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1 /* Core dump and executable file functions below target vector, for GDB.
2
3 Copyright 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
4 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation,
5 Inc.
6
7 This file is part of GDB.
8
9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
12 (at your option) any later version.
13
14 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 GNU General Public License for more details.
18
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
21 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
22 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
23
24 #include "defs.h"
25 #include "arch-utils.h"
26 #include "gdb_string.h"
27 #include <errno.h>
28 #include <signal.h>
29 #include <fcntl.h>
30 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
31 #include <sys/file.h> /* needed for F_OK and friends */
32 #endif
33 #include "frame.h" /* required by inferior.h */
34 #include "inferior.h"
35 #include "symtab.h"
36 #include "command.h"
37 #include "bfd.h"
38 #include "target.h"
39 #include "gdbcore.h"
40 #include "gdbthread.h"
41 #include "regcache.h"
42 #include "regset.h"
43 #include "symfile.h"
44 #include "exec.h"
45 #include "readline/readline.h"
46 #include "observer.h"
47 #include "gdb_assert.h"
48
49 #ifndef O_BINARY
50 #define O_BINARY 0
51 #endif
52
53 #ifndef O_LARGEFILE
54 #define O_LARGEFILE 0
55 #endif
56
57 /* List of all available core_fns. On gdb startup, each core file
58 register reader calls deprecated_add_core_fns() to register
59 information on each core format it is prepared to read. */
60
61 static struct core_fns *core_file_fns = NULL;
62
63 /* The core_fns for a core file handler that is prepared to read the core
64 file currently open on core_bfd. */
65
66 static struct core_fns *core_vec = NULL;
67
68 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: Eventually this variable should
69 disappear. */
70
71 struct gdbarch *core_gdbarch = NULL;
72
73 static void core_files_info (struct target_ops *);
74
75 #ifdef SOLIB_ADD
76 static int solib_add_stub (void *);
77 #endif
78
79 static struct core_fns *sniff_core_bfd (bfd *);
80
81 static int gdb_check_format (bfd *);
82
83 static void core_open (char *, int);
84
85 static void core_detach (char *, int);
86
87 static void core_close (int);
88
89 static void core_close_cleanup (void *ignore);
90
91 static void get_core_registers (int);
92
93 static void add_to_thread_list (bfd *, asection *, void *);
94
95 static int ignore (CORE_ADDR, char *);
96
97 static int core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid);
98
99 static void init_core_ops (void);
100
101 void _initialize_corelow (void);
102
103 struct target_ops core_ops;
104
105 /* Link a new core_fns into the global core_file_fns list. Called on gdb
106 startup by the _initialize routine in each core file register reader, to
107 register information about each format the the reader is prepared to
108 handle. */
109
110 void
111 deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf)
112 {
113 cf->next = core_file_fns;
114 core_file_fns = cf;
115 }
116
117 /* The default function that core file handlers can use to examine a
118 core file BFD and decide whether or not to accept the job of
119 reading the core file. */
120
121 int
122 default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *our_fns, bfd *abfd)
123 {
124 int result;
125
126 result = (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == our_fns -> core_flavour);
127 return (result);
128 }
129
130 /* Walk through the list of core functions to find a set that can
131 handle the core file open on ABFD. Default to the first one in the
132 list if nothing matches. Returns pointer to set that is
133 selected. */
134
135 static struct core_fns *
136 sniff_core_bfd (bfd *abfd)
137 {
138 struct core_fns *cf;
