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15.Dd September 20, 2021
16.Dt CTFDUMP 1
17.Os
18.Sh NAME
19.Nm ctfdump
20.Nd dump parts of ctf data from files
21.Sh SYNOPSIS
22.Nm ctfdump
23.Op Fl cdfhlsSt
24.Op Fl p Ar parent
25.Op Fl u Ar outfile
26.Ar file
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28The
29.Nm
30utility dumps and decodes the
31.Sy CTF
32data contained inside of
33.Sy ELF
34objects and raw
35.Sy CTF
36files.
37.Pp
38.Nm
39can dump information about the CTF header, the labels encoded in the
40CTF container, the types of data objects, the internal string table,
41the types of the return function and the arguments for functions,
42and of course, it displays information about the types defined in the
43CTF container.
44.Pp
45.Nm
46can also be used to dump out the raw CTF data and send it to another
47file.
48When writing out data, it always ensures that the CTF data is
49decompressed.
50In this form, the CTF data can be inspected using
51.Nm
52and other tools such as
53.Xr mdb 1 .
54.Pp
55.Nm
56in
57.Fl c
58mode will generate C-style output, which can be used for comparison.
59Note that this output is not directly compilable.
60.Pp
61When no options are specified,
62.Nm
63displays all information, except the C-style output.
64However, when the
65.Fl u
66option is used, then no information is displayed by default, unless
67requested through the appropriate option.
68.Sh OPTIONS
69The following options are supported:
70.Bl -tag -width Ds
71.It Fl c
72Generate C-style output.
73.It Fl d
74Dump the types of symbols that correspond to objects.
75.It Fl f
76Dump the types of the return values and arguments of the functions.
77.It Fl h
78Dump the CTF header
79.It Fl l
80Dump all CTF labels associated with the file.
81.It Fl p Ar parent
82Use the type information in
83.Ar parent
84to supplement output.
85This is useful when a
86.Nm
87CTF container has been uniquified against
88.Ar parent .
89This allows
90.Nm
91to use the names of types when used with
92.Fl t .
93.It Fl s
94Dump the internal CTF string table
95.It Fl S
96Displays statistics about the CTF container.
97.It Fl t
98Dump the type information contained in the CTF container.
99.It Fl u Ar outfile
100Copies the uncompressed CTF data to the file specified by
101.Ar outfile .
102This can be used to make it easier to inspect the raw CTF data.
103.El
104.Sh OUTPUT
105When the
106.Nm
107utility is executed with its default options, it prints out a textual
108representation of the CTF information.
109Note, the output format of
110.Nm
111is subject to change at any time and should not be relied upon as a
112stable format to be used for parsing.
113.Ss CTF Header
114This section describes the values in the CTF header.
115Each line in the section describes the value of one of the
116members of the header.
117For more information on the meaning and interpretation of these members,
118see
119.Xr ctf 5 .
120.Ss Label Table
121This section describes information about the labels present in the CTF
122information.
123Each entry in this section, if present, starts with a
124number and is followed by a string.
125An example entry in the label section might look like:
126.Bd -literal
127\&...
128   2270 joyent_20151001T070028Z
129\&...
130.Ed
131.Pp
132The number,
133.Em 2270 ,
134represents the last type that the label applies to.
135The string,
136.Em joyent_20151001T070028Z ,
137is the name of the label.
138In this case, if there were no other labels,
139it would indicate that the label applied to all types up to, and
140including, the type number 2270.
141For more information on how labels are used with CTF
142information, see the section
143.Em The Label Section
144in
145.Xr ctf 5 .
146.Ss Data Objects
147This section describes the type information relating to data objects
148from the symbol table.
149An entry for a data object consists of four columns.
150The first column is just a monotonic ID.
151The second number is the type id of the object.
152The third column is the name of the symbol and the fourth column is the
153corresponding index from the symbol table.
154.Pp
155Take for example, the following couple of entries:
156.Bd -literal
157\&...
