freebsd-skq/sys/ddb/db_textdump.c

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Add textdump(4) facility, which provides an alternative form of kernel dump using mechanically generated/extracted debugging output rather than a simple memory dump. Current sources of debugging output are: - DDB output capture buffer, if there is captured output to save - Kernel message buffer - Kernel configuration, if included in kernel - Kernel version string - Panic message Textdumps are stored in swap/dump partitions as with regular dumps, but are laid out as ustar files in order to allow multiple parts to be stored as a stream of sequentially written blocks. Blocks are written out in reverse order, as the size of a textdump isn't known a priori. As with regular dumps, they will be extracted using savecore(8). One new DDB(4) command is added, "textdump", which accepts "set", "unset", and "status" arguments. By default, normal kernel dumps are generated unless "textdump set" is run in order to schedule a textdump. It can be canceled using "textdump unset" to restore generation of a normal kernel dump. Several sysctls exist to configure aspects of textdumps; debug.ddb.textdump.pending can be set to check whether a textdump is pending, or set/unset in order to control whether the next kernel dump will be a textdump from userspace. While textdumps don't have to be generated as a result of a DDB script run automatically as part of a kernel panic, this is a particular useful way to use them, as instead of generating a complete memory dump, a simple transcript of an automated DDB session can be captured using the DDB output capture and textdump facilities. This can be used to generate quite brief kernel bug reports rich in debugging information but not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely synchronized source code. Most textdumps I generate are less than 100k including the full message buffer. Using textdumps with an interactive debugging session is also useful, with capture being enabled/disabled in order to record some but not all of the DDB session. MFC after: 3 months
2007-12-26 11:32:33 +00:00
/*-
* Copyright (c) 2007 Robert N. M. Watson
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
* documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
* ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
* ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
* FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
* DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
* OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
* HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
* LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
/*-
* Kernel text-dump support: write a series of text files to the dump
* partition for later recovery, including captured DDB output, kernel
* configuration, message buffer, and panic message. This allows for a more
* compact representation of critical debugging information than traditional
* binary dumps, as well as allowing dump information to be used without
* access to kernel symbols, source code, etc.
Add textdump(4) facility, which provides an alternative form of kernel dump using mechanically generated/extracted debugging output rather than a simple memory dump. Current sources of debugging output are: - DDB output capture buffer, if there is captured output to save - Kernel message buffer - Kernel configuration, if included in kernel - Kernel version string - Panic message Textdumps are stored in swap/dump partitions as with regular dumps, but are laid out as ustar files in order to allow multiple parts to be stored as a stream of sequentially written blocks. Blocks are written out in reverse order, as the size of a textdump isn't known a priori. As with regular dumps, they will be extracted using savecore(8). One new DDB(4) command is added, "textdump", which accepts "set", "unset", and "status" arguments. By default, normal kernel dumps are generated unless "textdump set" is run in order to schedule a textdump. It can be canceled using "textdump unset" to restore generation of a normal kernel dump. Several sysctls exist to configure aspects of textdumps; debug.ddb.textdump.pending can be set to check whether a textdump is pending, or set/unset in order to control whether the next kernel dump will be a textdump from userspace. While textdumps don't have to be generated as a result of a DDB script run automatically as part of a kernel panic, this is a particular useful way to use them, as instead of generating a complete memory dump, a simple transcript of an automated DDB session can be captured using the DDB output capture and textdump facilities. This can be used to generate quite brief kernel bug reports rich in debugging information but not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely synchronized source code. Most textdumps I generate are less than 100k including the full message buffer. Using textdumps with an interactive debugging session is also useful, with capture being enabled/disabled in order to record some but not all of the DDB session. MFC after: 3 months
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*
* Storage Layout
* --------------
*
* Crash dumps are aligned to the end of the dump or swap partition in order
* to minimize the chances of swap duing fsck eating into the dump. However,
* unlike a memory dump, we don't know the size of the textdump a priori, so
* can't just write it out sequentially in order from a known starting point
* calculated with respect to the end of the partition. In order to address
* this, we actually write out the textdump in reverse block order, allowing
* us to directly align it to the end of the partition and then write out the
* dump header and trailer before and after it once done. savecore(8) must
* know to reverse the order of the blocks in order to produce a readable
* file.
*
* Data is written out in the ustar file format so that we can write data
* incrementally as a stream without reference to previous files.
