1 /* Fork a Unix child process, and set up to debug it, for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1990-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 Contributed by Cygnus Support.
7 This file is part of GDB.
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27 #include "gdb_vfork.h"
29 #include "gdbthread.h"
30 #include "command.h" /* for dont_repeat () */
33 #include "filestuff.h"
37 /* This just gets used as a default if we can't find SHELL. */
38 #define SHELL_FILE "/bin/sh"
40 extern char **environ;
42 static char *exec_wrapper;
44 /* Break up SCRATCH into an argument vector suitable for passing to
45 execvp and store it in ARGV. E.g., on "run a b c d" this routine
46 would get as input the string "a b c d", and as output it would
47 fill in ARGV with the four arguments "a", "b", "c", "d". */
50 breakup_args (char *scratch, char **argv)
52 char *cp = scratch, *tmp;
56 /* Scan past leading separators */
57 while (*cp == ' ' || *cp == '\t' || *cp == '\n')
60 /* Break if at end of string. */
67 /* Scan for next arg separator. */
68 tmp = strchr (cp, ' ');
70 tmp = strchr (cp, '\t');
72 tmp = strchr (cp, '\n');
74 /* No separators => end of string => break. */
79 /* Replace the separator with a terminator. */
83 /* Null-terminate the vector. */
87 /* When executing a command under the given shell, return non-zero if
88 the '!' character should be escaped when embedded in a quoted
89 command-line argument. */
92 escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (const char *shell_file)
94 const int shell_file_len = strlen (shell_file);
96 /* Bang should be escaped only in C Shells. For now, simply check
97 that the shell name ends with 'csh', which covers at least csh
98 and tcsh. This should be good enough for now. */
100 if (shell_file_len < 3)
103 if (shell_file[shell_file_len - 3] == 'c'
104 && shell_file[shell_file_len - 2] == 's'
105 && shell_file[shell_file_len - 1] == 'h')
111 /* Start an inferior Unix child process and sets inferior_ptid to its
112 pid. EXEC_FILE is the file to run. ALLARGS is a string containing
113 the arguments to the program. ENV is the environment vector to
114 pass. SHELL_FILE is the shell file, or NULL if we should pick
115 one. EXEC_FUN is the exec(2) function to use, or NULL for the default
118 /* This function is NOT reentrant. Some of the variables have been
119 made static to ensure that they survive the vfork call. */
122 fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char *allargs, char **env,
123 void (*traceme_fun) (void), void (*init_trace_fun) (int),
124 void (*pre_trace_fun) (void), char *shell_file_arg,
125 void (*exec_fun)(const char *file, char * const *argv,
129 static char default_shell_file[] = SHELL_FILE;
130 /* Set debug_fork then attach to the child while it sleeps, to debug. */
131 static int debug_fork = 0;
132 /* This is set to the result of setpgrp, which if vforked, will be visible
133 to you in the parent process. It's only used by humans for debugging. */
134 static int debug_setpgrp = 657473;
135 static char *shell_file;
136 static char *exec_file;
140 const char *inferior_io_terminal = get_inferior_io_terminal ();
141 struct inferior *inf;
145 /* If no exec file handed to us, get it from the exec-file command
146 -- with a good, common error message if none is specified. */
147 exec_file = exec_file_arg;
149 exec_file = get_exec_file (1);
151 /* 'startup_with_shell' is declared in inferior.h and bound to the
152 "set startup-with-shell" option. If 0, we'll just do a
153 fork/exec, no shell, so don't bother figuring out what shell. */
154 shell_file = shell_file_arg;
155 if (startup_with_shell)
157 /* Figure out what shell to start up the user program under. */
158 if (shell_file == NULL)
159 shell_file = getenv ("SHELL");
160 if (shell_file == NULL)
161 shell_file = default_shell_file;
167 /* We're going to call execvp. Create argument vector.
