1 /* Linux-specific ptrace manipulation routines.
2 Copyright (C) 2012-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of GDB.
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
9 (at your option) any later version.
11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #include "gdbsupport/common-defs.h"
20 #include "linux-ptrace.h"
21 #include "linux-procfs.h"
22 #include "linux-waitpid.h"
23 #include "gdbsupport/buffer.h"
24 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_PROCFS_H
25 #include <sys/procfs.h>
28 /* Stores the ptrace options supported by the running kernel.
29 A value of -1 means we did not check for features yet. A value
30 of 0 means there are no supported features. */
31 static int supported_ptrace_options
= -1;
33 /* Find all possible reasons we could fail to attach PID and return these
34 as a string. An empty string is returned if we didn't find any reason. */
37 linux_ptrace_attach_fail_reason (pid_t pid
)
39 pid_t tracerpid
= linux_proc_get_tracerpid_nowarn (pid
);
43 string_appendf (result
,
44 _("process %d is already traced by process %d"),
45 (int) pid
, (int) tracerpid
);
47 if (linux_proc_pid_is_zombie_nowarn (pid
))
48 string_appendf (result
,
49 _("process %d is a zombie - the process has already "
56 /* See linux-ptrace.h. */
59 linux_ptrace_attach_fail_reason_string (ptid_t ptid
, int err
)
61 long lwpid
= ptid
.lwp ();
62 std::string reason
= linux_ptrace_attach_fail_reason (lwpid
);
65 return string_printf ("%s (%d), %s", safe_strerror (err
), err
,
68 return string_printf ("%s (%d)", safe_strerror (err
), err
);
71 #if defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__
73 /* Address of the 'ret' instruction in asm code block below. */
74 EXTERN_C
void linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr (void);
80 #endif /* defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ */
82 /* Kill CHILD. WHO is used to report warnings. */
85 kill_child (pid_t child
, const char *who
)
90 if (kill (child
, SIGKILL
) != 0)
92 warning (_("%s: failed to kill child pid %ld %s"),
93 who
, (long) child
, safe_strerror (errno
));
98 got_pid
= my_waitpid (child
, &kill_status
, 0);
102 "kill waitpid returned %ld: %s"),
103 who
, (long) got_pid
, safe_strerror (errno
));
106 if (!WIFSIGNALED (kill_status
))
109 "kill status %d is not WIFSIGNALED!"),
115 /* Test broken off-trunk Linux kernel patchset for NX support on i386. It was
116 removed in Fedora kernel 88fa1f0332d188795ed73d7ac2b1564e11a0b4cd.
118 Test also x86_64 arch for PaX support. */
121 linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx (void)
123 #if defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__
124 pid_t child
, got_pid
;
125 gdb_byte
*return_address
, *pc
;
131 = (gdb_byte
*) mmap (NULL
, 2, PROT_READ
| PROT_WRITE
,
132 MAP_PRIVATE
| MAP_ANONYMOUS
, -1, 0);
133 if (return_address
== MAP_FAILED
)
135 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot mmap: %s"),
136 safe_strerror (errno
));
140 /* Put there 'int3'. */
141 *return_address
= 0xcc;
147 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot fork: %s"),
148 safe_strerror (errno
));
152 l
= ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME
, 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) NULL
,
153 (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) NULL
);
155 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot PTRACE_TRACEME: %s"),
156 safe_strerror (errno
));
160 asm volatile ("pushl %0;"
161 ".globl linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr;"
162 "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr:"
164 : : "r" (return_address
) : "memory");
165 #elif defined __x86_64__
166 asm volatile ("pushq %0;"
167 ".globl linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr;"
168 "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr:"
170 : : "r" ((uint64_t) (uintptr_t) return_address
)
173 # error "!__i386__ && !__x86_64__"
175 gdb_assert_not_reached ("asm block did not terminate");
182 got_pid
= waitpid (child
, &status
, 0);
183 if (got_pid
!= child
)
185 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: waitpid returned %ld: %s"),
186 (long) got_pid
, safe_strerror (errno
));
190 if (WIFSIGNALED (status
))
192 if (WTERMSIG (status
) != SIGKILL
)
193 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: WTERMSIG %d is not SIGKILL!"),
194 (int) WTERMSIG (status
));
196 warning (_("Cannot call inferior functions, Linux kernel PaX "
197 "protection forbids return to non-executable pages!"));
201 if (!WIFSTOPPED (status
))
203 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: status %d is not WIFSTOPPED!"),
205 kill_child (child
, "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx");
209 /* We may get SIGSEGV due to missing PROT_EXEC of the return_address. */
210 if (WSTOPSIG (status
) != SIGTRAP
&& WSTOPSIG (status
) != SIGSEGV
)
212 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: "
213 "WSTOPSIG %d is neither SIGTRAP nor SIGSEGV!"),
214 (int) WSTOPSIG (status
));
215 kill_child (child
, "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx");
219 if (ptrace (PTRACE_GETREGS
, child
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0,
220 (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) ®s
) < 0)
222 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot PTRACE_GETREGS: %s"),
223 safe_strerror (errno
));
226 pc
= (gdb_byte
*) (uintptr_t) regs
[EIP
];
227 #elif defined __x86_64__
228 pc
= (gdb_byte
*) (uintptr_t) regs
[RIP
];
230 # error "!__i386__ && !__x86_64__"
233 kill_child (child
, "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx");
235 /* + 1 is there as x86* stops after the 'int3' instruction. */
236 if (WSTOPSIG (status
) == SIGTRAP
&& pc
== return_address
+ 1)
242 /* We may get SIGSEGV due to missing PROT_EXEC of the RETURN_ADDRESS page. */
243 if (WSTOPSIG (status
) == SIGSEGV
&& pc
== return_address
)
249 if ((void (*) (void)) pc
!= &linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr
)
250 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: PC %p is neither near return "
251 "address %p nor is the return instruction %p!"),
252 pc
, return_address
, &linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr
);
254 warning (_("Cannot call inferior functions on this system - "
255 "Linux kernel with broken i386 NX (non-executable pages) "
256 "support detected!"));
257 #endif /* defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ */
260 /* Helper function to fork a process and make the child process call
261 the function FUNCTION, passing CHILD_STACK as parameter.
