Add support for executing a script prior to starting GDB.

debuggers/gdb/gdb_mi_driver.py

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ class GDBMiDebugger(Driver):
 
     gdb_instances = None
 
-    def __init__(self, base_args, regression_args):
-        self.base_gdb_instance = IDDGdbController()
-        self.regressed_gdb_instance = IDDGdbController()
+    def __init__(self, base_args, base_script_file_path, regression_args, regression_script_file_path):
+        self.base_gdb_instance = IDDGdbController(base_script_file_path)
+        self.regressed_gdb_instance = IDDGdbController(regression_script_file_path)
 
         self.gdb_instances = { 'base': self.base_gdb_instance, 'regressed': self.regressed_gdb_instance }
 

debuggers/gdb/idd_gdb_controller.py

@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 import subprocess
-import os
-from distutils.spawn import find_executable
-from typing import Union, List, Optional
+
 from pygdbmi.gdbcontroller import GdbController
 from pygdbmi.IoManager import IoManager
 from pygdbmi.constants import (
@@ -14,16 +12,25 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class IDDGdbController(GdbController):
+    script_file_path = None
+
+    def __init__(self, script_file_path = None):
+        self.script_file_path = script_file_path
+        super().__init__( None, DEFAULT_TIME_TO_CHECK_FOR_ADDITIONAL_OUTPUT_SEC)
+
     def spawn_new_gdb_subprocess(self) -> int:
         if self.gdb_process:
             logger.debug(
                 "Killing current gdb subprocess (pid %d)" % self.gdb_process.pid
             )
             self.exit()
 
-        logger.debug(f'Launching gdb: {" ".join(self.command)}')
+        if self.script_file_path:
+            logger.debug(f'Configuring to run bash script: {self.script_file_path} before starting GDB')
+            # The modified command will source the script and then run gdb
+            self.command = ["/bin/bash", "-c", f"source {self.script_file_path} && {' '.join(self.command)}"]
 
-        my_env = os.environ.copy()
+        logger.debug(f'Launching gdb: {" ".join(self.command)}')
 
         # Use pipes to the standard streams
         self.gdb_process = subprocess.Popen(
@@ -32,8 +39,7 @@ def spawn_new_gdb_subprocess(self) -> int:
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-            bufsize=0,
-            env=my_env
+            bufsize=0
         )
 
         self.io_manager = IoManager(

idd.py

@@ -200,7 +200,9 @@ async def execute_debugger_command(self, event: Input.Changed) -> None:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Diff Debug for simple debugging!')
     parser.add_argument('-c','--comparator', help='Choose a comparator', default='gdb')
     parser.add_argument('-ba','--base-args', help='Base executable args', default='[]', nargs='+')
+    parser.add_argument('-bs','--base-script-path', help='Base preliminary script file path', default='[]', nargs='+')
     parser.add_argument('-ra','--regression-args', help='Regression executable args', default='[]', nargs='+')
+    parser.add_argument('-rs','--regression-script-path', help='Regression prelimminary script file path', default='[]', nargs='+')
     parser.add_argument('-r','--remote_host', help='The host of the remote server', default='localhost')
     parser.add_argument('-p','--platform', help='The platform of the remote server: macosx, linux', default='linux')
     parser.add_argument('-t','--triple', help='The target triple: x86_64-apple-macosx, x86_64-gnu-linux', default='x86_64-gnu-linux')
@@ -209,12 +211,14 @@ async def execute_debugger_command(self, event: Input.Changed) -> None:
 
     comperator = args['comparator']
     ba = ' '.join(args['base_args'])
+    bs = ' '.join(args['base_script_path'])
     ra = ' '.join(args['regression_args'])
+    rs = ' '.join(args['regression_script_path'])
 
     if comperator == 'gdb':
         from debuggers.gdb.gdb_mi_driver import GDBMiDebugger
 
-        Debugger = GDBMiDebugger(ba, ra)
+        Debugger = GDBMiDebugger(ba, bs, ra, rs)
     elif comperator == 'lldb':
         from debuggers.lldb.lldb_driver import LLDBDebugger