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* Author: Markus Gutschke, Carl Crous
*
* Code to extract a core dump snapshot of the current process.
*/
#ifndef _COREDUMP_H
#define _COREDUMP_H
#include <stddef.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/* Description of external compressor programs to use for creating compressed
* coredumps. There are a few predefined compressor descriptions; callers
* can also define their own compressors.
* All functions expect an array of compressors. Array entries will be tried
* in sequence until an executable compressor has been found. An empty
* c-string in place of the compressor name signals that no compression should
* be performed.
* The end of the array is signalled by an entry that is completely zero'd out.
*/
struct CoredumperCompressor {
const char *compressor; /* File name of compressor; e.g. gzip */
const char *const *args; /* execv()-style command line arguments */
const char *suffix; /* Suffix that should be appended; e.g. .gz */
};
/* Description of a elf note for use in the PT_NOTES section of the core file.
*/
struct CoredumperNote {
const char *name; /* The vendor name */
unsigned int type; /* A vendor specific type */
unsigned int description_size; /* The size of the description field */
const void *description; /* The note data */
};
/* Parameters used to control the core dumper. Future versions of this
* structure must be backwards compatible so any new fields must be appended to
* the end.
*/
struct CoreDumpParameters {
/* The size of this structure. This is used to make sure future versions are
* backwards compatible.
*/
size_t size;
/* Specific settings for the core dumper. See COREDUMPER_FLAG_* */
int flags;
/* The maximum file size for the core dump. */
size_t max_length;
/* The set of compressors to choose from. */
const struct CoredumperCompressor *compressors;
/* After dumping a compressed core, this will be set to the compressor which
* was used to compress the core file.
*/
struct CoredumperCompressor **selected_compressor;
/* Extra notes to write to the core file notes section. */
const struct CoredumperNote *notes;
/* The amount of notes in the notes array. */
int note_count;
/* Callback function */
int (*callback_fn)(void *);
/* Callback argument */
void *callback_arg;
};
/* The core file is limited in size and max_length denotes the maximum size. If
* the core file exceeds this maximum, the file will be truncated.
*/
#define COREDUMPER_FLAG_LIMITED 1
/* The core file is limited in size and max_length denotes the maximum size. If
* the core file exceeds this maximum, the largest memory segments will be
* reduced or removed first in order to preserve the smaller ones.
*/
#define COREDUMPER_FLAG_LIMITED_BY_PRIORITY 2
/* Try compressing with either bzip2, gzip, or compress. If all of those fail,
* fall back on generating an uncompressed file.
*/
extern const struct CoredumperCompressor COREDUMPER_COMPRESSED[];
/* Try compressing with a specific compressor. Fail if no compressor could
* be found.
*/
extern const struct CoredumperCompressor COREDUMPER_BZIP2_COMPRESSED[];
extern const struct CoredumperCompressor COREDUMPER_GZIP_COMPRESSED[];
extern const struct CoredumperCompressor COREDUMPER_COMPRESS_COMPRESSED[];
/* Try compressing with a specific compressor. Fall back on generating an
* uncompressed file, if the specified compressor is unavailable.
*/
extern const struct CoredumperCompressor COREDUMPER_TRY_BZIP2_COMPRESSED[];
extern const struct CoredumperCompressor COREDUMPER_TRY_GZIP_COMPRESSED[];
extern const struct CoredumperCompressor COREDUMPER_TRY_COMPRESS_COMPRESSED[];
/* Always create an uncompressed core file.
*/
extern const struct CoredumperCompressor COREDUMPER_UNCOMPRESSED[];
/* Returns a file handle that can be read to obtain a snapshot of the
* current state of this process. If a core file could not be
* generated for any reason, -1 is returned and "errno" will be set
* appropriately.
*
* This function momentarily suspends all threads, while creating a
* COW (copy-on-write) copy of the process's address space.
*
* This function is neither reentrant nor async signal safe. Callers
* should wrap a mutex around the invocation of this function, if necessary.
*
* The current implementation tries very hard to behave reasonably when
* called from a signal handler, but no guarantees are made that this will
* always work. Most importantly, it is the caller's responsibility to
* make sure that there are never more than one instance of GetCoreDump()
* or WriteCoreDump() executing concurrently.
*/
int GetCoreDump(void);
/* Gets a core dump with the given parameters. This is not compatible with any
* core size limiting parameters.