168 Calculate an upper bound on the length of the vector by
169 assuming that every other character is a separate
171 int argc = (strlen (allargs) + 1) / 2 + 2;
173 argv = XALLOCAVEC (char *, argc);
175 breakup_args (allargs, &argv[1]);
179 /* We're going to call a shell. */
184 const int escape_bang = escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (shell_file);
186 /* Multiplying the length of exec_file by 4 is to account for the
187 fact that it may expand when quoted; it is a worst-case number
188 based on every character being '. */
189 len = 5 + 4 * strlen (exec_file) + 1 + strlen (allargs) + 1 + /*slop */ 12;
191 len += strlen (exec_wrapper) + 1;
193 shell_command = (char *) alloca (len);
194 shell_command[0] = '\0';
196 strcat (shell_command, "exec ");
198 /* Add any exec wrapper. That may be a program name with arguments, so
199 the user must handle quoting. */
202 strcat (shell_command, exec_wrapper);
203 strcat (shell_command, " ");
206 /* Now add exec_file, quoting as necessary. */
208 /* Quoting in this style is said to work with all shells. But
209 csh on IRIX 4.0.1 can't deal with it. So we only quote it if
244 strcat (shell_command, "'");
245 for (p = exec_file; *p != '\0'; ++p)
248 strcat (shell_command, "'\\''");
249 else if (*p == '!' && escape_bang)
250 strcat (shell_command, "\\!");
252 strncat (shell_command, p, 1);
254 strcat (shell_command, "'");
257 strcat (shell_command, exec_file);
259 strcat (shell_command, " ");
260 strcat (shell_command, allargs);
262 /* If we decided above to start up with a shell, we exec the
263 shell, "-c" says to interpret the next arg as a shell command
264 to execute, and this command is "exec <target-program>
266 argv = (char **) alloca (4 * sizeof (char *));
267 argv[0] = shell_file;
269 argv[2] = shell_command;
270 argv[3] = (char *) 0;
273 /* Retain a copy of our environment variables, since the child will
274 replace the value of environ and if we're vforked, we have to
276 save_our_env = environ;
278 /* Tell the terminal handling subsystem what tty we plan to run on;
279 it will just record the information for later. */
280 new_tty_prefork (inferior_io_terminal);
282 /* It is generally good practice to flush any possible pending stdio
283 output prior to doing a fork, to avoid the possibility of both
284 the parent and child flushing the same data after the fork. */
285 gdb_flush (gdb_stdout);
286 gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
288 /* If there's any initialization of the target layers that must
289 happen to prepare to handle the child we're about fork, do it
291 if (pre_trace_fun != NULL)
294 /* Create the child process. Since the child process is going to
295 exec(3) shortly afterwards, try to reduce the overhead by
296 calling vfork(2). However, if PRE_TRACE_FUN is non-null, it's
297 likely that this optimization won't work since there's too much
298 work to do between the vfork(2) and the exec(3). This is known
299 to be the case on ttrace(2)-based HP-UX, where some handshaking
300 between parent and child needs to happen between fork(2) and
301 exec(2). However, since the parent is suspended in the vforked
302 state, this doesn't work. Also note that the vfork(2) call might
303 actually be a call to fork(2) due to the fact that autoconf will
304 ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms. */
305 if (pre_trace_fun || debug_fork)
311 perror_with_name (("vfork"));
320 /* Create a new session for the inferior process, if necessary.
321 It will also place the inferior in a separate process group. */
322 if (create_tty_session () <= 0)
324 /* No session was created, but we still want to run the inferior
325 in a separate process group. */
326 debug_setpgrp = gdb_setpgid ();
327 if (debug_setpgrp == -1)
328 perror (_("setpgrp failed in child"));
331 /* Ask the tty subsystem to switch to the one we specified
332 earlier (or to share the current terminal, if none was
336 /* Changing the signal handlers for the inferior after
337 a vfork can also change them for the superior, so we don't mess
338 with signals here. See comments in
339 initialize_signals for how we get the right signal handlers
342 /* "Trace me, Dr. Memory!" */
345 /* The call above set this process (the "child") as debuggable
346 by the original gdb process (the "parent"). Since processes
347 (unlike people) can have only one parent, if you are debugging
348 gdb itself (and your debugger is thus _already_ the
349 controller/parent for this child), code from here on out is
350 undebuggable. Indeed, you probably got an error message
351 saying "not parent". Sorry; you'll have to use print
354 /* There is no execlpe call, so we have to set the environment
355 for our child in the global variable. If we've vforked, this
356 clobbers the parent, but environ is restored a few lines down
357 in the parent. By the way, yes we do need to look down the
358 path to find $SHELL. Rich Pixley says so, and I agree. */
361 if (exec_fun != NULL)
362 (*exec_fun) (argv[0], argv, env);
364 execvp (argv[0], argv);
366 /* If we get here, it's an error. */
368 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Cannot exec %s", argv[0]);
369 for (i = 1; argv[i] != NULL; i++)
370 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, " %s", argv[i]);
371 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, ".\n");
372 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Error: %s\n",
