Handle out-of-fd situations gracefully for transaction and urgent timers

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sway/desktop/transaction.c b/sway/desktop/transaction.c
index ccda1963..a9c9cb58 100644
--- a/sway/desktop/transaction.c
+++ b/sway/desktop/transaction.c
@@ -316,7 +316,14 @@ static void transaction_commit(struct sway_transaction *transaction) {
                 // Set up a timer which the views must respond within
                 transaction->timer = wl_event_loop_add_timer(server.wl_event_loop,
                                 handle_timeout, transaction);
-                wl_event_source_timer_update(transaction->timer, txn_timeout_ms);
+                if (transaction->timer) {
+                        wl_event_source_timer_update(transaction->timer, txn_timeout_ms);
+                } else {
+                        wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Unable to create transaction timer. "
+                                        "There might not be any available file descriptors. "
+                                        "Some imperfect frames might be rendered.");
+                        handle_timeout(transaction);
+                }
         }
 
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