* [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace
@ 2022-05-12 18:15 Keith Seitz
2022-05-20 18:51 ` Pedro Alves
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Keith Seitz @ 2022-05-12 18:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-patches
Commit 05c06f318fd9a112529dfc313e6512b399a645e4 enabled GDB
to access memory while threads are running. It did this by accessing
/proc/PID/task/LWP/mem.
Unfortunatley, this interface is not implemented for writing in older kernels
(such as RHEL6). This means that GDB is unable to insert breakpoints on
these hosts:
$ ./gdb -q gdb -ex start
Reading symbols from gdb...
Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x40fdd5: file ../../src/gdb/gdb.c, line 28.
Starting program: /home/rhel6/fsf/linux/gdb/gdb
Warning:
Cannot insert breakpoint 1.
Cannot access memory at address 0x40fdd5
(gdb)
Before this patch, linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (previously called
linux_proc_xfer_partial) would return TARGET_XFER_EOF if the write
to /proc/PID/mem failed. [More specifically, linux_proc_xfer_partial would
not "bother for one word," but the effect is the essentially same.]
This status was checked by linux_nat_target::xfer_partial, which would then
fallback to using ptrace to perform the operation.
This is the specific hunk that removed the fallback:
- xfer = linux_proc_xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
- offset, len, xfered_len);
- if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_EOF)
- return xfer;
+ return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
+ offset, len, xfered_len);
+ }
return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
offset, len, xfered_len);
This patch restores this fallback mechanism, enabling GDB to insert
breakpoints on these older kernels.
Tested on {unix,native-gdbserver,native-extended-gdbserver}/-m{32,64}
on x86_64, s390x, aarch64, and ppc64le.
---
gdb/linux-nat.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index 740cc0ddfc0..f5490c27bf5 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -3706,8 +3706,12 @@ linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
- return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
- offset, len, xfered_len);
+ enum target_xfer_status xfer
+ = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
+ offset, len, xfered_len);
+ if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_EOF)
+ return xfer;
+ /* Fallthrough to ptrace. */
}
return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
--
2.36.1
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* Re: [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace
2022-05-12 18:15 [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace Keith Seitz
@ 2022-05-20 18:51 ` Pedro Alves
2022-05-24 18:56 ` Keith Seitz
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Pedro Alves @ 2022-05-20 18:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Keith Seitz, gdb-patches
On 2022-05-12 19:15, Keith Seitz via Gdb-patches wrote:
> Commit 05c06f318fd9a112529dfc313e6512b399a645e4 enabled GDB
> to access memory while threads are running. It did this by accessing
> /proc/PID/task/LWP/mem.
>
> Unfortunatley, this interface is not implemented for writing in older kernels
Unfortunatley -> Unfortunately
> (such as RHEL6). This means that GDB is unable to insert breakpoints on
> these hosts:
>
> $ ./gdb -q gdb -ex start
> Reading symbols from gdb...
> Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x40fdd5: file ../../src/gdb/gdb.c, line 28.
> Starting program: /home/rhel6/fsf/linux/gdb/gdb
> Warning:
> Cannot insert breakpoint 1.
> Cannot access memory at address 0x40fdd5
>
> (gdb)
>
Oh man. I thought such kernels were already older than the oldest version
we support, but looks like not. :-/ I don't suppose you could instead
convince the kernel team to backport the patches that made /proc/pid/mem
writable (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20110314151320.GG21770@outflux.net/T/).. :-P
Both gdb and gdbserver are now relying on this to access memory of running threads.
This never worked for gdb, but it did for gdbserver, by stopping all threads temporarily.
I would really-really-really prefer not to add that code back for ancient
kernels...
> --- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
> +++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
> @@ -3706,8 +3706,12 @@ linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
> if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
> offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
>
> - return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
> - offset, len, xfered_len);
> + enum target_xfer_status xfer
> + = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
> + offset, len, xfered_len);
> + if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_EOF)
> + return xfer;
> + /* Fallthrough to ptrace. */
Seems fine, but I'd like a comment here giving a hint that we'll be able to
remove this once we stop supporting such old kernels. Something like:
/* Fallthrough to ptrace. /proc/pid/mem wasn't writable before Linux 2.6.39. */
I got that number by finding commit 198214a7ee50, and looking at git tag --contains 198214a7ee50.
AFAICT, RHEL 6 is on 2.6.32.
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* Re: [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace
2022-05-20 18:51 ` Pedro Alves
@ 2022-05-24 18:56 ` Keith Seitz
2022-05-25 13:41 ` Pedro Alves
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Keith Seitz @ 2022-05-24 18:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pedro Alves, gdb-patches
On 5/20/22 11:51, Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 2022-05-12 19:15, Keith Seitz via Gdb-patches wrote:
>> Commit 05c06f318fd9a112529dfc313e6512b399a645e4 enabled GDB
>> to access memory while threads are running. It did this by accessing
>> /proc/PID/task/LWP/mem.
