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c906108c 1/* Fork a Unix child process, and set up to debug it, for GDB.
74a4fe32 2
ecd75fc8 3 Copyright (C) 1990-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
74a4fe32 4
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5 Contributed by Cygnus Support.
6
c5aa993b 7 This file is part of GDB.
c906108c 8
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9 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
a9762ec7 11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
c5aa993b 12 (at your option) any later version.
c906108c 13
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14 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
15 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
16 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
17 GNU General Public License for more details.
c906108c 18
c5aa993b 19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
a9762ec7 20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
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21
22#include "defs.h"
0e9f083f 23#include <string.h>
c906108c 24#include "inferior.h"
191c4426 25#include "terminal.h"
c906108c 26#include "target.h"
03f2053f 27#include "gdb_wait.h"
74c1b268 28#include "gdb_vfork.h"
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29#include "gdbcore.h"
30#include "terminal.h"
31#include "gdbthread.h"
c2d11a7d 32#include "command.h" /* for dont_repeat () */
ccd213ac 33#include "gdbcmd.h"
a77053c2 34#include "solib.h"
614c279d 35#include "filestuff.h"
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36
37#include <signal.h>
c906108c 38
74a4fe32 39/* This just gets used as a default if we can't find SHELL. */
c906108c 40#define SHELL_FILE "/bin/sh"
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41
42extern char **environ;
43
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44static char *exec_wrapper;
45
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46/* Break up SCRATCH into an argument vector suitable for passing to
47 execvp and store it in ARGV. E.g., on "run a b c d" this routine
48 would get as input the string "a b c d", and as output it would
49 fill in ARGV with the four arguments "a", "b", "c", "d". */
50
c906108c 51static void
fba45db2 52breakup_args (char *scratch, char **argv)
c906108c 53{
55e39473 54 char *cp = scratch, *tmp;
c906108c 55
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56 for (;;)
57 {
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58 /* Scan past leading separators */
59 while (*cp == ' ' || *cp == '\t' || *cp == '\n')
74a4fe32 60 cp++;
c906108c 61
74a4fe32 62 /* Break if at end of string. */
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63 if (*cp == '\0')
64 break;
65
74a4fe32 66 /* Take an arg. */
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67 *argv++ = cp;
68
74a4fe32 69 /* Scan for next arg separator. */
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70 tmp = strchr (cp, ' ');
71 if (tmp == NULL)
72 tmp = strchr (cp, '\t');
73 if (tmp == NULL)
74 tmp = strchr (cp, '\n');
c906108c 75
74a4fe32 76 /* No separators => end of string => break. */
55e39473 77 if (tmp == NULL)
c906108c 78 break;
55e39473 79 cp = tmp;
c906108c 80
74a4fe32 81 /* Replace the separator with a terminator. */
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82 *cp++ = '\0';
83 }
84
74a4fe32 85 /* Null-terminate the vector. */
c906108c 86 *argv = NULL;
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87}
88
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89/* When executing a command under the given shell, return non-zero if
90 the '!' character should be escaped when embedded in a quoted
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91 command-line argument. */
92
93static int
94escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (const char *shell_file)
95{
96 const int shell_file_len = strlen (shell_file);
74a4fe32 97
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98 /* Bang should be escaped only in C Shells. For now, simply check
99 that the shell name ends with 'csh', which covers at least csh
100 and tcsh. This should be good enough for now. */
101
102 if (shell_file_len < 3)
103 return 0;
104
105 if (shell_file[shell_file_len - 3] == 'c'
106 && shell_file[shell_file_len - 2] == 's'
107 && shell_file[shell_file_len - 1] == 'h')
108 return 1;
109
110 return 0;
111}
c906108c 112
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113/* Start an inferior Unix child process and sets inferior_ptid to its
