Package: xorg
Version: 7.5+3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
User: ubuntu-de...@lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu lucid ubuntu-patch

Hello,

In our vendetta for faster boot I examined x11-common's Xsession.d
scripts and noticed that they call a lot of external programs (grep
several times, which) and run some code which is unlikely to be useful
on many machines (such as ~/.Xresources).

Attached patch streamlines the scripts to prefer shell builtins over
external programs. (Details see changelog).

Thanks for considering!

Martin
-- 
Martin Pitt                        | http://www.piware.de
Ubuntu Developer (www.ubuntu.com)  | Debian Developer  (www.debian.org)
diff -Nru xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/changelog xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/changelog
--- xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/changelog  2010-01-26 00:38:13.000000000 +0100
+++ xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/changelog  2010-02-18 23:14:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+xorg (1:7.5+1ubuntu3) lucid; urgency=low
+
+  * Improve startup speed of Xsession.d scripts by eliminating all unnecessary
+    external program calls:
+    - In 20x11-common_process-args, cat $OPTIONFILE once into a variable and
+      use POSIX variable substitution in all scripts instead of calling grep
+      for every single test.
+    - Use shell built in "type" instead of external "which" to test for
+      programs.
+    - 30x11-common_xresources: Swap the order of tests to keep the most
+      unlikely (like "~/.Xresources exists") outside, to avoid running the
+      other tests (like "xrdb exists") on systems which don't use Xresources.
+
+ -- Martin Pitt <martin.p...@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:02:22 +0100
+
 xorg (1:7.5+1ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low
 
   [ David Planella ]
diff -Nru xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/local/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args 
xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/local/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args
--- xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/local/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args 
2010-01-25 10:53:09.000000000 +0100
+++ xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/local/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args 
2010-02-18 23:13:59.000000000 +0100
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 # This file is sourced by Xsession(5), not executed.
 
+# read OPTIONFILE
+OPTIONS=$(cat "$OPTIONFILE") || true
+
+
 # Determine how many arguments were provided.
 case $# in
   0)
@@ -12,7 +16,7 @@
     case "$1" in
       failsafe)
         # Failsafe session was requested.
-        if grep -qs ^allow-failsafe "$OPTIONFILE"; then
+        if [ "${OPTIONS#*allow-failsafe}" != "$OPTIONS" ]; then
           if [ -e /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator ]; then
             if [ -x /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator ]; then
               exec x-terminal-emulator -geometry +1+1
diff -Nru xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/local/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources 
xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/local/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources
--- xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/local/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources   
2008-06-25 04:05:17.000000000 +0200
+++ xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/local/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources   
2010-02-18 22:58:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,25 +4,23 @@
 
 # If xrdb (from xbase-clients) is installed, merge system-wide X resources.
 # Then merge the user's X resources, if the options file is so configured.
-if /usr/bin/which xrdb >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  if [ -d "$SYSRESOURCES" ]; then
-    RESOURCEFILES=$(run-parts --list $SYSRESOURCES)
-    if [ -n "$RESOURCEFILES" ]; then
-      for RESOURCEFILE in $RESOURCEFILES; do
-        xrdb -merge $RESOURCEFILE
-      done
-    fi
+if [ -d "$SYSRESOURCES" ] && type xrdb >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  RESOURCEFILES=$(run-parts --list $SYSRESOURCES)
+  if [ -n "$RESOURCEFILES" ]; then
+    for RESOURCEFILE in $RESOURCEFILES; do
+      xrdb -merge $RESOURCEFILE
+    done
   fi
+fi
 
-  if grep -qs ^allow-user-resources "$OPTIONFILE"; then
-    if [ -f "$USRRESOURCES" ]; then
-      xrdb -merge $USRRESOURCES
-    fi
+if [ "${OPTIONS#*allow-user-resources}" != "$OPTIONS" ] && [ -f 
"$USRRESOURCES" ]; then
+  if type xrdb >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    xrdb -merge $USRRESOURCES
+  else
+    # Comment out this command if you desire a legacy-free X environment, and 
find
+    # the warning spurious.
+    message "warning: xrdb command not found; X resources not merged."
   fi
-else
-  # Comment out this command if you desire a legacy-free X environment, and 
find
-  # the warning spurious.
-  message "warning: xrdb command not found; X resources not merged."
 fi
 
 # vim:set ai et sts=2 sw=2 tw=80:
diff -Nru 
xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/local/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup 
xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/local/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup
--- xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/local/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup    
2008-06-25 04:05:17.000000000 +0200
+++ xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/local/Xsession.d/50x11-common_determine-startup    
2010-02-18 22:59:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # executable, fall back to looking for a user's custom X session script, if
 # allowed by the options file.
 if [ -z "$STARTUP" ]; then
-  if grep -qs ^allow-user-xsession "$OPTIONFILE"; then
+  if [ "${OPTIONS#*allow-user-session}" != "$OPTIONS" ]; then
     for STARTUPFILE in "$USERXSESSION" "$ALTUSERXSESSION"; do
       if [ -e "$STARTUPFILE" ]; then
         if [ -x "$STARTUPFILE" ]; then
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 # If we still have not found a startup program, give up.
 if [ -z "$STARTUP" ]; then
   ERRMSG="unable to start X session ---"
-  if grep -qs ^allow-user-xsession "$OPTIONFILE"; then
+  if [ "${OPTIONS#*allow-user-session}" != "$OPTIONS" ]; then
     ERRMSG="$ERRMSG no \"$USERXSESSION\" file, no \"$ALTUSERXSESSION\" file,"
   fi
   errormsg "$ERRMSG no session managers, no window managers, and no terminal" \
diff -Nru xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/local/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent 
xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/local/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent
--- xorg-7.5+1ubuntu2/debian/local/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent    
2008-08-06 01:37:18.000000000 +0200
+++ xorg-7.5+1ubuntu3/debian/local/Xsession.d/90x11-common_ssh-agent    
2010-02-18 23:00:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 SSHAGENT=/usr/bin/ssh-agent
 SSHAGENTARGS=
 
-if grep -qs ^use-ssh-agent "$OPTIONFILE"; then
+if [ "${OPTIONS#*use-ssh-agent}" != "$OPTIONS" ]; then
   if [ -x "$SSHAGENT" ] && [ -z "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK" ] \
      && [ -z "$SSH2_AUTH_SOCK" ]; then
     STARTSSH=yes

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