[PATCH 3/3 v3] Load system gdbinit files from a directory

Christian Biesinger via gdb-patches gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Sun Oct 13 01:19:00 GMT 2019


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On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 2:41 PM Christian Biesinger
<cbiesinger@google.com> wrote:
>
> Ping.
>
> (Eli -- please re-review the documentation parts of this patch, I updated them per your comments)
>
> Christian
>
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 11:29 AM Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com> wrote:
>>
>> [Looks like I never did send this updated patch :( Please take another
>> look!]
>>
>> Adds a configure option --with-system-gdbinit-dir to specify a directory
>> in which to look for gdbinit files.  All files in this directory are
>> loaded on startup (subject to -n/-nx as usual) as long as the extension
>> matches a known and enabled scripting language (.gdb/.py/.scm).
>>
>> This also changes get_ext_lang_of_file to support ".gdb" files, similar
>> to get_ext_lang_defn's handling of EXT_LANG_GDB.
>>
>> gdb/ChangeLog:
>>
>> 2019-08-20  Christian Biesinger  <cbiesinger@google.com>
>>
>>         * NEWS: Mention new --with-system-gdbinit-dir option.
>>         * config.in: Regenerate.
>>         * configure: Regenerate.
>>         * configure.ac: Add new option --with-system-gdbinit-dir.
>>         * extension.c (get_ext_lang_of_file): Return extension_language_gdb
>>         for a ".gdb" suffix.
>>         * main.c (get_init_files): Change system_gdbinit argument to
>>         a vector and return the files in SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR in
>>         addition to SYSTEM_GDBINIT.
>>         (captured_main_1): Update.
>>         (print_gdb_help): Update.
>>         * top.c (print_gdb_configuration): Also print the value of
>>         SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR.
>>
>> gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
>>
>> 2019-08-25  Christian Biesinger  <cbiesinger@google.com>
>>
>>         * gdb.texinfo (many sections): Document new --with-system-gdbinit-dir
>>         option.
>> ---
>>  gdb/NEWS            |  6 ++++
>>  gdb/config.in       |  7 ++++
>>  gdb/configure       | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  gdb/configure.ac    |  3 ++
>>  gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>  gdb/extension.c     |  3 ++
>>  gdb/main.c          | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>>  gdb/top.c           |  4 +++
>>  8 files changed, 199 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
>> index 779fd91d3a..1d0f56a119 100644
>> --- a/gdb/NEWS
>> +++ b/gdb/NEWS
>> @@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
>>
>>  * GDB can now be compiled with Python 3 on Windows.
>>
>> +* In addition to the system-wide gdbinit file, if configured with
>> + --with-system-gdbinit-dir, GDB will now also load files in that directory
>> + as system gdbinit files, unless the -nx or -n flag is provided.  Files
>> + with extensions .gdb, .py and .scm are supported as long as GDB was
>> + compiled with support for that language.
>> +
>>  * Python API
>>
>>    ** The gdb.Value type has a new method 'format_string' which returns a
>> diff --git a/gdb/config.in b/gdb/config.in
>> index 26ca02f6a3..c0745c90a3 100644
>> --- a/gdb/config.in
>> +++ b/gdb/config.in
>> @@ -684,6 +684,13 @@
>>  /* automatically load a system-wide gdbinit file */
>>  #undef SYSTEM_GDBINIT
>>
>> +/* automatically load system-wide gdbinit files from this directory */
>> +#undef SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
>> +
>> +/* Define if the system-gdbinit-dir directory should be relocated when GDB is
>> +   moved. */
>> +#undef SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR_RELOCATABLE
>> +
>>  /* Define if the system-gdbinit directory should be relocated when GDB is
>>     moved. */
>>  #undef SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE
>> diff --git a/gdb/configure b/gdb/configure
>> index 22a5f6051d..8436f06c9f 100755
>> --- a/gdb/configure
>> +++ b/gdb/configure
>> @@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ WIN32LIBS
>>  SER_HARDWIRE
>>  WERROR_CFLAGS
>>  WARN_CFLAGS
>> +SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
>>  SYSTEM_GDBINIT
>>  TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT
>>  CONFIG_LDFLAGS
>> @@ -884,6 +885,7 @@ with_libipt_prefix
>>  with_included_regex
>>  with_sysroot
>>  with_system_gdbinit
>> +with_system_gdbinit_dir
>>  enable_werror
>>  enable_build_warnings
>>  enable_gdb_build_warnings
>> @@ -1618,6 +1620,9 @@ Optional Packages:
>>    --with-sysroot[=DIR]    search for usr/lib et al within DIR
>>    --with-system-gdbinit=PATH
>>                            automatically load a system-wide gdbinit file
>> +  --with-system-gdbinit-dir=PATH
>> +                          automatically load system-wide gdbinit files from
>> +                          this directory
>>    --with-lzma             support lzma compression (auto/yes/no)
>>    --with-liblzma-prefix[=DIR]  search for liblzma in DIR/include and DIR/lib
>>    --without-liblzma-prefix     don't search for liblzma in includedir and libdir
>> @@ -15238,6 +15243,52 @@ _ACEOF
>>
>>
>>
>> +# Check whether --with-system-gdbinit-dir was given.