*/
int GetCoreDumpWith(const struct CoreDumpParameters *params);
/* Attempts to compress the core file on the fly, if a suitable compressor
* could be located. Sets "selected_compressor" to the compressor that
* was picked.
*/
int GetCompressedCoreDump(const struct CoredumperCompressor compressors[],
struct CoredumperCompressor **selected_compressor);
/* Writes the core file to disk. This is a convenience method wrapping
* GetCoreDump(). If a core file could not be generated for any reason,
* -1 is returned and errno is set appropriately. On success, zero is
* returned.
*/
int WriteCoreDump(const char *file_name);
/* Writes a core dump to the given file with the given parameters. */
int WriteCoreDumpWith(const struct CoreDumpParameters *params, const char *file_name);
/* Callers might need to restrict the maximum size of the core file. This
* convenience method provides the necessary support to emulate "ulimit -c".
*/
int WriteCoreDumpLimited(const char *file_name, size_t max_length);
/* Writes a limited size core file, however instead of truncating the file at
* the limit, the core dumper will prioritize smaller memory segments. This
* means that a large heap will most likely either be only partially included
* or not included at all. If the max_length is set too small, this could cause
* performance issues.
*/
int WriteCoreDumpLimitedByPriority(const char *file_name, size_t max_length);
/* Attempts to compress the core file on the fly, if a suitable compressor
* could be located. Sets "selected_compressor" to the compressor that
* was picked. The filename automatically has a suitable suffix appended
* to it. Normally this would be ".bz2" for bzip2 compression ".gz" for
* gzip compression, or ".Z" for compress compression. This behavior can
* be changed by defining custom CoredumperCompressor descriptions.
*/
int WriteCompressedCoreDump(const char *file_name, size_t max_length, const struct CoredumperCompressor compressors[],
struct CoredumperCompressor **selected_compressor);
/* A convenience definition to clear core dump parameters.
*/
#define ClearCoreDumpParameters(p) ClearCoreDumpParametersInternal((p), sizeof(struct CoreDumpParameters))
/* Checks if the current version of the coredumper has a specific parameter.
*/
#define CoreDumpParametersHas(p, f) ((p)->size >= offsetof(struct CoreDumpParameters, f) + sizeof((p)->f))
/* Sets a coredumper parameter to a given value. This will abort the program if
* the given parameter doesn't exist in the parameters.
*/
#define SetCoreDumpParameter(p, f, v) \
do { \
if (!CoreDumpParametersHas(p, f)) { \
abort(); \
} \
(p)->f = (v); \
} while (0)
/* Gets a coredumper parameter. If the parameter doesn't exist, 0 is returned.
*/
#define GetCoreDumpParameter(p, f) (CoreDumpParametersHas(p, f) ? (p)->f : 0)
/* Clears the given coredumper parameters to zero, sets the size parameter and
* the max_length parameter to SIZE_MAX.
*/
void ClearCoreDumpParametersInternal(struct CoreDumpParameters *params, size_t size);
/* Sets the coredumper parameters to provide a limited core dump. Returns
* zero on success otherwise -1 will be returned and errno will be set.
*/
int SetCoreDumpLimited(struct CoreDumpParameters *params, size_t max_length);
/* Sets the coredumper parameters to provide a compressed core dump. Returns
* zero on success otherwise -1 will be returned and errno will be set.
*/
int SetCoreDumpCompressed(struct CoreDumpParameters *params, const struct CoredumperCompressor *compressors,
struct CoredumperCompressor **selected_compressor);
/* Sets the coredumper parameters to provide a prioritized limited core file.
* Returns zero on success otherwise -1 will be returned and errno will be set.
*/
int SetCoreDumpLimitedByPriority(struct CoreDumpParameters *params, size_t max_length);
/* Sets the coredumper parameters to add extra notes to the core file.
* Returns zero on success otherwise -1 will be returned and errno will be set.
*/
int SetCoreDumpNotes(struct CoreDumpParameters *params, struct CoredumperNote *notes, int note_count);
/* Sets the coredumper parameters to provide a callback function.
* The callback will be invoked after all threads have been suspended but
* before any coredump operation is invoked. The callback argument will be
* provided. If the return value is 0 then the coredump will continue; if the
* value is something other than 0 then the coredump will not be generated.
*/
int SetCoreDumpCallback(struct CoreDumpParameters *params, int (*fn)(void *), void *arg);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* _COREDUMP_H */