[lldb-dev] Dealing with executable libraries

[Greg Clayton via lldb-dev]

It would be ok to relax the test for eTypeExecutable to also allow eTypeSharedLibrary if, on many systems, it is possible to run a binary of type shared library as an executable. If it changes from system to system, then we could ask the platform (PlatformLinux if your case?) to verify if a binary can be an executable. So adding a virtual method to lldb_private::Platform:

namespace lldb_private 
{
  class Platform 
  {
      virtual bool
      IsValidExecutable (lldb_private::Module &module);
  };
}

The default could check for eTypeExecutable only and the PlatformLinux could check for eTypeExecutable or eTypeSharedLibrary...

Greg



> On Oct 5, 2015, at 3:43 AM, Stefan Kratochwil via lldb-dev <lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am wondering how to deal with binaries that are both executable and
> dynamic objects, such as many executables under /usr/sbin.
> 
> When I try to attach to a process (e.g. apache2) using the method
> lldb::SBTarget::AttachToProcessWithID() (C++ flavor of the LLDB
> ScriptingBridge), the method ObjectFileELF::CalculateType() returns
> eTypeSharedLibrary, which results in an error in my application.
> 
> The error object, which is given by
> lldb::SBTarget::AttachToProcessWithID() has the Fail() flag set, but no
> CString() with an actual cause. The lldb::SBProcess::IsValid() method
> returns false.
> 
> Right now I am short circuiting CalculateType() by returning
> eTypeExecutable when LLDB detects a dynamically linked object, but there
> must be a less intrusive solution. Is there a way to force LLDB to
> recognize such executables as "real" executables, without tampering LLDB
> internals?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Cheers,
> Stefan
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