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  • Author : deraadt
    Date : 2022-02-22 17:35:01
    Hash : 4ec73a12
    Message : MAXCOMLEN is no longer needed in these programs, so remove the annotation from sys/param.h include lines, or remove the include lines entirely if it this was the least requirement. ok millert

  • lib/libkvm/kvm.c
  • /*	$OpenBSD: kvm.c,v 1.72 2022/02/22 17:35:01 deraadt Exp $ */
    /*	$NetBSD: kvm.c,v 1.43 1996/05/05 04:31:59 gwr Exp $	*/
    
    /*-
     * Copyright (c) 1989, 1992, 1993
     *	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
     *
     * This code is derived from software developed by the Computer Systems
     * Engineering group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under DARPA contract
     * BG 91-66 and contributed to Berkeley.
     *
     * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
     * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
     * are met:
     * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
     *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
     * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
     *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
     *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
     * 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
     *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
     *    without specific prior written permission.
     *
     * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
     * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
     * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
     * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
     * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
     * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
     * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
     * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
     * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
     * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
     * SUCH DAMAGE.
     */
    
    #include <sys/param.h>	/* MID_MACHINE */
    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <sys/signal.h>
    #include <sys/proc.h>
    #include <sys/ioctl.h>
    #include <sys/stat.h>
    #include <sys/sysctl.h>
    
    #include <sys/core.h>
    #include <sys/exec.h>
    #include <sys/kcore.h>
    
    #include <stddef.h>
    #include <errno.h>
    #include <ctype.h>
    #include <db.h>
    #include <fcntl.h>
    #include <libgen.h>
    #include <limits.h>
    #include <nlist.h>
    #include <paths.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    #include <string.h>
    #include <unistd.h>
    #include <kvm.h>
    #include <stdarg.h>
    
    #include "kvm_private.h"
    
    extern int __fdnlist(int, struct nlist *);
    
    static int	kvm_dbopen(kvm_t *, const char *);
    static int	kvm_opennamelist(kvm_t *, const char *);
    static int	_kvm_get_header(kvm_t *);
    static kvm_t	*_kvm_open(kvm_t *, const char *, const char *, const char *,
    		     int, char *);
    static int	clear_gap(kvm_t *, FILE *, int);
    
    char *
    kvm_geterr(kvm_t *kd)
    {
    	return (kd->errbuf);
    }
    
    /*
     * Wrapper around pread.
     */
    ssize_t
    _kvm_pread(kvm_t *kd, int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes, off_t offset)
    {
    	ssize_t rval;
    
    	errno = 0;
    	rval = pread(fd, buf, nbytes, offset);
    	if (rval == -1 || errno != 0) {
    		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "pread");
    	}
    	return (rval);
    }
    
    /*
     * Wrapper around pwrite.
     */
    ssize_t
    _kvm_pwrite(kvm_t *kd, int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbytes, off_t offset)
    {
    	ssize_t rval;
    
    	errno = 0;
    	rval = pwrite(fd, buf, nbytes, offset);
    	if (rval == -1 || errno != 0) {
    		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "pwrite");
    	}
    	return (rval);
    }
    
    /*
     * Report an error using printf style arguments.  "program" is kd->program
     * on hard errors, and 0 on soft errors, so that under sun error emulation,
     * only hard errors are printed out (otherwise, programs like gdb will
     * generate tons of error messages when trying to access bogus pointers).
     */
    void
    _kvm_err(kvm_t *kd, const char *program, const char *fmt, ...)
    {
    	va_list ap;
    
    	va_start(ap, fmt);
    	if (program != NULL) {
    		(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", program);
    		(void)vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
    		(void)fputc('\n', stderr);
    	} else
    		(void)vsnprintf(kd->errbuf,
    		    sizeof(kd->errbuf), fmt, ap);
    
    	va_end(ap);
    }
    
    void
    _kvm_syserr(kvm_t *kd, const char *program, const char *fmt, ...)
    {
    	va_list ap;
    	size_t n;
    
    	va_start(ap, fmt);
    	if (program != NULL) {
    		(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", program);
    		(void)vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
    		(void)fprintf(stderr, ": %s\n", strerror(errno));
    	} else {
    		char *cp = kd->errbuf;
    