>> +if test "${with_system_gdbinit_dir+set}" = set; then :
>> +  withval=$with_system_gdbinit_dir;
>> +    SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR=$withval
>> +else
>> +  SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR=
>> +fi
>> +
>> +
>> +  test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
>> +  test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix='${prefix}'
>> +  ac_define_dir=`eval echo $SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR`
>> +  ac_define_dir=`eval echo $ac_define_dir`
>> +
>> +cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
>> +#define SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR "$ac_define_dir"
>> +_ACEOF
>> +
>> +
>> +
>> +
>> +  if test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE || test "x$exec_prefix" = 'x${prefix}'; then
>> +     if test "x$prefix" = xNONE; then
>> +       test_prefix=/usr/local
>> +     else
>> +       test_prefix=$prefix
>> +     fi
>> +  else
>> +     test_prefix=$exec_prefix
>> +  fi
>> +  value=0
>> +  case ${ac_define_dir} in
>> +     "${test_prefix}"|"${test_prefix}/"*|\
>> +       '${exec_prefix}'|'${exec_prefix}/'*)
>> +     value=1
>> +     ;;
>> +  esac
>> +
>> +cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
>> +#define SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR_RELOCATABLE $value
>> +_ACEOF
>> +
>> +
>> +
>> +
>> +
>>  # Check whether --enable-werror was given.
>>  if test "${enable_werror+set}" = set; then :
>>    enableval=$enable_werror; case "${enableval}" in
>> diff --git a/gdb/configure.ac b/gdb/configure.ac
>> index 9da8818fb5..f3f5bd0635 100644
>> --- a/gdb/configure.ac
>> +++ b/gdb/configure.ac
>> @@ -1843,6 +1843,9 @@ GDB_AC_DEFINE_RELOCATABLE(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT, sysroot, ${ac_define_dir})
>>  GDB_AC_WITH_DIR(SYSTEM_GDBINIT, system-gdbinit,
>>      [automatically load a system-wide gdbinit file],
>>      [])
>> +GDB_AC_WITH_DIR(SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR, system-gdbinit-dir,
>> +    [automatically load system-wide gdbinit files from this directory],
>> +    [])
>>
>>  AM_GDB_WARNINGS
>>  AM_GDB_UBSAN
>> diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> index f2713c0396..eb385ae1ee 100644
>> --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
>> @@ -1083,6 +1083,16 @@ Its location is specified with the @code{--with-system-gdbinit}
>>  configure option (@pxref{System-wide configuration}).
>>  It is loaded first when @value{GDBN} starts, before command line options
>>  have been processed.
>> +@item @file{system.gdbinit.d}
>> +This is the system-wide init directory.
>> +Its location is specified with the @code{--with-system-gdbinit-dir}
>> +configure option (@pxref{System-wide configuration}).
>> +Files in this directory are loaded in alphabetical order immediately after
>> +system.gdbinit (if enabled) when @value{GDBN} starts, before command line
>> +options have been processed.  Files need to have a recognized scripting
>> +language extension (@code{.py}/@code{.scm}) or be named with a @code{.gdb}
>> +extension to be interpreted as regular @value{GDBN} commands.  @value{GDBN}
>> +will not recurse into any subdirectories of this directory.
>>  @item @file{~/.gdbinit}
>>  This is the init file in your home directory.
>>  It is loaded next, after @file{system.gdbinit}, and before
>> @@ -1315,8 +1325,11 @@ Sets up the command interpreter as specified by the command line
>>  @cindex init file
>>  Reads the system-wide @dfn{init file} (if @option{--with-system-gdbinit} was
>>  used when building @value{GDBN}; @pxref{System-wide configuration,
>> - ,System-wide configuration and settings}) and executes all the commands in
>> -that file.
