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be4d1333 1/* Generate a core file for the inferior process.
1bac305b 2
0b302171 3 Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4
5 This file is part of GDB.
6
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
a9762ec7 9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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10 (at your option) any later version.
11
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.
16
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
a9762ec7 18 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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19
20#include "defs.h"
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21#include "elf-bfd.h"
22#include "infcall.h"
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23#include "inferior.h"
24#include "gdbcore.h"
be4d1333 25#include "objfiles.h"
de18c1d8 26#include "solib.h"
d3420b2f 27#include "symfile.h"
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28#include "arch-utils.h"
29#include "completer.h"
30#include "gcore.h"
d3420b2f 31#include "cli/cli-decode.h"
d3420b2f 32#include "gdb_assert.h"
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33#include <fcntl.h>
34#include "regcache.h"
35#include "regset.h"
be4d1333 36
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37/* The largest amount of memory to read from the target at once. We
38 must throttle it to limit the amount of memory used by GDB during
39 generate-core-file for programs with large resident data. */
40#define MAX_COPY_BYTES (1024 * 1024)
41
a78c2d62 42static const char *default_gcore_target (void);
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43static enum bfd_architecture default_gcore_arch (void);
44static unsigned long default_gcore_mach (void);
45static int gcore_memory_sections (bfd *);
46
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47/* create_gcore_bfd -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
48 Open a new bfd core file for output, and return the handle. */
be4d1333 49
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50bfd *
51create_gcore_bfd (char *filename)
be4d1333 52{
0156b218 53 bfd *obfd = bfd_openw (filename, default_gcore_target ());
d8734c88 54
d3420b2f 55 if (!obfd)
0156b218 56 error (_("Failed to open '%s' for output."), filename);
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57 bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_core);
58 bfd_set_arch_mach (obfd, default_gcore_arch (), default_gcore_mach ());
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59 return obfd;
60}
61
62/* write_gcore_file -- helper for gcore_command (exported).
63 Compose and write the corefile data to the core file. */
64
65
66void
67write_gcore_file (bfd *obfd)
68{
69 void *note_data = NULL;
70 int note_size = 0;
71 asection *note_sec = NULL;
be4d1333 72
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73 /* An external target method must build the notes section. */
74 note_data = target_make_corefile_notes (obfd, &note_size);
be4d1333 75
d3420b2f 76 /* Create the note section. */
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77 if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
78 {
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79 note_sec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "note0",
80 SEC_HAS_CONTENTS
81 | SEC_READONLY
82 | SEC_ALLOC);
d3420b2f 83 if (note_sec == NULL)
8a3fe4f8 84 error (_("Failed to create 'note' section for corefile: %s"),
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85 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
86
87 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, note_sec, 0);
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88 bfd_set_section_alignment (obfd, note_sec, 0);
89 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, note_sec, note_size);
90 }
91
d3420b2f 92 /* Now create the memory/load sections. */
be4d1333 93 if (gcore_memory_sections (obfd) == 0)
8a3fe4f8 94 error (_("gcore: failed to get corefile memory sections from target."));
be4d1333 95
d3420b2f 96 /* Write out the contents of the note section. */
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97 if (note_data != NULL && note_size != 0)
98 {
99 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, note_sec, note_data, 0, note_size))
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100 warning (_("writing note section (%s)"),
101 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
102 }
103}
104
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105static void
106do_bfd_delete_cleanup (void *arg)
107{
108 bfd *obfd = arg;
109 const char *filename = obfd->filename;
110
111 bfd_close (arg);
112 unlink (filename);
113}
114
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115/* gcore_command -- implements the 'gcore' command.
