xref: /dragonfly/contrib/gdb-7/gdb/fork-child.c (revision 10cbe914)
1 /* Fork a Unix child process, and set up to debug it, for GDB.
2 
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5 
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7 
8    This file is part of GDB.
9 
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11    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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14 
15    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
16    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
17    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
18    GNU General Public License for more details.
19 
20    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
21    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
22 
23 #include "defs.h"
24 #include "gdb_string.h"
25 #include "inferior.h"
26 #include "terminal.h"
27 #include "target.h"
28 #include "gdb_wait.h"
29 #include "gdb_vfork.h"
30 #include "gdbcore.h"
31 #include "terminal.h"
32 #include "gdbthread.h"
33 #include "command.h" /* for dont_repeat () */
34 #include "gdbcmd.h"
35 #include "solib.h"
36 
37 #include <signal.h>
38 
39 /* This just gets used as a default if we can't find SHELL.  */
40 #define SHELL_FILE "/bin/sh"
41 
42 extern char **environ;
43 
44 static char *exec_wrapper;
45 
46 /* Break up SCRATCH into an argument vector suitable for passing to
47    execvp and store it in ARGV.  E.g., on "run a b c d" this routine
48    would get as input the string "a b c d", and as output it would
49    fill in ARGV with the four arguments "a", "b", "c", "d".  */
50 
51 static void
52 breakup_args (char *scratch, char **argv)
53 {
54   char *cp = scratch;
55 
56   for (;;)
57     {
58       /* Scan past leading separators */
59       while (*cp == ' ' || *cp == '\t' || *cp == '\n')
60 	cp++;
61 
62       /* Break if at end of string.  */
63       if (*cp == '\0')
64 	break;
65 
66       /* Take an arg.  */
67       *argv++ = cp;
68 
69       /* Scan for next arg separator.  */
70       cp = strchr (cp, ' ');
71       if (cp == NULL)
72 	cp = strchr (cp, '\t');
73       if (cp == NULL)
74 	cp = strchr (cp, '\n');
75 
76       /* No separators => end of string => break.  */
77       if (cp == NULL)
78 	break;
79 
80       /* Replace the separator with a terminator.  */
81       *cp++ = '\0';
82     }
83 
84   /* Null-terminate the vector.  */
85   *argv = NULL;
86 }
87 
88 /* When executing a command under the given shell, return non-zero if
89    the '!' character should be escaped when embedded in a quoted
90    command-line argument.  */
91 
92 static int
93 escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (const char *shell_file)
94 {
95   const int shell_file_len = strlen (shell_file);
96 
97   /* Bang should be escaped only in C Shells.  For now, simply check
98      that the shell name ends with 'csh', which covers at least csh
99      and tcsh.  This should be good enough for now.  */
100 
101   if (shell_file_len < 3)
102     return 0;
103 
104   if (shell_file[shell_file_len - 3] == 'c'
105       && shell_file[shell_file_len - 2] == 's'
106       && shell_file[shell_file_len - 1] == 'h')
107     return 1;
108 
109   return 0;
110 }
111 
112 /* Start an inferior Unix child process and sets inferior_ptid to its
113    pid.  EXEC_FILE is the file to run.  ALLARGS is a string containing
114    the arguments to the program.  ENV is the environment vector to
115    pass.  SHELL_FILE is the shell file, or NULL if we should pick
116    one.  */
117 
118 /* This function is NOT reentrant.  Some of the variables have been
119    made static to ensure that they survive the vfork call.  */
120 
121 int
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 {
126   int pid;
127   char *shell_command;
128   static char default_shell_file[] = SHELL_FILE;
129   int len;
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;
137   char **save_our_env;
138   int shell = 0;
139   static char **argv;
140   const char *inferior_io_terminal = get_inferior_io_terminal ();
141 
142   /* If no exec file handed to us, get it from the exec-file command
143      -- with a good, common error message if none is specified.  */
144   exec_file = exec_file_arg;
145   if (exec_file == 0)
146     exec_file = get_exec_file (1);
147 
148   /* STARTUP_WITH_SHELL is defined in inferior.h.  If 0,e we'll just
149     do a fork/exec, no shell, so don't bother figuring out what
150     shell.  */
151   shell_file = shell_file_arg;
152   if (STARTUP_WITH_SHELL)
153     {
154       /* Figure out what shell to start up the user program under.  */
155       if (shell_file == NULL)
156 	shell_file = getenv ("SHELL");
157       if (shell_file == NULL)
158 	shell_file = default_shell_file;
159       shell = 1;
160     }
161 
162   /* Multiplying the length of exec_file by 4 is to account for the
163      fact that it may expand when quoted; it is a worst-case number
164      based on every character being '.  */
165   len = 5 + 4 * strlen (exec_file) + 1 + strlen (allargs) + 1 + /*slop */ 12;
166   if (exec_wrapper)
167     len += strlen (exec_wrapper) + 1;
168 
169   shell_command = (char *) alloca (len);
170   shell_command[0] = '\0';
171 
172   if (!shell)
173     {
174       /* We're going to call execvp.  Create argument vector.
175 	 Calculate an upper bound on the length of the vector by
176 	 assuming that every other character is a separate
177 	 argument.  */
178       int argc = (strlen (allargs) + 1) / 2 + 2;
179       argv = (char **) xmalloc (argc * sizeof (*argv));
180       argv[0] = exec_file;
181       breakup_args (allargs, &argv[1]);
182     }
183   else
184     {
185       /* We're going to call a shell.  */
186 
187       char *p;
188       int need_to_quote;
189       const int escape_bang = escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (shell_file);
190 
191       strcat (shell_command, "exec ");
192 
193       /* Add any exec wrapper.  That may be a program name with arguments, so
194 	 the user must handle quoting.  */
195       if (exec_wrapper)
196 	{
197 	  strcat (shell_command, exec_wrapper);
198 	  strcat (shell_command, " ");
199 	}
200 
201       /* Now add exec_file, quoting as necessary.  */
202 
203       /* Quoting in this style is said to work with all shells.  But
204          csh on IRIX 4.0.1 can't deal with it.  So we only quote it if
205          we need to.  */
206       p = exec_file;
207       while (1)
208 	{
209 	  switch (*p)
210 	    {
211 	    case '\'':
212 	    case '!':
213 	    case '"':
214 	    case '(':
215 	    case ')':
216 	    case '$':
217 	    case '&':
218 	    case ';':
219 	    case '<':
220 	    case '>':
221 	    case ' ':
222 	    case '\n':
223 	    case '\t':
224 	      need_to_quote = 1;
225 	      goto end_scan;
226 
227 	    case '\0':
228 	      need_to_quote = 0;
229 	      goto end_scan;
230 
231 	    default:
232 	      break;
233 	    }
234 	  ++p;
235 	}
236     end_scan:
237       if (need_to_quote)
238 	{
239 	  strcat (shell_command, "'");
240 	  for (p = exec_file; *p != '\0'; ++p)
241 	    {
242 	      if (*p == '\'')
243 		strcat (shell_command, "'\\''");
244 	      else if (*p == '!' && escape_bang)
245 		strcat (shell_command, "\\!");
246 	      else
247 		strncat (shell_command, p, 1);
248 	    }
249 	  strcat (shell_command, "'");
250 	}
251       else
252 	strcat (shell_command, exec_file);
253 
254       strcat (shell_command, " ");
255       strcat (shell_command, allargs);
256     }
257 
258   /* On some systems an exec will fail if the executable is open.  */
259   close_exec_file ();
260 
261   /* Retain a copy of our environment variables, since the child will
262      replace the value of environ and if we're vforked, we have to
263      restore it.  */
264   save_our_env = environ;
265 
266   /* Tell the terminal handling subsystem what tty we plan to run on;
267      it will just record the information for later.  */
268   new_tty_prefork (inferior_io_terminal);
269 
270   /* It is generally good practice to flush any possible pending stdio
271      output prior to doing a fork, to avoid the possibility of both
272      the parent and child flushing the same data after the fork. */
273   gdb_flush (gdb_stdout);
274   gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
275 
276   /* If there's any initialization of the target layers that must
277      happen to prepare to handle the child we're about fork, do it
278      now...  */
279   if (pre_trace_fun != NULL)
280     (*pre_trace_fun) ();
281 
282   /* Create the child process.  Since the child process is going to
283      exec(3) shortly afterwards, try to reduce the overhead by
284      calling vfork(2).  However, if PRE_TRACE_FUN is non-null, it's
285      likely that this optimization won't work since there's too much
286      work to do between the vfork(2) and the exec(3).  This is known
287      to be the case on ttrace(2)-based HP-UX, where some handshaking
288      between parent and child needs to happen between fork(2) and
289      exec(2).  However, since the parent is suspended in the vforked
290      state, this doesn't work.  Also note that the vfork(2) call might
291      actually be a call to fork(2) due to the fact that autoconf will
292      ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms.  */
293   if (pre_trace_fun || debug_fork)
294     pid = fork ();
295   else
296     pid = vfork ();
297 
298   if (pid < 0)
299     perror_with_name (("vfork"));
300 
301   if (pid == 0)
302     {
303       if (debug_fork)
304 	sleep (debug_fork);
305 
306       /* Create a new session for the inferior process, if necessary.
