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-rw-r--r--gdb/ChangeLog12
-rw-r--r--gdb/NEWS15
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo21
-rw-r--r--gdb/exec.c53
-rw-r--r--gdb/gdb_bfd.c23
-rw-r--r--gdb/gdb_bfd.h6
7 files changed, 100 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 643b4eb..f62557d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
2020-05-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+ * NEWS (set exec-file-mismatch): Adjust entry.
+ * exec.c: Include "build-id.h".
+ (validate_exec_file): Try to match build IDs instead of filenames.
+ * gdb_bfd.c (struct gdb_bfd_open_closure): New.
+ (gdb_bfd_iovec_fileio_open): Adjust to use gdb_bfd_open_closure
+ and pass down 'warn_if_slow'.
+ (gdb_bfd_open): Add 'warn_if_slow' parameter. Use
+ gdb_bfd_open_closure to pass it down.
+ * gdb_bfd.h (gdb_bfd_open): Add 'warn_if_slow' parameter.
+
+2020-05-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+
* gdb_bfd.c (gdb_bfd_iovec_fileio_open): Adjust.
* target.c (target_fileio_open_1): Rename to target_fileio_open
and make extern. Use bool.
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index a059fc7..2a9c8b8 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -54,14 +54,13 @@
set exec-file-mismatch -- Set exec-file-mismatch handling (ask|warn|off).
show exec-file-mismatch -- Show exec-file-mismatch handling (ask|warn|off).
- Set or show the option 'exec-file-mismatch'. When GDB attaches to
- a running process and can determine the name of the executable file
- the process runs, this new option indicates whether to detect mismatch
- between the name of the current executable file loaded by GDB
- and the name of the executable file used to start the process.
- If 'ask', the default, display a warning and ask the user
- whether to load the process executable file; if 'warn', just display
- a warning; if 'off', don't attempt to detect a mismatch.
+ Set or show the option 'exec-file-mismatch'. When GDB attaches to a
+ running process, this new option indicates whether to detect
+ a mismatch between the current executable file loaded by GDB and the
+ executable file used to start the process. If 'ask', the default,
+ display a warning and ask the user whether to load the process
+ executable file; if 'warn', just display a warning; if 'off', don't
+ attempt to detect a mismatch.
tui new-layout NAME WINDOW WEIGHT [WINDOW WEIGHT]...
Define a new TUI layout, specifying its name and the windows that
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 0cb4182..f19b897 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-05-19 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Attach): Update exec-file-mismatch description to
+ mention build IDs.
+ (Separate Debug Files): Add "build id" anchor.
+
2020-05-15 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be>
* gdb.texinfo (Help): Document the help and apropos changes.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 8f33012..6418162 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -2909,22 +2909,22 @@ the @code{file} command to load the program. @xref{Files, ,Commands to
Specify Files}.
@anchor{set exec-file-mismatch}
-If the debugger can determine the name of the executable file running
-in the process it is attaching to, and this file name does not match
-the name of the current exec-file loaded by @value{GDBN}, the option
-@code{exec-file-mismatch} specifies how to handle the mismatch.
+If the debugger can determine that the executable file running in the
+process it is attaching to does not match the current exec-file loaded
+by @value{GDBN}, the option @code{exec-file-mismatch} specifies how to
+handle the mismatch. @value{GDBN} tries to compare the files by
+comparing their build IDs (@pxref{build ID}), if available.
@table @code
@kindex exec-file-mismatch
@cindex set exec-file-mismatch
@item set exec-file-mismatch @samp{ask|warn|off}
-Whether to detect mismatch between the name of the current executable
-file loaded by @value{GDBN} and the name of the executable file used to
-start the process. If @samp{ask}, the default, display a warning
-and ask the user whether to load the process executable file; if
-@samp{warn}, just display a warning; if @samp{off}, don't attempt to
-detect a mismatch.
+Whether to detect mismatch between the current executable file loaded
+by @value{GDBN} and the executable file used to start the process. If
+@samp{ask}, the default, display a warning and ask the user whether to
+load the process executable file; if @samp{warn}, just display a
+warning; if @samp{off}, don't attempt to detect a mismatch.
@cindex show exec-file-mismatch
@item show exec-file-mismatch
@@ -20874,6 +20874,7 @@ checksum for the debug file, which @value{GDBN} uses to validate that
the executable and the debug file came from the same build.
