2 This python script adds a new gdb command, "dump-guest-memory". It
3 should be loaded with "source dump-guest-memory.py" at the (gdb)
6 Copyright (C) 2013, Red Hat, Inc.
9 Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
10 Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
12 This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. See
13 the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
18 UINTPTR_T
= gdb
.lookup_type("uintptr_t")
20 TARGET_PAGE_SIZE
= 0x1000
21 TARGET_PAGE_MASK
= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF000
23 # Special value for e_phnum. This indicates that the real number of
24 # program headers is too large to fit into e_phnum. Instead the real
25 # value is in the field sh_info of section 0.
49 """Representation of a ELF file."""
51 def __init__(self
, arch
):
56 self
.endianness
= None
57 self
.elfclass
= ELFCLASS64
59 if arch
== 'aarch64-le':
60 self
.endianness
= ELFDATA2LSB
61 self
.elfclass
= ELFCLASS64
62 self
.ehdr
= get_arch_ehdr(self
.endianness
, self
.elfclass
)
63 self
.ehdr
.e_machine
= EM_AARCH
65 elif arch
== 'aarch64-be':
66 self
.endianness
= ELFDATA2MSB
67 self
.ehdr
= get_arch_ehdr(self
.endianness
, self
.elfclass
)
68 self
.ehdr
.e_machine
= EM_AARCH
70 elif arch
== 'X86_64':
71 self
.endianness
= ELFDATA2LSB
72 self
.ehdr
= get_arch_ehdr(self
.endianness
, self
.elfclass
)
73 self
.ehdr
.e_machine
= EM_X86_64
76 self
.endianness
= ELFDATA2LSB
77 self
.elfclass
= ELFCLASS32
78 self
.ehdr
= get_arch_ehdr(self
.endianness
, self
.elfclass
)
79 self
.ehdr
.e_machine
= EM_386
82 self
.endianness
= ELFDATA2MSB
83 self
.ehdr
= get_arch_ehdr(self
.endianness
, self
.elfclass
)
84 self
.ehdr
.e_machine
= EM_S390
86 elif arch
== 'ppc64-le':
87 self
.endianness
= ELFDATA2LSB
88 self
.ehdr
= get_arch_ehdr(self
.endianness
, self
.elfclass
)
89 self
.ehdr
.e_machine
= EM_PPC64
91 elif arch
== 'ppc64-be':
92 self
.endianness
= ELFDATA2MSB
93 self
.ehdr
= get_arch_ehdr(self
.endianness
, self
.elfclass
)
94 self
.ehdr
.e_machine
= EM_PPC64
97 raise gdb
.GdbError("No valid arch type specified.\n"
98 "Currently supported types:\n"
99 "aarch64-be, aarch64-le, X86_64, 386, s390, "
100 "ppc64-be, ppc64-le")
102 self
.add_segment(PT_NOTE
, 0, 0)
104 def add_note(self
, n_name
, n_desc
, n_type
):
105 """Adds a note to the ELF."""
107 note
= get_arch_note(self
.endianness
, len(n_name
), len(n_desc
))
108 note
.n_namesz
= len(n_name
) + 1
109 note
.n_descsz
= len(n_desc
)
110 note
.n_name
= n_name
.encode()
113 # Desc needs to be 4 byte aligned (although the 64bit spec
114 # specifies 8 byte). When defining n_desc as uint32 it will be
115 # automatically aligned but we need the memmove to copy the
117 ctypes
.memmove(note
.n_desc
, n_desc
.encode(), len(n_desc
))
119 self
.notes
.append(note
)
120 self
.segments
[0].p_filesz
+= ctypes
.sizeof(note
)
121 self
.segments
[0].p_memsz
+= ctypes
.sizeof(note
)
123 def add_segment(self
, p_type
, p_paddr
, p_size
):
124 """Adds a segment to the elf."""
126 phdr
= get_arch_phdr(self
.endianness
, self
.elfclass
)
128 phdr
.p_paddr
= p_paddr
129 phdr
.p_filesz
= p_size
130 phdr
.p_memsz
= p_size
131 self
.segments
.append(phdr
)
132 self
.ehdr
.e_phnum
+= 1
134 def to_file(self
, elf_file
):
135 """Writes all ELF structures to the the passed file.
