Fix a problem with `start-file-process' in Tramp

* lisp/net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-maybe-open-connection):
`start-file-process' shall work when `non-essential' is
non-nil, but there is already an established connection.
<https://github.com/company-mode/company-mode/issues/462>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index fec9f10d704..71a388767d0 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -4655,7 +4655,11 @@ connection if a previous connection has died for some reason."
 
           ;; If `non-essential' is non-nil, don't reopen a new connection.
           ;; This variable has been introduced with Emacs 24.1.
-          (when (and (boundp 'non-essential) (symbol-value 'non-essential))
+          ;; We check this for the process related to
+          ;; `tramp-buffer-name'; otherwise `start-file-process'
+          ;; wouldn't run ever when `non-essential' is non-nil.
+          (when (and (boundp 'non-essential) (symbol-value 'non-essential)
+                     (null (get-process (tramp-buffer-name vec))))
             (throw 'non-essential 'non-essential))
 
           (with-tramp-progress-reporter