1 /* Core dump and executable file functions below target vector, for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1986-1987, 1989, 1991-2001, 2003-2012 Free Software
6 This file is part of GDB.
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19 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
22 #include "arch-utils.h"
23 #include "gdb_string.h"
27 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
28 #include <sys/file.h> /* needed for F_OK and friends */
30 #include "frame.h" /* required by inferior.h */
37 #include "gdbthread.h"
42 #include "readline/readline.h"
43 #include "gdb_assert.h"
44 #include "exceptions.h"
46 #include "filenames.h"
47 #include "progspace.h"
55 /* List of all available core_fns. On gdb startup, each core file
56 register reader calls deprecated_add_core_fns() to register
57 information on each core format it is prepared to read. */
59 static struct core_fns
*core_file_fns
= NULL
;
61 /* The core_fns for a core file handler that is prepared to read the
62 core file currently open on core_bfd. */
64 static struct core_fns
*core_vec
= NULL
;
66 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: Eventually this variable should
69 struct gdbarch
*core_gdbarch
= NULL
;
71 /* Per-core data. Currently, only the section table. Note that these
72 target sections are *not* mapped in the current address spaces' set
73 of target sections --- those should come only from pure executable
74 or shared library bfds. The core bfd sections are an
75 implementation detail of the core target, just like ptrace is for
76 unix child targets. */
77 static struct target_section_table
*core_data
;
79 static void core_files_info (struct target_ops
*);
81 static struct core_fns
*sniff_core_bfd (bfd
*);
83 static int gdb_check_format (bfd
*);
85 static void core_open (char *, int);
87 static void core_detach (struct target_ops
*ops
, char *, int);
89 static void core_close (int);
91 static void core_close_cleanup (void *ignore
);
93 static void add_to_thread_list (bfd
*, asection
*, void *);
95 static void init_core_ops (void);
97 void _initialize_corelow (void);
99 static struct target_ops core_ops
;
101 /* An arbitrary identifier for the core inferior. */
102 #define CORELOW_PID 1
104 /* Link a new core_fns into the global core_file_fns list. Called on
105 gdb startup by the _initialize routine in each core file register
106 reader, to register information about each format the reader is
107 prepared to handle. */
110 deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns
*cf
)
112 cf
->next
= core_file_fns
;
116 /* The default function that core file handlers can use to examine a
117 core file BFD and decide whether or not to accept the job of
118 reading the core file. */
121 default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns
*our_fns
, bfd
*abfd
)
125 result
= (bfd_get_flavour (abfd
) == our_fns
-> core_flavour
);
129 /* Walk through the list of core functions to find a set that can
130 handle the core file open on ABFD. Returns pointer to set that is
133 static struct core_fns
*
134 sniff_core_bfd (bfd
*abfd
)
137 struct core_fns
*yummy
= NULL
;
140 /* Don't sniff if we have support for register sets in
142 if (core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch
))
145 for (cf
= core_file_fns
; cf
!= NULL
; cf
= cf
->next
)
147 if (cf
->core_sniffer (cf
, abfd
))
155 warning (_("\"%s\": ambiguous core format, %d handlers match"),
156 bfd_get_filename (abfd
), matches
);
158 else if (matches
== 0)
159 error (_("\"%s\": no core file handler recognizes format"),
160 bfd_get_filename (abfd
));
165 /* The default is to reject every core file format we see. Either
166 BFD has to recognize it, or we have to provide a function in the
167 core file handler that recognizes it. */
170 default_check_format (bfd
*abfd
)
175 /* Attempt to recognize core file formats that BFD rejects. */
178 gdb_check_format (bfd
*abfd
)
182 for (cf
= core_file_fns
; cf
!= NULL
; cf
= cf
->next
)
184 if (cf
->check_format (abfd
))
192 /* Discard all vestiges of any previous core file and mark data and
