调试Linux下的core文件

先看机器：

$ uname -a
Linux dev 2.4.21-9.30AXsmp #1 SMP Wed May 26 23:37:09 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

再看默认的参数，注意core file size是个0，程序出错时不会产生core文件了。

$ ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 4
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 2048
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
stack size (kbytes, -s) 10240
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 7168
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited

写个简单的程序，查看core文件是不是会被产生。

$ more foo.c

#include

static void sub(void);

int main(void)
{
    sub();
    return 0;
}

static void sub(void)
{
    int *p = NULL;

    /* derefernce a null pointer, expect core dump. */
    printf("%d", *p);
}

$ gcc -Wall -g foo.c
$ ./a.out
Segmentation fault

$ ls -l core.*
ls: core.*: No such file or directory

没有找到core文件，我们改改ulimit的设置，让它产生。1024是随便取的，要是core文件大于1024个块，就产生不出来了。

$ ulimit -c 1024

$ ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) 1024
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 4
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 2048
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
stack size (kbytes, -s) 10240
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 7168
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited

$ ./a.out
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
$ ls -l core.*
-rw------- 1 uniware uniware 53248 Jun 30 17:10 core.9128

注意看上述的输出信息，多了个(core dumped)。确实产生了一个core文件，9128是该进程的PID。我们用GDB来看看这个core。

$ gdb --core=core.9128
GNU gdb Asianux (6.0post-0.20040223.17.1AX)
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Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i386-asianux-linux-gnu".
Core was generated by `./a.out'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0 0x08048373 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0 0x08048373 in ?? ()
#1 0xbfffd8f8 in ?? ()
#2 0x0804839e in ?? ()
#3 0xb74cc6b3 in ?? ()
#4 0x00000000 in ?? ()

此时用bt看不到backtrace，也就是调用堆栈，原来GDB还不知道符号信息在哪里。我们告诉它一下：

(gdb) file ./a.out
Reading symbols from ./a.out...done.
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) bt
#0 0x08048373 in sub () at foo.c:17
#1 0x08048359 in main () at foo.c:8

此时backtrace出来了。

(gdb) l
8         sub();
9         return 0;
10     }
11
12     static void sub(void)
13     {
14         int *p = NULL;
15
16         /* derefernce a null pointer, expect core dump. */
17         printf("%d", *p);
(gdb)