x11: Ignore BadWindow errors when handling a SelectionRequest

When handing a SelectionRequest event, XChangeProperty can generate a BadWindow error if the requesting window was already destroyed. Register an error handler to catch this, and prevent it from being fatal.
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Frank Praznik
2026-09-02 12:15:21 -04:00
parent a29eba40a4
commit ec6790bd5e

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@@ -792,6 +792,17 @@ static void X11_UpdateUserTime(SDL_WindowData *data, const unsigned long latest)
}
}
static int SelectionRequestErrorHandler(Display *d, XErrorEvent *e)
{
// Ignore BadWindow, as it can happen during XChangeProperty if the target window was already destroyed.
if (e->error_code != BadWindow) {
char err_msg[128];
X11_XGetErrorText(d, e->error_code, err_msg, sizeof(err_msg));
SDL_LogError(SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_VIDEO, "Failed to handle SelectionRequest: %hhu (%s)", e->error_code, err_msg);
}
return 0;
}
static void X11_HandleClipboardEvent(SDL_VideoDevice *_this, const XEvent *xevent)
{
int i;
@@ -805,6 +816,7 @@ static void X11_HandleClipboardEvent(SDL_VideoDevice *_this, const XEvent *xeven
// Copy the selection from our own CUTBUFFER to the requested property
case SelectionRequest:
{
int (*prev_handler)(Display *, XErrorEvent *);
const XSelectionRequestEvent *req = &xevent->xselectionrequest;
XEvent sevent;
int mime_formats;
@@ -823,6 +835,11 @@ static void X11_HandleClipboardEvent(SDL_VideoDevice *_this, const XEvent *xeven
}
#endif
/* If the requesting window was already destroyed, XChangeProperty can generate a BadWindow
* error. Register an error handler to catch this, and prevent it from being fatal.
*/
prev_handler = X11_XSetErrorHandler(SelectionRequestErrorHandler);
if (req->selection == XA_PRIMARY) {
clipboard = &videodata->primary_selection;
} else {
@@ -880,6 +897,8 @@ static void X11_HandleClipboardEvent(SDL_VideoDevice *_this, const XEvent *xeven
}
X11_XSendEvent(display, req->requestor, False, 0, &sevent);
X11_XSync(display, False);
X11_XSetErrorHandler(prev_handler);
} break;
case SelectionNotify: