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37 changes: 36 additions & 1 deletion lib/std/os/windows.zig
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1886,13 +1886,48 @@ pub const CreateProcessError = error{
Unexpected,
};

pub const CreateProcessFlags = packed struct(u32) {
debug_process: bool = false,
debug_only_this_process: bool = false,
create_suspended: bool = false,
detached_process: bool = false,
create_new_console: bool = false,
normal_priority_class: bool = false,
idle_priority_class: bool = false,
high_priority_class: bool = false,
realtime_priority_class: bool = false,
create_new_process_group: bool = false,
create_unicode_environment: bool = false,
create_separate_wow_vdm: bool = false,
create_shared_wow_vdm: bool = false,
create_forcedos: bool = false,
below_normal_priority_class: bool = false,
above_normal_priority_class: bool = false,
inherit_parent_affinity: bool = false,
inherit_caller_priority: bool = false,
create_protected_process: bool = false,
extended_startupinfo_present: bool = false,
process_mode_background_begin: bool = false,
process_mode_background_end: bool = false,
create_secure_process: bool = false,
_reserved: bool = false,
create_breakaway_from_job: bool = false,
create_preserve_code_authz_level: bool = false,
create_default_error_mode: bool = false,
create_no_window: bool = false,
profile_user: bool = false,
profile_kernel: bool = false,
profile_server: bool = false,
create_ignore_system_default: bool = false,
};

pub fn CreateProcessW(
lpApplicationName: ?LPCWSTR,
lpCommandLine: ?LPWSTR,
lpProcessAttributes: ?*SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,
lpThreadAttributes: ?*SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,
bInheritHandles: BOOL,
dwCreationFlags: DWORD,
dwCreationFlags: CreateProcessFlags,
lpEnvironment: ?*anyopaque,
lpCurrentDirectory: ?LPCWSTR,
lpStartupInfo: *STARTUPINFOW,
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion lib/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ pub extern "kernel32" fn CreateProcessW(
lpProcessAttributes: ?*SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,
lpThreadAttributes: ?*SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,
bInheritHandles: BOOL,
dwCreationFlags: DWORD,
dwCreationFlags: windows.CreateProcessFlags,
lpEnvironment: ?LPVOID,
lpCurrentDirectory: ?LPCWSTR,
lpStartupInfo: *STARTUPINFOW,
24 changes: 18 additions & 6 deletions lib/std/process/Child.zig
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -80,9 +80,13 @@ expand_arg0: Arg0Expand,
/// Darwin-only. Disable ASLR for the child process.
disable_aslr: bool = false,

/// Darwin-only. Start child process in suspended state as if SIGSTOP was sent.
/// Darwin and Windows only. Start child process in suspended state. For Darwin it's started
/// as if SIGSTOP was sent.
start_suspended: bool = false,

/// Windows-only. Sets the CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag in CreateProcess.
create_no_window: bool = false,

/// Set to true to obtain rusage information for the child process.
/// Depending on the target platform and implementation status, the
/// requested statistics may or may not be available. If they are
@@ -854,6 +858,12 @@ fn spawnWindows(self: *ChildProcess) SpawnError!void {
const app_name_w = try unicode.wtf8ToWtf16LeAllocZ(self.allocator, app_basename_wtf8);
defer self.allocator.free(app_name_w);

const flags: windows.CreateProcessFlags = .{
.create_suspended = self.start_suspended,
.create_unicode_environment = true,
.create_no_window = self.create_no_window,
};

run: {
const PATH: [:0]const u16 = process.getenvW(unicode.utf8ToUtf16LeStringLiteral("PATH")) orelse &[_:0]u16{};
const PATHEXT: [:0]const u16 = process.getenvW(unicode.utf8ToUtf16LeStringLiteral("PATHEXT")) orelse &[_:0]u16{};
@@ -889,7 +899,7 @@ fn spawnWindows(self: *ChildProcess) SpawnError!void {
dir_buf.shrinkRetainingCapacity(normalized_len);
}

windowsCreateProcessPathExt(self.allocator, &dir_buf, &app_buf, PATHEXT, &cmd_line_cache, envp_ptr, cwd_w_ptr, &siStartInfo, &piProcInfo) catch |no_path_err| {
windowsCreateProcessPathExt(self.allocator, &dir_buf, &app_buf, PATHEXT, &cmd_line_cache, envp_ptr, cwd_w_ptr, flags, &siStartInfo, &piProcInfo) catch |no_path_err| {
const original_err = switch (no_path_err) {
// argv[0] contains unsupported characters that will never resolve to a valid exe.
error.InvalidArg0 => return error.FileNotFound,
@@ -917,7 +927,7 @@ fn spawnWindows(self: *ChildProcess) SpawnError!void {
const normalized_len = windows.normalizePath(u16, dir_buf.items) catch continue;
dir_buf.shrinkRetainingCapacity(normalized_len);

if (windowsCreateProcessPathExt(self.allocator, &dir_buf, &app_buf, PATHEXT, &cmd_line_cache, envp_ptr, cwd_w_ptr, &siStartInfo, &piProcInfo)) {
if (windowsCreateProcessPathExt(self.allocator, &dir_buf, &app_buf, PATHEXT, &cmd_line_cache, envp_ptr, cwd_w_ptr, flags, &siStartInfo, &piProcInfo)) {
break :run;
} else |err| switch (err) {
// argv[0] contains unsupported characters that will never resolve to a valid exe.
@@ -1016,6 +1026,7 @@ fn windowsCreateProcessPathExt(
cmd_line_cache: *WindowsCommandLineCache,
envp_ptr: ?[*]u16,
cwd_ptr: ?[*:0]u16,
flags: windows.CreateProcessFlags,
lpStartupInfo: *windows.STARTUPINFOW,
lpProcessInformation: *windows.PROCESS_INFORMATION,
) !void {
@@ -1166,7 +1177,7 @@ fn windowsCreateProcessPathExt(
else
full_app_name;

if (windowsCreateProcess(app_name_w.ptr, cmd_line_w.ptr, envp_ptr, cwd_ptr, lpStartupInfo, lpProcessInformation)) |_| {
if (windowsCreateProcess(app_name_w.ptr, cmd_line_w.ptr, envp_ptr, cwd_ptr, flags, lpStartupInfo, lpProcessInformation)) |_| {
return;
} else |err| switch (err) {
error.FileNotFound,
@@ -1221,7 +1232,7 @@ fn windowsCreateProcessPathExt(
else
full_app_name;

if (windowsCreateProcess(app_name_w.ptr, cmd_line_w.ptr, envp_ptr, cwd_ptr, lpStartupInfo, lpProcessInformation)) |_| {
if (windowsCreateProcess(app_name_w.ptr, cmd_line_w.ptr, envp_ptr, cwd_ptr, flags, lpStartupInfo, lpProcessInformation)) |_| {
return;
} else |err| switch (err) {
error.FileNotFound => continue,
@@ -1247,6 +1258,7 @@ fn windowsCreateProcess(
cmd_line: [*:0]u16,
envp_ptr: ?[*]u16,
cwd_ptr: ?[*:0]u16,
flags: windows.CreateProcessFlags,
lpStartupInfo: *windows.STARTUPINFOW,
lpProcessInformation: *windows.PROCESS_INFORMATION,
) !void {
@@ -1273,7 +1285,7 @@ fn windowsCreateProcess(
null,
null,
windows.TRUE,
windows.CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT,
flags,
@as(?*anyopaque, @ptrCast(envp_ptr)),
cwd_ptr,
lpStartupInfo,
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion test/standalone/windows_argv/fuzz.zig
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fn spawnVerify(verify_path: [:0]const u16, cmd_line: [:0]const u16) !windows.DWO
null,
null,
windows.TRUE,
0,
.{},
null,
null,
&startup_info,