    		(void)vsnprintf(cp, sizeof(kd->errbuf), fmt, ap);
    		n = strlen(cp);
    		(void)snprintf(&cp[n], sizeof(kd->errbuf) - n, ": %s",
    		    strerror(errno));
    	}
    	va_end(ap);
    }
    
    void *
    _kvm_malloc(kvm_t *kd, size_t n)
    {
    	void *p;
    
    	if ((p = malloc(n)) == NULL)
    		_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "%s", strerror(errno));
    	return (p);
    }
    
    void *
    _kvm_realloc(kvm_t *kd, void *p, size_t n)
    {
    	if ((p = realloc(p, n)) == NULL)
    		_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "%s", strerror(errno));
    	return (p);
    }
    
    static kvm_t *
    _kvm_open(kvm_t *kd, const char *uf, const char *mf, const char *sf,
        int flag, char *errout)
    {
    	struct stat st;
    
    	kd->db = 0;
    	kd->pmfd = -1;
    	kd->vmfd = -1;
    	kd->swfd = -1;
    	kd->nlfd = -1;
    	kd->alive = 0;
    	kd->filebase = NULL;
    	kd->procbase = NULL;
    	kd->nbpg = getpagesize();
    	kd->swapspc = 0;
    	kd->argspc = 0;
    	kd->argbuf = 0;
    	kd->argv = 0;
    	kd->envspc = 0;
    	kd->envbuf = 0;
    	kd->envp = 0;
    	kd->vmst = NULL;
    	kd->vm_page_buckets = 0;
    	kd->kcore_hdr = 0;
    	kd->cpu_dsize = 0;
    	kd->cpu_data = 0;
    	kd->dump_off = 0;
    
    	if (flag & KVM_NO_FILES) {
    		kd->alive = 1;
    		return (kd);
    	}
    
    	if (uf && strlen(uf) >= PATH_MAX) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "exec file name too long");
    		goto failed;
    	}
    	if (flag != O_RDONLY && flag != O_WRONLY && flag != O_RDWR) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "bad flags arg");
    		goto failed;
    	}
    	flag |= O_CLOEXEC;
    
    	if (mf == NULL)
    		mf = _PATH_MEM;
    
    	if ((kd->pmfd = open(mf, flag)) == -1) {
    		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", mf);
    		goto failed;
    	}
    	if (fstat(kd->pmfd, &st) == -1) {
    		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", mf);
    		goto failed;
    	}
    	if (S_ISCHR(st.st_mode)) {
    		/*
    		 * If this is a character special device, then check that
    		 * it's /dev/mem.  If so, open kmem too.  (Maybe we should
    		 * make it work for either /dev/mem or /dev/kmem -- in either
    		 * case you're working with a live kernel.)
    		 */
    		if (strcmp(mf, _PATH_MEM) != 0) {	/* XXX */
    			_kvm_err(kd, kd->program,
    				 "%s: not physical memory device", mf);
    			goto failed;
    		}
    		if ((kd->vmfd = open(_PATH_KMEM, flag)) == -1) {
    			_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", _PATH_KMEM);
    			goto failed;
    		}
    		kd->alive = 1;
    		if (sf != NULL && (kd->swfd = open(sf, flag)) == -1) {
    			_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", sf);
    			goto failed;
    		}
    		/*
    		 * Open kvm nlist database.  We only try to use
    		 * the pre-built database if the namelist file name
    		 * pointer is NULL.  If the database cannot or should
    		 * not be opened, open the namelist argument so we
    		 * revert to slow nlist() calls.
    		 * If no file is specified, try opening _PATH_KSYMS and
    		 * fall back to _PATH_UNIX.
    		 */
    		if (kvm_dbopen(kd, uf ? uf : _PATH_UNIX) == -1 &&
    		    kvm_opennamelist(kd, uf))
    			goto failed;
    	} else {
    		/*
    		 * This is a crash dump.
    		 * Initialize the virtual address translation machinery,
    		 * but first setup the namelist fd.
    		 * If no file is specified, try opening _PATH_KSYMS and
    		 * fall back to _PATH_UNIX.
    		 */
    		if (kvm_opennamelist(kd, uf))
    			goto failed;
    
