slave: report exec() failure back to main process

main.c

@@ -540,22 +540,50 @@ main(int argc, char *const *argv)
 
     wl_display_dispatch_pending(term.wl.display);
 
+    {
+        int fork_pipe[2];
+        if (pipe2(fork_pipe, O_CLOEXEC) < 0) {
+            LOG_ERRNO("failed to create pipe");
+            goto out;
+        }
+
         term.slave = fork();
         switch (term.slave) {
         case -1:
             LOG_ERRNO("failed to fork");
+            close(fork_pipe[0]);
+            close(fork_pipe[1]);
             goto out;
 
         case 0:
             /* Child */
-        slave_spawn(term.ptmx, conf.shell);
+            close(fork_pipe[0]);  /* Close read end */
+            slave_spawn(term.ptmx, conf.shell, fork_pipe[1]);
             assert(false);
             break;
 
-    default:
+        default: {
+            close(fork_pipe[1]); /* Close write end */
             LOG_DBG("slave has PID %d", term.slave);
+
+            int _errno;
+            static_assert(sizeof(errno) == sizeof(_errno), "errno size mismatch");
+
+            ssize_t ret = read(fork_pipe[0], &_errno, sizeof(_errno));
+            close(fork_pipe[0]);
+
+            if (ret < 0) {
+                LOG_ERRNO("failed to read from pipe");
+                goto out;
+            } else if (ret == sizeof(_errno)) {
+                LOG_ERRNO("%s: failed to execute", conf.shell);
+                goto out;
+            } else
+                LOG_DBG("%s: successfully started", conf.shell);
             break;
         }
+        }
+    }
 
     /* Read logic requires non-blocking mode */
     {

slave.c

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ err:
 }
 
 void
-slave_spawn(int ptmx, char *cmd)
+slave_spawn(int ptmx, char *cmd, int err_fd)
 {
     int pts = -1;
     const char *pts_name = ptsname(ptmx);
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ slave_spawn(int ptmx, char *cmd)
     execvp(argv[0], argv);
 
 err:
+    (void)!write(err_fd, &errno, sizeof(errno));
     if (argv)
         free(argv);
     if (pts != -1)

slave.h

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-void slave_spawn(int ptmx, char *cmd);
+void slave_spawn(int ptmx, char *cmd, int err_fd);