114 pid. EXEC_FILE is the file to run. ALLARGS is a string containing
115 the arguments to the program. ENV is the environment vector to
116 pass. SHELL_FILE is the shell file, or NULL if we should pick
e69860f1 117 one. EXEC_FUN is the exec(2) function to use, or NULL for the default
74a4fe32 118 one. */
c906108c 119
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120/* This function is NOT reentrant. Some of the variables have been
121 made static to ensure that they survive the vfork call. */
c65ecaf3 122
136d6dae 123int
c65ecaf3 124fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char *allargs, char **env,
073063d7 125 void (*traceme_fun) (void), void (*init_trace_fun) (int),
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126 void (*pre_trace_fun) (void), char *shell_file_arg,
127 void (*exec_fun)(const char *file, char * const *argv,
128 char * const *env))
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129{
130 int pid;
c906108c 131 static char default_shell_file[] = SHELL_FILE;
0963b4bd 132 /* Set debug_fork then attach to the child while it sleeps, to debug. */
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133 static int debug_fork = 0;
134 /* This is set to the result of setpgrp, which if vforked, will be visible
135 to you in the parent process. It's only used by humans for debugging. */
136 static int debug_setpgrp = 657473;
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137 static char *shell_file;
138 static char *exec_file;
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139 char **save_our_env;
140 int shell = 0;
c65ecaf3 141 static char **argv;
3cb3b8df 142 const char *inferior_io_terminal = get_inferior_io_terminal ();
6c95b8df 143 struct inferior *inf;
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144 int i;
145 int save_errno;
c906108c 146
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147 /* If no exec file handed to us, get it from the exec-file command
148 -- with a good, common error message if none is specified. */
c65ecaf3 149 exec_file = exec_file_arg;
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150 if (exec_file == 0)
151 exec_file = get_exec_file (1);
152
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153 /* 'startup_with_shell' is declared in inferior.h and bound to the
154 "set startup-with-shell" option. If 0, we'll just do a
155 fork/exec, no shell, so don't bother figuring out what shell. */
c65ecaf3 156 shell_file = shell_file_arg;
98882a26 157 if (startup_with_shell)
c906108c 158 {
74a4fe32 159 /* Figure out what shell to start up the user program under. */
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160 if (shell_file == NULL)
161 shell_file = getenv ("SHELL");
162 if (shell_file == NULL)
163 shell_file = default_shell_file;
164 shell = 1;
165 }
166
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167 if (!shell)
168 {
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169 /* We're going to call execvp. Create argument vector.
170 Calculate an upper bound on the length of the vector by
171 assuming that every other character is a separate
172 argument. */
173 int argc = (strlen (allargs) + 1) / 2 + 2;
bb9bcb69 174
f877b031 175 argv = (char **) alloca (argc * sizeof (*argv));
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176 argv[0] = exec_file;
177 breakup_args (allargs, &argv[1]);
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178 }
179 else
180 {
74a4fe32 181 /* We're going to call a shell. */
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182 char *shell_command;
183 int len;
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184 char *p;
185 int need_to_quote;
6037b830 186 const int escape_bang = escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (shell_file);
c906108c 187
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188 /* Multiplying the length of exec_file by 4 is to account for the
189 fact that it may expand when quoted; it is a worst-case number
190 based on every character being '. */
191 len = 5 + 4 * strlen (exec_file) + 1 + strlen (allargs) + 1 + /*slop */ 12;
192 if (exec_wrapper)
193 len += strlen (exec_wrapper) + 1;
194
195 shell_command = (char *) alloca (len);
196 shell_command[0] = '\0';
197
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198 strcat (shell_command, "exec ");
199
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200 /* Add any exec wrapper. That may be a program name with arguments, so
201 the user must handle quoting. */
