Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Handle SDL grabs failing

[Anthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws>]

Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> If a X window is not viewable, XGrabPointer() fails and
> returns GrabNotViewable. SDL's X backend currently handles
> this by retrying the grab until the window becomes viewable
> again.
>
> This means e.g. if you Ctrl-Alt-RightArrow to switch
> workspaces, QEMU tries to grab, SDL blocks because the
> window isn't viewable and your guest stops executing until
> you switch back to that workspace again.
>
> See this Fedora bug for the gory details:
>
>   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/480065
>
> Some SDL backends will return SDL_GRAB_OFF from
> SDL_WM_GrabInput(), so the fix is to make the X backend do
> this if the grab fails.
>
> The only side-effect in QEMU is that if SDL_WM_GrabInput()
> fails we still change the window title to indicate that it's
> grabbed, when in fact it's not. This patch fixes that minor
> issue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@redhat.com>
>   
Nice catch!  This has been a long standing bug.

Applied.  Thanks.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori