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be4d1333 1/* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
1bac305b 2
4c38e0a4 3 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
804e0f53 4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5
6 This file is part of GDB.
7
8 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
a9762ec7 10 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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11 (at your option) any later version.
12
13 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 GNU General Public License for more details.
17
18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
a9762ec7 19 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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20
21#include "defs.h"
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22#include "elf-bfd.h"
23#include "infcall.h"
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24#include "inferior.h"
25#include "gdbcore.h"
be4d1333 26#include "objfiles.h"
de18c1d8 27#include "solib.h"
d3420b2f 28#include "symfile.h"
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29#include "arch-utils.h"
30#include "completer.h"
31#include "gcore.h"
d3420b2f 32#include "cli/cli-decode.h"
d3420b2f 33#include "gdb_assert.h"
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34#include <fcntl.h>
35#include "regcache.h"
36#include "regset.h"
be4d1333 37
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38/* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
39 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
40 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
41#define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
42
a78c2d62 43static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
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44static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
45static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
46static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
47
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48/* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
49 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
be4d1333 50
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51bfd *
52create_gcore_bfd (char *filename)
be4d1333 53{
0156b218 54 bfd *obfd = bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ());
d8734c88 55
d3420b2f 56 if (!obfd)
0156b218 57 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
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58 bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
59 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
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60 return obfd;
61}
62
63/* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
64 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
65
66
67void
68write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
69{
70 void *note_data = NULL;
71 int note_size = 0;
72 asection *note_sec = NULL;
be4d1333 73
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74 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
75 note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
be4d1333 76
d3420b2f 77 /* Create the note section. */
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78 if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
79 {
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80 note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
81 SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
82 | SEC_READONLY
83 | SEC_ALLOC);
d3420b2f 84 if (note_sec == NULL)
8a3fe4f8 85 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
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86 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
87
88 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
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89 bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
90 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
91 }
92
d3420b2f 93 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
be4d1333 94 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
8a3fe4f8 95 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
be4d1333 96
d3420b2f 97 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
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98 if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
99 {
100 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
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101 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"),
102 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
103 }
104}
105
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106static void
107do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
108{
109 bfd *obfd = arg;
110 const char *filename = obfd->filename;
111
112 bfd_close (arg);
113 unlink (filename);
114}
115
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116/* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
117 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
118
119static void
120gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
121{
122 struct cleanup *old_chain;
123 char *corefilename, corefilename_buffer[40];
124 bfd *obfd;
125
126 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
127 if (!target_has_execution)
128 noprocess ();
129
130 if (args && *args)
131 corefilename = args;
132 else
133 {
134 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
135 sprintf (corefilename_buffer, "core.%d", PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
136 corefilename = corefilename_buffer;
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137 }
138
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139 if (info_verbose)
140 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
141 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
142
143 /* Open the output file. */
144 obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
145
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146 /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file. */
147 old_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
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148
149 /* Call worker function. */
150 write_gcore_file (obfd);
151
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152 /* Succeeded. */
153 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
be4d1333 154
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155 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
156 bfd_close (obfd);
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157}
158
159static unsigned long
160default_gcore_mach (void)
161{
d3420b2f 162#if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
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163 return 0;
164#else
1143fffb 165
a78c2d62 166 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
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167
168 if (bfdarch != NULL)
169 return bfdarch->mach;
be4d1333 170 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
8a3fe4f8 171 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
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172
173 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
6dbdc4a3 174#endif /* 1 */
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175}
176
177static enum bfd_architecture
178default_gcore_arch (void)
179{
a78c2d62 180 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
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181
182 if (bfdarch != NULL)
183 return bfdarch->arch;
be4d1333 184 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
8a3fe4f8 185 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
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186
187 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
188}
189
a78c2d62 190static const char *
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191default_gcore_target (void)
192{
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193 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
194 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch))
195 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch);
196
197 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
198 not work for non-ELF targets. */
be4d1333 199 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
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200 return NULL;
201 else
202 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
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203}
204
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205/* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
206 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
207 successful. */
be4d1333 208
cbb83bd1 209static int
69db8bae 210derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
be4d1333 211{
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212 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
213
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214 gdb_assert (bottom);
215 gdb_assert (top);
be4d1333 216
d3420b2f 217 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
be4d1333 218 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
d3420b2f 219 return 0;
be4d1333 220
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221 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
222 fi = get_current_frame ();
223 if (fi == NULL)
224 return 0;
be4d1333 225
d3420b2f 226 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
8d357cca 227 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
d3420b2f 228 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
40a6adc1 229 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
fb4443d8 230 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
be4d1333 231
d3420b2f 232 /* Find prev-most frame. */
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233 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
234 fi = tmp_fi;
235
d3420b2f 236 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
8d357cca 237 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
be4d1333 238
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239 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
240 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
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241 if (*bottom > *top)
242 {
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243 bfd_vma tmp_vma;
244
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245 tmp_vma = *top;
246 *top = *bottom;
247 *bottom = tmp_vma;
248 }
249
d3420b2f 250 return 1;
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251}
252
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253/* call_target_sbrk --
254 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
255
256static bfd_vma
257call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
258{
259 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
260 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
261 bfd_vma top_of_heap;
262 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
263 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
264 bfd_vma tmp;
265
266 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
267 {
268 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
269 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
270 return (bfd_vma) 0;
271 }
272 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
273 {
274 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
275 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
276 return (bfd_vma) 0;
277 }
278 else
279 return (bfd_vma) 0;
280
281 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
282 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
283 sbrk_arg);
284 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
285 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
286 if (ret == NULL)
287 return (bfd_vma) 0;
288
289 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
290 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
291 return (bfd_vma) 0;
292
293 top_of_heap = tmp;
294 return top_of_heap;
295}
296
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297/* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
298 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
299 Return non-zero if successful. */
be4d1333 300
cbb83bd1 301static int
69db8bae 302derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
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303{
