Hello,
I was running tests on my Ubuntu and noticed that sometimes lldb and inferior process remained in process list after test run is completed:
- ps -elf | grep lldb
0 S ovyalov 13653 4457 0 80 0 - 125362 futex_ 11:09 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/home/ovyalov/projects/lldb/git/build/bin/lldb --no-lldbinit -b -o break set -n main -o run -o continue /usr/local/home/ovyalov/projects/lldb/git/lldb/test/driver/batch_mode/a.out -- CRASH
0 t ovyalov 13783 13653 0 80 0 - 1049 ptrace 11:09 pts/60 00:00:00 /usr/local/home/ovyalov/projects/lldb/git/lldb/test/driver/batch_mode/a.out CRASH
0 S ovyalov 14124 4457 0 80 0 - 125362 futex_ 11:43 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/home/ovyalov/projects/lldb/git/build/bin/lldb --no-lldbinit -b -o break set -n main -o run -o continue /usr/local/home/ovyalov/projects/lldb/git/lldb/test/driver/batch_mode/a.out -- CRASH
0 t ovyalov 14299 14124 0 80 0 - 1049 ptrace 11:43 pts/67 00:00:00 /usr/local/home/ovyalov/projects/lldb/git/lldb/test/driver/batch_mode/a.out CRASH
0 S ovyalov 14803 14689 0 80 0 - 125297 futex_ 17:15 pts/55 00:00:00 ./lldb --no-lldbinit -b -o break set -n main -o run -o continue /usr/local/home/ovyalov/projects/lldb/git/lldb/test/driver/batch_mode/a.out -- NOCRASH
0 t ovyalov 14809 14803 0 80 0 - 1048 ptrace 17:15 pts/58 00:00:00 /usr/local/home/ovyalov/projects/lldb/git/lldb/test/driver/batch_mode/a.out NOCRASH
0 S ovyalov 14837 28698 0 80 0 - 5936 pipe_w 17:16 pts/57 00:00:00 grep --color=auto lldb
As I found out, the problem is in lldbtest.py which improperly handles exceptions. I've attached a patch to address this issue - please let me know whether it looks okay.