1 /* Fork a Unix child process, and set up to debug it, for GDB and GDBserver.
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20 #include "gdbsupport/common-defs.h"
21 #include "fork-inferior.h"
22 #include "target/waitstatus.h"
23 #include "gdbsupport/filestuff.h"
24 #include "target/target.h"
25 #include "gdbsupport/common-inferior.h"
26 #include "gdbsupport/common-gdbthread.h"
27 #include "gdbsupport/pathstuff.h"
28 #include "gdbsupport/signals-state-save-restore.h"
29 #include "gdbsupport/gdb_tilde_expand.h"
32 extern char **environ
;
34 /* Build the argument vector for execv(3). */
39 /* EXEC_FILE is the file to run. ALLARGS is a string containing the
40 arguments to the program. If starting with a shell, SHELL_FILE
41 is the shell to run. Otherwise, SHELL_FILE is NULL. */
42 execv_argv (const char *exec_file
, const std::string
&allargs
,
43 const char *shell_file
);
45 /* Return a pointer to the built argv, in the type expected by
46 execv. The result is (only) valid for as long as this execv_argv
47 object is live. We return a "char **" because that's the type
48 that the execv functions expect. Note that it is guaranteed that
49 the execv functions do not modify the argv[] array nor the
50 strings to which the array point. */
53 return const_cast<char **> (&m_argv
[0]);
57 DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (execv_argv
);
59 /* Helper methods for constructing the argument vector. */
61 /* Used when building an argv for a straight execv call, without
62 going via the shell. */
63 void init_for_no_shell (const char *exec_file
,
64 const std::string
&allargs
);
66 /* Used when building an argv for execing a shell that execs the
68 void init_for_shell (const char *exec_file
,
69 const std::string
&allargs
,
70 const char *shell_file
);
72 /* The argument vector built. Holds non-owning pointers. Elements
73 either point to the strings passed to the execv_argv ctor, or
75 std::vector
<const char *> m_argv
;
77 /* Storage. In the no-shell case, this contains a copy of the
78 arguments passed to the ctor, split by '\0'. In the shell case,
79 this contains the quoted shell command. I.e., SHELL_COMMAND in
80 {"$SHELL" "-c", SHELL_COMMAND, NULL}. */
81 std::string m_storage
;
84 /* Create argument vector for straight call to execvp. Breaks up
85 ALLARGS into an argument vector suitable for passing to execvp and
86 stores it in M_ARGV. E.g., on "run a b c d" this routine would get
87 as input the string "a b c d", and as output it would fill in
88 M_ARGV with the four arguments "a", "b", "c", "d". Each argument
89 in M_ARGV points to a substring of a copy of ALLARGS stored in
93 execv_argv::init_for_no_shell (const char *exec_file
,
94 const std::string
&allargs
)
97 /* Save/work with a copy stored in our storage. The pointers pushed
98 to M_ARGV point directly into M_STORAGE, which is modified in
99 place with the necessary NULL terminators. This avoids N heap
100 allocations and string dups when 1 is sufficient. */
101 std::string
&args_copy
= m_storage
= allargs
;
103 m_argv
.push_back (exec_file
);
105 for (size_t cur_pos
= 0; cur_pos
< args_copy
.size ();)
107 /* Skip whitespace-like chars. */
108 std::size_t pos
= args_copy
.find_first_not_of (" \t\n", cur_pos
);
110 if (pos
!= std::string::npos
)
113 /* Find the position of the next separator. */
114 std::size_t next_sep
= args_copy
.find_first_of (" \t\n", cur_pos
);
116 if (next_sep
== std::string::npos
)
118 /* No separator found, which means this is the last
120 next_sep
= args_copy
.size ();
124 /* Replace the separator with a terminator. */
125 args_copy
[next_sep
++] = '\0';
128 m_argv
.push_back (&args_copy
[cur_pos
]);
133 /* NULL-terminate the vector. */
134 m_argv
.push_back (NULL
);
137 /* When executing a command under the given shell, return true if the
138 '!' character should be escaped when embedded in a quoted
139 command-line argument. */
