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.
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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 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
353 if (startswith (bfd_section_name (osec
), "load"))
355 else if (startswith (bfd_section_name (osec
), "note"))
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
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
;
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)
387 gdb_printf ("Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
388 plongest (size
), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr
));
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. */
430 flags
|= SEC_READONLY
;
437 osec
= bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd
, "load", flags
);
440 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
441 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
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);
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
)
476 if ((flags
& SEC_ALLOC
) || (flags
& SEC_LOAD
))
478 int size
= bfd_section_size (isec
);
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. */
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. */
501 /* Make a heap segment. */
502 if (derive_heap_segment (current_program_space
->exec_bfd (), &temp_bottom
,
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. */
515 gcore_copy_callback (bfd
*obfd
, asection
*osec
)
517 bfd_size_type size
, total_size
= bfd_section_size (osec
);
520 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
521 if ((bfd_section_flags (osec
) & SEC_LOAD
) == 0)
524 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
525 if (!startswith (bfd_section_name (osec
), "load"))
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
)
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."),
542 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (osec
)));
545 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd
, osec
, memhunk
.data (),
548 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
549 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
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
);
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
)
591 for (thread_info
*thr
: current_inferior ()->non_exited_threads ())
592 if (thr
->stop_signal () != GDB_SIGNAL_0
)
595 /* Default to the current thread, unless it has exited. */
596 if (curr_thr
->state
!= THREAD_EXITED
)
602 void _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);