1 /* Core dump and executable file functions below target vector, for GDB.
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25 #include "arch-utils.h"
26 #include "gdb_string.h"
30 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_FILE_H
31 #include <sys/file.h> /* needed for F_OK and friends */
33 #include "frame.h" /* required by inferior.h */
40 #include "gdbthread.h"
45 #include "readline/readline.h"
47 #include "gdb_assert.h"
53 /* List of all available core_fns. On gdb startup, each core file
54 register reader calls deprecated_add_core_fns() to register
55 information on each core format it is prepared to read. */
57 static struct core_fns *core_file_fns = NULL;
59 /* The core_fns for a core file handler that is prepared to read the core
60 file currently open on core_bfd. */
62 static struct core_fns *core_vec = NULL;
64 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: Eventually this variable should
67 struct gdbarch *core_gdbarch = NULL;
69 static void core_files_info (struct target_ops *);
72 static int solib_add_stub (void *);
75 static struct core_fns *sniff_core_bfd (bfd *);
77 static int gdb_check_format (bfd *);
79 static void core_open (char *, int);
81 static void core_detach (char *, int);
83 static void core_close (int);
85 static void core_close_cleanup (void *ignore);
87 static void get_core_registers (int);
89 static void add_to_thread_list (bfd *, asection *, void *);
91 static int ignore (CORE_ADDR, char *);
93 static int core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid);
95 static void init_core_ops (void);
97 void _initialize_corelow (void);
99 struct target_ops core_ops;
101 /* Link a new core_fns into the global core_file_fns list. Called on gdb
102 startup by the _initialize routine in each core file register reader, to
103 register information about each format the the reader is prepared to
107 deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf)
109 cf->next = core_file_fns;
113 /* The default function that core file handlers can use to examine a
114 core file BFD and decide whether or not to accept the job of
115 reading the core file. */
118 default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *our_fns, bfd *abfd)
122 result = (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == our_fns -> core_flavour);
126 /* Walk through the list of core functions to find a set that can
127 handle the core file open on ABFD. Default to the first one in the
128 list if nothing matches. Returns pointer to set that is
131 static struct core_fns *
132 sniff_core_bfd (bfd *abfd)
135 struct core_fns *yummy = NULL;
138 /* Don't sniff if we have support for register sets in CORE_GDBARCH. */
139 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
142 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
144 if (cf->core_sniffer (cf, abfd))
152 warning ("\"%s\": ambiguous core format, %d handlers match",
153 bfd_get_filename (abfd), matches);
155 else if (matches == 0)
157 warning ("\"%s\": no core file handler recognizes format, using default",
158 bfd_get_filename (abfd));
162 yummy = core_file_fns;
167 /* The default is to reject every core file format we see. Either
168 BFD has to recognize it, or we have to provide a function in the
169 core file handler that recognizes it. */
172 default_check_format (bfd *abfd)
177 /* Attempt to recognize core file formats that BFD rejects. */
180 gdb_check_format (bfd *abfd)
184 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
186 if (cf->check_format (abfd))
194 /* Discard all vestiges of any previous core file and mark data and stack
198 core_close (int quitting)
204 inferior_ptid = null_ptid; /* Avoid confusion from thread stuff */
206 /* Clear out solib state while the bfd is still open. See
207 comments in clear_solib in solib.c. */
212 name = bfd_get_filename (core_bfd);
213 if (!bfd_close (core_bfd))
214 warning ("cannot close \"%s\": %s",
215 name, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
218 if (core_ops.to_sections)
220 xfree (core_ops.to_sections);
221 core_ops.to_sections = NULL;
222 core_ops.to_sections_end = NULL;
230 core_close_cleanup (void *ignore)
232 core_close (0/*ignored*/);
236 /* Stub function for catch_errors around shared library hacking. FROM_TTYP
237 is really an int * which points to from_tty. */
240 solib_add_stub (void *from_ttyp)
242 SOLIB_ADD (NULL, *(int *) from_ttyp, ¤t_target, auto_solib_add);
243 re_enable_breakpoints_in_shlibs ();
246 #endif /* SOLIB_ADD */
248 /* Look for sections whose names start with `.reg/' so that we can extract the
249 list of threads in a core file. */
252 add_to_thread_list (bfd *abfd, asection *asect, void *reg_sect_arg)
255 asection *reg_sect = (asection *) reg_sect_arg;
257 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect), ".reg/", 5) != 0)
260 thread_id = atoi (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect) + 5);
262 add_thread (pid_to_ptid (thread_id));
264 /* Warning, Will Robinson, looking at BFD private data! */
267 && asect->filepos == reg_sect->filepos) /* Did we find .reg? */
268 inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (thread_id); /* Yes, make it current */
271 /* This routine opens and sets up the core file bfd. */
274 core_open (char *filename, int from_tty)
278 struct cleanup *old_chain;
284 target_preopen (from_tty);
288 "No core file specified. (Use `detach' to stop debugging a core file.)"
