wine/programs/winedbg/README

	This is the core of the Wine debugger.  The reverse assembler
was stolen from Mach more or less intact.  It turns out that there are
two variables that are set differently if you are reverse assembling
16 bit code, and on the whole it seems to work.

NEWS:

	The internal debugger has *tons* more capability than it did before.
I have enclosed some examples that show usage at the end of this file.
New features include:

	1) Ability of debugger to read debug information from wine executable
*and* from Win32 executables.  Local variable and line number information is
also read and processed.

	2) The internal debugger is capable of 'stepping' to the next
line number, just like gdb.  Examples of the commands are:

	step
	stepi
	si
	step 3
	si 5
	next
	nexti
	cont 4
	finish

All of these should be exactly like how gdb does things.

	3) The internal debugger now has a sense of what source file and line
number a given PC is at.  New commands to support this are just like gdb,
and include:

	list
	dir
	show dir

there are a variety of formats of arguments for the list command.  All
permutations supported by gdb should also be supported.

	4) The internal debugger knows about datatypes of various objects,
for both Win32 *and* the debugging information in the wine executable itself.
I have enclosed an example of how this works at the end.

	5) There are more ways the 'b' command can be used to set breakpoints.
Examples are:

	b *0x8190000
	b 1100
	b Usage
	b

I don't think this covers all of the permutations that gdb accepts (this should
be cleaned up someday so that all possibilities are acceptable).

	6)  The 'print' and 'x' commands should behave more or less exactly
as they do under gdb.  The difference is that the way the data is presented
will be slightly different, but the content should be fundamentally the same.

	7) The internal debugger now supports conditional breakpoints, and
automatic display expressions.  An example is at the end of this file.  The
syntax and usage should be identical to that of gdb.

	8) Type casts can be made from within the debugger, but they currently
don't work with typedef'ed types.  They only work with builtin types and
named structures unions, etc.  The problem is that internally we don't always
record the typedefed names of structures, so we have no guarantee that we
would know what each type is.  This can be fixed, of course -  it just takes
more memory.  Note that in some cases, typedefed structures could be cast
using '(struct typedfname)' instead of '(typedfname)'.   Technically this
isn't quite correct, but if and when the rest of this stuff gets fixed,
this would need to get corrected too.

NOTES:

	If it weren't for the fact that gdb doesn't grok the Win32 debug
information, you could just use gdb.  The internal debugger should be able
to read and use debugging information for both Win32 and also for the
Wine executable, making it possible to debug the combination of the two
together as if it were one large (very large) entity.

LIMITATIONS AND DIFFERENCES FROM GDB:

	You cannot set a breakpoint by file and line number as you can
with gdb.  Adding support for this wouldn't be all that tough, I guess, but
it would be a nuisance.   You can set a breakpoint given a function and
line number, however.  An example would be 'b main:2993'.  It turns out
that the way the internal data structures are arranged it is a whole lot
easier to do things in this way than it would be to try and get the
source:line type of breakpoint working, but it would probably be worth it
to try.

	Getting stack traces through Wine itself can be a bit tricky.
This is because by default the thing is built with optimization
enabled, and as a result sometimes functions don't get frames, and
lots of variables are optimized into registers.  You can turn off
optimization for a few key source files if it will help you.

	Memory consumption is getting to be a real problem.  I think 32Mb is
no longer sufficient to debug wine - 48 or 64 is probably a whole lot better.
Unfortunately I cannot shut down X to save memory :-).

*************************************************************************
EXAMPLES:

	Here is an example of how I tracked down a bug in Wine.  The program
is something that just maps and dumps the contents of a Win32 executable.
It was dying for some reason.
Note that this example is rather old and does not necessarily use current
syntax !

Start the first time through.