116 Generate a core file from the inferior process. */
117
118static void
119gcore_command (char *args, int from_tty)
120{
121 struct cleanup *old_chain;
122 char *corefilename, corefilename_buffer[40];
123 bfd *obfd;
124
125 /* No use generating a corefile without a target process. */
126 if (!target_has_execution)
127 noprocess ();
128
129 if (args && *args)
130 corefilename = args;
131 else
132 {
133 /* Default corefile name is "core.PID". */
134 sprintf (corefilename_buffer, "core.%d", PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
135 corefilename = corefilename_buffer;
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136 }
137
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138 if (info_verbose)
139 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout,
140 "Opening corefile '%s' for output.\n", corefilename);
141
142 /* Open the output file. */
143 obfd = create_gcore_bfd (corefilename);
144
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145 /* Need a cleanup that will close and delete the file. */
146 old_chain = make_cleanup (do_bfd_delete_cleanup, obfd);
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147
148 /* Call worker function. */
149 write_gcore_file (obfd);
150
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151 /* Succeeded. */
152 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Saved corefile %s\n", corefilename);
be4d1333 153
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154 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
155 bfd_close (obfd);
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156}
157
158static unsigned long
159default_gcore_mach (void)
160{
d3420b2f 161#if 1 /* See if this even matters... */
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162 return 0;
163#else
1143fffb 164
a78c2d62 165 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
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166
167 if (bfdarch != NULL)
168 return bfdarch->mach;
be4d1333 169 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
8a3fe4f8 170 error (_("Can't find default bfd machine type (need execfile)."));
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171
172 return bfd_get_mach (exec_bfd);
6dbdc4a3 173#endif /* 1 */
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174}
175
176static enum bfd_architecture
177default_gcore_arch (void)
178{
a78c2d62 179 const struct bfd_arch_info *bfdarch = gdbarch_bfd_arch_info (target_gdbarch);
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180
181 if (bfdarch != NULL)
182 return bfdarch->arch;
be4d1333 183 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
8a3fe4f8 184 error (_("Can't find bfd architecture for corefile (need execfile)."));
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185
186 return bfd_get_arch (exec_bfd);
187}
188
a78c2d62 189static const char *
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190default_gcore_target (void)
191{
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192 /* The gdbarch may define a target to use for core files. */
193 if (gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target_p (target_gdbarch))
194 return gdbarch_gcore_bfd_target (target_gdbarch);
195
196 /* Otherwise, try to fall back to the exec_bfd target. This will probably
197 not work for non-ELF targets. */
be4d1333 198 if (exec_bfd == NULL)
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199 return NULL;
200 else
201 return bfd_get_target (exec_bfd);
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202}
203
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204/* Derive a reasonable stack segment by unwinding the target stack,
205 and store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP. Return non-zero if
206 successful. */
be4d1333 207
cbb83bd1 208static int
69db8bae 209derive_stack_segment (bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
be4d1333 210{
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211 struct frame_info *fi, *tmp_fi;
212
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213 gdb_assert (bottom);
214 gdb_assert (top);
be4d1333 215
d3420b2f 216 /* Can't succeed without stack and registers. */
be4d1333 217 if (!target_has_stack || !target_has_registers)
d3420b2f 218 return 0;
be4d1333 219
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220 /* Can't succeed without current frame. */
221 fi = get_current_frame ();
222 if (fi == NULL)
223 return 0;
be4d1333 224
d3420b2f 225 /* Save frame pointer of TOS frame. */
8d357cca 226 *top = get_frame_base (fi);
d3420b2f 227 /* If current stack pointer is more "inner", use that instead. */
40a6adc1 228 if (gdbarch_inner_than (get_frame_arch (fi), get_frame_sp (fi), *top))
fb4443d8 229 *top = get_frame_sp (fi);
be4d1333 230
d3420b2f 231 /* Find prev-most frame. */
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232 while ((tmp_fi = get_prev_frame (fi)) != NULL)
233 fi = tmp_fi;
234