145 elf_file
.write(self
.ehdr
)
146 off
= ctypes
.sizeof(self
.ehdr
) + \
147 len(self
.segments
) * ctypes
.sizeof(self
.segments
[0])
149 for phdr
in self
.segments
:
154 for note
in self
.notes
:
158 def get_arch_note(endianness
, len_name
, len_desc
):
159 """Returns a Note class with the specified endianness."""
161 if endianness
== ELFDATA2LSB
:
162 superclass
= ctypes
.LittleEndianStructure
164 superclass
= ctypes
.BigEndianStructure
166 len_name
= len_name
+ 1
168 class Note(superclass
):
169 """Represents an ELF note, includes the content."""
171 _fields_
= [("n_namesz", ctypes
.c_uint32
),
172 ("n_descsz", ctypes
.c_uint32
),
173 ("n_type", ctypes
.c_uint32
),
174 ("n_name", ctypes
.c_char
* len_name
),
175 ("n_desc", ctypes
.c_uint32
* ((len_desc
+ 3) // 4))]
179 class Ident(ctypes
.Structure
):
180 """Represents the ELF ident array in the ehdr structure."""
182 _fields_
= [('ei_mag0', ctypes
.c_ubyte
),
183 ('ei_mag1', ctypes
.c_ubyte
),
184 ('ei_mag2', ctypes
.c_ubyte
),
185 ('ei_mag3', ctypes
.c_ubyte
),
186 ('ei_class', ctypes
.c_ubyte
),
187 ('ei_data', ctypes
.c_ubyte
),
188 ('ei_version', ctypes
.c_ubyte
),
189 ('ei_osabi', ctypes
.c_ubyte
),
190 ('ei_abiversion', ctypes
.c_ubyte
),
191 ('ei_pad', ctypes
.c_ubyte
* 7)]
193 def __init__(self
, endianness
, elfclass
):
195 self
.ei_mag1
= ord('E')
196 self
.ei_mag2
= ord('L')
197 self
.ei_mag3
= ord('F')
198 self
.ei_class
= elfclass
199 self
.ei_data
= endianness
200 self
.ei_version
= EV_CURRENT
203 def get_arch_ehdr(endianness
, elfclass
):
204 """Returns a EHDR64 class with the specified endianness."""
206 if endianness
== ELFDATA2LSB
:
207 superclass
= ctypes
.LittleEndianStructure
209 superclass
= ctypes
.BigEndianStructure
211 class EHDR64(superclass
):
212 """Represents the 64 bit ELF header struct."""
214 _fields_
= [('e_ident', Ident
),
215 ('e_type', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
216 ('e_machine', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
217 ('e_version', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
218 ('e_entry', ctypes
.c_uint64
),
219 ('e_phoff', ctypes
.c_uint64
),
220 ('e_shoff', ctypes
.c_uint64
),
221 ('e_flags', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
222 ('e_ehsize', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
223 ('e_phentsize', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
224 ('e_phnum', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
225 ('e_shentsize', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
226 ('e_shnum', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
227 ('e_shstrndx', ctypes
.c_uint16
)]
230 super(superclass
, self
).__init
__()
231 self
.e_ident
= Ident(endianness
, elfclass
)
232 self
.e_type
= ET_CORE
233 self
.e_version
= EV_CURRENT
234 self
.e_ehsize
= ctypes
.sizeof(self
)
235 self
.e_phoff
= ctypes
.sizeof(self
)
236 self
.e_phentsize
= ctypes
.sizeof(get_arch_phdr(endianness
, elfclass
))
240 class EHDR32(superclass
):
241 """Represents the 32 bit ELF header struct."""
243 _fields_
= [('e_ident', Ident
),
244 ('e_type', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
245 ('e_machine', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
246 ('e_version', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
247 ('e_entry', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
248 ('e_phoff', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
249 ('e_shoff', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
250 ('e_flags', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
251 ('e_ehsize', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
252 ('e_phentsize', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
253 ('e_phnum', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
254 ('e_shentsize', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
255 ('e_shnum', ctypes
.c_uint16
),
256 ('e_shstrndx', ctypes
.c_uint16
)]
259 super(superclass
, self
).__init
__()
260 self
.e_ident
= Ident(endianness
, elfclass
)
261 self
.e_type
= ET_CORE
262 self
.e_version
= EV_CURRENT
263 self
.e_ehsize
= ctypes
.sizeof(self
)
264 self
.e_phoff
= ctypes
.sizeof(self
)
265 self
.e_phentsize
= ctypes
.sizeof(get_arch_phdr(endianness
, elfclass
))
269 if elfclass
== ELFCLASS64
:
275 def get_arch_phdr(endianness
, elfclass
):
276 """Returns a 32 or 64 bit PHDR class with the specified endianness."""
