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PDB Parsing Example
package main
import "core:fmt"
import "core:os"
import "core:bytes"
import "core:slice"
import "core:mem"
import "core:math"
/*
For this file:
Copyright 2023 Colin Davidson
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this file, to deal in the file without restriction,
including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the file,
and to permit persons to whom the file is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
/*
Handy References:
- https://llvm.org/docs/PDB/MsfFile.html
- https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/docs/design/specs/PE-COFF.md
- https://pierrelib.pagesperso-orange.fr/exec_formats/MS_Symbol_Type_v1.0.pdf
*/
DOS_MAGIC := []u8{ 0x4d, 0x5a }
PE32_MAGIC := []u8{ 'P', 'E', 0, 0 }
PDB_MAGIC := []u8{
'M', 'i', 'c', 'r', 'o', 's', 'o', 'f', 't', ' ', 'C', '/', 'C', '+', '+',
' ', 'M', 'S', 'F', ' ', '7', '.', '0', '0', '\r', '\n', 0x1A, 0x44, 0x53, 0, 0, 0,
}
DEBUG_TYPE_CODEVIEW :: 2
INFO_STREAM_IDX :: 1
DBI_STREAM_IDX :: 3
PDB_V70 :: 19990903
PDB_VC70 :: 20000404
COFF_Header :: struct #packed {
machine: u16,
section_count: u16,
timestamp: u32,
symbol_table_offset: u32,
symbol_count: u32,
optional_header_size: u16,
flags: u16,
}
Data_Directory :: struct #packed {
virtual_addr: u32,
size: u32,
}
COFF_Optional_Header :: struct #packed {
magic: u16,
linker_major_version: u8,
linker_minor_version: u8,
code_size: u32,
init_data_size: u32,
uninit_data_size: u32,
entrypoint_addr: u32,
code_base: u32,
image_base: u64,
section_align: u32,
file_align: u32,
os_major_version: u16,
os_minor_version: u16,
image_major_version: u16,
image_minor_version: u16,
subsystem_major_version: u16,
subsystem_minor_version: u16,
win32_version: u32,
image_size: u32,
headers_size: u32,
checksum: u32,
subsystem: u16,
dll_flags: u16,
reserve_stack_size: u64,
commit_stack_size: u64,
reserve_heap_size: u64,
commit_heap_size: u64,
loader_flags: u32,
rva_and_sizes_count: u32,
data_directories: [16]Data_Directory,
}
COFF_Section_Header :: struct #packed {
name: [8]u8,
virtual_size: u32,
virtual_addr: u32,
raw_data_size: u32,
raw_data_offset: u32,
reloc_offset: u32,
line_number_offset: u32,
relocation_count: u16,
line_number_count: u16,
flags: u32,
}
PE32_Header :: struct #packed {
magic: [4]u8,
coff_header: COFF_Header,
optional_header: COFF_Optional_Header,
}
COFF_Debug_Directory :: struct #packed {
flags: u32,
timestamp: u32,
major_version: u16,
minor_version: u16,
type: u32,
data_size: u32,
raw_data_addr: u32,
raw_data_offset: u32,
}
COFF_Debug_Entry :: struct #packed {
signature: [4]u8,
guid: [16]u8,
age: u32,
}
PDB_MSF_Header :: struct #packed {
magic: [32]u8,
block_size: u32,
free_block_map_idx: u32,
block_count: u32,
directory_size: u32,
reserved: u32,
}
PDB_DBI_Header :: struct #packed {
signature: i32,
version: u32,
age: u32,
global_stream_idx: u16,
build_idx: u16,
public_stream_idx: u16,
pdb_dll_version: u16,
sym_record_stream: u16,
pdb_dll_rebuild: u16,
mod_info_size: i32,
section_contrib_size: i32,
section_map_size: i32,
source_info_size: i32,
type_server_size: i32,
mfc_type_server_idx: u32,
optional_debug_header_size: i32,
ec_subsystem_size: i32,
flags: u16,
machine: u16,
pad: u32,
}
PDB_Info_Stream_Header :: struct #packed {
version: u32,
signature: u32,
age: u32,
guid: [16]u8,
}
PDB_HashTable_Header :: struct #packed {
size: u32,
capacity: u32,
}
PDB_HashTable_Entry :: struct #packed {
string_offset: u32,
stream_idx: u32,
}
PDB_Names_Header :: struct #packed {
magic: u32,
hash_version: u32,
size: u32,
}
PDB_Section_Contrib_Entry :: struct #packed {
section: u16,
padding: [2]u8,
offset: i32,
size: i32,
flags: u32,
module_idx: u16,
padding2: [2]u8,
data_crc: u32,
reloc_crc: u32,
}
PDB_Module_Info :: struct #packed {
reserved: u32,
section_contrib: PDB_Section_Contrib_Entry,
flags: u16,
module_symbol_stream: u16,
symbols_size: u32,
c11_size: u32,
c13_size: u32,
source_file_count: u16,
padding: [2]u8,
reserved2: u32,
source_file_name_idx: u32,
file_path_name_idx: u32,
}
PDB_Symbol_Header :: struct #packed {
length: u16,
type: CV_Symbol_Type,
}
CV_Symbol_Type :: enum u16 {
GlobalProc32 = 0x1110,
LocalProc32 = 0x110f,
}
CV_Proc32 :: struct #packed {
record_length: u16,
record_type: u16,
parent_offset: u32,
block_end_offset: u32,
next_offset: u32,
proc_length: u32,
dbg_start_offset: u32,
dbg_end_offset: u32,
type_id: u32,
offset: u32,
section_idx: u16,
flags: u8,
}
PDB_Debug_Subsection_Type :: enum u32 {
Ignore = 0,
Symbols = 0xF1,
Lines = 0xF2,
StringTable = 0xF3,
FileChecksums = 0xF4,
FrameData = 0xF5,
InlineLines = 0xF6,
CrossScopeImports = 0xF7,
CrossScopeExports = 0xF8,
InlineLinesEx = 0xF9,
FuncMDTokenMap = 0xFA,
TypeMDTokenMap = 0xFB,
MergedAsmInput = 0xFC,
COFFSymbolRva = 0xFD,
}
PDB_Debug_Subsection_Header :: struct #packed {
type: PDB_Debug_Subsection_Type,
length: u32,
}
PDB_Line :: struct #packed {
offset: u32,
things: u32,
}
PDB_Line_Header :: struct #packed {
offset: u32,
index: u16,
has_columns: u16,
code_size: u32,
}
PDB_Line_File_Block_Header :: struct #packed {
file_checksum_offset: u32,
line_count: u32,
size: u32,
}
PDB_Inline_Line_Type :: enum u32 {
Signature = 0,
SignatureEx = 1,
}
PDB_Inline_Line_Header :: struct #packed {
type: PDB_Inline_Line_Type,
}
PDB_Inline_Line :: struct #packed {
type: PDB_Inline_Line_Type,
inlinee: u32,
file_checksum_offset: u32,
line_header: u32,
}
PDB_Inline_Line_Ex :: struct #packed {
type: PDB_Inline_Line_Type,
inlinee: u32,
file_checksum_offset: u32,
line_header: u32,
extra_lines: u32,
}
PDB_File_Checksum_Header :: struct #packed {
filename_offset: u32,
checksum_size: u8,
checksum_type: u8,
}
Line_Info :: struct {
address: u64,
line_num: u64,
filename: string,
}
load_pe32 :: proc(trace: ^Trace, exec_buffer: []u8) -> bool {
pdb_path := ""
dos_end_offset := 0x3c
pe_hdr_offset := slice_to_type(exec_buffer[dos_end_offset:], u32) or_return
cur_offset := int(pe_hdr_offset)
pe_hdr := slice_to_type(exec_buffer[cur_offset:], PE32_Header) or_return
if !bytes.equal(pe_hdr.magic[:], PE32_MAGIC) {
return false
}
cur_offset += size_of(PE32_Header)
section_buffer := exec_buffer[cur_offset:]
section_bytes := (size_of(COFF_Section_Header) * int(pe_hdr.coff_header.section_count))
// 6 is always debug
debug_rva := pe_hdr.optional_header.data_directories[6].virtual_addr
for i := 0; i < int(pe_hdr.coff_header.section_count); i += 1 {
section_offset := i * size_of(COFF_Section_Header)
section_hdr := slice_to_type(section_buffer[section_offset:], COFF_Section_Header) or_return
start := section_hdr.virtual_addr
end := start + section_hdr.virtual_size
if debug_rva < start || (debug_rva + size_of(COFF_Debug_Directory)) > end {
continue
}
section_relative_offset := debug_rva - start
dir_offset := section_hdr.raw_data_offset + section_relative_offset
debug_dir := slice_to_type(exec_buffer[dir_offset:], COFF_Debug_Directory) or_return
if debug_dir.type != DEBUG_TYPE_CODEVIEW {
break
}
if debug_dir.data_size <= size_of(COFF_Debug_Entry) {
break
}
pdb_path = string(cstring(raw_data(exec_buffer[debug_dir.raw_data_offset+size_of(COFF_Debug_Entry):])))
break
}
if pdb_path == "" {
return false
}
fmt.printf("PDB is at %s\n", pdb_path)
pdb_buffer := os.read_entire_file_from_filename(pdb_path) or_return
defer delete(pdb_buffer)
msf_hdr := slice_to_type(pdb_buffer, PDB_MSF_Header) or_return
if !bytes.equal(msf_hdr.magic[:], PDB_MAGIC) {
return false
}
// PDB is complete nonsense.
// At the bottom of the PDB header is an array of offsets. The array of offsets get you blocks, containing offsets.
// *THOSE* offsets get you the blocks containing the data to figure out what your data is.
directory_block_count := div_ceil(msf_hdr.directory_size, msf_hdr.block_size)
msf_end_buffer := pdb_buffer[size_of(PDB_MSF_Header):][:directory_block_count * size_of(u32)]
directory_block_offsets := slice.reinterpret([]u32, msf_end_buffer)
directory_offsets := slice.reinterpret([]u32, linearize_stream(pdb_buffer, directory_block_offsets, msf_hdr.block_size, directory_block_count * size_of(u32)))
directory_stream := slice.reinterpret([]u32, linearize_stream(pdb_buffer, directory_offsets, msf_hdr.block_size, msf_hdr.directory_size))
stream_count := directory_stream[0]
stream_sizes := directory_stream[1:1+stream_count]
stream_blocks := directory_stream[1+stream_count:]
// This is the offset into the stream directory. Each one points to the list of blocks that make up a stream
stream_block_offsets := make([]u32, stream_count)
offset_into_stream_blocks : u32 = 0
for i := 0; i < len(stream_sizes); i += 1 {
stream_block_count := div_ceil(stream_sizes[i], msf_hdr.block_size)
stream_block_offsets[i] = offset_into_stream_blocks
offset_into_stream_blocks += stream_block_count
}
info_stream_offset := stream_block_offsets[INFO_STREAM_IDX]
info_stream_size := stream_sizes[INFO_STREAM_IDX]
info_stream_offset_stream := stream_blocks[info_stream_offset:]
info_stream := linearize_stream(pdb_buffer, info_stream_offset_stream, msf_hdr.block_size, info_stream_size)
info_offset := 0
info_hdr := slice_to_type(info_stream, PDB_Info_Stream_Header) or_return
if info_hdr.version != PDB_VC70 {
return false
}
info_offset += size_of(PDB_Info_Stream_Header)
string_buffer_length := slice_to_type(info_stream[info_offset:], u32) or_return
info_offset += size_of(u32)
string_buffer := info_stream[info_offset:][:string_buffer_length]
info_offset += int(string_buffer_length)
hash_hdr := slice_to_type(info_stream[info_offset:], PDB_HashTable_Header) or_return
info_offset += size_of(PDB_HashTable_Header)
present_count := slice_to_type(info_stream[info_offset:], u32) or_return
info_offset += size_of(u32)
info_offset += int(present_count) * size_of(u32)
deleted_count := slice_to_type(info_stream[info_offset:], u32) or_return
info_offset += size_of(u32)
info_offset += int(deleted_count) * size_of(u32)
name_stream_idx := -1
for i : uint = 0; i < uint(hash_hdr.size); i += 1 {
entry := slice_to_type(info_stream[info_offset:], PDB_HashTable_Entry) or_return
name := cstring(raw_data(string_buffer[entry.string_offset:]))
if name == "/names" {
name_stream_idx = int(entry.stream_idx)
break
}
info_offset += size_of(PDB_HashTable_Entry)
}
if name_stream_idx == -1 {
return false
}
name_stream_offset := stream_block_offsets[name_stream_idx]
name_stream_size := stream_sizes[name_stream_idx]
name_offset_stream := stream_blocks[name_stream_offset:]
name_stream := linearize_stream(pdb_buffer, name_offset_stream, msf_hdr.block_size, name_stream_size)
name_stream_strings := name_stream[size_of(PDB_Names_Header):]
dbi_offset := stream_block_offsets[DBI_STREAM_IDX]
dbi_stream_size := stream_sizes[DBI_STREAM_IDX]
dbi_offset_stream := stream_blocks[dbi_offset:]
dbi_stream := linearize_stream(pdb_buffer, dbi_offset_stream, msf_hdr.block_size, dbi_stream_size)
dbi_hdr := slice_to_type(dbi_stream, PDB_DBI_Header) or_return
if dbi_hdr.version != PDB_V70 {
return false
}
skew_size : u64 = 0
symbol_found := false
mod_offset := size_of(PDB_DBI_Header)
last_mod_info := int(dbi_hdr.mod_info_size) + size_of(PDB_DBI_Header)
for ; mod_offset < last_mod_info; {
mod_info_hdr := slice_to_type(dbi_stream[mod_offset:], PDB_Module_Info) or_return
mod_offset += size_of(PDB_Module_Info)
module_name := cstring(raw_data(dbi_stream[mod_offset:]))
mod_name_sz := len(module_name) + 1
mod_offset += mod_name_sz
object_name := cstring(raw_data(dbi_stream[mod_offset:]))
obj_name_sz := len(object_name) + 1
mod_offset += obj_name_sz
mod_offset = i_round_up(mod_offset, 4)
// Skip over modules with no symbols
if mod_info_hdr.module_symbol_stream == max(u16) {
continue
}
symbol_offset_stream_offset := stream_block_offsets[mod_info_hdr.module_symbol_stream]
symbol_stream_size := stream_sizes[mod_info_hdr.module_symbol_stream]
symbol_offset_stream := stream_blocks[symbol_offset_stream_offset:]
symbol_stream := linearize_stream(pdb_buffer, symbol_offset_stream, msf_hdr.block_size, symbol_stream_size)
defer delete(symbol_stream)
// skipping over codeview signature
cur_offset := 4
for ; cur_offset < (int(mod_info_hdr.symbols_size) - 2); {
sym_hdr := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Symbol_Header) or_return
#partial switch sym_hdr.type {
case .GlobalProc32: fallthrough
case .LocalProc32: {
proc_symbol := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], CV_Proc32) or_return
symbol_name := string(cstring(raw_data(symbol_stream[cur_offset+size_of(CV_Proc32):])))
base_addr := base_address_for_section(section_buffer, proc_symbol.section_idx - 1) or_return
symbol_addr := base_addr + u64(proc_symbol.offset)
interned_symbol := in_get(&trace.intern, &trace.string_block, symbol_name)
am_insert(&trace.addr_map, symbol_addr, interned_symbol)
if !symbol_found && symbol_name == "spall_auto_init" {
skew_size = trace.skew_address - symbol_addr
symbol_found = true
}
}
}
cur_offset += 2 + int(sym_hdr.length)
}
cur_end := int(mod_info_hdr.symbols_size) + int(mod_info_hdr.c11_size) + int(mod_info_hdr.c13_size)
cur_offset += int(mod_info_hdr.c11_size)
cur_start := cur_offset
checksum_pile: []u8
line_count := 0
for ; cur_offset < cur_end; {
dbg_hdr := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Debug_Subsection_Header)
cur_offset += size_of(PDB_Debug_Subsection_Header)
end_offset := cur_offset + int(dbg_hdr.length)
#partial switch dbg_hdr.type {
case .Lines: {
lines_hdr := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Line_Header)
cur_offset += size_of(PDB_Line_Header)
for lfb_count := 0; cur_offset < end_offset; lfb_count += 1 {
lfb_hdr := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Line_File_Block_Header) or_return
lfb_end_offset := cur_offset + int(lfb_hdr.size)
cur_offset += size_of(PDB_Line_File_Block_Header)
for i := 0; i < int(lfb_hdr.line_count); i += 1 {
line := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Line) or_return
line_count += 1
cur_offset += size_of(PDB_Line)
}
cur_offset = lfb_end_offset
}
}
case .InlineLines: {
inline_lines_hdr := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Inline_Line_Header)
#partial switch inline_lines_hdr.type {
case .Signature: {
inline_lines := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Inline_Line)
line_count += 1
}
}
}
case .FileChecksums: {
checksum_pile = symbol_stream[cur_offset:]
}
}
cur_offset = end_offset
}
cur_offset = cur_start
//lines := make([dynamic]Line, 0, line_count)
for ; cur_offset < cur_end; {
dbg_hdr := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Debug_Subsection_Header)
cur_offset += size_of(PDB_Debug_Subsection_Header)
end_offset := cur_offset + int(dbg_hdr.length)
#partial switch dbg_hdr.type {
case .Lines: {
lines_hdr := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Line_Header)
base_addr := base_address_for_section(section_buffer, lines_hdr.index - 1) or_return
line_addr := base_addr + u64(lines_hdr.offset)
cur_offset += size_of(PDB_Line_Header)
for lfb_count := 0; cur_offset < end_offset; lfb_count += 1 {
lfb_hdr := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Line_File_Block_Header) or_return
lfb_end_offset := cur_offset + int(lfb_hdr.size)
checksum_offset := lfb_hdr.file_checksum_offset
cur_offset += size_of(PDB_Line_File_Block_Header)
for i := 0; i < int(lfb_hdr.line_count); i += 1 {
line := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Line) or_return
line_num := (line.things << 8) >> 8
checksum_hdr := slice_to_type(checksum_pile[checksum_offset:], PDB_File_Checksum_Header) or_return
file_name := string(cstring(raw_data(name_stream_strings[checksum_hdr.filename_offset:])))
append(&line_info, Line_Info{line_addr + u64(line.offset) + skew_size, u64(line_num), file_name})
cur_offset += size_of(PDB_Line)
}
cur_offset = lfb_end_offset
}
}
case .InlineLines: {
inline_lines_hdr := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Inline_Line_Header)
#partial switch inline_lines_hdr.type {
case .Signature: {
inline_line := slice_to_type(symbol_stream[cur_offset:], PDB_Inline_Line)
}
}
}
}
cur_offset = end_offset
}
}
am_skew(&trace.addr_map, skew_size)
return true
}
base_address_for_section :: proc(section_buffer: []u8, idx: u16) -> (u64, bool) {
section_offset := idx * size_of(COFF_Section_Header)
section_hdr, ok := slice_to_type(section_buffer[section_offset:], COFF_Section_Header)
if !ok {
return 0, false
}
return u64(section_hdr.virtual_addr), true
}
linearize_stream :: proc(data: []u8, indices: []u32, block_size: u32, stream_size: u32, loc := #caller_location) -> []u8 {
block_count := div_ceil(stream_size, block_size)
linear_space := make([]u8, block_count * block_size)
full_block_count, leftovers := math.divmod(stream_size, block_size)
copy_offset : u32 = 0
for i : u32 = 0; i < full_block_count; i += 1 {
data_offset := indices[i] * block_size
mem.copy(raw_data(linear_space[copy_offset:]), raw_data(data[data_offset:]), int(block_size))
copy_offset += block_size
}
if leftovers > 0 {
data_offset := indices[block_count - 1] * block_size
mem.copy(raw_data(linear_space[copy_offset:]), raw_data(data[data_offset:]), int(leftovers))
}
return linear_space
}
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