1 /* Linux-specific ptrace manipulation routines.
2 Copyright (C) 2012-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of GDB.
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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
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17 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #include "gdbsupport/common-defs.h"
20 #include "linux-ptrace.h"
21 #include "linux-procfs.h"
22 #include "linux-waitpid.h"
23 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_PROCFS_H
24 #include <sys/procfs.h>
27 /* Stores the ptrace options supported by the running kernel.
28 A value of -1 means we did not check for features yet. A value
29 of 0 means there are no supported features. */
30 static int supported_ptrace_options
= -1;
32 /* Find all possible reasons we could fail to attach PID and return these
33 as a string. An empty string is returned if we didn't find any reason. */
36 linux_ptrace_attach_fail_reason (pid_t pid
)
38 pid_t tracerpid
= linux_proc_get_tracerpid_nowarn (pid
);
42 string_appendf (result
,
43 _("process %d is already traced by process %d"),
44 (int) pid
, (int) tracerpid
);
46 if (linux_proc_pid_is_zombie_nowarn (pid
))
47 string_appendf (result
,
48 _("process %d is a zombie - the process has already "
55 /* See linux-ptrace.h. */
58 linux_ptrace_attach_fail_reason_string (ptid_t ptid
, int err
)
60 long lwpid
= ptid
.lwp ();
61 std::string reason
= linux_ptrace_attach_fail_reason (lwpid
);
64 return string_printf ("%s (%d), %s", safe_strerror (err
), err
,
67 return string_printf ("%s (%d)", safe_strerror (err
), err
);
70 #if defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__
72 /* Address of the 'ret' instruction in asm code block below. */
73 extern "C" void linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr (void);
79 #endif /* defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ */
81 /* Kill CHILD. WHO is used to report warnings. */
84 kill_child (pid_t child
, const char *who
)
89 if (kill (child
, SIGKILL
) != 0)
91 warning (_("%s: failed to kill child pid %ld %s"),
92 who
, (long) child
, safe_strerror (errno
));
97 got_pid
= my_waitpid (child
, &kill_status
, 0);
101 "kill waitpid returned %ld: %s"),
102 who
, (long) got_pid
, safe_strerror (errno
));
105 if (!WIFSIGNALED (kill_status
))
108 "kill status %d is not WIFSIGNALED!"),
114 /* Test broken off-trunk Linux kernel patchset for NX support on i386. It was
115 removed in Fedora kernel 88fa1f0332d188795ed73d7ac2b1564e11a0b4cd.
117 Test also x86_64 arch for PaX support. */
120 linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx (void)
122 #if defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__
123 pid_t child
, got_pid
;
124 gdb_byte
*return_address
, *pc
;
130 = (gdb_byte
*) mmap (NULL
, 2, PROT_READ
| PROT_WRITE
,
131 MAP_PRIVATE
| MAP_ANONYMOUS
, -1, 0);
132 if (return_address
== MAP_FAILED
)
134 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot mmap: %s"),
135 safe_strerror (errno
));
139 /* Put there 'int3'. */
140 *return_address
= 0xcc;
146 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot fork: %s"),
147 safe_strerror (errno
));
151 l
= ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME
, 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) NULL
,
152 (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) NULL
);
154 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot PTRACE_TRACEME: %s"),
155 safe_strerror (errno
));
159 asm volatile ("pushl %0;"
160 ".globl linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr;"
161 "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr:"
163 : : "r" (return_address
) : "memory");
164 #elif defined __x86_64__
165 asm volatile ("pushq %0;"
166 ".globl linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr;"
167 "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr:"
