llvm-project/lldb/docs/lldb-platform-packets.txt

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Here is a brief overview of the packets that an lldb platform server
needs to implement for the lldb testsuite to be run on a remote
target device/system.
These are almost all lldb extensions to the gdb-remote serial
protocol. Many of the vFile: packets are described to the "Host
I/O Packets" detailed in the gdb-remote protocol documentation,
although the lldb platform extensions include packets that are not
defined there (vFile:size:, vFile:mode:, vFile:symlink, vFile:chmod:).
Most importantly, the flags that lldb passes to vFile:open: are
incompatible with the flags that gdb specifies.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// QStartNoAckMode
//
// BRIEF
// A request to stop sending ACK packets for each properly formatted packet.
//
// EXAMPLE
// A platform session will typically start like this:
//
// receive: +$QStartNoAckMode#b0
// send: + <-- ACKing the properly formatted QStartNoAckMode packet
// send: $OK#9a
// receive: + <-- Our OK packet getting ACKed
//
// ACK mode is now disabled.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qHostInfo
//
// BRIEF
// Describe the hardware and OS of the target system
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: qHostInfo
// send: cputype:16777228;cpusubtype:1;ostype:ios;watchpoint_exceptions_received:before;os_version:12.1;vendor:apple;default_packet_timeout:5;
//
// All numbers are base 10, os_version is a string that will be parsed as major.minor.patch.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qModuleInfo
//
// BRIEF
// Report information about a binary on the target system
//
// EXAMPLE
// receive: qModuleInfo:2f62696e2f6c73;
//
// FIXME finish this packet description, v. GDBRemoteCommunicationServerCommon::Handle_qModuleInfo
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qGetWorkingDir
//
// BRIEF
// Get the current working directory of the platform stub in
// ASCII hex encoding.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: qGetWorkingDir
// send: 2f4170706c65496e7465726e616c2f6c6c64622f73657474696e67732f342f5465737453657474696e67732e746573745f646973617373656d626c65725f73657474696e6773
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// QSetWorkingDir:
//
// BRIEF
// Set the current working directory of the platform stub in
// ASCII hex encoding.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: QSetWorkingDir:2f4170706c65496e7465726e616c2f6c6c64622f73657474696e67732f342f5465737453657474696e67732e746573745f646973617373656d626c65725f73657474696e6773
// send: OK
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qPlatform_mkdir:
//
// BRIEF
// Create a directory on the target system.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: qPlatform_mkdir:000001fd,2f746d702f6131
// send: F0
//
// request packet has the fields:
// 1. mode bits in base 16
// 2. file path in ascii-hex encoding
//
// response is F followed by the return value of the mkdir() call,
// base 10 encoded.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qPlatform_shell:
//
// BRIEF
// Run a shell command on the target system, return the output.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: qPlatform_shell:6c73202f746d702f,0000000a
// send: F,0,0,<OUTPUT>
//
// request packet has the fields:
// 1. shell command ascii-hex encoded
// 2. timeout
// 3. {optional} working directory ascii-hex encoded
//
// Response is F followed by the return value of the command (base 16),
// followed by a another number, followed by the output of the command
/ in binary-escaped-data encoding.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qLaunchGDBServer
//
// BRIEF
// Start a gdbserver process (gdbserver, debugserver, lldb-server)
// on the target system.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: qLaunchGDBServer;host:<HOSTNAME_LLDB_IS_ON>;
// send: pid:1337;port:43001;
//
// request packet hostname field is not ascii-hex encoded. Hostnames
// don't have $ or # characters in them.
//
// response to the packet is the pid of the newly launched gdbserver,
// and the port it is listening for a connection on.
//
// When the testsuite is running, lldb may use the pid to kill off a
// debugserver that doesn't seem to be responding, etc.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qKillSpawnedProcess:
//
// BRIEF
// Kill a process running on the target system.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: qKillSpawnedProcess:1337
// send: OK
//
// The request packet has the process ID in base 10.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qProcessInfoPID:
//
// BRIEF
// Gather information about a process running on the target
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: qProcessInfoPID:71964
// send: pid:71964;name:612e6f7574;
//
// The request packet has the pid encoded in base 10.
