Re: [PATCH v2] Generate NT_PROCSTAT_{AUXV,VMMAP,PS_STRINGS} in FreeBSD coredumps

[Simon Ser <contact at emersion dot fr>]

Hi John,

What do you think of this patch?

Thanks!

Simon Ser

On July 24, 2018 8:17 AM, Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Do you think this approach is acceptable?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon Ser
>
> On July 16, 2018 2:38 PM, Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr> wrote:
> > gcore generates NT_AUXV and NT_FILE notes for Linux targets. On
> > FreeBSD auxv is stored in a NT_PROCSTAT_AUXV section, file mappings
> > are stored in a NT_PROCSTAT_VMMAP and both are prefixed with the
> > struct size.
> >
> > 2018-07-16  Simon Ser  <contact@emersion.fr>
> >         * target.h (enum target_object): add FreeBSD-specific
> >         TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_VMMAP and TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_PS_STRINGS
> >         * fbsd-nat.c (fbsd_nat_target::xfer_partial): add support for
> >         TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_VMMAP and TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_PS_STRINGS
> >         * fbsd-tdep.c (fbsd_make_corefile_notes): write NT_PROCSTAT_AUXV,
> >         NT_PROCSTAT_VMMAP and NT_PROCSTAT_PS_STRINGS notes
> > ---
> >
> > This patch uses a different approach than the previous one: it adds two
> > FreeBSD-specific target objects. I chose this approach because there
> > were already some platform-specific target objects (e.g. for Darwin).
> > This should fix the issue John pointed out.
> >
> >  gdb/fbsd-nat.c  | 17 ++++++++++++++-
> >  gdb/fbsd-tdep.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  gdb/target.h    |  4 ++++
> >  3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/gdb/fbsd-nat.c b/gdb/fbsd-nat.c
> > index 115deac0..2d056676 100644
> > --- a/gdb/fbsd-nat.c
> > +++ b/gdb/fbsd-nat.c
> > @@ -711,17 +711,32 @@ fbsd_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
> >        }
> >  #endif
> >      case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV:
> > +    case TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_VMMAP:
> > +    case TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_PS_STRINGS:
> >        {
> >  	gdb::byte_vector buf_storage;
> >  	gdb_byte *buf;
> >  	size_t buflen;
> >  	int mib[4];
> >
> > +        int proc_target;
> > +        switch (object) {
> > +        case TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV:
> > +          proc_target = KERN_PROC_AUXV;
> > +          break;
> > +        case TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_VMMAP:
> > +          proc_target = KERN_PROC_VMMAP;
> > +          break;
> > +        case TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_PS_STRINGS:
> > +          proc_target = KERN_PROC_PS_STRINGS;
> > +          break;
> > +        }
> > +
> >  	if (writebuf != NULL)
> >  	  return TARGET_XFER_E_IO;
> >  	mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
> >  	mib[1] = KERN_PROC;
> > -	mib[2] = KERN_PROC_AUXV;
> > +	mib[2] = proc_target;
> >  	mib[3] = pid;
> >  	if (offset == 0)
> >  	  {
> > diff --git a/gdb/fbsd-tdep.c b/gdb/fbsd-tdep.c
> > index 9cea0098..2ea76e66 100644
> > --- a/gdb/fbsd-tdep.c
> > +++ b/gdb/fbsd-tdep.c
> > @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
> >  #include "regset.h"
> >  #include "gdbthread.h"
> >  #include "xml-syscall.h"
> > +#include <sys/user.h>
> > +#include <sys/sysctl.h>
> > +#include <sys/types.h>
> >
> >  #include "elf-bfd.h"
> >  #include "fbsd-tdep.h"
> > @@ -512,6 +515,20 @@ fbsd_corefile_thread (struct thread_info *info,
> >       args->note_size, args->stop_signal);
> >  }
> >
> > +static gdb::optional<gdb::byte_vector>
> > +fbsd_make_note_desc (enum target_object object, uint32_t structsize)
> > +{
> > +  gdb::optional<gdb::byte_vector> buf =
> > +    target_read_alloc (current_top_target (), object, NULL);
> > +  if (!buf || buf->empty ())
> > +    return {};
> > +
> > +  gdb::byte_vector desc (sizeof (structsize) + buf->size ());
> > +  memcpy (desc.data (), &structsize, sizeof (structsize));
> > +  memcpy (desc.data () + sizeof (structsize), buf->data (), buf->size ());
> > +  return desc;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /* Create appropriate note sections for a corefile, returning them in
> >     allocated memory.  */
> >
> > @@ -586,6 +603,46 @@ fbsd_make_corefile_notes (struct gdbarch *gdbarch, bfd *obfd, int *note_size)
> >
> >    note_data = thread_args.note_data;
> >
> > +  pid_t pid = inferior_ptid.pid ();
> > +
> > +  /* Auxillary vector.  */
> > +  uint32_t structsize = gdbarch_addr_bit (gdbarch) / 4; /* Elf_Auxinfo  */
> > +  gdb::optional<gdb::byte_vector> note_desc =
> > +    fbsd_make_note_desc (TARGET_OBJECT_AUXV, structsize);
> > +  if (note_desc && !note_desc->empty ())
> > +    {
> > +      note_data = elfcore_write_note (obfd, note_data, note_size,
> > +                                      "FreeBSD", NT_FREEBSD_PROCSTAT_AUXV,
> > +                                      note_desc->data (), note_desc->size ());
> > +      if (!note_data)
> > +        return NULL;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +  /* File mappings  */
> > +  structsize = 0x488; /* struct kinfo_vmentry  */
> > +  note_desc = fbsd_make_note_desc (TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_VMMAP, structsize);
> > +  if (note_desc && !note_desc->empty ())
> > +    {
> > +      note_data = elfcore_write_note (obfd, note_data, note_size,
> > +                                      "FreeBSD", NT_FREEBSD_PROCSTAT_VMMAP,
> > +                                      note_desc->data (), note_desc->size ());
> > +      if (!note_data)
> > +        return NULL;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +  structsize = gdbarch_addr_bit (gdbarch) / 8; /* void *  */
> > +  note_desc =
> > +    fbsd_make_note_desc (TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_PS_STRINGS, structsize);
> > +  if (note_desc && !note_desc->empty ())
> > +    {
> > +      note_data = elfcore_write_note (obfd, note_data, note_size,
> > +                                      "FreeBSD",
> > +                                      NT_FREEBSD_PROCSTAT_PSSTRINGS,
> > +                                      note_desc->data (), note_desc->size ());
> > +      if (!note_data)
> > +        return NULL;
> > +    }
> > +
> >    return note_data;
> >  }
> >
> > diff --git a/gdb/target.h b/gdb/target.h
> > index 18c4a84c..83f1172c 100644
> > --- a/gdb/target.h
> > +++ b/gdb/target.h
> > @@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ enum target_object
> >       of the process ID of the process in question, in hexadecimal
> >       format.  */
> >    TARGET_OBJECT_EXEC_FILE,
> > +  /* FreeBSD file mappings  */
> > +  TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_VMMAP,
> > +  /* FreeBSD process strings  */
> > +  TARGET_OBJECT_FREEBSD_PS_STRINGS,
> >    /* Possible future objects: TARGET_OBJECT_FILE, ...  */
> >  };
> >
> > --
> > 2.18.0