[PATCH, MIPS] Extract PID from core dump file

[Djordje]

Has somebody took a look into this?

Best regards,
Djordje

On 19.06.2017. 15:21, Djordje Todorovic wrote:
> On MIPS platforms, PID information was not correctly propagated from 
> core dump file to internal GDB structures. This patch fixes that behavior.
> 
> The bug was found while trying to read TLS variable from core dump file 
> on MIPS platforms, but it was not able because GDB needs correct PID 
> information in order to do that.
> 
> This change is tested on MIPS64R2 board with o32, n32 and n64 
> executables. Test program is forced to crash in order to generate core 
> file. Core file is loaded into GDB and bfd structure is checked if it 
> has correct PID value, the same value executable had before crash.
> 
> Currently I don't have copyright assignment. Couple a weeks ago my 
> company initiated process of getting copyright assignment  but with no 
> response so far.
> 
> 
>  From 06d1e46e23297bcbbd6e75dcce6c0c4cfbca7864 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Djordje Todorovic <djordje.todorovic@rt-rk.com>
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:02:28 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] BFD: Extract PID from MIPS core dump file
> 
> On MIPS platforms, PID information was not correctly propagated
> from core dump file to internal GDB structures.
> This patch fixes that behavior.
> 
> bfd/ChangeLog:
> 
>      * elf32-mips.c (elf32_mips_grok_psinfo): Extract core->pid.
>      * elf64-mips.c (elf64_mips_grok_psinfo): Likewise.
>      * elfn32-mips.c (elf32_mips_grok_psinfo): Likewise.
> ---
>   bfd/elf32-mips.c  | 2 ++
>   bfd/elf64-mips.c  | 2 ++
>   bfd/elfn32-mips.c | 2 ++
>   3 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/bfd/elf32-mips.c b/bfd/elf32-mips.c
> index 8c1a68eb..9ec2818 100644
> --- a/bfd/elf32-mips.c
> +++ b/bfd/elf32-mips.c
> @@ -2353,6 +2353,8 @@ elf32_mips_grok_psinfo (bfd *abfd, 
> Elf_Internal_Note *note)
>       return FALSE;
> 
>         case 128:        /* Linux/MIPS elf_prpsinfo */
> +    elf_tdata (abfd)->core->pid
> +     = bfd_get_32 (abfd, note->descdata + 24);
>       elf_tdata (abfd)->core->program
>        = _bfd_elfcore_strndup (abfd, note->descdata + 32, 16);
>       elf_tdata (abfd)->core->command
> diff --git a/bfd/elf64-mips.c b/bfd/elf64-mips.c
> index 84f2a3f..e45e362 100644
> --- a/bfd/elf64-mips.c
> +++ b/bfd/elf64-mips.c
> @@ -4228,6 +4228,8 @@ elf64_mips_grok_psinfo (bfd *abfd, 
> Elf_Internal_Note *note)
>       return FALSE;
> 
>         case 136:        /* Linux/MIPS - N64 kernel elf_prpsinfo */
> +    elf_tdata (abfd)->core->pid
> +     = bfd_get_32 (abfd, note->descdata + 24);
>       elf_tdata (abfd)->core->program
>        = _bfd_elfcore_strndup (abfd, note->descdata + 40, 16);
>       elf_tdata (abfd)->core->command
> diff --git a/bfd/elfn32-mips.c b/bfd/elfn32-mips.c
> index dce7ba1..af4e8c3 100644
> --- a/bfd/elfn32-mips.c
> +++ b/bfd/elfn32-mips.c
> @@ -3558,6 +3558,8 @@ elf32_mips_grok_psinfo (bfd *abfd, 
> Elf_Internal_Note *note)
>       return FALSE;
> 
>         case 128:        /* Linux/MIPS elf_prpsinfo */
> +    elf_tdata (abfd)->core->pid
> +     = bfd_get_32 (abfd, note->descdata + 24);
>       elf_tdata (abfd)->core->program
>        = _bfd_elfcore_strndup (abfd, note->descdata + 32, 16);
>       elf_tdata (abfd)->core->command