fix: use file locking instead of abstract socket for single instance to avoid rust null byte error

daemon/src/main.rs

@@ -504,15 +504,25 @@ fn recover_display_env() {
     }
 }
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+fn ensure_single_instance(name: &str) {
-    // Ensure single instance to avoid duplicate daemon processes
+    let uid = unsafe { libc::getuid() };
-    let _listener = match std::os::unix::net::UnixListener::bind("\0vietc-daemon-lock") {
+    let path = format!("/tmp/{}-{}.lock", name, uid);
-        Ok(l) => l,
+    let path_c = std::ffi::CString::new(path).unwrap();
-        Err(_) => {
+    let fd = unsafe { libc::open(path_c.as_ptr(), libc::O_CREAT | libc::O_RDWR, 0o600) };
-            eprintln!("[vietc] Another instance is already running. Exiting.");
+    if fd < 0 {
+        eprintln!("[{}] Failed to open lock file", name);
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+    let res = unsafe { libc::flock(fd, libc::LOCK_EX | libc::LOCK_NB) };
+    if res < 0 {
+        eprintln!("[{}] Another instance is already running. Exiting.", name);
         std::process::exit(0);
     }
-    };
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    // Ensure single instance to avoid duplicate daemon processes
+    ensure_single_instance("vietc-daemon");
 
     recover_display_env();
     let config_path = config::find_config_path();

ui/Cargo.toml

@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ toml = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 dirs = "5"
+libc = "0.2.186"

ui/src/main.rs

@@ -179,15 +179,25 @@ fn config_path() -> PathBuf {
         .join("vietc")
 }
 
-fn main() {
+fn ensure_single_instance(name: &str) {
-    // Ensure single instance to avoid duplicate tray icons
+    let uid = unsafe { libc::getuid() };
-    let _listener = match std::os::unix::net::UnixListener::bind("\0vietc-tray-lock") {
+    let path = format!("/tmp/{}-{}.lock", name, uid);
-        Ok(l) => l,
+    let path_c = std::ffi::CString::new(path).unwrap();
-        Err(_) => {
+    let fd = unsafe { libc::open(path_c.as_ptr(), libc::O_CREAT | libc::O_RDWR, 0o600) };
-            eprintln!("[vietc-tray] Another instance is already running. Exiting.");
+    if fd < 0 {
+        eprintln!("[{}] Failed to open lock file", name);
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+    let res = unsafe { libc::flock(fd, libc::LOCK_EX | libc::LOCK_NB) };
+    if res < 0 {
+        eprintln!("[{}] Another instance is already running. Exiting.", name);
         std::process::exit(0);
     }
-    };
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // Ensure single instance to avoid duplicate tray icons
+    ensure_single_instance("vietc-tray");
 
     eprintln!("[vietc-tray] Starting");