>> + ,System-wide configuration and settings}) and the files in the system-wide
>> +gdbinit directory (if @option{--with-system-gdbinit-dir} was used) and executes
>> +all the commands in those files.  The files need to be named with a @code{.gdb}
>> +extension to be interpreted as @value{GDBN} commands, or they can be written
>> +in a supported scripting language with an appropriate file extension.
>>
>>  @anchor{Home Directory Init File}
>>  @item
>> @@ -37034,6 +37047,14 @@ directory under the configured prefix, and @value{GDBN} is moved to
>>  another location after being built, the location of the system-wide
>>  init file will be adjusted accordingly.
>>
>> +@item --with-system-gdbinit-dir=@var{directory}
>> +Configure @value{GDBN} to automatically load init files from a
>> +system-wide directory.  @var{directory} should be an absolute directory
>> +name.  If @var{directory} is in a directory under the configured
>> +prefix, and @value{GDBN} is moved to another location after being
>> +built, the location of the system-wide init directory will be
>> +adjusted accordingly.
>> +
>>  @item --enable-build-warnings
>>  When building the @value{GDBN} sources, ask the compiler to warn about
>>  any code which looks even vaguely suspicious.  It passes many
>> @@ -37059,24 +37080,28 @@ was first introduced in GCC 4.9.
>>  @section System-wide configuration and settings
>>  @cindex system-wide init file
>>
>> -@value{GDBN} can be configured to have a system-wide init file;
>> -this file will be read and executed at startup (@pxref{Startup, , What
>> -@value{GDBN} does during startup}).
>> +@value{GDBN} can be configured to have a system-wide init file and a
>> +system-wide init file directory; this file and files in that directory
>> +(if they have a recognized file extension) will be read and executed at
>> +startup (@pxref{Startup, , What @value{GDBN} does during startup}).
>>
>> -Here is the corresponding configure option:
>> +Here are the corresponding configure options:
>>
>>  @table @code
>>  @item --with-system-gdbinit=@var{file}
>>  Specify that the default location of the system-wide init file is
>>  @var{file}.
>> +@item --with-system-gdbinit-dir=@var{directory}
>> +Specify that the default location of the system-wide init file directory
>> +is @var{directory}.
>>  @end table
>>
>>  If @value{GDBN} has been configured with the option @option{--prefix=$prefix},
>> -it may be subject to relocation.  Two possible cases:
>> +they may be subject to relocation.  Two possible cases:
>>
>>  @itemize @bullet
>>  @item
>> -If the default location of this init file contains @file{$prefix},
>> +If the default location of this init file/directory contains @file{$prefix},
>>  it will be subject to relocation.  Suppose that the configure options
>>  are @option{--prefix=$prefix --with-system-gdbinit=$prefix/etc/gdbinit};
>>  if @value{GDBN} is moved from @file{$prefix} to @file{$install}, the system
>> @@ -37102,6 +37127,14 @@ initialization.  If the data-directory is changed after @value{GDBN} has
>>  started with the @code{set data-directory} command, the file will not be
>>  reread.
>>
>> +This applies similarly to the system-wide directory specified in
>> +@option{--with-system-gdbinit-dir}.
>> +
>> +Any supported scripting language can be used for these init files, as long
>> +as the file extension matches the scripting language.  To be interpreted
>> +as regular @value{GDBN} commands, the files needs to have a @code{.gdb}
>> +extension.
>> +
>>  @menu
>>  * System-wide Configuration Scripts::  Installed System-wide Configuration Scripts
>>  @end menu
>> @@ -45591,6 +45624,10 @@ Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
>>  @value{SYSTEM_GDBINIT}
>>  @end ifset
>>
>> +@ifset SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
>> +@value{SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR}/*
>> +@end ifset
>> +
>>  ~/.gdbinit
>>
>>  ./.gdbinit
>> @@ -45632,6 +45669,20 @@ See more in
>>  the @value{GDBN} manual in node @code{System-wide configuration}
>>  -- shell command @code{info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'}.
>>  @end ifset
>> +@ifset SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
>> +@item @value{SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR}
>> +@end ifset
>> +@ifclear SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
>> +@item (not enabled with @code{--with-system-gdbinit-dir} during compilation)
>> +@end ifclear
>> +System-wide initialization directory.  All files in this directory are
>> +executed on startup unless user specified @value{GDBN} option @code{-nx} or
>> +@code{-n}, as long as they have a recognized file extension.
