1 Here is a brief overview of the packets that an lldb platform server
2 needs to implement for the lldb testsuite to be run on a remote
5 These are almost all lldb extensions to the gdb-remote serial
6 protocol. Many of the vFile: packets are described to the "Host
7 I/O Packets" detailed in the gdb-remote protocol documentation,
8 although the lldb platform extensions include packets that are not
9 defined there (vFile:size:, vFile:mode:, vFile:symlink, vFile:chmod:).
10 Most importantly, the flags that lldb passes to vFile:open: are
11 incompatible with the flags that gdb specifies.
14 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
18 // A request to stop sending ACK packets for each properly formatted packet.
21 // A platform session will typically start like this:
23 // receive: +$QStartNoAckMode#b0
24 // send: + <-- ACKing the properly formatted QStartNoAckMode packet
26 // receive: + <-- Our OK packet getting ACKed
28 // ACK mode is now disabled.
30 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
34 // Describe the hardware and OS of the target system
39 // send: cputype:16777228;cpusubtype:1;ostype:ios;watchpoint_exceptions_received:before;os_version:12.1;vendor:apple;default_packet_timeout:5;
41 // All numbers are base 10, os_version is a string that will be parsed as major.minor.patch.
43 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
47 // Report information about a binary on the target system
50 // receive: qModuleInfo:2f62696e2f6c73;
52 // FIXME finish this packet description, v. GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon::Handle_qModuleInfo
55 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
59 // Get the current working directory of the platform stub in
60 // ASCII hex encoding.
64 // receive: qGetWorkingDir
65 // send: 2f4170706c65496e7465726e616c2f6c6c64622f73657474696e67732f342f5465737453657474696e67732e746573745f646973617373656d626c65725f73657474696e6773
69 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
73 // Set the current working directory of the platform stub in
74 // ASCII hex encoding.
78 // receive: QSetWorkingDir:2f4170706c65496e7465726e616c2f6c6c64622f73657474696e67732f342f5465737453657474696e67732e746573745f646973617373656d626c65725f73657474696e6773
81 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
85 // Create a directory on the target system.
89 // receive: qPlatform_mkdir:000001fd,2f746d702f6131
92 // request packet has the fields:
93 // 1. mode bits in base 16
94 // 2. file path in ascii-hex encoding
96 // response is F followed by the return value of the mkdir() call,
99 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
103 // Run a shell command on the target system, return the output.
107 // receive: qPlatform_shell:6c73202f746d702f,0000000a
108 // send: F,0,0,<OUTPUT>
110 // request packet has the fields:
111 // 1. shell command ascii-hex encoded
113 // 3. {optional} working directory ascii-hex encoded
115 // Response is F followed by the return value of the command (base 16),
116 // followed by a another number, followed by the output of the command
117 / in binary-escaped-data encoding.
119 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
123 // Start a gdbserver process (gdbserver, debugserver, lldb-server)
124 // on the target system.
128 // receive: qLaunchGDBServer;host:<HOSTNAME_LLDB_IS_ON>;
129 // send: pid:1337;port:43001;
131 // request packet hostname field is not ascii-hex encoded. Hostnames
132 // don't have $ or # characters in them.
134 // response to the packet is the pid of the newly launched gdbserver,
135 // and the port it is listening for a connection on.
137 // When the testsuite is running, lldb may use the pid to kill off a
138 // debugserver that doesn't seem to be responding, etc.
140 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
141 // qKillSpawnedProcess:
144 // Kill a process running on the target system.
148 // receive: qKillSpawnedProcess:1337
151 // The request packet has the process ID in base 10.
153 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
157 // Gather information about a process running on the target
161 // receive: qProcessInfoPID:71964
162 // send: pid:71964;name:612e6f7574;
164 // The request packet has the pid encoded in base 10.
166 // The reply has semicolon-separated name:value fields, two are
167 // shown here. pid is base 10 encoded. name is ascii hex encoded.
168 // lldb-server can reply with many additional fields, but I think
169 // this is enough for the testsuite.
171 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
175 // Search the process table for processes matching criteria,
176 // respond with them in multiple packets.
180 // receive: qfProcessInfo:name_match:equals;name:6e6f70726f6365737365786973747377697468746869736e616d65;
181 // send: pid:3500;name:612e6f7574;
183 // The request packet has a criteria to search for, followed by
186 // KEY VALUE DESCRIPTION
187 // =========== ======== ================================================
188 // "name" ascii-hex An ASCII hex string that contains the name of
189 // the process that will be matched.
190 // "name_match" enum One of: "equals", "starts_with", "ends_with",
191 // "contains" or "regex"
192 // "pid" integer A string value containing the decimal process ID
193 // "parent_pid" integer A string value containing the decimal parent
195 // "uid" integer A string value containing the decimal user ID
196 // "gid" integer A string value containing the decimal group ID
197 // "euid" integer A string value containing the decimal effective user ID
198 // "egid" integer A string value containing the decimal effective group ID
199 // "all_users" bool A boolean value that specifies if processes should
200 // be listed for all users, not just the user that the
201 // platform is running as
202 // "triple" ascii-hex An ASCII hex target triple string ("x86_64",
203 // "x86_64-apple-macosx", "armv7-apple-ios")
205 // If no criteria is given, qfProcessInfo will request a list of every process.
207 // The lldb testsuite currently only uses name_match:equals and the
208 // no-criteria mode to list every process.
