diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 3e49e6e..bf8b359 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -1196,6 +1196,7 @@ SFILES = \
 	common/fileio.c \
 	common/filestuff.c \
 	common/format.c \
+	common/common-fork-child.c \
 	common/common-inflow.c \
 	common/gdb_vecs.c \
 	common/new-op.c \
@@ -1483,6 +1484,8 @@ HFILES_NO_SRCDIR = \
 	common/gdb_sys_time.h \
 	common/gdb_vecs.h \
 	common/gdb_wait.h \
+	common/common-inferior.h \
+	common/common-top.h \
 	common/host-defs.h \
 	common/print-utils.h \
 	common/ptid.h \
@@ -1625,6 +1628,7 @@ COMMON_OBS = $(DEPFILES) $(CONFIG_OBS) $(YYOBJ) \
 	common-agent.o \
 	common-debug.o \
 	common-exceptions.o \
+	common-fork-child.o \
 	common-inflow.o \
 	common-regcache.o \
 	common-utils.o \
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-fork-child.c b/gdb/common/common-fork-child.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65ef374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/common/common-fork-child.c
@@ -0,0 +1,593 @@
+/* Fork a Unix child process, and set up to debug it, for GDB and gdbserver.
+
+   Copyright (C) 1990-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   Contributed by Cygnus Support.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include "common-defs.h"
+#include "target/waitstatus.h"
+#include "common-terminal.h"
+#include "filestuff.h"
+#include "target/target.h"
+#include "common-inferior.h"
+#include "common-gdbthread.h"
+#include "common-top.h"
+#include "signals-state-save-restore.h"
+
+extern char **environ;
+
+/* Default shell file to be used if 'startup-with-shell' is set but
+   $SHELL is not.  */
+#define SHELL_FILE "/bin/sh"
+
+/* Break up SCRATCH into an argument vector suitable for passing to
+   execvp and store it in ARGV.  E.g., on "run a b c d" this routine
+   would get as input the string "a b c d", and as output it would
+   fill in ARGV with the four arguments "a", "b", "c", "d".  */
+
+static void
+breakup_args_for_exec (char *scratch, char **argv)
+{
+  char *cp = scratch, *tmp;
+
+  for (;;)
+    {
+      /* Scan past leading separators */
+      while (*cp == ' ' || *cp == '\t' || *cp == '\n')
+	cp++;
+
+      /* Break if at end of string.  */
+      if (*cp == '\0')
+	break;
+
+      /* Take an arg.  */
+      *argv++ = cp;
+
+      /* Scan for next arg separator.  */
+      tmp = strchr (cp, ' ');
+      if (tmp == NULL)
+	tmp = strchr (cp, '\t');
+      if (tmp == NULL)
+	tmp = strchr (cp, '\n');
+
+      /* No separators => end of string => break.  */
+      if (tmp == NULL)
+	break;
+      cp = tmp;
+
+      /* Replace the separator with a terminator.  */
+      *cp++ = '\0';
+    }
+
+  /* Null-terminate the vector.  */
+  *argv = NULL;
+}
+
+/* When executing a command under the given shell, return non-zero if
+   the '!' character should be escaped when embedded in a quoted
+   command-line argument.  */
+
+static int
+escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (const char *shell_file)
+{
+  const int shell_file_len = strlen (shell_file);
+
+  /* Bang should be escaped only in C Shells.  For now, simply check
+     that the shell name ends with 'csh', which covers at least csh
+     and tcsh.  This should be good enough for now.  */
+
+  if (shell_file_len < 3)
+    return 0;
+
+  if (shell_file[shell_file_len - 3] == 'c'
+      && shell_file[shell_file_len - 2] == 's'
+      && shell_file[shell_file_len - 1] == 'h')
+    return 1;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
+
+char *
+get_startup_shell (void)
+{
+  static char *ret;
+
+  ret = getenv ("SHELL");
+  if (ret == NULL)
+    ret = SHELL_FILE;
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+/* Quote the shell command that will be executed.  This function is
+   called when the inferior is going to be executed under a shell
+   (i.e., when 'startup-with-shell' is set).
+
+   SHELL_FILE is the shell which will be used to execute the inferior
+   (e.g., /bin/sh).
+
+   EXEC_FILE is the inferior executable itself.
+
+   ALLARGS contains all the arguments that will be passed to the
+   inferior.
+
+   EXEC_WRAPPER, if set, is the wrapper that will be used to execute
+   the inferior.
+
+   SHELL_CMD is a pointer to the resulting shell command that will be
+   executed.  The resulting shell command will be returned in it.  It
+   must be pre-allocated and have a reasonable size.  For an example
+   on how to determine its size, see 'fork_inferior' on
+   fork-child.c.  */
+
+static void
+quote_shell_command (const char *shell_file, const char *exec_file,
+		     const char *allargs, const char *exec_wrapper,
+		     char **shell_cmd)
+{
+  char *shell_command = *shell_cmd;
+  const char *p;
+  int need_to_quote;
+  const int escape_bang = escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (shell_file);
+
+  shell_command[0] = '\0';
+  strcat (shell_command, "exec ");
+
+  /* Add any exec wrapper.  That may be a program name with arguments, so
+     the user must handle quoting.  */
+  if (exec_wrapper != NULL)
+    {
+      strcat (shell_command, exec_wrapper);
+      strcat (shell_command, " ");
+    }
+
+  /* Now add exec_file, quoting as necessary.  */
+
+  /* Quoting in this style is said to work with all shells.  But
+     csh on IRIX 4.0.1 can't deal with it.  So we only quote it if
+     we need to.  */
+  p = exec_file;
+  while (1)
+    {
+      switch (*p)
+	{
+	case '\'':
+	case '!':
+	case '"':
+	case '(':
+	case ')':
+	case '$':
+	case '&':
+	case ';':
+	case '<':
+	case '>':
+	case ' ':
+	case '\n':
+	case '\t':
+	  need_to_quote = 1;
+	  goto end_scan;
+
+	case '\0':
+	  need_to_quote = 0;
+	  goto end_scan;
+
+	default:
+	  break;
+	}
+      ++p;
+    }
+ end_scan:
+  if (need_to_quote)
+    {
+      strcat (shell_command, "'");
+      for (p = exec_file; *p != '\0'; ++p)
+	{
+	  if (*p == '\'')
+	    strcat (shell_command, "'\\''");
+	  else if (*p == '!' && escape_bang)
+	    strcat (shell_command, "\\!");
+	  else
+	    strncat (shell_command, p, 1);
+	}
+      strcat (shell_command, "'");
+    }
+  else
+    strcat (shell_command, exec_file);
+
+  strcat (shell_command, " ");
+  strcat (shell_command, allargs);
+}
+
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
+
+int
+fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char *allargs, char **env,
+	       void (*traceme_fun) (void), void (*init_trace_fun) (int),
+	       void (*pre_trace_fun) (void), char *shell_file_arg,
+               void (*exec_fun)(const char *file, char * const *argv,
+                                char * const *env))
+{
+  int pid;
+  /* Set debug_fork then attach to the child while it sleeps, to debug.  */
+  static int debug_fork = 0;
+  /* This is set to the result of setpgrp, which if vforked, will be visible
+     to you in the parent process.  It's only used by humans for debugging.  */
+  static int debug_setpgrp = 657473;
+  static char *shell_file;
+  static char *exec_file;
+  char **save_our_env;
+  int shell = 0;
+  static char **argv;
+  const char *inferior_io_terminal = get_inferior_io_terminal ();
+  struct inferior *inf;
+  int i;
+  int save_errno;
+  struct ui *save_ui;
+
+  /* If no exec file handed to us, get it from the exec-file command
+     -- with a good, common error message if none is specified.  */
+  exec_file = exec_file_arg;
+  if (exec_file == 0)
+    exec_file = get_exec_file (1);
+
+  /* 'startup_with_shell' is declared in inferior.h and bound to the
+     "set startup-with-shell" option.  If 0, we'll just do a
+     fork/exec, no shell, so don't bother figuring out what shell.  */
+  shell_file = shell_file_arg;
+  if (startup_with_shell)
+    {
+      /* Figure out what shell to start up the user program under.  */
+      if (shell_file == NULL)
+	shell_file = get_startup_shell ();
+
+      gdb_assert (shell_file != NULL);
+      shell = 1;
+    }
+
+  if (!shell)
+    {
+      /* We're going to call execvp.  Create argument vector.
+	 Calculate an upper bound on the length of the vector by
+	 assuming that every other character is a separate
+	 argument.  */
+      int argc = (strlen (allargs) + 1) / 2 + 2;
+
+      argv = XALLOCAVEC (char *, argc);
+      argv[0] = exec_file;
+      breakup_args_for_exec (allargs, &argv[1]);
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* We're going to call a shell.  */
+      char *shell_command;
+      char *exec_wrapper = get_exec_wrapper ();
+      size_t len;
+
+      /* Multiplying the length of exec_file by 4 is to account for the
+         fact that it may expand when quoted; it is a worst-case number
+         based on every character being '.  */
+      len = 5 + 4 * strlen (exec_file) + 1 + strlen (allargs) + 1 + /*slop */ 12;
+      if (exec_wrapper != NULL)
+        len += strlen (exec_wrapper) + 1;
+
+      shell_command = (char *) alloca (len);
+      shell_command[0] = '\0';
+
+      quote_shell_command (shell_file, exec_file,
+			   allargs,
+			   exec_wrapper, &shell_command);
+
+      /* If we decided above to start up with a shell, we exec the
+	 shell, "-c" says to interpret the next arg as a shell command
+	 to execute, and this command is "exec <target-program>
+	 <args>".  */
+      argv = (char **) alloca (4 * sizeof (char *));
+      argv[0] = shell_file;
+      argv[1] = "-c";
+      argv[2] = shell_command;
+      argv[3] = (char *) 0;
+    }
+
+  /* Retain a copy of our environment variables, since the child will
+     replace the value of environ and if we're vforked, we have to
+     restore it.  */
+  save_our_env = environ;
+
+  /* Likewise the current UI.  */
+  save_ui = current_ui;
+
+  /* Tell the terminal handling subsystem what tty we plan to run on;
+     it will just record the information for later.  */
+  new_tty_prefork (inferior_io_terminal);
+
+  /* It is generally good practice to flush any possible pending stdio
+     output prior to doing a fork, to avoid the possibility of both
+     the parent and child flushing the same data after the fork.  */
+  gdb_flush_out_err ();
+
+  /* If there's any initialization of the target layers that must
+     happen to prepare to handle the child we're about fork, do it
+     now...  */
+  if (pre_trace_fun != NULL)
+    (*pre_trace_fun) ();
+
+  /* Create the child process.  Since the child process is going to
+     exec(3) shortly afterwards, try to reduce the overhead by
+     calling vfork(2).  However, if PRE_TRACE_FUN is non-null, it's
+     likely that this optimization won't work since there's too much
+     work to do between the vfork(2) and the exec(3).  This is known
+     to be the case on ttrace(2)-based HP-UX, where some handshaking
+     between parent and child needs to happen between fork(2) and
+     exec(2).  However, since the parent is suspended in the vforked
+     state, this doesn't work.  Also note that the vfork(2) call might
+     actually be a call to fork(2) due to the fact that autoconf will
+     ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms.  */
+  if (pre_trace_fun || debug_fork)
+    pid = fork ();
+  else
+    pid = vfork ();
+
+  if (pid < 0)
+    perror_with_name (("vfork"));
+
+  if (pid == 0)
+    {
+      /* Switch to the main UI, so that gdb_std{in/out/err} in the
+	 child are mapped to std{in/out/err}.  This makes it possible
+	 to use fprintf_unfiltered/warning/error/etc. in the child
+	 from here on.  */
+      current_ui = main_ui;
+
+      /* Close all file descriptors except those that gdb inherited
+	 (usually 0/1/2), so they don't leak to the inferior.  Note
+	 that this closes the file descriptors of all secondary
+	 UIs.  */
+      close_most_fds ();
+
+      if (debug_fork)
+	sleep (debug_fork);
+
+      /* Create a new session for the inferior process, if necessary.
+         It will also place the inferior in a separate process group.  */
+      if (create_tty_session () <= 0)
+	{
+	  /* No session was created, but we still want to run the inferior
+	     in a separate process group.  */
+	  debug_setpgrp = gdb_setpgid ();
+	  if (debug_setpgrp == -1)
+	    perror (_("setpgrp failed in child"));
+	}
+
+      /* Ask the tty subsystem to switch to the one we specified
+         earlier (or to share the current terminal, if none was
+         specified).  */
+      new_tty ();
+
+      /* Changing the signal handlers for the inferior after
+         a vfork can also change them for the superior, so we don't mess
+         with signals here.  See comments in
+         initialize_signals for how we get the right signal handlers
+         for the inferior.  */
+
+      /* "Trace me, Dr. Memory!"  */
+      (*traceme_fun) ();
+
+      /* The call above set this process (the "child") as debuggable
+        by the original gdb process (the "parent").  Since processes
+        (unlike people) can have only one parent, if you are debugging
+        gdb itself (and your debugger is thus _already_ the
+        controller/parent for this child), code from here on out is
+        undebuggable.  Indeed, you probably got an error message
+        saying "not parent".  Sorry; you'll have to use print
+        statements!  */
+
+      restore_original_signals_state ();
+
+      /* There is no execlpe call, so we have to set the environment
+         for our child in the global variable.  If we've vforked, this
+         clobbers the parent, but environ is restored a few lines down
+         in the parent.  By the way, yes we do need to look down the
+         path to find $SHELL.  Rich Pixley says so, and I agree.  */
+      environ = env;
+
+      if (exec_fun != NULL)
+        (*exec_fun) (argv[0], argv, env);
+      else
+        execvp (argv[0], argv);
+
+      /* If we get here, it's an error.  */
+      save_errno = errno;
+      warning ("Cannot exec %s", argv[0]);
+
+      for (i = 1; argv[i] != NULL; i++)
+	warning (" %s", argv[i]);
+
+      warning ("Error: %s\n", safe_strerror (save_errno));
+
+      _exit (0177);
+    }
+
+  /* Restore our environment in case a vforked child clob'd it.  */
+  environ = save_our_env;
+
+  /* Likewise the current UI.  */
+  current_ui = save_ui;
+
+  if (!have_inferiors ())
+    init_thread_list ();
+
+  inf = current_inferior ();
+
+  inferior_appeared (inf, pid);
+
+  /* Needed for wait_for_inferior stuff below.  */
+  inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (pid);
+
+  new_tty_postfork ();
+
+  /* We have something that executes now.  We'll be running through
+     the shell at this point, but the pid shouldn't change.  Targets
+     supporting MT should fill this task's ptid with more data as soon
+     as they can.  */
+  add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid);
+
+  /* Now that we have a child process, make it our target, and
+     initialize anything target-vector-specific that needs
+     initializing.  */
+  if (init_trace_fun)
+    (*init_trace_fun) (pid);
+
+  /* We are now in the child process of interest, having exec'd the
+     correct program, and are poised at the first instruction of the
+     new program.  */
+  return pid;
+}
+
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
+
+void
+startup_inferior (int ntraps,
+		  struct target_waitstatus *last_waitstatus,
+		  ptid_t *last_ptid)
+{
+  int pending_execs = ntraps;
+  int terminal_initted = 0;
+  ptid_t resume_ptid;
+
+  if (startup_with_shell)
+    {
+      /* One trap extra for exec'ing the shell.  */
+      pending_execs++;
+    }
+
+  if (target_supports_multi_process ())
+    resume_ptid = pid_to_ptid (ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
+  else
+    resume_ptid = minus_one_ptid;
+
+  /* The process was started by the fork that created it, but it will
+     have stopped one instruction after execing the shell.  Here we
+     must get it up to actual execution of the real program.  */
+  if (get_exec_wrapper () != NULL)
+    pending_execs++;
+
+  while (1)
+    {
+      enum gdb_signal resume_signal = GDB_SIGNAL_0;
+      ptid_t event_ptid;
+
+      struct target_waitstatus ws;
+      memset (&ws, 0, sizeof (ws));
+      event_ptid = target_wait (resume_ptid, &ws, 0);
+
+      if (last_waitstatus != NULL)
+	*last_waitstatus = ws;
+      if (last_ptid != NULL)
+	*last_ptid = event_ptid;
+
+      if (ws.kind == TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE)
+	/* The inferior didn't really stop, keep waiting.  */
+	continue;
+
+      switch (ws.kind)
+	{
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SPURIOUS:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_LOADED:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_FORKED:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORKED:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_ENTRY:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_RETURN:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORK_DONE:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_HISTORY:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_NO_RESUMED:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_CREATED:
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_THREAD_EXITED:
+	    /* Ignore gracefully during startup of the inferior.  */
+	    switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
+	    break;
+
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED:
+	    target_terminal_ours ();
+	    target_mourn_inferior (event_ptid);
+	    error (_("During startup program terminated with signal %s, %s."),
+		   gdb_signal_to_name (ws.value.sig),
+		   gdb_signal_to_string (ws.value.sig));
+	    return;
+
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED:
+	    target_terminal_ours ();
+	    target_mourn_inferior (event_ptid);
+	    if (ws.value.integer)
+	      error (_("During startup program exited with code %d."),
+		     ws.value.integer);
+	    else
+	      error (_("During startup program exited normally."));
+	    return;
+
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXECD:
+	    /* Handle EXEC signals as if they were SIGTRAP signals.  */
+	    xfree (ws.value.execd_pathname);
+	    resume_signal = GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP;
+	    switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
+	    break;
+
+	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED:
+	    resume_signal = ws.value.sig;
+	    switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
+	    break;
+	}
+
+      if (resume_signal != GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP)
+	{
+	  /* Let shell child handle its own signals in its own way.  */
+	  target_continue (resume_ptid, resume_signal);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  /* We handle SIGTRAP, however; it means child did an exec.  */
+	  if (!terminal_initted)
+	    {
+	      /* Now that the child has exec'd we know it has already
+	         set its process group.  On POSIX systems, tcsetpgrp
+	         will fail with EPERM if we try it before the child's
+	         setpgid.  */
+
+	      /* Set up the "saved terminal modes" of the inferior
+	         based on what modes we are starting it with.  */
+	      target_terminal_init ();
+
+	      /* Install inferior's terminal modes.  */
+	      target_terminal_inferior ();
+
+	      terminal_initted = 1;
+	    }
+
+	  if (--pending_execs == 0)
+	    break;
+
+	  /* Just make it go on.  */
+	  target_continue_no_signal (resume_ptid);
+	}
+    }
+
+  /* Mark all threads non-executing.  */
+  set_executing (resume_ptid, 0);
+}
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-inferior.h b/gdb/common/common-inferior.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8f163f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/common/common-inferior.h
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/* Variables that describe the inferior process running under GDB and
+   gdbserver: Where it is, why it stopped, and how to step it.
+
+   Copyright (C) 1986-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_INFERIOR_H
+#define COMMON_INFERIOR_H
+
+/* Number of traps that happen between exec'ing the shell to run an
+   inferior and when we finally get to the inferior code, not counting
+   the exec for the shell.  This is 1 on all supported
+   implementations.  */
+#define START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED 1
+
+struct inferior;
+
+/* Whether to start up the debuggee under a shell.
+
+   If startup-with-shell is set, GDB's "run" will attempt to start up
+   the debuggee under a shell.
+
+   This is in order for argument-expansion to occur.  E.g.,
+
+   (gdb) run *
+
+   The "*" gets expanded by the shell into a list of files.
+
+   While this is a nice feature, it may be handy to bypass the shell
+   in some cases.  To disable this feature, do "set startup-with-shell
+   false".
+
+   The catch-exec traps expected during start-up will be one more if
+   the target is started up with a shell.  */
+extern int startup_with_shell;
+
+/* Collected pid, tid, etc. of the debugged inferior.  When there's
+   no inferior, ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid) will be 0.  */
+extern ptid_t inferior_ptid;
+
+/* Accept NTRAPS traps from the inferior.  */
+extern void startup_inferior (int ntraps,
+			      struct target_waitstatus *mystatus,
+			      ptid_t *myptid);
+
+/* Start an inferior Unix child process and sets inferior_ptid to its
+   pid.  EXEC_FILE is the file to run.  ALLARGS is a string containing
+   the arguments to the program.  ENV is the environment vector to
+   pass.  SHELL_FILE is the shell file, or NULL if we should pick
+   one.  EXEC_FUN is the exec(2) function to use, or NULL for the default
+   one.  */
+
+/* This function is NOT reentrant.  Some of the variables have been
+   made static to ensure that they survive the vfork call.  */
+extern int fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char *allargs, char **env,
+	       void (*traceme_fun) (void), void (*init_trace_fun) (int),
+	       void (*pre_trace_fun) (void), char *shell_file_arg,
+               void (*exec_fun) (const char *file, char * const *argv,
+				 char * const *env));
+
+/* Return the shell that must be used to startup the inferior.  The
+   first attempt is the environment variable SHELL; if it is not set,
+   then we default to SHELL_FILE.  */
+extern char *get_startup_shell (void);
+
+/* Set file name for default use for standard in/out in the inferior.  */
+extern void set_inferior_io_terminal (const char *terminal_name);
+
+/* Get file name for default use for standard in/out in the inferior.  */
+extern const char *get_inferior_io_terminal (void);
+
+/* Return the exec wrapper to be used when starting the inferior, or NULL
+   otherwise.  */
+extern char *get_exec_wrapper (void);
+
+/* Return the name of the executable file as a string.
+   ERR nonzero means get error if there is none specified;
+   otherwise return 0 in that case.  */
+extern char *get_exec_file (int err);
+
+/* Returns true if the inferior list is not empty.  */
+extern int have_inferiors (void);
+
+extern void inferior_appeared (struct inferior *inf, int pid);
+
+/* Return a pointer to the current inferior.  It is an error to call
+   this if there is no current inferior.  */
+extern struct inferior *current_inferior (void);
+
+#endif /* ! COMMON_INFERIOR_H */
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-top.h b/gdb/common/common-top.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2aa692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/common/common-top.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Common top level stuff for GDB and gdbserver.
+
+   Copyright (C) 1986-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_TOP_H
+#define COMMON_TOP_H
+
+/* The main UI.  This is the UI that is bound to stdin/stdout/stderr.
+   It always exists and is created automatically when GDB starts
+   up.  */
+extern struct ui *main_ui;
+
+/* The current UI.  */
+extern struct ui *current_ui;
+
+#endif /* ! COMMON_TOP_H */
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-utils.h b/gdb/common/common-utils.h
index 618d266..59e85b1 100644
--- a/gdb/common/common-utils.h
+++ b/gdb/common/common-utils.h
@@ -103,4 +103,8 @@ extern const char *skip_spaces_const (const char *inp);
 