142 escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (const char *shell_file
)
144 size_t shell_file_len
= strlen (shell_file
);
146 /* Bang should be escaped only in C Shells. For now, simply check
147 that the shell name ends with 'csh', which covers at least csh
148 and tcsh. This should be good enough for now. */
150 if (shell_file_len
< 3)
153 if (shell_file
[shell_file_len
- 3] == 'c'
154 && shell_file
[shell_file_len
- 2] == 's'
155 && shell_file
[shell_file_len
- 1] == 'h')
161 /* See declaration. */
163 execv_argv::execv_argv (const char *exec_file
,
164 const std::string
&allargs
,
165 const char *shell_file
)
167 if (shell_file
== NULL
)
168 init_for_no_shell (exec_file
, allargs
);
170 init_for_shell (exec_file
, allargs
, shell_file
);
173 /* See declaration. */
176 execv_argv::init_for_shell (const char *exec_file
,
177 const std::string
&allargs
,
178 const char *shell_file
)
180 const char *exec_wrapper
= get_exec_wrapper ();
182 /* We're going to call a shell. */
183 bool escape_bang
= escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (shell_file
);
185 /* We need to build a new shell command string, and make argv point
186 to it. So build it in the storage. */
187 std::string
&shell_command
= m_storage
;
189 shell_command
= "exec ";
191 /* Add any exec wrapper. That may be a program name with arguments,
192 so the user must handle quoting. */
193 if (exec_wrapper
!= NULL
)
195 shell_command
+= exec_wrapper
;
196 shell_command
+= ' ';
199 /* Now add exec_file, quoting as necessary. */
201 /* Quoting in this style is said to work with all shells. But csh
202 on IRIX 4.0.1 can't deal with it. So we only quote it if we need
205 const char *p
= exec_file
;
223 need_to_quote
= true;
227 need_to_quote
= false;
238 shell_command
+= '\'';
239 for (p
= exec_file
; *p
!= '\0'; ++p
)
242 shell_command
+= "'\\''";
243 else if (*p
== '!' && escape_bang
)
244 shell_command
+= "\\!";
248 shell_command
+= '\'';
251 shell_command
+= exec_file
;
253 shell_command
+= ' ' + allargs
;
255 /* If we decided above to start up with a shell, we exec the shell.
256 "-c" says to interpret the next arg as a shell command to
257 execute, and this command is "exec <target-program> <args>". */
259 m_argv
.push_back (shell_file
);
260 m_argv
.push_back ("-c");
261 m_argv
.push_back (shell_command
.c_str ());
262 m_argv
.push_back (NULL
);
265 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
268 fork_inferior (const char *exec_file_arg
, const std::string
&allargs
,
269 char **env
, void (*traceme_fun
) (),
270 gdb::function_view
<void (int)> init_trace_fun
,
271 void (*pre_trace_fun
) (),
272 const char *shell_file_arg
,
273 void (*exec_fun
)(const char *file
, char * const *argv
,
277 /* Set debug_fork then attach to the child while it sleeps, to debug. */
279 const char *shell_file
;
280 const char *exec_file
;
284 const char *inferior_cwd
;
285 std::string expanded_inferior_cwd
;
287 /* If no exec file handed to us, get it from the exec-file command
288 -- with a good, common error message if none is specified. */
289 if (exec_file_arg
== NULL
)
290 exec_file
= get_exec_file (1);
292 exec_file
= exec_file_arg
;
294 /* 'startup_with_shell' is declared in inferior.h and bound to the
295 "set startup-with-shell" option. If 0, we'll just do a
296 fork/exec, no shell, so don't bother figuring out what shell. */
297 if (startup_with_shell
)
299 shell_file
= shell_file_arg
;
301 /* Figure out what shell to start up the user program under. */
302 if (shell_file
== NULL
)
303 shell_file
= get_shell ();
305 gdb_assert (shell_file
!= NULL
);
310 /* Build the argument vector. */
311 execv_argv
child_argv (exec_file
, allargs
, shell_file
);
313 /* Retain a copy of our environment variables, since the child will
314 replace the value of environ and if we're vforked, we have to
316 save_our_env
= environ
;
318 /* Perform any necessary actions regarding to TTY before the
320 prefork_hook (allargs
.c_str ());
322 /* It is generally good practice to flush any possible pending stdio
323 output prior to doing a fork, to avoid the possibility of both
324 the parent and child flushing the same data after the fork. */
325 gdb_flush_out_err ();
327 /* Check if the user wants to set a different working directory for
329 inferior_cwd
= get_inferior_cwd ();
331 if (inferior_cwd
!= NULL
)
333 /* Expand before forking because between fork and exec, the child
334 process may only execute async-signal-safe operations. */
335 expanded_inferior_cwd
= gdb_tilde_expand (inferior_cwd
);
336 inferior_cwd
= expanded_inferior_cwd
.c_str ();
339 /* If there's any initialization of the target layers that must
340 happen to prepare to handle the child we're about fork, do it
342 if (pre_trace_fun
!= NULL
)
345 /* Create the child process. Since the child process is going to
346 exec(3) shortly afterwards, try to reduce the overhead by
347 calling vfork(2). However, if PRE_TRACE_FUN is non-null, it's
348 likely that this optimization won't work since there's too much
349 work to do between the vfork(2) and the exec(3). This is known
350 to be the case on ttrace(2)-based HP-UX, where some handshaking
351 between parent and child needs to happen between fork(2) and
352 exec(2). However, since the parent is suspended in the vforked
353 state, this doesn't work. Also note that the vfork(2) call might
354 actually be a call to fork(2) due to the fact that autoconf will
355 ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms. */
356 #if !(defined(__UCLIBC__) && defined(HAS_NOMMU))
357 if (pre_trace_fun
|| debug_fork
)
364 perror_with_name (("vfork"));
368 /* Close all file descriptors except those that gdb inherited
369 (usually 0/1/2), so they don't leak to the inferior. Note
370 that this closes the file descriptors of all secondary
374 /* Change to the requested working directory if the user
376 if (inferior_cwd
!= NULL
)
378 if (chdir (inferior_cwd
) < 0)
379 trace_start_error_with_name (inferior_cwd
);
385 /* Execute any necessary post-fork actions before we exec. */
386 postfork_child_hook ();
388 /* Changing the signal handlers for the inferior after
389 a vfork can also change them for the superior, so we don't mess
390 with signals here. See comments in
391 initialize_signals for how we get the right signal handlers
394 /* "Trace me, Dr. Memory!" */
397 /* The call above set this process (the "child") as debuggable
398 by the original gdb process (the "parent"). Since processes
399 (unlike people) can have only one parent, if you are debugging
400 gdb itself (and your debugger is thus _already_ the
401 controller/parent for this child), code from here on out is
402 undebuggable. Indeed, you probably got an error message
403 saying "not parent". Sorry; you'll have to use print
406 restore_original_signals_state ();
408 /* There is no execlpe call, so we have to set the environment
409 for our child in the global variable. If we've vforked, this
410 clobbers the parent, but environ is restored a few lines down
411 in the parent. By the way, yes we do need to look down the
412 path to find $SHELL. Rich Pixley says so, and I agree. */
415 char **argv
= child_argv
.argv ();
417 if (exec_fun
!= NULL
)
418 (*exec_fun
) (argv
[0], &argv
[0], env
);
420 execvp (argv
[0], &argv
[0]);
422 /* If we get here, it's an error. */
424 warning ("Cannot exec %s", argv
[0]);
426 for (i
= 1; argv
[i
] != NULL
; i
++)
427 warning (" %s", argv
[i
]);
429 warning ("Error: %s", safe_strerror (save_errno
));
434 /* Restore our environment in case a vforked child clob'd it. */
435 environ
= save_our_env
;
439 /* Now that we have a child process, make it our target, and
440 initialize anything target-vector-specific that needs
443 init_trace_fun (pid
);
445 /* We are now in the child process of interest, having exec'd the
446 correct program, and are poised at the first instruction of the
