From: Michael Weghorn <m.weghorn@posteo.de>
To: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] nto_process_target::create_inferior: Pass args as char **
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 11:56:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9f68da36-dd25-840d-d290-af2a4f6c995a@posteo.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4d47445d-5d1b-db85-afbc-34032f0d2eb7@simark.ca>
On 12/05/2020 20.34, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 2020-05-12 11:42 a.m., Michael Weghorn via Gdb-patches wrote:
>> Both, [1] and [2] suggest that the fifth parameter
>> to the 'spawnp' function is of type 'char * const argv[]',
>> so just pass the args contained in the vector as
>> an array right away, rather than converting that
>> to a C string first and passing that one.
>>
>> With commit 2090129c36c7e582943b7d300968d19b46160d84
>> ("Share fork_inferior et al with gdbserver",
>> 2016-12-22) the type had changed from 'char **'
>> to 'char *', but I can't see an apparent reason for
>> that, and 'nto_procfs_target::create_inferior'
>> (in gdb/nto-procfs.c) also passes a 'char **' to
>> 'spawnp' instead.
>>
>> I do not know much about that target and cannot actually
>> test this, however.
>> The main motivation to look at this was identifying
>> and replacing the remaining uses of the 'stringify_argv'
>> function which does not properly do escaping.
>>
>> [1] https://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/sasc/doc750/html/lr2/zid-9360.htm
>> [2] https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/apis/spawnp.htm
>
> I would suggest using this reference instead, which is from QNX Neutrino (the
> platform this port is for).
>
> http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/7.0.0/#com.qnx.doc.neutrino.lib_ref/topic/s/spawnp.html
>
> Otherwise, this patch is OK.
Thanks for the hint, I have update the commit message for v4 of the patch.
Michael
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Thread overview: 87+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-29 11:16 Patches for PR 25893 "gdbserver incorrectly handles program args containing space" Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 0/4] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 19:31 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 15:50 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 1/4] gdbsupport: Extend construct_inferior_arguments to allow handling all stringify_args cases Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 15:25 ` Christian Biesinger
2020-04-29 15:45 ` Christian Biesinger
2020-05-07 19:29 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 15:48 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 16:11 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 16:24 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-30 6:02 ` [PATCH v2 " Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 19:49 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 15:57 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 2/4] gdbserver: Don't add extra NULL to program args Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 19:54 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 16:00 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 3/4] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Use construct_inferior_arguments which handles special chars Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 20:09 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-07 22:09 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 16:10 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 16:07 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 17:37 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 1:59 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:51 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 11:16 ` [PATCH 4/4] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Add gdbserver test for argument with space in it Michael Weghorn
2020-05-07 22:15 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-10 15:59 ` [PATCH 1/2] gdb/testsuite: support passing inferior arguments with native-gdbserver board Simon Marchi
2020-05-10 15:59 ` [PATCH 2/2] gdb/testsuite: add inferior arguments test Simon Marchi
2020-05-15 20:07 ` Pedro Alves
2020-05-19 17:13 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-20 16:28 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-15 20:07 ` [PATCH 1/2] gdb/testsuite: support passing inferior arguments with native-gdbserver board Pedro Alves
2020-05-10 16:09 ` [PATCH 4/4] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Add gdbserver test for argument with space in it Simon Marchi
2020-05-11 14:33 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-11 15:04 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-12 16:20 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 16:50 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:55 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-04-29 15:27 ` Patches for PR 25893 "gdbserver incorrectly handles program args containing space" Simon Marchi
2020-04-30 6:03 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] gdbsupport: Adapt construct_inferior_arguments Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 17:53 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:56 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] gdbserver: Don't add extra NULL to program args Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] nto_process_target::create_inferior: Pass args as char ** Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 18:34 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:56 ` Michael Weghorn [this message]
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Use construct_inferior_arguments which handles special chars Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 0:52 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 0:54 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:58 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-12 15:42 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] gdbsupport: Drop now unused function 'stringify_argv' Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 0:52 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] gdbsupport: Adapt construct_inferior_arguments Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] gdbsupport: Let construct_inferior_arguments take gdb::array_view param Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 4/9] gdbserver: Don't add extra NULL to program args Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] nto_process_target::create_inferior: Pass args as char ** Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Use construct_inferior_arguments which handles special chars Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] gdbsupport: Drop now unused function 'stringify_argv' Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] gdb/testsuite: support passing inferior arguments with native-gdbserver board Michael Weghorn
2020-05-15 17:29 ` Tom de Vries
2020-05-19 17:11 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-19 17:22 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-19 18:46 ` Tom de Vries
2020-05-25 15:14 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 9:47 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] gdb/testsuite: add inferior arguments test Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 14:39 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Simon Marchi
2020-05-13 15:01 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-13 15:05 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-20 16:37 ` Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:40 ` Simon Marchi
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 " Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 2/9] gdbsupport: Adapt construct_inferior_arguments Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 3/9] gdbsupport: Let construct_inferior_arguments take gdb::array_view param Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 4/9] gdbserver: Don't add extra NULL to program args Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 5/9] nto_process_target::create_inferior: Pass args as char ** Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 6/9] [PR gdbserver/25893]: Use construct_inferior_arguments which handles special chars Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 7/9] gdbsupport: Drop now unused function 'stringify_argv' Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 8/9] gdb/testsuite: support passing inferior arguments with native-gdbserver board Michael Weghorn
2020-05-20 16:21 ` [PATCH v5 9/9] gdb/testsuite: add inferior arguments test Michael Weghorn
2020-05-25 15:42 ` [PATCH v5 1/9] gdb: Move construct_inferior_arguments to gdbsupport Simon Marchi
2020-05-26 6:17 ` Michael Weghorn
2021-09-28 14:33 ` Simon Marchi via Gdb-patches
2021-09-29 5:53 ` Michael Weghorn via Gdb-patches
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