    		/*
    		 * If there is no valid core header, fail silently here.
    		 * The address translations however will fail without
    		 * header. Things can be made to run by calling
    		 * kvm_dump_mkheader() before doing any translation.
    		 */
    		if (_kvm_get_header(kd) == 0) {
    			if (_kvm_initvtop(kd) < 0)
    				goto failed;
    		}
    	}
    	return (kd);
    failed:
    	/*
    	 * Copy out the error if doing sane error semantics.
    	 */
    	if (errout != 0)
    		(void)strlcpy(errout, kd->errbuf, _POSIX2_LINE_MAX);
    	(void)kvm_close(kd);
    	return (0);
    }
    
    static int
    kvm_opennamelist(kvm_t *kd, const char *uf)
    {
    	int fd;
    
    	if (uf != NULL)
    		fd = open(uf, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
    	else {
    		fd = open(_PATH_KSYMS, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
    		uf = _PATH_UNIX;
    		if (fd == -1)
    			fd = open(uf, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
    	}
    	if (fd == -1) {
    		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "%s", uf);
    		return (-1);
    	}
    
    	kd->nlfd = fd;
    	return (0);
    }
    
    /*
     * The kernel dump file (from savecore) contains:
     *    kcore_hdr_t kcore_hdr;
     *    kcore_seg_t cpu_hdr;
     *    (opaque)    cpu_data; (size is cpu_hdr.c_size)
     *    kcore_seg_t mem_hdr;
     *    (memory)    mem_data; (size is mem_hdr.c_size)
     *
     * Note: khdr is padded to khdr.c_hdrsize;
     * cpu_hdr and mem_hdr are padded to khdr.c_seghdrsize
     */
    static int
    _kvm_get_header(kvm_t *kd)
    {
    	kcore_hdr_t	kcore_hdr;
    	kcore_seg_t	cpu_hdr;
    	kcore_seg_t	mem_hdr;
    	size_t		offset;
    	ssize_t		sz;
    
    	/*
    	 * Read the kcore_hdr_t
    	 */
    	sz = _kvm_pread(kd, kd->pmfd, &kcore_hdr, sizeof(kcore_hdr), (off_t)0);
    	if (sz != sizeof(kcore_hdr)) {
    		return (-1);
    	}
    
    	/*
    	 * Currently, we only support dump-files made by the current
    	 * architecture...
    	 */
    	if ((CORE_GETMAGIC(kcore_hdr) != KCORE_MAGIC) ||
    	    (CORE_GETMID(kcore_hdr) != MID_MACHINE))
    		return (-1);
    
    	/*
    	 * Currently, we only support exactly 2 segments: cpu-segment
    	 * and data-segment in exactly that order.
    	 */
    	if (kcore_hdr.c_nseg != 2)
    		return (-1);
    
    	/*
    	 * Save away the kcore_hdr.  All errors after this
    	 * should do a to "goto fail" to deallocate things.
    	 */
    	kd->kcore_hdr = _kvm_malloc(kd, sizeof(kcore_hdr));
    	if (kd->kcore_hdr == NULL)
    		goto fail;
    	memcpy(kd->kcore_hdr, &kcore_hdr, sizeof(kcore_hdr));
    	offset = kcore_hdr.c_hdrsize;
    
    	/*
    	 * Read the CPU segment header
    	 */
    	sz = _kvm_pread(kd, kd->pmfd, &cpu_hdr, sizeof(cpu_hdr), (off_t)offset);
    	if (sz != sizeof(cpu_hdr)) {
    		goto fail;
    	}
    
    	if ((CORE_GETMAGIC(cpu_hdr) != KCORESEG_MAGIC) ||
    	    (CORE_GETFLAG(cpu_hdr) != CORE_CPU))
    		goto fail;
    	offset += kcore_hdr.c_seghdrsize;
    
    	/*
    	 * Read the CPU segment DATA.
    	 */
    	kd->cpu_dsize = cpu_hdr.c_size;
    	kd->cpu_data = _kvm_malloc(kd, (size_t)cpu_hdr.c_size);
    	if (kd->cpu_data == NULL)
    		goto fail;
    
    	sz = _kvm_pread(kd, kd->pmfd, kd->cpu_data, (size_t)cpu_hdr.c_size,
    	    (off_t)offset);
    	if (sz != (size_t)cpu_hdr.c_size) {
    		goto fail;
    	}
    
    	offset += cpu_hdr.c_size;
    
    	/*
    	 * Read the next segment header: data segment
    	 */
    	sz = _kvm_pread(kd, kd->pmfd, &mem_hdr, sizeof(mem_hdr), (off_t)offset);
    	if (sz != sizeof(mem_hdr)) {
    		goto fail;
    	}
    
    	offset += kcore_hdr.c_seghdrsize;
    
    	if ((CORE_GETMAGIC(mem_hdr) != KCORESEG_MAGIC) ||
    	    (CORE_GETFLAG(mem_hdr) != CORE_DATA))
    		goto fail;
    
    	kd->dump_off = offset;
    	return (0);
    
    fail:
    	free(kd->kcore_hdr);
    	kd->kcore_hdr = NULL;
    	if (kd->cpu_data != NULL) {
    		free(kd->cpu_data);
    		kd->cpu_data = NULL;
    		kd->cpu_dsize = 0;
    	}
    
    	return (-1);
    }
    
    /*
     * The format while on the dump device is: (new format)
     *    kcore_seg_t cpu_hdr;
     *    (opaque)    cpu_data; (size is cpu_hdr.c_size)
     *    kcore_seg_t mem_hdr;
     *    (memory)    mem_data; (size is mem_hdr.c_size)
     */
    int
    kvm_dump_mkheader(kvm_t *kd, off_t dump_off)
    {
    	kcore_seg_t	cpu_hdr;
    	int	hdr_size;
    	ssize_t sz;
    
    	if (kd->kcore_hdr != NULL) {
    	    _kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "already has a dump header");
    	    return (-1);
    	}
    	if (ISALIVE(kd)) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "don't use on live kernel");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    
    	/*
    	 * Validate new format crash dump
    	 */
    	sz = _kvm_pread(kd, kd->pmfd, &cpu_hdr, sizeof(cpu_hdr), (off_t)dump_off);
    	if (sz != sizeof(cpu_hdr)) {
    		return (-1);
    	}
    	if ((CORE_GETMAGIC(cpu_hdr) != KCORE_MAGIC)
    		|| (CORE_GETMID(cpu_hdr) != MID_MACHINE)) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, 0, "invalid magic in cpu_hdr");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    	hdr_size = _ALIGN(sizeof(cpu_hdr));
    
    	/*
    	 * Read the CPU segment.
    	 */
    	kd->cpu_dsize = cpu_hdr.c_size;
    	kd->cpu_data = _kvm_malloc(kd, kd->cpu_dsize);
    	if (kd->cpu_data == NULL)
    		goto fail;
    
    	sz = _kvm_pread(kd, kd->pmfd, kd->cpu_data, (size_t)cpu_hdr.c_size,
    	    (off_t)dump_off+hdr_size);
    	if (sz != (ssize_t)cpu_hdr.c_size) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, 0, "invalid size in cpu_hdr");
    		goto fail;
    	}
    	hdr_size += kd->cpu_dsize;
    
    	/*
    	 * Leave phys mem pointer at beginning of memory data
    	 */
    	kd->dump_off = dump_off + hdr_size;
    	errno = 0;
    	if (lseek(kd->pmfd, kd->dump_off, SEEK_SET) != kd->dump_off && errno != 0) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, 0, "invalid dump offset - lseek");
    		goto fail;
    	}
    
    	/*
    	 * Create a kcore_hdr.
    	 */
    	kd->kcore_hdr = _kvm_malloc(kd, sizeof(kcore_hdr_t));
    	if (kd->kcore_hdr == NULL)
    		goto fail;
    
    	kd->kcore_hdr->c_hdrsize    = _ALIGN(sizeof(kcore_hdr_t));
    	kd->kcore_hdr->c_seghdrsize = _ALIGN(sizeof(kcore_seg_t));
    	kd->kcore_hdr->c_nseg       = 2;
    	CORE_SETMAGIC(*(kd->kcore_hdr), KCORE_MAGIC, MID_MACHINE,0);
    
    	/*
    	 * Now that we have a valid header, enable translations.
    	 */
    	if (_kvm_initvtop(kd) == 0)
    		/* Success */
    		return (hdr_size);
    
    fail:
    	free(kd->kcore_hdr);
    	kd->kcore_hdr = NULL;
    	if (kd->cpu_data != NULL) {
    		free(kd->cpu_data);
    		kd->cpu_data = NULL;
    		kd->cpu_dsize = 0;
    	}
    	return (-1);
    }
    
    static int
    clear_gap(kvm_t *kd, FILE *fp, int size)
    {
    	if (size <= 0) /* XXX - < 0 should never happen */
    		return (0);
    	while (size-- > 0) {
    		if (fputc(0, fp) == EOF) {
    			_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "clear_gap");
    			return (-1);
    		}
    	}
    	return (0);
    }
    
