On Jul 18 17:41, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 09:51:11 +0200
> Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Yes, that's what I meant with my above paragraph, i.e.
> > 
> > > > > > I checked the sources and I don't see any dependency to ch_spawn
> > > > > > from a spawning process, in contrast to an exec'ing process.  That
> > > > > > doesn't mean there is none, just that I didn't find any.
> > 
> > These external dependencies *should* only be of interest when performing
> > an execve, but not when performing a spawnve.
> 
> So, the previous patch might not correct.
> The following makes more sense, I suppose.
> 
> diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
> index cb58b6eed..56fca6e45 100644
> --- a/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
> +++ b/winsup/cygwin/spawn.cc
> @@ -944,6 +944,7 @@ spawnve (int mode, const char *path, const char *const 
> *argv,
>    int ret;
>  
>    syscall_printf ("spawnve (%s, %s, %p)", path, argv[0], envp);
> +  child_info_spawn ch_spawn_local;
>  
>    if (!envp)
>      envp = empty_env;
> @@ -961,7 +962,7 @@ spawnve (int mode, const char *path, const char *const 
> *argv,
>      case _P_WAIT:
>      case _P_DETACH:
>      case _P_SYSTEM:
> -      ret = ch_spawn.worker (path, argv, envp, mode);
> +      ret = ch_spawn_local.worker (path, argv, envp, mode);
>        break;
>      default:
>        set_errno (EINVAL);

Yep, indeed.

-- 
Problem reports:      https://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                  https://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:        https://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:     https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Reply via email to