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[09/14] oe-selftest: devtool ide-sdk: support $ in gdbserver task command

Message ID 20260816194127.86607-10-adrian.freihofer@siemens.com
State New
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Series devtool: ide-sdk: robust attach-mode debugging and test cleanup | expand

Commit Message

AdrianF Aug. 16, 2026, 7:40 p.m. UTC 
From: Adrian Freihofer <adrian.freihofer@siemens.com>

This is a preparation commit for the next commit that will add a new a
variable to the tasks.json file to support gdbserver commands.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Freihofer <adrian.freihofer@siemens.com>
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 meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
index 1be727d96f..b38011eac1 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/devtool.py
@@ -3518,10 +3518,11 @@  class DevtoolIdeSdkGccTests(DevtoolIdeSdkTests):
 
         # Start gdbserver on target using the task command (keep the ssh connection open while debugging)
         ssh_gdbserver_cmd = [task_command] + task_args
-        # Fix shell command escaping - remove extra quotes from the last argument
-        # The task_args likely contains a quoted shell command that needs to be unquoted
+        # The tasks.json argument is formatted for an intermediate shell. Strip
+        # its quotes and restore dollar expansions before passing it directly to
+        # SSH via subprocess.
         if len(ssh_gdbserver_cmd) > 0 and ssh_gdbserver_cmd[-1].startswith('"') and ssh_gdbserver_cmd[-1].endswith('"'):
-            ssh_gdbserver_cmd[-1] = ssh_gdbserver_cmd[-1][1:-1]  # Remove surrounding quotes
+            ssh_gdbserver_cmd[-1] = ssh_gdbserver_cmd[-1][1:-1].replace('\\$', '$')  # Remove surrounding quotes
         self.logger.debug(f"Starting gdbserver with command: {' '.join(ssh_gdbserver_cmd)}")
         with RunCmdBackground(ssh_gdbserver_cmd, output_log=self._cmd_logger):
             # Give gdbserver a moment to start