork. */
347 delete_fork (inferior_ptid
);
349 /* There should still be a fork - if there's only one left,
350 delete_fork won't remove it, because we haven't updated
351 inferior_ptid yet. */
352 gdb_assert (!fork_list
.empty ());
354 last
= find_last_fork ();
355 fork_load_infrun_state (last
);
356 gdb_printf (_("[Switching to %s]\n"),
357 target_pid_to_str (inferior_ptid
).c_str ());
359 /* If there's only one fork, switch back to non-fork mode. */
361 delete_fork (inferior_ptid
);
364 /* The current inferior_ptid is being detached, but there are other
365 viable forks to debug. Detach and delete it and context-switch to
366 the first available. */
369 linux_fork_detach (int from_tty
, lwp_info
*lp
)
371 gdb_assert (lp
!= nullptr);
372 gdb_assert (lp
->ptid
== inferior_ptid
);
374 /* OK, inferior_ptid is the one we are detaching from. We need to
375 delete it from the fork_list, and switch to the next available
376 fork. But before doing the detach, do make sure that the lwp
377 hasn't exited or been terminated first. */
379 if (lp
->waitstatus
.kind () != TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED
380 && lp
->waitstatus
.kind () != TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED
381 && lp
->waitstatus
.kind () != TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED
)
383 if (ptrace (PTRACE_DETACH
, inferior_ptid
.pid (), 0, 0))
384 error (_("Unable to detach %s"),
385 target_pid_to_str (inferior_ptid
).c_str ());
388 delete_fork (inferior_ptid
);
390 /* There should still be a fork - if there's only one left,
391 delete_fork won't remove it, because we haven't updated
392 inferior_ptid yet. */
393 gdb_assert (!fork_list
.empty ());
395 fork_load_infrun_state (&fork_list
.front ());
398 gdb_printf (_("[Switching to %s]\n"),
399 target_pid_to_str (inferior_ptid
).c_str ());
401 /* If there's only one fork, switch back to non-fork mode. */
403 delete_fork (inferior_ptid
);
406 /* Temporarily switch to the infrun state stored on the fork_info
407 identified by a given ptid_t. When this object goes out of scope,
408 restore the currently selected infrun state. */
410 class scoped_switch_fork_info
413 /* Switch to the infrun state held on the fork_info identified by
414 PPTID. If PPTID is the current inferior then no switch is done. */
415 explicit scoped_switch_fork_info (ptid_t pptid
)
418 if (pptid
!= inferior_ptid
)
420 struct fork_info
*newfp
= nullptr;
422 /* Switch to pptid. */
423 m_oldfp
= find_fork_ptid (inferior_ptid
);
424 gdb_assert (m_oldfp
!= nullptr);
425 newfp
= find_fork_ptid (pptid
);
426 gdb_assert (newfp
!= nullptr);
427 fork_save_infrun_state (m_oldfp
);
428 remove_breakpoints ();
429 fork_load_infrun_state (newfp
);
430 insert_breakpoints ();
434 /* Restore the previously selected infrun state. If the constructor
435 didn't need to switch states, then nothing is done here either. */
436 ~scoped_switch_fork_info ()
438 if (m_oldfp
!= nullptr)
440 /* Switch back to inferior_ptid. */
443 remove_breakpoints ();
444 fork_load_infrun_state (m_oldfp
);
445 insert_breakpoints ();
447 catch (const gdb_exception_quit
&ex
)
449 /* We can't throw from a destructor, so re-set the quit flag
450 for later QUIT checking. */
453 catch (const gdb_exception_forced_quit
&ex
)
455 /* Like above, but (eventually) cause GDB to terminate by
456 setting sync_quit_force_run. */
457 set_force_quit_flag ();
459 catch (const gdb_exception
&ex
)
461 warning (_("Couldn't restore checkpoint state in %s: %s"),
462 target_pid_to_str (m_oldfp
->ptid
).c_str (),
468 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (scoped_switch_fork_info
);
471 /* The fork_info for the previously selected infrun state, or nullptr if
472 we were already in the desired state, and nothing needs to be
474 struct fork_info
*m_oldfp
;
478 inferior_call_waitpid (ptid_t pptid
, int pid
)
480 struct objfile
*waitpid_objf
;
481 struct value
*waitpid_fn
= NULL
;
484 scoped_switch_fork_info
switch_fork_info (pptid
);
486 /* Get the waitpid_fn. */
487 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("waitpid", NULL
, NULL
).minsym
!= NULL
)
488 waitpid_fn
= find_function_in_inferior ("waitpid", &waitpid_objf
);
490 && lookup_minimal_symbol ("_waitpid", NULL
, NULL
).minsym
!= NULL
)
491 waitpid_fn
= find_function_in_inferior ("_waitpid", &waitpid_objf
