源自:http://andyniu.iteye.com/blog/1965571
core dump的概念:
A core dump is the recorded state of the working memory of a computer program at a specific time, generally when the program has terminated abnormally (crashed). In practice, other key pieces of program state are usually dumped at the same time, including the processor registers, which may include the program counter and stack pointer, memory management information, and other processor and operating system flags and information. The name comes from the once-standard memory technology core memory. Core dumps are often used to diagnose or debug errors in computer programs.
On many operating systems, a fatal error in a program automatically triggers a core dump, and by extension the phrase "to dump core" has come to mean, in many cases, any fatal error, regardless of whether a record of the program memory is created.
在Linux平台下,設置core dump文件生成的方法:
如何產生Core Dump
發生doredump一般都是在進程收到某個信號的時候,Linux上現在大概有60多個信號,可以使用 kill -l 命令全部列出來。
)SIGQUIT )SIGILL )SIGABRT )SIGFPE )SIGSEGV )SIGBUS )SIGSYS )SIGTRAP )SIGXCPU )SIGXFSZ )SIGIOT
我們看到SIGSEGV在其中,一般數組越界或是訪問空指針都會產生這個信號。另外雖然默認是這樣的,但是你也可以寫自己的信號處理函數改變默認行為,更多信號相關可以看參考鏈接33。
上述內容只是產生coredump的必要條件,而非充分條件。要產生core文件還依賴於程序運行的shell,可以通過ulimit -a命令查看,輸出內容大致如下:
看到第一行了吧,core file size,這個值用來限制產生的core文件大小,超過這個值就不會保存了。我這里輸出是0,也就是不會保存core文件,即使產生了,也保存不下來==! 要改變這個設置,可以使用ulimit -c unlimited。
OK, 現在萬事具備,只缺一個能產生Core的程序了,介個對C程序員來說太容易了。
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上手調試
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Segmentation fault (core dumped)
#0 0x080483ba in func ()
如何定位到行?
#0 0x080483ba in func (p=0x0) at a.c:5
5 *p = 0;
上邊的程序編譯的時候有一點需要注意,需要帶上參數-g, 這樣生成的可執行程序中會帶上足夠的調試信息。編譯運行之后你就應該能看見期待已久的“Segment Fault(core dumped)”或是“段錯誤 (核心已轉儲)”之類的字眼了。看看當前目錄下是不是有個core或是core.xxx的文件。祭出linux下經典的調試器GDB,首先帶着core文件載入程序:gdb exefile core,這里需要注意的這個core文件必須是exefile產生的,否則符號表會對不上。載入之后大概是這個樣子的:
我們看到已經能直接定位到出core的地方了,在第8行寫了一個只讀的內存區域導致觸發Segment Fault信號。在載入core的時候有個小技巧,如果你事先不知道這個core文件是由哪個程序產生的,你可以先隨便找個代替一下,比如/usr/bin/w就是不錯的選擇。比如我們采用這種方法載入上邊產生的core,gdb會有類似的輸出:
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