From 4ef828f7123a6067a619c409f330e2c21660179c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martuscellifaria <martuscellifaria@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:14:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Fixing CPU usage spike on Waybar

---
 src/modules/custom.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/custom.cpp b/src/modules/custom.cpp
index 28def8c9..c6104e40 100644
--- a/src/modules/custom.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/custom.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ void waybar::modules::Custom::delayWorker() {
       }
       dp.emit();
     }
+    if (!config_["exec"].isString() && !config_["exec-if"].isString()) {
+      thread_.stop();
+      return;
+    }
     thread_.sleep_for(interval_);
   };
 }

From eb3669decc8efb1a95d4a29b6846f7e93ed5abeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martuscellifaria <martuscellifaria@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:48:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Rearranging code in a non-redundant way.

---
 src/modules/custom.cpp | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/custom.cpp b/src/modules/custom.cpp
index c6104e40..7fa5cf01 100644
--- a/src/modules/custom.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/custom.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ waybar::modules::Custom::~Custom() {
 }
 
 void waybar::modules::Custom::delayWorker() {
+  if (!config_["exec"].isString() && !config_["exec-if"].isString()) {
+    dp.emit();
+    return;
+  }
+
   thread_ = [this] {
     for (int i : this->pid_children_) {
       int status;
       waitpid(i, &status, 0);
     }
-
     this->pid_children_.clear();
 
     bool can_update = true;
@@ -61,10 +65,6 @@ void waybar::modules::Custom::delayWorker() {
       }
       dp.emit();
     }
-    if (!config_["exec"].isString() && !config_["exec-if"].isString()) {
-      thread_.stop();
-      return;
-    }
     thread_.sleep_for(interval_);
   };
 }

From 0bc664a99eb27dab7bc351b7e490d82868e3470d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martuscellifaria <martuscellifaria@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:52:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Readded the whitespace from the original code

---
 src/modules/custom.cpp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/custom.cpp b/src/modules/custom.cpp
index 7fa5cf01..1d9b320c 100644
--- a/src/modules/custom.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/custom.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ void waybar::modules::Custom::delayWorker() {
       int status;
       waitpid(i, &status, 0);
     }
+
     this->pid_children_.clear();
 
     bool can_update = true;