1 /* Fork a Unix child process, and set up to debug it, for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1990-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 Contributed by Cygnus Support.
7 This file is part of GDB.
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
11 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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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
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20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
26 #include "gdbthread.h"
28 #include "common/job-control.h"
29 #include "common/filestuff.h"
30 #include "nat/fork-inferior.h"
31 #include "common/common-inferior.h"
33 /* The exec-wrapper, if any, that will be used when starting the
36 static char *exec_wrapper = NULL;
38 /* See common/common-inferior.h. */
46 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
51 gdb_flush (main_ui->m_gdb_stdout);
52 gdb_flush (main_ui->m_gdb_stderr);
55 /* The ui structure that will be saved on 'prefork_hook' and
56 restored on 'postfork_hook'. */
57 static struct ui *saved_ui = NULL;
59 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
62 prefork_hook (const char *args)
64 const char *inferior_io_terminal = get_inferior_io_terminal ();
66 gdb_assert (saved_ui == NULL);
67 /* Retain a copy of our UI, since the child will replace this value
68 and if we're vforked, we have to restore it. */
69 saved_ui = current_ui;
71 /* Tell the terminal handling subsystem what tty we plan to run on;
72 it will just record the information for later. */
73 new_tty_prefork (inferior_io_terminal);
76 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
79 postfork_hook (pid_t pid)
81 inferior *inf = current_inferior ();
83 inferior_appeared (inf, pid);
85 /* Needed for wait_for_inferior stuff. */
86 inferior_ptid = ptid_t (pid);
88 gdb_assert (saved_ui != NULL);
89 current_ui = saved_ui;
95 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
98 postfork_child_hook ()
100 /* This is set to the result of setpgrp, which if vforked, will be
101 visible to you in the parent process. It's only used by humans
103 static int debug_setpgrp = 657473;
105 /* Make sure we switch to main_ui here in order to be able to
106 use the fprintf_unfiltered/warning/error functions. */
107 current_ui = main_ui;
109 /* Create a new session for the inferior process, if necessary.
110 It will also place the inferior in a separate process group. */
111 if (create_tty_session () <= 0)
113 /* No session was created, but we still want to run the inferior
114 in a separate process group. */
115 debug_setpgrp = gdb_setpgid ();
116 if (debug_setpgrp == -1)
117 perror (_("setpgrp failed in child"));
120 /* Ask the tty subsystem to switch to the one we specified
121 earlier (or to share the current terminal, if none was
126 /* See inferior.h. */
129 gdb_startup_inferior (pid_t pid, int num_traps)
131 ptid_t ptid = startup_inferior (pid, num_traps, NULL, NULL);
133 /* Mark all threads non-executing. */
134 set_executing (ptid, 0);
139 /* Implement the "unset exec-wrapper" command. */
142 unset_exec_wrapper_command (const char *args, int from_tty)
144 xfree (exec_wrapper);
149 show_startup_with_shell (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,
150 struct cmd_list_element *c, const char *value)
152 fprintf_filtered (file,
153 _("Use of shell to start subprocesses is %s.\n"),
158 _initialize_fork_child (void)
160 add_setshow_filename_cmd ("exec-wrapper", class_run, &exec_wrapper, _("\
161 Set a wrapper for running programs.\n\
162 The wrapper prepares the system and environment for the new program."),
164 Show the wrapper for running programs."), NULL,
166 &setlist, &showlist);
168 add_cmd ("exec-wrapper", class_run, unset_exec_wrapper_command,
169 _("Disable use of an execution wrapper."),
172 add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("startup-with-shell", class_support,
173 &startup_with_shell, _("\
174 Set use of shell to start subprocesses. The default is on."), _("\
175 Show use of shell to start subprocesses."), NULL,
177 show_startup_with_shell,
178 &setlist, &showlist);