bash$ ls -l dumpexe.exe 
-rw-rw-r--   1 eric     devel      168448 Jan  4 13:51 dumpexe.exe
bash$ ./wine -debug './dumpexe.exe -symbol ./dumpexe.exe'
Warning: invalid dir 'e:\test' in path, deleting it.
Win32 task 'W32SXXXX': Breakpoint 1 at 0x081a3450
Loading symbols from ELF file ./wine...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.6...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6.0...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.0...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.0...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6.0...
Loading symbols from ELF file /lib/libm.so.5.0.5...
Loading symbols from ELF file /lib/libc.so.5.2.18...
Loading symbols from ELF file /lib/ld-linux.so.1...
Loading symbols from Win32 file ./dumpexe.exe...
Stopped on breakpoint 1 at 0x081a3450 (_mainCRTStartup)
In 32 bit mode.
*** Invalid address 0x414c5ff8 (KERNEL32_NULL_THUNK_DATA+0x3930ee6c)
0x081a3450 (_mainCRTStartup):  movl	%fs:0,%eax
Wine-dbg>b DumpFile
Breakpoint 2 at 0x081a0078 (DumpFile+0x9 [dumpexe.c:2723])
Wine-dbg>c
Dump File: ./dumpexe.exe
Stopped on breakpoint 2 at 0x081a0078 (DumpFile+0x9 [dumpexe.c:2723])
Enter path to file dumpexe.c: ../de
2723		HANDLE			  hFile = NULL;
0x081a0078 (DumpFile+0x9 [dumpexe.c:2723]):  movl	$0x0,0xfffffff4(%ebp)
Wine-dbg>list
2723		HANDLE			  hFile = NULL;
2724		HANDLE			  hMap  = NULL;
2725		PSTR			  lpMap = NULL;
2726		DWORD			  dwFileSize     = 0;
2727		DWORD			  dwFileSizeHigh = 0;
2728	
2729		PIMAGE_DOS_HEADER	  lpImageDOS  = NULL;
2730		PIMAGE_FILE_HEADER	  lpImageFile = NULL;
2731		PIMAGE_NT_HEADERS	  lpImageNT   = NULL;
2732	
2733		/*
Wine-dbg>n 10
2747		dwFileSize = GetFileSize(hFile, &dwFileSizeHigh);
0x081a00ea (DumpFile+0x7b [dumpexe.c:2747]):  leal	0xfffffff0(%ebp),%eax
Wine-dbg>n
2749		    && (GetLastError() != NO_ERROR) )
0x081a00fb (DumpFile+0x8c [dumpexe.c:2749]):  cmpl	$-1,0xffffffe8(%ebp)
Wine-dbg>x/d dwFileSize
x/d dwFileSize
 168448
Wine-dbg>n
2758					 PAGE_READONLY, 0, 0, (LPSTR) NULL);
0x081a0124 (DumpFile+0xb5 [dumpexe.c:2758]):  pushl	$0x0
Wine-dbg>list 2750
list 2750
2750		{
2751			Fatal("Cannot get size of file %s", lpFileName);
2752		}
2753		
2754		/*
2755		 * map the file
2756		 */
2757		hMap = CreateFileMapping(hFile, (LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) NULL,
2758					 PAGE_READONLY, 0, 0, (LPSTR) NULL);
2759		if( hMap == NULL )
2760		{
Wine-dbg>n
2759		if( hMap == NULL )
0x081a013b (DumpFile+0xcc [dumpexe.c:2759]):  cmpl	$0,0xfffffffc(%ebp)
Wine-dbg>x hMap
 08e48c30
Wine-dbg>n
2767		lpMap = (LPSTR) MapViewOfFile(hMap, FILE_MAP_READ, 0, 0, 0);
0x081a0156 (DumpFile+0xe7 [dumpexe.c:2767]):  pushl	$0x0
Wine-dbg>n
2768		if( lpMap == NULL )
0x081a016b (DumpFile+0xfc [dumpexe.c:2768]):  cmpl	$0,0xffffffe0(%ebp)
Wine-dbg>print lpMap
0x414c5f40
Wine-dbg>x lpMap
 40007000
Wine-dbg> x/10x 0x40007000
 x/10x 0x40007000
0x40007000 (KERNEL32_NULL_THUNK_DATA+0x37e4fe74): *** Invalid address 0x40007000 (KERNEL32_NULL_THUNK_DATA+0x37e4fe74)
Wine-dbg>quit
$

*******************************************************************
The first time through, we find that MapViewOfFile isn't mapping the file
correctly into the virtual address space.  Try running again, and step into
MapViewOfFile to figure out what went wrong.
*******************************************************************