307          It will also place the inferior in a separate process group.  */
308       if (create_tty_session () <= 0)
309 	{
310 	  /* No session was created, but we still want to run the inferior
311 	     in a separate process group.  */
312 	  debug_setpgrp = gdb_setpgid ();
313 	  if (debug_setpgrp == -1)
314 	    perror ("setpgrp failed in child");
315 	}
316 
317       /* Ask the tty subsystem to switch to the one we specified
318          earlier (or to share the current terminal, if none was
319          specified).  */
320       new_tty ();
321 
322       /* Changing the signal handlers for the inferior after
323          a vfork can also change them for the superior, so we don't mess
324          with signals here.  See comments in
325          initialize_signals for how we get the right signal handlers
326          for the inferior.  */
327 
328       /* "Trace me, Dr. Memory!" */
329       (*traceme_fun) ();
330 
331       /* The call above set this process (the "child") as debuggable
332         by the original gdb process (the "parent").  Since processes
333         (unlike people) can have only one parent, if you are debugging
334         gdb itself (and your debugger is thus _already_ the
335         controller/parent for this child), code from here on out is
336         undebuggable.  Indeed, you probably got an error message
337         saying "not parent".  Sorry; you'll have to use print
338         statements!  */
339 
340       /* There is no execlpe call, so we have to set the environment
341          for our child in the global variable.  If we've vforked, this
342          clobbers the parent, but environ is restored a few lines down
343          in the parent.  By the way, yes we do need to look down the
344          path to find $SHELL.  Rich Pixley says so, and I agree.  */
345       environ = env;
346 
347       /* If we decided above to start up with a shell, we exec the
348 	 shell, "-c" says to interpret the next arg as a shell command
349 	 to execute, and this command is "exec <target-program>
350 	 <args>".  */
351       if (shell)
352 	{
353 	  execlp (shell_file, shell_file, "-c", shell_command, (char *) 0);
354 
355 	  /* If we get here, it's an error.  */
356 	  fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Cannot exec %s: %s.\n", shell_file,
357 			      safe_strerror (errno));
358 	  gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
359 	  _exit (0177);
360 	}
361       else
362 	{
363 	  /* Otherwise, we directly exec the target program with
364 	     execvp.  */
365 	  int i;
366 	  char *errstring;
367 
368 	  execvp (exec_file, argv);
369 
370 	  /* If we get here, it's an error.  */
371 	  errstring = safe_strerror (errno);
372 	  fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Cannot exec %s ", exec_file);
373 
374 	  i = 1;
375 	  while (argv[i] != NULL)
376 	    {
377 	      if (i != 1)
378 		fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, " ");
379 	      fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "%s", argv[i]);
380 	      i++;
381 	    }
382 	  fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, ".\n");
383 #if 0
384 	  /* This extra info seems to be useless.  */
385 	  fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Got error %s.\n", errstring);
386 #endif
387 	  gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
388 	  _exit (0177);
389 	}
390     }
391 
392   /* Restore our environment in case a vforked child clob'd it.  */
393   environ = save_our_env;
394 
395   if (!have_inferiors ())
396     init_thread_list ();
397 
398   add_inferior (pid);
399 
400   /* Needed for wait_for_inferior stuff below.  */
401   inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (pid);
402 
403   new_tty_postfork ();
404 
405   /* We have something that executes now.  We'll be running through
406      the shell at this point, but the pid shouldn't change.  Targets
407      supporting MT should fill this task's ptid with more data as soon
408      as they can.  */
409   add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid);
410 
411   /* Now that we have a child process, make it our target, and
412      initialize anything target-vector-specific that needs
413      initializing.  */
414   if (init_trace_fun)
415     (*init_trace_fun) (pid);
416 
417   /* We are now in the child process of interest, having exec'd the
418      correct program, and are poised at the first instruction of the
419      new program.  */
420   return pid;
421 }
422 
423 /* Accept NTRAPS traps from the inferior.  */
424 
425 void
426 startup_inferior (int ntraps)
427 {
428   int pending_execs = ntraps;
429   int terminal_initted = 0;