Add textdump(4) facility, which provides an alternative form of kernel dump using mechanically generated/extracted debugging output rather than a simple memory dump. Current sources of debugging output are: - DDB output capture buffer, if there is captured output to save - Kernel message buffer - Kernel configuration, if included in kernel - Kernel version string - Panic message Textdumps are stored in swap/dump partitions as with regular dumps, but are laid out as ustar files in order to allow multiple parts to be stored as a stream of sequentially written blocks. Blocks are written out in reverse order, as the size of a textdump isn't known a priori. As with regular dumps, they will be extracted using savecore(8). One new DDB(4) command is added, "textdump", which accepts "set", "unset", and "status" arguments. By default, normal kernel dumps are generated unless "textdump set" is run in order to schedule a textdump. It can be canceled using "textdump unset" to restore generation of a normal kernel dump. Several sysctls exist to configure aspects of textdumps; debug.ddb.textdump.pending can be set to check whether a textdump is pending, or set/unset in order to control whether the next kernel dump will be a textdump from userspace. While textdumps don't have to be generated as a result of a DDB script run automatically as part of a kernel panic, this is a particular useful way to use them, as instead of generating a complete memory dump, a simple transcript of an automated DDB session can be captured using the DDB output capture and textdump facilities. This can be used to generate quite brief kernel bug reports rich in debugging information but not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely synchronized source code. Most textdumps I generate are less than 100k including the full message buffer. Using textdumps with an interactive debugging session is also useful, with capture being enabled/disabled in order to record some but not all of the DDB session. MFC after: 3 months
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*
* TODO
* ----
*
* - Allow subsytems to register to submit files for inclusion in the text
* dump in a generic way.
*/
#include <sys/cdefs.h>
__FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
#include "opt_config.h"
#include "opt_ddb.h"
Add textdump(4) facility, which provides an alternative form of kernel dump using mechanically generated/extracted debugging output rather than a simple memory dump. Current sources of debugging output are: - DDB output capture buffer, if there is captured output to save - Kernel message buffer - Kernel configuration, if included in kernel - Kernel version string - Panic message Textdumps are stored in swap/dump partitions as with regular dumps, but are laid out as ustar files in order to allow multiple parts to be stored as a stream of sequentially written blocks. Blocks are written out in reverse order, as the size of a textdump isn't known a priori. As with regular dumps, they will be extracted using savecore(8). One new DDB(4) command is added, "textdump", which accepts "set", "unset", and "status" arguments. By default, normal kernel dumps are generated unless "textdump set" is run in order to schedule a textdump. It can be canceled using "textdump unset" to restore generation of a normal kernel dump. Several sysctls exist to configure aspects of textdumps; debug.ddb.textdump.pending can be set to check whether a textdump is pending, or set/unset in order to control whether the next kernel dump will be a textdump from userspace. While textdumps don't have to be generated as a result of a DDB script run automatically as part of a kernel panic, this is a particular useful way to use them, as instead of generating a complete memory dump, a simple transcript of an automated DDB session can be captured using the DDB output capture and textdump facilities. This can be used to generate quite brief kernel bug reports rich in debugging information but not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely synchronized source code. Most textdumps I generate are less than 100k including the full message buffer. Using textdumps with an interactive debugging session is also useful, with capture being enabled/disabled in order to record some but not all of the DDB session. MFC after: 3 months
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#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/conf.h>
#include <sys/kernel.h>
#include <sys/kerneldump.h>
#include <sys/msgbuf.h>
#include <sys/sysctl.h>
#include <sys/systm.h>
#include <ddb/ddb.h>
#include <ddb/db_lex.h>
static SYSCTL_NODE(_debug_ddb, OID_AUTO, textdump, CTLFLAG_RW, 0,
"DDB textdump options");
/*
* Don't touch the first SIZEOF_METADATA bytes on the dump device. This is
* to protect us from metadata and metadata from us.
*/
#define SIZEOF_METADATA (64*1024)
/*
* Data is written out as a series of files in the ustar tar format. ustar
* is a simple streamed format consiting of a series of files prefixed with
* headers, and all padded to 512-byte block boundaries, which maps
* conveniently to our requirements.
