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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
15 GNU General Public License for more details.
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/>. */
20 #include "defs.h"
21 #include "elf-bfd.h"
22 #include "infcall.h"
23 #include "inferior.h"
24 #include "gdbcore.h"
25 #include "objfiles.h"
26 #include "solib.h"
27 #include "symfile.h"
28 #include "arch-utils.h"
29 #include "completer.h"
30 #include "gcore.h"
31 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
32 #include <fcntl.h>
33 #include "regcache.h"
34 #include "regset.h"
35 #include "gdb_bfd.h"
36 #include "readline/tilde.h"
37 #include <algorithm>
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. */
54 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr
55 create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename)
57 gdb_bfd_ref_ptr obfd (gdb_bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ()));
59 if (obfd == NULL)
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);
63 return obfd;
66 /* write_gcore_file_1 -- do the actual work of write_gcore_file. */
68 static void
69 write_gcore_file_1 (bfd *obfd)
71 gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> note_data;
72 int note_size = 0;
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, &note_size);
81 else
82 note_data = gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch (), obfd,
83 &note_size);
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",
90 SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
91 | SEC_READONLY
92 | SEC_ALLOC);
93 if (note_sec == NULL)
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,
107 note_size))
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. */
114 void
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. */
125 static void
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 ())
132 noprocess ();
134 if (args && *args)
135 corefilename.reset (tilde_expand (args));
136 else
138 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
139 corefilename = xstrprintf ("core.%d", inferior_ptid.pid ());
142 if (info_verbose)
143 gdb_printf ("Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n",
144 corefilename.get ());
146 if (target_supports_dumpcore ())
147 target_dumpcore (corefilename.get ());
148 else
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 ());
159 /* Succeeded. */
160 unlink_file.keep ();
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 ());
171 if (bfdarch != NULL)
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 ());
179 static const char *
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)
189 return NULL;
190 else
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
196 successful. */
198 static int
199 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
201 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
203 gdb_assert (bottom);
204 gdb_assert (top);
206 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
207 if (!target_has_stack () || !target_has_registers ())
208 return 0;
210 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
211 fi = get_current_frame ();
212 if (fi == NULL)
213 return 0;
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)
223 fi = tmp_fi;
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). */
230 if (*bottom > *top)
232 bfd_vma tmp_vma;
234 tmp_vma = *top;
235 *top = *bottom;
236 *bottom = tmp_vma;
239 return 1;
242 /* call_target_sbrk --
243 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
245 static bfd_vma
246 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
248 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
249 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
250 bfd_vma top_of_heap;
251 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
252 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
253 bfd_vma tmp;
255 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
257 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
258 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
259 return (bfd_vma) 0;
261 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL).minsym != NULL)
263 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
264 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
265 return (bfd_vma) 0;
267 else
268 return (bfd_vma) 0;
270 gdbarch = sbrk_objf->arch ();
271 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
272 sbrk_arg);
273 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
274 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, NULL, target_sbrk_arg);
275 if (ret == NULL)
276 return (bfd_vma) 0;
278 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
279 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
280 return (bfd_vma) 0;
282 top_of_heap = tmp;
283 return top_of_heap;
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. */
290 static int
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;
296 bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
297 asection *sec;
299 gdb_assert (bottom);
300 gdb_assert (top);
302 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
303 inferior. */
304 if (!target_has_execution ())
305 return 0;
307 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
308 follows (low to high addresses):
310 ---------------------------------
311 | text sections |
312 ---------------------------------
313 | data sections (including bss) |
314 ---------------------------------
315 | heap |
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)
332 return 0;
334 /* Return results. */
335 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
337 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
338 *top = top_of_heap;
339 return 1;
342 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
343 return 0;
346 static void
347 make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec)
349 int p_flags = 0;
350 int p_type = 0;
352 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
353 if (startswith (bfd_section_name (osec), "load"))
354 p_type = PT_LOAD;
355 else if (startswith (bfd_section_name (osec), "note"))
356 p_type = PT_NOTE;
357 else
358 p_type = PT_NULL;
360 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
361 if (!(bfd_section_flags (osec) & SEC_READONLY))
362 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
363 if (bfd_section_flags (osec) & SEC_CODE)
364 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
366 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
369 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
370 GDB is creating. */
372 static int
373 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size, int read,
374 int write, int exec, int modified, void *data)
376 bfd *obfd = (bfd *) data;
377 asection *osec;
378 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
380 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
381 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
382 or jam the kernel. */
383 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0 && modified == 0)
