[PATCH 2/2] gdbserver: Add linux_get_hwcap

Alan Hayward Alan.Hayward@arm.com
Tue Mar 26 13:17:00 GMT 2019



> On 25 Mar 2019, at 15:41, Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca> wrote:
> 
> On 2019-03-25 8:05 a.m., Alan Hayward wrote:
>> In gdbserver, Tidy up calls to read HWCAP (and HWCAP2) by adding common
>> functions, removing the Arm, AArch64, PPC and S390 specific versions.
>> No functionality differences.
>> [ I wasn't sure in gdbserver when to use CORE_ADDR and when to use int/long.
>>   I'm assuming CORE_ADDR is fairly recent to gdbserver? ]
> 
> I don't know if CORE_ADDR is a recent addition to gdbserver.  But I suppose CORE_ADDR was chosen as the return type for functions reading arbitrary AUXV values, since some of them may be pointers.  With CORE_ADDR, we know those values will fit in the data type.  When we return the HWCAP value, we know it won't be a pointer though, so returning a CORE_ADDR is a bit confusing, IMO.  Those functions returning the HWCAP value could return something else, an uint64_t maybe.  But then I would change it in the gdb version as well to match.

I’ve been flipping back and too in my head to change CORE_ADDR to uint64_t.

On a 32bit build, CORE_ADDR is 32bits. So it would be making a difference. Not sure if that really matters or not?

Left this change out of the update below for now.


> 
>>  /* Implementation of linux_target_ops method "arch_setup".  */
>>    static void
>> @@ -545,8 +521,8 @@ aarch64_arch_setup (void)
>>    if (is_elf64)
>>      {
>>        uint64_t vq = aarch64_sve_get_vq (tid);
>> -      unsigned long hwcap = 0;
>> -      bool pauth_p = aarch64_get_hwcap (&hwcap) && (hwcap & AARCH64_HWCAP_PACA);
>> +      unsigned long hwcap = linux_get_hwcap (8);
>> +      bool pauth_p = hwcap & AARCH64_HWCAP_PACA;
> 
> Just wondering, can the linux-aarch64-low.c code be used to debug a process

"gdbserver :2345 a.out” works on an AArch64 box if that’s what you're asking?
The code above is used to detect point auth.

> 
>> diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
>> index 6f703f589f..481919c205 100644
>> --- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
>> +++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
>> @@ -7423,6 +7423,64 @@ linux_get_pc_64bit (struct regcache *regcache)
>>    return pc;
>>  }
>>  +/* Extract the auxiliary vector entry with a_type matching MATCH, storing the
>> +   value in VALP and returning true.  If no entry was found, return false.  */
>> +
>> +static bool
>> +linux_get_auxv (int wordsize, CORE_ADDR match, CORE_ADDR *valp)
> 
> I think this function could return the result (CORE_ADDR) directly,
> returning 0 on failure.

Done. Agreed that given that this function is now static, there is really no need to
keep the unused error.

With this changed, I almost changed linux_get_hwcap and linux_get_hwcap2 into inline
functions in the header. But that means adding extra includes into the header (for
the AT_HWCAP defines) and reliving the static from linux_get_auxv.

> 
> If 4 and 8 are the only supported wordsize values, I would suggest adding an assert to verify it.

Done.

> 
>> +{
>> +  gdb_byte *data = (gdb_byte *) alloca (2 * wordsize);
>> +  int offset = 0;
>> +
>> +  while ((*the_target->read_auxv) (offset, data, 2 * wordsize) == 2 * wordsize)
>> +    {
>> +      if (wordsize == 4)
>> +	{
>> +	  unsigned int *data_p = (unsigned int *)data;
>> +	  if (data_p[0] == match)
>> +	    {
>> +	      *valp = data_p[1];
>> +	      return true;
>> +	    }
>> +	}
>> +      else
>> +	{
>> +	  unsigned long *data_p = (unsigned long *)data;
>> +	  if (data_p[0] == match)
>> +	    {
>> +	      *valp = data_p[1];
>> +	      return true;
>> +	    }
>> +	}
> 
> I am a bit worried about relying on the size of the "int" and "long" types in architecture-independent code.  Could we use uint32_t and uint64_t instead?
> 

Done.

> Simon



Updated patch below. Will push if you have no more comments.

