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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 #ifndef BASE_DEBUG_STACK_TRACE_H_
6 #define BASE_DEBUG_STACK_TRACE_H_
7 
8 #include <stddef.h>
9 
10 #include <iosfwd>
11 #include <string>
12 
13 #include "base/base_export.h"
14 #include "base/debug/debugging_buildflags.h"
15 #include "base/macros.h"
16 #include "build/build_config.h"
17 
18 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
19 #include <unistd.h>
20 #endif
21 
22 #if defined(OS_WIN)
23 struct _EXCEPTION_POINTERS;
24 struct _CONTEXT;
25 #endif
26 
27 namespace base {
28 namespace debug {
29 
30 // Enables stack dump to console output on exception and signals.
31 // When enabled, the process will quit immediately. This is meant to be used in
32 // unit_tests only! This is not thread-safe: only call from main thread.
33 // In sandboxed processes, this has to be called before the sandbox is turned
34 // on.
35 // Calling this function on Linux opens /proc/self/maps and caches its
36 // contents. In non-official builds, this function also opens the object files
37 // that are loaded in memory and caches their file descriptors (this cannot be
38 // done in official builds because it has security implications).
39 BASE_EXPORT bool EnableInProcessStackDumping();
40 
41 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
42 BASE_EXPORT void SetStackDumpFirstChanceCallback(bool (*handler)(int,
43                                                                  void*,
44                                                                  void*));
45 #endif
46 
47 // Returns end of the stack, or 0 if we couldn't get it.
48 #if BUILDFLAG(CAN_UNWIND_WITH_FRAME_POINTERS)
49 BASE_EXPORT uintptr_t GetStackEnd();
50 #endif
51 
52 // A stacktrace can be helpful in debugging. For example, you can include a
53 // stacktrace member in a object (probably around #ifndef NDEBUG) so that you
54 // can later see where the given object was created from.
55 class BASE_EXPORT StackTrace {
56  public:
57   // Creates a stacktrace from the current location.
58   StackTrace();
59 
60   // Creates a stacktrace from the current location, of up to |count| entries.
61   // |count| will be limited to at most |kMaxTraces|.
62   explicit StackTrace(size_t count);
63 
64   // Creates a stacktrace from an existing array of instruction
65   // pointers (such as returned by Addresses()).  |count| will be
66   // limited to at most |kMaxTraces|.
67   StackTrace(const void* const* trace, size_t count);
68 
69 #if defined(OS_WIN)
70   // Creates a stacktrace for an exception.
71   // Note: this function will throw an import not found (StackWalk64) exception
72   // on system without dbghelp 5.1.
73   StackTrace(_EXCEPTION_POINTERS* exception_pointers);
74   StackTrace(const _CONTEXT* context);
75 #endif
76 
77   // Copying and assignment are allowed with the default functions.
78 
79   // Gets an array of instruction pointer values. |*count| will be set to the
80   // number of elements in the returned array.
81   const void* const* Addresses(size_t* count) const;
82 
83   // Prints the stack trace to stderr.
84   void Print() const;
85 
86 #if !defined(__UCLIBC__) & !defined(_AIX)
87   // Resolves backtrace to symbols and write to stream.
88   void OutputToStream(std::ostream* os) const;
89 #endif
90 
91   // Resolves backtrace to symbols and returns as string.
92   std::string ToString() const;
93 
94  private:
95 #if defined(OS_WIN)
96   void InitTrace(const _CONTEXT* context_record);
97 #endif
98 
99   // From http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204633.aspx,
100   // the sum of FramesToSkip and FramesToCapture must be less than 63,
101   // so set it to 62. Even if on POSIX it could be a larger value, it usually
102   // doesn't give much more information.
103   static const int kMaxTraces = 62;
104 
105   void* trace_[kMaxTraces];
106 
107   // The number of valid frames in |trace_|.
108   size_t count_;
109 };
110 
111 #if BUILDFLAG(CAN_UNWIND_WITH_FRAME_POINTERS)
112 // Traces the stack by using frame pointers. This function is faster but less
113 // reliable than StackTrace. It should work for debug and profiling builds,
114 // but not for release builds (although there are some exceptions).
115 //
116 // Writes at most |max_depth| frames (instruction pointers) into |out_trace|
117 // after skipping |skip_initial| frames. Note that the function itself is not
118 // added to the trace so |skip_initial| should be 0 in most cases.
119 // Returns number of frames written.
120 BASE_EXPORT size_t TraceStackFramePointers(const void** out_trace,
121                                            size_t max_depth,
122                                            size_t skip_initial);
123 
124 // Links stack frame |fp| to |parent_fp|, so that during stack unwinding
125 // TraceStackFramePointers() visits |parent_fp| after visiting |fp|.
126 // Both frame pointers must come from __builtin_frame_address().
127 // Destructor restores original linkage of |fp| to avoid corrupting caller's
128 // frame register on return.
129 //
130 // This class can be used to repair broken stack frame chain in cases
131 // when execution flow goes into code built without frame pointers:
132 //
133 // void DoWork() {
134 //   Call_SomeLibrary();
135 // }
136 // static __thread void*  g_saved_fp;
137 // void Call_SomeLibrary() {
138 //   g_saved_fp = __builtin_frame_address(0);
139 //   some_library_call(...); // indirectly calls SomeLibrary_Callback()
140 // }
141 // void SomeLibrary_Callback() {
142 //   ScopedStackFrameLinker linker(__builtin_frame_address(0), g_saved_fp);
143 //   ...
144 //   TraceStackFramePointers(...);
145 // }
146 //
147 // This produces the following trace:
148 //
149 // #0 SomeLibrary_Callback()
150 // #1 <address of the code inside SomeLibrary that called #0>
151 // #2 DoWork()
152 // ...rest of the trace...
153 //
154 // SomeLibrary doesn't use frame pointers, so when SomeLibrary_Callback()
155 // is called, stack frame register contains bogus value that becomes callback'
156 // parent frame address. Without ScopedStackFrameLinker unwinding would've
157 // stopped at that bogus frame address yielding just two first frames (#0, #1).
158 // ScopedStackFrameLinker overwrites callback's parent frame address with
159 // Call_SomeLibrary's frame, so unwinder produces full trace without even
160 // noticing that stack frame chain was broken.
161 class BASE_EXPORT ScopedStackFrameLinker {
162  public:
163   ScopedStackFrameLinker(void* fp, void* parent_fp);
164   ~ScopedStackFrameLinker();
165 
166  private:
167   void* fp_;
168   void* parent_fp_;
169   void* original_parent_fp_;
170 
171   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ScopedStackFrameLinker);
172 };
173 
174 #endif  // BUILDFLAG(CAN_UNWIND_WITH_FRAME_POINTERS)
175 
176 namespace internal {
177 
178 #if defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_ANDROID)
179 // POSIX doesn't define any async-signal safe function for converting
180 // an integer to ASCII. We'll have to define our own version.
181 // itoa_r() converts a (signed) integer to ASCII. It returns "buf", if the
182 // conversion was successful or NULL otherwise. It never writes more than "sz"
183 // bytes. Output will be truncated as needed, and a NUL character is always
184 // appended.
185 BASE_EXPORT char *itoa_r(intptr_t i,
186                          char *buf,
187                          size_t sz,
188                          int base,
189                          size_t padding);
190 #endif  // defined(OS_POSIX) && !defined(OS_ANDROID)
191 
192 }  // namespace internal
193 
194 }  // namespace debug
195 }  // namespace base
196 
197 #endif  // BASE_DEBUG_STACK_TRACE_H_
198