139 struct core_fns *yummy = NULL;
140 int matches = 0;;
141
142 /* Don't sniff if we have support for register sets in CORE_GDBARCH. */
143 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
144 return NULL;
145
146 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
147 {
148 if (cf->core_sniffer (cf, abfd))
149 {
150 yummy = cf;
151 matches++;
152 }
153 }
154 if (matches > 1)
155 {
156 warning ("\"%s\": ambiguous core format, %d handlers match",
157 bfd_get_filename (abfd), matches);
158 }
159 else if (matches == 0)
160 {
161 warning ("\"%s\": no core file handler recognizes format, using default",
162 bfd_get_filename (abfd));
163 }
164 if (yummy == NULL)
165 {
166 yummy = core_file_fns;
167 }
168 return (yummy);
169 }
170
171 /* The default is to reject every core file format we see. Either
172 BFD has to recognize it, or we have to provide a function in the
173 core file handler that recognizes it. */
174
175 int
176 default_check_format (bfd *abfd)
177 {
178 return (0);
179 }
180
181 /* Attempt to recognize core file formats that BFD rejects. */
182
183 static int
184 gdb_check_format (bfd *abfd)
185 {
186 struct core_fns *cf;
187
188 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
189 {
190 if (cf->check_format (abfd))
191 {
192 return (1);
193 }
194 }
195 return (0);
196 }
197
198 /* Discard all vestiges of any previous core file and mark data and stack
199 spaces as empty. */
200
201 static void
202 core_close (int quitting)
203 {
204 char *name;
205
206 if (core_bfd)
207 {
208 inferior_ptid = null_ptid; /* Avoid confusion from thread stuff */
209
210 /* Clear out solib state while the bfd is still open. See
211 comments in clear_solib in solib.c. */
212 #ifdef CLEAR_SOLIB
213 CLEAR_SOLIB ();
214 #endif
215
216 name = bfd_get_filename (core_bfd);
217 if (!bfd_close (core_bfd))
218 warning ("cannot close \"%s\": %s",
219 name, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
220 xfree (name);
221 core_bfd = NULL;
222 if (core_ops.to_sections)
223 {
224 xfree (core_ops.to_sections);
225 core_ops.to_sections = NULL;
226 core_ops.to_sections_end = NULL;
227 }
228 }
229 core_vec = NULL;
230 core_gdbarch = NULL;
231 }
232
233 static void
234 core_close_cleanup (void *ignore)
235 {
236 core_close (0/*ignored*/);
237 }
238
239 #ifdef SOLIB_ADD
240 /* Stub function for catch_errors around shared library hacking. FROM_TTYP
241 is really an int * which points to from_tty. */
242
243 static int
244 solib_add_stub (void *from_ttyp)
245 {
246 SOLIB_ADD (NULL, *(int *) from_ttyp, &current_target, auto_solib_add);
247 re_enable_breakpoints_in_shlibs ();
248 return 0;
249 }
250 #endif /* SOLIB_ADD */
251
252 /* Look for sections whose names start with `.reg/' so that we can extract the
253 list of threads in a core file. */
254
255 static void
256 add_to_thread_list (bfd *abfd, asection *asect, void *reg_sect_arg)
257 {
258 int thread_id;
259 asection *reg_sect = (asection *) reg_sect_arg;
260
261 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect), ".reg/", 5) != 0)
262 return;
263
264 thread_id = atoi (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect) + 5);
265
266 add_thread (pid_to_ptid (thread_id));
267
268 /* Warning, Will Robinson, looking at BFD private data! */
269
270 if (reg_sect != NULL
271 && asect->filepos == reg_sect->filepos) /* Did we find .reg? */
272 inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (thread_id); /* Yes, make it current */
273 }
274
275 /* This routine opens and sets up the core file bfd. */
276
277 static void
278 core_open (char *filename, int from_tty)
279 {
280 const char *p;
281 int siggy;
282 struct cleanup *old_chain;
283 char *temp;
284 bfd *temp_bfd;
285 int ontop;
286 int scratch_chan;
287 int flags;
288
289 target_preopen (from_tty);
290 if (!filename)
291 {
292 error (core_bfd ?
293 "No core file specified. (Use `detach' to stop debugging a core file.)"