>>
>> Unfortunatley, this interface is not implemented for writing in older kernels
>
> Unfortunatley -> Unfortunately
Fixed.
> Oh man. I thought such kernels were already older than the oldest version
> we support, but looks like not. :-/ I don't suppose you could instead
> convince the kernel team to backport the patches that made /proc/pid/mem
> writable (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20110314151320.GG21770@outflux.net/T/).. :-P
:-)
> Both gdb and gdbserver are now relying on this to access memory of running threads.
> This never worked for gdb, but it did for gdbserver, by stopping all threads temporarily.
> I would really-really-really prefer not to add that code back for ancient
> kernels...
I did not observe any issues with gdbserver. As to whether we need to support
kernels as old as RHEL6? I don't really know. I noticed problems when I was
running through some internal testing which still uses RHEL6.
I figured (maybe incorrectly) that the fallthrough was otherwise harmless.
I'm fine if we'd prefer not to include this patch, though. I honestly
haven't a clue how widespread RHEL6-vintage kernels are in the wild.
>> --- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
>> +++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
>> @@ -3706,8 +3706,12 @@ linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
>> if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
>> offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
>>
>> - return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
>> - offset, len, xfered_len);
>> + enum target_xfer_status xfer
>> + = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
>> + offset, len, xfered_len);
>> + if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_EOF)
>> + return xfer;
>> + /* Fallthrough to ptrace. */
>
> Seems fine, but I'd like a comment here giving a hint that we'll be able to
> remove this once we stop supporting such old kernels. Something like:
>
> /* Fallthrough to ptrace. /proc/pid/mem wasn't writable before Linux 2.6.39. */
>
> I got that number by finding commit 198214a7ee50, and looking at git tag --contains 198214a7ee50.
I've updated that comment.
> AFAICT, RHEL 6 is on 2.6.32.
As far as I can tell, that is correct.
I will wait before pushing this to give others the opportunity to chime in.
Thank you for taking a look at this,
Keith
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* Re: [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace
2022-05-24 18:56 ` Keith Seitz
@ 2022-05-25 13:41 ` Pedro Alves
0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Pedro Alves @ 2022-05-25 13:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Keith Seitz, gdb-patches
On 2022-05-24 19:56, Keith Seitz wrote:
> On 5/20/22 11:51, Pedro Alves wrote:
>> On 2022-05-12 19:15, Keith Seitz via Gdb-patches wrote:
>>> Commit 05c06f318fd9a112529dfc313e6512b399a645e4 enabled GDB
>>> to access memory while threads are running. It did this by accessing
>>> /proc/PID/task/LWP/mem.
>>>
>>> Unfortunatley, this interface is not implemented for writing in older kernels
>>
>> Unfortunatley -> Unfortunately
>
> Fixed.
>
>> Oh man. I thought such kernels were already older than the oldest version
>> we support, but looks like not. :-/ I don't suppose you could instead
>> convince the kernel team to backport the patches that made /proc/pid/mem
>> writable (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20110314151320.GG21770@outflux.net/T/).. :-P
>
> :-)
>
>> Both gdb and gdbserver are now relying on this to access memory of running threads.
>> This never worked for gdb, but it did for gdbserver, by stopping all threads temporarily.
>> I would really-really-really prefer not to add that code back for ancient
>> kernels...
>
> I did not observe any issues with gdbserver. As to whether we need to support
> kernels as old as RHEL6? I don't really know. I noticed problems when I was
> running through some internal testing which still uses RHEL6.
>
> I figured (maybe incorrectly) that the fallthrough was otherwise harmless.
> I'm fine if we'd prefer not to include this patch, though. I honestly
> haven't a clue how widespread RHEL6-vintage kernels are in the wild.
>
>>> --- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
>>> +++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
>>> @@ -3706,8 +3706,12 @@ linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
>>> if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
>>> offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
>>> - return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
>>> - offset, len, xfered_len);
>>> + enum target_xfer_status xfer
>>> + = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
>>> + offset, len, xfered_len);
>>> + if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_EOF)
>>> + return xfer;
>>> + /* Fallthrough to ptrace. */
>>
>> Seems fine, but I'd like a comment here giving a hint that we'll be able to
>> remove this once we stop supporting such old kernels. Something like:
>>
>> /* Fallthrough to ptrace. /proc/pid/mem wasn't writable before Linux 2.6.39. */
>>
>> I got that number by finding commit 198214a7ee50, and looking at git tag --contains 198214a7ee50.
>
> I've updated that comment.
>
>> AFAICT, RHEL 6 is on 2.6.32.
>
> As far as I can tell, that is correct.
>
> I will wait before pushing this to give others the opportunity to chime in.
I'd like to chime in again myself. :-P
Lancelot's patch here:
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2022-May/189388.html
made me realize that checking for TARGET_XFER_EOF isn't what we want here.
