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From FEDORA_PATCHES Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@polymtl.ca>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:00:33 -0400
Subject: gdb-rhbz2015131-avoid-sigttou-forks-2of2.patch

;; Avoid GDB SIGTTOU on catch exec + set follow-exec-mode new (PR 23368)
;; (Simon Marchi, related to RHBZ 2015131)

Here's a summary of PR 23368:

  #include <unistd.h>
  int main (void)
  {
    char *exec_args[] = { "/bin/ls", NULL };
    execve (exec_args[0], exec_args, NULL);
  }

$ gdb -nx t -ex "catch exec" -ex "set follow-exec-mode new" -ex run
...
[1]  + 13146 suspended (tty output)  gdb -q -nx t -ex "catch exec" -ex "set follow-exec-mode new" -ex run
$

Here's what happens: when the inferior execs with "follow-exec-mode
new", we first "mourn" it before creating the new one.  This ends up
calling inflow_inferior_exit, which sets the per-inferior terminal state
to "is_ours":

  inf->terminal_state = target_terminal_state::is_ours;

At this point, the inferior's terminal_state is is_ours, while the
"reality", tracked by gdb_tty_state, is is_inferior (GDB doesn't own the
terminal).

Later, we continue processing the exec inferior event and decide we want
to stop (because of the "catch exec") and call target_terminal::ours to
make sure we own the terminal.  However, we don't actually go to the
target backend to change the settings, because the core thinks that no
inferior owns the terminal (inf->terminal_state is
target_terminal_state::is_ours, as checked in
target_terminal_is_ours_kind, for both inferiors).  When something in
readline tries to mess with the terminal settings, it generates a
SIGTTOU.

This patch fixes this by tranferring the state of the terminal from the
old inferior to the new inferior.

gdb/ChangeLog:

	PR gdb/23368
	* infrun.c (follow_exec): In the follow_exec_mode_new case,
	transfer terminal state from old new new inferior.
	* terminal.h (swap_terminal_info): New function.
	* inflow.c (swap_terminal_info): New function.

diff --git a/gdb/inflow.c b/gdb/inflow.c
--- a/gdb/inflow.c
+++ b/gdb/inflow.c
@@ -671,6 +671,22 @@ copy_terminal_info (struct inferior *to, struct inferior *from)
   to->terminal_state = from->terminal_state;
 }
 
+/* See terminal.h.  */
+
+void
+swap_terminal_info (inferior *a, inferior *b)
+{
+  terminal_info *info_a
+    = (terminal_info *) inferior_data (a, inflow_inferior_data);
+  terminal_info *info_b
+    = (terminal_info *) inferior_data (a, inflow_inferior_data);
+
+  set_inferior_data (a, inflow_inferior_data, info_b);
+  set_inferior_data (b, inflow_inferior_data, info_a);
+
+  std::swap (a->terminal_state, b->terminal_state);
+}
+
 void
 info_terminal_command (const char *arg, int from_tty)
 {
diff --git a/gdb/infrun.c b/gdb/infrun.c
--- a/gdb/infrun.c
+++ b/gdb/infrun.c
@@ -1197,12 +1197,14 @@ follow_exec (ptid_t ptid, char *exec_file_target)
       /* The user wants to keep the old inferior and program spaces
 	 around.  Create a new fresh one, and switch to it.  */
 
-      /* Do exit processing for the original inferior before adding
-	 the new inferior so we don't have two active inferiors with
-	 the same ptid, which can confuse find_inferior_ptid.  */
+      /* Do exit processing for the original inferior before setting the new
+	 inferior's pid.  Having two inferiors with the same pid would confuse
+	 find_inferior_p(t)id.  Transfer the terminal state and info from the
+	  old to the new inferior.  */
+      inf = add_inferior_with_spaces ();
+      swap_terminal_info (inf, current_inferior ());
       exit_inferior_silent (current_inferior ());
 
-      inf = add_inferior_with_spaces ();
       inf->pid = pid;
       target_follow_exec (inf, exec_file_target);
 
diff --git a/gdb/terminal.h b/gdb/terminal.h
--- a/gdb/terminal.h
+++ b/gdb/terminal.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ extern void new_tty_postfork (void);
 
 extern void copy_terminal_info (struct inferior *to, struct inferior *from);
 
+/* Exchange the terminal info and state between inferiors A and B.  */
+extern void swap_terminal_info (inferior *a, inferior *b);
+
 extern pid_t create_tty_session (void);
 
 /* Set up a serial structure describing standard input.  In inflow.c.  */