std/backtrace/src/lib.rs
1//! A library for acquiring a backtrace at runtime
2//!
3//! This library is meant to supplement the `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` support of the
4//! standard library by allowing an acquisition of a backtrace at runtime
5//! programmatically. The backtraces generated by this library do not need to be
6//! parsed, for example, and expose the functionality of multiple backend
7//! implementations.
8//!
9//! # Usage
10//!
11//! First, add this to your Cargo.toml
12//!
13//! ```toml
14//! [dependencies]
15//! backtrace = "0.3"
16//! ```
17//!
18//! Next:
19//!
20//! ```
21//! # // Unsafe here so test passes on no_std.
22//! # #[cfg(feature = "std")] {
23//! backtrace::trace(|frame| {
24//! let ip = frame.ip();
25//! let symbol_address = frame.symbol_address();
26//!
27//! // Resolve this instruction pointer to a symbol name
28//! backtrace::resolve_frame(frame, |symbol| {
29//! if let Some(name) = symbol.name() {
30//! // ...
31//! }
32//! if let Some(filename) = symbol.filename() {
33//! // ...
34//! }
35//! });
36//!
37//! true // keep going to the next frame
38//! });
39//! # }
40//! ```
41//!
42//! # Backtrace accuracy
43//!
44//! This crate implements best-effort attempts to get the native backtrace. This
45//! is not always guaranteed to work, and some platforms don't return any
46//! backtrace at all. If your application requires accurate backtraces then it's
47//! recommended to closely evaluate this crate to see whether it's suitable
48//! for your use case on your target platforms.
49//!
50//! Even on supported platforms, there's a number of reasons that backtraces may
51//! be less-than-accurate, including but not limited to:
52//!
53//! * Unwind information may not be available. This crate primarily implements
54//! backtraces by unwinding the stack, but not all functions may have
55//! unwinding information (e.g. DWARF unwinding information).
56//!
57//! * Rust code may be compiled without unwinding information for some
58//! functions. This can also happen for Rust code compiled with
59//! `-Cpanic=abort`. You can remedy this, however, with
60//! `-Cforce-unwind-tables` as a compiler option.
61//!
62//! * Unwind information may be inaccurate or corrupt. In the worst case
63//! inaccurate unwind information can lead this library to segfault. In the
64//! best case inaccurate information will result in a truncated stack trace.
65//!
66//! * Backtraces may not report filenames/line numbers correctly due to missing
67//! or corrupt debug information. This won't lead to segfaults unlike corrupt
68//! unwinding information, but missing or malformed debug information will
69//! mean that filenames and line numbers will not be available. This may be
70//! because debug information wasn't generated by the compiler, or it's just
71//! missing on the filesystem.
72//!
73//! * Not all platforms are supported. For example there's no way to get a
74//! backtrace on WebAssembly at the moment.
75//!
76//! * Crate features may be disabled. Currently this crate supports using Gimli
77//! libbacktrace on non-Windows platforms for reading debuginfo for
78//! backtraces. If both crate features are disabled, however, then these
79//! platforms will generate a backtrace but be unable to generate symbols for
80//! it.
81//!
82//! In most standard workflows for most standard platforms you generally don't
83//! need to worry about these caveats. We'll try to fix ones where we can over
84//! time, but otherwise it's important to be aware of the limitations of
85//! unwinding-based backtraces!
86
87#![deny(missing_docs)]
88#![no_std]
89#![cfg_attr(
90 all(feature = "std", target_env = "sgx", target_vendor = "fortanix"),
91 feature(sgx_platform)
92)]
93#![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
94// When we're building as part of libstd, silence all warnings since they're
95// irrelevant as this crate is developed out-of-tree.
96#![cfg_attr(backtrace_in_libstd, allow(warnings))]
97#![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), allow(dead_code))]
98
99#[cfg(feature = "std")]
100#[macro_use]
101extern crate std;
102
103// This is only used for gimli right now, which is only used on some platforms, and miri
104// so don't worry if it's unused in other configurations.
