1 /* Auxiliary vector support for GDB, the GNU debugger.
3 Copyright (C) 2004-2022 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/>. */
27 #include "observable.h"
28 #include "gdbsupport/filestuff.h"
32 #include "elf/common.h"
38 /* Implement the to_xfer_partial target_ops method. This function
39 handles access via /proc/PID/auxv, which is a common method for
42 static enum target_xfer_status
43 procfs_xfer_auxv (gdb_byte
*readbuf
,
44 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
,
51 std::string pathname
= string_printf ("/proc/%d/auxv", inferior_ptid
.pid ());
53 = gdb_open_cloexec (pathname
, writebuf
!= NULL
? O_WRONLY
: O_RDONLY
, 0);
55 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
57 if (offset
!= (ULONGEST
) 0
58 && lseek (fd
.get (), (off_t
) offset
, SEEK_SET
) != (off_t
) offset
)
60 else if (readbuf
!= NULL
)
61 l
= read (fd
.get (), readbuf
, (size_t) len
);
63 l
= write (fd
.get (), writebuf
, (size_t) len
);
66 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
68 return TARGET_XFER_EOF
;
71 *xfered_len
= (ULONGEST
) l
;
72 return TARGET_XFER_OK
;
76 /* This function handles access via ld.so's symbol `_dl_auxv'. */
78 static enum target_xfer_status
79 ld_so_xfer_auxv (gdb_byte
*readbuf
,
80 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
,
82 ULONGEST len
, ULONGEST
*xfered_len
)
84 struct bound_minimal_symbol msym
;
85 CORE_ADDR data_address
, pointer_address
;
86 struct type
*ptr_type
= builtin_type (target_gdbarch ())->builtin_data_ptr
;
87 size_t ptr_size
= ptr_type
->length ();
88 size_t auxv_pair_size
= 2 * ptr_size
;
89 gdb_byte
*ptr_buf
= (gdb_byte
*) alloca (ptr_size
);
93 msym
= lookup_minimal_symbol ("_dl_auxv", NULL
, NULL
);
94 if (msym
.minsym
== NULL
)
95 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
97 if (msym
.minsym
->size () != ptr_size
)
98 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
100 /* POINTER_ADDRESS is a location where the `_dl_auxv' variable
101 resides. DATA_ADDRESS is the inferior value present in
102 `_dl_auxv', therefore the real inferior AUXV address. */
104 pointer_address
= msym
.value_address ();
106 /* The location of the _dl_auxv symbol may no longer be correct if
107 ld.so runs at a different address than the one present in the
108 file. This is very common case - for unprelinked ld.so or with a
109 PIE executable. PIE executable forces random address even for
110 libraries already being prelinked to some address. PIE
111 executables themselves are never prelinked even on prelinked
112 systems. Prelinking of a PIE executable would block their
113 purpose of randomizing load of everything including the
116 If the memory read fails, return -1 to fallback on another
117 mechanism for retrieving the AUXV.
119 In most cases of a PIE running under valgrind there is no way to
120 find out the base addresses of any of ld.so, executable or AUXV
121 as everything is randomized and /proc information is not relevant
122 for the virtual executable running under valgrind. We think that
123 we might need a valgrind extension to make it work. This is PR
126 if (target_read_memory (pointer_address
, ptr_buf
, ptr_size
) != 0)
127 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
129 data_address
= extract_typed_address (ptr_buf
, ptr_type
);
131 /* Possibly still not initialized such as during an inferior
133 if (data_address
== 0)
134 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
136 data_address
+= offset
;
138 if (writebuf
!= NULL
)
140 if (target_write_memory (data_address
, writebuf
, len
) == 0)
142 *xfered_len
= (ULONGEST
) len
;
143 return TARGET_XFER_OK
;
146 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
149 /* Stop if trying to read past the existing AUXV block. The final
150 AT_NULL was already returned before. */
152 if (offset
>= auxv_pair_size
)
154 if (target_read_memory (data_address
- auxv_pair_size
, ptr_buf
,
156 return TARGET_XFER_E_IO
;
158 if (extract_typed_address (ptr_buf
, ptr_type
) == AT_NULL
)
159 return TARGET_XFER_EOF
;
164 gdb_assert (block
% auxv_pair_size
== 0);
171 /* Reading sizes smaller than AUXV_PAIR_SIZE is not supported.