278 if endianness
== ELFDATA2LSB
:
279 superclass
= ctypes
.LittleEndianStructure
281 superclass
= ctypes
.BigEndianStructure
283 class PHDR64(superclass
):
284 """Represents the 64 bit ELF program header struct."""
286 _fields_
= [('p_type', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
287 ('p_flags', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
288 ('p_offset', ctypes
.c_uint64
),
289 ('p_vaddr', ctypes
.c_uint64
),
290 ('p_paddr', ctypes
.c_uint64
),
291 ('p_filesz', ctypes
.c_uint64
),
292 ('p_memsz', ctypes
.c_uint64
),
293 ('p_align', ctypes
.c_uint64
)]
295 class PHDR32(superclass
):
296 """Represents the 32 bit ELF program header struct."""
298 _fields_
= [('p_type', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
299 ('p_offset', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
300 ('p_vaddr', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
301 ('p_paddr', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
302 ('p_filesz', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
303 ('p_memsz', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
304 ('p_flags', ctypes
.c_uint32
),
305 ('p_align', ctypes
.c_uint32
)]
308 if elfclass
== ELFCLASS64
:
314 def int128_get64(val
):
315 """Returns low 64bit part of Int128 struct."""
318 assert val
["hi"] == 0
321 u64t
= gdb
.lookup_type('uint64_t').array(2)
323 if sys
.byteorder
== 'little':
331 def qlist_foreach(head
, field_str
):
332 """Generator for qlists."""
334 var_p
= head
["lh_first"]
336 var
= var_p
.dereference()
337 var_p
= var
[field_str
]["le_next"]
341 def qemu_map_ram_ptr(block
, offset
):
342 """Returns qemu vaddr for given guest physical address."""
344 return block
["host"] + offset
347 def memory_region_get_ram_ptr(memory_region
):
348 if memory_region
["alias"] != 0:
349 return (memory_region_get_ram_ptr(memory_region
["alias"].dereference())
350 + memory_region
["alias_offset"])
352 return qemu_map_ram_ptr(memory_region
["ram_block"], 0)
355 def get_guest_phys_blocks():
356 """Returns a list of ram blocks.
358 Each block entry contains:
359 'target_start': guest block phys start address
360 'target_end': guest block phys end address
361 'host_addr': qemu vaddr of the block's start
364 guest_phys_blocks
= []
366 print("guest RAM blocks:")
367 print("target_start target_end host_addr message "
369 print("---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------- "
372 current_map_p
= gdb
.parse_and_eval("address_space_memory.current_map")
373 current_map
= current_map_p
.dereference()
375 # Conversion to int is needed for python 3
376 # compatibility. Otherwise range doesn't cast the value itself and
378 for cur
in range(int(current_map
["nr"])):
379 flat_range
= (current_map
["ranges"] + cur
).dereference()
380 memory_region
= flat_range
["mr"].dereference()
382 # we only care about RAM
383 if not memory_region
["ram"]:
386 section_size
= int128_get64(flat_range
["addr"]["size"])
387 target_start
= int128_get64(flat_range
["addr"]["start"])
388 target_end
= target_start
+ section_size
389 host_addr
= (memory_region_get_ram_ptr(memory_region
)
390 + flat_range
["offset_in_region"])
393 # find continuity in guest physical address space
394 if len(guest_phys_blocks
) > 0:
395 predecessor
= guest_phys_blocks
[-1]
396 predecessor_size
= (predecessor
["target_end"] -
397 predecessor
["target_start"])
399 # the memory API guarantees monotonically increasing
401 assert predecessor
["target_end"] <= target_start
403 # we want continuity in both guest-physical and
404 # host-virtual memory
405 if (predecessor
["target_end"] < target_start
or
406 predecessor
["host_addr"] + predecessor_size
!= host_addr
):
409 if predecessor
is None:
410 # isolated mapping, add it to the list
411 guest_phys_blocks
.append({"target_start": target_start
,
412 "target_end": target_end
,
413 "host_addr": host_addr
})
416 # expand predecessor until @target_end; predecessor's
417 # start doesn't change
418 predecessor
["target_end"] = target_end
421 print("%016x %016x %016x %-7s %5u" %
422 (target_start
, target_end
, host_addr
.cast(UINTPTR_T
),
423 message
, len(guest_phys_blocks
)))
425 return guest_phys_blocks
428 # The leading docstring doesn't have idiomatic Python formatting. It is
429 # printed by gdb's "help" command (the first line is printed in the
430 # "help data" summary), and it should match how other help texts look in
432 class DumpGuestMemory(gdb
.Command
):
433 """Extract guest vmcore from qemu process coredump.