d3420b2f 235 /* Save frame pointer of prev-most frame. */
8d357cca 236 *bottom = get_frame_base (fi);
be4d1333 237
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238 /* Now canonicalize their order, so that BOTTOM is a lower address
239 (as opposed to a lower stack frame). */
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240 if (*bottom > *top)
241 {
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242 bfd_vma tmp_vma;
243
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244 tmp_vma = *top;
245 *top = *bottom;
246 *bottom = tmp_vma;
247 }
248
d3420b2f 249 return 1;
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250}
251
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252/* call_target_sbrk --
253 helper function for derive_heap_segment. */
254
255static bfd_vma
256call_target_sbrk (int sbrk_arg)
257{
258 struct objfile *sbrk_objf;
259 struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
260 bfd_vma top_of_heap;
261 struct value *target_sbrk_arg;
262 struct value *sbrk_fn, *ret;
263 bfd_vma tmp;
264
265 if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
266 {
267 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
268 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
269 return (bfd_vma) 0;
270 }
271 else if (lookup_minimal_symbol ("_sbrk", NULL, NULL) != NULL)
272 {
273 sbrk_fn = find_function_in_inferior ("_sbrk", &sbrk_objf);
274 if (sbrk_fn == NULL)
275 return (bfd_vma) 0;
276 }
277 else
278 return (bfd_vma) 0;
279
280 gdbarch = get_objfile_arch (sbrk_objf);
281 target_sbrk_arg = value_from_longest (builtin_type (gdbarch)->builtin_int,
282 sbrk_arg);
283 gdb_assert (target_sbrk_arg);
284 ret = call_function_by_hand (sbrk_fn, 1, &target_sbrk_arg);
285 if (ret == NULL)
286 return (bfd_vma) 0;
287
288 tmp = value_as_long (ret);
289 if ((LONGEST) tmp <= 0 || (LONGEST) tmp == 0xffffffff)
290 return (bfd_vma) 0;
291
292 top_of_heap = tmp;
293 return top_of_heap;
294}
295
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296/* Derive a reasonable heap segment for ABFD by looking at sbrk and
297 the static data sections. Store its limits in *BOTTOM and *TOP.
298 Return non-zero if successful. */
be4d1333 299
cbb83bd1 300static int
69db8bae 301derive_heap_segment (bfd *abfd, bfd_vma *bottom, bfd_vma *top)
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302{
303 bfd_vma top_of_data_memory = 0;
304 bfd_vma top_of_heap = 0;
305 bfd_size_type sec_size;
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306 bfd_vma sec_vaddr;
307 asection *sec;
308
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309 gdb_assert (bottom);
310 gdb_assert (top);
be4d1333 311
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312 /* This function depends on being able to call a function in the
313 inferior. */
be4d1333 314 if (!target_has_execution)
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315 return 0;
316
317 /* The following code assumes that the link map is arranged as
318 follows (low to high addresses):
be4d1333 319
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320 ---------------------------------
321 | text sections |
322 ---------------------------------
323 | data sections (including bss) |
324 ---------------------------------
325 | heap |
326 --------------------------------- */
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327
328 for (sec = abfd->sections; sec; sec = sec->next)
329 {
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330 if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_DATA
331 || strcmp (".bss", bfd_section_name (abfd, sec)) == 0)
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332 {
333 sec_vaddr = bfd_get_section_vma (abfd, sec);
2c500098 334 sec_size = bfd_get_section_size (sec);
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335 if (sec_vaddr + sec_size > top_of_data_memory)
336 top_of_data_memory = sec_vaddr + sec_size;
337 }
338 }
d3420b2f 339
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340 top_of_heap = call_target_sbrk (0);
341 if (top_of_heap == (bfd_vma) 0)
be4d1333 342 return 0;
be4d1333 343
d3420b2f 344 /* Return results. */
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345 if (top_of_heap > top_of_data_memory)
346 {
347 *bottom = top_of_data_memory;
348 *top = top_of_heap;
d3420b2f 349 return 1;
be4d1333 350 }
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351
352 /* No additional heap space needs to be saved. */
353 return 0;
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354}
355
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356static void
357make_output_phdrs (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
358{
359 int p_flags = 0;
0156b218 360 int p_type = 0;
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361
362 /* FIXME: these constants may only be applicable for ELF. */
20fe79c8 363 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "load", 4) == 0)
be4d1333 364 p_type = PT_LOAD;
