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7.3 KiB
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222 lines
7.3 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: core.5,v 1.16 2002/02/13 08:18:10 ross Exp $
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.\" @(#)core.5 8.3 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
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.\"
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.Dd October 7, 2000
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.Dt CORE 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm core
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.Nd memory image file format
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include \*[Lt]sys/param.h\*[Gt]
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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A small number of signals which cause abnormal termination of a process
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also cause a record of the process's in-core state to be written
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to disk for later examination by one of the available debuggers
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(see
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.Xr signal 7 ) .
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.Pp
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This memory image is written to a file named from a per-process template;
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provided the terminated process had write permission, and provided the
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abnormality did not cause a system crash.
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(In this event, the decision to save the core file is arbitrary, see
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.Xr savecore 8 . )
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The file is named from a per-process template, mapped to the sysctl
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variable
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.Em proc.\*[Lt]pid\*[Gt].corename
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(where \*[Lt]pid\*[Gt] has to be replaced by the pid in decimal format of the
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process).
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This template is either an absolute or relative path name, in which format
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characters can be used, preceded by the percent character
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.Pq Dq \&% .
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The following characters are recognised as format and substituted:
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.Bl -tag -width 4n -offset indent -compact
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.It Sy n
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The process's name
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.It Sy p
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The PID of the process (in decimal)
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.It Sy t
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The process's creation date (a la
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.Xr time 3 ,
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in decimal)
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.It Sy u
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The login name, as returned by
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.Xr getlogin 2
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.El
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.Pp
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By default, the per-process template string points to the default core name
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template, which is mapped to the sysctl variable
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.Em kern.defcorename .
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Changing this value on a live system will change the core name template for
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all processes which didn't have a per-process template set.
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The default value of the default core name template is
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.Nm %n.core
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and can be changed at compile-time with the kernel configuration option
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.Cd options DEFCORENAME
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(see
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.Xr options 4 )
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.Pp
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The per-process template string is inherited on process creation, but is reset
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to point to the default core name template on execution of a set-id binary.
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.Pp
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The maximum size of a core file is limited by
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.Xr setrlimit 2 .
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Files which would be larger than the limit are not created.
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.Pp
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The core file contains of a core header followed by a number of
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segments. Each segment is preceded by a core segment header.
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Both the core header and core segment header are defined in
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.Aq Pa sys/core.h .
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.Pp
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The core header,
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.Fa struct core ,
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specifies the lengths of the core header itself and
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each of the following core segment headers to allow for any machine
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dependent alignment requirements.
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.Bd -literal
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struct core {
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u_int32_t c_midmag; /* magic, id, flags */
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u_int16_t c_hdrsize; /* Size of this header (machdep algn) */
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u_int16_t c_seghdrsize; /* Size of a segment header */
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u_int32_t c_nseg; /* # of core segments */
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char c_name[MAXCOMLEN+1]; /* Copy of p-\*[Gt]p_comm */
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u_int32_t c_signo; /* Killing signal */
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u_long c_ucode; /* Signal code */
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u_long c_cpusize; /* Size of machine dependent segment */
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u_long c_tsize; /* Size of traditional text segment */
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u_long c_dsize; /* Size of traditional data segment */
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u_long c_ssize; /* Size of traditional stack segment */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The fields of
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.Fa struct core
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are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width XXXc_seghdrsize
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.It c_midmag
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Core file machine ID, magic value, and flags.
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These values may be extracted with the
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.Fn CORE_GETMID ,
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.Fn CORE_GETMAGIC ,
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and
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.Fn CORE_GETFLAG
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macros. The machine ID values are listed in
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.Aq Pa sys/exec_aout.h .
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For a valid core file, the magic value in the header must be
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.Dv COREMAGIC .
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No flags are defined for the core header.
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.It c_hdrsize
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Size of this data structure.
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.It c_seghdrsize
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Size of a segment header.
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.It c_nseg
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Number of segments that follow this header.
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.It c_name
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Process name, copied from the p_comm field of
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.Fa struct proc .
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.It c_signo
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Signal that caused the process to dump core.
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.It c_ucode
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Code associated with the signal.
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.It c_cpusize
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Size of the segment containing CPU-specific information.
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This segment will have the
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.Dv CORE_CPU
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flag set.
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.It c_tsize
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Size of the segment containing the program text.
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.It c_dsize
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Size of the segment containing the program's traditional data area.
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.It c_ssize
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Size of the segment containing the program's traditional stack area.
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This segment will have the
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.Dv CORE_STACK
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flag set.
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.El
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The header is followed by
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.Fa c_nseg
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segments, each of which is preceded with a segment header,
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.Fa struct coreseg :
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.Bd -literal
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struct coreseg {
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u_int32_t c_midmag; /* magic, id, flags */
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u_long c_addr; /* Virtual address of segment */
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u_long c_size; /* Size of this segment */
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The fields of
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.Fa struct coreseg
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are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width XXXc_midmag
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.It c_midmag
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Core segment magic value and flags.
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These values may be extracted with the
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.Fn CORE_GETMAGIC
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and
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.Fn CORE_GETFLAG
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macros.
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The magic value in the segment header must be
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.Dv CORESEGMAGIC .
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Exactly one of of the flags
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.Dv CORE_CPU ,
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.Dv CORE_DATA ,
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or
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.Dv CORE_STACK
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will be set to indicate the segment type.
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.It c_addr
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Virtual address of the segment in the program image.
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Meaningless if the segment type is
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.Dv CORE_CPU .
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.It c_size
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Size of the segment, not including this header.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr gdb 1 ,
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.Xr setrlimit 2 ,
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.Xr sysctl 3 ,
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.Xr signal 7 ,
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.Xr sysctl 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm core
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file format appeared in
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.At v6 .
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.Sh BUGS
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There is no standard location or name for the
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CPU-dependent data structure stored in the
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.Dv CORE_CPU
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segment.
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