"""
This python script adds a new gdb command, "dump-guest-memory". It
should be loaded with "source dump-guest-memory.py" at the (gdb)
prompt.
Copyright (C) 2013, Red Hat, Inc.
Authors:
Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. See
the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
"""
import ctypes
UINTPTR_T = gdb.lookup_type("uintptr_t")
TARGET_PAGE_SIZE = 0x1000
TARGET_PAGE_MASK = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF000
# Special value for e_phnum. This indicates that the real number of
# program headers is too large to fit into e_phnum. Instead the real
# value is in the field sh_info of section 0.
PN_XNUM = 0xFFFF
EV_CURRENT = 1
ELFCLASS32 = 1
ELFCLASS64 = 2
ELFDATA2LSB = 1
ELFDATA2MSB = 2
ET_CORE = 4
PT_LOAD = 1
PT_NOTE = 4
EM_386 = 3
EM_PPC = 20
EM_PPC64 = 21
EM_S390 = 22
EM_AARCH = 183
EM_X86_64 = 62
class ELF(object):
"""Representation of a ELF file."""
def __init__(self, arch):
self.ehdr = None
self.notes = []
self.segments = []
self.notes_size = 0
self.endianness = None
self.elfclass = ELFCLASS64
if arch == 'aarch64-le':
self.endianness = ELFDATA2LSB
self.elfclass = ELFCLASS64
self.ehdr = get_arch_ehdr(self.endianness, self.elfclass)
self.ehdr.e_machine = EM_AARCH
elif arch == 'aarch64-be':
self.endianness = ELFDATA2MSB
self.ehdr = get_arch_ehdr(self.endianness, self.elfclass)
self.ehdr.e_machine = EM_AARCH
elif arch == 'X86_64':
self.endianness = ELFDATA2LSB
self.ehdr = get_arch_ehdr(self.endianness, self.elfclass)
self.ehdr.e_machine = EM_X86_64
elif arch == '386':
self.endianness = ELFDATA2LSB
self.elfclass = ELFCLASS32
self.ehdr = get_arch_ehdr(self.endianness, self.elfclass)
self.ehdr.e_machine = EM_386
elif arch == 's390':
self.endianness = ELFDATA2MSB
self.ehdr = get_arch_ehdr(self.endianness, self.elfclass)
self.ehdr.e_machine = EM_S390
elif arch == 'ppc64-le':
self.endianness = ELFDATA2LSB
self.ehdr = get_arch_ehdr(self.endianness, self.elfclass)
self.ehdr.e_machine = EM_PPC64
elif arch == 'ppc64-be':
self.endianness = ELFDATA2MSB
self.ehdr = get_arch_ehdr(self.endianness, self.elfclass)
self.ehdr.e_machine = EM_PPC64
else:
raise gdb.GdbError("No valid arch type specified.\n"
"Currently supported types:\n"
"aarch64-be, aarch64-le, X86_64, 386, s390, "
"ppc64-be, ppc64-le")
self.add_segment(PT_NOTE, 0, 0)
def add_note(self, n_name, n_desc, n_type):
"""Adds a note to the ELF."""
note = get_arch_note(self.endianness, len(n_name), len(n_desc))
note.n_namesz = len(n_name) + 1
note.n_descsz = len(n_desc)
note.n_name = n_name.encode()
note.n_type = n_type
# Desc needs to be 4 byte aligned (although the 64bit spec
# specifies 8 byte). When defining n_desc as uint32 it will be
# automatically aligned but we need the memmove to copy the
# string into it.
ctypes.memmove(note.n_desc, n_desc.encode(), len(n_desc))
self.notes.append(note)
self.segments[0].p_filesz += ctypes.sizeof(note)
self.segments[0].p_memsz += ctypes.sizeof(note)
def add_segment(self, p_type, p_paddr, p_size):
"""Adds a segment to the elf."""
phdr = get_arch_phdr(self.endianness, self.elfclass)
phdr.p_type = p_type
phdr.p_paddr = p_paddr
phdr.p_filesz = p_size
phdr.p_memsz = p_size
self.segments.append(phdr)
self.ehdr.e_phnum += 1
def to_file(self, elf_file):
"""Writes all ELF structures to the the passed file.
