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"
48 #include "exceptions.h"
59 /* List of all available core_fns. On gdb startup, each core file
60 register reader calls deprecated_add_core_fns() to register
61 information on each core format it is prepared to read. */
63 static struct core_fns *core_file_fns = NULL;
65 /* The core_fns for a core file handler that is prepared to read the core
66 file currently open on core_bfd. */
68 static struct core_fns *core_vec = NULL;
70 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: Eventually this variable should
73 struct gdbarch *core_gdbarch = NULL;
75 static void core_files_info (struct target_ops *);
77 static struct core_fns *sniff_core_bfd (bfd *);
79 static int gdb_check_format (bfd *);
81 static void core_open (char *, int);
83 static void core_detach (char *, int);
85 static void core_close (int);
87 static void core_close_cleanup (void *ignore);
89 static void get_core_registers (int);
91 static void add_to_thread_list (bfd *, asection *, void *);
93 static int ignore (CORE_ADDR, bfd_byte *);
95 static int core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid);
97 static void init_core_ops (void);
99 void _initialize_corelow (void);
101 struct target_ops core_ops;
103 /* Link a new core_fns into the global core_file_fns list. Called on gdb
104 startup by the _initialize routine in each core file register reader, to
105 register information about each format the the reader is prepared to
109 deprecated_add_core_fns (struct core_fns *cf)
111 cf->next = core_file_fns;
115 /* The default function that core file handlers can use to examine a
116 core file BFD and decide whether or not to accept the job of
117 reading the core file. */
120 default_core_sniffer (struct core_fns *our_fns, bfd *abfd)
124 result = (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == our_fns -> core_flavour);
128 /* Walk through the list of core functions to find a set that can
129 handle the core file open on ABFD. Default to the first one in the
130 list if nothing matches. 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 CORE_GDBARCH. */
141 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
144 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
146 if (cf->core_sniffer (cf, abfd))
154 warning (_("\"%s\": ambiguous core format, %d handlers match"),
155 bfd_get_filename (abfd), matches);
157 else if (matches == 0)
159 warning (_("\"%s\": no core file handler recognizes format, using default"),
160 bfd_get_filename (abfd));
164 yummy = core_file_fns;
169 /* The default is to reject every core file format we see. Either
170 BFD has to recognize it, or we have to provide a function in the
171 core file handler that recognizes it. */
174 default_check_format (bfd *abfd)
179 /* Attempt to recognize core file formats that BFD rejects. */
182 gdb_check_format (bfd *abfd)
186 for (cf = core_file_fns; cf != NULL; cf = cf->next)
188 if (cf->check_format (abfd))
196 /* Discard all vestiges of any previous core file and mark data and stack
200 core_close (int quitting)
206 inferior_ptid = null_ptid; /* Avoid confusion from thread stuff */
208 /* Clear out solib state while the bfd is still open. See
209 comments in clear_solib in solib.c. */
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 ()));
222 if (core_ops.to_sections)
224 xfree (core_ops.to_sections);
225 core_ops.to_sections = NULL;
226 core_ops.to_sections_end = NULL;
234 core_close_cleanup (void *ignore)
236 core_close (0/*ignored*/);
239 /* Stub function for catch_errors around shared library hacking. FROM_TTYP
240 is really an int * which points to from_tty. */
243 solib_add_stub (void *from_ttyp)
246 SOLIB_ADD (NULL, *(int *) from_ttyp, ¤t_target, auto_solib_add);
248 solib_add (NULL, *(int *)from_ttyp, ¤t_target, auto_solib_add);
250 re_enable_breakpoints_in_shlibs ();
254 /* Look for sections whose names start with `.reg/' so that we can extract the
255 list of threads in a core file. */
258 add_to_thread_list (bfd *abfd, asection *asect, void *reg_sect_arg)
261 asection *reg_sect = (asection *) reg_sect_arg;
263 if (strncmp (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect), ".reg/", 5) != 0)
266 thread_id = atoi (bfd_section_name (abfd, asect) + 5);
268 add_thread (pid_to_ptid (thread_id));
270 /* Warning, Will Robinson, looking at BFD private data! */
273 && asect->filepos == reg_sect->filepos) /* Did we find .reg? */
274 inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (thread_id); /* 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;
291 target_preopen (from_tty);
295 error (_("No core file specified. (Use `detach' to stop debugging a core file.)"));
297 error (_("No core file specified."));
300 filename = tilde_expand (filename);
301 if (filename[0] != '/')
303 temp = concat (current_directory, "/", filename, NULL);
308 old_chain = make_cleanup (xfree, filename);
310 flags = O_BINARY | O_LARGEFILE;
315 scratch_chan = open (filename, flags, 0);
316 if (scratch_chan < 0)
317 perror_with_name (filename);
319 temp_bfd = bfd_fdopenr (filename, gnutarget, scratch_chan);
320 if (temp_bfd == NULL)
321 perror_with_name (filename);
323 if (!bfd_check_format (temp_bfd, bfd_core) &&
324 !gdb_check_format (temp_bfd))
326 /* Do it after the err msg */
327 /* FIXME: should be checking for errors from bfd_close (for one thing,
328 on error it does not free all the storage associated with the
330 make_cleanup_bfd_close (temp_bfd);
331 error (_("\"%s\" is not a core dump: %s"),
332 filename, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
335 /* Looks semi-reasonable. Toss the old core file and work on the new. */
337 discard_cleanups (old_chain); /* Don't free filename any more */
338 unpush_target (&core_ops);
340 old_chain = make_cleanup (core_close_cleanup, 0 /*ignore*/);
342 /* FIXME: kettenis/20031023: This is very dangerous. The
343 CORE_GDBARCH that results from this call may very well be
344 different from CURRENT_GDBARCH. However, its methods may only
345 work if it is selected as the current architecture, because they
346 rely on swapped data (see gdbarch.c). We should get rid of that
348 core_gdbarch = gdbarch_from_bfd (core_bfd);
350 /* Find a suitable core file handler to munch on core_bfd */
351 core_vec = sniff_core_bfd (core_bfd);
355 /* Find the data section */
356 if (build_section_table (core_bfd, &core_ops.to_sections,
357 &core_ops.to_sections_end))
358 error (_("\"%s\": Can't find sections: %s"),
359 bfd_get_filename (core_bfd), bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
361 /* If we have no exec file, try to set the architecture from the
362 core file. We don't do this unconditionally since an exec file
363 typically contains more information that helps us determine the
364 architecture than a core file. */
366 set_gdbarch_from_file (core_bfd);
368 ontop = !push_target (&core_ops);
369 discard_cleanups (old_chain);
371 /* This is done first, before anything has a chance to query the
372 inferior for information such as symbols. */
373 observer_notify_inferior_created (&core_ops, from_tty);
375 p = bfd_core_file_failing_command (core_bfd);
377 printf_filtered (_("Core was generated by `%s'.\n"), p);
379 siggy = bfd_core_file_failing_signal (core_bfd);
381 /* NOTE: target_signal_from_host() converts a target signal value
382 into gdb's internal signal value. Unfortunately gdb's internal
383 value is called ``target_signal'' and this function got the
384 name ..._from_host(). */
385 printf_filtered (_("Program terminated with signal %d, %s.\n"), siggy,
386 target_signal_to_string (target_signal_from_host (siggy)));
388 /* Build up thread list from BFD sections. */
391 bfd_map_over_sections (core_bfd, add_to_thread_list,
392 bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".reg"));
396 /* Fetch all registers from core file. */
397 target_fetch_registers (-1);
399 /* Add symbols and section mappings for any shared libraries. */
400 catch_errors (solib_add_stub, &from_tty, (char *) 0, RETURN_MASK_ALL);
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 (NULL), 1, SRC_AND_LOC);
410 "you won't be able to access this core file until you terminate\n\
411 your %s; do ``info files''", target_longname);
416 core_detach (char *args, int from_tty)
419 error (_("Too many arguments"));
420 unpush_target (&core_ops);
421 reinit_frame_cache ();
423 printf_filtered (_("No core file now.\n"));
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
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.