373 safe_strerror (save_errno));
374 gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
378 /* Restore our environment in case a vforked child clob'd it. */
379 environ = save_our_env;
381 if (!have_inferiors ())
384 inf = current_inferior ();
386 inferior_appeared (inf, pid);
388 /* Needed for wait_for_inferior stuff below. */
389 inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (pid);
393 /* We have something that executes now. We'll be running through
394 the shell at this point, but the pid shouldn't change. Targets
395 supporting MT should fill this task's ptid with more data as soon
397 add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid);
399 /* Now that we have a child process, make it our target, and
400 initialize anything target-vector-specific that needs
403 (*init_trace_fun) (pid);
405 /* We are now in the child process of interest, having exec'd the
406 correct program, and are poised at the first instruction of the
411 /* Accept NTRAPS traps from the inferior. */
414 startup_inferior (int ntraps)
416 int pending_execs = ntraps;
417 int terminal_initted = 0;
420 if (startup_with_shell)
422 /* One trap extra for exec'ing the shell. */
426 if (target_supports_multi_process ())
427 resume_ptid = pid_to_ptid (ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
429 resume_ptid = minus_one_ptid;
431 /* The process was started by the fork that created it, but it will
432 have stopped one instruction after execing the shell. Here we
433 must get it up to actual execution of the real program. */
440 enum gdb_signal resume_signal = GDB_SIGNAL_0;
443 struct target_waitstatus ws;
444 memset (&ws, 0, sizeof (ws));
445 event_ptid = target_wait (resume_ptid, &ws, 0);
447 if (ws.kind == TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE)
448 /* The inferior didn't really stop, keep waiting. */
453 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SPURIOUS:
454 case TARGET_WAITKIND_LOADED:
455 case TARGET_WAITKIND_FORKED:
456 case TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORKED:
457 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_ENTRY:
458 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_RETURN:
459 /* Ignore gracefully during startup of the inferior. */
460 switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
463 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED:
464 target_terminal_ours ();
465 target_mourn_inferior ();
466 error (_("During startup program terminated with signal %s, %s."),
467 gdb_signal_to_name (ws.value.sig),
468 gdb_signal_to_string (ws.value.sig));
471 case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED:
472 target_terminal_ours ();
473 target_mourn_inferior ();
474 if (ws.value.integer)
475 error (_("During startup program exited with code %d."),
478 error (_("During startup program exited normally."));
481 case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXECD:
482 /* Handle EXEC signals as if they were SIGTRAP signals. */
483 xfree (ws.value.execd_pathname);
484 resume_signal = GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP;
485 switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
488 case TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED:
489 resume_signal = ws.value.sig;
490 switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
494 if (resume_signal != GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP)
496 /* Let shell child handle its own signals in its own way. */
497 target_resume (resume_ptid, 0, resume_signal);
501 /* We handle SIGTRAP, however; it means child did an exec. */
502 if (!terminal_initted)
504 /* Now that the child has exec'd we know it has already
505 set its process group. On POSIX systems, tcsetpgrp
506 will fail with EPERM if we try it before the child's
509 /* Set up the "saved terminal modes" of the inferior
510 based on what modes we are starting it with. */
511 target_terminal_init ();
513 /* Install inferior's terminal modes. */
514 target_terminal_inferior ();
516 terminal_initted = 1;
519 if (--pending_execs == 0)
522 /* Just make it go on. */
523 target_resume (resume_ptid, 0, GDB_SIGNAL_0);
527 /* Mark all threads non-executing. */
528 set_executing (resume_ptid, 0);
531 /* Implement the "unset exec-wrapper" command. */
534 unset_exec_wrapper_command (char *args, int from_tty)
536 xfree (exec_wrapper);
541 show_startup_with_shell (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
542 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
544 fprintf_filtered (file,
545 _("Use of shell to start subprocesses is %s.\n"),
549 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes. */
550 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_fork_child;
553 _initialize_fork_child (void)
555 add_setshow_filename_cmd ("exec-wrapper", class_run, &exec_wrapper, _("\
556 Set a wrapper for running programs.\n\
557 The wrapper prepares the system and environment for the new program."),
559 Show the wrapper for running programs."), NULL,
561 &setlist, &showlist);
563 add_cmd ("exec-wrapper", class_run, unset_exec_wrapper_command,
564 _("Disable use of an execution wrapper."),
567 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("startup-with-shell", class_support,
568 &startup_with_shell, _("\
569 Set use of shell to start subprocesses. The default is on."), _("\
570 Show use of shell to start subprocesses."), NULL,
572 show_startup_with_shell,
573 &setlist, &showlist);