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-rw-r--r--dwl.c20
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index 0853f1e..2f9cc29 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ static void setlayout(const Arg *arg);
static void setmfact(const Arg *arg);
static void setmon(Client *c, Monitor *m, unsigned int newtags);
static void setup(void);
+static void sigchld(int unused);
static void spawn(const Arg *arg);
static void tag(const Arg *arg);
static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
@@ -1983,9 +1984,8 @@ setup(void)
* clients from the Unix socket, manging Wayland globals, and so on. */
dpy = wl_display_create();
- /* Indicate explicitly to the OS that we are not interested in info
- * about child processes (per POSIX.1-2001) */
- signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
+ /* clean up child processes immediately */
+ sigchld(0);
/* The backend is a wlroots feature which abstracts the underlying input and
* output hardware. The autocreate option will choose the most suitable
@@ -2137,6 +2137,20 @@ setup(void)
}
void
+sigchld(int unused)
+{
+ /* We should be able to remove this function in favor of a simple
+ * signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN);
+ * but the Xwayland implementation in wlroots currently prevents us from
+ * setting our own disposition for SIGCHLD.
+ */
+ if (signal(SIGCHLD, sigchld) == SIG_ERR)
+ EBARF("can't install SIGCHLD handler");
+ while (0 < waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG))
+ ;
+}
+
+void
spawn(const Arg *arg)
{
if (fork() == 0) {