 extern const char *skip_to_space_const (const char *inp);
 
+/* Flush both stdout and stderr.  This function needs to be
+   implemented differently on GDB and gdbserver.  */
+extern void gdb_flush_out_err (void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/gdb/corefile.c b/gdb/corefile.c
index 54cb789..d76fa1a 100644
--- a/gdb/corefile.c
+++ b/gdb/corefile.c
@@ -170,9 +170,7 @@ validate_files (void)
     }
 }
 
-/* Return the name of the executable file as a string.
-   ERR nonzero means get error if there is none specified;
-   otherwise return 0 in that case.  */
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
 
 char *
 get_exec_file (int err)
diff --git a/gdb/darwin-nat.c b/gdb/darwin-nat.c
index 8c5e8a0..ef94d10 100644
--- a/gdb/darwin-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/darwin-nat.c
@@ -1782,7 +1782,7 @@ darwin_ptrace_him (int pid)
 
   darwin_init_thread_list (inf);
 
-  startup_inferior (START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED);
+  startup_inferior (START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/gdb/fork-child.c b/gdb/fork-child.c
index eaa8cb5..a6550c7 100644
--- a/gdb/fork-child.c
+++ b/gdb/fork-child.c
@@ -21,531 +21,19 @@
 
 #include "defs.h"
 #include "inferior.h"
-#include "terminal.h"
-#include "target.h"
-#include "gdb_wait.h"
-#include "gdb_vfork.h"
-#include "gdbcore.h"
-#include "gdbthread.h"
-#include "command.h" /* for dont_repeat () */
 #include "gdbcmd.h"
-#include "solib.h"
-#include "filestuff.h"
-#include "top.h"
-#include "signals-state-save-restore.h"
-#include <signal.h>
 
-/* This just gets used as a default if we can't find SHELL.  */
-#define SHELL_FILE "/bin/sh"
+/* The exec-wrapper, if any, that will be used when starting the
+   inferior.  */
 
-extern char **environ;
+static char *exec_wrapper = NULL;
 
-static char *exec_wrapper;
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
 