Structure:
Ehdr
Segment 0:PT_NOTE
Segment 1:PT_LOAD
Segment N:PT_LOAD
Note 0..N
Dump contents
"""
elf_file.write(self.ehdr)
off = ctypes.sizeof(self.ehdr) + \
len(self.segments) * ctypes.sizeof(self.segments[0])
for phdr in self.segments:
phdr.p_offset = off
elf_file.write(phdr)
off += phdr.p_filesz
for note in self.notes:
elf_file.write(note)
def get_arch_note(endianness, len_name, len_desc):
"""Returns a Note class with the specified endianness."""
if endianness == ELFDATA2LSB:
superclass = ctypes.LittleEndianStructure
else:
superclass = ctypes.BigEndianStructure
len_name = len_name + 1
class Note(superclass):
"""Represents an ELF note, includes the content."""
_fields_ = [("n_namesz", ctypes.c_uint32),
("n_descsz", ctypes.c_uint32),
("n_type", ctypes.c_uint32),
("n_name", ctypes.c_char * len_name),
("n_desc", ctypes.c_uint32 * ((len_desc + 3) // 4))]
return Note()
class Ident(ctypes.Structure):
"""Represents the ELF ident array in the ehdr structure."""
_fields_ = [('ei_mag0', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('ei_mag1', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('ei_mag2', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('ei_mag3', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('ei_class', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('ei_data', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('ei_version', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('ei_osabi', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('ei_abiversion', ctypes.c_ubyte),
('ei_pad', ctypes.c_ubyte * 7)]
def __init__(self, endianness, elfclass):
self.ei_mag0 = 0x7F
self.ei_mag1 = ord('E')
self.ei_mag2 = ord('L')
self.ei_mag3 = ord('F')
self.ei_class = elfclass
self.ei_data = endianness
self.ei_version = EV_CURRENT
def get_arch_ehdr(endianness, elfclass):
"""Returns a EHDR64 class with the specified endianness."""
if endianness == ELFDATA2LSB:
superclass = ctypes.LittleEndianStructure
else:
superclass = ctypes.BigEndianStructure
class EHDR64(superclass):
"""Represents the 64 bit ELF header struct."""
_fields_ = [('e_ident', Ident),
('e_type', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_machine', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_version', ctypes.c_uint32),
('e_entry', ctypes.c_uint64),
('e_phoff', ctypes.c_uint64),
('e_shoff', ctypes.c_uint64),
('e_flags', ctypes.c_uint32),
('e_ehsize', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_phentsize', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_phnum', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_shentsize', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_shnum', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_shstrndx', ctypes.c_uint16)]
def __init__(self):
super(superclass, self).__init__()
self.e_ident = Ident(endianness, elfclass)
self.e_type = ET_CORE
self.e_version = EV_CURRENT
self.e_ehsize = ctypes.sizeof(self)
self.e_phoff = ctypes.sizeof(self)
self.e_phentsize = ctypes.sizeof(get_arch_phdr(endianness, elfclass))
self.e_phnum = 0
class EHDR32(superclass):
"""Represents the 32 bit ELF header struct."""
_fields_ = [('e_ident', Ident),
('e_type', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_machine', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_version', ctypes.c_uint32),
('e_entry', ctypes.c_uint32),
('e_phoff', ctypes.c_uint32),
('e_shoff', ctypes.c_uint32),
('e_flags', ctypes.c_uint32),
('e_ehsize', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_phentsize', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_phnum', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_shentsize', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_shnum', ctypes.c_uint16),
('e_shstrndx', ctypes.c_uint16)]
def __init__(self):
super(superclass, self).__init__()
self.e_ident = Ident(endianness, elfclass)
self.e_type = ET_CORE
self.e_version = EV_CURRENT
self.e_ehsize = ctypes.sizeof(self)
self.e_phoff = ctypes.sizeof(self)
self.e_phentsize = ctypes.sizeof(get_arch_phdr(endianness, elfclass))
self.e_phnum = 0
# End get_arch_ehdr
if elfclass == ELFCLASS64:
return EHDR64()
else:
return EHDR32()
def get_arch_phdr(endianness, elfclass):
"""Returns a 32 or 64 bit PHDR class with the specified endianness."""