169 : : "r" ((uint64_t) (uintptr_t) return_address
)
172 # error "!__i386__ && !__x86_64__"
174 gdb_assert_not_reached ("asm block did not terminate");
181 got_pid
= waitpid (child
, &status
, 0);
182 if (got_pid
!= child
)
184 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: waitpid returned %ld: %s"),
185 (long) got_pid
, safe_strerror (errno
));
189 if (WIFSIGNALED (status
))
191 if (WTERMSIG (status
) != SIGKILL
)
192 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: WTERMSIG %d is not SIGKILL!"),
193 (int) WTERMSIG (status
));
195 warning (_("Cannot call inferior functions, Linux kernel PaX "
196 "protection forbids return to non-executable pages!"));
200 if (!WIFSTOPPED (status
))
202 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: status %d is not WIFSTOPPED!"),
204 kill_child (child
, "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx");
208 /* We may get SIGSEGV due to missing PROT_EXEC of the return_address. */
209 if (WSTOPSIG (status
) != SIGTRAP
&& WSTOPSIG (status
) != SIGSEGV
)
211 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: "
212 "WSTOPSIG %d is neither SIGTRAP nor SIGSEGV!"),
213 (int) WSTOPSIG (status
));
214 kill_child (child
, "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx");
218 if (ptrace (PTRACE_GETREGS
, child
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0,
219 (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) ®s
) < 0)
221 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: Cannot PTRACE_GETREGS: %s"),
222 safe_strerror (errno
));
225 pc
= (gdb_byte
*) (uintptr_t) regs
[EIP
];
226 #elif defined __x86_64__
227 pc
= (gdb_byte
*) (uintptr_t) regs
[RIP
];
229 # error "!__i386__ && !__x86_64__"
232 kill_child (child
, "linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx");
234 /* + 1 is there as x86* stops after the 'int3' instruction. */
235 if (WSTOPSIG (status
) == SIGTRAP
&& pc
== return_address
+ 1)
241 /* We may get SIGSEGV due to missing PROT_EXEC of the RETURN_ADDRESS page. */
242 if (WSTOPSIG (status
) == SIGSEGV
&& pc
== return_address
)
248 if ((void (*) (void)) pc
!= &linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr
)
249 warning (_("linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx: PC %p is neither near return "
250 "address %p nor is the return instruction %p!"),
251 pc
, return_address
, &linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx_instr
);
253 warning (_("Cannot call inferior functions on this system - "
254 "Linux kernel with broken i386 NX (non-executable pages) "
255 "support detected!"));
256 #endif /* defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__ */
259 /* Helper function to fork a process and make the child process call
260 the function FUNCTION, passing CHILD_STACK as parameter.
262 For MMU-less targets, clone is used instead of fork, and
263 CHILD_STACK is used as stack space for the cloned child. If NULL,
264 stack space is allocated via malloc (and subsequently passed to
265 FUNCTION). For MMU targets, CHILD_STACK is ignored. */
268 linux_fork_to_function (gdb_byte
*child_stack
, int (*function
) (void *))
272 /* Sanity check the function pointer. */
273 gdb_assert (function
!= NULL
);
275 #if defined(__UCLIBC__) && defined(HAS_NOMMU)
276 #define STACK_SIZE 4096
278 if (child_stack
== NULL
)
279 child_stack
= (gdb_byte
*) xmalloc (STACK_SIZE
* 4);
281 /* Use CLONE_VM instead of fork, to support uClinux (no MMU). */
283 child_pid
= __clone2 (function
, child_stack
, STACK_SIZE
,
284 CLONE_VM
| SIGCHLD
, child_stack
+ STACK_SIZE
* 2);
285 #else /* !__ia64__ */
286 child_pid
= clone (function
, child_stack
+ STACK_SIZE
,
287 CLONE_VM
| SIGCHLD
, child_stack
+ STACK_SIZE
* 2);
288 #endif /* !__ia64__ */
289 #else /* !defined(__UCLIBC) && defined(HAS_NOMMU) */
294 #endif /* defined(__UCLIBC) && defined(HAS_NOMMU) */
297 perror_with_name (("fork"));
