1 /* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2014 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/>. */
28 #include "arch-utils.h"
29 #include "completer.h"
31 #include "cli/cli-decode.h"
32 #include "gdb_assert.h"
37 #include "readline/tilde.h"
39 /* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
40 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
41 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
42 #define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
44 static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
45 static enum bfd_architecture
default_gcore_arch (void);
46 static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
47 static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd
*);
49 /* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
50 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
53 create_gcore_bfd (const char *filename
)
55 bfd
*obfd
= gdb_bfd_openw (filename
, default_gcore_target ());
58 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename
);
59 bfd_set_format (obfd
, bfd_core
);
60 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd
, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
64 /* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
65 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
69 write_gcore_file (bfd
*obfd
)
71 void *note_data
= NULL
;
73 asection
*note_sec
= NULL
;
75 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
76 /* FIXME: uweigand/2011-10-06: All architectures that support core file
77 generation should be converted to gdbarch_make_corefile_notes; at that
78 point, the target vector method can be removed. */
79 if (!gdbarch_make_corefile_notes_p (target_gdbarch ()))
80 note_data
= target_make_corefile_notes (obfd
, ¬e_size
);
82 note_data
= gdbarch_make_corefile_notes (target_gdbarch (), obfd
, ¬e_size
);
84 if (note_data
== NULL
|| note_size
== 0)
85 error (_("Target does not support core file generation."));
87 /* Create the note section. */
88 note_sec
= bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd
, "note0",
93 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
94 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
96 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd
, note_sec
, 0);
97 bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd
, note_sec
, 0);
98 bfd_set_section_size (obfd
, note_sec
, note_size
);
100 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
101 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd
) == 0)
102 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
104 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
105 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd
, note_sec
, note_data
, 0, note_size
))
106 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
110 do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg
)
113 const char *filename
= obfd
->filename
;
119 /* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
120 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
123 gcore_command (char *args
, int from_tty
)
125 struct cleanup
*filename_chain
;
126 struct cleanup
*bfd_chain
;
130 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
131 if (!target_has_execution
)
135 corefilename
= tilde_expand (args
);
138 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
139 corefilename
= xstrprintf ("core.%d", ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid
));
141 filename_chain
= make_cleanup (xfree
, corefilename
);
144 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout
,
145 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename
);
147 /* Open the output file. */
148 obfd
= create_gcore_bfd (corefilename
);
150 /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file. */
151 bfd_chain
= make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup
, obfd
);
153 /* Call worker function. */
154 write_gcore_file (obfd
);
157 discard_cleanups (bfd_chain
);
158 gdb_bfd_unref (obfd
);
160 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout
, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename
);
161 do_cleanups (filename_chain
);
165 default_gcore_mach (void)
167 #if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
171 const struct bfd_arch_info
*bfdarch
= gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
174 return bfdarch
->mach
;
175 if (exec_bfd
== NULL
)
176 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
178 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd
);
182 static enum bfd_architecture
183 default_gcore_arch (void)
185 const struct bfd_arch_info
*bfdarch
= gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch ());
188 return bfdarch
->arch
;
189 if (exec_bfd
== NULL
)
190 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
192 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd
);
196 default_gcore_target (void)
198 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
199 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch ()))
200 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch ());
202 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
203 not work for non-ELF targets. */
204 if (exec_bfd
== NULL
)
207 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd
);
210 /* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
211 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
215 derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma
*bottom
, bfd_vma
*top
)
217 struct frame_info
*fi
, *tmp_fi
;
222 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
223 if (!target_has_stack
|| !target_has_registers
)
226 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
227 fi
= get_current_frame ();
231 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
232 *top
= get_frame_base (fi
);
233 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
234 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi
), get_frame_sp (fi
), *top
))
235 *top
= get_frame_sp (fi
);
237 /* Find prev-most frame. */
238 while ((tmp_fi
= get_prev_frame (fi
)) != NULL
)
241 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
242 *bottom
= get_frame_base (fi
);
244 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
245 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
258 /* call_target_sbrk --
259 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
262 call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg
)
264 struct objfile
*sbrk_objf
;
265 struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
;
267 struct value
*target_sbrk_arg
;
268 struct value
*sbrk_fn
, *ret
;
271 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL
, NULL
).minsym
!= NULL
)
273 sbrk_fn
= find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf
);
277 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL
, NULL
).minsym
!= NULL
)
279 sbrk_fn
= find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf
);
286 gdbarch
= get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf
);
287 target_sbrk_arg
= value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch
)->builtin_int
,
289 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg
);
290 ret
= call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn
, 1, &target_sbrk_arg
);
294 tmp
= value_as_long (ret
);
295 if ((LONGEST
) tmp
<= 0 || (LONGEST
) tmp
== 0xffffffff)
302 /* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
303 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
304 Return non-zero if successful. */
307 derive_heap_segment (bfd
*abfd
, bfd_vma
*bottom
, bfd_vma
*top
)
309 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory
= 0;
310 bfd_vma top_of_heap
= 0;
311 bfd_size_type sec_size
;
318 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
320 if (!target_has_execution
)
323 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
324 follows (low to high addresses):
326 ---------------------------------
328 ---------------------------------
329 | data sections (including bss) |
330 ---------------------------------
332 --------------------------------- */
334 for (sec
= abfd
->sections
; sec
; sec
= sec
->next
)
336 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd
, sec
) & SEC_DATA
337 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd
, sec
)) == 0)
339 sec_vaddr
= bfd_get_section_vma (abfd
, sec
);
340 sec_size
= bfd_get_section_size (sec
);
341 if (sec_vaddr
+ sec_size
> top_of_data_memory
)
342 top_of_data_memory
= sec_vaddr
+ sec_size
;
346 top_of_heap
= call_target_sbrk (0);
347 if (top_of_heap
== (bfd_vma
) 0)
350 /* Return results. */
351 if (top_of_heap
> top_of_data_memory
)
353 *bottom
= top_of_data_memory
;
358 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
363 make_output_phdrs (bfd
*obfd
, asection
*osec
, void *ignored
)
368 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
369 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd
, osec
), "load", 4) == 0)
371 else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd
, osec
), "note", 4) == 0)
376 p_flags
|= PF_R
; /* Segment is readable. */
377 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd
, osec
) & SEC_READONLY
))
378 p_flags
|= PF_W
; /* Segment is writable. */
379 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd
, osec
) & SEC_CODE
)
380 p_flags
|= PF_X
; /* Segment is executable. */
382 bfd_record_phdr (obfd
, p_type
, 1, p_flags
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec
);
385 /* find_memory_region_ftype implementation. DATA is 'bfd *' for the core file
389 gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr
, unsigned long size
, int read
,
390 int write
, int exec
, int modified
, void *data
)
394 flagword flags
= SEC_ALLOC
| SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
| SEC_LOAD
;
396 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
397 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
398 or jam the kernel. */
399 if (read
== 0 && write
== 0 && exec
== 0 && modified
== 0)
403 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout
, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
404 plongest (size
), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr
));
410 if (write
== 0 && modified
== 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr
, size
))
412 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
413 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
414 struct objfile
*objfile
;
415 struct obj_section
*objsec
;
417 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile
, objsec
)
419 bfd
*abfd
= objfile
->obfd
;
420 asection
*asec
= objsec
->the_bfd_section
;
421 bfd_vma align
= (bfd_vma
) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd
,
423 bfd_vma start
= obj_section_addr (objsec
) & -align
;
424 bfd_vma end
= (obj_section_endaddr (objsec
) + align
- 1) & -align
;
426 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
427 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
428 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
429 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
431 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
432 we don't want to omit that. */
433 if (objfile
->separate_debug_objfile_backlink
== NULL
434 && ((vaddr
>= start
&& vaddr
+ size
<= end
)
435 || (start
>= vaddr
&& end
<= vaddr
+ size
))
436 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd
) & BFD_IN_MEMORY
))
438 flags
&= ~(SEC_LOAD
| SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
);
439 goto keep
; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
447 flags
|= SEC_READONLY
;
454 osec
= bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd
, "load", flags
);
457 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
458 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
464 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout
, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
465 plongest (size
), paddress (target_gdbarch (), vaddr
));
468 bfd_set_section_size (obfd
, osec
, size
);
469 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd
, osec
, vaddr
);
470 bfd_section_lma (obfd
, osec
) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
475 objfile_find_memory_regions (struct target_ops
*self
,
476 find_memory_region_ftype func
, void *obfd
)
478 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
479 struct objfile
*objfile
;
480 struct obj_section
*objsec
;
481 bfd_vma temp_bottom
, temp_top
;
483 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
484 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile
, objsec
)
486 bfd
*ibfd
= objfile
->obfd
;
487 asection
*isec
= objsec
->the_bfd_section
;
488 flagword flags
= bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd
, isec
);
490 /* Separate debug info files are irrelevant for gcore. */
491 if (objfile
->separate_debug_objfile_backlink
!= NULL
)
494 if ((flags
& SEC_ALLOC
) || (flags
& SEC_LOAD
))
496 int size
= bfd_section_size (ibfd
, isec
);
499 ret
= (*func
) (obj_section_addr (objsec
), size
,
500 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
501 (flags
& SEC_READONLY
) == 0, /* Writable. */
502 (flags
& SEC_CODE
) != 0, /* Executable. */
503 1, /* MODIFIED is unknown, pass it as true. */
510 /* Make a stack segment. */
511 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom
, &temp_top
))
512 (*func
) (temp_bottom
, temp_top
- temp_bottom
,
513 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
514 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
515 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
516 1, /* Stack section will be modified. */
519 /* Make a heap segment. */
520 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd
, &temp_bottom
, &temp_top
))
521 (*func
) (temp_bottom
, temp_top
- temp_bottom
,
522 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
523 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
524 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
525 1, /* Heap section will be modified. */
532 gcore_copy_callback (bfd
*obfd
, asection
*osec
, void *ignored
)
534 bfd_size_type size
, total_size
= bfd_section_size (obfd
, osec
);
536 struct cleanup
*old_chain
= NULL
;
539 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
540 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd
, osec
) & SEC_LOAD
) == 0)
543 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
544 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd
, osec
), 4) != 0)
547 size
= min (total_size
, MAX_COPY_BYTES
);
548 memhunk
= xmalloc (size
);
549 old_chain
= make_cleanup (xfree
, memhunk
);
551 while (total_size
> 0)
553 if (size
> total_size
)
556 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd
, osec
) + offset
,
559 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
560 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
562 paddress (target_gdbarch (), bfd_section_vma (obfd
, osec
)));
565 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd
, osec
, memhunk
, offset
, size
))
567 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
568 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
576 do_cleanups (old_chain
); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
580 gcore_memory_sections (bfd
*obfd
)
582 /* Try gdbarch method first, then fall back to target method. */
583 if (!gdbarch_find_memory_regions_p (target_gdbarch ())
584 || gdbarch_find_memory_regions (target_gdbarch (),
585 gcore_create_callback
, obfd
) != 0)
587 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback
, obfd
) != 0)
588 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
591 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
592 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd
, make_output_phdrs
, NULL
);
594 /* Copy memory region contents. */
595 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd
, gcore_copy_callback
, NULL
);
600 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
601 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore
;
604 _initialize_gcore (void)
606 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files
, gcore_command
, _("\
607 Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
608 Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
610 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files
, 1);