fix: Replace process on reload

include/components/controller.hpp

@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@ class controller {
   ~controller();
 
   void bootstrap(bool writeback = false, bool dump_wmname = false);
-
+  bool run();
-  void run();
-  bool completed();
 
  protected:
   void install_sigmask();

include/utils/process.hpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace process_util {
   bool in_parent_process(pid_t pid);
   bool in_forked_process(pid_t pid);
 
+  void exec(char* cmd, char** args);
   void exec(const string& cmd);
 
   pid_t wait_for_completion(pid_t process_id, int* status_addr, int waitflags = 0);

src/components/controller.cpp

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ controller::~controller() {
   }
 
   m_connection.flush();
+  m_connection.disconnect();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ void controller::bootstrap(bool writeback, bool dump_wmname) {
 /**
  * Launch the controller
  */
-void controller::run() {
+bool controller::run() {
   assert(!m_connection.connection_has_error());
 
   m_log.info("Starting application");
@@ -235,12 +236,7 @@ void controller::run() {
     m_log.trace("controller: Removing config watch");
     m_confwatch->remove(true);
   }
-}
 
-/**
- * Get completion state
- */
-bool controller::completed() {
   return !m_running && !m_reload;
 }
 

src/main.cpp

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "config.hpp"
 #include "utils/env.hpp"
 #include "utils/inotify.hpp"
+#include "utils/process.hpp"
 #include "x11/ewmh.hpp"
 #include "x11/xutils.hpp"
 
@@ -20,7 +21,8 @@ struct exit_failure {};
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   uint8_t exit_code{EXIT_SUCCESS};
-  stateflag quit{false};
+  bool reload{false};
+  int xfd;
 
   // clang-format off
   const command_line::options opts{
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
   logger& logger{configure_logger<decltype(logger)>(loglevel::WARNING).create<decltype(logger)>()};
 
+  try {
     //==================================================
     // Connect to X server
     //==================================================
@@ -50,15 +53,15 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
       throw exit_failure{};
     }
 
-  int xfd{xcb_get_file_descriptor(connection)};
+    xfd = xcb_get_file_descriptor(connection);
 
-  while (!quit) {
-    try {
     //==================================================
     // Parse command line arguments
     //==================================================
+    string scriptname{argv[0]};
     vector<string> args(argv + 1, argv + argc);
-      cliparser cli{configure_cliparser<decltype(cli)>(argv[0], opts).create<decltype(cli)>()};
+
+    cliparser cli{configure_cliparser<decltype(cli)>(scriptname, opts).create<decltype(cli)>()};
     cli.process_input(args);
 
     if (cli.has("quiet")) {
@@ -124,33 +127,33 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     //==================================================
     // Run application
     //==================================================
-      ctrl->run();
+    if (!ctrl->run()) {
-
+      reload = true;
-      if (ctrl->completed()) {
-        throw exit_success{};
-      } else {
-        logger.info("Reloading application...");
     }
-
   } catch (const exit_success& term) {
     exit_code = EXIT_SUCCESS;
-      quit = true;
   } catch (const exit_failure& term) {
     exit_code = EXIT_FAILURE;
-      quit = true;
   } catch (const exception& err) {
     logger.err(err.what());
     exit_code = EXIT_FAILURE;
-      quit = true;
-    }
   }
 
-  logger.trace("Close connection to X server");
+  if (xfd != 0) {
-  ewmh_util::dealloc();
-  xcb_disconnect(connection);
     close(xfd);
+  }
 
+  if (!reload) {
     logger.info("Reached end of application...");
-
     return exit_code;
   }
+
+  try {
+    logger.info("Reload application...");
+    process_util::exec(argv[0], argv);
+  } catch (const system_error& err) {
+    logger.err("execlp() failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
+  }
+
+  return EXIT_FAILURE;
+}

src/utils/process.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ namespace process_util {
     return pid == 0;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Replace current process
+   */
+  void exec(char* cmd, char** args) {
+    execvp(cmd, args);
+    throw system_error("execvp() failed");
+  }
+
   /**
    * Replace process with command
    */
@@ -38,11 +46,8 @@ namespace process_util {
     for (auto&& argument : args) {
       c_args.emplace_back(const_cast<char*>(argument.c_str()));
     }
-    c_args.emplace_back(nullptr);
 
-    execvp(c_args[0], c_args.data());
+    exec(c_args[0], c_args.data());
-
-    throw system_error("Failed to execute command");
   }
 
   /**