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[PATCH] Enable passing arguments to the inferior in debugglibc.sh


This patch adds the ability to run debugglibc.sh's inferior program with
arguments specified on the command line. This enables convenient debugging
of non-testcase programs such as iconv/iconv_prog or other dynamically
linked programs. Program arguments may be passed using `--' as a separator.

For example:

  $ ./debugglibc.sh -b iconv -- iconv/iconv_prog -f ASCII -t UTF-8 input.txt

2019-09-30  Arjun Shankar  <arjun@redhat.com>

	debugglibc.sh: Implement program arguments
	* Makefile (debugglibc): Change variable definition.
--

Discussion Notes:
Initial version: https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2019-09/msg00502.html

As per Gabriel's suggestions:
 * Changed the patch to only handle program arguments when `--' is used
 * Documented this in --help (with minor changes: testcase -> program)
Also:
 * It made sense to disable using --direct when program arguments are given

---
 Makefile | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a50fb64dc2..a736c3afcc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -202,9 +202,12 @@ unset ENVVARS
 usage()
 {
 cat << EOF
-Usage: $$0 [OPTIONS] <testcase>
+Usage: $$0 [OPTIONS] <program>
 
-  where <testcase> is the path to the program being tested.
+   Or: $$0 [OPTIONS] -- <program> [<args>]...
+
+  where <program> is the path to the program being tested,
+  and <args> are the arguments to be passed to it.
 
 Options:
 
@@ -224,11 +227,13 @@ Options:
   The following options do not take arguments:
 
   -i, --no-direct
-	Selects whether to pass the flag --direct to gdb.
-	Required for glibc test cases and not allowed for non-glibc tests.
-	Default behaviour is to pass the flag --direct to gdb.
+	Selects whether to pass the --direct flag to the program.
+	--direct is useful when debugging glibc test cases. It inhibits the
+	tests from forking and executing in a subprocess.
+	Default behaviour is to pass the --direct flag, except when the
+	program is run with user specified arguments using the "--" separator.
   -s, --no-symbols-file
-	Do not tell GDB to load debug symbols from the testcase.
+	Do not tell GDB to load debug symbols from the program.
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -255,8 +260,17 @@ do
     -s|--no-symbols-file)
       SYMBOLSFILE=false
       ;;
+    --)
+      shift
+      TESTCASE=$$1
+      COMMANDLINE="$$@"
+      # Don't add --direct when user specifies program arguments
+      DIRECT=false
+      break
+      ;;
     *)
       TESTCASE=$$1
+      COMMANDLINE=$$TESTCASE
       ;;
   esac
   shift
@@ -302,7 +316,7 @@ __ENVVARS__
 __SYMBOLSFILE__
 break _dl_start_user
 run --library-path $(rpath-link):$${BUILD_DIR}/nptl_db \
-__TESTCASE__ __DIRECT__
+__COMMANDLINE__ __DIRECT__
 __BREAKPOINTS__
 EOF
 }
@@ -311,7 +325,7 @@ EOF
 template | sed \
   -e "s|__ENVVARS__|$$ENVVARSCMD|" \
   -e "s|__SYMBOLSFILE__|$$SYMBOLSFILE|" \
-  -e "s|__TESTCASE__|$$TESTCASE|" \
+  -e "s|__COMMANDLINE__|$$COMMANDLINE|" \
   -e "s|__DIRECT__|$$DIRECT|" \
   -e "s|__BREAKPOINTS__|$$BREAKPOINTS|" \
   > $$CMD_FILE
-- 
2.21.0


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