binutils-gdb/gdbserver
Luis Machado d88cb738e6 [aarch64] Fix removal of non-address bits for PAuth
PR gdb/28947

The address_significant gdbarch setting was introduced as a way to remove
non-address bits from pointers, and it is specified by a constant.  This
constant represents the number of address bits in a pointer.

Right now AArch64 is the only architecture that uses it, and 56 was a
correct option so far.

But if we are using Pointer Authentication (PAuth), we might use up to 2 bytes
from the address space to store the required information.  We could also have
cases where we're using both PAuth and MTE.

We could adjust the constant to 48 to cover those cases, but this doesn't
cover the case where GDB needs to sign-extend kernel addresses after removal
of the non-address bits.

This has worked so far because bit 55 is used to select between kernel-space
and user-space addresses.  But trying to clear a range of bits crossing the
bit 55 boundary requires the hook to be smarter.

The following patch renames the gdbarch hook from significant_addr_bit to
remove_non_address_bits and passes a pointer as opposed to the number of
bits.  The hook is now responsible for removing the required non-address bits
and sign-extending the address if needed.

While at it, make GDB and GDBServer share some more code for aarch64 and add a
new arch-specific testcase gdb.arch/aarch64-non-address-bits.exp.

Bug-url: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28947

Approved-By: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
2022-12-16 11:18:32 +00:00
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i387-fp.cc
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inferiors.cc
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linux-aarch64-ipa.cc
linux-aarch64-low.cc [aarch64] Fix removal of non-address bits for PAuth 2022-12-16 11:18:32 +00:00
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linux-low.cc gdbsupport: change xml_escape_text_append's parameter from pointer to reference 2022-12-15 21:56:25 -05:00
linux-low.h gdbserver: do not report btrace support if target does not announce it 2022-11-09 17:46:21 +01:00
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linux-x86-low.cc gdbserver/linux-x86: move lwp declaration out of __x86_64__ region 2022-11-18 12:18:53 -05:00
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netbsd-low.cc gdbsupport: change xml_escape_text_append's parameter from pointer to reference 2022-12-15 21:56:25 -05:00
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proc-service.cc gdbserver: use current_process in ps_getpid 2022-11-18 11:21:22 -05:00
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regcache.cc [aarch64] Add TPIDR2 register support for Linux 2022-12-09 13:41:15 +00:00
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		   README for GDBserver & GDBreplay
		    by Stu Grossman and Fred Fish

Introduction:

This is GDBserver, a remote server for Un*x-like systems.  It can be used to
control the execution of a program on a target system from a GDB on a different
host.  GDB and GDBserver communicate using the standard remote serial protocol.
They communicate via either a serial line or a TCP connection.

For more information about GDBserver, see the GDB manual:

    https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Remote-Protocol.html

Usage (server (target) side):

First, you need to have a copy of the program you want to debug put onto
the target system.  The program can be stripped to save space if needed, as
GDBserver doesn't care about symbols.  All symbol handling is taken care of by
the GDB running on the host system.

To use the server, you log on to the target system, and run the `gdbserver'
program.  You must tell it (a) how to communicate with GDB, (b) the name of
your program, and (c) its arguments.  The general syntax is:

	target> gdbserver COMM PROGRAM [ARGS ...]

For example, using a serial port, you might say:

	target> gdbserver /dev/com1 emacs foo.txt

This tells GDBserver to debug emacs with an argument of foo.txt, and to
communicate with GDB via /dev/com1.  GDBserver now waits patiently for the
host GDB to communicate with it.

To use a TCP connection, you could say:

	target> gdbserver host:2345 emacs foo.txt

This says pretty much the same thing as the last example, except that we are
going to communicate with the host GDB via TCP.  The `host:2345' argument means
that we are expecting to see a TCP connection to local TCP port 2345.
(Currently, the `host' part is ignored.)  You can choose any number you want for
the port number as long as it does not conflict with any existing TCP ports on
the target system.  This same port number must be used in the host GDB's
`target remote' command, which will be described shortly. Note that if you chose
a port number that conflicts with another service, GDBserver will print an error
message and exit.

On some targets, GDBserver can also attach to running programs.  This is
accomplished via the --attach argument.  The syntax is:

	target> gdbserver --attach COMM PID

PID is the process ID of a currently running process.  It isn't necessary
to point GDBserver at a binary for the running process.

Usage (host side):

You need an unstripped copy of the target program on your host system, since
GDB needs to examine it's symbol tables and such.  Start up GDB as you normally
would, with the target program as the first argument.  (You may need to use the
--baud option if the serial line is running at anything except 9600 baud.)
Ie: `gdb TARGET-PROG', or `gdb --baud BAUD TARGET-PROG'.  After that, the only
new command you need to know about is `target remote'.  It's argument is either
a device name (usually a serial device, like `/dev/ttyb'), or a HOST:PORT
descriptor.  For example:

	(gdb) target remote /dev/ttyb

communicates with the server via serial line /dev/ttyb, and:

	(gdb) target remote the-target:2345

communicates via a TCP connection to port 2345 on host `the-target', where
you previously started up GDBserver with the same port number.  Note that for
TCP connections, you must start up GDBserver prior to using the `target remote'
command, otherwise you may get an error that looks something like
`Connection refused'.

Building GDBserver:

See the `configure.srv` file for the list of host triplets you can build
GDBserver for.

Building GDBserver for your host is very straightforward.  If you build
GDB natively on a host which GDBserver supports, it will be built
automatically when you build GDB.  You can also build just GDBserver:

	% mkdir obj
	% cd obj
	% path-to-toplevel-sources/configure --disable-gdb
	% make all-gdbserver

(If you have a combined binutils+gdb tree, you may want to also
disable other directories when configuring, e.g., binutils, gas, gold,
gprof, and ld.)

If you prefer to cross-compile to your target, then you can also build
GDBserver that way.  For example:

	% export CC=your-cross-compiler
	% path-to-topevel-sources/configure --disable-gdb
	% make all-gdbserver

Using GDBreplay:

A special hacked down version of GDBserver can be used to replay remote
debug log files created by GDB.  Before using the GDB "target" command to
initiate a remote debug session, use "set remotelogfile <filename>" to tell
GDB that you want to make a recording of the serial or tcp session.  Note
that when replaying the session, GDB communicates with GDBreplay via tcp,
regardless of whether the original session was via a serial link or tcp.

Once you are done with the remote debug session, start GDBreplay and
tell it the name of the log file and the host and port number that GDB
should connect to (typically the same as the host running GDB):

	$ gdbreplay logfile host:port

Then start GDB (preferably in a different screen or window) and use the
"target" command to connect to GDBreplay:

	(gdb) target remote host:port

Repeat the same sequence of user commands to GDB that you gave in the
original debug session.  GDB should not be able to tell that it is talking
to GDBreplay rather than a real target, all other things being equal.  Note
that GDBreplay echos the command lines to stderr, as well as the contents of
the packets it sends and receives.  The last command echoed by GDBreplay is
the next command that needs to be typed to GDB to continue the session in
sync with the original session.