tests: Blind attempt at making a flacky test under luajit stable.

I could not reproduce the issue locally.

tests/_client.lua

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 local spawn = require("awful.spawn")
+local gtimer = require("gears.timer")
 
 local lua_executable = os.getenv("LUA")
 if lua_executable == nil or lua_executable == "" then
@@ -118,13 +119,15 @@ local lgi = require("lgi")
 local Gio = lgi.require("Gio")
 
 local initialized = false
-local pipe
+local pipe, pid
+
 local function init()
     if initialized then return end
     initialized = true
     local cmd = { lua_executable, "-e", test_client_source }
-    local _, _, stdin, stdout, stderr = awesome.spawn(cmd, false, true, true, true)
+    local _pid, _, stdin, stdout, stderr = awesome.spawn(cmd, false, true, true, true)
-    pipe = Gio.UnixOutputStream.new(stdin, true)
+    pipe =  Gio.UnixOutputStream.new(stdin, true)
+    pid = _pid
     stdout = Gio.UnixInputStream.new(stdout, true)
     stderr = Gio.UnixInputStream.new(stderr, true)
     spawn.read_lines(stdout, function(...) print("_client", ...) end)
@@ -139,7 +142,29 @@ local function get_snid(sn_rules, callback)
     return snid
 end
 
-return function(class, title, sn_rules, callback, resize_increment, args)
+local module = {}
+
+function module.terminate()
+    if not initialized then return end
+
+    for _, c in ipairs(client.get()) do
+        c:kill()
+    end
+
+    pipe:close()
+    initialized, pipe = false, nil
+
+    -- Make a copy to avoid the re-initialized race condition.
+    local original_pid = pid
+
+    gtimer.delayed_call(function()
+        awesome.kill(original_pid, 9)
+    end)
+
+    return true
+end
+
+local function new(_, class, title, sn_rules, callback, resize_increment, args)
     args  = args or {}
     class = class or "test_app"
     title = title or "Awesome test client"
@@ -200,4 +225,6 @@ return function(class, title, sn_rules, callback, resize_increment, args)
     return snid
 end
 
+return setmetatable(module, {__call = new })
+
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tests/test-input-binding.lua

@@ -243,8 +243,20 @@ for _, type_name in ipairs { "key", "button" } do
         end)
 
         -- Cleanup (otherwise there is a race with the root.buttons tests)
-        table.insert(steps, function()
+        table.insert(steps, function(count)
-            if #mouse.screen.clients ~= 0 then return end
+            if #mouse.screen.clients ~= 0 then
+                if count > 5 then
+                    -- It's stuck, kill it.
+                    test_client.terminate()
+                else
+                    for _, c in pairs(client.get()) do
+                        c:kill()
+                    end
+                end
+
+
+                return
+            end
 
             return true
         end)
@@ -372,6 +384,8 @@ table.insert(steps, function()
     return true
 end)
 
+table.insert(steps, test_client.terminate)
+
 runner.run_steps(steps)
 
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