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-rw-r--r--src/gtest-death-test.cc25
-rw-r--r--src/gtest-internal-inl.h4
-rw-r--r--src/gtest.cc2
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/gtest-death-test.cc b/src/gtest-death-test.cc
index b667682f..6499842c 100644
--- a/src/gtest-death-test.cc
+++ b/src/gtest-death-test.cc
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ GTEST_DEFINE_string_(
"\"fast\" (child process runs the death test immediately "
"after forking).");
+GTEST_DEFINE_bool_(
+ death_test_use_fork,
+ internal::BoolFromGTestEnv("death_test_use_fork", false),
+ "Instructs to use fork()/_exit() instead of clone() in death tests. "
+ "Useful when running under valgrind or similar tools if those "
+ "do not support clone(). Valgrind 3.3.1 will just fail if "
+ "it sees an unsupported combination of clone() flags. "
+ "It is not recommended to use this flag w/o valgrind though it will "
+ "work in 99% of the cases. Once valgrind is fixed, this flag will "
+ "most likely be removed.");
+
namespace internal {
GTEST_DEFINE_string_(
internal_run_death_test, "",
@@ -603,8 +614,18 @@ static pid_t ExecDeathTestFork(char* const* argv, int close_fd) {
void* const stack_top =
static_cast<char*>(stack) + (stack_grows_down ? stack_size : 0);
ExecDeathTestArgs args = { argv, close_fd };
- const pid_t child_pid = clone(&ExecDeathTestChildMain, stack_top,
- SIGCHLD, &args);
+ pid_t child_pid;
+ if (GTEST_FLAG(death_test_use_fork)) {
+ // Valgrind-friendly version. As of valgrind 3.3.1 the clone() call below
+ // is not supported (valgrind will fail with an error message).
+ if ((child_pid = fork()) == 0) {
+ ExecDeathTestChildMain(&args);
+ _exit(0);
+ }
+ } else {
+ child_pid = clone(&ExecDeathTestChildMain, stack_top,
+ SIGCHLD, &args);
+ }
GTEST_DEATH_TEST_CHECK_(child_pid != -1);
GTEST_DEATH_TEST_CHECK_(munmap(stack, stack_size) != -1);
return child_pid;
diff --git a/src/gtest-internal-inl.h b/src/gtest-internal-inl.h
index b8f67c18..353c40a6 100644
--- a/src/gtest-internal-inl.h
+++ b/src/gtest-internal-inl.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ namespace testing {
GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(break_on_failure);
GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(catch_exceptions);
GTEST_DECLARE_string_(color);
+GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(death_test_use_fork);
GTEST_DECLARE_string_(filter);
GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(list_tests);
GTEST_DECLARE_string_(output);
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ class GTestFlagSaver {
catch_exceptions_ = GTEST_FLAG(catch_exceptions);
color_ = GTEST_FLAG(color);
death_test_style_ = GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style);
+ death_test_use_fork_ = GTEST_FLAG(death_test_use_fork);
filter_ = GTEST_FLAG(filter);
internal_run_death_test_ = GTEST_FLAG(internal_run_death_test);
list_tests_ = GTEST_FLAG(list_tests);
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ class GTestFlagSaver {
GTEST_FLAG(catch_exceptions) = catch_exceptions_;
GTEST_FLAG(color) = color_;
GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style) = death_test_style_;
+ GTEST_FLAG(death_test_use_fork) = death_test_use_fork_;
GTEST_FLAG(filter) = filter_;
GTEST_FLAG(internal_run_death_test) = internal_run_death_test_;
GTEST_FLAG(list_tests) = list_tests_;
@@ -127,6 +130,7 @@ class GTestFlagSaver {
bool catch_exceptions_;
String color_;
String death_test_style_;
+ bool death_test_use_fork_;
String filter_;
String internal_run_death_test_;
bool list_tests_;
diff --git a/src/gtest.cc b/src/gtest.cc
index a9ca334a..ae20d874 100644
--- a/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/src/gtest.cc
@@ -3867,6 +3867,8 @@ void ParseGoogleTestFlagsOnlyImpl(int* argc, CharType** argv) {
ParseStringFlag(arg, kColorFlag, &GTEST_FLAG(color)) ||
ParseStringFlag(arg, kDeathTestStyleFlag,
&GTEST_FLAG(death_test_style)) ||
+ ParseBoolFlag(arg, kDeathTestUseFork,
+ &GTEST_FLAG(death_test_use_fork)) ||
ParseStringFlag(arg, kFilterFlag, &GTEST_FLAG(filter)) ||
ParseStringFlag(arg, kInternalRunDeathTestFlag,
&GTEST_FLAG(internal_run_death_test)) ||