Replace parts of the Xlib backend with X11RB #2825

notgull · 2023-05-29T01:30:59Z

Supersedes #2614, closes #5

This PR replaces most of the core Xlib functionality used in winit with x11rb. The goal is to have a more incremental approach than #2614. I've shied away from most of the extensions for now.

Tested on all platforms changed (Tested on Linux X11. I haven't tested on the BSDs or Solaris yet).
Added an entry to CHANGELOG.md if knowledge of this change could be valuable to users
Updated documentation to reflect any user-facing changes, including notes of platform-specific behavior
Created or updated an example program if it would help users understand this functionality
Updated feature matrix, if new features were added or implemented

notgull · 2023-05-31T04:16:16Z

This is ready now. I've avoided event processing for now, since reimplementing event processing will involve re-implementing XIM, which would be a bit too far for this PR.

kchibisov

Well, this hasn't gone far.

thread 'main' panicked at 'Failed to get WM hints reply: ConnectionError(ParseError(InvalidValue))', /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/fork/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs:1728:18
stack backtrace:
   0:     0x561011a2e00a - std::backtrace_rs::backtrace::libunwind::trace::ha9053a9a07ca49cb
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/../../backtrace/src/backtrace/libunwind.rs:93:5
   1:     0x561011a2e00a - std::backtrace_rs::backtrace::trace_unsynchronized::h9c2852a457ad564e
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/../../backtrace/src/backtrace/mod.rs:66:5
   2:     0x561011a2e00a - std::sys_common::backtrace::_print_fmt::h457936fbfaa0070f
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:65:5
   3:     0x561011a2e00a - <std::sys_common::backtrace::_print::DisplayBacktrace as core::fmt::Display>::fmt::h5779d7bf7f70cb0c
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:44:22
   4:     0x561011a567ce - core::fmt::write::h5a4baaff1bcd3eb5
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/core/src/fmt/mod.rs:1232:17
   5:     0x561011a29985 - std::io::Write::write_fmt::h4bc1f301cb9e9cce
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/io/mod.rs:1684:15
   6:     0x561011a2ddd5 - std::sys_common::backtrace::_print::h5fcdc36060f177e8
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:47:5
   7:     0x561011a2ddd5 - std::sys_common::backtrace::print::h54ca9458b876c8bf
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:34:9
   8:     0x561011a2f72f - std::panicking::default_hook::{{closure}}::hbe471161c7664ed6
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panicking.rs:271:22
   9:     0x561011a2f46b - std::panicking::default_hook::ha3500da57aa4ac4f
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panicking.rs:290:9
  10:     0x561011a2fcd8 - std::panicking::rust_panic_with_hook::h50c09d000dc561d2
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panicking.rs:692:13
  11:     0x561011a2fbd9 - std::panicking::begin_panic_handler::{{closure}}::h9e2b2176e00e0d9c
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panicking.rs:583:13
  12:     0x561011a2e476 - std::sys_common::backtrace::__rust_end_short_backtrace::h5739b8e512c09d02
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:150:18
  13:     0x561011a2f8e2 - rust_begin_unwind
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panicking.rs:579:5
  14:     0x561010d46593 - core::panicking::panic_fmt::hf33a1475b4dc5c3e
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/core/src/panicking.rs:64:14
  15:     0x561010d46a43 - core::result::unwrap_failed::hdff5465d74574b44
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/core/src/result.rs:1750:5
  16:     0x56101168637f - core::result::Result<T,E>::expect::h8ee9b60fc9639958
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/core/src/result.rs:1047:23
  17:     0x56101167a9ce - winit::platform_impl::platform::x11::window::UnownedWindow::request_user_attention::h8c3d7ad81f99d38c
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/fork/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs:1725:13
  18:     0x56101166a220 - winit::platform_impl::platform::Window::request_user_attention::hbbf1ecbf29e7acb9
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/fork/src/platform_impl/linux/mod.rs:546:33
  19:     0x561010fab8a9 - winit::window::Window::request_user_attention::h6b24f94211e43481
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/fork/src/window.rs:1127:9
  20:     0x561010e92b19 - alacritty::display::window::Window::set_urgent::ha77783b6fef0f020
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/alacritty/alacritty/src/display/window.rs:337:9