if endianness == ELFDATA2LSB:
superclass = ctypes.LittleEndianStructure
else:
superclass = ctypes.BigEndianStructure
class PHDR64(superclass):
"""Represents the 64 bit ELF program header struct."""
_fields_ = [('p_type', ctypes.c_uint32),
('p_flags', ctypes.c_uint32),
('p_offset', ctypes.c_uint64),
('p_vaddr', ctypes.c_uint64),
('p_paddr', ctypes.c_uint64),
('p_filesz', ctypes.c_uint64),
('p_memsz', ctypes.c_uint64),
('p_align', ctypes.c_uint64)]
class PHDR32(superclass):
"""Represents the 32 bit ELF program header struct."""
_fields_ = [('p_type', ctypes.c_uint32),
('p_offset', ctypes.c_uint32),
('p_vaddr', ctypes.c_uint32),
('p_paddr', ctypes.c_uint32),
('p_filesz', ctypes.c_uint32),
('p_memsz', ctypes.c_uint32),
('p_flags', ctypes.c_uint32),
('p_align', ctypes.c_uint32)]
# End get_arch_phdr
if elfclass == ELFCLASS64:
return PHDR64()
else:
return PHDR32()
def int128_get64(val):
"""Returns low 64bit part of Int128 struct."""
assert val["hi"] == 0
return val["lo"]
def qlist_foreach(head, field_str):
"""Generator for qlists."""
var_p = head["lh_first"]
while var_p != 0:
var = var_p.dereference()
var_p = var[field_str]["le_next"]
yield var
def qemu_map_ram_ptr(block, offset):
"""Returns qemu vaddr for given guest physical address."""
return block["host"] + offset
def memory_region_get_ram_ptr(memory_region):
if memory_region["alias"] != 0:
return (memory_region_get_ram_ptr(memory_region["alias"].dereference())
+ memory_region["alias_offset"])
return qemu_map_ram_ptr(memory_region["ram_block"], 0)
def get_guest_phys_blocks():
"""Returns a list of ram blocks.
Each block entry contains:
'target_start': guest block phys start address
'target_end': guest block phys end address
'host_addr': qemu vaddr of the block's start
"""
guest_phys_blocks = []
print("guest RAM blocks:")
print("target_start target_end host_addr message "
"count")
print("---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------- "
"-----")
current_map_p = gdb.parse_and_eval("address_space_memory.current_map")
current_map = current_map_p.dereference()
# Conversion to int is needed for python 3
# compatibility. Otherwise range doesn't cast the value itself and
# breaks.
for cur in range(int(current_map["nr"])):
flat_range = (current_map["ranges"] + cur).dereference()
memory_region = flat_range["mr"].dereference()
# we only care about RAM
if not memory_region["ram"]:
continue
section_size = int128_get64(flat_range["addr"]["size"])
target_start = int128_get64(flat_range["addr"]["start"])
target_end = target_start + section_size
host_addr = (memory_region_get_ram_ptr(memory_region)
+ flat_range["offset_in_region"])
predecessor = None
# find continuity in guest physical address space
if len(guest_phys_blocks) > 0:
predecessor = guest_phys_blocks[-1]
predecessor_size = (predecessor["target_end"] -
predecessor["target_start"])
# the memory API guarantees monotonically increasing
# traversal
assert predecessor["target_end"] <= target_start
# we want continuity in both guest-physical and
# host-virtual memory
if (predecessor["target_end"] < target_start or
predecessor["host_addr"] + predecessor_size != host_addr):
predecessor = None
if predecessor is None:
# isolated mapping, add it to the list
guest_phys_blocks.append({"target_start": target_start,
"target_end": target_end,
"host_addr": host_addr})
message = "added"
else:
# expand predecessor until @target_end; predecessor's
# start doesn't change
predecessor["target_end"] = target_end
message = "joined"
print("%016x %016x %016x %-7s %5u" %
(target_start, target_end, host_addr.cast(UINTPTR_T),
message, len(guest_phys_blocks)))
