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1 /* ELF core file support for BFD.
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
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 2 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, write to the Free Software
18 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
21 char*
22 elf_core_file_failing_command (abfd)
23 bfd *abfd;
25 return elf_tdata (abfd)->core_command;
28 int
29 elf_core_file_failing_signal (abfd)
30 bfd *abfd;
32 return elf_tdata (abfd)->core_signal;
36 boolean
37 elf_core_file_matches_executable_p (core_bfd, exec_bfd)
38 bfd *core_bfd;
39 bfd *exec_bfd;
41 char* corename;
43 /* xvecs must match if both are ELF files for the same target. */
45 if (core_bfd->xvec != exec_bfd->xvec)
47 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_system_call);
48 return false;
51 /* See if the name in the corefile matches the executable name. */
53 corename = elf_tdata (core_bfd)->core_program;
54 if (corename != NULL)
56 const char* execname = strrchr (exec_bfd->filename, '/');
57 execname = execname ? execname + 1 : exec_bfd->filename;
59 if (strcmp(execname, corename) != 0)
60 return false;
63 return true;
67 /* Core files are simply standard ELF formatted files that partition
68 the file using the execution view of the file (program header table)
69 rather than the linking view. In fact, there is no section header
70 table in a core file.
72 The process status information (including the contents of the general
73 register set) and the floating point register set are stored in a
74 segment of type PT_NOTE. We handcraft a couple of extra bfd sections
75 that allow standard bfd access to the general registers (.reg) and the
76 floating point registers (.reg2).
80 const bfd_target *
81 elf_core_file_p (abfd)
82 bfd *abfd;
84 Elf_External_Ehdr x_ehdr; /* Elf file header, external form */
85 Elf_Internal_Ehdr *i_ehdrp; /* Elf file header, internal form */
86 Elf_Internal_Phdr *i_phdrp; /* Elf program header, internal form */
87 unsigned int phindex;
88 struct elf_backend_data *ebd;
90 /* Read in the ELF header in external format. */
91 if (bfd_read ((PTR) & x_ehdr, sizeof (x_ehdr), 1, abfd) != sizeof (x_ehdr))
93 if (bfd_get_error () != bfd_error_system_call)
94 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
95 return NULL;
98 /* Check the magic number. */
99 if (elf_file_p (&x_ehdr) == false)
101 wrong:
102 bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
103 return NULL;
106 /* FIXME: Check EI_VERSION here ! */
108 /* Check the address size ("class"). */
109 if (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_CLASS] != ELFCLASS)
110 goto wrong;
112 /* Check the byteorder. */
113 switch (x_ehdr.e_ident[EI_DATA])
115 case ELFDATA2MSB: /* Big-endian */
116 if (! bfd_big_endian (abfd))
117 goto wrong;
118 break;
119 case ELFDATA2LSB: /* Little-endian */
120 if (! bfd_little_endian (abfd))
121 goto wrong;
122 break;
123 default:
124 goto wrong;
127 /* Give abfd an elf_obj_tdata. */
128 elf_tdata (abfd) =
129 (struct elf_obj_tdata *) bfd_zalloc (abfd, sizeof (struct elf_obj_tdata));
130 if (elf_tdata (abfd) == NULL)
131 return NULL;
133 /* FIXME: from here on down, "goto wrong" will leak memory. */
135 /* Swap in the rest of the header, now that we have the byte order. */
136 i_ehdrp = elf_elfheader (abfd);
137 elf_swap_ehdr_in (abfd, &x_ehdr, i_ehdrp);
139 #if DEBUG & 1
140 elf_debug_file (i_ehdrp);
141 #endif
143 ebd = get_elf_backend_data (abfd);
145 /* Check that the ELF e_machine field matches what this particular
146 BFD format expects. */
148 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != i_ehdrp->e_machine
149 && (ebd->elf_machine_alt1 == 0
150 || i_ehdrp->e_machine != ebd->elf_machine_alt1)
151 && (ebd->elf_machine_alt2 == 0
152 || i_ehdrp->e_machine != ebd->elf_machine_alt2))
154 const bfd_target * const *target_ptr;
156 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
157 goto wrong;
159 /* This is the generic ELF target. Let it match any ELF target
160 for which we do not have a specific backend. */
162 for (target_ptr = bfd_target_vector; *target_ptr != NULL; target_ptr++)
164 struct elf_backend_data *back;
166 if ((*target_ptr)->flavour != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
167 continue;
168 back = (struct elf_backend_data *) (*target_ptr)->backend_data;
169 if (back->elf_machine_code == i_ehdrp->e_machine)
171 /* target_ptr is an ELF backend which matches this
172 object file, so reject the generic ELF target. */
173 goto wrong;
178 /* If there is no program header, or the type is not a core file, then
179 we are hosed. */
180 if (i_ehdrp->e_phoff == 0 || i_ehdrp->e_type != ET_CORE)
181 goto wrong;
183 /* Does BFD's idea of the phdr size match the size
184 recorded in the file? */
185 if (i_ehdrp->e_phentsize != sizeof (Elf_External_Phdr))
186 goto wrong;
188 /* Allocate space for the program headers. */
189 i_phdrp = (Elf_Internal_Phdr *)
190 bfd_alloc (abfd, sizeof (*i_phdrp) * i_ehdrp->e_phnum);
191 if (!i_phdrp)
192 return NULL;
194 elf_tdata (abfd)->phdr = i_phdrp;
196 /* Read and convert to internal form. */
197 for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; ++phindex)
199 Elf_External_Phdr x_phdr;
200 if (bfd_read ((PTR) &x_phdr, sizeof (x_phdr), 1, abfd)
201 != sizeof (x_phdr))
202 return NULL;
204 elf_swap_phdr_in (abfd, &x_phdr, i_phdrp + phindex);
207 /* Process each program header. */
208 for (phindex = 0; phindex < i_ehdrp->e_phnum; ++phindex)
210 if (!_bfd_elfcore_section_from_phdr (abfd, i_phdrp + phindex, phindex))
211 return NULL;
214 /* Set the machine architecture. */
215 if (! bfd_default_set_arch_mach (abfd, ebd->arch, 0))
217 /* It's OK if this fails for the generic target. */
218 if (ebd->elf_machine_code != EM_NONE)
219 return NULL;
222 /* Save the entry point from the ELF header. */
223 bfd_get_start_address (abfd) = i_ehdrp->e_entry;
225 return abfd->xvec;