193 stack spaces as empty. */
196 core_close (int quitting
)
202 int pid
= ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid
);
203 inferior_ptid
= null_ptid
; /* Avoid confusion from thread
206 exit_inferior_silent (pid
);
208 /* Clear out solib state while the bfd is still open. See
209 comments in clear_solib in solib.c. */
214 xfree (core_data
->sections
);
219 gdb_bfd_unref (core_bfd
);
227 core_close_cleanup (void *ignore
)
229 core_close (0/*ignored*/);
232 /* Look for sections whose names start with `.reg/' so that we can
233 extract the list of threads in a core file. */
236 add_to_thread_list (bfd
*abfd
, asection
*asect
, void *reg_sect_arg
)
241 asection
*reg_sect
= (asection
*) reg_sect_arg
;
243 struct inferior
*inf
;
245 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (abfd
, asect
), ".reg/", 5) != 0)
248 core_tid
= atoi (bfd_section_name (abfd
, asect
) + 5);
250 pid
= bfd_core_file_pid (core_bfd
);
259 inf
= current_inferior ();
262 inferior_appeared (inf
, pid
);
263 inf
->fake_pid_p
= fake_pid_p
;
266 ptid
= ptid_build (pid
, lwpid
, 0);
270 /* Warning, Will Robinson, looking at BFD private data! */
273 && asect
->filepos
== reg_sect
->filepos
) /* Did we find .reg? */
274 inferior_ptid
= ptid
; /* Yes, make it current. */
277 /* This routine opens and sets up the core file bfd. */
280 core_open (char *filename
, int from_tty
)
284 struct cleanup
*old_chain
;
289 volatile struct gdb_exception except
;
291 target_preopen (from_tty
);
295 error (_("No core file specified. (Use `detach' "
296 "to stop debugging a core file.)"));
298 error (_("No core file specified."));
301 filename
= tilde_expand (filename
);
302 if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (filename
))
304 temp
= concat (current_directory
, "/",
305 filename
, (char *) NULL
);
310 old_chain
= make_cleanup (xfree
, filename
);
312 flags
= O_BINARY
| O_LARGEFILE
;
317 scratch_chan
= open (filename
, flags
, 0);
318 if (scratch_chan
< 0)
319 perror_with_name (filename
);
321 temp_bfd
= gdb_bfd_fopen (filename
, gnutarget
,
322 write_files
? FOPEN_RUB
: FOPEN_RB
,
324 if (temp_bfd
== NULL
)
325 perror_with_name (filename
);
327 if (!bfd_check_format (temp_bfd
, bfd_core
)
328 && !gdb_check_format (temp_bfd
))
330 /* Do it after the err msg */
331 /* FIXME: should be checking for errors from bfd_close (for one
332 thing, on error it does not free all the storage associated
334 make_cleanup_bfd_unref (temp_bfd
);
335 error (_("\"%s\" is not a core dump: %s"),
336 filename
, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
339 /* Looks semi-reasonable. Toss the old core file and work on the
342 do_cleanups (old_chain
);
343 unpush_target (&core_ops
);
345 old_chain
= make_cleanup (core_close_cleanup
, 0 /*ignore*/);
347 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: This is very dangerous. The
348 CORE_GDBARCH that results from this call may very well be
349 different from CURRENT_GDBARCH. However, its methods may only
350 work if it is selected as the current architecture, because they
351 rely on swapped data (see gdbarch.c). We should get rid of that
353 core_gdbarch
= gdbarch_from_bfd (core_bfd
);
355 /* Find a suitable core file handler to munch on core_bfd */
356 core_vec
= sniff_core_bfd (core_bfd
);
360 core_data
= XZALLOC (struct target_section_table
);
362 /* Find the data section */
363 if (build_section_table (core_bfd
,
364 &core_data
->sections
,
365 &core_data
->sections_end
))
366 error (_("\"%s\": Can't find sections: %s"),
367 bfd_get_filename (core_bfd
), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
369 /* If we have no exec file, try to set the architecture from the
370 core file. We don't do this unconditionally since an exec file
371 typically contains more information that helps us determine the
372 architecture than a core file. */
374 set_gdbarch_from_file (core_bfd
);
376 push_target (&core_ops
);
377 discard_cleanups (old_chain
);
379 /* Do this before acknowledging the inferior, so if
380 post_create_inferior throws (can happen easilly if you're loading