304 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
305 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
306 bfd_size_type sec_size;
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307 bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
308 asection *sec;
309
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310 gdb_assert (bottom);
311 gdb_assert (top);
be4d1333 312
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313 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
314 inferior. */
be4d1333 315 if (!target_has_execution)
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316 return 0;
317
318 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
319 follows (low to high addresses):
be4d1333 320
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321 ---------------------------------
322 | text sections |
323 ---------------------------------
324 | data sections (including bss) |
325 ---------------------------------
326 | heap |
327 --------------------------------- */
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328
329 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
330 {
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331 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
332 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
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333 {
334 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
2c500098 335 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
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336 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
337 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
338 }
339 }
d3420b2f 340
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341 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
342 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
be4d1333 343 return 0;
be4d1333 344
d3420b2f 345 /* Return results. */
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346 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
347 {
348 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
349 *top = top_of_heap;
d3420b2f 350 return 1;
be4d1333 351 }
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352
353 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
354 return 0;
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355}
356
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357static void
358make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
359{
360 int p_flags = 0;
0156b218 361 int p_type = 0;
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362
363 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
20fe79c8 364 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
be4d1333 365 p_type = PT_LOAD;
0156b218 366 else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
be4d1333 367 p_type = PT_NOTE;
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368 else
369 p_type = PT_NULL;
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370
371 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
372 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
373 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
374 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
375 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
376
d3420b2f 377 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
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378}
379
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380static int
381gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size,
382 int read, int write, int exec, void *data)
be4d1333 383{
cbb83bd1 384 bfd *obfd = data;
be4d1333 385 asection *osec;
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386 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
387
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388 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
389 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
390 or jam the kernel. */
391 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0)
392 {
393 if (info_verbose)
394 {
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395 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
396 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
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397 }
398
399 return 0;
400 }
401
de18c1d8 402 if (write == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
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403 {
404 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
405 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
406 struct objfile *objfile;
407 struct obj_section *objsec;
408
409 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
410 {
411 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
412 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
413 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
414 asec);
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415 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
416 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
d8734c88 417
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418 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
419 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
420 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
421 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
422
423 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
424 we don't want to omit that. */
425 if (((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
426 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
427 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
428 {
429 flags &= ~SEC_LOAD;
52b57208 430 flags |= SEC_NEVER_LOAD;
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431 goto keep; /* break out of two nested for loops */
432 }
433 }
434
435 keep:
436 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
437 }
438
439 if (exec)
440 flags |= SEC_CODE;
441 else
442 flags |= SEC_DATA;
be4d1333 443
52b57208 444 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
d3420b2f 445 if (osec == NULL)
be4d1333 446 {
8a3fe4f8 447 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
be4d1333 448 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
cbb83bd1 449 return 1;
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450 }
451
452 if (info_verbose)
453 {
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454 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
455 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
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456 }
457
458 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
cbb83bd1 459 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
d3420b2f 460 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
cbb83bd1 461 return 0;
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462}
463
464static int
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465objfile_find_memory_regions (int (*func) (CORE_ADDR, unsigned long,
466 int, int, int, void *),
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467 void *obfd)
468{
d3420b2f 469 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
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470 struct objfile *objfile;
471 struct obj_section *objsec;
472 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
473
d3420b2f 474 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
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475 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
476 {
477 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
478 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
479 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
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480
481 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
482 {
483 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
484 int ret;
485
c6913b7d 486 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
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487 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
488 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
489 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
490 obfd);
491 if (ret != 0)
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492 return ret;
493 }
494 }
495
d3420b2f 496 /* Make a stack segment. */
be4d1333 497 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
cbb83bd1 498 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
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499 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
500 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
501 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
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502 obfd);
503
504 /* Make a heap segment. */
505 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
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506 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
507 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
508 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
509 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
be4d1333 510 obfd);
d3420b2f 511
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512 return 0;
513}
514
515static void
516gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
517{
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518 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
519 file_ptr offset = 0;
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520 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
521 void *memhunk;
522
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523 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
524 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
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525 return;
526
527 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
20fe79c8 528 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
d3420b2f 529 return;
be4d1333 530
804e0f53 531 size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
d3420b2f 532 memhunk = xmalloc (size);
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533 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
534
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535 while (total_size > 0)
536 {
537 if (size > total_size)
538 size = total_size;
539
540 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
541 memhunk, size) != 0)
542 {
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543 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile section, %s bytes at %s."),
544 plongest (size),
545 paddress (target_gdbarch, bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
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546 break;
547 }
548 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
549 {
550 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
551 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
552 break;
553 }
554
555 total_size -= size;
556 offset += size;
557 }
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d3420b2f 559 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
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560}
561
562static int
563gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
564{
565 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
d3420b2f 566 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
be4d1333 567
d3420b2f 568 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
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569 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
570
d3420b2f 571 /* Copy memory region contents. */
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572 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
573
d3420b2f 574 return 1;
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575}
576
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577/* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
578extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
579
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580void
581_initialize_gcore (void)
582{
1bedd215 583 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
d3420b2f 584Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
1bedd215 585Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
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587 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
588 exec_set_find_memory_regions (objfile_find_memory_regions);
589}
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