430   ptid_t resume_ptid;
431 
432   if (target_supports_multi_process ())
433     resume_ptid = pid_to_ptid (ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
434   else
435     resume_ptid = minus_one_ptid;
436 
437   /* The process was started by the fork that created it, but it will
438      have stopped one instruction after execing the shell.  Here we
439      must get it up to actual execution of the real program.  */
440 
441   if (exec_wrapper)
442     pending_execs++;
443 
444   while (1)
445     {
446       int resume_signal = TARGET_SIGNAL_0;
447       ptid_t event_ptid;
448 
449       struct target_waitstatus ws;
450       memset (&ws, 0, sizeof (ws));
451       event_ptid = target_wait (resume_ptid, &ws, 0);
452 
453       if (ws.kind == TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE)
454 	/* The inferior didn't really stop, keep waiting.  */
455 	continue;
456 
457       switch (ws.kind)
458 	{
459 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SPURIOUS:
460 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_LOADED:
461 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_FORKED:
462 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORKED:
463 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_ENTRY:
464 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_RETURN:
465 	    /* Ignore gracefully during startup of the inferior.  */
466 	    switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
467 	    break;
468 
469 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED:
470 	    target_terminal_ours ();
471 	    target_mourn_inferior ();
472 	    error (_("During startup program terminated with signal %s, %s."),
473 		   target_signal_to_name (ws.value.sig),
474 		   target_signal_to_string (ws.value.sig));
475 	    return;
476 
477 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED:
478 	    target_terminal_ours ();
479 	    target_mourn_inferior ();
480 	    if (ws.value.integer)
481 	      error (_("During startup program exited with code %d."),
482 		     ws.value.integer);
483 	    else
484 	      error (_("During startup program exited normally."));
485 	    return;
486 
487 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXECD:
488 	    /* Handle EXEC signals as if they were SIGTRAP signals.  */
489 	    xfree (ws.value.execd_pathname);
490 	    resume_signal = TARGET_SIGNAL_TRAP;
491 	    switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
492 	    break;
493 
494 	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED:
495 	    resume_signal = ws.value.sig;
496 	    switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
497 	    break;
498 	}
499 
500       if (resume_signal != TARGET_SIGNAL_TRAP)
501 	{
502 	  /* Let shell child handle its own signals in its own way.  */
503 	  target_resume (resume_ptid, 0, resume_signal);
504 	}
505       else
506 	{
507 	  /* We handle SIGTRAP, however; it means child did an exec.  */
508 	  if (!terminal_initted)
509 	    {
510 	      /* Now that the child has exec'd we know it has already
511 	         set its process group.  On POSIX systems, tcsetpgrp
512 	         will fail with EPERM if we try it before the child's
513 	         setpgid.  */
514 
515 	      /* Set up the "saved terminal modes" of the inferior
516 	         based on what modes we are starting it with.  */
517 	      target_terminal_init ();
518 
519 	      /* Install inferior's terminal modes.  */
520 	      target_terminal_inferior ();
521 
522 	      terminal_initted = 1;
523 	    }
524 
525 	  if (--pending_execs == 0)
526 	    break;
527 
528 	  /* Just make it go on.  */
529 	  target_resume (resume_ptid, 0, TARGET_SIGNAL_0);
530 	}
531     }
532 
533   /* Mark all threads non-executing.  */
534   set_executing (resume_ptid, 0);
535 }
536 
537 /* Implement the "unset exec-wrapper" command.  */
538 
539 static void
540 unset_exec_wrapper_command (char *args, int from_tty)
541 {
542   xfree (exec_wrapper);
543   exec_wrapper = NULL;
544 }
545 
546 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes.  */
547 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_fork_child;
548 
549 void
550 _initialize_fork_child (void)
551 {
552   add_setshow_filename_cmd ("exec-wrapper", class_run, &exec_wrapper, _("\
553 Set a wrapper for running programs.\n\
554 The wrapper prepares the system and environment for the new program."),
555 			    _("\
556 Show the wrapper for running programs."), NULL,
557 			    NULL, NULL,
558 			    &setlist, &showlist);
559 
560   add_cmd ("exec-wrapper", class_run, unset_exec_wrapper_command,
561            _("Disable use of an execution wrapper."),
562            &unsetlist);
563 }
564