[lldb-dev] finding the symbol dependencies of a bundle, like dyldinfo -lazy_bind -export

Greg Clayton gclayton at apple.com
Mon Apr 2 13:13:27 PDT 2012


Yes you can do this with LLDB. If you load a binary and dump its symbol table, you will see the information you want. For symbols that are lazily bound, you can look for "Trampoline" symbols:

cd lldb/test/lang/objc/foundation
make
lldb a.out
(lldb) target modules dump symtab a.out 
Symtab, file = .../lldb/test/lang/objc/foundation/a.out, num_symbols = 54:
               Debug symbol
               |Synthetic symbol
               ||Externally Visible
               |||
Index   UserID DSX Type         File Address/Value Load Address       Size               Flags      Name
------- ------ --- ------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ---------- ----------------------------------
[    0]      0 D   SourceFile   0x0000000000000000                    Sibling -> [   15] 0x00640000 /Volumes/work/gclayton/Documents/src/lldb/test/lang/objc/foundation/main.m
[    1]      2 D   ObjectFile   0x000000004f79f1ca                    0x0000000000000000 0x00660001 /Volumes/work/gclayton/Documents/src/lldb/test/lang/objc/foundation/main.o
[    2]      4 D   Code         0x00000001000010f0                    0x00000000000000c0 0x000e0000 -[MyString initWithNSString:]
[    3]      8 D   Code         0x00000001000011b0                    0x0000000000000090 0x000e0000 -[MyString dealloc]
[    4]     12 D   Code         0x0000000100001240                    0x00000000000000a0 0x000e0000 -[MyString description]
[    5]     16 D   Code         0x00000001000012e0                    0x0000000000000020 0x000e0000 -[MyString descriptionPauses]
[    6]     20 D   Code         0x0000000100001300                    0x0000000000000030 0x000e0000 -[MyString setDescriptionPauses:]
[    7]     24 D   Code         0x0000000100001330                    0x0000000000000030 0x000e0000 -[MyString str_property]
[    8]     28 D   Code         0x0000000100001360                    0x0000000000000050 0x000e0000 -[MyString setStr_property:]
[    9]     32 D   Code         0x00000001000013b0                    0x0000000000000040 0x000f0000 Test_Selector
[   10]     36 D   Code         0x00000001000013f0                    0x0000000000000130 0x000f0000 Test_NSString
[   11]     40 D   Code         0x0000000100001520                    0x0000000000000120 0x000f0000 Test_MyString
[   12]     44 D   Code         0x0000000100001640                    0x00000000000001b0 0x000f0000 Test_NSArray
[   13]     48 D   Code         0x00000001000017f0                    0x00000000000000e1 0x000f0000 main
[   14]     56 D X Data         0x0000000100002680                    0x0000000000000000 0x00200000 my_global_str
[   15]     58 D   SourceFile   0x0000000000000000                    Sibling -> [   19] 0x00640000 /Volumes/work/gclayton/Documents/src/lldb/test/lang/objc/foundation/my-base.m
[   16]     60 D   ObjectFile   0x000000004f79f1ca                    0x0000000000000000 0x00660001 /Volumes/work/gclayton/Documents/src/lldb/test/lang/objc/foundation/my-base.o
[   17]     62 D   Code         0x00000001000018e0                    0x0000000000000020 0x000e0000 -[MyBase propertyMovesThings]
[   18]     66 D   Code         0x0000000100001900                    0x000000000000001f 0x000e0000 -[MyBase setPropertyMovesThings:]
[   19]     82     Data         0x0000000100002000                    0x0000000000000460 0x000e0000 pvars
[   20]     83     ObjCIVar     0x0000000100002518                    0x0000000000000148 0x001e0000 MyBase.propertyMovesThings
[   21]     84   X Data         0x0000000100002660                    0x0000000000000008 0x000f0000 NXArgc
[   22]     85   X Data         0x0000000100002668                    0x0000000000000008 0x000f0000 NXArgv
[   23]     86   X ObjCClass    0x00000001000024d8                    0x0000000000000028 0x000f0000 MyBase
[   24]     87   X ObjCClass    0x0000000100002460                    0x0000000000000028 0x000f0000 MyString
[   25]     88   X ObjCIVar     0x0000000100002510                    0x0000000000000008 0x000f0000 MyString._desc_pauses
[   26]     89   X ObjCIVar     0x0000000100002508                    0x0000000000000008 0x000f0000 MyString.date
[   27]     90   X ObjCIVar     0x0000000100002500                    0x0000000000000008 0x000f0000 MyString.str
[   28]     91   X ObjCMetaClass 0x00000001000024b0                    0x0000000000000028 0x000f0000 MyBase
[   29]     92   X ObjCMetaClass 0x0000000100002488                    0x0000000000000028 0x000f0000 MyString
[   30]     97   X Data         0x0000000100002678                    0x0000000000000008 0x000f0000 __progname
[   31]     98   X Data         0x0000000100000000                    0x00000000000010b0 0x000f0010 _mh_execute_header
[   32]     99   X Data         0x0000000100002670                    0x0000000000000008 0x000f0000 environ
[   33]    101   X Data         0x0000000100002680                    0x0000000000000000 0x000f0000 my_global_str
[   34]    102   X Code         0x00000001000010b0                    0x0000000000000040 0x000f0000 start
[   35]    103     Trampoline   0x0000000100001938                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010200 NSLog
[   36]    104   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010400 OBJC_CLASS_$_NSArray
[   37]    105   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010200 OBJC_CLASS_$_NSAutoreleasePool
[   38]    106   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010400 OBJC_CLASS_$_NSDate
[   39]    107   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010400 OBJC_CLASS_$_NSObject
[   40]    108   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010200 OBJC_CLASS_$_NSString
[   41]    109   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010400 OBJC_METACLASS_$_NSObject
[   42]    110   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010400 __CFConstantStringClassReference
[   43]    111   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010100 _objc_empty_cache
[   44]    112   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010100 _objc_empty_vtable
[   45]    113     Trampoline   0x000000010000193e                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010300 exit
[   46]    114     Trampoline   0x0000000100001920                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010100 objc_getProperty
[   47]    115     Trampoline   0x0000000100001926                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010100 objc_msgSend
[   48]    116     Trampoline   0x000000010000192c                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010100 objc_msgSendSuper2
[   49]    117   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010100 objc_msgSend_fixup
[   50]    118     Trampoline   0x0000000100001932                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010100 objc_setProperty
[   51]    119     Trampoline   0x0000000100001944                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010300 printf
[   52]    120     Trampoline   0x000000010000194a                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010300 usleep
[   53]    121   X Undefined    0x0000000000000000                    0x0000000000000000 0x00010300 dyld_stub_binder
(lldb) 


All lazily bound symbols will have type Trampoline:

[   45]    113     Trampoline   0x000000010000193e                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010300 exit
[   46]    114     Trampoline   0x0000000100001920                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010100 objc_getProperty
[   47]    115     Trampoline   0x0000000100001926                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010100 objc_msgSend
[   48]    116     Trampoline   0x000000010000192c                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010100 objc_msgSendSuper2
[   50]    118     Trampoline   0x0000000100001932                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010100 objc_setProperty
[   51]    119     Trampoline   0x0000000100001944                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010300 printf
[   52]    120     Trampoline   0x000000010000194a                    0x0000000000000006 0x00010300 usleep

The other symbols that are exernal are marked with an "X" (which is a boolean flag on each symbol).

The symbols can be accessed via the SBModule:

    size_t
    SBModule::GetNumSymbols ();
    
    lldb::SBSymbol
    SBModule::GetSymbolAtIndex (size_t idx);

And then you can get the symbol type from each SBSymbol:

    SymbolType
    SBSymbol::GetType ();


I just added the ability to see if a symbol is externally visible:
% svn commit
Sending        include/lldb/API/SBSymbol.h
Sending        scripts/Python/interface/SBSymbol.i
Sending        source/API/SBSymbol.cpp
Transmitting file data ...
Committed revision 153893.


    bool
    SBSymbol::IsExternal();


So your flow should be:

SBDebugger::Initialize();
SBDebugger debugger(SBDebugger::Create());
SBTarget target (debugger.CreateTarget (const char *filename,
			                const char *target_triple,
				        const char *platform_name,
		                        bool add_dependent_modules,
                                        lldb::SBError& error));

SBFileSpec exe_file_spec (filename);
SBModule exe_module (target.FindModule(exe_file_spec));
if (exe_module.IsValid()
{
    const size_t num_symbols = exe_module. GetNumSymbols();
    for (size_t i=0; i<num_symbols; ++i)
    {
        SBSymbol symbol (exe_module. GetSymbolAtIndex(i));
        if (symbol.IsExternal())
        {
        }

	if (symbol.GetType() == lldb::eSymbolTypeTrampoline)
        {
        }
    }
}




On Mar 31, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Jason E. Aten wrote:

> Dear LLDB enthusiasts,
> 
> I'm wondering if I can use the lldb library/libraries to replace the certain code running on OSX that now returns two lists of symbols-- similar to the output of (dyldinfo -lazy_bind -exports <bundlefile>); i.e. I need to list the symbols imported and exported by a binary shared object or bundle.
> 
> My hope was that by using an lldb library, I would be able to use the same client code on OSX as on linux. (The linux version of the code currently uses libbfd and libdld to do the same thing, but the later is getting little love/maintenance).
> 
> I'm looking through include/lldb/, as it seems like lldb would need this same info (imported symbol list, and exported symbol list for a Mach-O file) to function, but it's not clear which API to use.  All suggestions/pointers to example code in lldb would be welcome!
> 
> Thank you.
> Jason
> 
> # In case it is unclear what dyldinfo does, here is an example: (but I only need the symbol names; not the addresses or segments or sections):
> 
> $ file /tmp/sample_bundle 
> /tmp/sample_bundle: Mach-O 64-bit bundle x86_64
> 
> $dyldinfo -lazy_bind -export /tmp/sample_bundle 
> 
> lazy binding information (from lazy_bind part of dyld info):
> segment section          address    index  dylib            symbol
> __DATA  __la_symbol_ptr  0x00001030 0x0000 flat-namespace   __mm_pop_chunk
> __DATA  __la_symbol_ptr  0x00001038 0x0015 flat-namespace   _dh_define
> export information (from trie):
> 0x000008A0  _C_ipair
> 0x00000920  _init_ipair
> 0x00000BC0  _C_iprot
> 0x00000C40  _C_ipi2
> 0x00000CC0  _C_ipi1
> 0x00001040  _K_ipair_R43808f40
> 0x00001160  _K_ipi1_R5cb4475d
> 0x00001260  _K_ipi2_R5cb4475d
> 0x00001360  _K_iprot_Rfc8fe739
> 0x00001460  _majver_ipair
> 0x00001464  _minver_ipair
> 
> 
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