  21:     0x561010e29b2b - alacritty::event::<impl alacritty::input::Processor<alacritty::event::EventProxy,alacritty::event::ActionContext<alacritty_terminal::event_loop::Notifier,alacritty::event::EventProxy>>>::handle_event::h8ee8c73e2eccbc7c
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/alacritty/alacritty/src/event.rs:1319:29
  22:     0x561010e6794e - alacritty::window_context::WindowContext::handle_event::h7a98e6808134fc70
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/alacritty/alacritty/src/window_context.rs:457:13
  23:     0x561010da365d - alacritty::event::Processor::run::{{closure}}::h413ceac7fd4d53a8
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/alacritty/alacritty/src/event.rs:1566:25
  24:     0x561010d845eb - winit::platform_impl::platform::sticky_exit_callback::h746f29c87a798d4e
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/fork/src/platform_impl/linux/mod.rs:922:9
  25:     0x561010dea89d - winit::platform_impl::platform::x11::EventLoop<T>::run_return::single_iteration::hff297779b8e2246d
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/fork/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/mod.rs:433:17
  26:     0x561010deb0f7 - winit::platform_impl::platform::x11::EventLoop<T>::run_return::h310c06d11d09dccb
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/fork/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/mod.rs:531:27
  27:     0x561010d8392d - winit::platform_impl::platform::EventLoop<T>::run_return::h56c38db684b45681
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/fork/src/platform_impl/linux/mod.rs:823:56
  28:     0x561010de8caa - <winit::event_loop::EventLoop<T> as winit::platform::run_return::EventLoopExtRunReturn>::run_return::h9f413bf6c34c2bcb
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/fork/src/platform/run_return.rs:51:9
  29:     0x561010f416a0 - alacritty::event::Processor::run::h10d921f84948aebd
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/alacritty/alacritty/src/event.rs:1496:25
  30:     0x561010e941fa - alacritty::alacritty::hc725771ab9ce96b5
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/alacritty/alacritty/src/main.rs:189:18
  31:     0x561010e933a4 - alacritty::main::h484819d3c92aef36
                               at /home/kchibisov/src/rust/winit-workspace/alacritty/alacritty/src/main.rs:83:17
  32:     0x561010d677ab - core::ops::function::FnOnce::call_once::h95a0da61e7575432
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/core/src/ops/function.rs:250:5
  33:     0x561010fab15e - std::sys_common::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace::hb235145e4148a4f9
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/sys_common/backtrace.rs:134:18
  34:     0x561010f44351 - std::rt::lang_start::{{closure}}::h6ad83f5a54864f36
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/rt.rs:166:18
  35:     0x561011a22d7c - core::ops::function::impls::<impl core::ops::function::FnOnce<A> for &F>::call_once::hd6efcd3bec896f2c
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/core/src/ops/function.rs:287:13
  36:     0x561011a22d7c - std::panicking::try::do_call::hce04e543bb1f4cbb
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panicking.rs:487:40
  37:     0x561011a22d7c - std::panicking::try::h3342dd4e1f680968
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panicking.rs:451:19
  38:     0x561011a22d7c - std::panic::catch_unwind::h148ce1e59ac0cee7
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panic.rs:140:14
  39:     0x561011a22d7c - std::rt::lang_start_internal::{{closure}}::h25f9dda2057a67fe
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/rt.rs:148:48
  40:     0x561011a22d7c - std::panicking::try::do_call::h7caaaeaf9401650b
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panicking.rs:487:40
  41:     0x561011a22d7c - std::panicking::try::he7d15285746cbbc2
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panicking.rs:451:19
  42:     0x561011a22d7c - std::panic::catch_unwind::h89fb4f50c0301fe0
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/panic.rs:140:14
  43:     0x561011a22d7c - std::rt::lang_start_internal::h078acd489417d3c1
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/rt.rs:148:20
  44:     0x561010f4432a - std::rt::lang_start::h4aba5fff8caf7fef
                               at /rustc/84c898d65adf2f39a5a98507f1fe0ce10a2b8dbc/library/std/src/rt.rs:165:17
  45:     0x561010e9480e - main
  46:     0x7f7454e1aace - __libc_start_call_main
  47:     0x7f7454e1ab89 - __libc_start_main@@GLIBC_2.34
  48:     0x561010d46c25 - _start
  49:                0x0 - <unknown>

I'm using alacritty/alacritty#6958

Will look at other stuff later.

psychon · 2023-06-01T16:10:07Z

'Failed to get WM hints reply: ConnectionError(ParseError(InvalidValue))'

Reproducible by executing WmHints::get() against a window which does not have that property.

