Misc bug fixes related to NSH file execution

git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/nuttx/code/trunk@5530 42af7a65-404d-4744-a932-0658087f49c3

2 files changed, 41 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/nuttx/configs/sim/README.txt b/nuttx/configs/sim/README.txt
index 67ff73019..963a46e08 100644
--- a/nuttx/configs/sim/README.txt
+++ b/nuttx/configs/sim/README.txt
@@ -291,14 +291,31 @@ nsh
      apps/examples/hello.
 
   3. This configuration has BINFS enabled so that the builtin applications
-     can be made visible in the file system.  For example:
-
-     NuttShell (NSH) NuttX-6.24
-     nsh> mount -t binfs /bin
-     nsh> ls /bin
-     /bin:
-       hello
-     nsh> 
+     can be made visible in the file system.  Because of that, the
+     build in applications do not work as other examples.
+
+     For example trying to execute the hello builtin application will
+     fail:
+
+       nsh> hello   
+       nsh: hello: command not found
+       nsh>
+
+     Unless you first mount the BINFS file system:
+
+       nsh> mount -t binfs /bin
+       nsh> ls /bin
+       /bin:
+         hello
+       nsh> echo $PATH
+       /bin
+       nsh> hello
+       Hello, World!!
+       nsh> 
+
+     Notice that the executable 'hello' is found using the value in the PATH
+     variable (which was preset to "/bin").  If the PATH variable were not set
+     then you would have to use /bin/hello on the command line.
 
 nsh2
 
diff --git a/nuttx/libc/spawn/lib_ps.c b/nuttx/libc/spawn/lib_ps.c
index 000f711a3..1bf7c2113 100644
--- a/nuttx/libc/spawn/lib_ps.c
+++ b/nuttx/libc/spawn/lib_ps.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 #include <nuttx/config.h>
 
+#include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <semaphore.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <sched.h>
@@ -75,7 +76,9 @@ struct spawn_parms_s
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 static sem_t g_ps_parmsem = SEM_INITIALIZER(1);
+#ifndef CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID
 static sem_t g_ps_execsem = SEM_INITIALIZER(0);
+#endif
 static struct spawn_parms_s g_ps_parms;
 
 /****************************************************************************
@@ -425,7 +428,9 @@ static int spawn_proxy(int argc, char *argv[])
    */
 
   g_ps_parms.result = ret;
+#ifndef CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID
   ps_semgive(&g_ps_execsem);
+#endif
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -540,6 +545,9 @@ int posix_spawn(FAR pid_t *pid, FAR const char *path,
 {
   struct sched_param param;
   pid_t proxy;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID
+  int status;
+#endif
   int ret;
 
   DEBUGASSERT(path);
@@ -613,7 +621,15 @@ int posix_spawn(FAR pid_t *pid, FAR const char *path,
 
    /* Wait for the proxy to complete its job */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_WAITPID
+   ret = waitpid(proxy, &status, 0);
+   if (ret < 0)
+     {
+      sdbg("ERROR: waitpid() failed: %d\n", errno);
+     }
+#else
    ps_semtake(&g_ps_execsem);
+#endif
 
    /* Get the result and relinquish our access to the parameter structure */