Alan.



diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-aarch64-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-aarch64-low.c
index 20c75493b0..dc4ee81d2a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-aarch64-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-aarch64-low.c
@@ -505,30 +505,6 @@ aarch64_linux_new_fork (struct process_info *parent,
 /* Matches HWCAP_PACA in kernel header arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/hwcap.h.  */
 #define AARCH64_HWCAP_PACA (1 << 30)

-/* Fetch the AT_HWCAP entry from the auxv vector.  */
-
-static bool
-aarch64_get_hwcap (unsigned long *valp)
-{
-  unsigned char *data = (unsigned char *) alloca (16);
-  int offset = 0;
-
-  while ((*the_target->read_auxv) (offset, data, 16) == 16)
-    {
-      unsigned long *data_p = (unsigned long *)data;
-      if (data_p[0] == AT_HWCAP)
-       {
-         *valp = data_p[1];
-         return true;
-       }
-
-      offset += 16;
-    }
-
-  *valp = 0;
-  return false;
-}
-
 /* Implementation of linux_target_ops method "arch_setup".  */

 static void
@@ -545,8 +521,8 @@ aarch64_arch_setup (void)
   if (is_elf64)
     {
       uint64_t vq = aarch64_sve_get_vq (tid);
-      unsigned long hwcap = 0;
-      bool pauth_p = aarch64_get_hwcap (&hwcap) && (hwcap & AARCH64_HWCAP_PACA);
+      unsigned long hwcap = linux_get_hwcap (8);
+      bool pauth_p = hwcap & AARCH64_HWCAP_PACA;

       current_process ()->tdesc = aarch64_linux_read_description (vq, pauth_p);
     }
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-arm-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-arm-low.c
index 8cad5c5fd4..ff72a489cb 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-arm-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-arm-low.c
@@ -847,40 +847,15 @@ get_next_pcs_syscall_next_pc (struct arm_get_next_pcs *self)
   return next_pc;
 }

-static int
-arm_get_hwcap (unsigned long *valp)
-{
-  unsigned char *data = (unsigned char *) alloca (8);
-  int offset = 0;
-
-  while ((*the_target->read_auxv) (offset, data, 8) == 8)
-    {
-      unsigned int *data_p = (unsigned int *)data;
-      if (data_p[0] == AT_HWCAP)
-       {
-         *valp = data_p[1];
-         return 1;
-       }
-
-      offset += 8;
-    }
-
-  *valp = 0;
-  return 0;
-}
-
 static const struct target_desc *
 arm_read_description (void)
 {
   int pid = lwpid_of (current_thread);
-  unsigned long arm_hwcap = 0;
+  unsigned long arm_hwcap = linux_get_hwcap (4);

   /* Query hardware watchpoint/breakpoint capabilities.  */
   arm_linux_init_hwbp_cap (pid);

-  if (arm_get_hwcap (&arm_hwcap) == 0)
-    return tdesc_arm;
-
   if (arm_hwcap & HWCAP_IWMMXT)
     return tdesc_arm_with_iwmmxt;

diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
index 6f703f589f..7158a6798c 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
@@ -7423,6 +7423,53 @@ linux_get_pc_64bit (struct regcache *regcache)
   return pc;
 }

+/* Fetch the entry MATCH from the auxv vector, where entries are length
+   WORDSIZE.  If no entry was found, return zero.  */
+
+static CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_auxv (int wordsize, CORE_ADDR match)
+{
+  gdb_byte *data = (gdb_byte *) alloca (2 * wordsize);
+  int offset = 0;
@@ -7423,6 +7423,53 @@ linux_get_pc_64bit (struct regcache *regcache)
   return pc;
 }

+/* Fetch the entry MATCH from the auxv vector, where entries are length
+   WORDSIZE.  If no entry was found, return zero.  */
+
+static CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_auxv (int wordsize, CORE_ADDR match)
+{
+  gdb_byte *data = (gdb_byte *) alloca (2 * wordsize);
+  int offset = 0;
+
+  gdb_assert (wordsize == 4 || wordsize == 8);
+
+  while ((*the_target->read_auxv) (offset, data, 2 * wordsize) == 2 * wordsize)
+    {
+      if (wordsize == 4)
+       {
+         uint32_t *data_p = (uint32_t *)data;
+         if (data_p[0] == match)
+           return data_p[1];
+       }
+      else
+       {
+         uint64_t *data_p = (uint64_t *)data;
+         if (data_p[0] == match)
+           return data_p[1];
+       }
+
+      offset += 2 * wordsize;
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* See linux-low.h.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_hwcap (int wordsize)
+{
+  return linux_get_auxv (wordsize, AT_HWCAP);
+}
+
+/* See linux-low.h.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR
+linux_get_hwcap2 (int wordsize)
+{
+  return linux_get_auxv (wordsize, AT_HWCAP2);
+}

 static struct target_ops linux_target_ops = {
   linux_create_inferior,
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.h b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.h
index 1ade35d648..d825184835 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.h
@@ -435,4 +435,14 @@ bool thread_db_thread_handle (ptid_t ptid, gdb_byte **handle, int *handle_len);

 extern int have_ptrace_getregset;