*/
struct ustar_header {
char uh_filename[100];
char uh_mode[8];
char uh_tar_owner[8];
char uh_tar_group[8];
char uh_size[12];
char uh_mtime[12];
char uh_sum[8];
char uh_type;
char uh_linkfile[100];
char uh_ustar[6];
char uh_version[2];
char uh_owner[32];
char uh_group[32];
char uh_major[8];
char uh_minor[8];
char uh_filenameprefix[155];
char uh_zeropad[12];
} __packed;
/*
* Various size assertions -- pretty much everything must be one block in
* size.
*/
CTASSERT(sizeof(struct kerneldumpheader) == TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
CTASSERT(sizeof(struct ustar_header) == TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
/*
* Is a textdump scheduled? If so, the shutdown code will invoke our dumpsys
* routine instead of the machine-dependent kernel dump routine.
*/
#ifdef TEXTDUMP_PREFERRED
int textdump_pending = 1;
#else
int textdump_pending = 0;
#endif
Add textdump(4) facility, which provides an alternative form of kernel dump using mechanically generated/extracted debugging output rather than a simple memory dump. Current sources of debugging output are: - DDB output capture buffer, if there is captured output to save - Kernel message buffer - Kernel configuration, if included in kernel - Kernel version string - Panic message Textdumps are stored in swap/dump partitions as with regular dumps, but are laid out as ustar files in order to allow multiple parts to be stored as a stream of sequentially written blocks. Blocks are written out in reverse order, as the size of a textdump isn't known a priori. As with regular dumps, they will be extracted using savecore(8). One new DDB(4) command is added, "textdump", which accepts "set", "unset", and "status" arguments. By default, normal kernel dumps are generated unless "textdump set" is run in order to schedule a textdump. It can be canceled using "textdump unset" to restore generation of a normal kernel dump. Several sysctls exist to configure aspects of textdumps; debug.ddb.textdump.pending can be set to check whether a textdump is pending, or set/unset in order to control whether the next kernel dump will be a textdump from userspace. While textdumps don't have to be generated as a result of a DDB script run automatically as part of a kernel panic, this is a particular useful way to use them, as instead of generating a complete memory dump, a simple transcript of an automated DDB session can be captured using the DDB output capture and textdump facilities. This can be used to generate quite brief kernel bug reports rich in debugging information but not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely synchronized source code. Most textdumps I generate are less than 100k including the full message buffer. Using textdumps with an interactive debugging session is also useful, with capture being enabled/disabled in order to record some but not all of the DDB session. MFC after: 3 months
2007-12-26 11:32:33 +00:00
SYSCTL_INT(_debug_ddb_textdump, OID_AUTO, pending, CTLFLAG_RW,
&textdump_pending, 0,
"Perform textdump instead of regular kernel dump.");
/*
* Various constants for tar headers and contents.
*/
#define TAR_USER "root"
#define TAR_GROUP "wheel"
#define TAR_UID "0"
#define TAR_GID "0"
#define TAR_MODE "0600"
#define TAR_USTAR "ustar"
#define TAR_CONFIG_FILENAME "config.txt" /* Kernel configuration. */
#define TAR_MSGBUF_FILENAME "msgbuf.txt" /* Kernel messsage buffer. */
#define TAR_PANIC_FILENAME "panic.txt" /* Panic message. */
#define TAR_VERSION_FILENAME "version.txt" /* Kernel version. */
/*
* Configure which files will be dumped.
*/
#ifdef INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE
static int textdump_do_config = 1;
SYSCTL_INT(_debug_ddb_textdump, OID_AUTO, do_config, CTLFLAG_RW,
&textdump_do_config, 0, "Dump kernel configuration in textdump");
#endif
static int textdump_do_ddb = 1;
SYSCTL_INT(_debug_ddb_textdump, OID_AUTO, do_ddb, CTLFLAG_RW,
&textdump_do_ddb, 0, "Dump DDB captured output in textdump");
static int textdump_do_msgbuf = 1;
SYSCTL_INT(_debug_ddb_textdump, OID_AUTO, do_msgbuf, CTLFLAG_RW,
&textdump_do_msgbuf, 0, "Dump kernel message buffer in textdump");
static int textdump_do_panic = 1;
SYSCTL_INT(_debug_ddb_textdump, OID_AUTO, do_panic, CTLFLAG_RW,
&textdump_do_panic, 0, "Dump kernel panic message in textdump");
static int textdump_do_version = 1;
SYSCTL_INT(_debug_ddb_textdump, OID_AUTO, do_version, CTLFLAG_RW,
&textdump_do_version, 0, "Dump kernel version string in textdump");
/*
* State related to incremental writing of blocks to disk.
