dnl the current CFLAGS etc.
AC_CHECK_FUNCS(snprintf)
+dnl posix_spawn. The chdir and setsid functionality is relatively
+dnl recent, so we check for it specifically.
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([spawn.h])
+AC_SUBST([HAVE_SPAWN_H])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([posix_spawn \
+ posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir \
+ posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np \
+ posix_spawnattr_setflags])
+AC_SUBST([HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN])
+AC_SUBST([HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR])
+AC_SUBST([HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR_NP])
+AC_SUBST([HAVE_POSIX_SPAWNATTR_SETFLAGS])
+AC_CHECK_DECLS([POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID], [], [], [[
+ #include <spawn.h>
+ ]])
+AC_SUBST([HAVE_DECL_POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID])
+
dnl Check for glib. This differs from other library checks in that
dnl Emacs need not link to glib unless some other library is already
dnl linking to glib. Although glib provides no facilities that Emacs
#include <sys/file.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
+/* In order to be able to use `posix_spawn', it needs to support some
+ variant of `chdir' as well as `setsid'. */
+#if defined HAVE_SPAWN_H && defined HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN \
+ && defined HAVE_POSIX_SPAWNATTR_SETFLAGS \
+ && (defined HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR \
+ || defined HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR_NP) \
+ && defined HAVE_DECL_POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID \
+ && HAVE_DECL_POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID == 1
+# include <spawn.h>
+# define USABLE_POSIX_SPAWN 1
+#else
+# define USABLE_POSIX_SPAWN 0
+#endif
+
#include "lisp.h"
#ifdef SETUP_SLAVE_PTY
#endif /* not WINDOWSNT */
}
+#if USABLE_POSIX_SPAWN
+
+/* Set up ACTIONS and ATTRIBUTES for `posix_spawn'. Return an error
+ number. */
+
+static int
+emacs_posix_spawn_init_actions (posix_spawn_file_actions_t *actions,
+ int std_in, int std_out, int std_err,
+ const char *cwd)
+{
+ int error = posix_spawn_file_actions_init (actions);
+ if (error != 0)
+ return error;
+
+ error = posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 (actions, std_in,
+ STDIN_FILENO);
+ if (error != 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ error = posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 (actions, std_out,
+ STDOUT_FILENO);
+ if (error != 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ error = posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2 (actions,
+ std_err < 0 ? std_out
+ : std_err,
+ STDERR_FILENO);
+ if (error != 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ error =
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR
+ posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir
+#else
+ posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np
+#endif
+ (actions, cwd);
+ if (error != 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ out:
+ if (error != 0)
+ posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy (actions);
+ return error;
+}
+
+static int
+emacs_posix_spawn_init_attributes (posix_spawnattr_t *attributes)
+{
+ int error = posix_spawnattr_init (attributes);
+ if (error != 0)
+ return error;
+
+ error = posix_spawnattr_setflags (attributes,
+ POSIX_SPAWN_SETSID
+ | POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF
+ | POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK);
+ if (error != 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ sigset_t sigdefault;
+ sigemptyset (&sigdefault);
+
+#ifdef DARWIN_OS
+ /* Work around a macOS bug, where SIGCHLD is apparently
+ delivered to a vforked child instead of to its parent. See:
+ https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2017-05/msg00342.html
+ */
+ sigaddset (&sigdefault, SIGCHLD);
+#endif
+
+ sigaddset (&sigdefault, SIGINT);
+ sigaddset (&sigdefault, SIGQUIT);
+#ifdef SIGPROF
+ sigaddset (&sigdefault, SIGPROF);
+#endif
+
+ /* Emacs ignores SIGPIPE, but the child should not. */
+ sigaddset (&sigdefault, SIGPIPE);
+ /* Likewise for SIGPROF. */
+#ifdef SIGPROF
+ sigaddset (&sigdefault, SIGPROF);
+#endif
+
+ error = posix_spawnattr_setsigdefault (attributes, &sigdefault);
+ if (error != 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ /* Stop blocking SIGCHLD in the child. */
+ sigset_t oldset;
+ error = pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, NULL, &oldset);
+ if (error != 0)
+ goto out;
+ error = posix_spawnattr_setsigmask (attributes, &oldset);
+ if (error != 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ out:
+ if (error != 0)
+ posix_spawnattr_destroy (attributes);
+
+ return error;
+}
+
+static int
+emacs_posix_spawn_init (posix_spawn_file_actions_t *actions,
+ posix_spawnattr_t *attributes, int std_in,
+ int std_out, int std_err, const char *cwd)
+{
+ int error = emacs_posix_spawn_init_actions (actions, std_in,
+ std_out, std_err, cwd);
+ if (error != 0)
+ return error;
+
+ error = emacs_posix_spawn_init_attributes (attributes);
+ if (error != 0)
+ return error;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
/* Start a new asynchronous subprocess. If successful, return zero
and store the process identifier of the new process in *NEWPID.
Use STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR as standard streams for the new
char **argv, char **envp, const char *cwd,
const char *pty, const sigset_t *oldset)
{
+#if USABLE_POSIX_SPAWN
+ /* Prefer the simpler `posix_spawn' if available. `posix_spawn'
+ doesn't yet support setting up pseudoterminals, so we fall back
+ to `vfork' if we're supposed to use a pseudoterminal. */
+
+ bool use_posix_spawn = pty == NULL;
+
+ posix_spawn_file_actions_t actions;
+ posix_spawnattr_t attributes;
+
+ if (use_posix_spawn)
+ {
+ /* Initialize optional attributes before blocking. */
+ int error
+ = emacs_posix_spawn_init (&actions, &attributes, std_in,
+ std_out, std_err, cwd);
+ if (error != 0)
+ return error;
+ }
+#endif
+
int pid;
+ int vfork_error;
eassert (input_blocked_p ());
+#if USABLE_POSIX_SPAWN
+ if (use_posix_spawn)
+ {
+ vfork_error = posix_spawn (&pid, argv[0], &actions, &attributes,
+ argv, envp);
+ if (vfork_error != 0)
+ pid = -1;
+
+ int error = posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy (&actions);
+ if (error != 0)
+ {
+ errno = error;
+ emacs_perror ("posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy");
+ }
+
+ error = posix_spawnattr_destroy (&attributes);
+ if (error != 0)
+ {
+ errno = error;
+ emacs_perror ("posix_spawnattr_destroy");
+ }
+
+ goto fork_done;
+ }
+#endif
+
#ifndef WINDOWSNT
/* vfork, and prevent local vars from being clobbered by the vfork. */
pid_t *volatile newpid_volatile = newpid;
/* Back in the parent process. */
- int vfork_error = pid < 0 ? errno : 0;
+ vfork_error = pid < 0 ? errno : 0;
+ fork_done:
if (pid < 0)
{
eassert (0 < vfork_error);