-/* Break up SCRATCH into an argument vector suitable for passing to
-   execvp and store it in ARGV.  E.g., on "run a b c d" this routine
-   would get as input the string "a b c d", and as output it would
-   fill in ARGV with the four arguments "a", "b", "c", "d".  */
-
-static void
-breakup_args (char *scratch, char **argv)
+char *
+get_exec_wrapper (void)
 {
-  char *cp = scratch, *tmp;
-
-  for (;;)
-    {
-      /* Scan past leading separators */
-      while (*cp == ' ' || *cp == '\t' || *cp == '\n')
-	cp++;
-
-      /* Break if at end of string.  */
-      if (*cp == '\0')
-	break;
-
-      /* Take an arg.  */
-      *argv++ = cp;
-
-      /* Scan for next arg separator.  */
-      tmp = strchr (cp, ' ');
-      if (tmp == NULL)
-	tmp = strchr (cp, '\t');
-      if (tmp == NULL)
-	tmp = strchr (cp, '\n');
-
-      /* No separators => end of string => break.  */
-      if (tmp == NULL)
-	break;
-      cp = tmp;
-
-      /* Replace the separator with a terminator.  */
-      *cp++ = '\0';
-    }
-
-  /* Null-terminate the vector.  */
-  *argv = NULL;
-}
-
-/* When executing a command under the given shell, return non-zero if
-   the '!' character should be escaped when embedded in a quoted
-   command-line argument.  */
-
-static int
-escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (const char *shell_file)
-{
-  const int shell_file_len = strlen (shell_file);
-
-  /* Bang should be escaped only in C Shells.  For now, simply check
-     that the shell name ends with 'csh', which covers at least csh
-     and tcsh.  This should be good enough for now.  */
-
-  if (shell_file_len < 3)
-    return 0;
-
-  if (shell_file[shell_file_len - 3] == 'c'
-      && shell_file[shell_file_len - 2] == 's'
-      && shell_file[shell_file_len - 1] == 'h')
-    return 1;
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
-/* Start an inferior Unix child process and sets inferior_ptid to its
-   pid.  EXEC_FILE is the file to run.  ALLARGS is a string containing
-   the arguments to the program.  ENV is the environment vector to
-   pass.  SHELL_FILE is the shell file, or NULL if we should pick
-   one.  EXEC_FUN is the exec(2) function to use, or NULL for the default
-   one.  */
-
-/* This function is NOT reentrant.  Some of the variables have been
-   made static to ensure that they survive the vfork call.  */
-
-int
-fork_inferior (char *exec_file_arg, char *allargs, char **env,
-	       void (*traceme_fun) (void), void (*init_trace_fun) (int),
-	       void (*pre_trace_fun) (void), char *shell_file_arg,
-               void (*exec_fun)(const char *file, char * const *argv,
-                                char * const *env))
-{
-  int pid;
-  static char default_shell_file[] = SHELL_FILE;
-  /* Set debug_fork then attach to the child while it sleeps, to debug.  */
-  static int debug_fork = 0;
-  /* This is set to the result of setpgrp, which if vforked, will be visible
-     to you in the parent process.  It's only used by humans for debugging.  */
-  static int debug_setpgrp = 657473;
-  static char *shell_file;
-  static char *exec_file;
-  char **save_our_env;
-  int shell = 0;
-  static char **argv;
-  const char *inferior_io_terminal = get_inferior_io_terminal ();
-  struct inferior *inf;
-  int i;
-  int save_errno;
-  struct ui *save_ui;
-
-  /* If no exec file handed to us, get it from the exec-file command
-     -- with a good, common error message if none is specified.  */
-  exec_file = exec_file_arg;
-  if (exec_file == 0)
-    exec_file = get_exec_file (1);
-
-  /* 'startup_with_shell' is declared in inferior.h and bound to the
-     "set startup-with-shell" option.  If 0, we'll just do a
-     fork/exec, no shell, so don't bother figuring out what shell.  */
-  shell_file = shell_file_arg;
-  if (startup_with_shell)
-    {
-      /* Figure out what shell to start up the user program under.  */
-      if (shell_file == NULL)
-	shell_file = getenv ("SHELL");
-      if (shell_file == NULL)
-	shell_file = default_shell_file;
-      shell = 1;
-    }
-
-  if (!shell)
-    {
-      /* We're going to call execvp.  Create argument vector.
-	 Calculate an upper bound on the length of the vector by
-	 assuming that every other character is a separate
-	 argument.  */
-      int argc = (strlen (allargs) + 1) / 2 + 2;
-
-      argv = XALLOCAVEC (char *, argc);
-      argv[0] = exec_file;
-      breakup_args (allargs, &argv[1]);
-    }
-  else
-    {
-      /* We're going to call a shell.  */
-      char *shell_command;
-      int len;
-      char *p;
-      int need_to_quote;
-      const int escape_bang = escape_bang_in_quoted_argument (shell_file);
-
-      /* Multiplying the length of exec_file by 4 is to account for the
-         fact that it may expand when quoted; it is a worst-case number
-         based on every character being '.  */
-      len = 5 + 4 * strlen (exec_file) + 1 + strlen (allargs) + 1 + /*slop */ 12;
-      if (exec_wrapper)
-        len += strlen (exec_wrapper) + 1;
-
-      shell_command = (char *) alloca (len);
-      shell_command[0] = '\0';
-
-      strcat (shell_command, "exec ");
-
-      /* Add any exec wrapper.  That may be a program name with arguments, so
-	 the user must handle quoting.  */
-      if (exec_wrapper)
-	{
-	  strcat (shell_command, exec_wrapper);
-	  strcat (shell_command, " ");
-	}
-
-      /* Now add exec_file, quoting as necessary.  */
-
-      /* Quoting in this style is said to work with all shells.  But
-         csh on IRIX 4.0.1 can't deal with it.  So we only quote it if
-         we need to.  */
-      p = exec_file;
-      while (1)
-	{
-	  switch (*p)
-	    {
-	    case '\'':
-	    case '!':
-	    case '"':
-	    case '(':
-	    case ')':
-	    case '$':
-	    case '&':
-	    case ';':
-	    case '<':
-	    case '>':
-	    case ' ':
-	    case '\n':
-	    case '\t':
-	      need_to_quote = 1;
-	      goto end_scan;
-
-	    case '\0':
-	      need_to_quote = 0;
-	      goto end_scan;
-
-	    default:
-	      break;
-	    }
-	  ++p;
-	}
-    end_scan:
-      if (need_to_quote)
-	{
-	  strcat (shell_command, "'");
-	  for (p = exec_file; *p != '\0'; ++p)
-	    {
-	      if (*p == '\'')
-		strcat (shell_command, "'\\''");
-	      else if (*p == '!' && escape_bang)
-		strcat (shell_command, "\\!");
-	      else
-		strncat (shell_command, p, 1);
-	    }
-	  strcat (shell_command, "'");
-	}
-      else
-	strcat (shell_command, exec_file);
-
-      strcat (shell_command, " ");
-      strcat (shell_command, allargs);
-
-      /* If we decided above to start up with a shell, we exec the
-	 shell, "-c" says to interpret the next arg as a shell command
-	 to execute, and this command is "exec <target-program>
-	 <args>".  */
-      argv = (char **) alloca (4 * sizeof (char *));
-      argv[0] = shell_file;
-      argv[1] = "-c";
-      argv[2] = shell_command;
-      argv[3] = (char *) 0;
-    }
-
-  /* Retain a copy of our environment variables, since the child will
-     replace the value of environ and if we're vforked, we have to
-     restore it.  */
-  save_our_env = environ;
-
-  /* Likewise the current UI.  */
-  save_ui = current_ui;
-
-  /* Tell the terminal handling subsystem what tty we plan to run on;
-     it will just record the information for later.  */
-  new_tty_prefork (inferior_io_terminal);
-
-  /* It is generally good practice to flush any possible pending stdio
-     output prior to doing a fork, to avoid the possibility of both
-     the parent and child flushing the same data after the fork.  */
-  gdb_flush (main_ui->m_gdb_stdout);
-  gdb_flush (main_ui->m_gdb_stderr);
-
-  /* If there's any initialization of the target layers that must
-     happen to prepare to handle the child we're about fork, do it
-     now...  */
-  if (pre_trace_fun != NULL)
-    (*pre_trace_fun) ();
-
-  /* Create the child process.  Since the child process is going to
-     exec(3) shortly afterwards, try to reduce the overhead by
-     calling vfork(2).  However, if PRE_TRACE_FUN is non-null, it's
-     likely that this optimization won't work since there's too much
-     work to do between the vfork(2) and the exec(3).  This is known
-     to be the case on ttrace(2)-based HP-UX, where some handshaking
-     between parent and child needs to happen between fork(2) and
-     exec(2).  However, since the parent is suspended in the vforked
-     state, this doesn't work.  Also note that the vfork(2) call might
-     actually be a call to fork(2) due to the fact that autoconf will
-     ``#define vfork fork'' on certain platforms.  */
-  if (pre_trace_fun || debug_fork)
-    pid = fork ();
-  else
-    pid = vfork ();
-
-  if (pid < 0)
-    perror_with_name (("vfork"));
-
-  if (pid == 0)
-    {
-      /* Switch to the main UI, so that gdb_std{in/out/err} in the
-	 child are mapped to std{in/out/err}.  This makes it possible
-	 to use fprintf_unfiltered/warning/error/etc. in the child
-	 from here on.  */
-      current_ui = main_ui;
-
-      /* Close all file descriptors except those that gdb inherited
-	 (usually 0/1/2), so they don't leak to the inferior.  Note
-	 that this closes the file descriptors of all secondary
-	 UIs.  */
-      close_most_fds ();
-
-      if (debug_fork)
-	sleep (debug_fork);
-
-      /* Create a new session for the inferior process, if necessary.
-         It will also place the inferior in a separate process group.  */
-      if (create_tty_session () <= 0)
-	{
-	  /* No session was created, but we still want to run the inferior
-	     in a separate process group.  */
-	  debug_setpgrp = gdb_setpgid ();
-	  if (debug_setpgrp == -1)
-	    perror (_("setpgrp failed in child"));
-	}
-
-      /* Ask the tty subsystem to switch to the one we specified
-         earlier (or to share the current terminal, if none was
-         specified).  */
-      new_tty ();
-
-      /* Changing the signal handlers for the inferior after
-         a vfork can also change them for the superior, so we don't mess
-         with signals here.  See comments in
-         initialize_signals for how we get the right signal handlers
-         for the inferior.  */
-
-      /* "Trace me, Dr. Memory!"  */
-      (*traceme_fun) ();
-
-      /* The call above set this process (the "child") as debuggable
-        by the original gdb process (the "parent").  Since processes
-        (unlike people) can have only one parent, if you are debugging
-        gdb itself (and your debugger is thus _already_ the
-        controller/parent for this child), code from here on out is
-        undebuggable.  Indeed, you probably got an error message
-        saying "not parent".  Sorry; you'll have to use print
-        statements!  */
-
-      restore_original_signals_state ();
-
-      /* There is no execlpe call, so we have to set the environment
-         for our child in the global variable.  If we've vforked, this
-         clobbers the parent, but environ is restored a few lines down
-         in the parent.  By the way, yes we do need to look down the
-         path to find $SHELL.  Rich Pixley says so, and I agree.  */
-      environ = env;
-
-      if (exec_fun != NULL)
-        (*exec_fun) (argv[0], argv, env);
-      else
-        execvp (argv[0], argv);
-
-      /* If we get here, it's an error.  */
-      save_errno = errno;
-      fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Cannot exec %s", argv[0]);
-      for (i = 1; argv[i] != NULL; i++)
-	fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, " %s", argv[i]);
-      fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, ".\n");
-      fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Error: %s\n",
-			  safe_strerror (save_errno));
-      gdb_flush (gdb_stderr);
-      _exit (0177);
-    }
-
-  /* Restore our environment in case a vforked child clob'd it.  */
-  environ = save_our_env;
-
-  /* Likewise the current UI.  */
-  current_ui = save_ui;
-
-  if (!have_inferiors ())
-    init_thread_list ();
-
-  inf = current_inferior ();
-
-  inferior_appeared (inf, pid);
-
-  /* Needed for wait_for_inferior stuff below.  */
-  inferior_ptid = pid_to_ptid (pid);
-
-  new_tty_postfork ();
-
-  /* We have something that executes now.  We'll be running through
-     the shell at this point, but the pid shouldn't change.  Targets
-     supporting MT should fill this task's ptid with more data as soon
-     as they can.  */
-  add_thread_silent (inferior_ptid);
-
-  /* Now that we have a child process, make it our target, and
-     initialize anything target-vector-specific that needs
-     initializing.  */
-  if (init_trace_fun)
-    (*init_trace_fun) (pid);
-
-  /* We are now in the child process of interest, having exec'd the
-     correct program, and are poised at the first instruction of the
-     new program.  */
-  return pid;
-}
-
-/* Accept NTRAPS traps from the inferior.  */
-
-void
-startup_inferior (int ntraps)
-{
-  int pending_execs = ntraps;
-  int terminal_initted = 0;
-  ptid_t resume_ptid;
-
-  if (startup_with_shell)
-    {
-      /* One trap extra for exec'ing the shell.  */
-      pending_execs++;
-    }
-
-  if (target_supports_multi_process ())
-    resume_ptid = pid_to_ptid (ptid_get_pid (inferior_ptid));
-  else
-    resume_ptid = minus_one_ptid;
-
-  /* The process was started by the fork that created it, but it will
-     have stopped one instruction after execing the shell.  Here we
-     must get it up to actual execution of the real program.  */
-
-  if (exec_wrapper)
-    pending_execs++;
-
-  while (1)
-    {
-      enum gdb_signal resume_signal = GDB_SIGNAL_0;
-      ptid_t event_ptid;
-
-      struct target_waitstatus ws;
-      memset (&ws, 0, sizeof (ws));
-      event_ptid = target_wait (resume_ptid, &ws, 0);
-
-      if (ws.kind == TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE)
-	/* The inferior didn't really stop, keep waiting.  */
-	continue;
-
-      switch (ws.kind)
-	{
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SPURIOUS:
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_LOADED:
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_FORKED:
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_VFORKED:
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_ENTRY:
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SYSCALL_RETURN:
-	    /* Ignore gracefully during startup of the inferior.  */
-	    switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
-	    break;
-
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED:
-	    target_terminal_ours ();
-	    target_mourn_inferior (event_ptid);
-	    error (_("During startup program terminated with signal %s, %s."),
-		   gdb_signal_to_name (ws.value.sig),
-		   gdb_signal_to_string (ws.value.sig));
-	    return;
-
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED:
-	    target_terminal_ours ();
-	    target_mourn_inferior (event_ptid);
-	    if (ws.value.integer)
-	      error (_("During startup program exited with code %d."),
-		     ws.value.integer);
-	    else
-	      error (_("During startup program exited normally."));
-	    return;
-
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_EXECD:
-	    /* Handle EXEC signals as if they were SIGTRAP signals.  */
-	    xfree (ws.value.execd_pathname);
-	    resume_signal = GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP;
-	    switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
-	    break;
-
-	  case TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED:
-	    resume_signal = ws.value.sig;
-	    switch_to_thread (event_ptid);
-	    break;
-	}
-
-      if (resume_signal != GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP)
-	{
-	  /* Let shell child handle its own signals in its own way.  */
-	  target_continue (resume_ptid, resume_signal);
-	}
-      else
-	{
-	  /* We handle SIGTRAP, however; it means child did an exec.  */
-	  if (!terminal_initted)
-	    {
-	      /* Now that the child has exec'd we know it has already
-	         set its process group.  On POSIX systems, tcsetpgrp
-	         will fail with EPERM if we try it before the child's
-	         setpgid.  */
-
-	      /* Set up the "saved terminal modes" of the inferior
-	         based on what modes we are starting it with.  */
-	      target_terminal_init ();
-
-	      /* Install inferior's terminal modes.  */
-	      target_terminal_inferior ();
-
-	      terminal_initted = 1;
-	    }
-
-	  if (--pending_execs == 0)
-	    break;
-
-	  /* Just make it go on.  */
-	  target_continue_no_signal (resume_ptid);
-	}
-    }
-
-  /* Mark all threads non-executing.  */
-  set_executing (resume_ptid, 0);
+  return exec_wrapper;
 }
 
 /* Implement the "unset exec-wrapper" command.  */
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
index 74e199b..9b6e96a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/Makefile.in
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ SFILES = \
 	$(srcdir)/target.c \
 	$(srcdir)/thread-db.c \
 	$(srcdir)/utils.c \
+	$(srcdir)/terminal.c \
 	$(srcdir)/win32-arm-low.c \
 	$(srcdir)/win32-i386-low.c \
 	$(srcdir)/win32-low.c \
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ SFILES = \
 	$(srcdir)/common/environ.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/fileio.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/filestuff.c \
+	$(srcdir)/common/common-fork-child.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/common-inflow.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/gdb_vecs.c \
 	$(srcdir)/common/new-op.c \
@@ -235,6 +237,7 @@ OBS = \
 	cleanups.o \
 	common-debug.o \
 	common-exceptions.o \
+	common-fork-child.o \
 	common-inflow.o \
 	common-regcache.o \
 	common-utils.o \
@@ -269,6 +272,7 @@ OBS = \
 	version.o \
 	waitstatus.o \
 	xml-utils.o \
+	terminal.o \
 	$(DEPFILES) \
 	$(LIBOBJS) \
 	$(XML_BUILTIN)
@@ -772,6 +776,9 @@ format.o: ../common/format.c
 filestuff.o: ../common/filestuff.c
 	$(COMPILE) $<
 	$(POSTCOMPILE)
+common-fork-child.o: ../common/common-fork-child.c
+	$(COMPILE) $<
+	$(POSTCOMPILE)
 common-inflow.o: ../common/common-inflow.c
 	$(COMPILE) $<
 	$(POSTCOMPILE)
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/inferiors.c b/gdb/gdbserver/inferiors.c
index 441ec2c..21346cb 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/inferiors.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/inferiors.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ struct thread_info *current_thread;
 
 #define get_thread(inf) ((struct thread_info *)(inf))
 
+ptid_t inferior_ptid;
+
 void
 add_inferior_to_list (struct inferior_list *list,
 		      struct inferior_list_entry *new_inferior)
@@ -469,12 +471,31 @@ make_cleanup_restore_current_thread (void)
   return make_cleanup (do_restore_current_thread_cleanup, current_thread);
 }
 
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
+
+void
+inferior_appeared (struct inferior *inf, int pid)
+{
+  /* Placeholder needed for fork_inferior.  We do not have to do
+     anything in this case.  */
+}
+
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
+
+struct inferior *
+current_inferior (void)
+{
+  /* Placeholder needed for fork_inferior.  gdbserver has other
+     functions that serve this purpose.  */
+  return NULL;
+}
+
 /* See common/common-gdbthread.h.  */
 
 void
 init_thread_list (void)
 {
-  /* To be implemented.  */
+  /* Placeholder needed for fork_inferior.  No action is needed.  */
 }
 
 /* See common/common-gdbthread.h.  */
@@ -509,3 +530,11 @@ add_thread_silent (ptid_t ptid)
 
   return add_thread (ptid_build (pid, pid, 0), NULL);
 }
+
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
+
+int
+have_inferiors (void)
+{
+  return get_first_process () != NULL;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
index e27cbf8..170e8f2 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/linux-low.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #include "tracepoint.h"
 #include "hostio.h"
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include "common-inferior.h"
+#include "environ.h"
 #ifndef ELFMAG0
 /* Don't include <linux/elf.h> here.  If it got included by gdb_proc_service.h
    then ELFMAG0 will have been defined.  If it didn't get included by
@@ -415,15 +417,14 @@ delete_lwp (struct lwp_info *lwp)
   free (lwp);
 }
 
-/* Add a process to the common process list, and set its private
-   data.  */
+/* Update process represented by PID with necessary info.  */
 
 static struct process_info *
-linux_add_process (int pid, int attached)
+linux_update_process (int pid)
 {
-  struct process_info *proc;
+  struct process_info *proc = find_process_pid (pid);
 
-  proc = add_process (pid, attached);
+  gdb_assert (proc != NULL);
   proc->priv = XCNEW (struct process_info_private);
 
   if (the_low_target.new_process != NULL)
@@ -432,6 +433,16 @@ linux_add_process (int pid, int attached)
   return proc;
 }
 
+/* Add a process to the common process list, and set its private
+   data.  */
+
+static struct process_info *
+linux_add_process (int pid, int attached)
+{
+  add_process (pid, attached);
+  return linux_update_process (pid);
+}
+
 static CORE_ADDR get_pc (struct lwp_info *lwp);
 
 /* Call the target arch_setup function on the current thread.  */
@@ -929,6 +940,29 @@ save_stop_reason (struct lwp_info *lwp)
   return 1;
 }
 
+/* Update the lwp associated to thread represented by PTID.  */
+
+static struct lwp_info *
+update_thread_lwp (ptid_t ptid)
+{
+  struct lwp_info *lwp;
+  struct thread_info *thread;
+
+  lwp = XCNEW (struct lwp_info);
+
+  lwp->waitstatus.kind = TARGET_WAITKIND_IGNORE;
+
+  if (the_low_target.new_thread != NULL)
+    the_low_target.new_thread (lwp);
+
+  thread = find_thread_ptid (ptid);
+  gdb_assert (thread != NULL);
+  thread->target_data = lwp;
+  lwp->thread = thread;
+
+  return lwp;
+}
+
 static struct lwp_info *
 add_lwp (ptid_t ptid)
 {
@@ -946,68 +980,62 @@ add_lwp (ptid_t ptid)
   return lwp;
 }
 
+/* Callback to be used when calling fork_inferior, responsible for
+   actually initiating the tracing of the inferior.  */
+
+static void
+linux_ptrace_fun (void)
+{
+  ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4) 0);
+
+  setpgid (0, 0);
+
+  /* If gdbserver is connected to gdb via stdio, redirect the inferior's
+     stdout to stderr so that inferior i/o doesn't corrupt the connection.
+     Also, redirect stdin to /dev/null.  */
+  if (remote_connection_is_stdio ())
+    {
+      close (0);
+      open ("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
+      dup2 (2, 1);
+      if (write (2, "stdin/stdout redirected\n",
+		 sizeof ("stdin/stdout redirected\n") - 1) < 0)
+	{
+	  /* Errors ignored.  */;
+	}
+    }
+}
+
 /* Start an inferior process and returns its pid.
    ALLARGS is a vector of program-name and args. */
 
 static int
-linux_create_inferior (char *program, char **allargs)
+linux_create_inferior (std::vector<char *> &program_argv)
 {
   struct lwp_info *new_lwp;
   int pid;
   ptid_t ptid;
   struct cleanup *restore_personality
     = maybe_disable_address_space_randomization (disable_randomization);
+  std::string program_args = stringify_argv (program_argv);
 
-#if defined(__UCLIBC__) && defined(HAS_NOMMU)
-  pid = vfork ();
-#else
-  pid = fork ();
-#endif
-  if (pid < 0)
-    perror_with_name ("fork");
+  pre_fork_inferior (program_argv);
 
-  if (pid == 0)
-    {
-      close_most_fds ();
-      ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG3) 0, (PTRACE_TYPE_ARG4) 0);
-
-      setpgid (0, 0);
-
-      /* If gdbserver is connected to gdb via stdio, redirect the inferior's
-	 stdout to stderr so that inferior i/o doesn't corrupt the connection.
-	 Also, redirect stdin to /dev/null.  */
-      if (remote_connection_is_stdio ())
-	{
-	  close (0);
-	  open ("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
-	  dup2 (2, 1);
-	  if (write (2, "stdin/stdout redirected\n",
-		     sizeof ("stdin/stdout redirected\n") - 1) < 0)
-	    {
-	      /* Errors ignored.  */;
-	    }
-	}
-
-      restore_original_signals_state ();
-
-      execv (program, allargs);
-      if (errno == ENOENT)
-	execvp (program, allargs);
-
-      fprintf (stderr, "Cannot exec %s: %s.\n", program,
-	       strerror (errno));
-      fflush (stderr);
-      _exit (0177);
-    }
+  pid = fork_inferior (program_argv[0],
+		       (char *) program_args.c_str (),
+		       environ_vector (get_environ ()), linux_ptrace_fun,
+		       NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
   do_cleanups (restore_personality);
 
-  linux_add_process (pid, 0);
+  linux_update_process (pid);
 
   ptid = ptid_build (pid, pid, 0);
-  new_lwp = add_lwp (ptid);
+  new_lwp = update_thread_lwp (ptid);
   new_lwp->must_set_ptrace_flags = 1;
 
+  post_fork_inferior (pid, program_argv);
+
   return pid;
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/lynx-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/lynx-low.c
index d300aae..296fd6f 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/lynx-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/lynx-low.c
@@ -208,15 +208,15 @@ lynx_ptrace (int request, ptid_t ptid, int addr, int data, int addr2)
   return result;
 }
 
-/* Call add_process with the given parameters, and initializes
-   the process' private data.  */
+/* Update existing process represented by PID with necessary info.  */
 
 static struct process_info *
-lynx_add_process (int pid, int attached)
+lynx_update_process (int pid)
 {
-  struct process_info *proc;
+  struct process_info *proc = find_process_pid (pid);
+
+  gdb_assert (proc != NULL);
 
-  proc = add_process (pid, attached);
   proc->tdesc = lynx_tdesc;
   proc->priv = XCNEW (struct process_info_private);
   proc->priv->last_wait_event_ptid = null_ptid;
@@ -224,41 +224,53 @@ lynx_add_process (int pid, int attached)
   return proc;
 }
 
+/* Call add_process with the given parameters, and initializes
+   the process' private data.  */
+
+static struct process_info *
+lynx_add_process (int pid, int attached)
+{
+  add_process (pid, attached);
+  return lynx_update_process (pid);
+}
+
+static void
+lynx_ptrace_fun (void)
+{
+  int pgrp;
+
+  /* Switch child to its own process group so that signals won't
+     directly affect gdbserver. */
+  pgrp = getpid();
+  setpgid (0, pgrp);
+  ioctl (0, TIOCSPGRP, &pgrp);
+  lynx_ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME, null_ptid, 0, 0, 0);
+}
+
 /* Implement the create_inferior method of the target_ops vector.  */
 
 static int
-lynx_create_inferior (char *program, char **allargs)
+lynx_create_inferior (std::vector<char *> &program_argv)
 {
   int pid;
 
   lynx_debug ("lynx_create_inferior ()");
 
-  pid = fork ();
-  if (pid < 0)
-    perror_with_name ("fork");
+  pre_fork_inferior (program_argv);
 
-  if (pid == 0)
-    {
-      int pgrp;
-
-      close_most_fds ();
-
-      /* Switch child to its own process group so that signals won't
-         directly affect gdbserver. */
-      pgrp = getpid();
-      setpgid (0, pgrp);
-      ioctl (0, TIOCSPGRP, &pgrp);
-      lynx_ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME, null_ptid, 0, 0, 0);
-      execv (program, allargs);
-      fprintf (stderr, "Cannot exec %s: %s.\n", program, strerror (errno));
-      fflush (stderr);
-      _exit (0177);
-    }
+  pid = fork_inferior (program_argv[0],
+		       (char *) program_args.c_str (),
+		       environ_vector (get_environ ()), lynx_ptrace_fun,
+		       NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
-  lynx_add_process (pid, 0);
+  post_fork_inferior (pid, program_argv);
+
+  lynx_update_process (pid, 0);
   /* Do not add the process thread just yet, as we do not know its tid.
      We will add it later, during the wait for the STOP event corresponding
      to the lynx_ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME) call above.  */
+  remove_thread (find_thread_ptid (ptid_build (pid, pid, 0)));
+
   return pid;
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/nto-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/nto-low.c
index 6229b4c..ea2a3a4 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/nto-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/nto-low.c
@@ -347,16 +347,17 @@ nto_read_auxv_from_initial_stack (CORE_ADDR initial_stack,
   return len_read;
 }
 
-/* Start inferior specified by PROGRAM passing arguments ALLARGS.  */
+/* Start inferior specified by PROGRAM_ARGV.  */
 
 static int
-nto_create_inferior (char *program, char **allargs)
+nto_create_inferior (std::vector<char *> &program_argv)
 {
   struct inheritance inherit;
   pid_t pid;
   sigset_t set;
+  std::string program_args = stringify_argv (program_argv);
 
-  TRACE ("%s %s\n", __func__, program);
+  TRACE ("%s %s\n", __func__, program_argv[0]);
   /* Clear any pending SIGUSR1's but keep the behavior the same.  */
   signal (SIGUSR1, signal (SIGUSR1, SIG_IGN));
 
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ nto_create_inferior (char *program, char **allargs)
   memset (&inherit, 0, sizeof (inherit));
   inherit.flags |= SPAWN_SETGROUP | SPAWN_HOLD;
   inherit.pgroup = SPAWN_NEWPGROUP;
-  pid = spawnp (program, 0, NULL, &inherit, allargs, 0);
+  pid = spawnp (program, 0, NULL, &inherit, (char *) program_args.c_str (), 0);
   sigprocmask (SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
 
   if (pid == -1)
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/server.c b/gdb/gdbserver/server.c
index 43d9406..a26ad52 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/server.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/server.c
@@ -35,6 +35,26 @@
 #include "tracepoint.h"
 #include "dll.h"
 #include "hostio.h"
+#include "common-inferior.h"
+#include "common-terminal.h"
+#include "common-top.h"
+#include "environ.h"
+
+/* We don't have a concept of a UI yet.  Therefore, we just set these
+   to NULL.  */
+
+struct ui *main_ui = NULL;
+struct ui *current_ui = NULL;
+
+/* The environment to pass to the inferior when creating it.  */
+
+struct gdb_environ *our_environ = NULL;
+
+/* Start the inferior using a shell.  */
+
+/* We always try to start the inferior using a shell.  */
+
+int startup_with_shell = 1;
 
 /* The thread set with an `Hc' packet.  `Hc' is deprecated in favor of
    `vCont'.  Note the multi-process extensions made `vCont' a
@@ -78,7 +98,8 @@ static int vCont_supported;
    space randomization feature before starting an inferior.  */
 int disable_randomization = 1;
 
-static char **program_argv, **wrapper_argv;
+static std::vector<char *> program_argv;
+static std::vector<char *> wrapper_argv;
 
 int pass_signals[GDB_SIGNAL_LAST];
 int program_signals[GDB_SIGNAL_LAST];
@@ -244,33 +265,64 @@ get_last_target_waitstatus (void)
   return last_status;
 }
 
-static int
-start_inferior (char **argv)
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
+
+char *
+get_exec_wrapper (void)
 {
-  char **new_argv = argv;
+  static std::string ret;
+  static int initialized_p = 0;
+
+  if (wrapper_argv.empty ())
+    return NULL;
 
-  if (wrapper_argv != NULL)
+  if (!initialized_p)
     {
-      int i, count = 1;
-
-      for (i = 0; wrapper_argv[i] != NULL; i++)
-	count++;
-      for (i = 0; argv[i] != NULL; i++)
-	count++;
-      new_argv = XALLOCAVEC (char *, count);
-      count = 0;
-      for (i = 0; wrapper_argv[i] != NULL; i++)
-	new_argv[count++] = wrapper_argv[i];
-      for (i = 0; argv[i] != NULL; i++)
-	new_argv[count++] = argv[i];
-      new_argv[count] = NULL;
+      for (std::vector<char *>::iterator i = wrapper_argv.begin ();
+	   i != wrapper_argv.end ();
+	   ++i)
+	ret += *i + std::string (" ");
+
+      /* Erasing the last whitespace.  */
+      ret.erase (ret.end () - 1);
+
+      initialized_p = 1;
     }
 
+  return (char *) ret.c_str ();
+}
+
+/* See common/common-inferior.h.  */
+
+char *
+get_exec_file (int err)
+{
+  if (err && program_argv.empty ())
+    error (_("Could not get the exec file."));
+  return program_argv[0];
+}
+
+/* See server.h.  */
+
+struct gdb_environ *
+get_environ (void)
+{
+  return our_environ;
+}
+
+/* See server.h.  */
+
+void
+pre_fork_inferior (std::vector<char *> &argv)
+{
   if (debug_threads)
     {
-      int i;
-      for (i = 0; new_argv[i]; ++i)
-	debug_printf ("new_argv[%d] = \"%s\"\n", i, new_argv[i]);
+      int idx = 0;
+
+      for (std::vector<char *>::iterator i = argv.begin ();
+	   i != argv.end ();
+	   ++i, ++idx)
+	debug_printf ("new_argv[%d] = \"%s\"\n", idx, *i);
       debug_flush ();
     }
 
@@ -279,67 +331,35 @@ start_inferior (char **argv)
   signal (SIGTTIN, SIG_DFL);
 #endif
 
-  signal_pid = create_inferior (new_argv[0], new_argv);
+  /* Clear this so the backend doesn't get confused, thinking
+     CONT_THREAD died, and it needs to resume all threads.  */
+  cont_thread = null_ptid;
+}
 
-  /* FIXME: we don't actually know at this point that the create
-     actually succeeded.  We won't know that until we wait.  */
-  fprintf (stderr, "Process %s created; pid = %ld\n", argv[0],
-	   signal_pid);
-  fflush (stderr);
+/* See server.h.  */
+
+void
+post_fork_inferior (int pid,
+		    std::vector<char *> &argv)
+{
+  /* Number of traps to be expected by startup_inferior.  We always
+     expect at least one trap for the main executable.  */
+  int num_traps = START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED;
 
 #ifdef SIGTTOU
   signal (SIGTTOU, SIG_IGN);
   signal (SIGTTIN, SIG_IGN);
   terminal_fd = fileno (stderr);
   old_foreground_pgrp = tcgetpgrp (terminal_fd);
-  tcsetpgrp (terminal_fd, signal_pid);
+  tcsetpgrp (terminal_fd, pid);
   atexit (restore_old_foreground_pgrp);
 #endif
 
-  if (wrapper_argv != NULL)
-    {
-      ptid_t ptid = pid_to_ptid (signal_pid);
-
-      last_ptid = mywait (pid_to_ptid (signal_pid), &last_status, 0, 0);
-
-      if (last_status.kind == TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED)
-	{
-	  do
-	    {
-	      target_continue_no_signal (ptid);
-
-	      last_ptid = mywait (pid_to_ptid (signal_pid), &last_status, 0, 0);
-	      if (last_status.kind != TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED)
-		break;
-
-	      current_thread->last_resume_kind = resume_stop;
-	      current_thread->last_status = last_status;
-	    }
-	  while (last_status.value.sig != GDB_SIGNAL_TRAP);
-	}
-      target_post_create_inferior ();
-      return signal_pid;
-    }
-
-  /* Wait till we are at 1st instruction in program, return new pid
-     (assuming success).  */
-  last_ptid = mywait (pid_to_ptid (signal_pid), &last_status, 0, 0);
-
-  /* At this point, the target process, if it exits, is stopped.  Do not call
-     the function target_post_create_inferior if the process has already
-     exited, as the target implementation of the routine may rely on the
-     process being live. */
-  if (last_status.kind != TARGET_WAITKIND_EXITED
-      && last_status.kind != TARGET_WAITKIND_SIGNALLED)
-    {
-      target_post_create_inferior ();
-      current_thread->last_resume_kind = resume_stop;
-      current_thread->last_status = last_status;
-    }
-  else
-    target_mourn_inferior (last_ptid);
-
-  return signal_pid;
+  startup_inferior (num_traps, &last_status, &last_ptid);
+  signal_pid = pid;
+  target_post_create_inferior ();
+  fprintf (stderr, "Process %s created; pid = %d\n", argv[0], pid);
+  fflush (stderr);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2860,8 +2880,10 @@ handle_v_attach (char *own_buf)
 static int
 handle_v_run (char *own_buf)
 {
-  char *p, *next_p, **new_argv;
-  int i, new_argc;
+  char *p, *next_p;
+  std::vector<char *> new_argv;
+  int new_argc;
+  int i;
 
   new_argc = 0;
   for (p = own_buf + strlen ("vRun;"); p && *p; p = strchr (p, ';'))
@@ -2870,62 +2892,91 @@ handle_v_run (char *own_buf)
       new_argc++;
     }
 
-  new_argv = (char **) calloc (new_argc + 2, sizeof (char *));
-  if (new_argv == NULL)
-    {
-      write_enn (own_buf);
-      return 0;
-    }
-
-  i = 0;
-  for (p = own_buf + strlen ("vRun;"); *p; p = next_p)
+  for (i = 0, p = own_buf + strlen ("vRun;"); *p; p = next_p, ++i)
     {
       next_p = strchr (p, ';');
       if (next_p == NULL)
 	next_p = p + strlen (p);
 
-      if (i == 0 && p == next_p)
-	new_argv[i] = NULL;
+      if (p == next_p)
+	new_argv.push_back ("''");
       else
 	{
 	  /* FIXME: Fail request if out of memory instead of dying.  */
-	  new_argv[i] = (char *) xmalloc (1 + (next_p - p) / 2);
-	  hex2bin (p, (gdb_byte *) new_argv[i], (next_p - p) / 2);
-	  new_argv[i][(next_p - p) / 2] = '\0';
+	  size_t len = 1 + (next_p - p) / 2;
+	  char *s = (char *) xmalloc (len);
+	  char *ss = (char *) xmalloc (len * 2);
+	  char *tmp_s, *tmp_ss;
+	  int need_quote;
+
+	  hex2bin (p, (gdb_byte *) s, (next_p - p) / 2);
+	  s[(next_p - p) / 2] = '\0';
+
+	  tmp_s = s;
+	  tmp_ss = ss;
+	  need_quote = 0;
+	  while (*tmp_s != '\0')
+	    {
+	      switch (*tmp_s)
+		{
+		case '\n':
+		  *tmp_ss = '\'';
+		  ++tmp_ss;
+		  need_quote = 1;
+		  break;
+
+		case '\'':
+		  *tmp_ss = '\\';
+		  ++tmp_ss;
+		  break;
+
+		default:
+		  break;
+		}
+
+	      *tmp_ss = *tmp_s;
+	      ++tmp_ss;
+	      ++tmp_s;
+	    }
+
+	  if (need_quote)
+	    *tmp_ss++ = '\'';
+
+	  *tmp_ss = '\0';
+	  new_argv.push_back (ss);
+	  xfree (s);
 	}
 
       if (*next_p)
 	next_p++;
-      i++;
     }
-  new_argv[i] = NULL;
 
-  if (new_argv[0] == NULL)
+  if (new_argv.empty () || new_argv[0] == NULL)
     {
       /* GDB didn't specify a program to run.  Use the program from the
 	 last run with the new argument list.  */
 
-      if (program_argv == NULL)
+      if (program_argv.empty ())
 	{
 	  write_enn (own_buf);
-	  freeargv (new_argv);
+	  free_vector_argv (new_argv);
 	  return 0;
 	}
 
-      new_argv[0] = strdup (program_argv[0]);
-      if (new_argv[0] == NULL)
+      new_argv.push_back (strdup (program_argv[0]));
+      if (new_argv.empty () || new_argv[0] == NULL)
 	{
 	  write_enn (own_buf);
-	  freeargv (new_argv);
+	  free_vector_argv (new_argv);
 	  return 0;
 	}
     }
 
   /* Free the old argv and install the new one.  */
-  freeargv (program_argv);
+  free_vector_argv (program_argv);
   program_argv = new_argv;
 
-  start_inferior (program_argv);
+  create_inferior (program_argv);
   if (last_status.kind == TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED)
     {
       prepare_resume_reply (own_buf, last_ptid, &last_status);
@@ -3543,13 +3594,18 @@ captured_main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	multi_mode = 1;
       else if (strcmp (*next_arg, "--wrapper") == 0)
 	{
+	  char **tmp;
+
 	  next_arg++;
 
-	  wrapper_argv = next_arg;
+	  tmp = next_arg;
 	  while (*next_arg != NULL && strcmp (*next_arg, "--") != 0)
-	    next_arg++;
+	    {
+	      wrapper_argv.push_back (*next_arg);
+	      next_arg++;
+	    }
 
-	  if (next_arg == wrapper_argv || *next_arg == NULL)
+	  if (next_arg == tmp || *next_arg == NULL)
 	    {
 	      gdbserver_usage (stderr);
 	      exit (1);
@@ -3680,8 +3736,14 @@ captured_main (int argc, char *argv[])
       exit (1);
     }
 
+  /* Gather information about the environment.  */
+  our_environ = make_environ ();
+  init_environ (our_environ);
+
   initialize_async_io ();
   initialize_low ();
+  /* This is called when initializing inflow on GDB.  */
+  have_job_control ();
   initialize_event_loop ();
   if (target_supports_tracepoints ())
     initialize_tracepoint ();
@@ -3695,13 +3757,11 @@ captured_main (int argc, char *argv[])
       int i, n;
 
       n = argc - (next_arg - argv);
-      program_argv = XNEWVEC (char *, n + 1);
       for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-	program_argv[i] = xstrdup (next_arg[i]);
-      program_argv[i] = NULL;
+	program_argv.push_back (xstrdup (next_arg[i]));
 
       /* Wait till we are at first instruction in program.  */
-      start_inferior (program_argv);
+      create_inferior (program_argv);
 
       /* We are now (hopefully) stopped at the first instruction of
 	 the target process.  This assumes that the target process was
@@ -4316,9 +4376,9 @@ process_serial_event (void)
 	  fprintf (stderr, "GDBserver restarting\n");
 
 	  /* Wait till we are at 1st instruction in prog.  */
-	  if (program_argv != NULL)
+	  if (!program_argv.empty ())
 	    {
-	      start_inferior (program_argv);
+	      create_inferior (program_argv);
 	      if (last_status.kind == TARGET_WAITKIND_STOPPED)
 		{
 		  /* Stopped at the first instruction of the target
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/server.h b/gdb/gdbserver/server.h
index 71848f1..47e094a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/server.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/server.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ extern int in_queued_stop_replies (ptid_t ptid);
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "gdb_vecs.h"
+#include <vector>
 
 /* Maximum number of bytes to read/write at once.  The value here
    is chosen to fill up a packet (the headers account for the 32).  */
@@ -151,4 +152,19 @@ extern int in_queued_stop_replies (ptid_t ptid);
 /* Return the global variable LAST_STATUS from server.c.  */
 extern struct target_waitstatus get_last_target_waitstatus (void);
 
+/* Any pre-processing needed to be done before calling fork_inferior
+   shall be implemented here.  ARGV is a vector containing the full
+   argv of the inferior.  */
+extern void pre_fork_inferior (std::vector<char *> &argv);
+
+/* After fork_inferior has been called, we need to adjust a few
+   signals and call startup_inferior.  This is done here.  PID is the
+   pid of the new inferior, and ARGV is the vector containing the full
+   argv of the inferior.  */
+extern void post_fork_inferior (int pid, std::vector<char *> &argv);
+
+/* Get the 'struct gdb_environ *' being used in the current
+   session.  */
+extern struct gdb_environ *get_environ (void);
+
 #endif /* SERVER_H */
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/spu-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/spu-low.c
index 117b871..7f26331 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/spu-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/spu-low.c
@@ -261,42 +261,39 @@ spu_proc_xfer_spu (const char *annex, unsigned char *readbuf,
   return ret;
 }
 
+/* Callback to be used when calling fork_inferior, responsible for
+   actually initiating the tracing of the inferior.  */
+
+static void
+spu_ptrace_fun (void)
+{
+  ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0);
+  setpgid (0, 0);
+}
 
 /* Start an inferior process and returns its pid.
-   ALLARGS is a vector of program-name and args. */
+   PROGRAM_ARGV is a vector of program-name and args. */
 static int
-spu_create_inferior (char *program, char **allargs)
+spu_create_inferior (std::vector<char *> &program_argv)
 {
   int pid;
   ptid_t ptid;
   struct process_info *proc;
+  std::string program_args = stringify_argv (program_argv);
 
-  pid = fork ();
-  if (pid < 0)
-    perror_with_name ("fork");
-
-  if (pid == 0)
-    {
-      close_most_fds ();
-      ptrace (PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, 0, 0);
-
-      setpgid (0, 0);
+  pre_fork_inferior (program_argv);
 
-      execv (program, allargs);
-      if (errno == ENOENT)
-	execvp (program, allargs);
+  pid = fork_inferior (program_argv[0],
+		       (char *) program_args.c_str (),
+		       environ_vector (get_environ ()), spu_ptrace_fun,
+		       NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
-      fprintf (stderr, "Cannot exec %s: %s.\n", program,
-	       strerror (errno));
-      fflush (stderr);
-      _exit (0177);
-    }
+  post_fork_inferior (pid, program_argv);
 
-  proc = add_process (pid, 0);
+  proc = find_process_pid (pid);
+  gdb_assert (proc != NULL);
   proc->tdesc = tdesc_spu;
 
-  ptid = ptid_build (pid, pid, 0);
-  add_thread (ptid, NULL);
   return pid;
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/target.c b/gdb/gdbserver/target.c
index fda72e8..1e1d193 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/target.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/target.c
@@ -387,3 +387,27 @@ default_breakpoint_kind_from_pc (CORE_ADDR *pcptr)
   (*the_target->sw_breakpoint_from_kind) (0, &size);
   return size;
 }
+
+/* See target/target.h.  */
+
+void
+target_terminal_init (void)
+{
+  /* To be implemented.  */
+}
+
+/* See target/target.h.  */
+
+void
+target_terminal_inferior (void)
+{
+  /* To be implemented.  */
+}
+
+/* See target/target.h.  */
+
+void
+target_terminal_ours (void)
+{
+  /* To be implemented.  */
+}
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/target.h b/gdb/gdbserver/target.h
index 3cc2bc4..3f94115 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/target.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/target.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "target/waitstatus.h"
 #include "mem-break.h"
 #include "btrace-common.h"
+#include <vector>
 
 struct emit_ops;
 struct buffer;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ struct target_ops
      Returns the new PID on success, -1 on failure.  Registers the new
      process with the process list.  */
 
-  int (*create_inferior) (char *program, char **args);
+  int (*create_inferior) (std::vector<char *> &program_argv);
 
   /* Do additional setup after a new process is created, including
      exec-wrapper completion.  */
@@ -480,8 +481,8 @@ extern struct target_ops *the_target;
 
 void set_target_ops (struct target_ops *);
 
-#define create_inferior(program, args) \
-  (*the_target->create_inferior) (program, args)
+#define create_inferior(program) \
+  (*the_target->create_inferior) (program)
 
 #define target_post_create_inferior()			 \
   do							 \
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/utils.c b/gdb/gdbserver/utils.c
index 307d15a..004a78e 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/utils.c
@@ -137,3 +137,38 @@ pfildes (gdb_fildes_t fd)
   return plongest (fd);
 #endif
 }
+
+/* See common/common-utils.h.  */
+
+void
+gdb_flush_out_err (void)
+{
+  fflush (stdout);
+  fflush (stderr);
+}
+
+/* See common/common-utils.h.  */
+
+void
+free_vector_argv (std::vector<char *> &v)
+{
+  for (char *&i : v)
+    xfree (i);
+
+  v.clear ();
+}
+
+/* See common/common-utils.h.  */
+
+std::string
+stringify_argv (std::vector<char *> &argv)
+{
+  std::string ret ("");
+
+  for (std::vector<char *>::iterator i = argv.begin () + 1;
+       i != argv.end ();
+       ++i)
+    ret += *i + std::string (" ");
+
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/utils.h b/gdb/gdbserver/utils.h
index b4ded31..a30d99a 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/utils.h
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/utils.h
@@ -19,7 +19,17 @@
 #ifndef UTILS_H
 #define UTILS_H
 
