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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/fork-child.c | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/ser-pipe.c | 4 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 8085d06..deec137 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ 2001-04-08 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> + * fork-child.c (fork_inferior, clone_and_follow_inferior): + Document fact that apparent call to vfork() might actually be + a call to fork() instead. + * ser-pipe.c (pipe_open): Likewise. + +2001-04-08 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> + * printcmd.c (print_frame_args): Use a cleanup to invoke ui_out_list_end() so that the list count nesting flag will be decremented properly when an error occurs. diff --git a/gdb/fork-child.c b/gdb/fork-child.c index a952d4f..1c19b83 100644 --- a/gdb/fork-child.c +++ b/gdb/fork-child.c @@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char *allargs, char **env, if (pre_trace_fun != NULL) (*pre_trace_fun) (); + /* Create the child process. Note that the apparent call to vfork() + below *might* actually be a call to fork() due to the fact that + autoconf will ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms. */ if (debug_fork) pid = fork (); else @@ -420,7 +423,9 @@ clone_and_follow_inferior (int child_pid, int *followed_child) if (status < 0) error ("error getting pipe for handoff semaphore"); - /* Clone the debugger. */ + /* Clone the debugger. Note that the apparent call to vfork() + below *might* actually be a call to fork() due to the fact that + autoconf will ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms. */ if (debug_fork) debugger_pid = fork (); else diff --git a/gdb/ser-pipe.c b/gdb/ser-pipe.c index 652d774..3e23287 100644 --- a/gdb/ser-pipe.c +++ b/gdb/ser-pipe.c @@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ pipe_open (serial_t scb, const char *name) if (socketpair (AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0, pdes) < 0) return -1; + /* Create the child process to run the command in. Note that the + apparent call to vfork() below *might* actually be a call to + fork() due to the fact that autoconf will ``#define vfork fork'' + on certain platforms. */ pid = vfork (); /* Error. */ |