[PATCH v2] cygwin: use CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE in spawn

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Thu Dec 10 09:47:30 GMT 2020


On Dec  9 11:27, Jeremy Drake via Cygwin-patches wrote:
> This allows native processes to get Windows-default error handling
> behavior (such as invoking the registered JIT debugger).
> 
> ---
>  winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
> index 92d190d1a..83b216f52 100644
> --- a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
> +++ b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
> @@ -431,6 +431,13 @@ child_info_spawn::worker (const char *prog_arg, const char *const *argv,
> 
>        c_flags |= CREATE_SEPARATE_WOW_VDM | CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT;
> 
> +      /* Add CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE flag for non-Cygwin processes so they
> +	 get the default error mode instead of inheriting the mode Cygwin
> +	 uses.  This allows things like Windows Error Reporting/JIT debugging
> +	 to work with processes launched from a Cygwin shell. */
> +      if (!real_path.iscygexec ())
> +	c_flags |= CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE;
> +
>        /* We're adding the CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB flag here to workaround
>  	 issues with the "Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) Service".
>  	 For some reason, when starting long running sessions from mintty(*),
> -- 
> 2.29.2.windows.3

Pushed.


Thanks,
Corinna


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