436 HUMAN_NAME is a human-readable name for the kind of registers the
437 NAME section contains, for use in error messages.
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. */
443 get_core_register_section (char *name,
448 static char *section_name = NULL;
449 struct bfd_section *section;
453 xfree (section_name);
454 if (PIDGET (inferior_ptid))
455 section_name = xstrprintf ("%s/%d", name, PIDGET (inferior_ptid));
457 section_name = xstrdup (name);
459 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, section_name);
463 warning (_("Couldn't find %s registers in core file."), human_name);
467 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
468 contents = alloca (size);
469 if (! bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, contents,
472 warning (_("Couldn't read %s registers from `%s' section in core file."),
477 if (core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
479 const struct regset *regset;
481 regset = gdbarch_regset_from_core_section (core_gdbarch, name, size);
485 warning (_("Couldn't recognize %s registers in core file."),
490 regset->supply_regset (regset, current_regcache, -1, contents, size);
494 gdb_assert (core_vec);
495 core_vec->core_read_registers (contents, size, which,
497 bfd_section_vma (core_bfd, section)));
501 /* Get the registers out of a core file. This is the machine-
502 independent part. Fetch_core_registers is the machine-dependent
503 part, typically implemented in the xm-file for each architecture. */
505 /* We just get all the registers, so we don't use regno. */
508 get_core_registers (int regno)
512 if (!(core_gdbarch && gdbarch_regset_from_core_section_p (core_gdbarch))
513 && (core_vec == NULL || core_vec->core_read_registers == NULL))
515 fprintf_filtered (gdb_stderr,
516 "Can't fetch registers from this type of core file\n");
520 get_core_register_section (".reg", 0, "general-purpose", 1);
521 get_core_register_section (".reg2", 2, "floating-point", 0);
522 get_core_register_section (".reg-xfp", 3, "extended floating-point", 0);
524 deprecated_registers_fetched ();
528 core_files_info (struct target_ops *t)
530 print_section_info (t, core_bfd);
534 core_xfer_partial (struct target_ops *ops, enum target_object object,
535 const char *annex, gdb_byte *readbuf,
536 const gdb_byte *writebuf, ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len)
540 case TARGET_OBJECT_MEMORY:
542 return (*ops->deprecated_xfer_memory) (offset, readbuf, len,
543 0/*write*/, NULL, ops);
545 return (*ops->deprecated_xfer_memory) (offset, readbuf, len,
546 1/*write*/, NULL, ops);
549 case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV:
552 /* When the aux vector is stored in core file, BFD
553 represents this with a fake section called ".auxv". */
555 struct bfd_section *section;
559 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".auxv");
563 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
570 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
571 (file_ptr) offset, size))
573 warning (_("Couldn't read NT_AUXV note in core file."));
581 case TARGET_OBJECT_WCOOKIE:
584 /* When the StackGhost cookie is stored in core file, BFD
585 represents this with a fake section called ".wcookie". */
587 struct bfd_section *section;
591 section = bfd_get_section_by_name (core_bfd, ".wcookie");
595 size = bfd_section_size (core_bfd, section);
602 && !bfd_get_section_contents (core_bfd, section, readbuf,
603 (file_ptr) offset, size))
605 warning (_("Couldn't read StackGhost cookie in core file."));
614 if (ops->beneath != NULL)
615 return ops->beneath->to_xfer_partial (ops->beneath, object, annex,
616 readbuf, writebuf, offset, len);
622 /* If mourn is being called in all the right places, this could be say
623 `gdb internal error' (since generic_mourn calls breakpoint_init_inferior). */
626 ignore (CORE_ADDR addr, bfd_byte *contents)
632 /* Okay, let's be honest: threads gleaned from a core file aren't
633 exactly lively, are they? On the other hand, if we don't claim
634 that each & every one is alive, then we don't get any of them
635 to appear in an "info thread" command, which is quite a useful
639 core_file_thread_alive (ptid_t tid)
644 /* Fill in core_ops with its defined operations and properties. */
649 core_ops.to_shortname = "core";
650 core_ops.to_longname = "Local core dump file";
652 "Use a core file as a target. Specify the filename of the core file.";
653 core_ops.to_open = core_open;
654 core_ops.to_close = core_close;
655 core_ops.to_attach = find_default_attach;
656 core_ops.to_detach = core_detach;
657 core_ops.to_fetch_registers = get_core_registers;
658 core_ops.to_xfer_partial = core_xfer_partial;
659 core_ops.deprecated_xfer_memory = xfer_memory;
660 core_ops.to_files_info = core_files_info;
661 core_ops.to_insert_breakpoint = ignore;
662 core_ops.to_remove_breakpoint = ignore;
663 core_ops.to_create_inferior = find_default_create_inferior;
664 core_ops.to_thread_alive = core_file_thread_alive;
665 core_ops.to_stratum = core_stratum;
666 core_ops.to_has_memory = 1;
667 core_ops.to_has_stack = 1;
668 core_ops.to_has_registers = 1;
669 core_ops.to_magic = OPS_MAGIC;
672 /* non-zero if we should not do the add_target call in
673 _initialize_corelow; not initialized (i.e., bss) so that
674 the target can initialize it (i.e., data) if appropriate.
675 This needs to be set at compile time because we don't know
676 for sure whether the target's initialize routine is called
677 before us or after us. */
678 int coreops_suppress_target;
681 _initialize_corelow (void)
685 if (!coreops_suppress_target)
686 add_target (&core_ops);