If /proc/pid/mem failed with TARGET_XFER_EOF, it means the program exited,
or execed. If the latter, we want to propagate the error out, not fallback
to ptrace, as that would result in read/writing memory out of the post-exec
address space, while gdb thought it was reading/writing the pre-exec address space.
I.e., the kernel failing with EOF is nice in that it avoids a race condition
where we e.g., poke a breakpoint (or poke back the original instruction) in the
post-exec binary at a completely wrong address/instruction. The other case
for EOF is when the process exits, and falling back to ptrace in that case
is just pointless.
I guess the write to /proc/pid/mem fails with EIO for you, and there's nothing
else we can use to detect the scenario. So we probably want to check TARGET_XFER_E_IO
instead. And, maybe only do the fallback if writing.
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* Re: [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace
2022-07-26 17:24 ` Keith Seitz
@ 2022-07-26 19:16 ` Pedro Alves
0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Pedro Alves @ 2022-07-26 19:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Keith Seitz, gdb-patches
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On 2022-07-26 6:24 p.m., Keith Seitz wrote:
> I've taken your patch and updated mine (now trivial):
>
> diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
> index 0a93ab5..95732a6 100644
> --- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
> +++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
> @@ -3710,8 +3712,10 @@ enum target_xfer_status
> if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
> offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
>
> - return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
> - offset, len, xfered_len);
> + if (proc_mem_file_is_writable ())
> + return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
> + offset, len, xfered_len);
> + /* Fallthrough to ptrace */
> }
>
> return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
>
> I've re-run this through all my testing, and all looks good.
Great, thanks.
>
> However, I suspect you already knew that. :-)
I was actually curious whether that would work (or rather fail quietly) on the
older kernels!
>
> If/when you push your patch, and there are no further concerns, I will push mine,
> with your approval.
>
As discussed off list, I merged both patches to master at once, to avoid "unused"
warnings.
I've attached both patches, as merged. In my patch, I fixed a bad usage
of gdb::optional (need to emplace once before doing "*opt" ...), and removed
the "static" from the written-to variable (I don't know why I added it in the
first place). In your patch, I added a comment explaining why not to fallback
to ptrace, in case someone changes this code in the future.
> Thank you for your follow-up!
np.
Pedro Alves.
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From 1bcb0708f22956d5128a2e75df6eba5a18327892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:11:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gdb/linux-nat: Check whether /proc/pid/mem is writable
Probe whether /proc/pid/mem is writable, by using it to write to a GDB
variable. This will be used in the following patch to avoid falling
back to writing to inferior memory with ptrace if /proc/pid/mem _is_
writable.
Change-Id: If87eff0b46cbe5e32a583e2977a9e17d29d0ed3e
---
gdb/linux-nat.c | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 88 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index a2bbd3cbfc8..b641e88b1ef 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ static int lwp_status_pending_p (struct lwp_info *lp);
static void save_stop_reason (struct lwp_info *lp);
+static bool proc_mem_file_is_writable ();
static void close_proc_mem_file (pid_t pid);
static void open_proc_mem_file (ptid_t ptid);
@@ -3882,25 +3883,19 @@ open_proc_mem_file (ptid_t ptid)
fd, ptid.pid (), ptid.lwp ());
}
-/* Implement the to_xfer_partial target method using /proc/PID/mem.
- Because we can use a single read/write call, this can be much more
- efficient than banging away at PTRACE_PEEKTEXT. Also, unlike
- PTRACE_PEEKTEXT/PTRACE_POKETEXT, this works with running
- threads. */
+/* Helper for linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial and
+ proc_mem_file_is_writable. FD is the already opened /proc/pid/mem
+ file, and PID is the pid of the corresponding process. The rest of
+ the arguments are like linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial's. */
static enum target_xfer_status
-linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
- ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len,
- ULONGEST *xfered_len)
+linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial_fd (int fd, int pid,
+ gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
+ ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len,
+ ULONGEST *xfered_len)
{
ssize_t ret;
- auto iter = proc_mem_file_map.find (inferior_ptid.pid ());
- if (iter == proc_mem_file_map.end ())
- return TARGET_XFER_EOF;
-
- int fd = iter->second.fd ();
-
gdb_assert (fd != -1);
/* Use pread64/pwrite64 if available, since they save a syscall and can
@@ -3919,8 +3914,7 @@ linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
if (ret == -1)
{
linux_nat_debug_printf ("accessing fd %d for pid %d failed: %s (%d)",
- fd, inferior_ptid.pid (),
- safe_strerror (errno), errno);
+ fd, pid, safe_strerror (errno), errno);
return TARGET_XFER_E_IO;
}
else if (ret == 0)
@@ -3928,7 +3922,7 @@ linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
/* EOF means the address space is gone, the whole process exited
or execed. */
linux_nat_debug_printf ("accessing fd %d for pid %d got EOF",
- fd, inferior_ptid.pid ());
+ fd, pid);
return TARGET_XFER_EOF;
}
else
@@ -3938,6 +3932,81 @@ linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
}
}
+/* Implement the to_xfer_partial target method using /proc/PID/mem.