172 Tails unaligned to AUXV_PAIR_SIZE will not be read during a
173 call (they should be completed during next read with
174 new/extended buffer). */
176 block
&= -auxv_pair_size
;
180 if (target_read_memory (data_address
, readbuf
, block
) != 0)
182 if (block
<= auxv_pair_size
)
185 block
= auxv_pair_size
;
189 data_address
+= block
;
192 /* Check terminal AT_NULL. This function is being called
193 indefinitely being extended its READBUF until it returns EOF
196 while (block
>= auxv_pair_size
)
198 retval
+= auxv_pair_size
;
200 if (extract_typed_address (readbuf
, ptr_type
) == AT_NULL
)
202 *xfered_len
= (ULONGEST
) retval
;
203 return TARGET_XFER_OK
;
206 readbuf
+= auxv_pair_size
;
207 block
-= auxv_pair_size
;
211 *xfered_len
= (ULONGEST
) retval
;
212 return TARGET_XFER_OK
;
215 /* Implement the to_xfer_partial target_ops method for
216 TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV. It handles access to AUXV. */
218 enum target_xfer_status
219 memory_xfer_auxv (struct target_ops
*ops
,
220 enum target_object object
,
223 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
,
225 ULONGEST len
, ULONGEST
*xfered_len
)
227 gdb_assert (object
== TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV
);
228 gdb_assert (readbuf
|| writebuf
);
230 /* ld_so_xfer_auxv is the only function safe for virtual
231 executables being executed by valgrind's memcheck. Using
232 ld_so_xfer_auxv during inferior startup is problematic, because
233 ld.so symbol tables have not yet been relocated. So GDB uses
234 this function only when attaching to a process.
237 if (current_inferior ()->attach_flag
)
239 enum target_xfer_status ret
;
241 ret
= ld_so_xfer_auxv (readbuf
, writebuf
, offset
, len
, xfered_len
);
242 if (ret
!= TARGET_XFER_E_IO
)
246 return procfs_xfer_auxv (readbuf
, writebuf
, offset
, len
, xfered_len
);
249 /* This function compared to other auxv_parse functions: it takes the size of
250 the auxv type field as a parameter. */
253 generic_auxv_parse (struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
, const gdb_byte
**readptr
,
254 const gdb_byte
*endptr
, CORE_ADDR
*typep
, CORE_ADDR
*valp
,
255 int sizeof_auxv_type
)
257 struct type
*ptr_type
= builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_data_ptr
;
258 const int sizeof_auxv_val
= ptr_type
->length ();
259 enum bfd_endian byte_order
= gdbarch_byte_order (gdbarch
);
260 const gdb_byte
*ptr
= *readptr
;
265 if (endptr
- ptr
< 2 * sizeof_auxv_val
)
268 *typep
= extract_unsigned_integer (ptr
, sizeof_auxv_type
, byte_order
);
269 /* Even if the auxv type takes less space than an auxv value, there is
270 padding after the type such that the value is aligned on a multiple of
271 its size (and this is why we advance by `sizeof_auxv_val` and not
272 `sizeof_auxv_type`). */
273 ptr
+= sizeof_auxv_val
;
274 *valp
= extract_unsigned_integer (ptr
, sizeof_auxv_val
, byte_order
);
275 ptr
+= sizeof_auxv_val
;
284 default_auxv_parse (struct target_ops
*ops
, const gdb_byte
**readptr
,
285 const gdb_byte
*endptr
, CORE_ADDR
*typep
, CORE_ADDR
*valp
)
287 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
= target_gdbarch ();
288 struct type
*ptr_type
= builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_data_ptr
;
289 const int sizeof_auxv_type
= ptr_type
->length ();
291 return generic_auxv_parse (gdbarch
, readptr
, endptr
, typep
, valp
,
298 svr4_auxv_parse (struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
, const gdb_byte
**readptr
,
299 const gdb_byte
*endptr
, CORE_ADDR
*typep
, CORE_ADDR
*valp
)
301 struct type
*int_type
= builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_int
;
302 const int sizeof_auxv_type
= int_type
->length ();
304 return generic_auxv_parse (gdbarch
, readptr
, endptr
, typep
, valp
,
308 /* Read one auxv entry from *READPTR, not reading locations >= ENDPTR.