294 : "No core file specified.");
295 }
296
297 filename = tilde_expand (filename);
298 if (filename[0] != '/')
299 {
300 temp = concat (current_directory, "/", filename, NULL);
301 xfree (filename);
302 filename = temp;
303 }
304
305 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
306
307 flags = O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE;
308 if (write_files)
309 flags |= O_RDWR;
310 else
311 flags |= O_RDONLY;
312 scratch_chan = open (filename, flags, 0);
313 if (scratch_chan < 0)
314 perror_with_name (filename);
315
316 temp_bfd = bfd_fdopenr (filename, gnutarget, scratch_chan);
317 if (temp_bfd == NULL)
318 perror_with_name (filename);
319
320 if (!bfd_check_format (temp_bfd, bfd_core) &&
321 !gdb_check_format (temp_bfd))
322 {
323 /* Do it after the err msg */
324 /* FIXME: should be checking for errors from bfd_close (for one thing,
325 on error it does not free all the storage associated with the
326 bfd). */
327 make_cleanup_bfd_close (temp_bfd);
328 error ("\"%s\" is not a core dump: %s",
329 filename, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
330 }
331
332 /* Looks semi-reasonable. Toss the old core file and work on the new. */
333
334 discard_cleanups (old_chain); /* Don't free filename any more */
335 unpush_target (&core_ops);
336 core_bfd = temp_bfd;
337 old_chain = make_cleanup (core_close_cleanup, 0 /*ignore*/);
338
339 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: This is very dangerous. The
340 CORE_GDBARCH that results from this call may very well be
341 different from CURRENT_GDBARCH. However, its methods may only
342 work if it is selected as the current architecture, because they
343 rely on swapped data (see gdbarch.c). We should get rid of that
344 swapped data. */
345 core_gdbarch = gdbarch_from_bfd (core_bfd);
346
347 /* Find a suitable core file handler to munch on core_bfd */
348 core_vec = sniff_core_bfd (core_bfd);
349
350 validate_files ();
351
352 /* Find the data section */
353 if (build_section_table (core_bfd, &core_ops.to_sections,
354 &core_ops.to_sections_end))
355 error ("\"%s\": Can't find sections: %s",
356 bfd_get_filename (core_bfd), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
357
358 /* If we have no exec file, try to set the architecture from the
359 core file. We don't do this unconditionally since an exec file
360 typically contains more information that helps us determine the
361 architecture than a core file. */
362 if (!exec_bfd)
363 set_gdbarch_from_file (core_bfd);
364
365 ontop = !push_target (&core_ops);
366 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
367
368 /* This is done first, before anything has a chance to query the
369 inferior for information such as symbols. */
370 observer_notify_inferior_created (&core_ops, from_tty);
371
372 p = bfd_core_file_failing_command (core_bfd);
373 if (p)
374 printf_filtered ("Core was generated by `%s'.\n", p);
375
376 siggy = bfd_core_file_failing_signal (core_bfd);
377 if (siggy > 0)
378 /* NOTE: target_signal_from_host() converts a target signal value
379 into gdb's internal signal value. Unfortunately gdb's internal
380 value is called ``target_signal'' and this function got the
381 name ..._from_host(). */
382 printf_filtered ("Program terminated with signal %d, %s.\n", siggy,
383 target_signal_to_string (target_signal_from_host (siggy)));
384
385 /* Build up thread list from BFD sections. */
386
387 init_thread_list ();
388 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd, add_to_thread_list,
389 bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".reg"));
390
391 if (ontop)
392 {
393 /* Fetch all registers from core file. */
394 target_fetch_registers (-1);
395
396 /* Add symbols and section mappings for any shared libraries. */
397 #ifdef SOLIB_ADD
398 catch_errors (solib_add_stub, &from_tty, (char *) 0,
399 RETURN_MASK_ALL);
400 #endif
401
402 /* Now, set up the frame cache, and print the top of stack. */
403 flush_cached_frames ();
404 select_frame (get_current_frame ());
405 print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (), 1, SRC_AND_LOC);
406 }
407 else
408 {
409 warning (
410 "you won't be able to access this core file until you terminate\n\
411 your %s; do ``info files''", target_longname);
412 }
413 }
414
415 static void
416 core_detach (char *args, int from_tty)
417 {
418 if (args)
419 error ("Too many arguments");
420 unpush_target (&core_ops);
421 reinit_frame_cache ();
422 if (from_tty)
423 printf_filtered ("No core file now.\n");