+ Because we can use a single read/write call, this can be much more
+ efficient than banging away at PTRACE_PEEKTEXT. Also, unlike
+ PTRACE_PEEKTEXT/PTRACE_POKETEXT, this works with running
+ threads. */
+
+static enum target_xfer_status
+linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
+ ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len,
+ ULONGEST *xfered_len)
+{
+ int pid = inferior_ptid.pid ();
+
+ auto iter = proc_mem_file_map.find (pid);
+ if (iter == proc_mem_file_map.end ())
+ return TARGET_XFER_EOF;
+
+ int fd = iter->second.fd ();
+
+ return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial_fd (fd, pid, readbuf, writebuf, offset,
+ len, xfered_len);
+}
+
+/* Check whether /proc/pid/mem is writable in the current kernel, and
+ return true if so. It wasn't writable before Linux 2.6.39, but
+ there's no way to know whether the feature was backported to older
+ kernels. So we check to see if it works. The result is cached,
+ and this is garanteed to be called once early at startup. */
+
+static bool
+proc_mem_file_is_writable ()
+{
+ static gdb::optional<bool> writable;
+
+ if (writable.has_value ())
+ return *writable;
+
+ writable.emplace (false);
+
+ /* We check whether /proc/pid/mem is writable by trying to write to
+ one of our variables via /proc/self/mem. */
+
+ int fd = gdb_open_cloexec ("/proc/self/mem", O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE, 0).release ();
+
+ if (fd == -1)
+ {
+ warning (_("opening /proc/self/mem file failed: %s (%d)"),
+ safe_strerror (errno), errno);
+ return *writable;
+ }
+
+ SCOPE_EXIT { close (fd); };
+
+ /* This is the variable we try to write to. Note OFFSET below. */
+ volatile gdb_byte test_var = 0;
+
+ gdb_byte writebuf[] = {0x55};
+ ULONGEST offset = (uintptr_t) &test_var;
+ ULONGEST xfered_len;
+
+ enum target_xfer_status res
+ = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial_fd (fd, getpid (), nullptr, writebuf,
+ offset, 1, &xfered_len);
+
+ if (res == TARGET_XFER_OK)
+ {
+ gdb_assert (xfered_len == 1);
+ gdb_assert (test_var == 0x55);
+ /* Success. */
+ *writable = true;
+ }
+
+ return *writable;
+}
+
/* Parse LINE as a signal set and add its set bits to SIGS. */
static void
@@ -4437,6 +4506,8 @@ Enables printf debugging output."),
sigemptyset (&blocked_mask);
lwp_lwpid_htab_create ();
+
+ proc_mem_file_is_writable ();
}
\f
base-commit: ecbff28a4457d0ebe11023fa9671d62251e7463d
--
2.36.0
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From dd09fe0d53242a5f6a86d2822b0cfdeb3f5baa8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 19:11:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gdb/linux_nat: Write memory using ptrace if /proc/pid/mem
is not writable
Commit 05c06f318fd9a112529dfc313e6512b399a645e4 enabled GDB to access
memory while threads are running. It did this by accessing
/proc/PID/task/LWP/mem.
Unfortunately, this interface is not implemented for writing in older
kernels (such as RHEL6). This means that GDB is unable to insert
breakpoints on these hosts:
$ ./gdb -q gdb -ex start
Reading symbols from gdb...
Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x40fdd5: file ../../src/gdb/gdb.c, line 28.
Starting program: /home/rhel6/fsf/linux/gdb/gdb
Warning:
Cannot insert breakpoint 1.
Cannot access memory at address 0x40fdd5
(gdb)
Before this patch, linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (previously called
linux_proc_xfer_partial) would return TARGET_XFER_EOF if the write to
/proc/PID/mem failed. [More specifically, linux_proc_xfer_partial
would not "bother for one word," but the effect is the essentially
same.]
This status was checked by linux_nat_target::xfer_partial, which would
then fallback to using ptrace to perform the operation.
This is the specific hunk that removed the fallback:
- xfer = linux_proc_xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
- offset, len, xfered_len);
- if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_EOF)
- return xfer;
+ return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
+ offset, len, xfered_len);
+ }
return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
offset, len, xfered_len);
This patch makes linux_nat_target::xfer_partial go straight to writing
memory via ptrace if writing via /proc/pid/mem is not possible in the
running kernel, enabling GDB to insert breakpoints on these older
kernels. Note that a recent patch changed the return status from
TARGET_XFER_EOF to TARGET_XFER_E_IO.
Tested on {unix,native-gdbserver,native-extended-gdbserver}/-m{32,64}
on x86_64, s390x, aarch64, and ppc64le.