310 Use the auxv_parse method from GDBARCH, if defined, else use the auxv_parse
313 Return 0 if *READPTR is already at the end of the buffer.
314 Return -1 if there is insufficient buffer for a whole entry.
315 Return 1 if an entry was read into *TYPEP and *VALP. */
318 parse_auxv (target_ops
*ops
, gdbarch
*gdbarch
, const gdb_byte
**readptr
,
319 const gdb_byte
*endptr
, CORE_ADDR
*typep
, CORE_ADDR
*valp
)
321 if (gdbarch_auxv_parse_p (gdbarch
))
322 return gdbarch_auxv_parse (gdbarch
, readptr
, endptr
, typep
, valp
);
324 return ops
->auxv_parse (readptr
, endptr
, typep
, valp
);
328 /* Auxiliary Vector information structure. This is used by GDB
329 for caching purposes for each inferior. This helps reduce the
330 overhead of transfering data from a remote target to the local host. */
333 gdb::optional
<gdb::byte_vector
> data
;
336 /* Per-inferior data key for auxv. */
337 static const registry
<inferior
>::key
<auxv_info
> auxv_inferior_data
;
339 /* Invalidate INF's auxv cache. */
342 invalidate_auxv_cache_inf (struct inferior
*inf
)
344 auxv_inferior_data
.clear (inf
);
347 /* Invalidate current inferior's auxv cache. */
350 invalidate_auxv_cache (void)
352 invalidate_auxv_cache_inf (current_inferior ());
357 gdb::optional
<gdb::byte_vector
>
360 inferior
*inf
= current_inferior ();
361 auxv_info
*info
= auxv_inferior_data
.get (inf
);
365 info
= auxv_inferior_data
.emplace (inf
);
366 info
->data
= target_read_auxv_raw (inf
->top_target ());
374 gdb::optional
<gdb::byte_vector
>
375 target_read_auxv_raw (target_ops
*ops
)
377 return target_read_alloc (ops
, TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV
, NULL
);
383 target_auxv_search (const gdb::byte_vector
&auxv
, target_ops
*ops
,
384 gdbarch
*gdbarch
, CORE_ADDR match
, CORE_ADDR
*valp
)
387 const gdb_byte
*data
= auxv
.data ();
388 const gdb_byte
*ptr
= data
;
389 size_t len
= auxv
.size ();
392 switch (parse_auxv (ops
, gdbarch
, &ptr
, data
+ len
, &type
, &val
))
394 case 1: /* Here's an entry, check it. */
401 case 0: /* End of the vector. */
403 default: /* Bogosity. */
411 target_auxv_search (CORE_ADDR match
, CORE_ADDR
*valp
)
413 gdb::optional
<gdb::byte_vector
> auxv
= target_read_auxv ();
415 if (!auxv
.has_value ())
418 return target_auxv_search (*auxv
, current_inferior ()->top_target (),
419 current_inferior ()->gdbarch
, match
, valp
);
422 /* Print the description of a single AUXV entry on the specified file. */
425 fprint_auxv_entry (struct ui_file
*file
, const char *name
,
426 const char *description
, enum auxv_format format
,
427 CORE_ADDR type
, CORE_ADDR val
)
429 gdb_printf (file
, ("%-4s %-20s %-30s "),
430 plongest (type
), name
, description
);
433 case AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
:
434 gdb_printf (file
, ("%s\n"), plongest (val
));
436 case AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
:
437 gdb_printf (file
, ("%s\n"), paddress (target_gdbarch (), val
));
439 case AUXV_FORMAT_STR
:
441 struct value_print_options opts
;
443 get_user_print_options (&opts
);
444 if (opts
.addressprint
)
445 gdb_printf (file
, ("%s "), paddress (target_gdbarch (), val
));
446 val_print_string (builtin_type (target_gdbarch ())->builtin_char
,
447 NULL
, val
, -1, file
, &opts
);
448 gdb_printf (file
, ("\n"));
454 /* The default implementation of gdbarch_print_auxv_entry. */
457 default_print_auxv_entry (struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
, struct ui_file
*file
,
458 CORE_ADDR type
, CORE_ADDR val
)
460 const char *name
= "???";
461 const char *description
= "";
462 enum auxv_format format
= AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
;
466 #define TAG(tag, text, kind) \
467 case tag: name = #tag; description = text; format = kind; break
