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authorSrinath Parvathaneni <srinath.parvathaneni@arm.com>2019-07-23 11:21:11 +0100
committerAlan Hayward <alan.hayward@arm.com>2019-07-23 12:06:05 +0100
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[gdb][Arm]: gdb cannot step across CMSE secure entry function code.
GDB is not able to execute "step" command on function calls of Armv8-M cmse secure entry functions. Everytime GNU linker come across definition of any cmse secure entry function in object file(s), it creates two new instructions secure gateway (sg) and original branch destination (b.w), place those two instructions in ".gnu.sgstubs" section of executable. Any function calls to these cmse secure entry functions is re-directed through secure gateway (sg) present in ".gnu.sgstubs" section. Example: Following is a function call to cmse secure entry function "foo": ... bl xxxx <foo> --->(a) ... <foo> xxxx: push {r7, lr} GNU linker on finding out "foo" is a cmse secure entry function, created sg and b.w instructions and place them in ".gnu.sgstubs" section (marked by c). The "bl" instruction (marked by a) which is a call to cmse secure entry function is modified by GNU linker (as marked by b) and call flow is re-directly through secure gateway (sg) in ".gnu.sgstubs" section. ... bl yyyy <foo> ---> (b) ... section .gnu.sgstubs: ---> (c) yyyy <foo> yyyy: sg // secure gateway b.w xxxx <__acle_se_foo> // original_branch_dest ... 0000xxxx <__acle_se_foo> xxxx: push {r7, lr} ---> (d) On invoking GDB, when the control is at "b" and we pass "step" command, the pc returns "yyyy" (sg address) which is a trampoline and which does not exist in source code. So GDB jumps to next line without jumping to "__acle_se_foo" (marked by d). The above details are published on the Arm website [1], please refer to section 5.4 (Entry functions) and section 3.4.4 (C level development flow of secure code). [1] https://developer.arm.com/architectures/cpu-architecture/m-profile/docs/ecm0359818/latest/armv8-m-security-extensions-requirements-on-development-tools-engineering-specification This patch fixes above problem by returning target pc "xxxx" to GDB on executing "step" command at "b", so that the control jumps to "__acle_se_foo" (marked by d). gdb/ChangeLog: * arm-tdep.c (arm_skip_cmse_entry): New function. (arm_is_sgstubs_section): New function. (arm_skip_stub): Add call to arm_skip_cmse_entry function. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.arch/arm-cmse-sgstubs.c: New test. * gdb.arch/arm-cmse-sgstubs.exp: New file.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/arm-tdep.c')
-rw-r--r--gdb/arm-tdep.c56
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/arm-tdep.c b/gdb/arm-tdep.c
index 1d655ea..5dcc443 100644
--- a/gdb/arm-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/arm-tdep.c
@@ -8187,6 +8187,56 @@ arm_get_longjmp_target (struct frame_info *frame, CORE_ADDR *pc)
*pc = extract_unsigned_integer (buf, ARM_INT_REGISTER_SIZE, byte_order);
return 1;
}
+/* A call to cmse secure entry function "foo" at "a" is modified by
+ GNU ld as "b".
+ a) bl xxxx <foo>
+
+ <foo>
+ xxxx:
+
+ b) bl yyyy <__acle_se_foo>
+
+ section .gnu.sgstubs:
+ <foo>
+ yyyy: sg // secure gateway
+ b.w xxxx <__acle_se_foo> // original_branch_dest
+
+ <__acle_se_foo>
+ xxxx:
+
+ When the control at "b", the pc contains "yyyy" (sg address) which is a
+ trampoline and does not exist in source code. This function returns the
+ target pc "xxxx". For more details please refer to section 5.4
+ (Entry functions) and section 3.4.4 (C level development flow of secure code)
+ of "armv8-m-security-extensions-requirements-on-development-tools-engineering-specification"
+ document on www.developer.arm.com. */
+
+static CORE_ADDR
+arm_skip_cmse_entry (CORE_ADDR pc, const char *name, struct objfile *objfile)
+{
+ int target_len = strlen (name) + strlen ("__acle_se_") + 1;
+ char *target_name = (char *) alloca (target_len);
+ xsnprintf (target_name, target_len, "%s%s", "__acle_se_", name);
+
+ struct bound_minimal_symbol minsym
+ = lookup_minimal_symbol (target_name, NULL, objfile);
+
+ if (minsym.minsym != nullptr)
+ return BMSYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (minsym);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Return true when SEC points to ".gnu.sgstubs" section. */
+
+static bool
+arm_is_sgstubs_section (struct obj_section *sec)
+{
+ return (sec != nullptr
+ && sec->the_bfd_section != nullptr
+ && sec->the_bfd_section->name != nullptr
+ && streq (sec->the_bfd_section->name, ".gnu.sgstubs"));
+}
/* Recognize GCC and GNU ld's trampolines. If we are in a trampoline,
return the target PC. Otherwise return 0. */
@@ -8266,6 +8316,12 @@ arm_skip_stub (struct frame_info *frame, CORE_ADDR pc)
return 0;
}
+ struct obj_section *section = find_pc_section (pc);
+
+ /* Check whether SECTION points to the ".gnu.sgstubs" section. */
+ if (arm_is_sgstubs_section (section))
+ return arm_skip_cmse_entry (pc, name, section->objfile);
+
return 0; /* not a stub */
}