If the connection to the X server is lost while waiting for the user to select a window interactively, xwininfo segfaults.
This is a regression introduced with the port to XCB, because xcb_wait_for_event() can return NULL in case of an IO error and xwininfo does not check for the actual returned value. Signed-off-by: Olivier Fourdan <ofour...@redhat.com> --- dsimple.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/dsimple.c b/dsimple.c index 6432e13..ca746e9 100644 --- a/dsimple.c +++ b/dsimple.c @@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ xcb_window_t Select_Window(xcb_connection_t *dpy, xcb_allow_events (dpy, XCB_ALLOW_SYNC_POINTER, XCB_TIME_CURRENT_TIME); xcb_flush (dpy); event = xcb_wait_for_event (dpy); + if (event == NULL) + Fatal_Error ("Fatal IO error"); switch (event->response_type & 0x7f) { case XCB_BUTTON_PRESS: { -- 2.1.0 _______________________________________________ xorg-devel@lists.x.org: X.Org development Archives: http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-devel Info: http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel