Forbid nested debuggers

src/libcmd/repl.cc

@@ -336,13 +336,7 @@ ReplExitStatus NixRepl::mainLoop()
               printMsg(lvlError, e.msg());
             }
         } catch (EvalError & e) {
-            // in debugger mode, an EvalError should trigger another repl session.
+            printMsg(lvlError, e.msg());
-            // when that session returns the exception will land here.  No need to show it again;
-            // show the error for this repl session instead.
-            if (state->debugRepl && !state->debugTraces.empty())
-                showDebugTrace(std::cout, state->positions, state->debugTraces.front());
-            else
-                printMsg(lvlError, e.msg());
         } catch (Error & e) {
             printMsg(lvlError, e.msg());
         } catch (Interrupted & e) {

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -762,10 +762,24 @@ std::unique_ptr<ValMap> mapStaticEnvBindings(const SymbolTable & st, const Stati
     return vm;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets `inDebugger` to true on construction and false on destruction.
+ */
+class DebuggerGuard {
+    bool & inDebugger;
+public:
+    DebuggerGuard(bool & inDebugger) : inDebugger(inDebugger) {
+        inDebugger = true;
+    }
+    ~DebuggerGuard() {
+        inDebugger = false;
+    }
+};
+
 void EvalState::runDebugRepl(const Error * error, const Env & env, const Expr & expr)
 {
-    // double check we've got the debugRepl function pointer.
+    // Make sure we have a debugger to run and we're not already in a debugger.
-    if (!debugRepl)
+    if (!debugRepl || inDebugger)
         return;
 
     auto dts =
@@ -792,6 +806,7 @@ void EvalState::runDebugRepl(const Error * error, const Env & env, const Expr &
     auto se = getStaticEnv(expr);
     if (se) {
         auto vm = mapStaticEnvBindings(symbols, *se.get(), env);
+        DebuggerGuard _guard(inDebugger);
         auto exitStatus = (debugRepl)(ref<EvalState>(shared_from_this()), *vm);
         switch (exitStatus) {
             case ReplExitStatus::QuitAll:

src/libexpr/eval.hh

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct DebugTrace {
     bool isError;
 };
 
+
 class EvalState : public std::enable_shared_from_this<EvalState>
 {
 public:
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ public:
      */
     ReplExitStatus (* debugRepl)(ref<EvalState> es, const ValMap & extraEnv);
     bool debugStop;
+    bool inDebugger = false;
     int trylevel;
     std::list<DebugTrace> debugTraces;
     std::map<const Expr*, const std::shared_ptr<const StaticEnv>> exprEnvs;

src/libutil/fmt.hh

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
-namespace {
 /**
  * A helper for writing `boost::format` expressions.
  *
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ void setExceptions(boost::format & fmt)
         boost::io::too_many_args_bit ^
         boost::io::too_few_args_bit);
 }
-}
 
 /**
  * A helper for writing a `boost::format` expression to a string.