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commit b8e3d3701ac07d9304aee7cde1f0ebb5e17a8db8
Author: Fedor Indutny <fedor.indutny@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Oct 28 20:43:03 2013 +0400
darwin: avoid calling pGetCurrentProcess
Use some black-magic from Apple to change process name without getting
a "Not responding" tag from Activity Manager.
fix #966
diff --git a/src/unix/darwin-proctitle.c b/src/unix/darwin-proctitle.c
index c3171a6..037acff 100644
--- a/src/unix/darwin-proctitle.c
+++ b/src/unix/darwin-proctitle.c
@@ -36,14 +36,22 @@ int uv__set_process_title(const char* title) {
CFStringRef,
CFStringRef,
CFDictionaryRef*);
+ typedef CFDictionaryRef (*LSApplicationCheckInType)(int, CFDictionaryRef);
+ typedef OSStatus (*SetApplicationIsDaemonType)(int);
+ typedef void (*LSSetApplicationLaunchServicesServerConnectionStatusType)(
+ uint64_t, void*);
CFBundleRef launch_services_bundle;
LSGetCurrentApplicationASNType ls_get_current_application_asn;
LSSetApplicationInformationItemType ls_set_application_information_item;
CFStringRef* display_name_key;
- ProcessSerialNumber psn;
CFTypeRef asn;
CFStringRef display_name;
OSStatus err;
+ CFBundleRef hi_services_bundle;
+ LSApplicationCheckInType ls_application_check_in;
+ SetApplicationIsDaemonType set_application_is_daemon;
+ LSSetApplicationLaunchServicesServerConnectionStatusType
+ ls_set_application_launch_services_server_connection_status;
launch_services_bundle =
CFBundleGetBundleWithIdentifier(CFSTR("com.apple.LaunchServices"));
@@ -71,8 +79,36 @@ int uv__set_process_title(const char* title) {
if (display_name_key == NULL || *display_name_key == NULL)
return -1;
- /* Force the process manager to initialize. */
- GetCurrentProcess(&psn);
+ /* Black 10.9 magic, to remove (Not responding) mark in Activity Monitor */
+ hi_services_bundle =
+ CFBundleGetBundleWithIdentifier(CFSTR("com.apple.HIServices"));
+ if (hi_services_bundle == NULL)
+ return -1;
+
+ set_application_is_daemon = CFBundleGetFunctionPointerForName(
+ hi_services_bundle,
+ CFSTR("SetApplicationIsDaemon"));
+ ls_application_check_in = CFBundleGetFunctionPointerForName(
+ launch_services_bundle,
+ CFSTR("_LSApplicationCheckIn"));
+ ls_set_application_launch_services_server_connection_status =
+ CFBundleGetFunctionPointerForName(
+ launch_services_bundle,
+ CFSTR("_LSSetApplicationLaunchServicesServerConnectionStatus"));
+ if (set_application_is_daemon == NULL ||
+ ls_application_check_in == NULL ||
+ ls_set_application_launch_services_server_connection_status == NULL) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (set_application_is_daemon(1) != noErr)
+ return -1;
+
+ ls_set_application_launch_services_server_connection_status(0, NULL);
+
+ /* Check into process manager?! */
+ ls_application_check_in(-2,
+ CFBundleGetInfoDictionary(CFBundleGetMainBundle()));
display_name = CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, title, kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
asn = ls_get_current_application_asn();
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