>> +See more in
>> +@ifset man
>> +the @value{GDBN} manual in node @code{System-wide configuration}
>> +-- shell command @code{info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'}.
>> +@end ifset
>>  @ifclear man
>>  @ref{System-wide configuration}.
>>  @end ifclear
>> diff --git a/gdb/extension.c b/gdb/extension.c
>> index 8637bc53f2..1fb4b48003 100644
>> --- a/gdb/extension.c
>> +++ b/gdb/extension.c
>> @@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ get_ext_lang_of_file (const char *file)
>>    int i;
>>    const struct extension_language_defn *extlang;
>>
>> +  if (has_extension (file, extension_language_gdb.suffix))
>> +    return &extension_language_gdb;
>> +
>>    ALL_EXTENSION_LANGUAGES (i, extlang)
>>      {
>>        if (has_extension (file, extlang->suffix))
>> diff --git a/gdb/main.c b/gdb/main.c
>> index 7fab8ff8da..ed902371cb 100644
>> --- a/gdb/main.c
>> +++ b/gdb/main.c
>> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
>>  #include "event-top.h"
>>  #include "infrun.h"
>>  #include "gdbsupport/signals-state-save-restore.h"
>> +#include <algorithm>
>>  #include <vector>
>>  #include "gdbsupport/pathstuff.h"
>>  #include "cli/cli-style.h"
>> @@ -195,7 +196,8 @@ relocate_gdb_directory (const char *initial, bool relocatable)
>>     otherwise.  */
>>
>>  static std::string
>> -relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir (const std::string& file)
>> +relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir (const std::string& file,
>> +                                       bool relocatable)
>>  {
>>    size_t datadir_len = strlen (GDB_DATADIR);
>>
>> @@ -219,9 +221,8 @@ relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir (const std::string& file)
>>      }
>>    else
>>      {
>> -      relocated_path = relocate_path (gdb_program_name,
>> -                                     file.c_str (),
>> -                                     SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE);
>> +      relocated_path = relocate_path (gdb_program_name, file.c_str (),
>> +                                     relocatable);
>>      }
>>      return relocated_path;
>>  }
>> @@ -232,11 +233,11 @@ relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir (const std::string& file)
>>     to be loaded, then SYSTEM_GDBINIT (resp. HOME_GDBINIT and
>>     LOCAL_GDBINIT) is set to the empty string.  */
>>  static void
>> -get_init_files (std::string *system_gdbinit,
>> +get_init_files (std::vector<std::string> *system_gdbinit,
>>                 std::string *home_gdbinit,
>>                 std::string *local_gdbinit)
>>  {
>> -  static std::string sysgdbinit;
>> +  static std::vector<std::string> sysgdbinit;
>>    static std::string homeinit;
>>    static std::string localinit;
>>    static int initialized = 0;
>> @@ -248,10 +249,49 @@ get_init_files (std::string *system_gdbinit,
>>        if (SYSTEM_GDBINIT[0])
>>         {
>>           std::string relocated_sysgdbinit
>> -           = relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir (SYSTEM_GDBINIT);
>> +           = relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir
>> +               (SYSTEM_GDBINIT, SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE);
>>           if (!relocated_sysgdbinit.empty ()
>>               && stat (relocated_sysgdbinit.c_str (), &s) == 0)
>> -           sysgdbinit = relocated_sysgdbinit;
>> +           sysgdbinit.push_back (relocated_sysgdbinit);
>> +       }
>> +      if (SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR[0])
>> +       {
>> +         std::string relocated_gdbinit_dir
>> +           = relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir
>> +               (SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR, SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR_RELOCATABLE);
>> +         DIR *dir = nullptr;
>> +         if (!relocated_gdbinit_dir.empty ())
>> +           dir = opendir (relocated_gdbinit_dir.c_str ());
>> +         if (dir != nullptr)
>> +           {
>> +             std::vector<std::string> files;
>> +             struct dirent *ent;
>> +             for (;;)
>> +               {
>> +                 ent = readdir (dir);
>> +                 if (ent == nullptr)
>> +                   break;
>> +                 if (ent->d_name[0] == '.')
