1 /* Fork a Unix child process, and set up to debug it, for GDB.
2 Copyright 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 1996, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Contributed by Cygnus Support.
5 This file is part of GDB.
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 2 of the License, or
10 (at your option) any later version.
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.
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
19 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
20 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
23 #include "gdb_string.h"
24 #include "frame.h" /* required by inferior.h */
30 #include "gdbthread.h"
31 #include "command.h" /* for dont_repeat () */
35 /* This just gets used as a default if we can't find SHELL */
37 #define SHELL_FILE "/bin/sh"
40 extern char **environ;
42 /* This function breaks up an argument string into an argument
43 * vector suitable for passing to execvp().
44 * E.g., on "run a b c d" this routine would get as input
45 * the string "a b c d", and as output it would fill in argv with
46 * the four arguments "a", "b", "c", "d".
60 /* Scan past leading separators */
61 while (*cp == ' ' || *cp == '\t' || *cp == '\n')
66 /* Break if at end of string */
73 /* Scan for next arg separator */
74 cp = strchr (cp, ' ');
76 cp = strchr (cp, '\t');
78 cp = strchr (cp, '\n');
80 /* No separators => end of string => break */
84 /* Replace the separator with a terminator */
88 /* execv requires a null-terminated arg vector */
94 /* Start an inferior Unix child process and sets inferior_pid to its pid.
95 EXEC_FILE is the file to run.
96 ALLARGS is a string containing the arguments to the program.
97 ENV is the environment vector to pass. SHELL_FILE is the shell file,
98 or NULL if we should pick one. Errors reported with error(). */
101 fork_inferior (exec_file, allargs, env, traceme_fun, init_trace_fun,
102 pre_trace_fun, shell_file)
106 void (*traceme_fun) PARAMS ((void));
107 void (*init_trace_fun) PARAMS ((int));
108 void (*pre_trace_fun) PARAMS ((void));
113 static char default_shell_file[] = SHELL_FILE;
115 /* Set debug_fork then attach to the child while it sleeps, to debug. */
116 static int debug_fork = 0;
117 /* This is set to the result of setpgrp, which if vforked, will be visible
118 to you in the parent process. It's only used by humans for debugging. */
119 static int debug_setpgrp = 657473;
124 /* If no exec file handed to us, get it from the exec-file command -- with
125 a good, common error message if none is specified. */
127 exec_file = get_exec_file (1);
129 /* STARTUP_WITH_SHELL is defined in inferior.h.
130 * If 0, we'll just do a fork/exec, no shell, so don't
131 * bother figuring out what shell.
133 if (STARTUP_WITH_SHELL)
135 /* Figure out what shell to start up the user program under. */
136 if (shell_file == NULL)
137 shell_file = getenv ("SHELL");
138 if (shell_file == NULL)
139 shell_file = default_shell_file;
143 /* Multiplying the length of exec_file by 4 is to account for the fact
144 that it may expand when quoted; it is a worst-case number based on
145 every character being '. */
146 len = 5 + 4 * strlen (exec_file) + 1 + strlen (allargs) + 1 + /*slop */ 12;
147 /* If desired, concat something onto the front of ALLARGS.
148 SHELL_COMMAND is the result. */
149 #ifdef SHELL_COMMAND_CONCAT
150 shell_command = (char *) alloca (strlen (SHELL_COMMAND_CONCAT) + len);
151 strcpy (shell_command, SHELL_COMMAND_CONCAT);
153 shell_command = (char *) alloca (len);
154 shell_command[0] = '\0';
159 /* We're going to call execvp. Create argv */
160 /* Largest case: every other character is a separate arg */
161 argv = (char **) xmalloc (((strlen (allargs) + 1) / (unsigned) 2 + 2) * sizeof (*argv));
163 breakup_args (allargs, &argv[1]);
169 /* We're going to call a shell */
171 /* Now add exec_file, quoting as necessary. */
176 strcat (shell_command, "exec ");
178 /* Quoting in this style is said to work with all shells. But csh
179 on IRIX 4.0.1 can't deal with it. So we only quote it if we need
213 strcat (shell_command, "'");
214 for (p = exec_file; *p != '\0'; ++p)
217 strcat (shell_command, "'\\''");
219 strncat (shell_command, p, 1);
221 strcat (shell_command, "'");
224 strcat (shell_command, exec_file);
226 strcat (shell_command, " ");
227 strcat (shell_command, allargs);
231 /* exec is said to fail if the executable is open. */
234 /* Retain a copy of our environment variables, since the child will
235 replace the value of environ and if we're vforked, we have to
237 save_our_env = environ;
239 /* Tell the terminal handling subsystem what tty we plan to run on;
240 it will just record the information for later. */
242 new_tty_prefork (inferior_io_terminal);
244 /* It is generally good practice to flush any possible pending stdio
245 output prior to doing a fork, to avoid the possibility of both the
246 parent and child flushing the same data after the fork. */
248 gdb_flush (gdb_stdout);
249 gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
251 /* If there's any initialization of the target layers that must happen
252 to prepare to handle the child we're about fork, do it now...
