From ece0061f93a5a99e3f5b063d271267b6414cd129 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tristan Gingold Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:57:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2012-04-02 Tristan Gingold PR gdb/13901 * darwin-nat.c (darwin_execvp): Sey binary preference. --- gdb/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ gdb/darwin-nat.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 9a0a720d99..f76ee76f61 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-04-02 Tristan Gingold + + PR gdb/13901 + * darwin-nat.c (darwin_execvp): Sey binary preference. + 2012-04-02 Jan Kratochvil * NEWS (set breakpoint condition-evaluation): Use imperative mood. diff --git a/gdb/darwin-nat.c b/gdb/darwin-nat.c index de661a34d9..010700cd37 100644 --- a/gdb/darwin-nat.c +++ b/gdb/darwin-nat.c @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ #include "value.h" #include "arch-utils.h" #include "bfd.h" +#include "bfd/mach-o.h" #include #include @@ -1538,6 +1539,22 @@ darwin_execvp (const char *file, char * const argv[], char * const env[]) return; } + /* Specify the same binary preference to spawn the shell as the + exec binary. This avoids spawning a 64bit shell while debugging + a 32bit program, which may confuse gdb. + Also, this slightly breaks internal layers as we suppose the binary + is Mach-O. Doesn't harm in practice. */ + if (exec_bfd != NULL) + { + cpu_type_t pref; + size_t ocount; + + pref = bfd_mach_o_get_data (exec_bfd)->header.cputype; + res = posix_spawnattr_setbinpref_np (&attr, 1, &pref, &ocount); + if (res != 0 || ocount != 1) + fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Cannot set posix_spawn binpref\n"); + } + posix_spawnp (NULL, argv[0], NULL, &attr, argv, env); } -- 2.34.1