commit fa6854e34ce5d23dcd1762632a68520b9787e0c5
from: Caleb Stein <caleb@calebstein.net>
date: Mon Jun  1 18:50:35 2026 UTC

use setproctitle instead of overwriting argv[0] directly

commit - ef197048827fd9c2a07aa6779ac3f90d3498bc6f
commit + fa6854e34ce5d23dcd1762632a68520b9787e0c5
blob - 6583323eb3f3302da0ba1240c90a94a1aba4ed18
blob + d88a1e429c79a4fe86b55d0d4e52d4e20b54f6c6
--- include/statbar.h
+++ include/statbar.h
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ extern void normalize_clock_interval(const struct time
 /* Battery */
 #define BATTERY_STRING_SIZE 11
 
-extern pid_t start_privileged_battery_process(int *pipe_fd, const struct timespec *timeout, char *prname);
+extern pid_t start_privileged_battery_process(int *pipe_fd, const struct timespec *timeout);
 
 /* Volume */
 #define VOLUME_STRING_SIZE 11
 
-extern pid_t start_volume_process(int *pipe_fd, char *prname);
+extern pid_t start_volume_process(int *pipe_fd);
 
 /* CPU Temp */
 extern char cputemp_string[14];
blob - c4b48683995918694d0a213703da1fc2a3cb2912
blob + 5ad180e72d57ba34465b017c24ab68c2a61fb160
--- modules/battery.c
+++ modules/battery.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ signal_handler(int sig)
 }
 
 pid_t
-start_privileged_battery_process(int *pipe_fd, const struct timespec *timeout, char *prname)
+start_privileged_battery_process(int *pipe_fd, const struct timespec *timeout)
 {
 	pid_t pid;
 	int batt_pipe[2];
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ start_privileged_battery_process(int *pipe_fd, const s
 
 	if (init_battery() == -1) _exit(-1);
 	(void)close(batt_pipe[0]);
-	(void)strcpy(prname, "sb-batt");
+	setproctitle("battery");
 	(void)puts("Battery process started");
 
 	(void)signal(SIGTERM, signal_handler);
blob - 4f9f0aac4768497625d90fe2f355a3f46939de20
blob + 3f60cc8cb3a9b95aa9b469b91a2d39b2e876bf36
--- modules/volume.c
+++ modules/volume.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ signal_handler(int sig)
 }
 
 pid_t
-start_volume_process(int *pipe_fd, char *prname)
+start_volume_process(int *pipe_fd)
 {
 	pid_t pid;
 	int vol_pipe[2];
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ start_volume_process(int *pipe_fd, char *prname)
 	}
 	if (init_volume(&nfds, &vol_pipe[1]) == -1) _exit(1);
 	(void)close(vol_pipe[0]);
-	(void)strcpy(prname, "sb-vol");
+	setproctitle("volume");
 	(void)puts("Volume process started");
 
 	(void)signal(SIGTERM, signal_handler);
blob - b233b9b2a9cd1c7be54d4d58ad0955602d985fdc
blob + 6b0755d6551bc2ec09f682358ebd2115cbbdc713
--- src/main.c
+++ src/main.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ install_signal_handlers(void)
 }
 
 int
-main(int argc, char *argv[])
+main(void)
 {
 	Display *display;
 	Window root;
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int i;
 	ssize_t n;
 
-	(void)argc;
 	(void)setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IOLBF, 0);
 	install_signal_handlers();
 
@@ -120,8 +119,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	timespecadd(&now, &weather_interval, &clocks[WEATHER_CLOCK]);
 
 	get_clock();
-	batt_pid = start_privileged_battery_process(&batt_fd, &battery_interval, argv[0]);
-	vol_pid = start_volume_process(&vol_fd, argv[0]);
+	batt_pid = start_privileged_battery_process(&batt_fd, &battery_interval);
+	vol_pid = start_volume_process(&vol_fd);
 	get_cputemp();
 	get_fanspeed();
 	get_initial_network_state();