381 a core file with the wrong exec), we aren't left with threads
382 from the previous inferior. */
385 inferior_ptid
= null_ptid
;
387 /* Need to flush the register cache (and the frame cache) from a
388 previous debug session. If inferior_ptid ends up the same as the
389 last debug session --- e.g., b foo; run; gcore core1; step; gcore
390 core2; core core1; core core2 --- then there's potential for
391 get_current_regcache to return the cached regcache of the
392 previous session, and the frame cache being stale. */
393 registers_changed ();
395 /* Build up thread list from BFD sections, and possibly set the
396 current thread to the .reg/NN section matching the .reg
398 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd
, add_to_thread_list
,
399 bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, ".reg"));
401 if (ptid_equal (inferior_ptid
, null_ptid
))
403 /* Either we found no .reg/NN section, and hence we have a
404 non-threaded core (single-threaded, from gdb's perspective),
405 or for some reason add_to_thread_list couldn't determine
406 which was the "main" thread. The latter case shouldn't
407 usually happen, but we're dealing with input here, which can
408 always be broken in different ways. */
409 struct thread_info
*thread
= first_thread_of_process (-1);
413 inferior_appeared (current_inferior (), CORELOW_PID
);
414 inferior_ptid
= pid_to_ptid (CORELOW_PID
);
415 add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid
);
418 switch_to_thread (thread
->ptid
);
421 post_create_inferior (&core_ops
, from_tty
);
423 /* Now go through the target stack looking for threads since there
424 may be a thread_stratum target loaded on top of target core by
425 now. The layer above should claim threads found in the BFD
427 TRY_CATCH (except
, RETURN_MASK_ERROR
)
429 target_find_new_threads ();
432 if (except
.reason
< 0)
433 exception_print (gdb_stderr
, except
);
435 p
= bfd_core_file_failing_command (core_bfd
);
437 printf_filtered (_("Core was generated by `%s'.\n"), p
);
439 siggy
= bfd_core_file_failing_signal (core_bfd
);
442 /* If we don't have a CORE_GDBARCH to work with, assume a native
443 core (map gdb_signal from host signals). If we do have
444 CORE_GDBARCH to work with, but no gdb_signal_from_target
445 implementation for that gdbarch, as a fallback measure,
446 assume the host signal mapping. It'll be correct for native
447 cores, but most likely incorrect for cross-cores. */
448 enum gdb_signal sig
= (core_gdbarch
!= NULL
449 && gdbarch_gdb_signal_from_target_p (core_gdbarch
)
450 ? gdbarch_gdb_signal_from_target (core_gdbarch
,
452 : gdb_signal_from_host (siggy
));
454 printf_filtered (_("Program terminated with signal %d, %s.\n"),
455 siggy
, gdb_signal_to_string (sig
));
458 /* Fetch all registers from core file. */
459 target_fetch_registers (get_current_regcache (), -1);
461 /* Now, set up the frame cache, and print the top of stack. */
462 reinit_frame_cache ();
463 print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (NULL
), 1, SRC_AND_LOC
);
467 core_detach (struct target_ops
*ops
, char *args
, int from_tty
)
470 error (_("Too many arguments"));
472 reinit_frame_cache ();
474 printf_filtered (_("No core file now.\n"));
477 #ifdef DEPRECATED_IBM6000_TARGET
479 /* Resize the core memory's section table, by NUM_ADDED. Returns a
480 pointer into the first new slot. This will not be necessary when
481 the rs6000 target is converted to use the standard solib
484 struct target_section
*
485 deprecated_core_resize_section_table (int num_added
)
489 old_count
= resize_section_table (core_data
, num_added
);
490 return core_data
->sections
+ old_count
;
495 /* Try to retrieve registers from a section in core_bfd, and supply
496 them to core_vec->core_read_registers, as the register set numbered
499 If inferior_ptid's lwp member is zero, do the single-threaded
500 thing: look for a section named NAME. If inferior_ptid's lwp
501 member is non-zero, do the multi-threaded thing: look for a section
502 named "NAME/LWP", where LWP is the shortest ASCII decimal
503 representation of inferior_ptid's lwp member.