424 }
425
426
427 /* Try to retrieve registers from a section in core_bfd, and supply
428 them to core_vec->core_read_registers, as the register set numbered
429 WHICH.
430
431 If inferior_ptid is zero, do the single-threaded thing: look for a
432 section named NAME. If inferior_ptid is non-zero, do the
433 multi-threaded thing: look for a section named "NAME/PID", where
434 PID is the shortest ASCII decimal representation of inferior_ptid.
435
436 HUMAN_NAME is a human-readable name for the kind of registers the
437 NAME section contains, for use in error messages.
438
439 If REQUIRED is non-zero, print an error if the core file doesn't
440 have a section by the appropriate name. Otherwise, just do nothing. */
441
442 static void
443 get_core_register_section (char *name,
444 int which,
445 char *human_name,
446 int required)
447 {
448 char section_name[100];
449 struct bfd_section *section;
450 bfd_size_type size;
451 char *contents;
452
453 if (PIDGET (inferior_ptid))
454 sprintf (section_name, "%s/%d", name, PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
455 else
456 strcpy (section_name, name);
457
458 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, section_name);
459 if (! section)
460 {
461 if (required)
462 warning ("Couldn't find %s registers in core file.\n", human_name);
463 return;
464 }
465
466 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
467 contents = alloca (size);
468 if (! bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, contents,
469 (file_ptr) 0, size))
470 {
471 warning ("Couldn't read %s registers from `%s' section in core file.\n",
472 human_name, name);
473 return;
474 }
475
476 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
477 {
478 const struct regset *regset;
479
480 regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (core_gdbarch, name, size);
481 if (regset == NULL)
482 {
483 if (required)
484 warning ("Couldn't recognize %s registers in core file.\n",
485 human_name);
486 return;
487 }
488
489 regset->supply_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1, contents, size);
490 return;
491 }
492
493 gdb_assert (core_vec);
494 core_vec->core_read_registers (contents, size, which,
495 ((CORE_ADDR)
496 bfd_section_vma (core_bfd, section)));
497 }
498
499
500 /* Get the registers out of a core file. This is the machine-
501 independent part. Fetch_core_registers is the machine-dependent
502 part, typically implemented in the xm-file for each architecture. */
503
504 /* We just get all the registers, so we don't use regno. */
505
506 static void
507 get_core_registers (int regno)
508 {
509 int status;
510
511 if (!(core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
512 && (core_vec == NULL || core_vec->core_read_registers == NULL))
513 {
514 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stderr,
515 "Can't fetch registers from this type of core file\n");
516 return;
517 }
518
519 get_core_register_section (".reg", 0, "general-purpose", 1);
520 get_core_register_section (".reg2", 2, "floating-point", 0);
521 get_core_register_section (".reg-xfp", 3, "extended floating-point", 0);
522
523 deprecated_registers_fetched ();
524 }
525
526 static void
527 core_files_info (struct target_ops *t)
528 {
529 print_section_info (t, core_bfd);
530 }
531 \f
532 static LONGEST
533 core_xfer_partial (struct target_ops *ops, enum target_object object,
534 const char *annex, void *readbuf,
535 const void *writebuf, ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len)
536 {
537 switch (object)
538 {
539 case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY:
540 if (readbuf)
541 return (*ops->to_xfer_memory) (offset, readbuf, len, 0/*write*/,
542 NULL, ops);
543 if (writebuf)
544 return (*ops->to_xfer_memory) (offset, readbuf, len, 1/*write*/,
545 NULL, ops);
546 return -1;
547
548 case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV:
