1 /* Fork a Unix child process, and set up to debug it, for GDB.
3 Copyright (C) 1990-2024 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
12 (at your option) any later version.
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.
19 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
20 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
23 #include "cli/cli-cmds.h"
25 #include "gdbthread.h"
27 #include "gdbsupport/job-control.h"
28 #include "gdbsupport/filestuff.h"
29 #include "nat/fork-inferior.h"
30 #include "gdbsupport/common-inferior.h"
32 /* The exec-wrapper, if any, that will be used when starting the
35 static std::string exec_wrapper
;
37 /* See gdbsupport/common-inferior.h. */
42 return !exec_wrapper
.empty () ? exec_wrapper
.c_str () : nullptr;
45 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
50 gdb_flush (main_ui
->m_gdb_stdout
);
51 gdb_flush (main_ui
->m_gdb_stderr
);
54 /* The ui structure that will be saved on 'prefork_hook' and
55 restored on 'postfork_hook'. */
56 static struct ui
*saved_ui
= NULL
;
58 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
61 prefork_hook (const char *args
)
63 gdb_assert (saved_ui
== NULL
);
64 /* Retain a copy of our UI, since the child will replace this value
65 and if we're vforked, we have to restore it. */
66 saved_ui
= current_ui
;
68 /* Tell the terminal handling subsystem what tty we plan to run on;
69 it will just record the information for later. */
70 new_tty_prefork (current_inferior ()->tty ());
73 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
76 postfork_hook (pid_t pid
)
78 inferior
*inf
= current_inferior ();
80 inferior_appeared (inf
, pid
);
82 gdb_assert (saved_ui
!= NULL
);
83 current_ui
= saved_ui
;
89 /* See nat/fork-inferior.h. */
92 postfork_child_hook ()
94 /* This is set to the result of setpgrp, which if vforked, will be
95 visible to you in the parent process. It's only used by humans
97 static int debug_setpgrp
= 657473;
99 /* Make sure we switch to main_ui here in order to be able to
100 use the gdb_printf/warning/error functions. */
101 current_ui
= main_ui
;
103 /* Create a new session for the inferior process, if necessary.
104 It will also place the inferior in a separate process group. */
105 if (create_tty_session () <= 0)
107 /* No session was created, but we still want to run the inferior
108 in a separate process group. */
109 debug_setpgrp
= gdb_setpgid ();
110 if (debug_setpgrp
== -1)
111 perror (_("setpgrp failed in child"));
114 /* Ask the tty subsystem to switch to the one we specified
115 earlier (or to share the current terminal, if none was
120 /* See inferior.h. */
123 gdb_startup_inferior (pid_t pid
, int num_traps
)
125 inferior
*inf
= current_inferior ();
126 process_stratum_target
*proc_target
= inf
->process_target ();
128 scoped_restore save_starting_up
129 = make_scoped_restore (&inf
->starting_up
, true);
131 ptid_t ptid
= startup_inferior (proc_target
, pid
, num_traps
, NULL
, NULL
);
133 /* Mark all threads non-executing. */
134 set_executing (proc_target
, ptid
, false);
139 /* Implement the "unset exec-wrapper" command. */
142 unset_exec_wrapper_command (const char *args
, int from_tty
)
144 exec_wrapper
.clear ();
148 show_startup_with_shell (struct ui_file
*file
, int from_tty
,
149 struct cmd_list_element
*c
, const char *value
)
152 _("Use of shell to start subprocesses is %s.\n"),
156 void _initialize_fork_child ();
158 _initialize_fork_child ()
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
);