);
492 if (waitpid_fn
!= nullptr)
494 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
= get_current_arch ();
495 struct value
*argv
[3], *retv
;
498 argv
[0] = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_int
, pid
);
499 argv
[1] = value_from_pointer (builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_data_ptr
, 0);
500 argv
[2] = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_int
, 0);
502 retv
= call_function_by_hand (waitpid_fn
, NULL
, argv
);
504 if (value_as_long (retv
) >= 0)
511 /* Fork list <-> user interface. */
514 delete_checkpoint_command (const char *args
, int from_tty
)
517 struct fork_info
*fi
;
520 error (_("Requires argument (checkpoint id to delete)"));
522 ptid
= fork_id_to_ptid (parse_and_eval_long (args
));
523 if (ptid
== minus_one_ptid
)
524 error (_("No such checkpoint id, %s"), args
);
526 if (ptid
== inferior_ptid
)
528 Please switch to another checkpoint before deleting the current one"));
530 if (ptrace (PTRACE_KILL
, ptid
.pid (), 0, 0))
531 error (_("Unable to kill pid %s"), target_pid_to_str (ptid
).c_str ());
533 fi
= find_fork_ptid (ptid
);
535 pptid
= fi
->parent_ptid
;
538 gdb_printf (_("Killed %s\n"), target_pid_to_str (ptid
).c_str ());
542 if (pptid
== null_ptid
)
545 /* Wait to collect the inferior's exit status. Do not check whether
546 this succeeds though, since we may be dealing with a process that we
547 attached to. Such a process will only report its exit status to its
549 waitpid (ptid
.pid (), &status
, 0);
553 /* If fi->parent_ptid is not a part of lwp but it's a part of checkpoint
554 list, waitpid the ptid.
555 If fi->parent_ptid is a part of lwp and it is stopped, waitpid the
557 thread_info
*parent
= linux_target
->find_thread (pptid
);
558 if ((parent
== NULL
&& find_fork_ptid (pptid
))
559 || (parent
!= NULL
&& parent
->state
== THREAD_STOPPED
))
561 if (inferior_call_waitpid (pptid
, ptid
.pid ()))
562 warning (_("Unable to wait pid %s"),
563 target_pid_to_str (ptid
).c_str ());
568 detach_checkpoint_command (const char *args
, int from_tty
)
573 error (_("Requires argument (checkpoint id to detach)"));
575 ptid
= fork_id_to_ptid (parse_and_eval_long (args
));
576 if (ptid
== minus_one_ptid
)
577 error (_("No such checkpoint id, %s"), args
);
579 if (ptid
== inferior_ptid
)
581 Please switch to another checkpoint before detaching the current one"));
583 if (ptrace (PTRACE_DETACH
, ptid
.pid (), 0, 0))
584 error (_("Unable to detach %s"), target_pid_to_str (ptid
).c_str ());
587 gdb_printf (_("Detached %s\n"), target_pid_to_str (ptid
).c_str ());
592 /* Print information about currently known checkpoints. */
595 info_checkpoints_command (const char *arg
, int from_tty
)
597 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
= get_current_arch ();
599 bool printed
= false;
602 requested
= (int) parse_and_eval_long (arg
);
604 for (const fork_info
&fi
: fork_list
)
606 if (requested
> 0 && fi
.num
!= requested
)
610 bool is_current
= fi
.ptid
== inferior_ptid
;
616 gdb_printf ("%d %s", fi
.num
, target_pid_to_str (fi
.ptid
).c_str ());
618 gdb_printf (_(" (main process)"));
620 if (is_current
&& inferior_thread ()->state
== THREAD_RUNNING
)
622 gdb_printf (_(" <running>\n"));
626 gdb_printf (_(" at "));
629 ? regcache_read_pc (get_thread_regcache (inferior_thread ()))
631 gdb_puts (paddress (gdbarch
, pc
));
633 symtab_and_line sal
= find_pc_line (pc
, 0);
635 gdb_printf (_(", file %s"),
636 symtab_to_filename_for_display (sal
.symtab
));
638 gdb_printf (_(", line %d"), sal
.line
);
639 if (!sal
.symtab
&& !sal
.line
)
641 struct bound_minimal_symbol msym
;
643 msym
= lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (pc
);
645 gdb_printf (", <%s>", msym
.minsym
->linkage_name ());
654 gdb_printf (_("No checkpoint number %d.\n"), requested
);
656 gdb_printf (_("No checkpoints.\n"));
660 /* The PID of the process we're checkpointing. */
661 static int checkpointing_pid
= 0;
664 linux_fork_checkpointing_p (int pid
)
666 return (checkpointing_pid
== pid
);
669 /* Return true if the current inferior is multi-threaded. */
672 inf_has_multiple_threads ()
676 /* Return true as soon as we see the second thread of the current
678 for (thread_info
*tp ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED
: current_inferior ()->threads ())
