Replace exit with backtrace in crash dialog

When the user hits 'b', attach gdb and dump a backtrace to the tmpdir
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Bas Pape 2012-09-10 16:47:05 +02:00 committed by Michael Stapelberg
parent cfa74c5468
commit 38869004fe
1 changed files with 119 additions and 20 deletions

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@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
#include <ev.h>
#include <iconv.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include <xcb/xcb_event.h>
#include <X11/keysym.h>
static void open_popups(void);
static xcb_gcontext_t pixmap_gc;
static xcb_pixmap_t pixmap;
static int raised_signal;
@ -29,11 +32,84 @@ static char *crash_text[] = {
"i3 just crashed.",
"To debug this problem, either attach gdb now",
"or press",
"- 'e' to exit and get a core-dump,",
"- 'b' to save a backtrace (needs GDB),",
"- 'r' to restart i3 in-place or",
"- 'f' to forget the current layout and restart"
};
static int crash_text_longest = 5;
static int backtrace_string_index = 3;
static int backtrace_done = 0;
/*
* Attach gdb to pid_parent and dump a backtrace to i3-backtrace.$pid in the
* tmpdir
*/
static int backtrace(void) {
char *tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
if (tmpdir == NULL)
tmpdir = "/tmp";
pid_t pid_parent = getpid();
char *filename = NULL;
if (sasprintf(&filename, "%s/i3-backtrace.%d.txt", tmpdir, pid_parent) == -1
|| filename == NULL)
filename = "i3-backtrace.txt";
pid_t pid_gdb = fork();
if (pid_gdb < 0) {
DLOG("Failed to fork for GDB\n");
return -1;
} else if (pid_gdb == 0) {
/* child */
/* close standard streams in case i3 is started from a terminal; gdb
* needs to run without controlling terminal for it to work properly in
* this situation */
close(STDIN_FILENO);
close(STDOUT_FILENO);
close(STDERR_FILENO);
char *pid_s = NULL;
sasprintf(&pid_s, "%d", pid_parent);
char *gdb_log_cmd = NULL;
if (sasprintf(&gdb_log_cmd, "set logging file %s", filename) == -1
|| gdb_log_cmd == NULL)
gdb_log_cmd = "set logging file i3-backtrace.txt";
char *args[] = {
"gdb",
start_argv[0],
"-p",
pid_s,
"-batch",
"-nx",
"-ex", gdb_log_cmd,
"-ex", "set logging on",
"-ex", "bt full",
"-ex", "quit",
NULL
};
execvp(args[0], args);
DLOG("Failed to exec GDB\n");
exit(1);
}
int status = 0;
struct stat bt;
waitpid(pid_gdb, &status, 0);
/* see if the backtrace was succesful or not */
if (!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0) {
DLOG("GDB did not run properly\n");
return -1;
} else if (stat(filename, &bt) == -1) {
DLOG("GDB executed succesfully, but no backtrace was generated\n");
return -1;
}
return 1;
}
/*
* Draw the window containing the info text
@ -51,9 +127,23 @@ static int sig_draw_window(xcb_window_t win, int width, int height, int font_hei
/* restore font color */
set_font_colors(pixmap_gc, get_colorpixel("#FFFFFF"), get_colorpixel("#000000"));
char *bt_colour = "#FFFFFF";
if (backtrace_done < 0)
bt_colour = "#AA0000";
else if (backtrace_done > 0)
bt_colour = "#00AA00";
for (int i = 0; crash_text_i3strings[i] != NULL; ++i) {
/* fix the colour for the backtrace line when it finished */
if (i == backtrace_string_index)
set_font_colors(pixmap_gc, get_colorpixel(bt_colour), get_colorpixel("#000000"));
draw_text(crash_text_i3strings[i], pixmap, pixmap_gc,
8, 5 + i * font_height, width - 16);
/* and reset the colour again for other lines */
if (i == backtrace_string_index)
set_font_colors(pixmap_gc, get_colorpixel("#FFFFFF"), get_colorpixel("#000000"));
}
/* Copy the contents of the pixmap to the real window */
@ -64,7 +154,7 @@ static int sig_draw_window(xcb_window_t win, int width, int height, int font_hei
}
/*
* Handles keypresses of 'e' or 'r' to exit or restart i3
* Handles keypresses of 'b', 'r' and 'f' to get a backtrace or restart i3
*
*/
static int sig_handle_key_press(void *ignored, xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_key_press_event_t *event) {
@ -77,10 +167,15 @@ static int sig_handle_key_press(void *ignored, xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_key_p
xcb_keysym_t sym = xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym(keysyms, event, state);
if (sym == 'e') {
DLOG("User issued exit-command, raising error again.\n");
raise(raised_signal);
exit(1);
if (sym == 'b') {
DLOG("User issued core-dump command.\n");
/* fork and exec/attach GDB to the parent to get a backtrace in the
* tmpdir */
backtrace_done = backtrace();
/* re-open the windows to indicate that it's finished */
open_popups();
}
if (sym == 'r')
@ -129,20 +224,7 @@ static xcb_window_t open_input_window(xcb_connection_t *conn, Rect screen_rect,
return win;
}
/*
* Handle signals
* It creates a window asking the user to restart in-place
* or exit to generate a core dump
*
*/
void handle_signal(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *data) {
DLOG("i3 crashed. SIG: %d\n", sig);
struct sigaction action;
action.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
sigaction(sig, &action, NULL);
raised_signal = sig;
static void open_popups() {
/* width and height of the popup window, so that the text fits in */
int crash_text_num = sizeof(crash_text) / sizeof(char*);
int height = 13 + (crash_text_num * config.font.height);
@ -182,6 +264,23 @@ void handle_signal(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *data) {
sig_draw_window(win, width, height, config.font.height, crash_text_i3strings);
xcb_flush(conn);
}
}
/*
* Handle signals
* It creates a window asking the user to restart in-place
* or exit to generate a core dump
*
*/
void handle_signal(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *data) {
DLOG("i3 crashed. SIG: %d\n", sig);
struct sigaction action;
action.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
sigaction(sig, &action, NULL);
raised_signal = sig;
open_popups();
xcb_generic_event_t *event;
/* Yay, more own eventhandlers… */