return guest_phys_blocks
# The leading docstring doesn't have idiomatic Python formatting. It is
# printed by gdb's "help" command (the first line is printed in the
# "help data" summary), and it should match how other help texts look in
# gdb.
class DumpGuestMemory(gdb.Command):
"""Extract guest vmcore from qemu process coredump.
The two required arguments are FILE and ARCH:
FILE identifies the target file to write the guest vmcore to.
ARCH specifies the architecture for which the core will be generated.
This GDB command reimplements the dump-guest-memory QMP command in
python, using the representation of guest memory as captured in the qemu
coredump. The qemu process that has been dumped must have had the
command line option "-machine dump-guest-core=on" which is the default.
For simplicity, the "paging", "begin" and "end" parameters of the QMP
command are not supported -- no attempt is made to get the guest's
internal paging structures (ie. paging=false is hard-wired), and guest
memory is always fully dumped.
Currently aarch64-be, aarch64-le, X86_64, 386, s390, ppc64-be,
ppc64-le guests are supported.
The CORE/NT_PRSTATUS and QEMU notes (that is, the VCPUs' statuses) are
not written to the vmcore. Preparing these would require context that is
only present in the KVM host kernel module when the guest is alive. A
fake ELF note is written instead, only to keep the ELF parser of "crash"
happy.
Dependent on how busted the qemu process was at the time of the
coredump, this command might produce unpredictable results. If qemu
deliberately called abort(), or it was dumped in response to a signal at
a halfway fortunate point, then its coredump should be in reasonable
shape and this command should mostly work."""
def __init__(self):
super(DumpGuestMemory, self).__init__("dump-guest-memory",
gdb.COMMAND_DATA,
gdb.COMPLETE_FILENAME)
self.elf = None
self.guest_phys_blocks = None
def dump_init(self, vmcore):
"""Prepares and writes ELF structures to core file."""
# Needed to make crash happy, data for more useful notes is
# not available in a qemu core.
self.elf.add_note("NONE", "EMPTY", 0)
# We should never reach PN_XNUM for paging=false dumps,
# there's just a handful of discontiguous ranges after
# merging.
# The constant is needed to account for the PT_NOTE segment.
phdr_num = len(self.guest_phys_blocks) + 1
assert phdr_num < PN_XNUM
for block in self.guest_phys_blocks:
block_size = block["target_end"] - block["target_start"]
self.elf.add_segment(PT_LOAD, block["target_start"], block_size)
self.elf.to_file(vmcore)
def dump_iterate(self, vmcore):
"""Writes guest core to file."""
qemu_core = gdb.inferiors()[0]
for block in self.guest_phys_blocks:
cur = block["host_addr"]
left = block["target_end"] - block["target_start"]
print("dumping range at %016x for length %016x" %
(cur.cast(UINTPTR_T), left))
while left > 0:
chunk_size = min(TARGET_PAGE_SIZE, left)
chunk = qemu_core.read_memory(cur, chunk_size)
vmcore.write(chunk)
cur += chunk_size
left -= chunk_size
def invoke(self, args, from_tty):
"""Handles command invocation from gdb."""
# Unwittingly pressing the Enter key after the command should
# not dump the same multi-gig coredump to the same file.
self.dont_repeat()
argv = gdb.string_to_argv(args)
if len(argv) != 2:
raise gdb.GdbError("usage: dump-guest-memory FILE ARCH")
self.elf = ELF(argv[1])
self.guest_phys_blocks = get_guest_phys_blocks()
with open(argv[0], "wb") as vmcore:
self.dump_init(vmcore)
self.dump_iterate(vmcore)
DumpGuestMemory()