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1 /* Core dump and executable file functions above target vector, for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2013 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/>. */
20 #include "defs.h"
21 #include "gdb_string.h"
22 #include <errno.h>
23 #include <signal.h>
24 #include <fcntl.h>
25 #include "inferior.h"
26 #include "symtab.h"
27 #include "command.h"
28 #include "gdbcmd.h"
29 #include "bfd.h"
30 #include "target.h"
31 #include "gdbcore.h"
32 #include "dis-asm.h"
33 #include "gdb_stat.h"
34 #include "completer.h"
35 #include "exceptions.h"
36 #include "observer.h"
37 #include "cli/cli-utils.h"
39 /* Local function declarations. */
41 extern void _initialize_core (void);
42 static void call_extra_exec_file_hooks (char *filename);
44 /* You can have any number of hooks for `exec_file_command' command to
45 call. If there's only one hook, it is set in exec_file_display
46 hook. If there are two or more hooks, they are set in
47 exec_file_extra_hooks[], and deprecated_exec_file_display_hook is
48 set to a function that calls all of them. This extra complexity is
49 needed to preserve compatibility with old code that assumed that
50 only one hook could be set, and which called
51 deprecated_exec_file_display_hook directly. */
53 typedef void (*hook_type) (char *);
55 hook_type deprecated_exec_file_display_hook; /* The original hook. */
56 static hook_type *exec_file_extra_hooks; /* Array of additional
57 hooks. */
58 static int exec_file_hook_count = 0; /* Size of array. */
60 /* Binary file diddling handle for the core file. */
62 bfd *core_bfd = NULL;
64 /* corelow.c target. It is never NULL after GDB initialization. */
66 struct target_ops *core_target;
69 /* Backward compatability with old way of specifying core files. */
71 void
72 core_file_command (char *filename, int from_tty)
74 dont_repeat (); /* Either way, seems bogus. */
76 gdb_assert (core_target != NULL);
78 if (!filename)
79 (core_target->to_detach) (core_target, filename, from_tty);
80 else
81 (core_target->to_open) (filename, from_tty);
85 /* If there are two or more functions that wish to hook into
86 exec_file_command, this function will call all of the hook
87 functions. */
89 static void
90 call_extra_exec_file_hooks (char *filename)
92 int i;
94 for (i = 0; i < exec_file_hook_count; i++)
95 (*exec_file_extra_hooks[i]) (filename);
98 /* Call this to specify the hook for exec_file_command to call back.
99 This is called from the x-window display code. */
101 void
102 specify_exec_file_hook (void (*hook) (char *))
104 hook_type *new_array;
106 if (deprecated_exec_file_display_hook != NULL)
108 /* There's already a hook installed. Arrange to have both it
109 and the subsequent hooks called. */
110 if (exec_file_hook_count == 0)
112 /* If this is the first extra hook, initialize the hook
113 array. */
114 exec_file_extra_hooks = (hook_type *)
115 xmalloc (sizeof (hook_type));
116 exec_file_extra_hooks[0] = deprecated_exec_file_display_hook;
117 deprecated_exec_file_display_hook = call_extra_exec_file_hooks;
118 exec_file_hook_count = 1;
121 /* Grow the hook array by one and add the new hook to the end.
122 Yes, it's inefficient to grow it by one each time but since
123 this is hardly ever called it's not a big deal. */
124 exec_file_hook_count++;
125 new_array = (hook_type *)
126 xrealloc (exec_file_extra_hooks,
127 exec_file_hook_count * sizeof (hook_type));
128 exec_file_extra_hooks = new_array;
129 exec_file_extra_hooks[exec_file_hook_count - 1] = hook;
131 else
132 deprecated_exec_file_display_hook = hook;
135 void
136 reopen_exec_file (void)
138 char *filename;
139 int res;
140 struct stat st;
141 struct cleanup *cleanups;
143 /* Don't do anything if there isn't an exec file. */
144 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
145 return;
147 /* If the timestamp of the exec file has changed, reopen it. */
148 filename = xstrdup (bfd_get_filename (exec_bfd));
149 cleanups = make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
150 res = stat (filename, &st);
152 if (exec_bfd_mtime && exec_bfd_mtime != st.st_mtime)
153 exec_file_attach (filename, 0);
154 else
155 /* If we accessed the file since last opening it, close it now;
156 this stops GDB from holding the executable open after it
157 exits. */
158 bfd_cache_close_all ();
160 do_cleanups (cleanups);
163 /* If we have both a core file and an exec file,
164 print a warning if they don't go together. */
166 void
167 validate_files (void)
169 if (exec_bfd && core_bfd)
171 if (!core_file_matches_executable_p (core_bfd, exec_bfd))
172 warning (_("core file may not match specified executable file."));
173 else if (bfd_get_mtime (exec_bfd) > bfd_get_mtime (core_bfd))
174 warning (_("exec file is newer than core file."));
178 /* Return the name of the executable file as a string.
