[Crash-utility] [PATCH] GDB started inside crash should not read any .gdbinit

[HAGIO KAZUHITO(萩尾 一仁)]

-----Original Message-----
> -----Original Message-----
> > I don't think we want .gdbinit files to impact functions in
> > crash. Example of bad behavior, a .gdbinit file with:
> > set logging on
> >
> > then when starting crash there is segmentation fault.
> 
> Thanks for the report and patch.
> 
> Reading .gdbinit is the intended functionality of crash:
> 
> crash> define func
> crash: restricted gdb command: define
>        "define" may only be used in a .gdbinit file or in a command file.
>        The .gdbinit file is read automatically during crash initialization.
> ...
> 
> and I would like to avoid changing the default behavior, so how about
> adding --no_gdbinit option like --no_crashrc ?

or if "set logging on" is the only reason to drop .gdbinit, stop
execution of "set logging on" ?  "gdb set logging on" is also bad..
It might be a bit hard to do this though.

crash> gdb set logging on
Copying output to gdb.txt.
crash> ptype
   <segmentation violation in gdb>
crash>

Thanks,
Kazu

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> Thanks,
> Kazu
> 
> > ---
> >  gdb_interface.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/gdb_interface.c b/gdb_interface.c
> > index f4f4dd3..cfa9f1e 100644
> > --- a/gdb_interface.c
> > +++ b/gdb_interface.c
> > @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ gdb_main_loop(int argc, char **argv)
> >  {
> >         argc = 1;
> >
> > +       argv[argc++] = "--nx";
> >         if (pc->flags & SILENT) {
> >                 if (pc->flags & READNOW)
> >                         argv[argc++] = "--readnow";
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >
> >
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