From 3945f13fc4816310d500ef51da50452c6334d6e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emmanuel Lepage Vallee <elv1313@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 23:45:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] placement: Fix an semi-infinite loop when attaching to
 geometries

It would add a new connection each time and eventually get very
slow.

An regression test will be published later.
---
 lib/awful/placement.lua | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/awful/placement.lua b/lib/awful/placement.lua
index 1f2dad329..793923165 100644
--- a/lib/awful/placement.lua
+++ b/lib/awful/placement.lua
@@ -450,6 +450,9 @@ local function attach(d, position_f, args)
 
     if not args.attach then return end
 
+    -- Avoid a connection loop
+    args = setmetatable({attach=false}, {__index=args})
+
     d = d or capi.client.focus
     if not d then return end