435 The two required arguments are FILE and ARCH:
436 FILE identifies the target file to write the guest vmcore to.
437 ARCH specifies the architecture for which the core will be generated.
439 This GDB command reimplements the dump-guest-memory QMP command in
440 python, using the representation of guest memory as captured in the qemu
441 coredump. The qemu process that has been dumped must have had the
442 command line option "-machine dump-guest-core=on" which is the default.
444 For simplicity, the "paging", "begin" and "end" parameters of the QMP
445 command are not supported -- no attempt is made to get the guest's
446 internal paging structures (ie. paging=false is hard-wired), and guest
447 memory is always fully dumped.
449 Currently aarch64-be, aarch64-le, X86_64, 386, s390, ppc64-be,
450 ppc64-le guests are supported.
452 The CORE/NT_PRSTATUS and QEMU notes (that is, the VCPUs' statuses) are
453 not written to the vmcore. Preparing these would require context that is
454 only present in the KVM host kernel module when the guest is alive. A
455 fake ELF note is written instead, only to keep the ELF parser of "crash"
458 Dependent on how busted the qemu process was at the time of the
459 coredump, this command might produce unpredictable results. If qemu
460 deliberately called abort(), or it was dumped in response to a signal at
461 a halfway fortunate point, then its coredump should be in reasonable
462 shape and this command should mostly work."""
465 super(DumpGuestMemory
, self
).__init
__("dump-guest-memory",
467 gdb
.COMPLETE_FILENAME
)
469 self
.guest_phys_blocks
= None
471 def dump_init(self
, vmcore
):
472 """Prepares and writes ELF structures to core file."""
474 # Needed to make crash happy, data for more useful notes is
475 # not available in a qemu core.
476 self
.elf
.add_note("NONE", "EMPTY", 0)
478 # We should never reach PN_XNUM for paging=false dumps,
479 # there's just a handful of discontiguous ranges after
481 # The constant is needed to account for the PT_NOTE segment.
482 phdr_num
= len(self
.guest_phys_blocks
) + 1
483 assert phdr_num
< PN_XNUM
485 for block
in self
.guest_phys_blocks
:
486 block_size
= block
["target_end"] - block
["target_start"]
487 self
.elf
.add_segment(PT_LOAD
, block
["target_start"], block_size
)
489 self
.elf
.to_file(vmcore
)
491 def dump_iterate(self
, vmcore
):
492 """Writes guest core to file."""
494 qemu_core
= gdb
.inferiors()[0]
495 for block
in self
.guest_phys_blocks
:
496 cur
= block
["host_addr"]
497 left
= block
["target_end"] - block
["target_start"]
498 print("dumping range at %016x for length %016x" %
499 (cur
.cast(UINTPTR_T
), left
))
502 chunk_size
= min(TARGET_PAGE_SIZE
, left
)
503 chunk
= qemu_core
.read_memory(cur
, chunk_size
)
508 def invoke(self
, args
, from_tty
):
509 """Handles command invocation from gdb."""
511 # Unwittingly pressing the Enter key after the command should
512 # not dump the same multi-gig coredump to the same file.
515 argv
= gdb
.string_to_argv(args
)
517 raise gdb
.GdbError("usage: dump-guest-memory FILE ARCH")
519 self
.elf
= ELF(argv
[1])
520 self
.guest_phys_blocks
= get_guest_phys_blocks()
522 with
open(argv
[0], "wb") as vmcore
:
523 self
.dump_init(vmcore
)
524 self
.dump_iterate(vmcore
)