[lldb-dev] Linux/Posix spawning, signal masking
Todd Fiala
tfiala at google.com
Wed Jan 22 15:04:17 PST 2014
Thanks. It tested fine on Ubuntu, moving over to OS X.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Greg Clayton <gclayton at apple.com> wrote:
> Looks good except the "// No more thread specific current working
> directory" comment when about to call __pthread_chdir() should be changed
> to:
>
> // Set the working directory on this thread only
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2014, at 1:45 PM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com> wrote:
>
> > So I just about have this done (the original 3 steps, not switching to
> fork()/exec()).
> >
> > One thing I hit was an area I noticed yesterday: on Linux (x86_64,
> Ubuntu 12.04), I'm finding that I need to *not* take defaults for all the
> signal handlers in lldb-gdbserver; otherwise, the target process never
> starts operating. Technically the target process is exiting immediately
> with an exit_state of 127 with signal = 0.
> >
> > For the moment, I have that #ifdef'd in the Apple/Linux/FreeBSD
> LaunchProcessPosixSpawn method so that only Linux doesn't reset the child
> signal handlers to defaults. I'm thinking the FreeBSD/Apple BSD lineage
> might behave more similarly here as my first stake in the sand for a guess,
> but that would be changing behavior for FreeBSD. (Ed - any thoughts here?
> I could just as well flip the #if defined(__linux__) to #if
> !defined(__APPLE__).) Ultimately the root cause of this is not clear to me
> yet.
> >
> > For the directory handling, I'm having that handled via __pthread*
> methods on Apple and continuing to do what it did before on everything
> else. I'll look into the fork()/exec() option as a follow up after I work
> through some of the more obviously broken bits of lldb-gdbserver.
> >
> > See below for the current state of the patch. I'm about to run tests on
> Ubuntu and try a build and tests on my MBP.
> >
> > -Todd
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Greg Clayton <gclayton at apple.com>
> wrote:
> > You might need to add "#if defined(__APPLE__)" around the calls to
> __pthread_chdir and __pthread_fchdir. Those might be darwin specific.
> >
> > There is no way to set your current working directory when using
> posix_spawn, so to work around this, we change directory in a thread
> specific way by calling __pthread_chdir(working_dir) and reverting it using
> __pthread_fchdir(-1), so as to not hose over the process that has the lldb
> shared library loaded by changing the global working directory.
> >
> > So in order to eventually fix being able to obey the launch flag
> eLaunchFlagDebug and also to be able to set the working directory, non
> darwin builds might need to change over to using fork()/exec() since after
> the fork the child process can set its working directory and also call
> ptrace() to start being debuggable and then calling exec(). When ptrace()
> has been called to allow the process to be debugged, I believe it stops
> right at the entry point upon exec. Again, this would be for non-darwin
> builds since Apple has a posix_spawn flag of POSIX_SPAWN_START_SUSPENDED
> that can be set to enforce stopping at the entry point and also has the
> thread specific way to change directory.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:00 AM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Correct.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Greg Clayton <gclayton at apple.com>
> wrote:
> > > So the fix will be:
> > > 1 - Remove LaunchProcessPosixSpawn() from Host.mm
> > > 2 - Copy it over into Host.cpp
> > > 3 - Make sure LaunchProcessPosixSpawn is compiled for Apple builds as
> well in Host.cpp
> > >
> > > Right?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 22, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > It is indeed the right fix.
> > > >
> > > > Ok - I'll take care of that part. Thanks!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Greg Clayton <gclayton at apple.com>
> wrote:
> > > > It is indeed the right fix. Host.mm has a mac specific version which
> does this:
> > > >
> > > > sigset_t no_signals;
> > > > sigset_t all_signals;
> > > > sigemptyset (&no_signals);
> > > > sigfillset (&all_signals);
> > > > ::posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(&attr, &no_signals);
> > > > ::posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault(&attr, &all_signals);
> > > >
> > > > Compared to the incorrect version you noticed in Host.cpp:
> > > >
> > > > sigset_t no_signals;
> > > > sigset_t all_signals;
> > > > sigemptyset (&no_signals);
> > > > sigfillset (&all_signals);
> > > > ::posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(&attr, &all_signals);
> > > > ::posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault(&attr, &no_signals);
> > > >
> > > > (notice all_signals and no_signals are reversed in the last two
> function calls in Host.cpp.