*/
static off_t textdump_offset; /* Offset of next sequential write. */
static int textdump_error; /* Carried write error, if any. */
/*
* Statically allocate space to prepare block-sized headers and data.
*/
char textdump_block_buffer[TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE];
static struct kerneldumpheader kdh;
/*
* Calculate and fill in the checksum for a ustar header.
Add textdump(4) facility, which provides an alternative form of kernel dump using mechanically generated/extracted debugging output rather than a simple memory dump. Current sources of debugging output are: - DDB output capture buffer, if there is captured output to save - Kernel message buffer - Kernel configuration, if included in kernel - Kernel version string - Panic message Textdumps are stored in swap/dump partitions as with regular dumps, but are laid out as ustar files in order to allow multiple parts to be stored as a stream of sequentially written blocks. Blocks are written out in reverse order, as the size of a textdump isn't known a priori. As with regular dumps, they will be extracted using savecore(8). One new DDB(4) command is added, "textdump", which accepts "set", "unset", and "status" arguments. By default, normal kernel dumps are generated unless "textdump set" is run in order to schedule a textdump. It can be canceled using "textdump unset" to restore generation of a normal kernel dump. Several sysctls exist to configure aspects of textdumps; debug.ddb.textdump.pending can be set to check whether a textdump is pending, or set/unset in order to control whether the next kernel dump will be a textdump from userspace. While textdumps don't have to be generated as a result of a DDB script run automatically as part of a kernel panic, this is a particular useful way to use them, as instead of generating a complete memory dump, a simple transcript of an automated DDB session can be captured using the DDB output capture and textdump facilities. This can be used to generate quite brief kernel bug reports rich in debugging information but not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely synchronized source code. Most textdumps I generate are less than 100k including the full message buffer. Using textdumps with an interactive debugging session is also useful, with capture being enabled/disabled in order to record some but not all of the DDB session. MFC after: 3 months
2007-12-26 11:32:33 +00:00
*/
static void
ustar_checksum(struct ustar_header *uhp)
{
u_int sum;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(uhp->uh_sum); i++)
uhp->uh_sum[i] = ' ';
sum = 0;
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(*uhp); i++)
sum += ((u_char *)uhp)[i];
snprintf(uhp->uh_sum, sizeof(uhp->uh_sum), "%6o", sum);
}
/*
* Each file in the tarball has a block-sized header with its name and other,
* largely hard-coded, properties.
*/
void
textdump_mkustar(char *block_buffer, const char *filename, u_int size)
{
struct ustar_header *uhp;
#ifdef TEXTDUMP_VERBOSE
if (textdump_error == 0)
printf("textdump: creating '%s'.\n", filename);
#endif
Add textdump(4) facility, which provides an alternative form of kernel dump using mechanically generated/extracted debugging output rather than a simple memory dump. Current sources of debugging output are: - DDB output capture buffer, if there is captured output to save - Kernel message buffer - Kernel configuration, if included in kernel - Kernel version string - Panic message Textdumps are stored in swap/dump partitions as with regular dumps, but are laid out as ustar files in order to allow multiple parts to be stored as a stream of sequentially written blocks. Blocks are written out in reverse order, as the size of a textdump isn't known a priori. As with regular dumps, they will be extracted using savecore(8). One new DDB(4) command is added, "textdump", which accepts "set", "unset", and "status" arguments. By default, normal kernel dumps are generated unless "textdump set" is run in order to schedule a textdump. It can be canceled using "textdump unset" to restore generation of a normal kernel dump. Several sysctls exist to configure aspects of textdumps; debug.ddb.textdump.pending can be set to check whether a textdump is pending, or set/unset in order to control whether the next kernel dump will be a textdump from userspace. While textdumps don't have to be generated as a result of a DDB script run automatically as part of a kernel panic, this is a particular useful way to use them, as instead of generating a complete memory dump, a simple transcript of an automated DDB session can be captured using the DDB output capture and textdump facilities. This can be used to generate quite brief kernel bug reports rich in debugging information but not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely synchronized source code. Most textdumps I generate are less than 100k including the full message buffer. Using textdumps with an interactive debugging session is also useful, with capture being enabled/disabled in order to record some but not all of the DDB session. MFC after: 3 months