210 // The response should include any information about the process that
211 // can be retrieved in semicolon-separated name:value fields.
212 // In this example, pid is base 10, name is ascii-hex encoded.
213 // The testsuite seems to only require these two.
215 // This packet only responds with one process. To get further matches to
216 // the search, qsProcessInfo should be sent.
218 // If no process match is found, Exx should be returned.
220 // Sample packet/response:
221 // send packet: $qfProcessInfo#00
222 // read packet: $pid:60001;ppid:59948;uid:7746;gid:11;euid:7746;egid:11;name:6c6c6462;triple:7838365f36342d6170706c652d6d61636f7378;#00
223 // send packet: $qsProcessInfo#00
224 // read packet: $pid:59992;ppid:192;uid:7746;gid:11;euid:7746;egid:11;name:6d64776f726b6572;triple:7838365f36342d6170706c652d6d61636f7378;#00
225 // send packet: $qsProcessInfo#00
226 // read packet: $E04#00
228 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
232 // Return the next process info found by the most recent qfProcessInfo:
237 // Continues to return the results of the qfProcessInfo. Once all matches
238 // have been sent, Exx is returned to indicate end of matches.
240 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
244 // Get a list of matched disk files/directories by passing a boolean flag
245 // and a partial path.
249 // receive: qPathComplete:0,6d61696e
250 // send: M6d61696e2e637070
251 // receive: qPathComplete:1,746573
252 // send: M746573742f,74657374732f
254 // If the first argument is zero, the result should contain all
255 // files (including directories) starting with the given path. If the
256 // argument is one, the result should contain only directories.
258 // The result should be a comma-separated list of hex-encoded paths.
259 // Paths denoting a directory should end with a directory separator ('/' or '\').
261 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
265 // Get the size of a file on the target system, filename in ASCII hex.
269 // receive: vFile:size:2f746d702f61
272 // response is "F" followed by the file size in base 16.
273 // "F-1,errno" with the errno if an error occurs.
276 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
280 // Get the mode bits of a file on the target system, filename in ASCII hex.
284 // receive: vFile:mode:2f746d702f61
287 // response is "F" followed by the mode bits in base 16, this 0x1ed would
288 // correspond to 0755 in octal.
289 // "F-1,errno" with the errno if an error occurs.
291 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
295 // Remove a file on the target system.
299 // receive: vFile:unlink:2f746d702f61
302 // Argument is a file path in ascii-hex encoding.
303 // Response is "F" plus the return value of unlink(), base 10 encoding.
305 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
309 // Create a symbolic link (symlink, soft-link) on the target system.
313 // receive: vFile:symlink:<SRC-FILE>,<DST-NAME>
316 // Argument file paths are in ascii-hex encoding.
317 // Response is "F" plus the return value of symlink(), base 10 encoding, twice.
319 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
324 // Change the permission mode bits on a file on the target
328 // receive: vFile:chmod:180,2f746d702f61
331 // Arguments are the mode bits to set, base 16, and a file path in
332 // ascii-hex encoding.
333 // Response is "F" plus the return value of chmod(), base 10 encoding.
335 // I don't know why there are two packets for the same thing, v.
338 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
342 // Change the permission mode bits on a file on the target
346 // receive: vFile:chmod:180,2f746d702f61
349 // Arguments are the mode bits to set, base 16, and a file path in
350 // ascii-hex encoding.
351 // Response is "F" plus the return value of chmod(), base 10 encoding.
354 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
358 // Open a file on the remote system and return the file descriptor of it.
362 // receive: vFile:open:2f746d702f61,00000001,00000180
365 // request packet has the fields:
366 // 1. ASCII hex encoded filename
367 // 2. flags passed to the open call, base 16.
368 // Note that these are not the oflags that open(2) takes, but
369 // are the constant values in enum OpenOptions from lldb's File.h
370 // 3. mode bits, base 16
372 // response is F followed by the opened file descriptor in base 10.
373 // "F-1,errno" with the errno if an error occurs.
376 // The gdb-remote serial protocol documentatio defines a vFile:open:
377 // packet which uses incompatible flag values, e.g. 1 means O_WRONLY
378 // in gdb's vFile:open:, but it means eOpenOptionRead to lldb's
381 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
385 // Close a previously opened file descriptor.
389 // receive: vFile:close:7
392 // File descriptor is in base 10.
393 // "F-1,errno" with the errno if an error occurs.
396 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
400 // Read data from an opened file descriptor.
404 // receive: vFile:pread:7,1024,0
407 // request packet has the fields:
408 // 1. file descriptor, base 10
409 // 2. number of bytes to be read, base 10
410 // 3. offset into file to start from, base 10
412 // Response is F, followed by the number of bytes read (base 10), a
413 // semicolon, followed by the data in the binary-escaped-data encoding.
416 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
420 // Write data to a previously opened file descriptor.
424 // receive: vFile:pwrite:8,0,\cf\fa\ed\fe\0c\00\00
427 // request packet has the fields:
428 // 1. file descriptor, base 10
429 // 2. offset into file to start from, base 10
430 // 3. binary-escaped-data to be written
432 // Response is F, followed by the number of bytes written (base 10)
439 Finally, the platform must be able to launch processes so that debugserver
440 can attach to them. To do this, the following packets should be handled:
448 QEnvironmentHexEncoded
453 Most of these are documented in the standard gdb-remote protocol
454 and/or the lldb-gdb-remote.txt documentation.