Merge pull request #1947 from dlrobertson/fix_null_deref

Fix null deref in server_init

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sway/server.c b/sway/server.c
index 2793ca70..8c41ee87 100644
--- a/sway/server.c
+++ b/sway/server.c
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ bool server_init(struct sway_server *server) {
         server->wl_event_loop = wl_display_get_event_loop(server->wl_display);
         server->backend = wlr_backend_autocreate(server->wl_display);
 
+        if (!server->backend) {
+                wlr_log(L_ERROR, "Unable to create backend");
+                return false;
+        }
         struct wlr_renderer *renderer = wlr_backend_get_renderer(server->backend);
         assert(renderer);