Specify if ShellManager should read output or not using a flag

Some program (xclip), will fork a daemon keeping stdout/stderr open,
so waiting for them to be closed make kakoune hang. Commands discarding
stdout can then just not wait on it.

src/command_manager.cc

@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ String expand_token(const Token& token, const Context& context,
     {
     case Token::Type::ShellExpand:
         return ShellManager::instance().eval(content, context, {},
+                                             ShellManager::Flags::ReadOutput,
                                              shell_params, env_vars).first;
     case Token::Type::RegisterExpand:
         return context.main_sel_register_value(content).str();

src/commands.cc

@@ -786,8 +786,9 @@ void define_command(const ParametersParser& parser, Context& context)
                 { "token_to_complete", to_string(token_to_complete) },
                 { "pos_in_token",      to_string(pos_in_token) }
             };
-            String output = ShellManager::instance().eval(shell_cmd, context,
+            String output = ShellManager::instance().eval(shell_cmd, context, {},
-                                                          {}, params, vars).first;
+                                                          ShellManager::Flags::ReadOutput,
+                                                          params, vars).first;
             return Completions{ 0_byte, pos_in_token, split(output, '\n', 0) };
         };
     }

src/normal.cc

@@ -394,8 +394,11 @@ void pipe(Context& context, NormalParams)
                     bool insert_eol = str.back() != '\n';
                     if (insert_eol)
                         str += '\n';
-                    str = ShellManager::instance().eval(real_cmd, context, str,
+                    str = ShellManager::instance().eval(
+                        real_cmd, context, str,
+                        ShellManager::Flags::ReadOutput,
                         {}, EnvVarMap{}).first;
+
                     if ((insert_eol or sel.max() == buffer.back_coord()) and
                         str.back() == '\n')
                         str = str.substr(0, str.length()-1).str();
@@ -409,7 +412,8 @@ void pipe(Context& context, NormalParams)
                 for (auto& sel : selections)
                     ShellManager::instance().eval(real_cmd, context,
                                                   content(buffer, sel),
-                                                  {}, EnvVarMap{}).first;
+                                                  ShellManager::Flags::None,
+                                                  {}, EnvVarMap{});
             }
         });
 }
@@ -436,8 +440,9 @@ void insert_output(Context& context, NormalParams)
             if (real_cmd.empty())
                 return;
 
-            auto str = ShellManager::instance().eval(real_cmd, context, {}, {},
+            auto str = ShellManager::instance().eval(real_cmd, context, {},
-                                                     EnvVarMap{}).first;
+                                                     ShellManager::Flags::ReadOutput,
+                                                     {}, EnvVarMap{}).first;
             ScopedEdition edition(context);
             context.selections().insert(str, mode);
         });
@@ -788,6 +793,7 @@ void keep_pipe(Context& context, NormalParams)
             for (auto& sel : context.selections())
             {
                 if (shell_manager.eval(cmdline, context, content(buffer, sel),
+                                       ShellManager::Flags::None,
                                        {}, EnvVarMap{}).second == 0)
                     keep.push_back(sel);
             }

src/shell_manager.cc

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ShellManager::ShellManager()
 
 std::pair<String, int> ShellManager::eval(
     StringView cmdline, const Context& context, StringView input,
-    ConstArrayView<String> params, const EnvVarMap& env_vars)
+    Flags flags, ConstArrayView<String> params, const EnvVarMap& env_vars)
 {
     int write_pipe[2]; // child stdin
     int read_pipe[2];  // child stdout
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ std::pair<String, int> ShellManager::eval(
         close(write_pipe[1]);
 
         String child_stdout, child_stderr;
+        int status = 0;
+        bool terminated = false;
         {
             auto pipe_reader = [](String& output) {
                 return [&output](FDWatcher& watcher, EventMode) {
@@ -58,15 +60,25 @@ std::pair<String, int> ShellManager::eval(
             FDWatcher stdout_watcher{read_pipe[0], pipe_reader(child_stdout)};
             FDWatcher stderr_watcher{error_pipe[0], pipe_reader(child_stderr)};
 
-            while (not stdout_watcher.closed() or not stderr_watcher.closed())
+            if (not (flags & Flags::ReadOutput))
+            {
+                stdout_watcher.close_fd();
+                stderr_watcher.close_fd();
+            }
+
+            while (not stdout_watcher.closed() or
+                   not stderr_watcher.closed() or
+                   not terminated)
+            {
                 EventManager::instance().handle_next_events(EventMode::Urgent);
+                if (not terminated)
+                    terminated = waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG);
+            }
         }
 
         if (not child_stderr.empty())
             write_to_debug_buffer(format("shell stderr: <<<\n{}>>>", child_stderr));
 
-        int status = 0;
-        waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
         return { child_stdout, WIFEXITED(status) ? WEXITSTATUS(status) : - 1 };
     }
     else try

src/shell_manager.hh

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "regex.hh"
 #include "utils.hh"
 #include "env_vars.hh"
+#include "flags.hh"
 
 namespace Kakoune
 {
@@ -20,8 +21,15 @@ class ShellManager : public Singleton<ShellManager>
 public:
     ShellManager();
 
+    enum class Flags
+    {
+        None = 0,
+        ReadOutput = 1
+    };
+
     std::pair<String, int> eval(StringView cmdline, const Context& context,
                                 StringView input = {},
+                                Flags flags = Flags::ReadOutput,
                                 ConstArrayView<String> params = {},
                                 const EnvVarMap& env_vars = EnvVarMap{});
 
@@ -32,6 +40,8 @@ private:
     Vector<std::pair<Regex, EnvVarRetriever>> m_env_vars;
 };
 
+template<> struct WithBitOps<ShellManager::Flags> : std::true_type {};
+
 }
 
 #endif // shell_manager_hh_INCLUDED