bash$ ./wine -debug './dumpexe.exe -symbol ./dumpexe.exe'
Warning: invalid dir 'e:\test' in path, deleting it.
Win32 task 'W32SXXXX': Breakpoint 1 at 0x081a3450
Loading symbols from ELF file ./wine...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4.6...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6.0...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6.0...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6.0...
Loading symbols from ELF file /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6.0...
Loading symbols from ELF file /lib/libm.so.5.0.5...
Loading symbols from ELF file /lib/libc.so.5.2.18...
Loading symbols from ELF file /lib/ld-linux.so.1...
Loading symbols from Win32 file ./dumpexe.exe...
Stopped on breakpoint 1 at 0x081a3450 (_mainCRTStartup)
In 32 bit mode.
*** Invalid address 0x414c5ff8 (KERNEL32_NULL_THUNK_DATA+0x3930ee6c)
0x081a3450 (_mainCRTStartup):  movl	%fs:0,%eax
Wine-dbg>b DumpFile:2767
Breakpoint 2 at 0x081a0156 (DumpFile+0xe7 [dumpexe.c:2767])
Wine-dbg>c
Dump File: ./dumpexe.exe
Stopped on breakpoint 2 at 0x081a0156 (DumpFile+0xe7 [dumpexe.c:2767])
Enter path to file dumpexe.c: ../de
2767		lpMap = (LPSTR) MapViewOfFile(hMap, FILE_MAP_READ, 0, 0, 0);
0x081a0156 (DumpFile+0xe7 [dumpexe.c:2767]):  pushl	$0x0
Wine-dbg>step
390	0385 stdcall MapViewOfFile(long long long long long) MapViewOfFile
0x080d793c (KERNEL32_385 [kernel32.spec:390]):  pushl	%ebp
Wine-dbg>step
223	    if (!debugging_relay) return;
0x080c83dc (RELAY_DebugCallFrom32+0xc [relay.c:223]):  cmpw	$0,0x644a
Wine-dbg>
244	}
0x080c848e (RELAY_DebugCallFrom32+0xbe [relay.c:244]):  leal	0xfffffff4(%ebp),%esp
Wine-dbg>
103	    return MapViewOfFileEx(handle,access,offhi,offlo,size,0);
0x080911a4 (MapViewOfFile+0x14 [file.c:103]):  pushl	$0x0
Wine-dbg>
113	    FILEMAP_OBJECT *fmap = (FILEMAP_OBJECT*)handle;
0x080911cf (MapViewOfFileEx+0xf [file.c:113]):  movl	0x8(%ebp),%esi
Wine-dbg>n
115	    if (!size) size = fmap->size;
0x080911d2 (MapViewOfFileEx+0x12 [file.c:115]):  testl	%ebx,%ebx
Wine-dbg>list
list
115	    if (!size) size = fmap->size;
116	    if (!size) size = 1;
117	    return mmap ((caddr_t)st, size, fmap->prot, 
118	                 MAP_ANON|MAP_PRIVATE, 
119			 FILE_GetUnixHandle(fmap->hfile),
120			 offlo);
121	}
122	
123	/***********************************************************************
124	 *           UnmapViewOfFile                  (KERNEL32.385)
125	 */
Wine-dbg>x size
 00000000
Wine-dbg>n
116	    if (!size) size = 1;
0x080911d9 (MapViewOfFileEx+0x19 [file.c:116]):  testl	%ebx,%ebx
Wine-dbg>x size
 00000000
Wine-dbg>n
117	    return mmap ((caddr_t)st, size, fmap->prot, 
0x080911e2 (MapViewOfFileEx+0x22 [file.c:117]):  pushl	%eax
Wine-dbg>x size
 00000000
Wine-dbg>info local
MapViewOfFileEx:handle == 0x08e48c90
MapViewOfFileEx:access == 0x00000004
MapViewOfFileEx:offhi == 0x00000000
MapViewOfFileEx:offlo == 0x00000000
MapViewOfFileEx:size == 0x00000000
MapViewOfFileEx:st == 0x00000000
MapViewOfFileEx:offlo optimized into register $eax 
MapViewOfFileEx:size optimized into register $ebx 
MapViewOfFileEx:st optimized into register $edi 
MapViewOfFileEx:fmap optimized into register $esi 
Wine-dbg>print $ebx
0x0001
Wine-dbg>bt
bt
Backtrace:
=>0 0x080911e2 (MapViewOfFileEx+0x22 [file.c:117])
  1 0x080911b0 (MapViewOfFile+0x20(handle=0x8e48c90, access=0x4, offhi=0x0, offlo=0x0, size=0x0) [file.c:104])
  2 0x08104ab5 (CallFrom32_stdcall_5+0x25 [callfrom32.s])
  3 0x081a0168 (DumpFile+0xf9(lpFileName=0x414c61ed) [dumpexe.c:2767])
  4 0x081a0c35 (main+0x410(argc=0x3, argv=0x414c61cc) [dumpexe.c:3078])
  5 0x081a3514 (_mainCRTStartup+0xc4)
  6 0x0810549f (Code_Start+0x13 [callto32.s])
  7 0x0802fdac (TASK_CallToStart+0x8c [task.c:373])

Wine-dbg>

*******************************************************************
Notice that you can step through the thunks into our own transfer
routines.   You will notice that the source line displays as something
like:

390	0385 stdcall MapViewOfFile(long long long long long) MapViewOfFile

This is just the source line from the spec file that caused the transfer
routine to be generated.  From this you can step again, and you step
into the relay logging code - keep stepping and you eventually step into
the actual function that does the dirty work.