    /*
     * Write the dump header info to 'fp'. Note that we can't use fseek(3) here
     * because 'fp' might be a file pointer obtained by zopen().
     */
    int
    kvm_dump_wrtheader(kvm_t *kd, FILE *fp, int dumpsize)
    {
    	kcore_seg_t	seghdr;
    	long		offset;
    	int		gap;
    
    	if (kd->kcore_hdr == NULL || kd->cpu_data == NULL) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "no valid dump header(s)");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    
    	/*
    	 * Write the generic header
    	 */
    	offset = 0;
    	if (fwrite(kd->kcore_hdr, sizeof(kcore_hdr_t), 1, fp) < 1) {
    		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "kvm_dump_wrtheader");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    	offset += kd->kcore_hdr->c_hdrsize;
    	gap     = kd->kcore_hdr->c_hdrsize - sizeof(kcore_hdr_t);
    	if (clear_gap(kd, fp, gap) == -1)
    		return (-1);
    
    	/*
    	 * Write the cpu header
    	 */
    	CORE_SETMAGIC(seghdr, KCORESEG_MAGIC, 0, CORE_CPU);
    	seghdr.c_size = (u_long)_ALIGN(kd->cpu_dsize);
    	if (fwrite(&seghdr, sizeof(seghdr), 1, fp) < 1) {
    		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "kvm_dump_wrtheader");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    	offset += kd->kcore_hdr->c_seghdrsize;
    	gap     = kd->kcore_hdr->c_seghdrsize - sizeof(seghdr);
    	if (clear_gap(kd, fp, gap) == -1)
    		return (-1);
    
    	if (fwrite(kd->cpu_data, kd->cpu_dsize, 1, fp) < 1) {
    		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "kvm_dump_wrtheader");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    	offset += seghdr.c_size;
    	gap     = seghdr.c_size - kd->cpu_dsize;
    	if (clear_gap(kd, fp, gap) == -1)
    		return (-1);
    
    	/*
    	 * Write the actual dump data segment header
    	 */
    	CORE_SETMAGIC(seghdr, KCORESEG_MAGIC, 0, CORE_DATA);
    	seghdr.c_size = dumpsize;
    	if (fwrite(&seghdr, sizeof(seghdr), 1, fp) < 1) {
    		_kvm_syserr(kd, kd->program, "kvm_dump_wrtheader");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    	offset += kd->kcore_hdr->c_seghdrsize;
    	gap     = kd->kcore_hdr->c_seghdrsize - sizeof(seghdr);
    	if (clear_gap(kd, fp, gap) == -1)
    		return (-1);
    
    	return (offset);
    }
    
    kvm_t *
    kvm_openfiles(const char *uf, const char *mf, const char *sf,
        int flag, char *errout)
    {
    	kvm_t *kd;
    
    	if ((kd = malloc(sizeof(*kd))) == NULL) {
    		(void)strlcpy(errout, strerror(errno), _POSIX2_LINE_MAX);
    		return (0);
    	}
    	kd->program = 0;
    	return (_kvm_open(kd, uf, mf, sf, flag, errout));
    }
    
    kvm_t *
    kvm_open(const char *uf, const char *mf, const char *sf, int flag,
        const char *program)
    {
    	kvm_t *kd;
    
    	if ((kd = malloc(sizeof(*kd))) == NULL && program != NULL) {
    		(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", program, strerror(errno));
    		return (0);
    	}
    	kd->program = program;
    	return (_kvm_open(kd, uf, mf, sf, flag, NULL));
    }
    
    int
    kvm_close(kvm_t *kd)
    {
    	int error = 0;
    
    	if (kd->pmfd >= 0)
    		error |= close(kd->pmfd);
    	if (kd->vmfd >= 0)
    		error |= close(kd->vmfd);
    	kd->alive = 0;
    	if (kd->nlfd >= 0)
    		error |= close(kd->nlfd);
    	if (kd->swfd >= 0)
    		error |= close(kd->swfd);
    	if (kd->db != 0)
    		error |= (kd->db->close)(kd->db);
    	if (kd->vmst)
    		_kvm_freevtop(kd);
    	kd->cpu_dsize = 0;
    	free(kd->cpu_data);
    	free(kd->kcore_hdr);
    	free(kd->filebase);
    	free(kd->procbase);
    	free(kd->swapspc);
    	free(kd->argspc);
    	free(kd->argbuf);
    	free(kd->argv);
    	free(kd->envspc);
    	free(kd->envbuf);
    	free(kd->envp);
    	free(kd);
    
    	return (error);
    }
    DEF(kvm_close);
    