Change-Id: If1d884278e8c4ea71d8836bedd56e6a6c242a415
---
gdb/linux-nat.c | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index b641e88b1ef..e638e8ad04e 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -3711,8 +3711,15 @@ linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
- return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
- offset, len, xfered_len);
+ /* If /proc/pid/mem is writable, don't fallback to ptrace. If
+ the write via /proc/pid/mem fails because the inferior execed
+ (and we haven't seen the exec event yet), a subsequent ptrace
+ poke would incorrectly write memory to the post-exec address
+ space, while the core was trying to write to the pre-exec
+ address space. */
+ if (proc_mem_file_is_writable ())
+ return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
+ offset, len, xfered_len);
}
return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
--
2.36.0
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* Re: [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace
2022-07-21 20:07 ` Pedro Alves
@ 2022-07-26 17:24 ` Keith Seitz
2022-07-26 19:16 ` Pedro Alves
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Keith Seitz @ 2022-07-26 17:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pedro Alves, gdb-patches
On 7/21/22 13:07, Pedro Alves wrote:
>
> Appologies for the delay, there was something here that I wanted to think about, and then it
> just fell through the cracks.
I have quite a few cracks myself through which things fall!
>> On 6/3/22 08:18, Keith Seitz via Gdb-patches wrote:
>>> Pedro Alves wrote:
>>> diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
>>> index 3b5400896bc..571c97137c2 100644
>>> --- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
>>> +++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
>>> @@ -3706,8 +3706,12 @@ linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
>>> if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
>>> offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
>>> - return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
>>> - offset, len, xfered_len);
>>> + enum target_xfer_status xfer
>>> + = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
>>> + offset, len, xfered_len);
>>> + if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_E_IO || readbuf != nullptr)
>>> + return xfer;
>>> + /* Fallthrough to ptrace. /proc/pid/mem wasn't writable before Linux 2.6.39. */
>>> }
>>> return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
>>
> So I was wondering about mitigating this by only falling back to ptrace if writing to
> /proc/pid/mem doesn't really work. Checking the kernel version itself seems a bit
> fragile, so I thought we could make gdb probe once at started up whether writing
> to itself via /proc/self/mem works. It turns out that actually works. With this, you'd
> just add an extra proc_mem_file_is_writable() check in your patch before falling
> back, or even, skip straight to ptrace if !proc_mem_file_is_writable().
>
> WDYT?
I think this is quite clever, and an obvious step up in reliability. Thanks
for doing this for me.
> From 56622b9cadff4b62a0b05861015ce06cf9d6e8f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:11:16 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gdb/linux-nat: Check whether /proc/pid/mem is writable
>
> Probe whether /proc/pid/mem is writable, by using it to write to a GDB
> variable.
[snip]
I've taken your patch and updated mine (now trivial):
diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index 0a93ab5..95732a6 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -3710,8 +3712,10 @@ enum target_xfer_status
if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
- return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
- offset, len, xfered_len);
+ if (proc_mem_file_is_writable ())
+ return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
+ offset, len, xfered_len);
+ /* Fallthrough to ptrace */
}
return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
I've re-run this through all my testing, and all looks good.
However, I suspect you already knew that. :-)
If/when you push your patch, and there are no further concerns, I will push mine,
with your approval.
Thank you for your follow-up!
Keith
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* Re: [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace
2022-07-21 15:03 ` Keith Seitz
@ 2022-07-21 20:07 ` Pedro Alves
2022-07-26 17:24 ` Keith Seitz
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Pedro Alves @ 2022-07-21 20:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Keith Seitz, gdb-patches
Hi Keith,
On 2022-07-21 4:03 p.m., Keith Seitz wrote:
> Ping
Appologies for the delay, there was something here that I wanted to think about, and then it
just fell through the cracks.
See below.
> On 6/3/22 08:18, Keith Seitz via Gdb-patches wrote:
>> Pedro Alves wrote:
>>
>>> I guess the write to /proc/pid/mem fails with EIO for you, and there's nothing
>>> else we can use to detect the scenario. So we probably want to check TARGET_XFER_E_IO
>>> instead. And, maybe only do the fallback if writing.
>>
>> I've updated the patch to include these changes and retested on all the "usual"
>> target boards on Fedora 36 x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 and on RHEL6
>> x86_64.
Thanks, that's a lot of testing.
>> Commit 05c06f318fd9a112529dfc313e6512b399a645e4 enabled GDB
>> to access memory while threads are running. It did this by accessing
>> /proc/PID/task/LWP/mem.
>>
>> Unfortunately, this interface is not implemented for writing in older kernels
>> (such as RHEL6). This means that GDB is unable to insert breakpoints on
>> these hosts:
>>
>> $ ./gdb -q gdb -ex start
>> Reading symbols from gdb...
>> Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x40fdd5: file ../../src/gdb/gdb.c, line 28.
>> Starting program: /home/rhel6/fsf/linux/gdb/gdb
>> Warning:
>> Cannot insert breakpoint 1.