302 /* A helper function for linux_check_ptrace_features, called after
303 the parent process forks a child. The child allows itself to
304 be traced by its parent. */
307 linux_child_function (void *child_stack
)
309 ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME
, 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) 0);
310 kill (getpid (), SIGSTOP
);
312 /* This code is only reachable by the child (grandchild's parent)
317 static void linux_test_for_exitkill (int child_pid
);
319 /* Determine ptrace features available on this target. */
322 linux_check_ptrace_features (void)
324 int child_pid
, ret
, status
;
326 /* Initialize the options. We consider that these options are always
328 supported_ptrace_options
329 = (PTRACE_O_TRACESYSGOOD
330 | PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE
332 | PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORK
333 | PTRACE_O_TRACEVFORKDONE
334 | PTRACE_O_TRACEEXEC
);
336 /* Fork a child so we can do some testing. The child will call
337 linux_child_function and will get traced. The child will
338 eventually fork a grandchild so we can test fork event
340 child_pid
= linux_fork_to_function (NULL
, linux_child_function
);
342 ret
= my_waitpid (child_pid
, &status
, 0);
344 perror_with_name (("waitpid"));
345 else if (ret
!= child_pid
)
346 error (_("linux_check_ptrace_features: waitpid: unexpected result %d."),
348 if (! WIFSTOPPED (status
))
349 error (_("linux_check_ptrace_features: waitpid: unexpected status %d."),
352 linux_test_for_exitkill (child_pid
);
354 /* Kill child_pid. */
355 kill_child (child_pid
, "linux_check_ptrace_features");
358 /* Determine if PTRACE_O_EXITKILL can be used. */
361 linux_test_for_exitkill (int child_pid
)
365 ret
= ptrace (PTRACE_SETOPTIONS
, child_pid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0,
366 (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) PTRACE_O_EXITKILL
);
369 supported_ptrace_options
|= PTRACE_O_EXITKILL
;
372 /* Enable reporting of all currently supported ptrace events.
373 OPTIONS is a bit mask of extended features we want enabled,
374 if supported by the kernel. PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE is always
375 enabled, if supported. */
378 linux_enable_event_reporting (pid_t pid
, int options
)
380 /* Check if we have initialized the ptrace features for this
381 target. If not, do it now. */
382 if (supported_ptrace_options
== -1)
383 linux_check_ptrace_features ();
385 /* We always want clone events. */
386 options
|= PTRACE_O_TRACECLONE
;
388 /* Filter out unsupported options. */
389 options
&= supported_ptrace_options
;
391 /* Set the options. */
392 ptrace (PTRACE_SETOPTIONS
, pid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0,
393 (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4
) (uintptr_t) options
);
396 /* Disable reporting of all currently supported ptrace events. */
399 linux_disable_event_reporting (pid_t pid
)
401 /* Set the options. */
402 ptrace (PTRACE_SETOPTIONS
, pid
, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3
) 0, 0);
405 /* Display possible problems on this system. Display them only once per GDB
409 linux_ptrace_init_warnings (void)
411 static int warned
= 0;
417 linux_ptrace_test_ret_to_nx ();
420 /* Extract extended ptrace event from wait status. */
423 linux_ptrace_get_extended_event (int wstat
)
425 return (wstat
>> 16);
428 /* Determine whether wait status denotes an extended event. */
431 linux_is_extended_waitstatus (int wstat
)
433 return (linux_ptrace_get_extended_event (wstat
) != 0);
436 /* Return true if the event in LP may be caused by breakpoint. */
439 linux_wstatus_maybe_breakpoint (int wstat
)
441 return (WIFSTOPPED (wstat
)
442 && (WSTOPSIG (wstat
) == SIGTRAP
443 /* SIGILL and SIGSEGV are also treated as traps in case a
444 breakpoint is inserted at the current PC. */
445 || WSTOPSIG (wstat
) == SIGILL
446 || WSTOPSIG (wstat
) == SIGSEGV
));