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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# vim: ft=python fileencoding=utf-8 sts=4 sw=4 et:
+
+# Copyright 2015 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
+
+# This file is part of qutebrowser.
+#
+# qutebrowser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# qutebrowser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Get qutebrowser crash information and stacktraces from coredumpctl."""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import collections
+import os.path
+import tempfile
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir,
+                os.pardir))
+
+from scripts import utils
+
+
+Line = collections.namedtuple('Line', 'time, pid, uid, gid, sig, present, exe')
+
+
+def _convert_present(data):
+    """Convert " "/"*" to True/False for parse_coredumpctl_line."""
+    if data == '*':
+        return True
+    elif data == ' ':
+        return False
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(data)
+
+
+def parse_coredumpctl_line(line):
+    """Parse a given string coming from coredumpctl and return a Line object.
+
+    Example input:
+        Mon 2015-09-28 23:22:24 CEST  10606  1000  1000  11 /usr/bin/python3.4
+    """
+    fields = {
+        'time': (0, 28, str),
+        'pid': (29, 35, int),
+        'uid': (36, 41, int),
+        'gid': (42, 47, int),
+        'sig': (48, 51, int),
+        'present': (52, 53, _convert_present),
+        'exe': (54, None, str),
+    }
+
+    data = {}
+    for name, (start, end, converter) in fields.items():
+        data[name] = converter(line[start:end])
+    return Line(**data)
+
+
+def get_info(pid):
+    """Get and parse "coredumpctl info" output for the given PID."""
+    data = {}
+    output = subprocess.check_output(['coredumpctl', 'info', str(pid)])
+    output = output.decode('utf-8')
+    for line in output.split('\n'):
+        if not line.strip():
+            continue
+        key, value = line.split(':', maxsplit=1)
+        data[key.strip()] = value.strip()
+    return data
+
+
+def is_qutebrowser_dump(parsed):
+    """Check if the given Line is a qutebrowser dump."""
+    basename = os.path.basename(parsed.exe)
+    if basename in ['python', 'python3', 'python3.4', 'python3.5']:
+        info = get_info(parsed.pid)
+        try:
+            cmdline = info['Command Line']
+        except KeyError:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return '-m qutebrowser' in cmdline
+    elif basename == 'qutebrowser':
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
+def dump_infos_gdb(parsed):
+    """Dump all needed infos for the given crash using gdb."""
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir:
+        coredump = os.path.join(tempdir, 'dump')
+        subprocess.check_call(['coredumpctl', 'dump', '-o', coredump,
+                               str(parsed.pid)])
+        subprocess.check_call(['gdb', parsed.exe, coredump,
+                               '-ex', 'info threads',
+                               '-ex', 'thread apply all bt full',
+                               '-ex', 'quit'])
+
+
+def dump_infos(parsed):
+    """Dump all possible infos for the given crash."""
+    if not parsed.present:
+        info = get_info(parsed.pid)
+        print("{}: Signal {} with no coredump: {}".format(
+            parsed.time, info.get('Signal', None),
+            info.get('Command Line', None)))
+    else:
+        print('\n\n\n')
+        utils.print_title('{} - {}'.format(parsed.time, parsed.pid))
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        dump_infos_gdb(parsed)
+
+
+def check_prerequisites():
+    """Check if coredumpctl/gdb are installed."""
+    for binary in ['coredumpctl', 'gdb']:
+        try:
+            subprocess.check_call([binary, '--version'])
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            print("{} is needed to run this script!".format(binary),
+                  file=sys.stderr)
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def main():
+    """Main entry point."""
+    check_prerequisites()
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--all', help="Also list crashes without coredumps.",
+                        action='store_true')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    coredumps = subprocess.check_output(['coredumpctl', 'list'])
+    lines = coredumps.decode('utf-8').split('\n')
+    for line in lines[1:]:
+        if not line.strip():
+            continue
+        parsed = parse_coredumpctl_line(line)
+        if not parsed.present and not args.all:
+            continue
+        if is_qutebrowser_dump(parsed):
+            dump_infos(parsed)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()