[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/3] qemu-gdb: allow using glibc_pointer_guard() on core dumps

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

get_fs_base() cannot be run on a core dump, because it uses the arch_prctl
system call.  The fs base is the value that is returned by pthread_self(),
and it would be nice to just glean it from the "info threads" output:

* 1    Thread 0x7f16a3fff700 (LWP 33642) pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 ()
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

but unfortunately the gdb API does not provide that.  Instead, we can
look for the "arg" argument of the start_thread function if glibc debug
information are available.  If not, fall back to the old mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py b/scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py
index 3c54918..b1d4546 100644
--- a/scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py
+++ b/scripts/qemugdb/coroutine.py
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 import gdb
 
 def get_fs_base():
-    '''Fetch %fs base value using arch_prctl(ARCH_GET_FS)'''
+    '''Fetch %fs base value using arch_prctl(ARCH_GET_FS).  This is
+       pthread_self().'''
     # %rsp - 120 is scratch space according to the SystemV ABI
     old = gdb.parse_and_eval('*(uint64_t*)($rsp - 120)')
     gdb.execute('call arch_prctl(0x1003, $rsp - 120)', False, True)
@@ -24,9 +25,22 @@ def get_fs_base():
     gdb.execute('set *(uint64_t*)($rsp - 120) = %s' % old, False, True)
     return fs_base
 
+def pthread_self():
+    '''Fetch pthread_self() from the glibc start_thread function.'''
+    f = gdb.newest_frame()
+    while f.name() != 'start_thread':
+        f = f.older()
+        if f is None:
+            return get_fs_base()
+
+    try:
+        return f.read_var("arg")
+    except ValueError:
+        return get_fs_base()
+
 def get_glibc_pointer_guard():
     '''Fetch glibc pointer guard value'''
-    fs_base = get_fs_base()
+    fs_base = pthread_self()
     return gdb.parse_and_eval('*(uint64_t*)((uint64_t)%s + 0x30)' % fs_base)
 
 def glibc_ptr_demangle(val, pointer_guard):
-- 
2.5.0