254 if (pre_trace_fun != NULL)
257 #if defined(USG) && !defined(HAVE_VFORK)
267 perror_with_name ("vfork");
274 /* Run inferior in a separate process group. */
275 debug_setpgrp = gdb_setpgid ();
276 if (debug_setpgrp == -1)
277 perror ("setpgrp failed in child");
279 /* Ask the tty subsystem to switch to the one we specified earlier
280 (or to share the current terminal, if none was specified). */
284 /* Changing the signal handlers for the inferior after
285 a vfork can also change them for the superior, so we don't mess
286 with signals here. See comments in
287 initialize_signals for how we get the right signal handlers
290 /* "Trace me, Dr. Memory!" */
292 /* The call above set this process (the "child") as debuggable
293 * by the original gdb process (the "parent"). Since processes
294 * (unlike people) can have only one parent, if you are
295 * debugging gdb itself (and your debugger is thus _already_ the
296 * controller/parent for this child), code from here on out
297 * is undebuggable. Indeed, you probably got an error message
298 * saying "not parent". Sorry--you'll have to use print statements!
301 /* There is no execlpe call, so we have to set the environment
302 for our child in the global variable. If we've vforked, this
303 clobbers the parent, but environ is restored a few lines down
304 in the parent. By the way, yes we do need to look down the
305 path to find $SHELL. Rich Pixley says so, and I agree. */
308 /* If we decided above to start up with a shell,
310 * "-c" says to interpret the next arg as a shell command
311 * to execute, and this command is "exec <target-program> <args>".
312 * "-f" means "fast startup" to the c-shell, which means
313 * don't do .cshrc file. Doing .cshrc may cause fork/exec
314 * events which will confuse debugger start-up code.
318 execlp (shell_file, shell_file, "-c", shell_command, (char *) 0);
320 /* If we get here, it's an error */
321 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Cannot exec %s: %s.\n", shell_file,
322 safe_strerror (errno));
323 gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
328 /* Otherwise, we directly exec the target program with execvp. */
332 execvp (exec_file, argv);
334 /* If we get here, it's an error */
335 errstring = safe_strerror (errno);
336 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Cannot exec %s ", exec_file);
339 while (argv[i] != NULL)
342 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, " ");
343 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "%s", argv[i]);
346 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, ".\n");
347 /* This extra info seems to be useless
348 fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Got error %s.\n", errstring);
350 gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
355 /* Restore our environment in case a vforked child clob'd it. */
356 environ = save_our_env;
360 inferior_pid = pid; /* Needed for wait_for_inferior stuff below */
362 /* Now that we have a child process, make it our target, and
363 initialize anything target-vector-specific that needs initializing. */
365 (*init_trace_fun) (pid);
367 /* We are now in the child process of interest, having exec'd the
368 correct program, and are poised at the first instruction of the
371 /* Allow target dependant code to play with the new process. This might be
372 used to have target-specific code initialize a variable in the new process
373 prior to executing the first instruction. */
374 TARGET_CREATE_INFERIOR_HOOK (pid);
376 #ifdef SOLIB_CREATE_INFERIOR_HOOK
377 SOLIB_CREATE_INFERIOR_HOOK (pid);
381 /* An inferior Unix process CHILD_PID has been created by a call to
382 fork() (or variants like vfork). It is presently stopped, and waiting
383 to be resumed. clone_and_follow_inferior will fork the debugger,
384 and that clone will "follow" (attach to) CHILD_PID. The original copy
385 of the debugger will not touch CHILD_PID again.
387 Also, the original debugger will set FOLLOWED_CHILD FALSE, while the
388 clone will set it TRUE.
391 clone_and_follow_inferior (child_pid, followed_child)
395 extern int auto_solib_add;
399 char pid_spelling[100]; /* Arbitrary but sufficient length. */
401 /* This semaphore is used to coordinate the two debuggers' handoff
402 of CHILD_PID. The original debugger will detach from CHILD_PID,
403 and then the clone debugger will attach to it. (It must be done
404 this way because on some targets, only one process at a time can
405 trace another. Thus, the original debugger must relinquish its
406 tracing rights before the clone can pick them up.)