105#[allow(unused_extern_crates)]
106extern crate alloc;
107
108pub use self::backtrace::{trace_unsynchronized, Frame};
109mod backtrace;
110
111pub use self::symbolize::resolve_frame_unsynchronized;
112pub use self::symbolize::{resolve_unsynchronized, Symbol, SymbolName};
113mod symbolize;
114
115pub use self::types::BytesOrWideString;
116mod types;
117
118#[cfg(feature = "std")]
119pub use self::symbolize::clear_symbol_cache;
120
121mod print;
122pub use print::{BacktraceFmt, BacktraceFrameFmt, PrintFmt};
123
124cfg_if::cfg_if! {
125 if #[cfg(feature = "std")] {
126 pub use self::backtrace::trace;
127 pub use self::symbolize::{resolve, resolve_frame};
128 pub use self::capture::{Backtrace, BacktraceFrame, BacktraceSymbol};
129 mod capture;
130 }
131}
132
133cfg_if::cfg_if! {
134 if #[cfg(all(target_env = "sgx", target_vendor = "fortanix", not(feature = "std")))] {
135 pub use self::backtrace::set_image_base;
136 }
137}
138
139#[cfg(feature = "std")]
140mod lock {
141 use std::boxed::Box;
142 use std::cell::Cell;
143 use std::ptr;
144 use std::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard, Once};
145
146 /// A "Maybe" LockGuard
147 pub struct LockGuard(Option<MutexGuard<'static, ()>>);
148
149 /// The global lock, lazily allocated on first use
150 static mut LOCK: *mut Mutex<()> = ptr::null_mut();
151 static INIT: Once = Once::new();
152 // Whether this thread is the one that holds the lock
153 thread_local!(static LOCK_HELD: Cell<bool> = Cell::new(false));
154
155 impl Drop for LockGuard {
156 fn drop(&mut self) {
157 // Don't do anything if we're a LockGuard(None)
158 if self.0.is_some() {
159 LOCK_HELD.with(|slot| {
160 // Immediately crash if we somehow aren't the thread holding this lock
161 assert!(slot.get());
162 // We are no longer the thread holding this lock
163 slot.set(false);
164 });
165 }
166 // lock implicitly released here, if we're a LockGuard(Some(..))
167 }
168 }
169
170 /// Acquire a partially unsound(!!!) global re-entrant lock over
171 /// backtrace's internals.
172 ///
173 /// That is, this lock can be acquired as many times as you want
174 /// on a single thread without deadlocking, allowing one thread
175 /// to acquire exclusive access to the ability to make backtraces.
176 /// Calls to this locking function are freely sprinkled in every place
177 /// where that needs to be enforced.
178 ///
179 ///
180 /// # Why
181 ///
182 /// This was first introduced to guard uses of Windows' dbghelp API,
183 /// which isn't threadsafe. It's unclear if other things now rely on
184 /// this locking.
185 ///
186 ///
187 /// # How
188 ///
189 /// The basic idea is to have a single global mutex, and a thread_local
190 /// boolean saying "yep this is the thread that acquired the mutex".
191 ///
192 /// The first time a thread acquires the lock, it is handed a
193 /// `LockGuard(Some(..))` that will actually release the lock on Drop.
194 /// All subsequence attempts to lock on the same thread will see
195 /// that their thread acquired the lock, and get `LockGuard(None)`
196 /// which will do nothing when dropped.
197 ///
198 ///
199 /// # Safety
200 ///
201 /// As long as you only ever assign the returned LockGuard to a freshly
202 /// declared local variable, it will do its job correctly, as the "first"
203 /// LockGuard will strictly outlive all subsequent LockGuards and
204 /// properly release the lock when the thread is done with backtracing.
205 ///
206 /// However if you ever attempt to store a LockGuard beyond the scope
207 /// it was acquired in, it might actually be a `LockGuard(None)` that
208 /// doesn't actually hold the lock! In this case another thread might
209 /// acquire the lock and you'll get races this system was intended to
210 /// avoid!
211 ///
212 /// This is why this is "partially unsound". As a public API this would
213 /// be unacceptable, but this is crate-private, and if you use this in
214 /// the most obvious and simplistic way it Just Works™.
215 ///
216 /// Note however that std specifically bypasses this lock, and uses
217 /// the `*_unsynchronized` backtrace APIs. This is "fine" because
218 /// it wraps its own calls to backtrace in a non-reentrant Mutex
219 /// that prevents two backtraces from getting interleaved during printing.
220 pub fn lock() -> LockGuard {
221 // If we're the thread holding this lock, pretend to acquire the lock
222 // again by returning a LockGuard(None)
223 if LOCK_HELD.with(|l| l.get()) {
224 return LockGuard(None);
225 }
226 // Insist that we totally are the thread holding the lock
227 // (our thread will block until we are)
228 LOCK_HELD.with(|s| s.set(true));
229 unsafe {
230 // lazily allocate the lock if necessary
231 INIT.call_once(|| {
232 LOCK = Box::into_raw(Box::new(Mutex::new(())));
233 });
234 // ok *actually* try to acquire the lock, blocking as necessary
235 LockGuard(Some((*LOCK).lock().unwrap()))
236 }
237 }
238}
239
240#[cfg(all(
241 windows,
242 any(
243 target_env = "msvc",
244 all(target_env = "gnu", any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "arm"))
245 ),
246 not(target_vendor = "uwp")
247))]
248mod dbghelp;
249// Auto-generated by windows-bindgen/riddle
250#[cfg(windows)]
251mod windows_sys;