0156b218 365 else if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), "note", 4) == 0)
be4d1333 366 p_type = PT_NOTE;
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367 else
368 p_type = PT_NULL;
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369
370 p_flags |= PF_R; /* Segment is readable. */
371 if (!(bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_READONLY))
372 p_flags |= PF_W; /* Segment is writable. */
373 if (bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_CODE)
374 p_flags |= PF_X; /* Segment is executable. */
375
d3420b2f 376 bfd_record_phdr (obfd, p_type, 1, p_flags, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, &osec);
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377}
378
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379static int
380gcore_create_callback (CORE_ADDR vaddr, unsigned long size,
381 int read, int write, int exec, void *data)
be4d1333 382{
cbb83bd1 383 bfd *obfd = data;
be4d1333 384 asection *osec;
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385 flagword flags = SEC_ALLOC | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_LOAD;
386
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387 /* If the memory segment has no permissions set, ignore it, otherwise
388 when we later try to access it for read/write, we'll get an error
389 or jam the kernel. */
390 if (read == 0 && write == 0 && exec == 0)
391 {
392 if (info_verbose)
393 {
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394 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Ignore segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
395 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
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396 }
397
398 return 0;
399 }
400
de18c1d8 401 if (write == 0 && !solib_keep_data_in_core (vaddr, size))
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402 {
403 /* See if this region of memory lies inside a known file on disk.
404 If so, we can avoid copying its contents by clearing SEC_LOAD. */
405 struct objfile *objfile;
406 struct obj_section *objsec;
407
408 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
409 {
410 bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
411 asection *asec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
412 bfd_vma align = (bfd_vma) 1 << bfd_get_section_alignment (abfd,
413 asec);
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414 bfd_vma start = obj_section_addr (objsec) & -align;
415 bfd_vma end = (obj_section_endaddr (objsec) + align - 1) & -align;
d8734c88 416
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417 /* Match if either the entire memory region lies inside the
418 section (i.e. a mapping covering some pages of a large
419 segment) or the entire section lies inside the memory region
420 (i.e. a mapping covering multiple small sections).
421
422 This BFD was synthesized from reading target memory,
423 we don't want to omit that. */
424 if (((vaddr >= start && vaddr + size <= end)
425 || (start >= vaddr && end <= vaddr + size))
426 && !(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & BFD_IN_MEMORY))
427 {
349126ea 428 flags &= ~(SEC_LOAD | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS);
0963b4bd 429 goto keep; /* Break out of two nested for loops. */
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430 }
431 }
432
433 keep:
434 flags |= SEC_READONLY;
435 }
436
437 if (exec)
438 flags |= SEC_CODE;
439 else
440 flags |= SEC_DATA;
be4d1333 441
52b57208 442 osec = bfd_make_section_anyway_with_flags (obfd, "load", flags);
d3420b2f 443 if (osec == NULL)
be4d1333 444 {
8a3fe4f8 445 warning (_("Couldn't make gcore segment: %s"),
be4d1333 446 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
cbb83bd1 447 return 1;
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448 }
449
450 if (info_verbose)
451 {
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452 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stdout, "Save segment, %s bytes at %s\n",
453 plongest (size), paddress (target_gdbarch, vaddr));
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454 }
455
456 bfd_set_section_size (obfd, osec, size);
cbb83bd1 457 bfd_set_section_vma (obfd, osec, vaddr);
d3420b2f 458 bfd_section_lma (obfd, osec) = 0; /* ??? bfd_set_section_lma? */
cbb83bd1 459 return 0;
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460}
461
462static int
b8edc417 463objfile_find_memory_regions (find_memory_region_ftype func, void *obfd)
be4d1333 464{
d3420b2f 465 /* Use objfile data to create memory sections. */
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466 struct objfile *objfile;
467 struct obj_section *objsec;
468 bfd_vma temp_bottom, temp_top;
469
d3420b2f 470 /* Call callback function for each objfile section. */
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471 ALL_OBJSECTIONS (objfile, objsec)
472 {
473 bfd *ibfd = objfile->obfd;
474 asection *isec = objsec->the_bfd_section;
