[PATCH 06/33] Check ELF class

[Janani Venkataraman]

The process to be dumped can be either a 32bit application or a 64 bit
application. We first need to check this and proceed with the dump accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Janani Venkataraman <jananive@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 src/coredump.c |    5 +++++
 src/coredump.h |    1 +
 src/proc.c     |   45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/coredump.c b/src/coredump.c
index 7a559e2..f9c7176 100644
--- a/src/coredump.c
+++ b/src/coredump.c
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ int do_coredump(int pid, char *core_file)
 	if (ret)
 		goto cleanup;
 
+	/* Compat Support */
+	cp.elf_class = ret = get_elf_class(pid, &cp);
+	if (ret == -1)
+		goto cleanup;
+
 cleanup:
 
 	/* Release the threads */
diff --git a/src/coredump.h b/src/coredump.h
index 291e13b..25042f5 100644
--- a/src/coredump.h
+++ b/src/coredump.h
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ struct core_proc {
 	int *t_id;			/* Threads_ids of all the threads */
 	struct maps *vmas;		/* VMAs */
 	int phdrs_count;		/* Number of Program headers */
+	int elf_class;			/* Elf class of the process */
 };
diff --git a/src/proc.c b/src/proc.c
index a401aa5..3a4a387 100644
--- a/src/proc.c
+++ b/src/proc.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <coredump.h>
+#include <elf.h>
 
 /* Get Process Stats */
 int get_pid_stat(int pid, struct pid_stat *ps)
@@ -231,3 +232,47 @@ int get_vmas(int pid, struct core_proc *cp)
 	fclose(fin);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/* Check if its ELF */
+int check_elf_hdr(unsigned char *elf_ident)
+{
+	if (memcmp(elf_ident, ELFMAG, SELFMAG) != 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Get ELF Class */
+int get_elf_class(int pid, struct core_proc *cp)
+{
+	FILE *fin;
+	unsigned char elf_magic[EI_NIDENT];
+	char filename[40];
+	int ret;
+
+	snprintf(filename, 40, "/proc/%d/exe", pid);
+	fin = fopen(filename, "r");
+	if (fin == NULL) {
+		status = errno;
+		gencore_log("Failure while fetching the ELF header of the executable from %s.\n", filename);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = fread(elf_magic, EI_NIDENT, 1, fin);
+	if (ret != 1) {
+		status = errno;
+		gencore_log("Failure while fetching the ELF header of the executable from %s.\n", filename);
+		fclose(fin);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (check_elf_hdr(elf_magic)) {
+		status = EINVAL;
+		gencore_log("Process to be dumped is not an ELF.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	fclose(fin);
+
+	return elf_magic[EI_CLASS];
+}

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