686 checkpoint_command (const char *args
, int from_tty
)
688 struct objfile
*fork_objf
;
689 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
;
690 struct target_waitstatus last_target_waitstatus
;
691 ptid_t last_target_ptid
;
692 struct value
*fork_fn
= NULL
, *ret
;
693 struct fork_info
*fp
;
696 if (!target_has_execution ())
697 error (_("The program is not being run."));
699 /* Ensure that the inferior is not multithreaded. */
700 update_thread_list ();
701 if (inf_has_multiple_threads ())
702 error (_("checkpoint: can't checkpoint multiple threads."));
704 /* Make the inferior fork, record its (and gdb's) state. */
706 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("fork", NULL
, NULL
).minsym
!= NULL
)
707 fork_fn
= find_function_in_inferior ("fork", &fork_objf
);
709 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_fork", NULL
, NULL
).minsym
!= NULL
)
710 fork_fn
= find_function_in_inferior ("fork", &fork_objf
);
712 error (_("checkpoint: can't find fork function in inferior."));
714 gdbarch
= fork_objf
->arch ();
715 ret
= value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_int
, 0);
717 /* Tell linux-nat.c that we're checkpointing this inferior. */
719 scoped_restore save_pid
720 = make_scoped_restore (&checkpointing_pid
, inferior_ptid
.pid ());
722 ret
= call_function_by_hand (fork_fn
, NULL
, {});
725 if (!ret
) /* Probably can't happen. */
726 error (_("checkpoint: call_function_by_hand returned null."));
728 retpid
= value_as_long (ret
);
729 get_last_target_status (nullptr, &last_target_ptid
, &last_target_waitstatus
);
731 fp
= find_fork_pid (retpid
);
737 gdb_printf (_("checkpoint %d: fork returned pid %ld.\n"),
738 fp
!= NULL
? fp
->num
: -1, (long) retpid
);
741 parent_pid
= last_target_ptid
.lwp ();
743 parent_pid
= last_target_ptid
.pid ();
744 gdb_printf (_(" gdb says parent = %ld.\n"),
750 error (_("Failed to find new fork"));
754 /* Special case -- if this is the first fork in the list (the
755 list was hitherto empty), then add inferior_ptid first, as a
756 special zeroeth fork id. */
757 fork_list
.emplace_front (inferior_ptid
.pid ());
760 fork_save_infrun_state (fp
);
761 fp
->parent_ptid
= last_target_ptid
;
765 linux_fork_context (struct fork_info
*newfp
, int from_tty
)
767 /* Now we attempt to switch processes. */
768 struct fork_info
*oldfp
;
770 gdb_assert (newfp
!= NULL
);
772 oldfp
= find_fork_ptid (inferior_ptid
);
773 gdb_assert (oldfp
!= NULL
);
775 fork_save_infrun_state (oldfp
);
776 remove_breakpoints ();
777 fork_load_infrun_state (newfp
);
778 insert_breakpoints ();
780 gdb_printf (_("Switching to %s\n"),
781 target_pid_to_str (inferior_ptid
).c_str ());
783 print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL
), 1, SRC_AND_LOC
, 1);
786 /* Switch inferior process (checkpoint) context, by checkpoint id. */
788 restart_command (const char *args
, int from_tty
)
790 struct fork_info
*fp
;
793 error (_("Requires argument (checkpoint id to restart)"));
795 if ((fp
= find_fork_id (parse_and_eval_long (args
))) == NULL
)
796 error (_("Not found: checkpoint id %s"), args
);
798 linux_fork_context (fp
, from_tty
);
801 void _initialize_linux_fork ();
803 _initialize_linux_fork ()
805 /* Checkpoint command: create a fork of the inferior process
806 and set it aside for later debugging. */
808 add_com ("checkpoint", class_obscure
, checkpoint_command
, _("\
809 Fork a duplicate process (experimental)."));
811 /* Restart command: restore the context of a specified checkpoint
814 add_com ("restart", class_obscure
, restart_command
, _("\
815 Restore program context from a checkpoint.\n\
817 Argument N is checkpoint ID, as displayed by 'info checkpoints'."));
819 /* Delete checkpoint command: kill the process and remove it from
822 add_cmd ("checkpoint", class_obscure
, delete_checkpoint_command
, _("\
823 Delete a checkpoint (experimental)."),
826 /* Detach checkpoint command: release the process to run independently,
827 and remove it from the fork list. */
829 add_cmd ("checkpoint", class_obscure
, detach_checkpoint_command
, _("\
830 Detach from a checkpoint (experimental)."),
833 /* Info checkpoints command: list all forks/checkpoints
834 currently under gdb's control. */
836 add_info ("checkpoints", info_checkpoints_command
,
837 _("IDs of currently known checkpoints."));