202 if (exec_wrapper)
203 {
204 strcat (shell_command, exec_wrapper);
205 strcat (shell_command, " ");
206 }
207
208 /* Now add exec_file, quoting as necessary. */
209
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210 /* Quoting in this style is said to work with all shells. But
211 csh on IRIX 4.0.1 can't deal with it. So we only quote it if
212 we need to. */
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213 p = exec_file;
214 while (1)
215 {
216 switch (*p)
217 {
218 case '\'':
d8849953 219 case '!':
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220 case '"':
221 case '(':
222 case ')':
223 case '$':
224 case '&':
225 case ';':
226 case '<':
227 case '>':
228 case ' ':
229 case '\n':
230 case '\t':
231 need_to_quote = 1;
232 goto end_scan;
233
234 case '\0':
235 need_to_quote = 0;
236 goto end_scan;
237
238 default:
239 break;
240 }
241 ++p;
242 }
243 end_scan:
244 if (need_to_quote)
245 {
246 strcat (shell_command, "'");
247 for (p = exec_file; *p != '\0'; ++p)
248 {
249 if (*p == '\'')
250 strcat (shell_command, "'\\''");
6037b830 251 else if (*p == '!' && escape_bang)
d8849953 252 strcat (shell_command, "\\!");
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253 else
254 strncat (shell_command, p, 1);
255 }
256 strcat (shell_command, "'");
257 }
258 else
259 strcat (shell_command, exec_file);
260
261 strcat (shell_command, " ");
262 strcat (shell_command, allargs);
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263
264 /* If we decided above to start up with a shell, we exec the
265 shell, "-c" says to interpret the next arg as a shell command
266 to execute, and this command is "exec <target-program>
267 <args>". */
268 argv = (char **) alloca (4 * sizeof (char *));
269 argv[0] = shell_file;
270 argv[1] = "-c";
271 argv[2] = shell_command;
272 argv[3] = (char *) 0;
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273 }
274
c906108c 275 /* Retain a copy of our environment variables, since the child will
74a4fe32 276 replace the value of environ and if we're vforked, we have to
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277 restore it. */
278 save_our_env = environ;
279
280 /* Tell the terminal handling subsystem what tty we plan to run on;
281 it will just record the information for later. */
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282 new_tty_prefork (inferior_io_terminal);
283
284 /* It is generally good practice to flush any possible pending stdio
74a4fe32 285 output prior to doing a fork, to avoid the possibility of both
0963b4bd 286 the parent and child flushing the same data after the fork. */
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287 gdb_flush (gdb_stdout);
288 gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
289
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290 /* If there's any initialization of the target layers that must
291 happen to prepare to handle the child we're about fork, do it
292 now... */
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293 if (pre_trace_fun != NULL)
294 (*pre_trace_fun) ();
295
3919e12c 296 /* Create the child process. Since the child process is going to
7a0b0196 297 exec(3) shortly afterwards, try to reduce the overhead by
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298 calling vfork(2). However, if PRE_TRACE_FUN is non-null, it's
299 likely that this optimization won't work since there's too much
300 work to do between the vfork(2) and the exec(3). This is known
301 to be the case on ttrace(2)-based HP-UX, where some handshaking
302 between parent and child needs to happen between fork(2) and
303 exec(2). However, since the parent is suspended in the vforked
304 state, this doesn't work. Also note that the vfork(2) call might
305 actually be a call to fork(2) due to the fact that autoconf will
306 ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms. */
307 if (pre_trace_fun || debug_fork)
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308 pid = fork ();
309 else
310 pid = vfork ();
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311
312 if (pid < 0)
e2e0b3e5 313 perror_with_name (("vfork"));
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314
315 if (pid == 0)
316 {
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317 close_most_fds ();
318
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319 if (debug_fork)
320 sleep (debug_fork);
321
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322 /* Create a new session for the inferior process, if necessary.
