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From: Jeremy Drake <cygwin@jdrake.com>
To: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
Subject: [PATCH v2] cygwin: use CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE in spawn
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 11:27:11 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.BSO.2.21.2012091123460.9707@resin.csoft.net> (raw)

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


             reply	other threads:[~2020-12-09 19:27 UTC|newest]

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2020-12-09 19:27 Jeremy Drake [this message]
2020-12-10  9:47 ` Corinna Vinschen

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