+#include <vector>
+
 char *paddress (CORE_ADDR addr);
 char *pfildes (gdb_fildes_t fd);
 
+/* Works like FREEARGV, but with std::vector.  */
+extern void free_vector_argv (std::vector<char *> &v);
+
+/* Given a vector of arguments ARGV, return a string equivalent to
+   joining all the arguments (starting from ARGV + 1) with a
+   whitespace separating them.  */
+extern std::string stringify_argv (std::vector<char *> &argv);
+
 #endif /* UTILS_H */
diff --git a/gdb/gdbserver/win32-low.c b/gdb/gdbserver/win32-low.c
index d3ddbf5..c005a70 100644
--- a/gdb/gdbserver/win32-low.c
+++ b/gdb/gdbserver/win32-low.c
@@ -608,13 +608,11 @@ create_process (const char *program, char *args,
 }
 
 /* Start a new process.
-   PROGRAM is a path to the program to execute.
-   ARGS is a standard NULL-terminated array of arguments,
-   to be passed to the inferior as ``argv''.
+   PROGRAM_ARGV is the vector containing the inferior's argv.
    Returns the new PID on success, -1 on failure.  Registers the new
    process with the process list.  */
 static int
-win32_create_inferior (char *program, char **program_args)
+win32_create_inferior (std::vector<char *> &program_argv)
 {
 #ifndef USE_WIN32API
   char real_path[PATH_MAX];
@@ -627,6 +625,9 @@ win32_create_inferior (char *program, char **program_args)
   int argc;
   PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
   DWORD err;
+  char *program = program_argv[0];
+  std::string program_args = stringify_argv (program_argv);
+  char *args = (char *) program_args.c_str ();
 
   /* win32_wait needs to know we're not attaching.  */
   attaching = 0;
@@ -636,6 +637,8 @@ win32_create_inferior (char *program, char **program_args)
 
   flags = DEBUG_PROCESS | DEBUG_ONLY_THIS_PROCESS;
 
+  pre_fork_inferior (program, argv);
+
 #ifndef USE_WIN32API
   orig_path = NULL;
   path_ptr = getenv ("PATH");
@@ -652,18 +655,6 @@ win32_create_inferior (char *program, char **program_args)
   program = real_path;
 #endif
 
-  argslen = 1;
-  for (argc = 1; program_args[argc]; argc++)
-    argslen += strlen (program_args[argc]) + 1;
-  args = (char *) alloca (argslen);
-  args[0] = '\0';
-  for (argc = 1; program_args[argc]; argc++)
-    {
-      /* FIXME: Can we do better about quoting?  How does Cygwin
-	 handle this?  */
-      strcat (args, " ");
-      strcat (args, program_args[argc]);
-    }
   OUTMSG2 (("Command line is \"%s\"\n", args));
 
 #ifdef CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP
@@ -704,6 +695,8 @@ win32_create_inferior (char *program, char **program_args)
 
   do_initial_child_stuff (pi.hProcess, pi.dwProcessId, 0);
 
+  post_fork_inferior (current_process_id, program_argv);
+
   return current_process_id;
 }
 
diff --git a/gdb/gnu-nat.c b/gdb/gnu-nat.c
index 9935dcb..bccfd9c 100644
--- a/gdb/gnu-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/gnu-nat.c
@@ -2161,7 +2161,7 @@ gnu_create_inferior (struct target_ops *ops,
   thread_change_ptid (inferior_ptid,
 		      ptid_build (inf->pid, inf_pick_first_thread (), 0));
 
-  startup_inferior (START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED);
+  startup_inferior (START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED, NULL, NULL);
   inf->pending_execs = 0;
   /* Get rid of the old shell threads.  */
   prune_threads ();
diff --git a/gdb/inf-ptrace.c b/gdb/inf-ptrace.c
index f61bfe7..e9a7de2 100644
--- a/gdb/inf-ptrace.c
+++ b/gdb/inf-ptrace.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ inf_ptrace_create_inferior (struct target_ops *ops,
 
   discard_cleanups (back_to);
 
-  startup_inferior (START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED);
+  startup_inferior (START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED, NULL, NULL);
 
   /* On some targets, there must be some explicit actions taken after
      the inferior has been started up.  */
diff --git a/gdb/inferior.h b/gdb/inferior.h
index 258cc29..e56d4ba 100644
--- a/gdb/inferior.h
+++ b/gdb/inferior.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ struct target_desc_info;
 
 #include "progspace.h"
 #include "registry.h"
+#include "common-inferior.h"
 
 #include "symfile-add-flags.h"
 
@@ -130,17 +131,6 @@ extern void child_terminal_init (struct target_ops *self);
 
 extern void child_terminal_init_with_pgrp (int pgrp);
 
-/* From fork-child.c */
-
-extern int fork_inferior (char *, char *, char **,
-			  void (*)(void),
-			  void (*)(int), void (*)(void), char *,
-                          void (*)(const char *,
-                                   char * const *, char * const *));
-
-
-extern void startup_inferior (int);
-
 extern char *construct_inferior_arguments (int, char **);
 
 /* From infcmd.c */
diff --git a/gdb/procfs.c b/gdb/procfs.c
index 2269016..ac76be6 100644
--- a/gdb/procfs.c
+++ b/gdb/procfs.c
@@ -4375,7 +4375,7 @@ procfs_init_inferior (struct target_ops *ops, int pid)
   thread_change_ptid (pid_to_ptid (pid),
 		      ptid_build (pid, lwpid, 0));
 
-  startup_inferior (START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED);
+  startup_inferior (START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED, NULL, NULL);
 
 #ifdef SYS_syssgi
   /* On mips-irix, we need to stop the inferior early enough during
diff --git a/gdb/target.h b/gdb/target.h
index f2b9181..99a1e9b 100644
--- a/gdb/target.h
+++ b/gdb/target.h
@@ -1529,17 +1529,6 @@ extern int target_terminal_is_inferior (void);
 
 extern int target_terminal_is_ours (void);
 
-/* Initialize the terminal settings we record for the inferior,
-   before we actually run the inferior.  */
-
-extern void target_terminal_init (void);
-
-/* Put the inferior's terminal settings into effect.  This is
-   preparation for starting or resuming the inferior.  This is a no-op
-   unless called with the main UI as current UI.  */
-
-extern void target_terminal_inferior (void);
-
 /* Put some of our terminal settings into effect, enough to get proper
    results from our output, but do not change into or out of RAW mode
    so that no input is discarded.  This is a no-op if terminal_ours
@@ -1548,12 +1537,6 @@ extern void target_terminal_inferior (void);
 
 extern void target_terminal_ours_for_output (void);
 
-/* Put our terminal settings into effect.  First record the inferior's
-   terminal settings so they can be restored properly later.  This is
-   a no-op unless called with the main UI as current UI.  */
-
-extern void target_terminal_ours (void);
-
 /* Return true if the target stack has a non-default
   "to_terminal_ours" method.  */
 
diff --git a/gdb/target/target.h b/gdb/target/target.h
index 582852c..06b859c 100644
--- a/gdb/target/target.h
+++ b/gdb/target/target.h
@@ -95,4 +95,21 @@ extern void target_mourn_inferior (ptid_t ptid);
 
 extern int target_supports_multi_process (void);
 
+/* Initialize the terminal settings we record for the inferior,
+   before we actually run the inferior.  */
+
+extern void target_terminal_init (void);
+
+/* Put the inferior's terminal settings into effect.  This is
+   preparation for starting or resuming the inferior.  This is a no-op
+   unless called with the main UI as current UI.  */
+
+extern void target_terminal_inferior (void);
+
+/* Put our terminal settings into effect.  First record the inferior's
+   terminal settings so they can be restored properly later.  This is
+   a no-op unless called with the main UI as current UI.  */
+
+extern void target_terminal_ours (void);
+
 #endif /* TARGET_COMMON_H */
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/non-existing-program.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/non-existing-program.exp
index d404564..fec138d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/non-existing-program.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.server/non-existing-program.exp
@@ -39,8 +39,14 @@ set spawn_id [remote_spawn target "$gdbserver stdio non-existing-program"]
 set msg "gdbserver exits cleanly"
 set saw_exiting 0
 expect {
-    # This is what we get on ptrace-based targets.
-    -re "stdin/stdout redirected.*No program to debug\r\nExiting\r\n$" {
+    # This is what we get on ptrace-based targets with
+    # startup-with-shell disabled.
+    -re "stdin/stdout redirected.*gdbserver: Cannot exec non-existing-program\r\ngdbserver: Error: No such file or directory\r\n\r\nDuring startup program exited with code 127\.\r\nExiting\r\n$" {
+	set saw_exiting 1
+	exp_continue
+    }
+    # Likewise, but with startup-with-shell enabled.
+    -re "stdin/stdout redirected.*exec: non-existing-program: not found\r\nDuring startup program exited with code 127\.\r\nExiting\r\n$" {
 	set saw_exiting 1
 	exp_continue
     }
diff --git a/gdb/top.h b/gdb/top.h
index 2da92df..0c8d324 100644
--- a/gdb/top.h
+++ b/gdb/top.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "buffer.h"
 #include "event-loop.h"
+#include "common-top.h"
 
 struct tl_interp_info;
 
@@ -144,14 +145,6 @@ struct ui
   struct ui_out *m_current_uiout;
 };
 
-/* The main UI.  This is the UI that is bound to stdin/stdout/stderr.
-   It always exists and is created automatically when GDB starts
-   up.  */
-extern struct ui *main_ui;
-
-/* The current UI.  */
-extern struct ui *current_ui;
-
 /* The list of all UIs.  */
 extern struct ui *ui_list;
 
diff --git a/gdb/utils.c b/gdb/utils.c
index 119992e..357ea4f 100644
--- a/gdb/utils.c
+++ b/gdb/utils.c
@@ -3404,6 +3404,15 @@ strip_leading_path_elements (const char *path, int n)
   return p;
 }
 
+/* See common/common-utils.h.  */
+
+void
+gdb_flush_out_err (void)
+{
+  gdb_flush (main_ui->m_gdb_stdout);
+  gdb_flush (main_ui->m_gdb_stderr);
+}
+
 /* Provide a prototype to silence -Wmissing-prototypes.  */
 extern initialize_file_ftype _initialize_utils;
 