+/* Fetch the AT_HWCAP entry from the auxv vector, where entries are length
+   WORDSIZE.  If no entry was found, return zero.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap (int wordsize);
+
+/* Fetch the AT_HWCAP2 entry from the auxv vector, where entries are length
+   WORDSIZE.  If no entry was found, return zero.  */
+
+CORE_ADDR linux_get_hwcap2 (int wordsize);
+
 #endif /* GDBSERVER_LINUX_LOW_H */
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c
index 1b695e53fe..8deb0ce068 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-ppc-low.c
@@ -323,43 +323,6 @@ ppc_set_pc (struct regcache *regcache, CORE_ADDR pc)
     }
 }

-
-static int
-ppc_get_auxv (unsigned long type, unsigned long *valp)
-{
-  const struct target_desc *tdesc = current_process ()->tdesc;
-  int wordsize = register_size (tdesc, 0);
-  unsigned char *data = (unsigned char *) alloca (2 * wordsize);
-  int offset = 0;
-
-  while ((*the_target->read_auxv) (offset, data, 2 * wordsize) == 2 * wordsize)
-    {
-      if (wordsize == 4)
-       {
-         unsigned int *data_p = (unsigned int *)data;
-         if (data_p[0] == type)
-           {
-             *valp = data_p[1];
-             return 1;
-           }
-       }
-      else
-       {
-         unsigned long *data_p = (unsigned long *)data;
-         if (data_p[0] == type)
-           {
-             *valp = data_p[1];
-             return 1;
-           }
-       }
-
-      offset += 2 * wordsize;
-    }
-
-  *valp = 0;
-  return 0;
-}
-
 #ifndef __powerpc64__
 static int ppc_regmap_adjusted;
 #endif
@@ -944,8 +907,8 @@ ppc_arch_setup (void)

   /* The value of current_process ()->tdesc needs to be set for this
      call.  */
-  ppc_get_auxv (AT_HWCAP, &ppc_hwcap);
-  ppc_get_auxv (AT_HWCAP2, &ppc_hwcap2);
+  ppc_hwcap = linux_get_hwcap (features.wordsize);
+  ppc_hwcap2 = linux_get_hwcap2 (features.wordsize);

   features.isa205 = ppc_linux_has_isa205 (ppc_hwcap);

diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-s390-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-s390-low.c
index edbef77fe9..f65a1ec38e 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-s390-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-s390-low.c
@@ -467,36 +467,6 @@ s390_set_pc (struct regcache *regcache, CORE_ADDR newpc)
     }
 }

-/* Get HWCAP from AUXV, using the given WORDSIZE.  Return the HWCAP, or
-   zero if not found.  */
-
-static unsigned long
-s390_get_hwcap (int wordsize)
-{
-  gdb_byte *data = (gdb_byte *) alloca (2 * wordsize);
-  int offset = 0;
-
-  while ((*the_target->read_auxv) (offset, data, 2 * wordsize) == 2 * wordsize)
-    {
-      if (wordsize == 4)
-        {
-          unsigned int *data_p = (unsigned int *)data;
-          if (data_p[0] == AT_HWCAP)
-           return data_p[1];
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          unsigned long *data_p = (unsigned long *)data;
-          if (data_p[0] == AT_HWCAP)
-           return data_p[1];
-        }
-
-      offset += 2 * wordsize;
-    }
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
 /* Determine the word size for the given PID, in bytes.  */

 #ifdef __s390x__
@@ -548,7 +518,7 @@ s390_arch_setup (void)
   /* Determine word size and HWCAP.  */
   int pid = pid_of (current_thread);
   int wordsize = s390_get_wordsize (pid);
-  unsigned long hwcap = s390_get_hwcap (wordsize);
+  unsigned long hwcap = linux_get_hwcap (wordsize);

   /* Check whether the kernel supports extra register sets.  */
   int have_regset_last_break


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