//
// The reply has semicolon-separated name:value fields, two are
// shown here. pid is base 10 encoded. name is ascii hex encoded.
// lldb-server can reply with many additional fields, but I think
// this is enough for the testsuite.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qfProcessInfo:
//
// BRIEF
// Search the process table for processes matching criteria,
// respond with them in multiple packets.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: qfProcessInfo:name_match:equals;name:6e6f70726f6365737365786973747377697468746869736e616d65;
// send: pid:3500;name:612e6f7574;
//
// The request packet has a criteria to search for, followed by
// a specific name.
//
// KEY VALUE DESCRIPTION
// =========== ======== ================================================
// "name" ascii-hex An ASCII hex string that contains the name of
// the process that will be matched.
// "name_match" enum One of: "equals", "starts_with", "ends_with",
// "contains" or "regex"
// "pid" integer A string value containing the decimal process ID
// "parent_pid" integer A string value containing the decimal parent
// process ID
// "uid" integer A string value containing the decimal user ID
// "gid" integer A string value containing the decimal group ID
// "euid" integer A string value containing the decimal effective user ID
// "egid" integer A string value containing the decimal effective group ID
// "all_users" bool A boolean value that specifies if processes should
// be listed for all users, not just the user that the
// platform is running as
// "triple" ascii-hex An ASCII hex target triple string ("x86_64",
// "x86_64-apple-macosx", "armv7-apple-ios")
//
// If no criteria is given, qfProcessInfo will request a list of every process.
//
// The lldb testsuite currently only uses name_match:equals and the
// no-criteria mode to list every process.
//
// The response should include any information about the process that
// can be retrieved in semicolon-separated name:value fields.
// In this example, pid is base 10, name is ascii-hex encoded.
// The testsuite seems to only require these two.
//
// This packet only responds with one process. To get further matches to
// the search, qsProcessInfo should be sent.
//
// If no process match is found, Exx should be returned.
//
// Sample packet/response:
// send packet: $qfProcessInfo#00
// read packet: $pid:60001;ppid:59948;uid:7746;gid:11;euid:7746;egid:11;name:6c6c6462;triple:7838365f36342d6170706c652d6d61636f7378;#00
// send packet: $qsProcessInfo#00
// read packet: $pid:59992;ppid:192;uid:7746;gid:11;euid:7746;egid:11;name:6d64776f726b6572;triple:7838365f36342d6170706c652d6d61636f7378;#00
// send packet: $qsProcessInfo#00
// read packet: $E04#00
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qsProcessInfo
//
// BRIEF
// Return the next process info found by the most recent qfProcessInfo:
// packet.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// Continues to return the results of the qfProcessInfo. Once all matches
// have been sent, Exx is returned to indicate end of matches.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// qPathComplete
//
// BRIEF
// Get a list of matched disk files/directories by passing a boolean flag
// and a partial path.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: qPathComplete:0,6d61696e
// send: M6d61696e2e637070
// receive: qPathComplete:1,746573
// send: M746573742f,74657374732f
//
// If the first argument is zero, the result should contain all
// files (including directories) starting with the given path. If the
// argument is one, the result should contain only directories.
//
// The result should be a comma-separated list of hex-encoded paths.
// Paths denoting a directory should end with a directory separator ('/' or '\').
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:size:
//
// BRIEF
// Get the size of a file on the target system, filename in ASCII hex.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:size:2f746d702f61
// send: Fc008
//
// response is "F" followed by the file size in base 16.
// "F-1,errno" with the errno if an error occurs.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:mode:
//
// BRIEF
// Get the mode bits of a file on the target system, filename in ASCII hex.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:mode:2f746d702f61
// send: F1ed
//
// response is "F" followed by the mode bits in base 16, this 0x1ed would
// correspond to 0755 in octal.