289 : "No core file specified.");
292 filename = tilde_expand (filename);
293 if (filename[0] != '/')
295 temp = concat (current_directory, "/", filename, NULL);
300 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
302 scratch_chan = open (filename, O_BINARY | ( write_files ? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY ), 0);
303 if (scratch_chan < 0)
304 perror_with_name (filename);
306 temp_bfd = bfd_fdopenr (filename, gnutarget, scratch_chan);
307 if (temp_bfd == NULL)
308 perror_with_name (filename);
310 if (!bfd_check_format (temp_bfd, bfd_core) &&
311 !gdb_check_format (temp_bfd))
313 /* Do it after the err msg */
314 /* FIXME: should be checking for errors from bfd_close (for one thing,
315 on error it does not free all the storage associated with the
317 make_cleanup_bfd_close (temp_bfd);
318 error ("\"%s\" is not a core dump: %s",
319 filename, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
322 /* Looks semi-reasonable. Toss the old core file and work on the new. */
324 discard_cleanups (old_chain); /* Don't free filename any more */
325 unpush_target (&core_ops);
327 old_chain = make_cleanup (core_close_cleanup, 0 /*ignore*/);
329 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: This is very dangerous. The
330 CORE_GDBARCH that results from this call may very well be
331 different from CURRENT_GDBARCH. However, its methods may only
332 work if it is selected as the current architecture, because they
333 rely on swapped data (see gdbarch.c). We should get rid of that
335 core_gdbarch = gdbarch_from_bfd (core_bfd);
337 /* Find a suitable core file handler to munch on core_bfd */
338 core_vec = sniff_core_bfd (core_bfd);
342 /* Find the data section */
343 if (build_section_table (core_bfd, &core_ops.to_sections,
344 &core_ops.to_sections_end))
345 error ("\"%s\": Can't find sections: %s",
346 bfd_get_filename (core_bfd), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
348 /* If we have no exec file, try to set the architecture from the
349 core file. We don't do this unconditionally since an exec file
350 typically contains more information that helps us determine the
351 architecture than a core file. */
353 set_gdbarch_from_file (core_bfd);
355 ontop = !push_target (&core_ops);
356 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
358 /* This is done first, before anything has a chance to query the
359 inferior for information such as symbols. */
360 observer_notify_inferior_created (&core_ops, from_tty);
362 p = bfd_core_file_failing_command (core_bfd);
364 printf_filtered ("Core was generated by `%s'.\n", p);
366 siggy = bfd_core_file_failing_signal (core_bfd);
368 /* NOTE: target_signal_from_host() converts a target signal value
369 into gdb's internal signal value. Unfortunately gdb's internal
370 value is called ``target_signal'' and this function got the
371 name ..._from_host(). */
372 printf_filtered ("Program terminated with signal %d, %s.\n", siggy,
373 target_signal_to_string (target_signal_from_host (siggy)));
375 /* Build up thread list from BFD sections. */
378 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd, add_to_thread_list,
379 bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".reg"));
383 /* Fetch all registers from core file. */
384 target_fetch_registers (-1);
386 /* Add symbols and section mappings for any shared libraries. */
388 catch_errors (solib_add_stub, &from_tty, (char *) 0,
392 /* Now, set up the frame cache, and print the top of stack. */
393 flush_cached_frames ();
394 select_frame (get_current_frame ());
395 print_stack_frame (get_selected_frame (), 1, SRC_AND_LOC);
400 "you won't be able to access this core file until you terminate\n\
401 your %s; do ``info files''", target_longname);
406 core_detach (char *args, int from_tty)
409 error ("Too many arguments");
410 unpush_target (&core_ops);
411 reinit_frame_cache ();
413 printf_filtered ("No core file now.\n");