@item
+@anchor{build ID}
The executable contains a @dfn{build ID}, a unique bit string that is
also present in the corresponding debug info file. (This is supported
only on some operating systems, when using the ELF or PE file formats
diff --git a/gdb/exec.c b/gdb/exec.c
index a2added..932270a 100644
--- a/gdb/exec.c
+++ b/gdb/exec.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#include "gdb_bfd.h"
#include "gcore.h"
#include "source.h"
+#include "build-id.h"
#include <fcntl.h>
#include "readline/tilde.h"
@@ -247,20 +248,54 @@ validate_exec_file (int from_tty)
struct inferior *inf = current_inferior ();
/* Try to determine a filename from the process itself. */
const char *pid_exec_file = target_pid_to_exec_file (inf->pid);
+ bool build_id_mismatch = false;
- /* If wee cannot validate the exec file, return. */
+ /* If we cannot validate the exec file, return. */
if (current_exec_file == NULL || pid_exec_file == NULL)
return;
- std::string exec_file_target (pid_exec_file);
+ /* Try validating via build-id, if available. This is the most
+ reliable check. */
+ const bfd_build_id *exec_file_build_id = build_id_bfd_get (exec_bfd);
+ if (exec_file_build_id != nullptr)
+ {
+ /* Prepend the target prefix, to force gdb_bfd_open to open the
+ file on the remote file system (if indeed remote). */
+ std::string target_pid_exec_file
+ = std::string (TARGET_SYSROOT_PREFIX) + pid_exec_file;
+
+ gdb_bfd_ref_ptr abfd (gdb_bfd_open (target_pid_exec_file.c_str (),
+ gnutarget, -1, false));
+ if (abfd != nullptr)
+ {
+ const bfd_build_id *target_exec_file_build_id
+ = build_id_bfd_get (abfd.get ());
- /* In case the exec file is not local, exec_file_target has to point at
- the target file system. */
- if (is_target_filename (current_exec_file) && !target_filesystem_is_local ())
- exec_file_target = TARGET_SYSROOT_PREFIX + exec_file_target;
+ if (target_exec_file_build_id != nullptr)
+ {
+ if (exec_file_build_id->size == target_exec_file_build_id->size
+ && memcmp (exec_file_build_id->data,
+ target_exec_file_build_id->data,
+ exec_file_build_id->size) == 0)
+ {
+ /* Match. */
+ return;
+ }
+ else
+ build_id_mismatch = true;
+ }
+ }
+ }
- if (exec_file_target != current_exec_file)
+ if (build_id_mismatch)
{
+ std::string exec_file_target (pid_exec_file);
+
+ /* In case the exec file is not local, exec_file_target has to point at
+ the target file system. */
+ if (is_target_filename (current_exec_file) && !target_filesystem_is_local ())
+ exec_file_target = TARGET_SYSROOT_PREFIX + exec_file_target;
+
warning
(_("Mismatch between current exec-file %ps\n"
"and automatically determined exec-file %ps\n"
@@ -1215,8 +1250,8 @@ Set exec-file-mismatch handling (ask|warn|off)."),
_("\
Show exec-file-mismatch handling (ask|warn|off)."),
_("\
-Specifies how to handle a mismatch between the current exec-file name\n\
-loaded by GDB and the exec-file name automatically determined when attaching\n\
+Specifies how to handle a mismatch between the current exec-file\n\
+loaded by GDB and the exec-file automatically determined when attaching\n\
to a process:\n\n\
ask - warn the user and ask whether to load the determined exec-file.\n\
warn - warn the user, but do not change the exec-file.\n\
diff --git a/gdb/gdb_bfd.c b/gdb/gdb_bfd.c
index 61872a0..25e0178 100644
--- a/gdb/gdb_bfd.c
+++ b/gdb/gdb_bfd.c
@@ -271,22 +271,29 @@ fileio_errno_to_host (int errnum)
return -1;
}
+/* bfd_openr_iovec OPEN_CLOSURE data for gdb_bfd_open. */
+struct gdb_bfd_open_closure
+{
+ inferior *inf;
+ bool warn_if_slow;
+};
+
/* Wrapper for target_fileio_open suitable for passing as the
- OPEN_FUNC argument to gdb_bfd_openr_iovec. The supplied
- OPEN_CLOSURE is unused. */
+ OPEN_FUNC argument to gdb_bfd_openr_iovec. */
static void *
-gdb_bfd_iovec_fileio_open (struct bfd *abfd, void *inferior)
+gdb_bfd_iovec_fileio_open (struct bfd *abfd, void *open_closure)
{
const char *filename = bfd_get_filename (abfd);
int fd, target_errno;
int *stream;
+ gdb_bfd_open_closure *oclosure = (gdb_bfd_open_closure *) open_closure;
gdb_assert (is_target_filename (filename));
- fd = target_fileio_open ((struct inferior *) inferior,
+ fd = target_fileio_open (oclosure->inf,
filename + strlen (TARGET_SYSROOT_PREFIX),
- FILEIO_O_RDONLY, 0, true,
+ FILEIO_O_RDONLY, 0, oclosure->warn_if_slow,
&target_errno);
if (fd == -1)
{
@@ -378,7 +385,8 @@ gdb_bfd_iovec_fileio_fstat (struct bfd *abfd, void *stream,
/* See gdb_bfd.h. */
gdb_bfd_ref_ptr
-gdb_bfd_open (const char *name, const char *target, int fd)
+gdb_bfd_open (const char *name, const char *target, int fd,
+ bool warn_if_slow)
{
hashval_t hash;
void **slot;
@@ -392,9 +400,10 @@ gdb_bfd_open (const char *name, const char *target, int fd)
{
gdb_assert (fd == -1);
+ gdb_bfd_open_closure open_closure { current_inferior (), warn_if_slow };
return gdb_bfd_openr_iovec (name, target,
gdb_bfd_iovec_fileio_open,
- current_inferior (),
+ &open_closure,
gdb_bfd_iovec_fileio_pread,
gdb_bfd_iovec_fileio_close,
gdb_bfd_iovec_fileio_fstat);
diff --git a/gdb/gdb_bfd.h b/gdb/gdb_bfd.h
index 532520e..a941b79 100644
--- a/gdb/gdb_bfd.h
+++ b/gdb/gdb_bfd.h
@@ -78,10 +78,12 @@ typedef gdb::ref_ptr<struct bfd, gdb_bfd_ref_policy> gdb_bfd_ref_ptr;
If the BFD was not accessed using target fileio operations then the
filename associated with the BFD and accessible with
bfd_get_filename will not be exactly NAME but rather NAME with
- TARGET_SYSROOT_PREFIX stripped. */
+ TARGET_SYSROOT_PREFIX stripped. If WARN_IF_SLOW is true, print a
+ warning message if the file is being accessed over a link that may
+ be slow. */
gdb_bfd_ref_ptr gdb_bfd_open (const char *name, const char *target,
- int fd = -1);
+ int fd = -1, bool warn_if_slow = true);
/* Mark the CHILD BFD as being a member of PARENT. Also, increment
the reference count of CHILD. Calling this function ensures that