468 TAG (AT_NULL
, _("End of vector"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
469 TAG (AT_IGNORE
, _("Entry should be ignored"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
470 TAG (AT_EXECFD
, _("File descriptor of program"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
471 TAG (AT_PHDR
, _("Program headers for program"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
472 TAG (AT_PHENT
, _("Size of program header entry"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
473 TAG (AT_PHNUM
, _("Number of program headers"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
474 TAG (AT_PAGESZ
, _("System page size"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
475 TAG (AT_BASE
, _("Base address of interpreter"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
476 TAG (AT_FLAGS
, _("Flags"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
477 TAG (AT_ENTRY
, _("Entry point of program"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
478 TAG (AT_NOTELF
, _("Program is not ELF"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
479 TAG (AT_UID
, _("Real user ID"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
480 TAG (AT_EUID
, _("Effective user ID"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
481 TAG (AT_GID
, _("Real group ID"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
482 TAG (AT_EGID
, _("Effective group ID"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
483 TAG (AT_CLKTCK
, _("Frequency of times()"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
484 TAG (AT_PLATFORM
, _("String identifying platform"), AUXV_FORMAT_STR
);
485 TAG (AT_HWCAP
, _("Machine-dependent CPU capability hints"),
487 TAG (AT_FPUCW
, _("Used FPU control word"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
488 TAG (AT_DCACHEBSIZE
, _("Data cache block size"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
489 TAG (AT_ICACHEBSIZE
, _("Instruction cache block size"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
490 TAG (AT_UCACHEBSIZE
, _("Unified cache block size"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
491 TAG (AT_IGNOREPPC
, _("Entry should be ignored"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
492 TAG (AT_BASE_PLATFORM
, _("String identifying base platform"),
494 TAG (AT_RANDOM
, _("Address of 16 random bytes"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
495 TAG (AT_HWCAP2
, _("Extension of AT_HWCAP"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
496 TAG (AT_EXECFN
, _("File name of executable"), AUXV_FORMAT_STR
);
497 TAG (AT_SECURE
, _("Boolean, was exec setuid-like?"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
498 TAG (AT_SYSINFO
, _("Special system info/entry points"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
499 TAG (AT_SYSINFO_EHDR
, _("System-supplied DSO's ELF header"),
501 TAG (AT_L1I_CACHESHAPE
, _("L1 Instruction cache information"),
503 TAG (AT_L1I_CACHESIZE
, _("L1 Instruction cache size"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
504 TAG (AT_L1I_CACHEGEOMETRY
, _("L1 Instruction cache geometry"),
506 TAG (AT_L1D_CACHESHAPE
, _("L1 Data cache information"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
507 TAG (AT_L1D_CACHESIZE
, _("L1 Data cache size"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
508 TAG (AT_L1D_CACHEGEOMETRY
, _("L1 Data cache geometry"),
510 TAG (AT_L2_CACHESHAPE
, _("L2 cache information"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
511 TAG (AT_L2_CACHESIZE
, _("L2 cache size"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
512 TAG (AT_L2_CACHEGEOMETRY
, _("L2 cache geometry"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
513 TAG (AT_L3_CACHESHAPE