Diff for x11rb for a reproducer:

diff --git a/x11rb/examples/simple_window.rs b/x11rb/examples/simple_window.rs
index 4f81f99..31355b9 100644
--- a/x11rb/examples/simple_window.rs
+++ b/x11rb/examples/simple_window.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
             .as_bytes(),
     )?;
 
+    let hints = x11rb::properties::WmHints::get(conn, win_id)?.reply().unwrap();
+    println!("{:?}", hints);
+
     let reply = conn
         .get_property(false, win_id, AtomEnum::WM_NAME, AtomEnum::STRING, 0, 1024)?
         .reply()?;

Running this fails with ConnectionError(ParseError(InvalidValue)). xtrace says

000:<:0141: 24: Request(20): GetProperty delete=false(0x00) window=0x03000000 property=0x23("WM_HINTS") type=0x23("WM_HINTS") long-offset=0x00000000 long-length=0x00000009
000:>:0141:32: Reply to GetProperty: type=None(0x0) bytes-after=0x00000000

This error comes from here: https://github.com/psychon/x11rb/blob/26512622d3f0657a982252fe124b4fde59ebfe11/x11rb/src/properties.rs#L548-L549

Edit: psychon/x11rb#844

notgull · 2023-06-03T04:25:44Z

I've fixed the WmHints error for now by just not doing anything if we can't get our mitts on it. I pulled your alacritty branch and running it works on my machine with this code.

psychon · 2023-06-03T09:44:51Z

src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs

-            .ignore_error();
+                .ok()
+                .and_then(|cookie| cookie.reply().ok())
+        {


Doesn't this just mean that this function doesn't do anything anymore?

Since things previously failed due to a missing WM hints property, I guess that nothing sets that property by default. So, this function also won't.

Instead of if let Some(mut wm_hints) = ...., I suggest to do let mut wm_hints = ....or_default(). That matches more closely what the old C code does (assuming I found the correct piece of code and assuming that alloc_wm_hints just calls XAllocWMHints which zero-initializes the structure):

impl XConnection { pub fn get_wm_hints( &self, window: ffi::Window, ) -> Result<XSmartPointer<'_, ffi::XWMHints>, XError> { let wm_hints = unsafe { (self.xlib.XGetWMHints)(self.display, window) }; self.check_errors()?; let wm_hints = if wm_hints.is_null() { self.alloc_wm_hints() } else { XSmartPointer::new(self, wm_hints).unwrap() }; Ok(wm_hints) }

That sounds like a plan

src/platform_impl/linux/mod.rs

kchibisov · 2023-06-30T12:23:15Z

src/platform_impl/linux/x11/ime/input_method.rs

+    let atoms = xconn.atoms();
+    let servers_atom = atoms[XIM_SERVERS];


I think we can merge both? Or it doesn't live long enough, because we get some sort of ref?

I just find the code xconn.atoms()[_NET_WM_WINDOW] to be very displeasing to the eye. The parentheses next to the brackets isn't very clean.

src/platform_impl/linux/x11/ime/input_method.rs

src/platform_impl/linux/x11/event_processor.rs

kchibisov · 2023-06-30T12:30:33Z

src/platform_impl/linux/x11/util/client_msg.rs

+        data: impl Into<xproto::ClientMessageData>,
+    ) -> Result<VoidCookie<'_>, X11Error> {
+        let event = xproto::ClientMessageEvent {


Can't we use this in window.rs instead of manually building ClientMessageEvent?

The data for WM_NET_PING has to be exactly the same, and the method exposed here doesn't allow for that. Adding that functionality would make it harder to use, I feel.

src/platform_impl/linux/x11/xdisplay.rs

src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs

notgull · 2023-07-11T13:45:32Z

Rebased on the latest master!

notgull force-pushed the x11rb branch from 823a744 to f4997af Compare May 31, 2023 04:10

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		let atoms = xconn.atoms();
		let servers_atom = atoms[XIM_SERVERS];

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