>> Cannot access memory at address 0x40fdd5
>>
>> (gdb)
>>
>> Before this patch, linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (previously called
>> linux_proc_xfer_partial) would return TARGET_XFER_EOF if the write
>> to /proc/PID/mem failed. [More specifically, linux_proc_xfer_partial would
>> not "bother for one word," but the effect is the essentially same.]
>>
>> This status was checked by linux_nat_target::xfer_partial, which would then
>> fallback to using ptrace to perform the operation.
>>
>> This is the specific hunk that removed the fallback:
>>
>> - xfer = linux_proc_xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
>> - offset, len, xfered_len);
>> - if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_EOF)
>> - return xfer;
>> + return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
>> + offset, len, xfered_len);
>> + }
>>
>> return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
>> offset, len, xfered_len);
>>
>> This patch restores this fallback mechanism, enabling GDB to insert
>> breakpoints on these older kernels. Note that a recent patch changed
>> the return status from TARGET_XFER_EOF to TARGET_XFER_E_IO.
>>
>> Tested on {unix,native-gdbserver,native-extended-gdbserver}/-m{32,64}
>> on x86_64, s390x, aarch64, and ppc64le.
>> ---
>> gdb/linux-nat.c | 8 ++++++--
>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
>> index 3b5400896bc..571c97137c2 100644
>> --- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
>> +++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
>> @@ -3706,8 +3706,12 @@ linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
>> if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
>> offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
>> - return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
>> - offset, len, xfered_len);
>> + enum target_xfer_status xfer
>> + = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
>> + offset, len, xfered_len);
>> + if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_E_IO || readbuf != nullptr)
>> + return xfer;
>> + /* Fallthrough to ptrace. /proc/pid/mem wasn't writable before Linux 2.6.39. */
>> }
>> return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
>
So my worry here is this bringing back a race with more modern kernels, one which the
always writing via /proc/pid/mem plugged -- when the inferior execs, writes through /proc/pid/mem fail,
as the old pre-exec address space is gone. Only when we see the exec even out of ptrace, will
we close the file and reopen a new one to access the post-exec address space. Up until recent
kernels, ptrace calls didn't have a similar protection. I.e., if the inferior execs, and the
write through /proc/pid/mem fails because of an exec, and then we fallback to ptrace, that write
will succeed, but it will be writing bytes in the post-exec address space that were meant
for the pre-exec address space.
So I was wondering about mitigating this by only falling back to ptrace if writing to
/proc/pid/mem doesn't really work. Checking the kernel version itself seems a bit
fragile, so I thought we could make gdb probe once at started up whether writing
to itself via /proc/self/mem works. It turns out that actually works. With this, you'd
just add an extra proc_mem_file_is_writable() check in your patch before falling
back, or even, skip straight to ptrace if !proc_mem_file_is_writable().
WDYT?
From 56622b9cadff4b62a0b05861015ce06cf9d6e8f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:11:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gdb/linux-nat: Check whether /proc/pid/mem is writable
Probe whether /proc/pid/mem is writable, by using it to write to a GDB
variable.
Change-Id: If87eff0b46cbe5e32a583e2977a9e17d29d0ed3e
---
gdb/linux-nat.c | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 89 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index 0a93ab5c6ae..0916b841ec7 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -3674,6 +3674,8 @@ static enum target_xfer_status
linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len, ULONGEST *xfered_len);
+static bool proc_mem_file_is_writable ();
+
enum target_xfer_status
linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
const char *annex, gdb_byte *readbuf,
@@ -3882,25 +3884,19 @@ open_proc_mem_file (ptid_t ptid)
fd, ptid.pid (), ptid.lwp ());
}
-/* Implement the to_xfer_partial target method using /proc/PID/mem.
- Because we can use a single read/write call, this can be much more
- efficient than banging away at PTRACE_PEEKTEXT. Also, unlike
- PTRACE_PEEKTEXT/PTRACE_POKETEXT, this works with running
- threads. */
+/* Helper for linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial and
+ proc_mem_file_is_writable. FD is the already opened /proc/pid/mem
+ file, and PID is the pid of the corresponding process. The rest of
+ the arguments are like linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial's. */
static enum target_xfer_status
-linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
- ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len,
- ULONGEST *xfered_len)
+linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial_fd (int fd, int pid,
+ gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
+ ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len,
+ ULONGEST *xfered_len)
{
ssize_t ret;
- auto iter = proc_mem_file_map.find (inferior_ptid.pid ());
- if (iter == proc_mem_file_map.end ())
- return TARGET_XFER_EOF;
-
- int fd = iter->second.fd ();
-
gdb_assert (fd != -1);
/* Use pread64/pwrite64 if available, since they save a syscall and can
@@ -3919,8 +3915,7 @@ linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
if (ret == -1)
{
linux_nat_debug_printf ("accessing fd %d for pid %d failed: %s (%d)",
- fd, inferior_ptid.pid (),
- safe_strerror (errno), errno);
+ fd, pid, safe_strerror (errno), errno);
return TARGET_XFER_E_IO;
}
else if (ret == 0)
@@ -3928,7 +3923,7 @@ linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
/* EOF means the address space is gone, the whole process exited
or execed. */
linux_nat_debug_printf ("accessing fd %d for pid %d got EOF",
- fd, inferior_ptid.pid ());
+ fd, pid);
return TARGET_XFER_EOF;
}
else
@@ -3938,6 +3933,81 @@ linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
}
}
+/* Implement the to_xfer_partial target method using /proc/PID/mem.