409 #define SEM_LISTEN (0)
410 int handoff_semaphore[2]; /* Original "talks" to [1], clone "listens" to [0] */
414 /* Set debug_fork then attach to the child while it sleeps, to debug. */
415 static int debug_fork = 0;
417 /* It is generally good practice to flush any possible pending stdio
418 output prior to doing a fork, to avoid the possibility of both the
419 parent and child flushing the same data after the fork. */
421 gdb_flush (gdb_stdout);
422 gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
424 /* Open the semaphore pipes.
426 status = pipe (handoff_semaphore);
428 error ("error getting pipe for handoff semaphore");
430 /* Clone the debugger. */
431 #if defined(USG) && !defined(HAVE_VFORK)
432 debugger_pid = fork ();
435 debugger_pid = fork ();
437 debugger_pid = vfork ();
440 if (debugger_pid < 0)
441 perror_with_name ("fork");
443 /* Are we the original debugger? If so, we must relinquish all claims
445 if (debugger_pid != 0)
447 char signal_spelling[100]; /* Arbitrary but sufficient length */
449 /* Detach from CHILD_PID. Deliver a "stop" signal when we do, though,
450 so that it remains stopped until the clone debugger can attach
453 detach_breakpoints (child_pid);
455 sprintf (signal_spelling, "%d", target_signal_to_host (TARGET_SIGNAL_STOP));
456 target_require_detach (child_pid, signal_spelling, 1);
458 /* Notify the clone debugger that it should attach to CHILD_PID. */
459 write (handoff_semaphore[SEM_TALK], &talk_value, sizeof (talk_value));
464 /* We're the child. */
470 /* The child (i.e., the cloned debugger) must now attach to
471 CHILD_PID. inferior_pid is presently set to the parent process
472 of the fork, while CHILD_PID should be the child process of the
475 Wait until the original debugger relinquishes control of CHILD_PID,
478 read (handoff_semaphore[SEM_LISTEN], &listen_value, sizeof (listen_value));
480 /* Note that we DON'T want to actually detach from inferior_pid,
481 because that would allow it to run free. The original
482 debugger wants to retain control of the process. So, we
483 just reset inferior_pid to CHILD_PID, and then ensure that all
484 breakpoints are really set in CHILD_PID.
486 target_mourn_inferior ();
488 /* Ask the tty subsystem to switch to the one we specified earlier
489 (or to share the current terminal, if none was specified). */
494 sprintf (pid_spelling, "%d", child_pid);
495 target_require_attach (pid_spelling, 1);
497 /* Perform any necessary cleanup, after attachment. (This form
498 of attaching can behave differently on some targets than the
499 standard method, where a process formerly not under debugger
500 control was suddenly attached to..)
502 target_post_follow_inferior_by_clone ();
507 /* Discard the handoff sempahore. */
508 (void) close (handoff_semaphore[SEM_LISTEN]);
509 (void) close (handoff_semaphore[SEM_TALK]);
512 /* Accept NTRAPS traps from the inferior. */
515 startup_inferior (ntraps)
518 int pending_execs = ntraps;
519 int terminal_initted;
521 /* The process was started by the fork that created it,
522 but it will have stopped one instruction after execing the shell.
523 Here we must get it up to actual execution of the real program. */
525 clear_proceed_status ();
527 init_wait_for_inferior ();
529 terminal_initted = 0;
531 if (STARTUP_WITH_SHELL)
532 inferior_ignoring_startup_exec_events = ntraps;
534 inferior_ignoring_startup_exec_events = 0;
535 inferior_ignoring_leading_exec_events =
536 target_reported_exec_events_per_exec_call () - 1;
538 #ifdef STARTUP_INFERIOR
539 STARTUP_INFERIOR (pending_execs);
543 stop_soon_quietly = 1; /* Make wait_for_inferior be quiet */
544 wait_for_inferior ();
545 if (stop_signal != TARGET_SIGNAL_TRAP)
547 /* Let shell child handle its own signals in its own way */
548 /* FIXME, what if child has exit()ed? Must exit loop somehow */
549 resume (0, stop_signal);
553 /* We handle SIGTRAP, however; it means child did an exec. */
554 if (!terminal_initted)
556 /* Now that the child has exec'd we know it has already set its
557 process group. On POSIX systems, tcsetpgrp will fail with
558 EPERM if we try it before the child's setpgid. */
560 /* Set up the "saved terminal modes" of the inferior
561 based on what modes we are starting it with. */
562 target_terminal_init ();
564 /* Install inferior's terminal modes. */
565 target_terminal_inferior ();
567 terminal_initted = 1;
570 pending_execs = pending_execs - 1;
571 if (0 == pending_execs)
574 resume (0, TARGET_SIGNAL_0); /* Just make it go on */
577 #endif /* STARTUP_INFERIOR */
578 stop_soon_quietly = 0;