323 It will also place the inferior in a separate process group. */
324 if (create_tty_session () <= 0)
325 {
326 /* No session was created, but we still want to run the inferior
327 in a separate process group. */
328 debug_setpgrp = gdb_setpgid ();
329 if (debug_setpgrp == -1)
9b20d036 330 perror (_("setpgrp failed in child"));
83116857 331 }
c906108c 332
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333 /* Ask the tty subsystem to switch to the one we specified
334 earlier (or to share the current terminal, if none was
335 specified). */
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336 new_tty ();
337
338 /* Changing the signal handlers for the inferior after
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339 a vfork can also change them for the superior, so we don't mess
340 with signals here. See comments in
341 initialize_signals for how we get the right signal handlers
342 for the inferior. */
c906108c 343
0963b4bd 344 /* "Trace me, Dr. Memory!" */
c906108c 345 (*traceme_fun) ();
74a4fe32 346
c906108c 347 /* The call above set this process (the "child") as debuggable
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348 by the original gdb process (the "parent"). Since processes
349 (unlike people) can have only one parent, if you are debugging
350 gdb itself (and your debugger is thus _already_ the
351 controller/parent for this child), code from here on out is
352 undebuggable. Indeed, you probably got an error message
353 saying "not parent". Sorry; you'll have to use print
354 statements! */
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355
356 /* There is no execlpe call, so we have to set the environment
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357 for our child in the global variable. If we've vforked, this
358 clobbers the parent, but environ is restored a few lines down
359 in the parent. By the way, yes we do need to look down the
360 path to find $SHELL. Rich Pixley says so, and I agree. */
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361 environ = env;
362
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363 if (exec_fun != NULL)
364 (*exec_fun) (argv[0], argv, env);
365 else
366 execvp (argv[0], argv);
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367
368 /* If we get here, it's an error. */
369 save_errno = errno;
370 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Cannot exec %s", exec_file);
371 for (i = 1; argv[i] != NULL; i++)
372 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, " %s", argv[i]);
373 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, ".\n");
374 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Error: %s\n",
375 safe_strerror (save_errno));
376 gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
377 _exit (0177);
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378 }
379
380 /* Restore our environment in case a vforked child clob'd it. */
381 environ = save_our_env;
382
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383 if (!have_inferiors ())
384 init_thread_list ();
c906108c 385
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386 inf = current_inferior ();
387
388 inferior_appeared (inf, pid);
7f9f62ba 389
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390 /* Needed for wait_for_inferior stuff below. */
391 inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (pid);
c906108c 392
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393 new_tty_postfork ();
394
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395 /* We have something that executes now. We'll be running through
396 the shell at this point, but the pid shouldn't change. Targets
397 supporting MT should fill this task's ptid with more data as soon
398 as they can. */
399 add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid);
400
c906108c 401 /* Now that we have a child process, make it our target, and
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402 initialize anything target-vector-specific that needs
403 initializing. */
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404 if (init_trace_fun)
405 (*init_trace_fun) (pid);
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406
407 /* We are now in the child process of interest, having exec'd the
408 correct program, and are poised at the first instruction of the
409 new program. */
136d6dae 410 return pid;
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411}
412
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413/* Accept NTRAPS traps from the inferior. */
414
415void
fba45db2 416startup_inferior (int ntraps)
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417{
418 int pending_execs = ntraps;
74a4fe32 419 int terminal_initted = 0;
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420 ptid_t resume_ptid;
421
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422 if (startup_with_shell)
423 {
424 /* One trap extra for exec'ing the shell. */
425 pending_execs++;
426 }
427
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428 if (target_supports_multi_process ())
429 resume_ptid = pid_to_ptid (ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
430 else
431 resume_ptid = minus_one_ptid;
c906108c 432
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433 /* The process was started by the fork that created it, but it will
434 have stopped one instruction after execing the shell. Here we
435 must get it up to actual execution of the real program. */
c906108c 436
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437 if (exec_wrapper)
438 pending_execs++;
439
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440 while (1)
441 {