263 For MMU-less targets, clone is used instead of fork, and
264 CHILD_STACK is used as stack space for the cloned child. If NULL,
265 stack space is allocated via malloc (and subsequently passed to
266 FUNCTION). For MMU targets, CHILD_STACK is ignored. */
269 linux_fork_to_function (gdb_byte
*child_stack
, int (*function
) (void *))
273 /* Sanity check the function pointer. */
274 gdb_assert (function
!= NULL
);
276 #if defined(__UCLIBC__) && defined(HAS_NOMMU)
277 #define STACK_SIZE 4096
279 if (child_stack
== NULL
)
280 child_stack
= (gdb_byte
*) xmalloc (STACK_SIZE
* 4);
282 /* Use CLONE_VM instead of fork, to support uClinux (no MMU). */
284 child_pid
= __clone2 (function
, child_stack
, STACK_SIZE
,
285 CLONE_VM
| SIGCHLD
, child_stack
+ STACK_SIZE
* 2);
286 #else /* !__ia64__ */
287 child_pid
= clone (function
, child_stack
+ STACK_SIZE
,
288 CLONE_VM
| SIGCHLD
, child_stack
+ STACK_SIZE
* 2);
289 #endif /* !__ia64__ */
290 #else /* !defined(__UCLIBC) && defined(HAS_NOMMU) */
295 #endif /* defined(__UCLIBC) && defined(HAS_NOMMU) */
298 perror_with_name (("fork"));
303 /* A helper function for linux_check_ptrace_features, called after
304 the parent process forks a child. The child allows itself to
305 be traced by its parent. */
308 linux_child_function (void *child_stack
)
310 ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME
, 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) 0);
311 kill (getpid (), SIGSTOP
);
313 /* This code is only reacheable by the child (grandchild's parent)
318 static void linux_test_for_exitkill (int child_pid
);
320 /* Determine ptrace features available on this target. */
323 linux_check_ptrace_features (void)
325 int child_pid
, ret
, status
;
327 /* Initialize the options. We consider that these options are always
329 supported_ptrace_options
330 = (PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD
331 | PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE
333 | PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORK
334 | PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORKDONE
335 | PTRACE_O_TRACEEXEC
);
337 /* Fork a child so we can do some testing. The child will call
338 linux_child_function and will get traced. The child will
339 eventually fork a grandchild so we can test fork event
341 child_pid
= linux_fork_to_function (NULL
, linux_child_function
);
343 ret
= my_waitpid (child_pid
, &status
, 0);
345 perror_with_name (("waitpid"));
346 else if (ret
!= child_pid
)
347 error (_("linux_check_ptrace_features: waitpid: unexpected result %d."),
349 if (! WIFSTOPPED (status
))
350 error (_("linux_check_ptrace_features: waitpid: unexpected status %d."),
353 linux_test_for_exitkill (child_pid
);
355 /* Kill child_pid. */
356 kill_child (child_pid
, "linux_check_ptrace_features");
359 /* Determine if PTRACE_O_EXITKILL can be used. */
362 linux_test_for_exitkill (int child_pid
)
366 ret
= ptrace (PTRACE_SETOPTIONS
, child_pid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0,
367 (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) PTRACE_O_EXITKILL
);
370 supported_ptrace_options
|= PTRACE_O_EXITKILL
;
373 /* Enable reporting of all currently supported ptrace events.
374 OPTIONS is a bit mask of extended features we want enabled,
375 if supported by the kernel. PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE is always
376 enabled, if supported. */
379 linux_enable_event_reporting (pid_t pid
, int options
)
381 /* Check if we have initialized the ptrace features for this
382 target. If not, do it now. */
383 if (supported_ptrace_options
== -1)
384 linux_check_ptrace_features ();
386 /* We always want clone events. */
387 options
|= PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE
;
389 /* Filter out unsupported options. */
390 options
&= supported_ptrace_options
;
392 /* Set the options. */
393 ptrace (PTRACE_SETOPTIONS
, pid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0,
394 (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) (uintptr_t) options
);
397 /* Disable reporting of all currently supported ptrace events. */
400 linux_disable_event_reporting (pid_t pid
)
402 /* Set the options. */
403 ptrace (PTRACE_SETOPTIONS
, pid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0, 0);
406 /* Display possible problems on this system. Display them only once per GDB
410 linux_ptrace_init_warnings (void)
412 static int warned
= 0;
418 linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx ();
421 /* Extract extended ptrace event from wait status. */
424 linux_ptrace_get_extended_event (int wstat
)
426 return (wstat
>> 16);
429 /* Determine whether wait status denotes an extended event. */
432 linux_is_extended_waitstatus (int wstat
)
434 return (linux_ptrace_get_extended_event (wstat
) != 0);
437 /* Return true if the event in LP may be caused by breakpoint. */
440 linux_wstatus_maybe_breakpoint (int wstat
)
442 return (WIFSTOPPED (wstat
)
443 && (WSTOPSIG (wstat
) == SIGTRAP
444 /* SIGILL and SIGSEGV are also treated as traps in case a
445 breakpoint is inserted at the current PC. */
446 || WSTOPSIG (wstat
) == SIGILL
447 || WSTOPSIG (wstat
) == SIGSEGV
));