[PATCH 1/3] os: Add -displayfd option.

[Alan Coopersmith]

On 01/ 6/11 02:28 PM, Adam Jackson wrote:
> This option specifies a file descriptor in the launching process.  X
> will scan for an available display number and write that number back to
> the launching process, at the same time as SIGUSR1 generation.  This
> means display managers don't need to guess at available display numbers.
> As a consequence, if X fails to start when using -displayfd, it's not
> because the display was in use, so there's no point in retrying the X
> launch on a higher display number.

Seems like a good idea.   In a similar vein, so does this if anyone wants
to code it up:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32479 Please add a -minvt option

> @@ -356,11 +357,25 @@ NotifyParentProcess(void)
>  	    kill (ParentProcess, SIGUSR1);
>  	}
>      }
> +    if (dynamic_display[0])
> +	write(displayfd, dynamic_display, strlen(dynamic_display));

Should the fd be closed after the write()?   Seems like it's left open, unused
for the life of the process, including being passed to forked children (xkbcomp).

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	-Alan Coopersmith-        alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
	 Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System