1 # emacs-buffer.gdb --- gdb macros for recovering buffers from emacs coredumps
3 # Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 # Maintainer: Noah Friedman <friedman@splode.com>
6 # Status: tested with Emacs 22
9 # This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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28 # This is a set of gdb macros for recovering the contents of buffers from
29 # an Emacs coredump; they may not always be file-backed or have a recent
32 # The Emacs executable must have debugging symbols for this to work. But
33 # you never strip Emacs, right? Right!
35 # The main commands of interest are `ybuffer-list', `yfile-buffers',
36 # `ysave-buffer', and `ybuffer-contents'. The `y' prefix avoids any
37 # namespace collisions with emacs/src/.gdbinit.
41 # $ gdb /export/src/emacs/2005-05-02--03-17/src/emacs core.emacs.6.9845
42 # Current directory is /u/noah/
43 # GNU gdb (6.1post-1.20040607.43rh)
45 # #0 0x400007a2 in _dl_sysinfo_int80 () from /lib/ld-linux.so.2
46 # (gdb) source emacs-buffer.gdb
48 # B# M Size Name Mode File
49 # -- - ---- ---- ---- ----
50 # 0 * 556 mail to emacs-devel@gnu.org Mail
51 # 1 * 0 *Minibuf-1* Fundamental
52 # 2 145769 ChangeLog Change Log /u/noah/lib/elisp/noahf/ChangeLog
53 # 3 6619 ascii-table.el Elisp /u/noah/lib/elisp/noahf/ascii-table.el
54 # 4 * 48396 *Messages* Fundamental
55 # 5 3191 *Apropos* Apropos
56 # 6 17642 init-21.el Elisp /u/noah/etc/init/emacs/init-21.el
57 # 7 333 cpuid.c C /u/noah/cpuid.c
60 # 10 * 21 *Echo Area 0* Fundamental
61 # 11 * 0 *Echo Area 1* Fundamental
62 # 12 319952 *bbdb data* Text /u/noah/.bbdb
63 # (gdb) ysave-buffer 0 mail.save
64 # [Wrote buffer "mail to emacs-devel@gnu.org" to file mail.save]
67 # -rw-rw-rw- 1 noah user 556 May 2 04:05 mail.save
72 # Force loading of symbols, enough to give us gdb_valbits etc.
75 # When nonzero, display some extra diagnostics in various commands
77 set $yfile_buffers_only = 0
79 set $tagmask = (((long)1 << gdb_gctypebits) - 1)
80 set $valmask = gdb_use_lsb ? ~($tagmask) : ((long)1 << gdb_valbits) - 1
84 set $ptr = (gdb_use_union ? $ptr.u.val : $ptr & $valmask) | gdb_data_seg_bits
88 set $files_only = $yfile_buffers_only
89 set $yfile_buffers_only = 0
92 printf "B# M Size Name Mode File\n"
93 printf "-- - ---- ---- ---- ----\n"
97 set $alist = Vbuffer_alist
100 set $this = ((struct Lisp_Cons *) $ptr)->car
101 set $alist = ((struct Lisp_Cons *) $ptr)->cdr
103 # Vbuffer_alist elts are pairs of the form (name . buffer)
105 set $buf = ((struct Lisp_Cons *) $ptr)->cdr
107 set $buf = (struct buffer *) $ptr
109 if ! ($files_only && $buf->filename == Qnil)
111 set $name = ((struct Lisp_String *) $ptr)->data
112 set $modp = ($buf->text->modiff > $buf->text->save_modiff) ? '*' : ' '
114 ygetptr $buf->mode_name
115 set $mode = ((struct Lisp_String *) $ptr)->data
117 if $buf->filename != Qnil
118 ygetptr $buf->filename
119 set $filename = ((struct Lisp_String *) $ptr)->data
124 printf "%2d %c %9d %-20s %-10s %s\n", \
125 $i, $modp, ($buf->text->z_byte - 1), $name, $mode, $filename
131 document ybuffer-list
132 Display a list of buffer names, sizes, and other attributes.
133 The buffer number in the first column is used as an argument
134 to some other emacs-buffer recovery commands, e.g. `ysave-buffer'.
138 set $yfile_buffers_only = 1
141 document yfile-buffers
142 Display a list of buffers which are associated with files.
143 This is like `ybuffer-list', but only buffers that were visiting files
150 set $alist = Vbuffer_alist
151 while ($alist != Qnil && $i > 0)
153 set $alist = ((struct Lisp_Cons *) $ptr)->cdr
157 # Get car of alist; this is a pair (name . buffer)
159 set $this = ((struct Lisp_Cons *) $ptr)->car
161 # Get the buffer object
163 set $this = ((struct Lisp_Cons *) $ptr)->cdr
166 set $ycurrent_buffer = (struct buffer *) $ptr
169 Set current buffer (for other emacs-buffer recovery commands) to the ARG'th
170 buffer as displayed by `ybuffer-list'.
173 define yget-buffer-pointers
175 set $buf = $ycurrent_buffer->text
178 set $gap = $beg + $buf->gpt_byte
179 set $gap_end = $gap + $buf->gap_size - 1
180 set $end = $gap_end + ($buf->z_byte - $buf->gpt_byte)
182 set $modp = $buf->modiff > $buf->save_modiff
184 #print *$beg@($gap - $beg)
185 #print *$gap_end@($end - $gap_end)
187 document yget-buffer-pointers
188 Update convenience variables with address pointers for the ARG'th buffer
189 as displayed by `ybuffer-list'.
191 This also sets the current buffer using `yset-buffer' (which see).
194 define yget-current-buffer-name
195 set $this = $ycurrent_buffer->name
197 set $ycurrent_buffer_name = ((struct Lisp_String *) $ptr)->data
199 document yget-current-buffer-name
200 Set $ycurrent_buffer_name to the name of the currently selected buffer.
203 define ycurrent-buffer
204 yget-current-buffer-name
205 printf "%s\n", $ycurrent_buffer_name
207 document ycurrent-buffer
208 Display the currently selected buffer.
212 yget-buffer-pointers $arg0
214 if $buf->z_byte <= $buf->gpt_byte
215 set $endptr = $beg + $buf->gpt_byte - 1
216 dump binary memory $arg1 $beg $endptr
218 dump binary memory $arg1 $beg $gap-1
219 append binary memory $arg1 $gap_end $end
224 document ydump-buffer
225 Write contents of buffer N (as numbered according to `ybuffer-list') to
228 This is mainly used as an internal subroutine for `ysave-buffer' and
229 `ybuffer-contents', which see.
233 ydump-buffer $arg0 $arg1
235 yget-current-buffer-name
237 printf "[Buffer \"%s\" is empty.]\n", $ycurrent_buffer_name
239 # Output string broken into separate calls as necessary to avoid
240 # requiring a running process for evaluation.
241 printf "[Wrote buffer \"%s\" to file ", $ycurrent_buffer_name
246 document ysave-buffer
247 Save contents of buffer N (as numbered according to `ybuffer-list') to
251 define ybuffer-contents
252 ydump-buffer $arg0 /dev/stdout
253 if $yverbose && $buf->z_byte <= 1
254 yget-current-buffer-name
255 printf "[Buffer \"%s\" is empty.]\n", $ycurrent_buffer_name
257 if *($endptr-1) != '\n'
262 document ybuffer-contents
263 Write contents of buffer N (numbered according to `ybuffer-list') to stdout.
270 # arch-tag: 02087f62-2663-4868-977a-1fbb2fc2e7ef