+ Because we can use a single read/write call, this can be much more
+ efficient than banging away at PTRACE_PEEKTEXT. Also, unlike
+ PTRACE_PEEKTEXT/PTRACE_POKETEXT, this works with running
+ threads. */
+
+static enum target_xfer_status
+linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (gdb_byte *readbuf, const gdb_byte *writebuf,
+ ULONGEST offset, LONGEST len,
+ ULONGEST *xfered_len)
+{
+ int pid = inferior_ptid.pid ();
+
+ auto iter = proc_mem_file_map.find (pid);
+ if (iter == proc_mem_file_map.end ())
+ return TARGET_XFER_EOF;
+
+ int fd = iter->second.fd ();
+
+ return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial_fd (fd, pid, readbuf, writebuf, offset,
+ len, xfered_len);
+}
+
+/* Check whether /proc/pid/mem is writable in the current kernel, and
+ return true if so. It wasn't writable before Linux 2.6.39, but
+ there's no way to know whether the feature was backported to older
+ kernels. So we check to see if it works. The result is cached,
+ and this is garanteed to be called once early at startup. */
+
+static bool
+proc_mem_file_is_writable ()
+{
+ static gdb::optional<bool> writable;
+
+ if (writable.has_value ())
+ return *writable;
+
+ *writable = false;
+
+ /* We check whether /proc/pid/mem is writable by trying to write to
+ one of our variables via /proc/self/mem. */
+
+ int fd = gdb_open_cloexec ("/proc/self/mem", O_RDWR | O_LARGEFILE, 0).release ();
+
+ if (fd == -1)
+ {
+ warning (_("opening /proc/self/mem file failed: %s (%d)"),
+ safe_strerror (errno), errno);
+ return *writable;
+ }
+
+ SCOPE_EXIT { close (fd); };
+
+ /* This is the variable we try to write to. Note OFFSET below. */
+ volatile static gdb_byte test_var = 0;
+
+ gdb_byte writebuf[] = {0x55};
+ ULONGEST offset = (uintptr_t) &test_var;
+ ULONGEST xfered_len;
+
+ enum target_xfer_status res
+ = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial_fd (fd, getpid (), nullptr, writebuf,
+ offset, 1, &xfered_len);
+
+ if (res == TARGET_XFER_OK)
+ {
+ gdb_assert (xfered_len == 1);
+ gdb_assert (test_var == 0x55);
+ /* Success. */
+ *writable = true;
+ }
+
+ return *writable;
+}
+
/* Parse LINE as a signal set and add its set bits to SIGS. */
static void
@@ -4437,6 +4507,8 @@ Enables printf debugging output."),
sigemptyset (&blocked_mask);
lwp_lwpid_htab_create ();
+
+ proc_mem_file_is_writable ();
}
\f
base-commit: c07ec968f7342a2386969bc192ff0b42e33991ef
--
2.36.0
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* Re: [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace
2022-06-03 15:18 Keith Seitz
@ 2022-07-21 15:03 ` Keith Seitz
2022-07-21 20:07 ` Pedro Alves
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Keith Seitz @ 2022-07-21 15:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-patches; +Cc: pedro
Ping
On 6/3/22 08:18, Keith Seitz via Gdb-patches wrote:
> Pedro Alves wrote:
>
>> I guess the write to /proc/pid/mem fails with EIO for you, and there's nothing
>> else we can use to detect the scenario. So we probably want to check TARGET_XFER_E_IO
>> instead. And, maybe only do the fallback if writing.
>
> I've updated the patch to include these changes and retested on all the "usual"
> target boards on Fedora 36 x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 and on RHEL6
> x86_64.
>
> Keith
>
> --
>
> Commit 05c06f318fd9a112529dfc313e6512b399a645e4 enabled GDB
> to access memory while threads are running. It did this by accessing
> /proc/PID/task/LWP/mem.
>
> Unfortunately, this interface is not implemented for writing in older kernels
> (such as RHEL6). This means that GDB is unable to insert breakpoints on
> these hosts:
>
> $ ./gdb -q gdb -ex start
> Reading symbols from gdb...
> Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x40fdd5: file ../../src/gdb/gdb.c, line 28.
> Starting program: /home/rhel6/fsf/linux/gdb/gdb
> Warning:
> Cannot insert breakpoint 1.
