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Fix race conditions running external commands with job control on
When ksh is compiled with SHOPT_SPAWN (the default), which uses posix_spawn(3) or vfork(2) (via sh_ntfork()) to launch external commands, at least two race conditions occur when launching external commands while job control is active. See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ksh/+bug/1887863/comments/3 https://www.mail-archive.com/ast-developers@research.att.com/msg00717.html The basic issue is that this performance optimisation is incompatible with job control, because it uses a spawning mechanism that doesn't copy the parent process' memory pages into the child process, therefore no state that involves memory can be set before exec-ing the external program. This makes it impossible to correctly set the terminal's process group ID in the child process, something that is essential for job control to work. src/cmd/ksh93/sh/xec.c: - Use sh_fork() instead of sh_ntfork() if job control is active. This uses fork(2), which is 30%-ish slower on most sytems, but allows for correctly setting the terminal process group. src/cmd/ksh93/tests/basic.sh: - Add regression test for the race condition reported in #79. src/cmd/INIT/cc.darwin: - Remove hardcoded flag to disable SHOPT_SPAWN on the Mac. It should be safe to use now. Fixes https://github.com/ksh93/ksh/issues/79
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@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ int sh_exec(register const Shnode_t *t, int flags)
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#if SHOPT_SPAWN
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# ifdef _lib_fork
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if(com)
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if(com && !job.jobcontrol)
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parent = sh_ntfork(shp,t,com,&jobid,ntflag);
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else
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parent = sh_fork(shp,type,&jobid);
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@ -3460,6 +3460,7 @@ static void sigreset(Shell_t *shp,int mode)
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/*
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* A combined fork/exec for systems with slow or non-existent fork()
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* Note: Incompatible with job control.
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*/
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static pid_t sh_ntfork(Shell_t *shp,const Shnode_t *t,char *argv[],int *jobid,int flag)
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{
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