, _("L3 cache information"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
514 TAG (AT_L3_CACHESIZE
, _("L3 cache size"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
515 TAG (AT_L3_CACHEGEOMETRY
, _("L3 cache geometry"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
516 TAG (AT_MINSIGSTKSZ
, _("Minimum stack size for signal delivery"),
518 TAG (AT_SUN_UID
, _("Effective user ID"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
519 TAG (AT_SUN_RUID
, _("Real user ID"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
520 TAG (AT_SUN_GID
, _("Effective group ID"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
521 TAG (AT_SUN_RGID
, _("Real group ID"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
522 TAG (AT_SUN_LDELF
, _("Dynamic linker's ELF header"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
523 TAG (AT_SUN_LDSHDR
, _("Dynamic linker's section headers"),
525 TAG (AT_SUN_LDNAME
, _("String giving name of dynamic linker"),
527 TAG (AT_SUN_LPAGESZ
, _("Large pagesize"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
528 TAG (AT_SUN_PLATFORM
, _("Platform name string"), AUXV_FORMAT_STR
);
529 TAG (AT_SUN_CAP_HW1
, _("Machine-dependent CPU capability hints"),
531 TAG (AT_SUN_IFLUSH
, _("Should flush icache?"), AUXV_FORMAT_DEC
);
532 TAG (AT_SUN_CPU
, _("CPU name string"), AUXV_FORMAT_STR
);
533 TAG (AT_SUN_EMUL_ENTRY
, _("COFF entry point address"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
534 TAG (AT_SUN_EMUL_EXECFD
, _("COFF executable file descriptor"),
536 TAG (AT_SUN_EXECNAME
,
537 _("Canonicalized file name given to execve"), AUXV_FORMAT_STR
);
538 TAG (AT_SUN_MMU
, _("String for name of MMU module"), AUXV_FORMAT_STR
);
539 TAG (AT_SUN_LDDATA
, _("Dynamic linker's data segment address"),
541 TAG (AT_SUN_AUXFLAGS
,
542 _("AF_SUN_ flags passed from the kernel"), AUXV_FORMAT_HEX
);
543 TAG (AT_SUN_EMULATOR
, _("Name of emulation binary for runtime linker"),
545 TAG (AT_SUN_BRANDNAME
, _("Name of brand library"), AUXV_FORMAT_STR
);
546 TAG (AT_SUN_BRAND_AUX1
, _("Aux vector for brand modules 1"),
548 TAG (AT_SUN_BRAND_AUX2
, _("Aux vector for brand modules 2"),
550 TAG (AT_SUN_BRAND_AUX3
, _("Aux vector for brand modules 3"),
552 TAG (AT_SUN_CAP_HW2
, _("Machine-dependent CPU capability hints 2"),
556 fprint_auxv_entry (file
, name
, description
, format
, type
, val
);
559 /* Print the contents of the target's AUXV on the specified file. */
562 fprint_target_auxv (struct ui_file
*file
)
564 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
= target_gdbarch ();
567 gdb::optional
<gdb::byte_vector
> auxv
= target_read_auxv ();
569 if (!auxv
.has_value ())
572 const gdb_byte
*data
= auxv
->data ();
573 const gdb_byte
*ptr
= data
;
574 size_t len
= auxv
->size ();
576 while (parse_auxv (current_inferior ()->top_target (),
577 current_inferior ()->gdbarch
,
578 &ptr
, data
+ len
, &type
, &val
) > 0)
580 gdbarch_print_auxv_entry (gdbarch
, file
, type
, val
);
590 info_auxv_command (const char *cmd
, int from_tty
)
592 if (! target_has_stack ())
593 error (_("The program has no auxiliary information now."));
596 int ents
= fprint_target_auxv (gdb_stdout
);
599 error (_("No auxiliary vector found, or failed reading it."));
601 error (_("Auxiliary vector is empty."));
605 void _initialize_auxv ();
609 add_info ("auxv", info_auxv_command
,
610 _("Display the inferior's auxiliary vector.\n\
611 This is information provided by the operating system at program startup."));
613 /* Observers used to invalidate the auxv cache when needed. */
614 gdb::observers::inferior_exit
.attach (invalidate_auxv_cache_inf
, "auxv");
615 gdb::observers::inferior_appeared
.attach (invalidate_auxv_cache_inf
, "auxv");
616 gdb::observers::executable_changed
.attach (invalidate_auxv_cache
, "auxv");