[PATCH weston] shell: quit weston, if weston-desktop-shell dies early

[Pekka Paalanen]

From: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen at collabora.co.uk>

If weston-desktop-shell dies soon after launch, or maybe cannot be
executed at all, let weston exit rather than letting the user stare at a
black screen.

But, do not exit weston, if weston-desktop-shell dies later, as the user
may already have apps open, and those apps would likely still function
correctly. This gives the user the opportunity to save his work and
close the apps properly.

This should make one class of "I see only black screen" failures obvious.

Signed-off-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen at collabora.co.uk>
---
 desktop-shell/shell.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 desktop-shell/shell.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/desktop-shell/shell.c b/desktop-shell/shell.c
index c21d364..26f13cc 100644
--- a/desktop-shell/shell.c
+++ b/desktop-shell/shell.c
@@ -5298,6 +5298,32 @@ shell_surface_configure(struct weston_surface *es, int32_t sx, int32_t sy)
 	}
 }
 
+static bool
+check_desktop_shell_crash_too_early(struct desktop_shell *shell)
+{
+	struct timespec now;
+
+	if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now) < 0)
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * If the shell helper client dies before the session has been
+	 * up for roughly 30 seconds, better just make Weston shut down,
+	 * because the user likely has no way to interact with the desktop
+	 * anyway.
+	 */
+	if (now.tv_sec - shell->startup_time.tv_sec < 30) {
+		weston_log("Error: %s apparently cannot run at all.\n",
+			   shell->client);
+		weston_log_continue(STAMP_SPACE "Quitting...");
+		wl_display_terminate(shell->compositor->wl_display);
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static void launch_desktop_shell_process(void *data);
 
 static void
@@ -5340,7 +5366,9 @@ desktop_shell_client_destroy(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data)
 	 * returning.
 	 */
 
-	respawn_desktop_shell_process(shell);
+	if (!check_desktop_shell_crash_too_early(shell))
+		respawn_desktop_shell_process(shell);
+
 	shell_fade_startup(shell);
 }
 
@@ -6407,5 +6435,7 @@ module_init(struct weston_compositor *ec,
 
 	shell_fade_init(shell);
 
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &shell->startup_time);
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/desktop-shell/shell.h b/desktop-shell/shell.h
index 67c5f50..2cfd1d6 100644
--- a/desktop-shell/shell.h
+++ b/desktop-shell/shell.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #include "compositor.h"
 
@@ -209,6 +210,8 @@ struct desktop_shell {
 	enum desktop_shell_panel_position panel_position;
 
 	char *client;
+
+	struct timespec startup_time;
 };
 
 struct weston_output *
-- 
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