    /*
     * Set up state necessary to do queries on the kernel namelist
     * data base.  If the data base is out-of-data/incompatible with
     * given executable, set up things so we revert to standard nlist call.
     * Only called for live kernels.  Return 0 on success, -1 on failure.
     */
    static int
    kvm_dbopen(kvm_t *kd, const char *uf)
    {
    	char dbversion[_POSIX2_LINE_MAX], kversion[_POSIX2_LINE_MAX];
    	char dbname[PATH_MAX], ufbuf[PATH_MAX];
    	struct nlist nitem;
    	size_t dbversionlen;
    	DBT rec;
    
    	strlcpy(ufbuf, uf, sizeof(ufbuf));
    	uf = basename(ufbuf);
    
    	(void)snprintf(dbname, sizeof(dbname), "%skvm_%s.db", _PATH_VARDB, uf);
    	kd->db = dbopen(dbname, O_RDONLY, 0, DB_HASH, NULL);
    	if (kd->db == NULL) {
    		switch (errno) {
    		case ENOENT:
    			/* No kvm_bsd.db, fall back to /bsd silently */
    			break;
    		case EFTYPE:
    			_kvm_err(kd, kd->program,
    			    "file %s is incorrectly formatted", dbname);
    			break;
    		case EINVAL:
    			_kvm_err(kd, kd->program,
    			    "invalid argument to dbopen()");
    			break;
    		default:
    			_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "unknown dbopen() error");
    			break;
    		}
    		return (-1);
    	}
    
    	/*
    	 * read version out of database
    	 */
    	rec.data = VRS_KEY;
    	rec.size = sizeof(VRS_KEY) - 1;
    	if ((kd->db->get)(kd->db, (DBT *)&rec, (DBT *)&rec, 0))
    		goto close;
    	if (rec.data == 0 || rec.size > sizeof(dbversion))
    		goto close;
    
    	bcopy(rec.data, dbversion, rec.size);
    	dbversionlen = rec.size;
    
    	/*
    	 * Read version string from kernel memory.
    	 * Since we are dealing with a live kernel, we can call kvm_read()
    	 * at this point.
    	 */
    	rec.data = VRS_SYM;
    	rec.size = sizeof(VRS_SYM) - 1;
    	if ((kd->db->get)(kd->db, (DBT *)&rec, (DBT *)&rec, 0))
    		goto close;
    	if (rec.data == 0 || rec.size != sizeof(struct nlist))
    		goto close;
    	bcopy(rec.data, &nitem, sizeof(nitem));
    	if (kvm_read(kd, (u_long)nitem.n_value, kversion, dbversionlen) !=
    	    dbversionlen)
    		goto close;
    	/*
    	 * If they match, we win - otherwise clear out kd->db so
    	 * we revert to slow nlist().
    	 */
    	if (bcmp(dbversion, kversion, dbversionlen) == 0)
    		return (0);
    close:
    	(void)(kd->db->close)(kd->db);
    	kd->db = 0;
    
    	return (-1);
    }
    
    int
    kvm_nlist(kvm_t *kd, struct nlist *nl)
    {
    	struct nlist *p;
    	int nvalid, rv;
    
    	/*
    	 * If we can't use the data base, revert to the
    	 * slow library call.
    	 */
    	if (kd->db == 0) {
    		rv = __fdnlist(kd->nlfd, nl);
    		if (rv == -1)
    			_kvm_err(kd, 0, "bad namelist");
    		return (rv);
    	}
    
    	/*
    	 * We can use the kvm data base.  Go through each nlist entry
    	 * and look it up with a db query.
    	 */
    	nvalid = 0;
    	for (p = nl; p->n_name && p->n_name[0]; ++p) {
    		size_t len;
    		DBT rec;
    
    		if ((len = strlen(p->n_name)) > 4096) {
    			/* sanity */
    			_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "symbol too large");
    			return (-1);
    		}
    		rec.data = p->n_name;
    		rec.size = len;
    