385 if (info_verbose)
387 gdb_printf ("Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
388 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
391 return 0;
394 if (write == 0 && modified == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
396 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
397 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
398 struct obj_section *objsec;
400 for (objfile *objfile : current_program_space->objfiles ())
401 ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
403 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
404 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
405 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_section_alignment (asec);
406 bfd_vma start = objsec->addr () & -align;
407 bfd_vma end = (objsec->endaddr () + align - 1) & -align;
409 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
410 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
411 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
412 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
414 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
415 we don't want to omit that. */
416 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink == NULL
417 && ((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
418 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
419 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
421 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
422 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
426 keep:;
429 if (write == 0)
430 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
432 if (exec)
433 flags |= SEC_CODE;
434 else
435 flags |= SEC_DATA;
437 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
438 if (osec == NULL)
440 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
441 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
442 return 1;
445 if (info_verbose)
447 gdb_printf ("Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
448 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr));
451 bfd_set_section_size (osec, size);
452 bfd_set_section_vma (osec, vaddr);
453 bfd_set_section_lma (osec, 0);
454 return 0;
458 objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops *self,
459 find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
461 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
462 struct obj_section *objsec;
463 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
465 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
466 for (objfile *objfile : current_program_space->objfiles ())
467 ALL_OBJFILE_OSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
469 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
470 flagword flags = bfd_section_flags (isec);
472 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
473 if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink != NULL)
474 continue;
476 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
478 int size = bfd_section_size (isec);
479 int ret;
481 ret = (*func) (objsec->addr (), size,
482 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
483 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
484 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
485 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
486 obfd);
487 if (ret != 0)
488 return ret;
492 /* Make a stack segment. */
493 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
494 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
495 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
496 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
497 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
498 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
499 obfd);
501 /* Make a heap segment. */
502 if (derive_heap_segment (current_program_space->exec_bfd (), &temp_bottom,
503 &temp_top))
504 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
505 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
506 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
507 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
508 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
509 obfd);
511 return 0;
514 static void
515 gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec)
517 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (osec);
518 file_ptr offset = 0;
520 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
521 if ((bfd_section_flags (osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
522 return;
524 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
525 if (!startswith (bfd_section_name (osec), "load"))
526 return;
528 size = std::min (total_size, (bfd_size_type) MAX_COPY_BYTES);
529 gdb::byte_vector memhunk (size);
531 while (total_size > 0)
533 if (size > total_size)
534 size = total_size;
536 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (osec) + offset,
537 memhunk.data (), size) != 0)
539 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
540 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
541 plongest (size),
542 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (osec)));
543 break;
545 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk.data (),
546 offset, size))
548 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
549 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
550 break;
553 total_size -= size;
554 offset += size;
558 static int
559 gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
561 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
562 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
563 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
564 gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
566 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
567 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
570 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
571 for (asection *sect : gdb_bfd_sections (obfd))
572 make_output_phdrs (obfd, sect);
574 /* Copy memory region contents. */
575 for (asection *sect : gdb_bfd_sections (obfd))
576 gcore_copy_callback (obfd, sect);
578 return 1;
581 /* See gcore.h. */
583 thread_info *
584 gcore_find_signalled_thread ()
586 thread_info *curr_thr = inferior_thread ();
587 if (curr_thr->state != THREAD_EXITED
588 && curr_thr->stop_signal () != GDB_SIGNAL_0)
589 return curr_thr;
591 for (thread_info *thr : current_inferior ()->non_exited_threads ())
592 if (thr->stop_signal () != GDB_SIGNAL_0)
593 return thr;
595 /* Default to the current thread, unless it has exited. */
596 if (curr_thr->state != THREAD_EXITED)
597 return curr_thr;
599 return nullptr;
602 void _initialize_gcore ();
603 void
604 _initialize_gcore ()
606 cmd_list_element *generate_core_file_cmd
607 = add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
608 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
609 Usage: generate-core-file [FILENAME]\n\
610 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.PROCESS_ID'."));
612 add_com_alias ("gcore", generate_core_file_cmd, class_files, 1);