gdb/python/py-gdb-readline.c

   1 /* Readline support for Python.
   2
   3    Copyright (C) 2012-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5    This file is part of GDB.
   6
   7    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   8    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   9    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
  10    (at your option) any later version.
  11
  12    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  13    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  14    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  15    GNU General Public License for more details.
  16
  17    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  18    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
  19
  20 #include "python-internal.h"
  21 #include "top.h"
  22 #include "cli/cli-utils.h"
  23
  24 /* Readline function suitable for PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer, which
  25    is used for Python's interactive parser and raw_input.  In both
  26    cases, sys_stdin and sys_stdout are always stdin and stdout
  27    respectively, as far as I can tell; they are ignored and
  28    command_line_input is used instead.  */
  29
  30 static char *
  31 gdbpy_readline_wrapper (FILE *sys_stdin, FILE *sys_stdout,
  32 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION == 3 && PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 4
  33                         const char *prompt)
  34 #else
  35                         char *prompt)
  36 #endif
  37 {
  38   int n;
  39   const char *p = NULL;
  40   std::string buffer;
  41   char *q;
  42
  43   try
  44     {
  45       p = command_line_input (buffer, prompt, "python");
  46     }
  47   /* Handle errors by raising Python exceptions.  */
  48   catch (const gdb_exception_forced_quit &e)
  49     {
  50       quit_force (NULL, 0);
  51     }
  52   catch (const gdb_exception &except)
  53     {
  54       /* Detect user interrupt (Ctrl-C).  */
  55       if (except.reason == RETURN_QUIT)
  56         return NULL;
  57
  58
  59       /* This readline callback is called without the GIL held.  */
  60       gdbpy_gil gil;
  61
  62       return gdbpy_handle_gdb_exception (nullptr, except);
  63     }
  64
  65   /* Detect EOF (Ctrl-D).  */
  66   if (p == NULL)
  67     {
  68       q = (char *) PyMem_RawMalloc (1);
  69       if (q != NULL)
  70         q[0] = '\0';
  71       return q;
  72     }
  73
  74   n = strlen (p);
  75
  76   /* Copy the line to Python and return.  */
  77   q = (char *) PyMem_RawMalloc (n + 2);
  78   if (q != NULL)
  79     {
  80       strcpy (q, p);
  81       q[n] = '\n';
  82       q[n + 1] = '\0';
  83     }
  84   return q;
  85 }
  86
  87 /* Initialize Python readline support.  */
  88
  89 static int CPYCHECKER_NEGATIVE_RESULT_SETS_EXCEPTION
  90 gdbpy_initialize_gdb_readline (void)
  91 {
  92   /* Python's readline module conflicts with GDB's use of readline
  93      since readline is not reentrant.  Ideally, a reentrant wrapper to
  94      GDB's readline should be implemented to replace Python's readline
  95      and prevent conflicts.  For now, this file implements a
  96      sys.meta_path finder that simply fails to import the readline
  97      module.  */
  98   if (PyRun_SimpleString ("\
  99 import sys\n\
 100 \n\
 101 class GdbRemoveReadlineFinder:\n\
 102   def find_module(self, fullname, path=None):\n\
 103     if fullname == 'readline' and path is None:\n\
 104       return self\n\
 105     return None\n\
 106 \n\
 107   def load_module(self, fullname):\n\
 108     raise ImportError('readline module disabled under GDB')\n\
 109 \n\
 110 sys.meta_path.append(GdbRemoveReadlineFinder())\n\
 111 ") == 0)
 112     PyOS_ReadlineFunctionPointer = gdbpy_readline_wrapper;
 113
 114   return 0;
 115 }
 116
 117 GDBPY_INITIALIZE_FILE (gdbpy_initialize_gdb_readline);