From 9883a2ba2a7d2235430385a12a8de4185c3658ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Douglas Scott <idscott@system76.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:15:43 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] ei: Don't send `request_name` with `NULL` name

Sending `NULL` here is a protocol violation since this is not marked as
`allow-null` in the protocol spec.

Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libei/-/merge_requests/375>
---
 src/libei-handshake.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/libei-handshake.c b/src/libei-handshake.c
index f157690..e519fe9 100644
--- a/src/libei-handshake.c
+++ b/src/libei-handshake.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ ei_handshake_initialize(struct ei_handshake *setup, uint32_t version)
 								EI_HANDSHAKE_CONTEXT_TYPE_SENDER :
 								EI_HANDSHAKE_CONTEXT_TYPE_RECEIVER);
 
-	if (version >= EI_HANDSHAKE_REQUEST_NAME_SINCE_VERSION)
+	if (version >= EI_HANDSHAKE_REQUEST_NAME_SINCE_VERSION && ei->name != NULL)
 		ei_handshake_request_name(setup, ei->name);
 
 	if (version >= EI_HANDSHAKE_REQUEST_INTERFACE_VERSION_SINCE_VERSION) {