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fix(command): return non-zero when child exec fails

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Child exec failure paths were returning success, which masked command launch
errors from callers.

I switched the child-side failure exits to _exit(127) and added errno-specific
logging so failures propagate with actionable diagnostics.

Signed-off-by: Austin Horstman <khaneliman12@gmail.com>
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Austin Horstman
2026-02-09 13:12:42 -06:00
parent fd086d0f33
commit 5e7dbf1715
1 changed files with 8 additions and 2 deletions
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include/util/command.hpp
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@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ extern std::list<pid_t> reap;
namespace waybar::util::command {
constexpr int kExecFailureExitCode = 127;
struct res {
int exit_code;
std::string out;
@@ -114,7 +116,9 @@ inline FILE* open(const std::string& cmd, int& pid, const std::string& output_na
setenv("WAYBAR_OUTPUT_NAME", output_name.c_str(), 1);
}
execlp("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd.c_str(), (char*)0);
exit(0);
const int saved_errno = errno;
spdlog::error("execlp(/bin/sh) failed in open: {}", strerror(saved_errno));
_exit(kExecFailureExitCode);
} else {
::close(fd[1]);
}
@@ -162,7 +166,9 @@ inline int32_t forkExec(const std::string& cmd, const std::string& output_name)
setenv("WAYBAR_OUTPUT_NAME", output_name.c_str(), 1);
}
execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", cmd.c_str(), (char*)0);
exit(0);
const int saved_errno = errno;
spdlog::error("execl(/bin/sh) failed in forkExec: {}", strerror(saved_errno));
_exit(kExecFailureExitCode);
} else {
reap_mtx.lock();
reap.push_back(pid);