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diff --git a/gnulib-m4/nocrash.m4 b/gnulib-m4/nocrash.m4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8626ea0b --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib-m4/nocrash.m4 @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@ +# nocrash.m4 serial 2 +dnl Copyright (C) 2005, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation +dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, +dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. + +dnl Based on libsigsegv, from Bruno Haible and Paolo Bonzini. + +AC_PREREQ([2.13]) + +dnl Expands to some code for use in .c programs that will cause the configure +dnl test to exit instead of crashing. This is useful to avoid triggering +dnl action from a background debugger and to avoid core dumps. +dnl Usage: ... +dnl ]GL_NOCRASH[ +dnl ... +dnl int main() { nocrash_init(); ... } +AC_DEFUN([GL_NOCRASH],[[ +#include <stdlib.h> +#if defined __MACH__ && defined __APPLE__ +/* Avoid a crash on MacOS X. */ +#include <mach/mach.h> +#include <mach/mach_error.h> +#include <mach/thread_status.h> +#include <mach/exception.h> +#include <mach/task.h> +#include <pthread.h> +/* The exception port on which our thread listens. */ +static mach_port_t our_exception_port; +/* The main function of the thread listening for exceptions of type + EXC_BAD_ACCESS. */ +static void * +mach_exception_thread (void *arg) +{ + /* Buffer for a message to be received. */ + struct { + mach_msg_header_t head; + mach_msg_body_t msgh_body; + char data[1024]; + } msg; + mach_msg_return_t retval; + /* Wait for a message on the exception port. */ + retval = mach_msg (&msg.head, MACH_RCV_MSG | MACH_RCV_LARGE, 0, sizeof (msg), + our_exception_port, MACH_MSG_TIMEOUT_NONE, MACH_PORT_NULL); + if (retval != MACH_MSG_SUCCESS) + abort (); + exit (1); +} +static void +nocrash_init (void) +{ + mach_port_t self = mach_task_self (); + /* Allocate a port on which the thread shall listen for exceptions. */ + if (mach_port_allocate (self, MACH_PORT_RIGHT_RECEIVE, &our_exception_port) + == KERN_SUCCESS) { + /* See http://web.mit.edu/darwin/src/modules/xnu/osfmk/man/mach_port_insert_right.html. */ + if (mach_port_insert_right (self, our_exception_port, our_exception_port, + MACH_MSG_TYPE_MAKE_SEND) + == KERN_SUCCESS) { + /* The exceptions we want to catch. Only EXC_BAD_ACCESS is interesting + for us. */ + exception_mask_t mask = EXC_MASK_BAD_ACCESS; + /* Create the thread listening on the exception port. */ + pthread_attr_t attr; + pthread_t thread; + if (pthread_attr_init (&attr) == 0 + && pthread_attr_setdetachstate (&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED) == 0 + && pthread_create (&thread, &attr, mach_exception_thread, NULL) == 0) { + pthread_attr_destroy (&attr); + /* Replace the exception port info for these exceptions with our own. + Note that we replace the exception port for the entire task, not only + for a particular thread. This has the effect that when our exception + port gets the message, the thread specific exception port has already + been asked, and we don't need to bother about it. + See http://web.mit.edu/darwin/src/modules/xnu/osfmk/man/task_set_exception_ports.html. */ + task_set_exception_ports (self, mask, our_exception_port, + EXCEPTION_DEFAULT, MACHINE_THREAD_STATE); + } + } + } +} +#else +/* Avoid a crash on POSIX systems. */ +#include <signal.h> +/* A POSIX signal handler. */ +static void +exception_handler (int sig) +{ + exit (1); +} +static void +nocrash_init (void) +{ +#ifdef SIGSEGV + signal (SIGSEGV, exception_handler); +#endif +#ifdef SIGBUS + signal (SIGBUS, exception_handler); +#endif +} +#endif +]]) |