Merge pull request #2267 from ghostty-org/pwinput-msg

termio: use surface messages to trigger password input state

src/Surface.zig

@@ -818,9 +818,28 @@ pub fn handleMessage(self: *Surface, msg: Message) !void {
         .report_color_scheme => try self.reportColorScheme(),
 
         .present_surface => try self.presentSurface(),
+
+        .password_input => |v| try self.passwordInput(v),
     }
 }
 
+/// Called when the terminal detects there is a password input prompt.
+fn passwordInput(self: *Surface, v: bool) !void {
+    {
+        self.renderer_state.mutex.lock();
+        defer self.renderer_state.mutex.unlock();
+
+        // If our password input state is unchanged then we don't
+        // waste time doing anything more.
+        const old = self.io.terminal.flags.password_input;
+        if (old == v) return;
+
+        self.io.terminal.flags.password_input = v;
+    }
+
+    try self.queueRender();
+}
+
 /// Sends a DSR response for the current color scheme to the pty.
 fn reportColorScheme(self: *Surface) !void {
     const output = switch (self.color_scheme) {

src/apprt/surface.zig

@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ pub const Message = union(enum) {
     /// a window and switching tabs.
     present_surface: void,
 
+    /// Notifies the surface that password input has started within
+    /// the terminal. This should always be followed by a false value
+    /// unless the surface exits.
+    password_input: bool,
+
     pub const ReportTitleStyle = enum {
         csi_21_t,
 

src/termio/Exec.zig

@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ pub fn threadEnter(
         .read_thread_pipe = pipe[1],
         .read_thread_fd = pty_fds.read,
         .termios_timer = termios_timer,
-        .renderer_wakeup = io.renderer_wakeup,
     } };
 
     // Start our process watcher
@@ -460,24 +459,31 @@ fn termiosTimer(
     };
 
     // If the mode changed, then we process it.
-    if (!std.meta.eql(mode, exec.termios_mode)) {
+    if (!std.meta.eql(mode, exec.termios_mode)) mode_change: {
         log.debug("termios change mode={}", .{mode});
         exec.termios_mode = mode;
 
+        // We assume we're in some sort of password input if we're
+        // in canonical mode and not echoing. This is a heuristic.
+        const password_input = mode.canonical and !mode.echo;
+
+        // If our password input state changed on the terminal then
+        // we notify the surface.
         {
             td.renderer_state.mutex.lock();
             defer td.renderer_state.mutex.unlock();
             const t = td.renderer_state.terminal;
-
+            if (t.flags.password_input == password_input) {
-            // We assume we're in some sort of password input if we're
+                break :mode_change;
-            // in canonical mode and not echoing. This is a heuristic.
+            }
-            t.flags.password_input = mode.canonical and !mode.echo;
         }
 
-        // Notify the renderer of our state change
+        // We have to notify the surface that we're in password input.
-        exec.renderer_wakeup.notify() catch |err| {
+        // We must block on this because the balanced true/false state
-            log.warn("error notifying renderer err={}", .{err});
+        // of this is critical to apprt behavior.
-        };
+        _ = td.surface_mailbox.push(.{
+            .password_input = password_input,
+        }, .{ .forever = {} });
     }
 
     // Repeat the timer
@@ -645,9 +651,6 @@ pub const ThreadData = struct {
     /// to prevent unnecessary locking of expensive mutexes.
     termios_mode: ptypkg.Mode = .{},
 
-    /// The handle to wake up the renderer.
-    renderer_wakeup: xev.Async,
-
     pub fn deinit(self: *ThreadData, alloc: Allocator) void {
         posix.close(self.read_thread_pipe);