a493e3e2 442 enum gdb_signal resume_signal = GDB_SIGNAL_0;
2e979b94 443 ptid_t event_ptid;
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444
445 struct target_waitstatus ws;
446 memset (&ws, 0, sizeof (ws));
47608cb1 447 event_ptid = target_wait (resume_ptid, &ws, 0);
3c35e65b 448
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449 if (ws.kind == TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE)
450 /* The inferior didn't really stop, keep waiting. */
451 continue;
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452
453 switch (ws.kind)
454 {
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455 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SPURIOUS:
456 case TARGET_WAITKIND_LOADED:
457 case TARGET_WAITKIND_FORKED:
458 case TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORKED:
459 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_ENTRY:
460 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_RETURN:
461 /* Ignore gracefully during startup of the inferior. */
2e979b94 462 switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
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463 break;
464
465 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED:
466 target_terminal_ours ();
467 target_mourn_inferior ();
468 error (_("During startup program terminated with signal %s, %s."),
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469 gdb_signal_to_name (ws.value.sig),
470 gdb_signal_to_string (ws.value.sig));
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471 return;
472
473 case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED:
474 target_terminal_ours ();
475 target_mourn_inferior ();
476 if (ws.value.integer)
477 error (_("During startup program exited with code %d."),
478 ws.value.integer);
479 else
480 error (_("During startup program exited normally."));
481 return;
482
483 case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXECD:
484 /* Handle EXEC signals as if they were SIGTRAP signals. */
485 xfree (ws.value.execd_pathname);
a493e3e2 486 resume_signal = GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP;
2e979b94 487 switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
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488 break;
489
490 case TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED:
491 resume_signal = ws.value.sig;
2e979b94 492 switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
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493 break;
494 }
2020b7ab 495
a493e3e2 496 if (resume_signal != GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP)
c906108c 497 {
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498 /* Let shell child handle its own signals in its own way. */
499 target_resume (resume_ptid, 0, resume_signal);
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500 }
501 else
502 {
503 /* We handle SIGTRAP, however; it means child did an exec. */
504 if (!terminal_initted)
505 {
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506 /* Now that the child has exec'd we know it has already
507 set its process group. On POSIX systems, tcsetpgrp
508 will fail with EPERM if we try it before the child's
509 setpgid. */
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510
511 /* Set up the "saved terminal modes" of the inferior
c5aa993b 512 based on what modes we are starting it with. */
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513 target_terminal_init ();
514
515 /* Install inferior's terminal modes. */
516 target_terminal_inferior ();
517
518 terminal_initted = 1;
519 }
520
74a4fe32 521 if (--pending_execs == 0)
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522 break;
523
3c35e65b 524 /* Just make it go on. */
a493e3e2 525 target_resume (resume_ptid, 0, GDB_SIGNAL_0);
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526 }
527 }
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528
529 /* Mark all threads non-executing. */
d90e17a7 530 set_executing (resume_ptid, 0);
c906108c 531}
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532
533/* Implement the "unset exec-wrapper" command. */
534
535static void
536unset_exec_wrapper_command (char *args, int from_tty)
537{
538 xfree (exec_wrapper);
539 exec_wrapper = NULL;
540}
541
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542static void
543show_startup_with_shell (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
544 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
545{
546 fprintf_filtered (file,
547 _("Use of shell to start subprocesses is %s.\n"),
548 value);
549}
550
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551/* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
552extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_fork_child;
553
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554void
555_initialize_fork_child (void)
556{
557 add_setshow_filename_cmd ("exec-wrapper", class_run, &exec_wrapper, _("\
558Set a wrapper for running programs.\n\
559The wrapper prepares the system and environment for the new program."),
560 _("\
561Show the wrapper for running programs."), NULL,
562 NULL, NULL,
563 &setlist, &showlist);
564
565 add_cmd ("exec-wrapper", class_run, unset_exec_wrapper_command,
566 _("Disable use of an execution wrapper."),
567 &unsetlist);
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568
569 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("startup-with-shell", class_support,
570 &startup_with_shell, _("\
571Set use of shell to start subprocesses. The default is on."), _("\
572Show use of shell to start subprocesses."), NULL,
573 NULL,
574 show_startup_with_shell,
575 &setlist, &showlist);
ccd213ac 576}