> > > >
> > > > You might compare the "LaunchProcessPosixSpawn" in Host.mm and try
> and just copy it to Host.cpp and see if it works. I can't find anything
> darwin specific in the code after a quick glance and we have used the
> Host.mm LaunchProcessPosixSpawn() for a few years now, so it is definitely
> tested...
> > > >
> > > > So the fix would seem to be:
> > > > 1 - Remove LaunchProcessPosixSpawn() from Host.mm
> > > > 2 - Copy it over into Host.cpp
> > > > 3 - Make sure LaunchProcessPosixSpawn is compiled for Apple builds
> as well in Host.cpp
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 21, 2014, at 10:49 PM, Todd Fiala <tfiala at google.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > In source/Host/common/Host.cpp, there is a posix process spawning
> method called LaunchProcessPosixSpawn. On my Linux system, it is used to
> start the target process in lldb-gdbserver. It looks like FreeBSD uses it
> as well. Most of the Platform launchers appear to funnel to it as well
> (via Host::LaunchProcess ()).
> > > > >
> > > > > There is a section of code in LaunchProcessPosixSpawn that masks
> all signals for the child process that is started up:
> > > > >
> > > > > ::posix_spawnattr_setsigmask(&attr, &all_signals)
> > > > >
> > > > > When that is set, it seems to be preventing the child from
> receiving everything except the non-blockable signals. This has the effect
> of (at the very least) blocking SIGINT (i.e. ^C from the keyboard) and
> SIGTERM (standard unadorned "kill pid"). This appears to be the cause of a
> few bugs as I try to get lldb-gdbserver working on Linux. For example:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. hitting ^C on an lldb-gdbserver that spawned a debuggee target
> process would kill the lldb-gdbserver, but not the debuggee target, which
> continues to run.
> > > > >
> > > > > 2. sending a SIGTERM (kill {debuggee pid}) while it is getting
> debugged and running is ignored.
> > > > >
> > > > > 3. sending a SIGTERM to the debuggee after issue #1 (where
> lldb-gdbserver is no longer running) is ignored.
> > > > >
> > > > > 4. killing lldb-gdbserver from an attached lldb that shuts down
> and kills the remote does indeed kill lldb-gebserver, but does not kill the
> target process.
> > > > >
> > > > > (Of course sending a 'kill -9 {debuggee pid}' works fine to kill
> the target process).
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I've modified this method locally to not mask any signals:
> > > > >
> > > > > ::posix_spawnattr_setsigmask (&attr, &no_signals)
> > > > >
> > > > > This seems to address all the problems I had above for
> lldb-gdbserver as signals propagate properly, and the target responds
> correctly to signals sent when the parent dies, etc.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've also run all the existing tests (on my system, that amounts
> to 275 tests that really run), and those are all passing.
> > > > >
> > > > > However, given that so much code flows through here (or at least
> appears to) that is not directly related to the lldb-gdbserver --- i.e.
> local linux/FreeBSD debugging --- I'm highly skeptical that this is the
> right fix. I did try using local debugging with lldb with my change in
> place, and that seemed to work fine. But I'm thinking that perhaps the
> signal blocking was intended and that behavior is needed in some cases that
> (perhaps) are not covered by tests that run on Linux.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any thoughts on why all the signals were getting masked on process
> spawning? Does that change look okay as is?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!
> > > > >
> > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > > Todd Fiala
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Todd Fiala | Software Engineer | tfiala at google.com |
> 650-943-3180
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Todd Fiala | Software Engineer | tfiala at google.com |
> 650-943-3180
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Todd Fiala | Software Engineer | tfiala at google.com |
> 650-943-3180
> >
> > <posix_spawn_2014-01-22_01.diff>
>
>
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Todd Fiala | Software Engineer | tfiala at google.com | 650-943-3180
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