549 if (readbuf)
550 {
551 /* When the aux vector is stored in core file, BFD
552 represents this with a fake section called ".auxv". */
553
554 struct bfd_section *section;
555 bfd_size_type size;
556 char *contents;
557
558 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".auxv");
559 if (section == NULL)
560 return -1;
561
562 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
563 if (offset >= size)
564 return 0;
565 size -= offset;
566 if (size > len)
567 size = len;
568 if (size > 0
569 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
570 (file_ptr) offset, size))
571 {
572 warning ("Couldn't read NT_AUXV note in core file.");
573 return -1;
574 }
575
576 return size;
577 }
578 return -1;
579
580 case TARGET_OBJECT_WCOOKIE:
581 if (readbuf)
582 {
583 /* When the StackGhost cookie is stored in core file, BFD
584 represents this with a fake section called ".wcookie". */
585
586 struct bfd_section *section;
587 bfd_size_type size;
588 char *contents;
589
590 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".wcookie");
591 if (section == NULL)
592 return -1;
593
594 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
595 if (offset >= size)
596 return 0;
597 size -= offset;
598 if (size > len)
599 size = len;
600 if (size > 0
601 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
602 (file_ptr) offset, size))
603 {
604 warning ("Couldn't read StackGhost cookie in core file.");
605 return -1;
606 }
607
608 return size;
609 }
610 return -1;
611
612 default:
613 if (ops->beneath != NULL)
614 return ops->beneath->to_xfer_partial (ops->beneath, object, annex,
615 readbuf, writebuf, offset, len);
616 return -1;
617 }
618 }
619
620 \f
621 /* If mourn is being called in all the right places, this could be say
622 `gdb internal error' (since generic_mourn calls breakpoint_init_inferior). */
623
624 static int
625 ignore (CORE_ADDR addr, char *contents)
626 {
627 return 0;
628 }
629
630
631 /* Okay, let's be honest: threads gleaned from a core file aren't
632 exactly lively, are they? On the other hand, if we don't claim
633 that each & every one is alive, then we don't get any of them
634 to appear in an "info thread" command, which is quite a useful
635 behaviour.
636 */
637 static int
638 core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid)
639 {
640 return 1;
641 }
642
643 /* Fill in core_ops with its defined operations and properties. */
644
645 static void
646 init_core_ops (void)
647 {
648 core_ops.to_shortname = "core";
649 core_ops.to_longname = "Local core dump file";
650 core_ops.to_doc =
651 "Use a core file as a target. Specify the filename of the core file.";
652 core_ops.to_open = core_open;
653 core_ops.to_close = core_close;
654 core_ops.to_attach = find_default_attach;
655 core_ops.to_detach = core_detach;
656 core_ops.to_fetch_registers = get_core_registers;
657 core_ops.to_xfer_partial = core_xfer_partial;
658 core_ops.to_xfer_memory = xfer_memory;
659 core_ops.to_files_info = core_files_info;
660 core_ops.to_insert_breakpoint = ignore;
661 core_ops.to_remove_breakpoint = ignore;
662 core_ops.to_create_inferior = find_default_create_inferior;
663 core_ops.to_thread_alive = core_file_thread_alive;
664 core_ops.to_stratum = core_stratum;
665 core_ops.to_has_memory = 1;
666 core_ops.to_has_stack = 1;
667 core_ops.to_has_registers = 1;
668 core_ops.to_magic = OPS_MAGIC;
669 }
670
671 /* non-zero if we should not do the add_target call in
672 _initialize_corelow; not initialized (i.e., bss) so that
673 the target can initialize it (i.e., data) if appropriate.
674 This needs to be set at compile time because we don't know
675 for sure whether the target's initialize routine is called
676 before us or after us. */
677 int coreops_suppress_target;
678
679 void
680 _initialize_corelow (void)
681 {
682 init_core_ops ();
683
684 if (!coreops_suppress_target)
685 add_target (&core_ops);
686 }