	At this point an examination of the source to the Win32 program
and an examination of the source to win32/file.s showed where the problem
was.  When you specify 0 for the size of the object in CreateFileMapping,
it is supposed to use the entire size of the file as the size of the
object.  Instead we were just blindly copying the number over.

*******************************************************************

Wine-dbg>b main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x080108c0 (main [dbgmain.c:213])
Wine-dbg>print breakpoints[1]
{addr={type=0x08043000, seg=0, off=134285504}, addrlen=' ', opcode='U', enabled=1, skipcount=0, in_use=1}

Wine-dbg> print breakpoints[1].enabled
1
Wine-dbg>set breakpoints[0].enabled = 0
Wine-dbg>print breakpoints[0].enabled
0

Wine-dbg>print type_hash_table[1]->type
STRUCT

Wine-dbg>print type_hash_table[1]
0x08072020
Wine-dbg>print *type_hash_table[1]
print *type_hash_table[1]
{type=STRUCT, next=0x00000000, name="LOGPALETTE", un={basic={basic_type=8, output_format=" V M", basic_size=-128, b_signed=0}, bitfield={bitoff=8, nbits=0, basetype=0x081d56c0}, pointer={pointsto=0x00000008}, funct={rettype=0x00000008}, array={start=8, end=136140480, basictype=0x08043e80}, structure={size=8, members=0x081d56c0}, enumeration={members=0x00000008}}}
Wine-dbg>

*******************************************************************

	This example shows how you can print out various data structures.
Note that enumerated types are displayed in the symbolic form, and strings
are displayed in the expected manner.

	You can use the set command to set more or less anything.  Note
however that you cannot use enumerated types on the RHS of the expression.

*******************************************************************


Wine-dbg>list
2986            if( argc <= 1 )
2987            {
2988                    Usage(argv[0]);
2989            }
2990
2991            for( i = 1; i < argc; i++ )
2992            {
2993                    if( strncmp(argv[i], "-dos", sizeof("-dos") - 1) == 0 )
2994                    {
2995                            DmpCtrl.bDumpDOSHeader = TRUE;
2996                    }
Wine-dbg>b 2993
Breakpoint 3 at 0x081a8861 (main+0x3c [dumpexe.c:2993])
Wine-dbg>condition 3 i == 2
Wine-dbg>c
Stopped on breakpoint 3 at 0x081a8861 (main+0x3c [dumpexe.c:2993])
2993                    if( strncmp(argv[i], "-dos", sizeof("-dos") - 1) == 0 )
0x081a8861 (main+0x3c [dumpexe.c:2993]):  pushl $0x4
Wine-dbg>print i
2
Wine-dbg>print argv[i]
"./dumpexe.exe"

*******************************************************************

	This example shows how to use conditional breakpoints.
	Here is another one that demonstrates another cool feature
	conditional breakpoints that involve a function call:

		condition 3 strcmp(argv[i], "./dumpexe.exe") == 0

*******************************************************************


Wine-dbg>list
2986            if( argc <= 1 )
2987            {
2988                    Usage(argv[0]);
2989            }
2990
2991            for( i = 1; i < argc; i++ )
2992            {
2993                    if( strncmp(argv[i], "-dos", sizeof("-dos") - 1) == 0 )
2994                    {
2995                            DmpCtrl.bDumpDOSHeader = TRUE;
2996                    }
Wine-dbg>b 2993
Breakpoint 3 at 0x081a8861 (main+0x3c [dumpexe.c:2993])
Wine-dbg>condition 3 strcmp(argv[i], "./dumpexe.exe") == 0
Wine-dbg>info break
Breakpoints:
1: y 0x081ab450 (_mainCRTStartup)
2: y 0x081a882e (main+0x9 [dumpexe.c:2986])
3: y 0x081a8861 (main+0x3c [dumpexe.c:2993])
                stop when  ( strcmp(( argv[i] ), "./dumpexe.exe") == 0 )
Wine-dbg>c
Stopped on breakpoint 3 at 0x081a8861 (main+0x3c [dumpexe.c:2993])
2993                    if( strncmp(argv[i], "-dos", sizeof("-dos") - 1) == 0 )
0x081a8861 (main+0x3c [dumpexe.c:2993]):  pushl $0x4
Wine-dbg>print i
2
Wine-dbg>print argv[i]  
"./dumpexe.exe"
Wine-dbg>