2007-12-26 11:32:33 +00:00
uhp = (struct ustar_header *)block_buffer;
bzero(uhp, sizeof(*uhp));
strlcpy(uhp->uh_filename, filename, sizeof(uhp->uh_filename));
strlcpy(uhp->uh_mode, TAR_MODE, sizeof(uhp->uh_mode));
snprintf(uhp->uh_size, sizeof(uhp->uh_size), "%o", size);
strlcpy(uhp->uh_tar_owner, TAR_UID, sizeof(uhp->uh_tar_owner));
strlcpy(uhp->uh_tar_group, TAR_GID, sizeof(uhp->uh_tar_group));
strlcpy(uhp->uh_owner, TAR_USER, sizeof(uhp->uh_owner));
strlcpy(uhp->uh_group, TAR_GROUP, sizeof(uhp->uh_group));
snprintf(uhp->uh_mtime, sizeof(uhp->uh_mtime), "%lo",
(unsigned long)time_second);
uhp->uh_type = 0;
strlcpy(uhp->uh_ustar, TAR_USTAR, sizeof(uhp->uh_ustar));
ustar_checksum(uhp);
}
/*
* textdump_writeblock() writes TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE-sized blocks of data to
* the space between di->mediaoffset and di->mediaoffset + di->mediasize. It
* accepts an offset relative to di->mediaoffset. If we're carrying any
* error from previous I/O, return that error and don't continue to try to
* write. Most writers ignore the error and forge ahead on the basis that
* there's not much you can do.
*/
static int
textdump_writeblock(struct dumperinfo *di, off_t offset, char *buffer)
{
if (textdump_error)
return (textdump_error);
if (offset + TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE > di->mediasize)
return (EIO);
if (offset < SIZEOF_METADATA)
return (ENOSPC);
textdump_error = dump_write(di, buffer, 0, offset + di->mediaoffset,
TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
if (textdump_error)
printf("textdump_writeblock: offset %jd, error %d\n", (intmax_t)offset,
textdump_error);
Add textdump(4) facility, which provides an alternative form of kernel dump using mechanically generated/extracted debugging output rather than a simple memory dump. Current sources of debugging output are: - DDB output capture buffer, if there is captured output to save - Kernel message buffer - Kernel configuration, if included in kernel - Kernel version string - Panic message Textdumps are stored in swap/dump partitions as with regular dumps, but are laid out as ustar files in order to allow multiple parts to be stored as a stream of sequentially written blocks. Blocks are written out in reverse order, as the size of a textdump isn't known a priori. As with regular dumps, they will be extracted using savecore(8). One new DDB(4) command is added, "textdump", which accepts "set", "unset", and "status" arguments. By default, normal kernel dumps are generated unless "textdump set" is run in order to schedule a textdump. It can be canceled using "textdump unset" to restore generation of a normal kernel dump. Several sysctls exist to configure aspects of textdumps; debug.ddb.textdump.pending can be set to check whether a textdump is pending, or set/unset in order to control whether the next kernel dump will be a textdump from userspace. While textdumps don't have to be generated as a result of a DDB script run automatically as part of a kernel panic, this is a particular useful way to use them, as instead of generating a complete memory dump, a simple transcript of an automated DDB session can be captured using the DDB output capture and textdump facilities. This can be used to generate quite brief kernel bug reports rich in debugging information but not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely synchronized source code. Most textdumps I generate are less than 100k including the full message buffer. Using textdumps with an interactive debugging session is also useful, with capture being enabled/disabled in order to record some but not all of the DDB session. MFC after: 3 months
2007-12-26 11:32:33 +00:00
return (textdump_error);
}
/*
* Interfaces to save and restore the dump offset, so that printers can go
* back to rewrite a header if required, while avoiding their knowing about
* the global layout of the blocks.
*
* If we ever want to support writing textdumps to tape or other
* stream-oriented target, we'll need to remove this.
