X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/67e88ab9635136f62aab0b9e68f05d16fab123f5..990f63194e4c4b6e94fd9ae953d248aa9f4436a0:/src/smpi/smpirun.in

diff --git a/src/smpi/smpirun.in b/src/smpi/smpirun.in
index 895ed69e74..0067427d4d 100755
--- a/src/smpi/smpirun.in
+++ b/src/smpi/smpirun.in
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ Options:
   -trace-viva                # generate configuration for Viva's GraphView
   -trace-file <tracefile>    # name of the tracefile (simgrid_smpi.trace)
   -ext <value>               # additional parameter (reserved)
-  -foreground                # run the child process in the foreground:
-                             # - it can access the terminal;
-                             # - but we cannot stop it when we receive a signal.
-                             # This is useful with -wrapper "gdb --args".
 
   -version                   # Displays the SimGrid version (human readable)
   -git-version               # Displays the git hash of SimGrid
@@ -72,7 +68,6 @@ HOSTFILE=""
 HOSTFILETMP=0
 
 unset pid
-unset foreground ; foreground=0
 
 trapped_signals="HUP INT QUIT ILL ABRT SEGV FPE ALRM TERM USR1 USR2 BUS"
 
@@ -246,7 +241,7 @@ while true; do
             shift 1
             ;;
         "-foreground")
-            foreground=1
+            # Nothing to do, compatibility.
             shift 1
             ;;
         *)
@@ -517,16 +512,28 @@ if [ -n "${KEEP}" ] ; then
         echo "Generated unrolled hostfile ${UNROLLEDHOSTFILE} kept." 
     fi
 fi
-if [ "$foreground" = 1 ]; then
-  ${EXEC} ${TRACEOPTIONS} ${SIMOPTS} ${PLATFORMTMP} ${APPLICATIONTMP}
-  status=$?
-else
-  ${EXEC} ${TRACEOPTIONS} ${SIMOPTS} ${PLATFORMTMP} ${APPLICATIONTMP} &
-  pid=$!
-  wait $pid
-  status=$?
-  pid=""
-fi
+
+# Execute the process
+#
+# The shell still need to be alive for the duration in order to do some cleanup
+# after the process.
+#
+# We are going through great lengths in order to both keep stdin and be able
+# to handle signals:
+#
+# * The job is launched in the background in order to be able to handle
+#   signals.
+#
+# * The FD 3 is used to temporarily store FD 1. This is because the shell
+#   connects FD 1 to /dev/null when the command is launched in the
+#   background: this can be overriden in bash but not in standard bourne shell.
+exec 3<&0
+${EXEC} ${TRACEOPTIONS} ${SIMOPTS} ${PLATFORMTMP} ${APPLICATIONTMP} <&3 3>&- &
+pid=$!
+exec 3>&-
+wait $pid
+status=$?
+pid=""
 
 smpirun_cleanup