>> +                   continue;
>> +                 /* ent->d_type is not available on all systems (e.g. mingw,
>> +                    Solaris), so we have to call stat().  */
>> +                 std::string filename
>> +                   = relocated_gdbinit_dir + SLASH_STRING + ent->d_name;
>> +                 if (stat(filename.c_str (), &s) != 0 || !S_ISREG (s.st_mode))
>> +                   continue;
>> +                 const struct extension_language_defn *extlang
>> +                   = get_ext_lang_of_file (filename.c_str ());
>> +                 /* We effectively don't support "set script-extension off/soft",
>> +                    because we are loading system init files here, so it
>> +                    does not really make sense to depend on a setting.  */
>> +                 if (extlang != nullptr && ext_lang_present_p (extlang))
>> +                   files.push_back (filename);
>> +               }
>> +             closedir (dir);
>> +             std::sort (files.begin (), files.end ());
>> +             sysgdbinit.insert (sysgdbinit.end (), files.begin (), files.end ());
>> +           }
>>         }
>>
>>        const char *homedir = getenv ("HOME");
>> @@ -916,7 +956,7 @@ captured_main_1 (struct captured_main_args *context)
>>    /* Lookup gdbinit files.  Note that the gdbinit file name may be
>>       overriden during file initialization, so get_init_files should be
>>       called after gdb_init.  */
>> -  std::string system_gdbinit;
>> +  std::vector<std::string> system_gdbinit;
>>    std::string home_gdbinit;
>>    std::string local_gdbinit;
>>    get_init_files (&system_gdbinit, &home_gdbinit, &local_gdbinit);
>> @@ -996,7 +1036,10 @@ captured_main_1 (struct captured_main_args *context)
>>       processed; it sets global parameters, which are independent of
>>       what file you are debugging or what directory you are in.  */
>>    if (!system_gdbinit.empty () && !inhibit_gdbinit)
>> -    ret = catch_command_errors (source_script, system_gdbinit.c_str (), 0);
>> +    {
>> +      for (const std::string& file : system_gdbinit)
>> +       ret = catch_command_errors (source_script, file.c_str (), 0);
>> +    }
>>
>>    /* Read and execute $HOME/.gdbinit file, if it exists.  This is done
>>       *before* all the command line arguments are processed; it sets
>> @@ -1214,7 +1257,7 @@ gdb_main (struct captured_main_args *args)
>>  static void
>>  print_gdb_help (struct ui_file *stream)
>>  {
>> -  std::string system_gdbinit;
>> +  std::vector<std::string> system_gdbinit;
>>    std::string home_gdbinit;
>>    std::string local_gdbinit;
>>
>> @@ -1295,9 +1338,18 @@ Other options:\n\n\
>>  At startup, GDB reads the following init files and executes their commands:\n\
>>  "), stream);
>>    if (!system_gdbinit.empty ())
>> -    fprintf_unfiltered (stream, _("\
>> -   * system-wide init file: %s\n\
>> -"), system_gdbinit.c_str ());
>> +    {
>> +      std::string output;
>> +      for (size_t idx = 0; idx < system_gdbinit.size (); ++idx)
>> +        {
>> +         output += system_gdbinit[idx];
>> +         if (idx < system_gdbinit.size () - 1)
>> +           output += ", ";
>> +       }
>> +      fprintf_unfiltered (stream, _("\
>> +   * system-wide init files: %s\n\
>> +"), output.c_str ());
>> +    }
>>    if (!home_gdbinit.empty ())
>>      fprintf_unfiltered (stream, _("\
>>     * user-specific init file: %s\n\
>> diff --git a/gdb/top.c b/gdb/top.c
>> index 49e6daae94..7a45f1b4aa 100644
>> --- a/gdb/top.c
>> +++ b/gdb/top.c
>> @@ -1515,6 +1515,10 @@ This GDB was configured as follows:\n\
>>      fprintf_filtered (stream, _("\
>>               --with-system-gdbinit=%s%s\n\
>>  "), SYSTEM_GDBINIT, SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE ? " (relocatable)" : "");
>> +  if (SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR[0])
>> +    fprintf_filtered (stream, _("\
>> +             --with-system-gdbinit-dir=%s%s\n\
>> +"), SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR, SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR_RELOCATABLE ? " (relocatable)" : "");
>>      /* We assume "relocatable" will be printed at least once, thus we always
>>         print this text.  It's a reasonably safe assumption for now.  */
>>      fprintf_filtered (stream, _("\n\
>> --
>> 2.23.0.351.gc4317032e6-goog
>>



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