451 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
454 startup_inferior (process_stratum_target
*proc_target
, pid_t pid
, int ntraps
,
455 struct target_waitstatus
*last_waitstatus
,
458 int pending_execs
= ntraps
;
459 int terminal_initted
= 0;
462 if (startup_with_shell
)
464 /* One trap extra for exec'ing the shell. */
468 if (target_supports_multi_process ())
469 resume_ptid
= ptid_t (pid
);
471 resume_ptid
= minus_one_ptid
;
473 /* The process was started by the fork that created it, but it will
474 have stopped one instruction after execing the shell. Here we
475 must get it up to actual execution of the real program. */
476 if (get_exec_wrapper () != NULL
)
481 enum gdb_signal resume_signal
= GDB_SIGNAL_0
;
484 struct target_waitstatus ws
;
485 memset (&ws
, 0, sizeof (ws
));
486 event_ptid
= target_wait (resume_ptid
, &ws
, 0);
488 if (last_waitstatus
!= NULL
)
489 *last_waitstatus
= ws
;
490 if (last_ptid
!= NULL
)
491 *last_ptid
= event_ptid
;
493 if (ws
.kind
== TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE
)
494 /* The inferior didn't really stop, keep waiting. */
499 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SPURIOUS
:
500 case TARGET_WAITKIND_LOADED
:
501 case TARGET_WAITKIND_FORKED
:
502 case TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORKED
:
503 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_ENTRY
:
504 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_RETURN
:
505 /* Ignore gracefully during startup of the inferior. */
506 switch_to_thread (proc_target
, event_ptid
);
509 case TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED
:
510 target_terminal::ours ();
511 target_mourn_inferior (event_ptid
);
512 error (_("During startup program terminated with signal %s, %s."),
513 gdb_signal_to_name (ws
.value
.sig
),
514 gdb_signal_to_string (ws
.value
.sig
));
517 case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED
:
518 target_terminal::ours ();
519 target_mourn_inferior (event_ptid
);
520 if (ws
.value
.integer
)
521 error (_("During startup program exited with code %d."),
524 error (_("During startup program exited normally."));
527 case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXECD
:
528 /* Handle EXEC signals as if they were SIGTRAP signals. */
529 /* Free the exec'ed pathname, but only if this isn't the
530 waitstatus we are returning to the caller. */
531 if (pending_execs
!= 1)
532 xfree (ws
.value
.execd_pathname
);
533 resume_signal
= GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP
;
534 switch_to_thread (proc_target
, event_ptid
);
537 case TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED
:
538 resume_signal
= ws
.value
.sig
;
539 switch_to_thread (proc_target
, event_ptid
);
543 if (resume_signal
!= GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP
)
545 /* Let shell child handle its own signals in its own way. */
546 target_continue (resume_ptid
, resume_signal
);
550 /* We handle SIGTRAP, however; it means child did an exec. */
551 if (!terminal_initted
)
553 /* Now that the child has exec'd we know it has already
554 set its process group. On POSIX systems, tcsetpgrp
555 will fail with EPERM if we try it before the child's
558 /* Set up the "saved terminal modes" of the inferior
559 based on what modes we are starting it with. */
560 target_terminal::init ();
562 /* Install inferior's terminal modes. */
563 target_terminal::inferior ();
565 terminal_initted
= 1;
568 if (--pending_execs
== 0)
571 /* Just make it go on. */
572 target_continue_no_signal (resume_ptid
);
579 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
582 trace_start_error (const char *fmt
, ...)
587 warning ("Could not trace the inferior process.");
591 gdb_flush_out_err ();
595 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
598 trace_start_error_with_name (const char *string
)
600 trace_start_error ("%s: %s", string
, safe_strerror (errno
));