> Cannot access memory at address 0x40fdd5
>
> (gdb)
>
> Before this patch, linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (previously called
> linux_proc_xfer_partial) would return TARGET_XFER_EOF if the write
> to /proc/PID/mem failed. [More specifically, linux_proc_xfer_partial would
> not "bother for one word," but the effect is the essentially same.]
>
> This status was checked by linux_nat_target::xfer_partial, which would then
> fallback to using ptrace to perform the operation.
>
> This is the specific hunk that removed the fallback:
>
> - xfer = linux_proc_xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
> - offset, len, xfered_len);
> - if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_EOF)
> - return xfer;
> + return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
> + offset, len, xfered_len);
> + }
>
> return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
> offset, len, xfered_len);
>
> This patch restores this fallback mechanism, enabling GDB to insert
> breakpoints on these older kernels. Note that a recent patch changed
> the return status from TARGET_XFER_EOF to TARGET_XFER_E_IO.
>
> Tested on {unix,native-gdbserver,native-extended-gdbserver}/-m{32,64}
> on x86_64, s390x, aarch64, and ppc64le.
> ---
> gdb/linux-nat.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
> index 3b5400896bc..571c97137c2 100644
> --- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
> +++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
> @@ -3706,8 +3706,12 @@ linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
> if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
> offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
>
> - return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
> - offset, len, xfered_len);
> + enum target_xfer_status xfer
> + = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
> + offset, len, xfered_len);
> + if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_E_IO || readbuf != nullptr)
> + return xfer;
> + /* Fallthrough to ptrace. /proc/pid/mem wasn't writable before Linux 2.6.39. */
> }
>
> return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
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* Re: [PATCH] linux_nat_target::xfer_partial: Fallback to ptrace
@ 2022-06-03 15:18 Keith Seitz
2022-07-21 15:03 ` Keith Seitz
0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Keith Seitz @ 2022-06-03 15:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gdb-patches; +Cc: pedro
Pedro Alves wrote:
> I guess the write to /proc/pid/mem fails with EIO for you, and there's nothing
> else we can use to detect the scenario. So we probably want to check TARGET_XFER_E_IO
> instead. And, maybe only do the fallback if writing.
I've updated the patch to include these changes and retested on all the "usual"
target boards on Fedora 36 x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 and on RHEL6
x86_64.
Keith
--
Commit 05c06f318fd9a112529dfc313e6512b399a645e4 enabled GDB
to access memory while threads are running. It did this by accessing
/proc/PID/task/LWP/mem.
Unfortunately, this interface is not implemented for writing in older kernels
(such as RHEL6). This means that GDB is unable to insert breakpoints on
these hosts:
$ ./gdb -q gdb -ex start
Reading symbols from gdb...
Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x40fdd5: file ../../src/gdb/gdb.c, line 28.
Starting program: /home/rhel6/fsf/linux/gdb/gdb
Warning:
Cannot insert breakpoint 1.
Cannot access memory at address 0x40fdd5
(gdb)
Before this patch, linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (previously called
linux_proc_xfer_partial) would return TARGET_XFER_EOF if the write
to /proc/PID/mem failed. [More specifically, linux_proc_xfer_partial would
not "bother for one word," but the effect is the essentially same.]
This status was checked by linux_nat_target::xfer_partial, which would then
fallback to using ptrace to perform the operation.
This is the specific hunk that removed the fallback:
- xfer = linux_proc_xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
- offset, len, xfered_len);
- if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_EOF)
- return xfer;
+ return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
+ offset, len, xfered_len);
+ }
return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
offset, len, xfered_len);
This patch restores this fallback mechanism, enabling GDB to insert
breakpoints on these older kernels. Note that a recent patch changed
the return status from TARGET_XFER_EOF to TARGET_XFER_E_IO.
Tested on {unix,native-gdbserver,native-extended-gdbserver}/-m{32,64}
on x86_64, s390x, aarch64, and ppc64le.
---
gdb/linux-nat.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/linux-nat.c b/gdb/linux-nat.c
index 3b5400896bc..571c97137c2 100644
--- a/gdb/linux-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/linux-nat.c
@@ -3706,8 +3706,12 @@ linux_nat_target::xfer_partial (enum target_object object,
if (addr_bit < (sizeof (ULONGEST) * HOST_CHAR_BIT))
offset &= ((ULONGEST) 1 << addr_bit) - 1;
- return linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
- offset, len, xfered_len);
+ enum target_xfer_status xfer
+ = linux_proc_xfer_memory_partial (readbuf, writebuf,
+ offset, len, xfered_len);
+ if (xfer != TARGET_XFER_E_IO || readbuf != nullptr)
+ return xfer;
+ /* Fallthrough to ptrace. /proc/pid/mem wasn't writable before Linux 2.6.39. */
}
return inf_ptrace_target::xfer_partial (object, annex, readbuf, writebuf,
--
2.36.1
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