505 HUMAN_NAME is a human-readable name for the kind of registers the
506 NAME section contains, for use in error messages.
508 If REQUIRED is non-zero, print an error if the core file doesn't
509 have a section by the appropriate name. Otherwise, just do
513 get_core_register_section (struct regcache
*regcache
,
516 const char *human_name
,
519 static char *section_name
= NULL
;
520 struct bfd_section
*section
;
524 xfree (section_name
);
526 if (ptid_get_lwp (inferior_ptid
))
527 section_name
= xstrprintf ("%s/%ld", name
,
528 ptid_get_lwp (inferior_ptid
));
530 section_name
= xstrdup (name
);
532 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, section_name
);
536 warning (_("Couldn't find %s registers in core file."),
541 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
542 contents
= alloca (size
);
543 if (! bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, contents
,
546 warning (_("Couldn't read %s registers from `%s' section in core file."),
551 if (core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch
))
553 const struct regset
*regset
;
555 regset
= gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (core_gdbarch
,
560 warning (_("Couldn't recognize %s registers in core file."),
565 regset
->supply_regset (regset
, regcache
, -1, contents
, size
);
569 gdb_assert (core_vec
);
570 core_vec
->core_read_registers (regcache
, contents
, size
, which
,
572 bfd_section_vma (core_bfd
, section
)));
576 /* Get the registers out of a core file. This is the machine-
577 independent part. Fetch_core_registers is the machine-dependent
578 part, typically implemented in the xm-file for each
581 /* We just get all the registers, so we don't use regno. */
584 get_core_registers (struct target_ops
*ops
,
585 struct regcache
*regcache
, int regno
)
587 struct core_regset_section
*sect_list
;
590 if (!(core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch
))
591 && (core_vec
== NULL
|| core_vec
->core_read_registers
== NULL
))
593 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stderr
,
594 "Can't fetch registers from this type of core file\n");
598 sect_list
= gdbarch_core_regset_sections (get_regcache_arch (regcache
));
600 while (sect_list
->sect_name
!= NULL
)
602 if (strcmp (sect_list
->sect_name
, ".reg") == 0)
603 get_core_register_section (regcache
, sect_list
->sect_name
,
604 0, sect_list
->human_name
, 1);
605 else if (strcmp (sect_list
->sect_name
, ".reg2") == 0)
606 get_core_register_section (regcache
, sect_list
->sect_name
,
607 2, sect_list
->human_name
, 0);
609 get_core_register_section (regcache
, sect_list
->sect_name
,
610 3, sect_list
->human_name
, 0);
617 get_core_register_section (regcache
,
618 ".reg", 0, "general-purpose", 1);
619 get_core_register_section (regcache
,
620 ".reg2", 2, "floating-point", 0);
623 /* Mark all registers not found in the core as unavailable. */
624 for (i
= 0; i
< gdbarch_num_regs (get_regcache_arch (regcache
)); i
++)
625 if (regcache_register_status (regcache
, i
) == REG_UNKNOWN
)
626 regcache_raw_supply (regcache
, i
, NULL
);
630 core_files_info (struct target_ops
*t
)
632 print_section_info (core_data
, core_bfd
);
645 add_to_spuid_list (bfd
*abfd
, asection
*asect
, void *list_p
)
647 struct spuid_list
*list
= list_p
;
648 enum bfd_endian byte_order
649 = bfd_big_endian (abfd
) ? BFD_ENDIAN_BIG
: BFD_ENDIAN_LITTLE
;
652 sscanf (bfd_section_name (abfd
, asect
), "SPU/%d/regs%n", &fd
, &pos
);
656 if (list
->pos
>= list
->offset
&& list
->pos
+ 4 <= list
->offset
+ list
->len
)
658 store_unsigned_integer (list
->buf
+ list
->pos
- list
->offset
,
666 core_xfer_partial (struct target_ops
*ops
, enum target_object object
,
667 const char *annex
, gdb_byte
*readbuf
,
668 const gdb_byte
*writebuf
, ULONGEST offset
,
673 case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY
:
674 return section_table_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf
, writebuf
,
677 core_data
->sections_end
,
680 case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV
:
683 /* When the aux vector is stored in core file, BFD
684 represents this with a fake section called ".auxv". */
686 struct bfd_section
*section
;
689 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, ".auxv");
693 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
700 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, readbuf
,
701 (file_ptr
) offset
, size
))
703 warning (_("Couldn't read NT_AUXV note in core file."));
711 case TARGET_OBJECT_WCOOKIE
:
714 /* When the StackGhost cookie is stored in core file, BFD
715 represents this with a fake section called
718 struct bfd_section
*section
;
721 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, ".wcookie");
725 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
732 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, readbuf
,
733 (file_ptr
) offset
, size
))
735 warning (_("Couldn't read StackGhost cookie in core file."));
743 case TARGET_OBJECT_LIBRARIES
:
745 && gdbarch_core_xfer_shared_libraries_p (core_gdbarch
))
750 gdbarch_core_xfer_shared_libraries (core_gdbarch
,
751 readbuf
, offset
, len
);
755 case TARGET_OBJECT_SPU
:
756 if (readbuf
&& annex
)
758 /* When the SPU contexts are stored in a core file, BFD
759 represents this with a fake section called
762 struct bfd_section
*section
;
764 char sectionstr
[100];
766 xsnprintf (sectionstr
, sizeof sectionstr
, "SPU/%s", annex
);
768 section
= bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd
, sectionstr
);
772 size
= bfd_section_size (core_bfd
, section
);
779 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd
, section
, readbuf
,
780 (file_ptr
) offset
, size
))
782 warning (_("Couldn't read SPU section in core file."));
790 /* NULL annex requests list of all present spuids. */
791 struct spuid_list list
;
794 list
.offset
= offset
;
798 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd
, add_to_spuid_list
, &list
);
804 if (ops
->beneath
!= NULL
)
805 return ops
->beneath
->to_xfer_partial (ops
->beneath
, object
,
807 writebuf
, offset
, len
);
813 /* If mourn is being called in all the right places, this could be say
814 `gdb internal error' (since generic_mourn calls
815 breakpoint_init_inferior). */
818 ignore (struct gdbarch
*gdbarch
, struct bp_target_info
*bp_tgt
)
824 /* Okay, let's be honest: threads gleaned from a core file aren't
825 exactly lively, are they? On the other hand, if we don't claim
826 that each & every one is alive, then we don't get any of them
827 to appear in an "info thread" command, which is quite a useful
831 core_thread_alive (struct target_ops
*ops
, ptid_t ptid
)
836 /* Ask the current architecture what it knows about this core file.