179 ERR nonzero means get error if there is none specified;
180 otherwise return 0 in that case. */
182 char *
183 get_exec_file (int err)
185 if (exec_filename)
186 return exec_filename;
187 if (!err)
188 return NULL;
190 error (_("No executable file specified.\n\
191 Use the \"file\" or \"exec-file\" command."));
192 return NULL;
196 /* Report a target xfer memory error by throwing a suitable
197 exception. */
199 static void
200 target_xfer_memory_error (enum target_xfer_error err, CORE_ADDR memaddr)
202 switch (err)
204 case TARGET_XFER_E_IO:
205 /* Actually, address between memaddr and memaddr + len was out of
206 bounds. */
207 throw_error (MEMORY_ERROR,
208 _("Cannot access memory at address %s"),
209 paddress (target_gdbarch (), memaddr));
210 case TARGET_XFER_E_UNAVAILABLE:
211 throw_error (NOT_AVAILABLE_ERROR,
212 _("Memory at address %s unavailable."),
213 paddress (target_gdbarch (), memaddr));
214 default:
215 internal_error (__FILE__, __LINE__,
216 "unhandled target_xfer_error: %s (%s)",
217 target_xfer_error_to_string (err),
218 plongest (err));
222 /* Report a memory error by throwing a MEMORY_ERROR error. */
224 void
225 memory_error (int status, CORE_ADDR memaddr)
227 if (status == EIO)
228 target_xfer_memory_error (TARGET_XFER_E_IO, memaddr);
229 else
230 throw_error (MEMORY_ERROR,
231 _("Error accessing memory address %s: %s."),
232 paddress (target_gdbarch (), memaddr),
233 safe_strerror (status));
236 /* Same as target_read_memory, but report an error if can't read. */
238 void
239 read_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len)
241 LONGEST xfered = 0;
243 while (xfered < len)
245 LONGEST xfer = target_xfer_partial (current_target.beneath,
246 TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY, NULL,
247 myaddr + xfered, NULL,
248 memaddr + xfered, len - xfered);
250 if (xfer == 0)
251 target_xfer_memory_error (TARGET_XFER_E_IO, memaddr + xfered);
252 if (xfer < 0)
253 target_xfer_memory_error (xfer, memaddr + xfered);
254 xfered += xfer;
255 QUIT;
259 /* Same as target_read_stack, but report an error if can't read. */
261 void
262 read_stack (CORE_ADDR memaddr, gdb_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len)
264 int status;
266 status = target_read_stack (memaddr, myaddr, len);
267 if (status != 0)
268 memory_error (status, memaddr);
271 /* Argument / return result struct for use with
272 do_captured_read_memory_integer(). MEMADDR and LEN are filled in
273 by gdb_read_memory_integer(). RESULT is the contents that were
274 successfully read from MEMADDR of length LEN. */
276 struct captured_read_memory_integer_arguments
278 CORE_ADDR memaddr;
279 int len;
280 enum bfd_endian byte_order;
281 LONGEST result;
284 /* Helper function for gdb_read_memory_integer(). DATA must be a
285 pointer to a captured_read_memory_integer_arguments struct.
286 Return 1 if successful. Note that the catch_errors() interface
287 will return 0 if an error occurred while reading memory. This
288 choice of return code is so that we can distinguish between
289 success and failure. */
291 static int
292 do_captured_read_memory_integer (void *data)
294 struct captured_read_memory_integer_arguments *args
295 = (struct captured_read_memory_integer_arguments*) data;
296 CORE_ADDR memaddr = args->memaddr;
297 int len = args->len;
298 enum bfd_endian byte_order = args->byte_order;
300 args->result = read_memory_integer (memaddr, len, byte_order);
302 return 1;
305 /* Read memory at MEMADDR of length LEN and put the contents in
306 RETURN_VALUE. Return 0 if MEMADDR couldn't be read and non-zero
307 if successful. */
310 safe_read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
311 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
312 LONGEST *return_value)
314 int status;
315 struct captured_read_memory_integer_arguments args;
317 args.memaddr = memaddr;
318 args.len = len;
319 args.byte_order = byte_order;
321 status = catch_errors (do_captured_read_memory_integer, &args,
322 "", RETURN_MASK_ALL);
323 if (status)
324 *return_value = args.result;
326 return status;
329 LONGEST
330 read_memory_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
331 enum bfd_endian byte_order)
333 gdb_byte buf[sizeof (LONGEST)];
335 read_memory (memaddr, buf, len);
336 return extract_signed_integer (buf, len, byte_order);
339 ULONGEST
340 read_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR memaddr, int len,
341 enum bfd_endian byte_order)
343 gdb_byte buf[sizeof (ULONGEST)];
345 read_memory (memaddr, buf, len);
346 return extract_unsigned_integer (buf, len, byte_order);
349 void
350 read_memory_string (CORE_ADDR memaddr, char *buffer, int max_len)
352 char *cp;
353 int i;
354 int cnt;
356 cp = buffer;
357 while (1)
359 if (cp - buffer >= max_len)
361 buffer[max_len - 1] = '\0';
362 break;
364 cnt = max_len - (cp - buffer);
365 if (cnt > 8)
366 cnt = 8;
367 read_memory (memaddr + (int) (cp - buffer), (gdb_byte *) cp, cnt);
368 for (i = 0; i < cnt && *cp; i++, cp++)
369 ; /* null body */
371 if (i < cnt && !*cp)
372 break;
376 CORE_ADDR
377 read_memory_typed_address (CORE_ADDR addr, struct type *type)
379 gdb_byte *buf = alloca (TYPE_LENGTH (type));
381 read_memory (addr, buf, TYPE_LENGTH (type));
382 return extract_typed_address (buf, type);
385 /* Same as target_write_memory, but report an error if can't
386 write. */
387 void
388 write_memory (CORE_ADDR memaddr,
389 const bfd_byte *myaddr, ssize_t len)
391 int status;
393 status = target_write_memory (memaddr, myaddr, len);
394 if (status != 0)
395 memory_error (status, memaddr);
398 /* Same as write_memory, but notify 'memory_changed' observers. */
400 void
401 write_memory_with_notification (CORE_ADDR memaddr, const bfd_byte *myaddr,
402 ssize_t len)
404 write_memory (memaddr, myaddr, len);
405 observer_notify_memory_changed (current_inferior (), memaddr, len, myaddr);
408 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte unsigned
409 integer. */
410 void
411 write_memory_unsigned_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
412 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
413 ULONGEST value)
415 gdb_byte *buf = alloca (len);
417 store_unsigned_integer (buf, len, byte_order, value);
418 write_memory (addr, buf, len);
421 /* Store VALUE at ADDR in the inferior as a LEN-byte signed
422 integer. */
423 void
424 write_memory_signed_integer (CORE_ADDR addr, int len,
425 enum bfd_endian byte_order,
426 LONGEST value)
428 gdb_byte *buf = alloca (len);
430 store_signed_integer (buf, len, byte_order, value);
431 write_memory (addr, buf, len);
434 /* The current default bfd target. Points to storage allocated for
435 gnutarget_string. */
436 char *gnutarget;
438 /* Same thing, except it is "auto" not NULL for the default case. */
439 static char *gnutarget_string;
440 static void
441 show_gnutarget_string (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
442 struct cmd_list_element *c,
443 const char *value)
445 fprintf_filtered (file,
446 _("The current BFD target is \"%s\".\n"), value);
449 static void set_gnutarget_command (char *, int,
450 struct cmd_list_element *);
452 static void
453 set_gnutarget_command (char *ignore, int from_tty,
454 struct cmd_list_element *c)
456 char *gend = gnutarget_string + strlen (gnutarget_string);
458 gend = remove_trailing_whitespace (gnutarget_string, gend);
459 *gend = '\0';
461 if (strcmp (gnutarget_string, "auto") == 0)
462 gnutarget = NULL;
463 else
464 gnutarget = gnutarget_string;
467 /* A completion function for "set gnutarget". */
469 static VEC (char_ptr) *
470 complete_set_gnutarget (struct cmd_list_element *cmd,
471 const char *text, const char *word)
473 static const char **bfd_targets;
475 if (bfd_targets == NULL)
477 int last;
479 bfd_targets = bfd_target_list ();
480 for (last = 0; bfd_targets[last] != NULL; ++last)
483 bfd_targets = xrealloc (bfd_targets, (last + 2) * sizeof (const char **));
484 bfd_targets[last] = "auto";
485 bfd_targets[last + 1] = NULL;
488 return complete_on_enum (bfd_targets, text, word);
491 /* Set the gnutarget. */
492 void
493 set_gnutarget (char *newtarget)
495 if (gnutarget_string != NULL)
496 xfree (gnutarget_string);
497 gnutarget_string = xstrdup (newtarget);
498 set_gnutarget_command (NULL, 0, NULL);
501 void
502 _initialize_core (void)
504 struct cmd_list_element *c;
506 c = add_cmd ("core-file", class_files, core_file_command, _("\
507 Use FILE as core dump for examining memory and registers.\n\
508 No arg means have no core file. This command has been superseded by the\n\
509 `target core' and `detach' commands."), &cmdlist);
510 set_cmd_completer (c, filename_completer);
513 c = add_setshow_string_noescape_cmd ("gnutarget", class_files,
514 &gnutarget_string, _("\
515 Set the current BFD target."), _("\
516 Show the current BFD target."), _("\
517 Use `set gnutarget auto' to specify automatic detection."),
518 set_gnutarget_command,
519 show_gnutarget_string,
520 &setlist, &showlist);
521 set_cmd_completer (c, complete_set_gnutarget);
523 add_alias_cmd ("g", "gnutarget", class_files, 1, &setlist);
525 if (getenv ("GNUTARGET"))
526 set_gnutarget (getenv ("GNUTARGET"));
527 else
528 set_gnutarget ("auto");