158  [0] 13        hz (48)
159  [1] 78        _nd (49)
160  [2] 1656      __pfmt_label (56)
161  [3] 926       _aio_hash (68)
162  [4] 13        _lio_free (70)
163  [5] 1321      u8_number_of_bytes (73)
164\&...
165.Ed
166.Pp
167Let's take the first entry in the list above.
168The symbol is named
169.Sy hz .
170It is the first data object, as indicated by the number zero in
171brackets.
172It has a type id of 13 and in this case, it has a symbol table index of
17348.
174.Ss Functions
175This section describes the type information for functions.
176For each function present in the symbol table with type information, the
177function's entry into the function section, the function's name, the
178function's symbol table index, the function's return type, and the types
179of the function's arguments are printed.
180If a function is a variadic function, then the variadic argument is
181printed as the string
182.Sy '...' .
183.Pp
184Take for example, the following couple of entries:
185.Bd -literal
186\&...
187  [687] pfprint_stack (3110) returns: 11 args: (385, 115, 29, 1704, 223, 116, 2)
188  [688] pfprint_stddev (3111) returns: 11 args: (385, 115, 29, 1704, 223, 116, 2)
189  [689] pfprint_quantize (3112) returns: 11 args: (385, 115, 29, 1704, 223, 116, 2)
190  [690] pfprint_lquantize (3113) returns: 11 args: (385, 115, 29, 1704, 223, 116, 2)
191  [691] pfprint_llquantize (3114) returns: 11 args: (385, 115, 29, 1704, 223, 116, 2)
192\&...
193.Ed
194.Pp
195The first column is the function's entry number in the function type
196information section.
197It is enclosed in brackets.
198The next column is the function's name and it is followed in parenthesis
199by the its index in the
200symbol table.
201The following portions of this entry describe the return
202type and then all of the arguments, in positional order.
203.Ss Types
204The types section gives information about each type in the CTF
205container.
206Each entry begins with its type identifier.
207The type identifier may either be in square brackets or in angle
208brackets.
209If the type identifier is enclosed in angle brackets, then that
210represents that it is a root type or top-level type.
211If it is square brackets, then it is not.
212For more information on root types, see
213.Xr ctf 5 .
214.Pp
215Next, the type will have its name and kind.
216If it is an array, it will be followed with a subscript that describes
217the number of entries in the array.
218If it is a pointer, it will followed by the
219.Sy *
220symbol to indicate that it is a pointer.
221If the type has the
222.Sy const ,
223.Sy volatile ,
224.Sy typedef ,
225or
226.Sy restrict
227keyword applied to it, that will precede the name.
228All of these reference types, including pointer, will then be followed
229with an example of the type that they refer to.
230.Pp
231Types which are an integral or floating point value will be followed by
232information about their encoding and the number of bits represented in
233the type.
234.Pp
235Arrays will be followed by two different entries, the contents and
236index.
237The contents member contains the type id of the array's contents
238and the index member describes a type which can represent the array's
239index.
240.Pp
241Structures and unions will be preceded with the corresponding C keyword,
242.Sy struct
243or
244.Sy union .
245After that, the size in bytes of the structure will be indicated.
246On each subsequent line, a single member will be listed.
247That line will contain the member's name, it's type identifier, and the
248offset into the structure that the member starts at.
249The first values is in bits, which is what CTF encodes.
250It is then followed by bytes and the bit offset into the byte.
251That is the value
252.Sq 2.5
253indicates that it starts at the 5th bit in the 2nd byte
254.Pq i.e. bit 21 .
255.Pp
256The following show examples of type information for all of these
257different types:
258.Bd -literal
259\&...
260  [155] struct ctf_merge_handle (80 bytes)
261        cmh_inputs type=165 off=0 bits (0.0 bytes)
262        cmh_ninputs type=6 off=256 bits (32.0 bytes)
263        cmh_nthreads type=6 off=288 bits (36.0 bytes)
264        cmh_unique type=65 off=320 bits (40.0 bytes)
265        cmh_msyms type=115 off=384 bits (48.0 bytes)
266        cmh_ofd type=34 off=416 bits (52.0 bytes)
267        cmh_flags type=34 off=448 bits (56.0 bytes)
268        cmh_label type=94 off=512 bits (64.0 bytes)
269        cmh_pname type=94 off=576 bits (72.0 bytes)
270
271  <156> typedef ctf_merge_t refers to 155
272  [157] struct __va_list_tag (24 bytes)
273        gp_offset type=5 off=0 bits (0.0 bytes)
274        fp_offset type=5 off=32 bits (4.0 bytes)
275        overflow_arg_area type=41 off=64 bits (8.0 bytes)
276        reg_save_area type=41 off=128 bits (16.0 bytes)
277
278  [158] struct __va_list_tag [1] contents: 157, index: 9
279\&...
280.Ed
281.Ss String Table
282This section describes all of the strings that are present in the CTF
283container.
284Each line represents an entry in the string table.
285First the byte offset into the string table is shown in brackets and
286then the
287string's value is displayed.
288Note the following examples:
289.Bd -literal
290  [0] \e0
291  [1] joyent_20151001T070028Z
292  [25] char
293  [30] long
294  [35] short
295.Ed
296.Ss Statistics
297This section contains miscellaneous statistics about the CTF data
298present.
299Each line contains a single statistic.
300A brief explanation of the statistic is placed first, followed by an
301equals sign, and then finally the value.
302.Sh EXIT STATUS
303.Bl -tag -width Ds
304.It Sy 0
305Execution completed successfully.
306.It Sy 1
307A fatal error occurred.
308.It Sy 2
309Invalid command line options were specified.
310.El
311.Sh EXAMPLES
312.Sy Example 1
313Displaying the Type Section of a Single File
314.Pp
315The following example dumps the type section of the file
316.Sy /usr/lib/libc.so.1 .
317.Bd -literal -offset 6n
318$ ctfdump -t /usr/lib/libc.so.1
319- Types ----------------------------------------------------
320
321  <1> int encoding=SIGNED offset=0 bits=32
322  <2> long encoding=SIGNED offset=0 bits=32
323  <3> typedef pid_t refers to 2
324  <4> unsigned int encoding=0x0 offset=0 bits=32
325  <5> typedef uid_t refers to 4
326  <6> typedef gid_t refers to 5
327  <7> typedef uintptr_t refers to 4
328\&...
329.Ed
330.Pp
331.Sy Example 2
332Dumping the CTF data to Another File
333.Pp
334The following example dumps the entire CTF data from the file
335.Sy /usr/lib/libc.so.1
336and places it into the file
337.Sy ctf.out .
338This then shows how you can use the
339.Xr mdb 1
340to inspect its contents.
341.Bd -literal -offset 6n
342$ ctfdump -u ctf.out /usr/lib/libc.so.1
343$ mdb ./ctf.out
344> ::typedef -r /usr/lib/libctf.so.1
345> 0::print ctf_header_t
346{
347    cth_preamble = {
348        ctp_magic = 0xcff1
349        ctp_version = 0x2
350        ctp_flags = 0
351    }
352    cth_parlabel = 0
353    cth_parname = 0
354    cth_lbloff = 0
355    cth_objtoff = 0x8
356    cth_funcoff = 0x5e0
357    cth_typeoff = 0x7178
358    cth_stroff = 0x12964
359    cth_strlen = 0x7c9c
360}
361.Ed
362.Pp
363.Sy Example 3
364Dumping C-style output
365.Bd -literal -offset 6n
366$ ctfdump -c ./genunix | more
367/* Types */
368
369typedef Elf64_Addr Addr;
370
371typedef unsigned char Bool;
372
373typedef struct CK_AES_CCM_PARAMS CK_AES_CCM_PARAMS;
374
375typedef struct CK_AES_GCM_PARAMS CK_AES_GCM_PARAMS;
376\&...
377.Ed
378.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
379The command syntax is
380.Sy Committed .
381The output format is
382.Sy Uncommitted .
383.Sh SEE ALSO
384.Xr ctfdiff 1 ,
385.Xr dump 1 ,
386.Xr elfdump 1 ,
387.Xr mdb 1 ,
388.Xr ctf 5
389