837 That will be used, in turn, to pick a better architecture. This
838 wrapper could be avoided if targets got a chance to specialize
841 static const struct target_desc
*
842 core_read_description (struct target_ops
*target
)
844 if (core_gdbarch
&& gdbarch_core_read_description_p (core_gdbarch
))
845 return gdbarch_core_read_description (core_gdbarch
,
852 core_pid_to_str (struct target_ops
*ops
, ptid_t ptid
)
855 struct inferior
*inf
;
858 /* The preferred way is to have a gdbarch/OS specific
861 && gdbarch_core_pid_to_str_p (core_gdbarch
))
862 return gdbarch_core_pid_to_str (core_gdbarch
, ptid
);
864 /* Otherwise, if we don't have one, we'll just fallback to
865 "process", with normal_pid_to_str. */
867 /* Try the LWPID field first. */
868 pid
= ptid_get_lwp (ptid
);
870 return normal_pid_to_str (pid_to_ptid (pid
));
872 /* Otherwise, this isn't a "threaded" core -- use the PID field, but
873 only if it isn't a fake PID. */
874 inf
= find_inferior_pid (ptid_get_pid (ptid
));
875 if (inf
!= NULL
&& !inf
->fake_pid_p
)
876 return normal_pid_to_str (ptid
);
878 /* No luck. We simply don't have a valid PID to print. */
879 xsnprintf (buf
, sizeof buf
, "<main task>");
884 core_has_memory (struct target_ops
*ops
)
886 return (core_bfd
!= NULL
);
890 core_has_stack (struct target_ops
*ops
)
892 return (core_bfd
!= NULL
);
896 core_has_registers (struct target_ops
*ops
)
898 return (core_bfd
!= NULL
);
901 /* Fill in core_ops with its defined operations and properties. */
906 core_ops
.to_shortname
= "core";
907 core_ops
.to_longname
= "Local core dump file";
909 "Use a core file as a target. Specify the filename of the core file.";
910 core_ops
.to_open
= core_open
;
911 core_ops
.to_close
= core_close
;
912 core_ops
.to_attach
= find_default_attach
;
913 core_ops
.to_detach
= core_detach
;
914 core_ops
.to_fetch_registers
= get_core_registers
;
915 core_ops
.to_xfer_partial
= core_xfer_partial
;
916 core_ops
.to_files_info
= core_files_info
;
917 core_ops
.to_insert_breakpoint
= ignore
;
918 core_ops
.to_remove_breakpoint
= ignore
;
919 core_ops
.to_create_inferior
= find_default_create_inferior
;
920 core_ops
.to_thread_alive
= core_thread_alive
;
921 core_ops
.to_read_description
= core_read_description
;
922 core_ops
.to_pid_to_str
= core_pid_to_str
;
923 core_ops
.to_stratum
= process_stratum
;
924 core_ops
.to_has_memory
= core_has_memory
;
925 core_ops
.to_has_stack
= core_has_stack
;
926 core_ops
.to_has_registers
= core_has_registers
;
927 core_ops
.to_magic
= OPS_MAGIC
;
930 internal_error (__FILE__
, __LINE__
,
931 _("init_core_ops: core target already exists (\"%s\")."),
932 core_target
->to_longname
);
933 core_target
= &core_ops
;
937 _initialize_corelow (void)
941 add_target (&core_ops
);