// "F-1,errno" with the errno if an error occurs.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:unlink:
//
// BRIEF
// Remove a file on the target system.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:unlink:2f746d702f61
// send: F0
//
// Argument is a file path in ascii-hex encoding.
// Response is "F" plus the return value of unlink(), base 10 encoding.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:symlink:
//
// BRIEF
// Create a symbolic link (symlink, soft-link) on the target system.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:symlink:<SRC-FILE>,<DST-NAME>
// send: F0,0
//
// Argument file paths are in ascii-hex encoding.
// Response is "F" plus the return value of symlink(), base 10 encoding, twice.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:chmod:
// qPlatform_chmod:
//
// BRIEF
// Change the permission mode bits on a file on the target
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:chmod:180,2f746d702f61
// send: F0
//
// Arguments are the mode bits to set, base 16, and a file path in
// ascii-hex encoding.
// Response is "F" plus the return value of chmod(), base 10 encoding.
//
// I don't know why there are two packets for the same thing, v.
// vFile:chmod:.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:chmod:
//
// BRIEF
// Change the permission mode bits on a file on the target
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:chmod:180,2f746d702f61
// send: F0
//
// Arguments are the mode bits to set, base 16, and a file path in
// ascii-hex encoding.
// Response is "F" plus the return value of chmod(), base 10 encoding.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:open:
//
// BRIEF
// Open a file on the remote system and return the file descriptor of it.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:open:2f746d702f61,00000001,00000180
// send: F8
//
// request packet has the fields:
// 1. ASCII hex encoded filename
// 2. flags passed to the open call, base 16.
// Note that these are not the oflags that open(2) takes, but
// are the constant values in enum OpenOptions from lldb's File.h
// 3. mode bits, base 16
//
// response is F followed by the opened file descriptor in base 10.
// "F-1,errno" with the errno if an error occurs.
//
// COMPATIBILITY
// The gdb-remote serial protocol documentatio defines a vFile:open:
// packet which uses incompatible flag values, e.g. 1 means O_WRONLY
// in gdb's vFile:open:, but it means eOpenOptionRead to lldb's
// implementation.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:close:
//
// BRIEF
// Close a previously opened file descriptor.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:close:7
// send: F0
//
// File descriptor is in base 10.
// "F-1,errno" with the errno if an error occurs.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:pread:
//
// BRIEF
// Read data from an opened file descriptor.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:pread:7,1024,0
// send: F4;a'b\00
//
// request packet has the fields:
// 1. file descriptor, base 10
// 2. number of bytes to be read, base 10
// 3. offset into file to start from, base 10
//
// Response is F, followed by the number of bytes read (base 10), a
// semicolon, followed by the data in the binary-escaped-data encoding.
//
// COMPATIBILITY
// The gdb-remote serial protocol documentation says that numbers
// in "vFile:" packets should be hexadecimal. Instead lldb uses
// decimal.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// vFile:pwrite:
//
// BRIEF
// Write data to a previously opened file descriptor.
//
// EXAMPLE
//
// receive: vFile:pwrite:8,0,\cf\fa\ed\fe\0c\00\00
// send: F1024
//
// request packet has the fields:
// 1. file descriptor, base 10
// 2. offset into file to start from, base 10
// 3. binary-escaped-data to be written
//
// Response is F, followed by the number of bytes written (base 10)
//
// COMPATIBILITY
// The gdb-remote serial protocol documentation says that numbers
// in "vFile:" packets should be hexadecimal. Instead lldb uses
// decimal.
Finally, the platform must be able to launch processes so that debugserver
can attach to them. To do this, the following packets should be handled:
QSetDisableASLR
QSetDetachOnError
QSetSTDOUT
QSetSTDERR
QSetSTDIN
QEnvironment
QEnvironmentHexEncoded
A
qLaunchSuccess
qProcessInfo
Most of these are documented in the standard gdb-remote protocol
and/or the lldb-gdb-remote.txt documentation.