Work around account switching failing to open the CEF debugger socket

this automates lsof and gdb to force close the socket before steam finishes shutting down (from RegisterForShutdownStart)

backend/decky_loader/localplatform/localplatform.py

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ def get_live_reload() -> bool:
 def get_keep_systemd_service() -> bool:
     return os.getenv("KEEP_SYSTEMD_SERVICE", "0") == "1"
 
+def get_use_cef_close_workaround() -> bool:
+    return ON_LINUX and os.getenv("USE_CEF_CLOSE_WORKAROUND", "1") == "1"
+
 def get_log_level() -> int:
     return {"CRITICAL": 50, "ERROR": 40, "WARNING": 30, "INFO": 20, "DEBUG": 10}[
         os.getenv("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO")

backend/decky_loader/localplatform/localplatformlinux.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from re import compile
+from asyncio import Lock
 import os, pwd, grp, sys, logging
 from subprocess import call, run, DEVNULL, PIPE, STDOUT
 from ..enums import UserType
@@ -227,3 +229,39 @@ def get_unprivileged_user() -> str:
         user = 'deck'
 
     return user
+
+# Works around the CEF debugger TCP socket not closing properly when Steam restarts
+# Group 1 is PID, group 2 is FD. this also filters for "steamwebhelper" in the process name.
+cef_socket_lsof_regex = compile(r"^p(\d+)(?:\s|.)+csteamwebhelper(?:\s|.)+f(\d+)(?:\s|.)+TST=LISTEN")
+close_cef_socket_lock = Lock()
+
+async def close_cef_socket():
+    async with close_cef_socket_lock:
+        if _get_effective_user_id() != 0:
+            logger.warn("Can't close CEF socket as Decky isn't running as root.")
+            return
+        # Look for anything listening TCP on port 8080
+        lsof = run(["lsof", "-F", "-iTCP:8080", "-sTCP:LISTEN"], capture_output=True, text=True)
+        if lsof.returncode != 0 or len(lsof.stdout) < 1:
+            logger.error(f"lsof call failed in close_cef_socket! return code: {str(lsof.returncode)}")
+            return
+
+        lsof_data = cef_socket_lsof_regex.match(lsof.stdout)
+
+        if not lsof_data:
+            logger.error("lsof regex match failed in close_cef_socket!")
+            return
+
+        pid = lsof_data.group(1)
+        fd = lsof_data.group(2)
+
+        logger.info(f"Closing CEF socket with PID {pid} and FD {fd}")
+
+        # Use gdb to inject a close() call for the socket fd into steamwebhelper
+        gdb_ret = run(["gdb", "--nx", "-p", pid, "--batch", "--eval-command", f"call (int)close({fd})"])
+
+        if gdb_ret.returncode != 0:
+            logger.error(f"Failed to close CEF socket with gdb! return code: {str(gdb_ret.returncode)}", exc_info=True)
+            return
+
+        logger.info("CEF socket closed")

backend/decky_loader/localplatform/localplatformwin.py

@@ -55,4 +55,7 @@ def get_unprivileged_user() -> str:
     return os.getenv("UNPRIVILEGED_USER", os.getlogin())
 
 async def restart_webhelper() -> bool:
-    return True # Stubbed
+    return True # Stubbed
+
+async def close_cef_socket():
+    return # Stubbed

backend/decky_loader/utilities.py

@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .main import PluginManager
 from .injector import inject_to_tab, get_gamepadui_tab, close_old_tabs, get_tab
-from .localplatform.localplatform import ON_WINDOWS
 from . import helpers
-from .localplatform.localplatform import service_stop, service_start, get_home_path, get_username
+from .localplatform.localplatform import ON_WINDOWS, service_stop, service_start, get_home_path, get_username, get_use_cef_close_workaround, close_cef_socket
 
 class FilePickerObj(TypedDict):
     file: Path
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ def __init__(self, context: PluginManager) -> None:
             context.ws.add_route("utilities/get_tab_id", self.get_tab_id)
             context.ws.add_route("utilities/get_user_info", self.get_user_info)
             context.ws.add_route("utilities/http_request", self.http_request_legacy)
+            context.ws.add_route("utilities/close_cef_socket", self.close_cef_socket)
             context.ws.add_route("utilities/_call_legacy_utility", self._call_legacy_utility)
 
             context.web_app.add_routes([
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ async def stop_ssh(self):
         await service_stop(helpers.SSHD_UNIT)
         return True
 
+    async def close_cef_socket(self):
+        if get_use_cef_close_workaround():
+            await close_cef_socket()
+
     async def filepicker_ls(self, 
                             path: str | None = None, 
                             include_files: bool = True,

frontend/src/steamfixes/index.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-// import reloadFix from './reload';
-import restartFix from './restart';
+// import restartFix from './restart';
+import cefSocketFix from "./socket";
+
 let fixes: Function[] = [];
 
 export function deinitSteamFixes() {
   fixes.forEach((deinit) => deinit());
 }
 
 export async function initSteamFixes() {
-  // fixes.push(await reloadFix());
-  fixes.push(await restartFix());
+  fixes.push(cefSocketFix());
+  // fixes.push(await restartFix());
 }

frontend/src/steamfixes/socket.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import Logger from "../logger";
+
+const logger = new Logger('CEFSocketFix');
+
+const closeCEFSocket = DeckyBackend.callable<[], void>("utilities/close_cef_socket");
+
+export default function cefSocketFix() {
+    const reg = window.SteamClient?.User?.RegisterForShutdownStart(async () => {
+        logger.log("Closing CEF socket before shutdown");
+        await closeCEFSocket();
+    });
+
+    if (reg) logger.debug("CEF shutdown handler ready");
+
+    return () => reg?.unregister();
+}