Add textdump(4) facility, which provides an alternative form of kernel dump using mechanically generated/extracted debugging output rather than a simple memory dump. Current sources of debugging output are: - DDB output capture buffer, if there is captured output to save - Kernel message buffer - Kernel configuration, if included in kernel - Kernel version string - Panic message Textdumps are stored in swap/dump partitions as with regular dumps, but are laid out as ustar files in order to allow multiple parts to be stored as a stream of sequentially written blocks. Blocks are written out in reverse order, as the size of a textdump isn't known a priori. As with regular dumps, they will be extracted using savecore(8). One new DDB(4) command is added, "textdump", which accepts "set", "unset", and "status" arguments. By default, normal kernel dumps are generated unless "textdump set" is run in order to schedule a textdump. It can be canceled using "textdump unset" to restore generation of a normal kernel dump. Several sysctls exist to configure aspects of textdumps; debug.ddb.textdump.pending can be set to check whether a textdump is pending, or set/unset in order to control whether the next kernel dump will be a textdump from userspace. While textdumps don't have to be generated as a result of a DDB script run automatically as part of a kernel panic, this is a particular useful way to use them, as instead of generating a complete memory dump, a simple transcript of an automated DDB session can be captured using the DDB output capture and textdump facilities. This can be used to generate quite brief kernel bug reports rich in debugging information but not dependent on kernel symbol tables or precisely synchronized source code. Most textdumps I generate are less than 100k including the full message buffer. Using textdumps with an interactive debugging session is also useful, with capture being enabled/disabled in order to record some but not all of the DDB session. MFC after: 3 months
2007-12-26 11:32:33 +00:00
*/
void
textdump_saveoff(off_t *offsetp)
{
*offsetp = textdump_offset;
}
void
textdump_restoreoff(off_t offset)
{
textdump_offset = offset;
}
/*
* Interface to write the "next block" relative to the current offset; since
* we write backwards from the end of the partition, we subtract, but there's
* no reason for the caller to know this.
*/
int
textdump_writenextblock(struct dumperinfo *di, char *buffer)
{
int error;
error = textdump_writeblock(di, textdump_offset, buffer);
textdump_offset -= TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE;
return (error);
}
#ifdef INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE
extern char kernconfstring[];
/*
* Dump kernel configuration.
*/
static void
textdump_dump_config(struct dumperinfo *di)
{
u_int count, fullblocks, len;
len = strlen(kernconfstring);
textdump_mkustar(textdump_block_buffer, TAR_CONFIG_FILENAME, len);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, textdump_block_buffer);
/*
* Write out all full blocks directly from the string, and handle any
* left-over bits by copying it to out to the local buffer and
* zero-padding it.
*/
fullblocks = len / TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE;
for (count = 0; count < fullblocks; count++)
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, kernconfstring + count *
TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
if (len % TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE != 0) {
bzero(textdump_block_buffer, TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
bcopy(kernconfstring + count * TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE,
textdump_block_buffer, len % TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, textdump_block_buffer);
}
}
#endif /* INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE */
/*
* Dump kernel message buffer.
*/
static void
textdump_dump_msgbuf(struct dumperinfo *di)
{
off_t end_offset, tarhdr_offset;
u_int i, len, offset, seq, total_len;
char buf[16];
/*
* Write out a dummy tar header to advance the offset; we'll rewrite
* it later once we know the true size.
*/
textdump_saveoff(&tarhdr_offset);
textdump_mkustar(textdump_block_buffer, TAR_MSGBUF_FILENAME, 0);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, textdump_block_buffer);
/*
* Copy out the data in small chunks, but don't copy nuls that may be
* present if the message buffer has not yet completely filled at
* least once.
*/
total_len = 0;
offset = 0;
msgbuf_peekbytes(msgbufp, NULL, 0, &seq);
while ((len = msgbuf_peekbytes(msgbufp, buf, sizeof(buf), &seq)) > 0) {
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for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
if (buf[i] == '\0')
continue;
textdump_block_buffer[offset] = buf[i];
offset++;
if (offset != sizeof(textdump_block_buffer))
continue;
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di,
textdump_block_buffer);
total_len += offset;
offset = 0;
}
}
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total_len += offset; /* Without the zero-padding. */
if (offset != 0) {
bzero(textdump_block_buffer + offset,
sizeof(textdump_block_buffer) - offset);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, textdump_block_buffer);
}
/*
* Rewrite tar header to reflect how much was actually written.
*/
textdump_saveoff(&end_offset);
textdump_restoreoff(tarhdr_offset);
textdump_mkustar(textdump_block_buffer, TAR_MSGBUF_FILENAME,
total_len);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, textdump_block_buffer);
textdump_restoreoff(end_offset);
}
static void
textdump_dump_panic(struct dumperinfo *di)
{
u_int len;
/*
* Write out tar header -- we store up to one block of panic message.
*/
len = min(strlen(panicstr), TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
textdump_mkustar(textdump_block_buffer, TAR_PANIC_FILENAME, len);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, textdump_block_buffer);
/*
* Zero-pad the panic string and write out block.