417 /* Try to retrieve registers from a section in core_bfd, and supply
418 them to core_vec->core_read_registers, as the register set numbered
421 If inferior_ptid is zero, do the single-threaded thing: look for a
422 section named NAME. If inferior_ptid is non-zero, do the
423 multi-threaded thing: look for a section named "NAME/PID", where
424 PID is the shortest ASCII decimal representation of inferior_ptid.
426 HUMAN_NAME is a human-readable name for the kind of registers the
427 NAME section contains, for use in error messages.
429 If REQUIRED is non-zero, print an error if the core file doesn't
430 have a section by the appropriate name. Otherwise, just do nothing. */
433 get_core_register_section (char *name,
438 char section_name[100];
439 struct bfd_section *section;
443 if (PIDGET (inferior_ptid))
444 sprintf (section_name, "%s/%d", name, PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
446 strcpy (section_name, name);
448 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, section_name);
452 warning ("Couldn't find %s registers in core file.\n", human_name);
456 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
457 contents = alloca (size);
458 if (! bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, contents,
461 warning ("Couldn't read %s registers from `%s' section in core file.\n",
466 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
468 const struct regset *regset;
470 regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (core_gdbarch, name, size);
474 warning ("Couldn't recognize %s registers in core file.\n",
479 regset->supply_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1, contents, size);
483 gdb_assert (core_vec);
484 core_vec->core_read_registers (contents, size, which,
486 bfd_section_vma (core_bfd, section)));
490 /* Get the registers out of a core file. This is the machine-
491 independent part. Fetch_core_registers is the machine-dependent
492 part, typically implemented in the xm-file for each architecture. */
494 /* We just get all the registers, so we don't use regno. */
497 get_core_registers (int regno)
501 if (!(core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
502 && (core_vec == NULL || core_vec->core_read_registers == NULL))
504 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stderr,
505 "Can't fetch registers from this type of core file\n");
509 get_core_register_section (".reg", 0, "general-purpose", 1);
510 get_core_register_section (".reg2", 2, "floating-point", 0);
511 get_core_register_section (".reg-xfp", 3, "extended floating-point", 0);
513 deprecated_registers_fetched ();
517 core_files_info (struct target_ops *t)
519 print_section_info (t, core_bfd);
523 core_xfer_partial (struct target_ops *ops, enum target_object object,
524 const char *annex, void *readbuf,
525 const void *writebuf, ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len)
529 case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY:
531 return (*ops->to_xfer_memory) (offset, readbuf, len, 0/*write*/,
534 return (*ops->to_xfer_memory) (offset, readbuf, len, 1/*write*/,
538 case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV:
541 /* When the aux vector is stored in core file, BFD
542 represents this with a fake section called ".auxv". */
544 struct bfd_section *section;
548 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".auxv");
552 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
559 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
560 (file_ptr) offset, size))
562 warning ("Couldn't read NT_AUXV note in core file.");
570 case TARGET_OBJECT_WCOOKIE:
573 /* When the StackGhost cookie is stored in core file, BFD
574 represents this with a fake section called ".wcookie". */
576 struct bfd_section *section;
580 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".wcookie");
584 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
591 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
592 (file_ptr) offset, size))
594 warning ("Couldn't read StackGhost cookie in core file.");
603 if (ops->beneath != NULL)
604 return ops->beneath->to_xfer_partial (ops->beneath, object, annex,
605 readbuf, writebuf, offset, len);
611 /* If mourn is being called in all the right places, this could be say
612 `gdb internal error' (since generic_mourn calls breakpoint_init_inferior). */
615 ignore (CORE_ADDR addr, char *contents)
621 /* Okay, let's be honest: threads gleaned from a core file aren't
622 exactly lively, are they? On the other hand, if we don't claim
623 that each & every one is alive, then we don't get any of them
624 to appear in an "info thread" command, which is quite a useful
628 core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid)
633 /* Fill in core_ops with its defined operations and properties. */
638 core_ops.to_shortname = "core";
639 core_ops.to_longname = "Local core dump file";
641 "Use a core file as a target. Specify the filename of the core file.";
642 core_ops.to_open = core_open;
643 core_ops.to_close = core_close;
644 core_ops.to_attach = find_default_attach;
645 core_ops.to_detach = core_detach;
646 core_ops.to_fetch_registers = get_core_registers;
647 core_ops.to_xfer_partial = core_xfer_partial;
648 core_ops.to_xfer_memory = xfer_memory;
649 core_ops.to_files_info = core_files_info;
650 core_ops.to_insert_breakpoint = ignore;
651 core_ops.to_remove_breakpoint = ignore;
652 core_ops.to_create_inferior = find_default_create_inferior;
653 core_ops.to_thread_alive = core_file_thread_alive;
654 core_ops.to_stratum = core_stratum;
655 core_ops.to_has_memory = 1;
656 core_ops.to_has_stack = 1;
657 core_ops.to_has_registers = 1;
658 core_ops.to_magic = OPS_MAGIC;
661 /* non-zero if we should not do the add_target call in
662 _initialize_corelow; not initialized (i.e., bss) so that
663 the target can initialize it (i.e., data) if appropriate.
664 This needs to be set at compile time because we don't know
665 for sure whether the target's initialize routine is called
666 before us or after us. */
667 int coreops_suppress_target;
670 _initialize_corelow (void)
674 if (!coreops_suppress_target)
675 add_target (&core_ops);