Review Request 122019: Fix crash in KGlobalAccel X11 runtime shutdown

[David Edmundson]

> On Jan. 12, 2015, 3:54 p.m., Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > src/runtime/kglobalaccel_x11.cpp, line 86
> > <https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122019/diff/1/?file=341433#file341433line86>
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> >     somehow I don't like this guard due to QX11Info::connection() not being a valid connection any more if the connection is broken.
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> >     I'm wondering whether there are other ways - I expect that Qt quits due to an XIO error? Maybe we could install a handler for it?

the point of xcb_connection_has_error is to check if it is broken.
"Test whether the connection has shut down due to a fatal error."


I don't see how a handler helps much, all we would be able to do in that situation is quit the app which is exactly what we're doing anyway.


- David


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On Jan. 12, 2015, 3:26 p.m., David Edmundson wrote:
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> (Updated Jan. 12, 2015, 3:26 p.m.)
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> Review request for KDE Frameworks.
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> Repository: kglobalaccel
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> Description
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> As kglobalaccel is no longer a kdeinit executable it is not killed
> gracefully in shutdown, when a user logs out it will be killed as the X
> connection is removed.
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> GlobalShortcutsRegistry on deletion calls grabKey(key, false) to remove
> any remaining grabs, since the X connection has gone any XCB results in
> a crash.
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> This patch adds a guard around that.
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> Diffs
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>   src/runtime/kglobalaccel_x11.cpp dfb03b5 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122019/diff/
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> David Edmundson
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