[PATCH RFC v5 05/12] main-loop: change the handling of SIGWINCH

Filip Hejsek posted 12 patches 1 week ago
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[PATCH RFC v5 05/12] main-loop: change the handling of SIGWINCH
Posted by Filip Hejsek 1 week ago
From: Szymon Lukasz <noh4hss@gmail.com>

Block SIGWINCH, so it is delivered only via signalfd.
Install a handler that uses NotifierList to tell
interested parties about SIGWINCH delivery.

Signed-off-by: Szymon Lukasz <noh4hss@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Filip Hejsek <filip.hejsek@gmail.com>
---
 include/qemu/main-loop.h |  4 ++++
 ui/curses.c              | 11 ++++++-----
 util/main-loop.c         | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/qemu/main-loop.h b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
index 4e2436b1968b5c513f7d4e84e010b0d4fb31a1b1..7cc45c3a274434020fe33b1ca0a4d839de994e97 100644
--- a/include/qemu/main-loop.h
+++ b/include/qemu/main-loop.h
@@ -431,4 +431,8 @@ typedef struct MainLoopPoll {
 void main_loop_poll_add_notifier(Notifier *notify);
 void main_loop_poll_remove_notifier(Notifier *notify);
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
+void sigwinch_add_notifier(Notifier *n);
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/ui/curses.c b/ui/curses.c
index 161f78c35c32fc03ad576d2bd8e91bdfe09b265d..d1b308d5f8051e99f12f4d32435a04e294060a10 100644
--- a/ui/curses.c
+++ b/ui/curses.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <iconv.h>
 
 #include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qemu/main-loop.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
 #include "ui/input.h"
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ static void curses_resize(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
 }
 
 #if !defined(_WIN32) && defined(SIGWINCH) && defined(KEY_RESIZE)
-static volatile sig_atomic_t got_sigwinch;
+static bool got_sigwinch;
 static void curses_winch_check(void)
 {
     struct winsize {
@@ -172,17 +173,17 @@ static void curses_winch_check(void)
     invalidate = 1;
 }
 
-static void curses_winch_handler(int signum)
+static void curses_winch_handler(Notifier *n, void *data)
 {
     got_sigwinch = true;
 }
 
 static void curses_winch_init(void)
 {
-    struct sigaction old, winch = {
-        .sa_handler  = curses_winch_handler,
+    static Notifier n = {
+        .notify = curses_winch_handler
     };
-    sigaction(SIGWINCH, &winch, &old);
+    sigwinch_add_notifier(&n);
 }
 #else
 static void curses_winch_check(void) {}
diff --git a/util/main-loop.c b/util/main-loop.c
index 51aeb2432e77eae7081c6945e21812acc71b5f37..db4bb9c88dade805bc98322c1a053c65e9e97f7e 100644
--- a/util/main-loop.c
+++ b/util/main-loop.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static int qemu_signal_init(Error **errp)
     sigaddset(&set, SIGIO);
     sigaddset(&set, SIGALRM);
     sigaddset(&set, SIGBUS);
+    sigaddset(&set, SIGWINCH);
     /* SIGINT cannot be handled via signalfd, so that ^C can be used
      * to interrupt QEMU when it is being run under gdb.  SIGHUP and
      * SIGTERM are also handled asynchronously, even though it is not
@@ -121,6 +122,26 @@ static int qemu_signal_init(Error **errp)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static NotifierList sigwinch_notifiers =
+    NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(sigwinch_notifiers);
+
+static void sigwinch_handler(int signum)
+{
+    notifier_list_notify(&sigwinch_notifiers, NULL);
+}
+
+void sigwinch_add_notifier(Notifier *n)
+{
+    if (notifier_list_empty(&sigwinch_notifiers)) {
+        struct sigaction action = {
+            .sa_handler = sigwinch_handler,
+        };
+        sigaction(SIGWINCH, &action, NULL);
+    }
+
+    notifier_list_add(&sigwinch_notifiers, n);
+}
+
 #else /* _WIN32 */
 
 static int qemu_signal_init(Error **errp)

-- 
2.51.0
Re: [PATCH RFC v5 05/12] main-loop: change the handling of SIGWINCH
Posted by Daniel P. Berrangé 6 days, 6 hours ago
On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 01:45:35AM +0200, Filip Hejsek wrote:
> From: Szymon Lukasz <noh4hss@gmail.com>
> 
> Block SIGWINCH, so it is delivered only via signalfd.
> Install a handler that uses NotifierList to tell
> interested parties about SIGWINCH delivery.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Szymon Lukasz <noh4hss@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Filip Hejsek <filip.hejsek@gmail.com>
> ---
>  include/qemu/main-loop.h |  4 ++++
>  ui/curses.c              | 11 ++++++-----
>  util/main-loop.c         | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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