    		/*
    		 * Make sure that n_value = 0 when the symbol isn't found
    		 */
    		p->n_value = 0;
    
    		if ((kd->db->get)(kd->db, (DBT *)&rec, (DBT *)&rec, 0))
    			continue;
    		if (rec.data == 0 || rec.size != sizeof(struct nlist))
    			continue;
    		++nvalid;
    		/*
    		 * Avoid alignment issues.
    		 */
    		bcopy((char *)rec.data + offsetof(struct nlist, n_type),
    		    &p->n_type, sizeof(p->n_type));
    		bcopy((char *)rec.data + offsetof(struct nlist, n_value),
    		    &p->n_value, sizeof(p->n_value));
    	}
    	/*
    	 * Return the number of entries that weren't found.
    	 */
    	return ((p - nl) - nvalid);
    }
    DEF(kvm_nlist);
    
    int
    kvm_dump_inval(kvm_t *kd)
    {
    	struct nlist	nl[2];
    	u_long		x;
    	paddr_t		pa;
    
    	if (ISALIVE(kd)) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "clearing dump on live kernel");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    	nl[0].n_name = "_dumpmag";
    	nl[1].n_name = NULL;
    
    	if (kvm_nlist(kd, nl) == -1) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, 0, "bad namelist");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    
    	if (nl[0].n_value == 0) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, nl[0].n_name, "not in name list");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    
    	if (_kvm_kvatop(kd, (u_long)nl[0].n_value, &pa) == 0)
    		return (-1);
    
    	x = 0;
    	if (_kvm_pwrite(kd, kd->pmfd, &x, sizeof(x),
    	    (off_t)_kvm_pa2off(kd, pa)) != sizeof(x)) {
    		_kvm_err(kd, 0, "cannot invalidate dump");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    	return (0);
    }
    
    ssize_t
    kvm_read(kvm_t *kd, u_long kva, void *buf, size_t len)
    {
    	ssize_t cc;
    	void *cp;
    
    	if (ISALIVE(kd)) {
    		/*
    		 * We're using /dev/kmem.  Just read straight from the
    		 * device and let the active kernel do the address translation.
    		 */
    		cc = _kvm_pread(kd, kd->vmfd, buf, len, (off_t)kva);
    		if (cc == -1) {
    			_kvm_err(kd, 0, "invalid address (%lx)", kva);
    			return (-1);
    		} else if (cc < len)
    			_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "short read");
    		return (cc);
    	} else {
    		if ((kd->kcore_hdr == NULL) || (kd->cpu_data == NULL)) {
    			_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "no valid dump header");
    			return (-1);
    		}
    		cp = buf;
    		while (len > 0) {
    			paddr_t	pa;
    
    			/* In case of error, _kvm_kvatop sets the err string */
    			cc = _kvm_kvatop(kd, kva, &pa);
    			if (cc == 0)
    				return (-1);
    			if (cc > len)
    				cc = len;
    			cc = _kvm_pread(kd, kd->pmfd, cp, (size_t)cc,
    			    (off_t)_kvm_pa2off(kd, pa));
    			if (cc == -1) {
    				_kvm_syserr(kd, 0, _PATH_MEM);
    				break;
    			}
    			/*
    			 * If kvm_kvatop returns a bogus value or our core
    			 * file is truncated, we might wind up seeking beyond
    			 * the end of the core file in which case the read will
    			 * return 0 (EOF).
    			 */
    			if (cc == 0)
    				break;
    			cp = (char *)cp + cc;
    			kva += cc;
    			len -= cc;
    		}
    		return ((char *)cp - (char *)buf);
    	}
    	/* NOTREACHED */
    }
    DEF(kvm_read);
    
    ssize_t
    kvm_write(kvm_t *kd, u_long kva, const void *buf, size_t len)
    {
    	int cc;
    
    	if (ISALIVE(kd)) {
    		/*
    		 * Just like kvm_read, only we write.
    		 */
    		cc = _kvm_pwrite(kd, kd->vmfd, buf, len, (off_t)kva);
    		if (cc == -1) {
    			_kvm_err(kd, 0, "invalid address (%lx)", kva);
    			return (-1);
    		} else if (cc < len)
    			_kvm_err(kd, kd->program, "short write");
    		return (cc);
    	} else {
    		_kvm_err(kd, kd->program,
    		    "kvm_write not implemented for dead kernels");
    		return (-1);
    	}
    	/* NOTREACHED */
    }