*/
bzero(textdump_block_buffer, sizeof(textdump_block_buffer));
bcopy(panicstr, textdump_block_buffer, len);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, textdump_block_buffer);
}
static void
textdump_dump_version(struct dumperinfo *di)
{
u_int len;
/*
* Write out tar header -- at most one block of version information.
*/
len = min(strlen(version), TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
textdump_mkustar(textdump_block_buffer, TAR_VERSION_FILENAME, len);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, textdump_block_buffer);
/*
* Zero pad the version string and write out block.
*/
bzero(textdump_block_buffer, sizeof(textdump_block_buffer));
bcopy(version, textdump_block_buffer, len);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, textdump_block_buffer);
}
/*
* Commit text dump to disk.
*/
void
textdump_dumpsys(struct dumperinfo *di)
{
off_t dumplen, trailer_offset;
if (di->blocksize != TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE) {
printf("Dump partition block size (%ju) not textdump "
"block size (%ju)", (uintmax_t)di->blocksize,
(uintmax_t)TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
return;
}
/*
* We don't know a priori how large the dump will be, but we do know
* that we need to reserve space for metadata and that we need two
* dump headers. Also leave room for one ustar header and one block
* of data.
*/
if (di->mediasize < SIZEOF_METADATA + 2 * sizeof(kdh)) {
printf("Insufficient space on dump partition for minimal textdump.\n");
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return;
}
textdump_error = 0;
/*
* Position the start of the dump so that we'll write the kernel dump
* trailer immediately before the end of the partition, and then work
* our way back. We will rewrite this header later to reflect the
* true size if things go well.
*/
textdump_offset = di->mediasize - sizeof(kdh);
textdump_saveoff(&trailer_offset);
mkdumpheader(&kdh, TEXTDUMPMAGIC, KERNELDUMP_TEXT_VERSION, 0, TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
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(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, (char *)&kdh);
/*
* Write a series of files in ustar format.
*/
if (textdump_do_ddb)
db_capture_dump(di);
#ifdef INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE
if (textdump_do_config)
textdump_dump_config(di);
#endif
if (textdump_do_msgbuf)
textdump_dump_msgbuf(di);
if (textdump_do_panic && panicstr != NULL)
textdump_dump_panic(di);
if (textdump_do_version)
textdump_dump_version(di);
/*
* Now that we know the true size, we can write out the header, then
* seek back to the end and rewrite the trailer with the correct
* size.
*/
dumplen = trailer_offset - (textdump_offset + TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
mkdumpheader(&kdh, TEXTDUMPMAGIC, KERNELDUMP_TEXT_VERSION, dumplen,
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TEXTDUMP_BLOCKSIZE);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, (char *)&kdh);
textdump_restoreoff(trailer_offset);
(void)textdump_writenextblock(di, (char *)&kdh);
/*
* Terminate the dump, report any errors, and clear the pending flag.
*/
if (textdump_error == 0)
(void)dump_write(di, NULL, 0, 0, 0);
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if (textdump_error == ENOSPC)
printf("Textdump: Insufficient space on dump partition\n");
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else if (textdump_error != 0)
printf("Textdump: Error %d writing dump\n", textdump_error);
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else
printf("Textdump complete.\n");
textdump_pending = 0;
}
/*-
* DDB(4) command to manage textdumps:
*
* textdump set - request a textdump
* textdump status - print DDB output textdump status
* textdump unset - clear textdump request
*/
static void
db_textdump_usage(void)
{
db_printf("textdump [unset|set|status|dump]\n");
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}
void
db_textdump_cmd(db_expr_t addr, boolean_t have_addr, db_expr_t count,
char *modif)
{
int t;
t = db_read_token();
if (t != tIDENT) {
db_textdump_usage();
return;
}
if (db_read_token() != tEOL) {
db_textdump_usage();
return;
}
if (strcmp(db_tok_string, "set") == 0) {
textdump_pending = 1;
db_printf("textdump set\n");
} else if (strcmp(db_tok_string, "status") == 0) {
if (textdump_pending)
db_printf("textdump is set\n");
else
db_printf("textdump is not set\n");
} else if (strcmp(db_tok_string, "unset") == 0) {
textdump_pending = 0;
db_printf("textdump unset\n");
} else if (strcmp(db_tok_string, "dump") == 0) {
textdump_pending = 1;
doadump(TRUE);
} else {
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db_textdump_usage();
}
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}