475 flagword flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isec);
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476
477 if ((flags & SEC_ALLOC) || (flags & SEC_LOAD))
478 {
479 int size = bfd_section_size (ibfd, isec);
480 int ret;
481
c6913b7d 482 ret = (*func) (obj_section_addr (objsec), size,
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483 1, /* All sections will be readable. */
484 (flags & SEC_READONLY) == 0, /* Writable. */
485 (flags & SEC_CODE) != 0, /* Executable. */
486 obfd);
487 if (ret != 0)
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488 return ret;
489 }
490 }
491
d3420b2f 492 /* Make a stack segment. */
be4d1333 493 if (derive_stack_segment (&temp_bottom, &temp_top))
cbb83bd1 494 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
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495 1, /* Stack section will be readable. */
496 1, /* Stack section will be writable. */
497 0, /* Stack section will not be executable. */
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498 obfd);
499
0963b4bd 500 /* Make a heap segment. */
be4d1333 501 if (derive_heap_segment (exec_bfd, &temp_bottom, &temp_top))
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502 (*func) (temp_bottom, temp_top - temp_bottom,
503 1, /* Heap section will be readable. */
504 1, /* Heap section will be writable. */
505 0, /* Heap section will not be executable. */
be4d1333 506 obfd);
d3420b2f 507
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508 return 0;
509}
510
511static void
512gcore_copy_callback (bfd *obfd, asection *osec, void *ignored)
513{
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514 bfd_size_type size, total_size = bfd_section_size (obfd, osec);
515 file_ptr offset = 0;
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516 struct cleanup *old_chain = NULL;
517 void *memhunk;
518
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519 /* Read-only sections are marked; we don't have to copy their contents. */
520 if ((bfd_get_section_flags (obfd, osec) & SEC_LOAD) == 0)
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521 return;
522
523 /* Only interested in "load" sections. */
20fe79c8 524 if (strncmp ("load", bfd_section_name (obfd, osec), 4) != 0)
d3420b2f 525 return;
be4d1333 526
804e0f53 527 size = min (total_size, MAX_COPY_BYTES);
d3420b2f 528 memhunk = xmalloc (size);
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529 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, memhunk);
530
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531 while (total_size > 0)
532 {
533 if (size > total_size)
534 size = total_size;
535
536 if (target_read_memory (bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec) + offset,
537 memhunk, size) != 0)
538 {
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539 warning (_("Memory read failed for corefile "
540 "section, %s bytes at %s."),
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541 plongest (size),
542 paddress (target_gdbarch, bfd_section_vma (obfd, osec)));
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543 break;
544 }
545 if (!bfd_set_section_contents (obfd, osec, memhunk, offset, size))
546 {
547 warning (_("Failed to write corefile contents (%s)."),
548 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
549 break;
550 }
551
552 total_size -= size;
553 offset += size;
554 }
be4d1333 555
d3420b2f 556 do_cleanups (old_chain); /* Frees MEMHUNK. */
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557}
558
559static int
560gcore_memory_sections (bfd *obfd)
561{
562 if (target_find_memory_regions (gcore_create_callback, obfd) != 0)
d3420b2f 563 return 0; /* FIXME: error return/msg? */
be4d1333 564
d3420b2f 565 /* Record phdrs for section-to-segment mapping. */
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566 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, make_output_phdrs, NULL);
567
d3420b2f 568 /* Copy memory region contents. */
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569 bfd_map_over_sections (obfd, gcore_copy_callback, NULL);
570
d3420b2f 571 return 1;
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572}
573
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574/* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
575extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_gcore;
576
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577void
578_initialize_gcore (void)
579{
1bedd215 580 add_com ("generate-core-file", class_files, gcore_command, _("\
d3420b2f 581Save a core file with the current state of the debugged process.\n\
1bedd215 582Argument is optional filename. Default filename is 'core.<process_id>'."));
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583
584 add_com_alias ("gcore", "generate-core-file", class_files, 1);
585 exec_set_find_memory_regions (objfile_find_memory_regions);
586}
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