[evolution-ews/gnome-3-8] Bug #701246 - Crash due to gtk calls in a non-main thread

[Fabiano Fidêncio <ffidencio src gnome org>]

commit acebd24a410626343c706f468a1954149c7af126
Author: Fabiano Fidêncio <fidencio redhat com>
Date:   Fri May 31 16:02:52 2013 +0200

    Bug #701246 - Crash due to gtk calls in a non-main thread

 src/configuration/e-mail-config-ews-autodiscover.c |   19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/src/configuration/e-mail-config-ews-autodiscover.c 
b/src/configuration/e-mail-config-ews-autodiscover.c
index 9dcbd44..3c6987f 100644
--- a/src/configuration/e-mail-config-ews-autodiscover.c
+++ b/src/configuration/e-mail-config-ews-autodiscover.c
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ mail_config_ews_autodiscover_run_cb (GObject *source_object,
        EMailConfigEwsAutodiscover *autodiscover;
        EAlertSink *alert_sink;
        GError *error = NULL;
+       EMailConfigServiceBackend *backend;
+       CamelSettings *settings;
 
        autodiscover = async_context->autodiscover;
        alert_sink = e_activity_get_alert_sink (async_context->activity);
@@ -89,6 +91,13 @@ mail_config_ews_autodiscover_run_cb (GObject *source_object,
        e_source_registry_authenticate_finish (
                E_SOURCE_REGISTRY (source_object), result, &error);
 
+       backend = e_mail_config_ews_autodiscover_get_backend (autodiscover);
+       settings = e_mail_config_service_backend_get_settings (backend);
+       /*
+        * And unstop since we are back to the main thread.
+        */
+       g_object_thaw_notify (G_OBJECT (settings));
+
        if (e_activity_handle_cancellation (async_context->activity, error)) {
                g_error_free (error);
 
@@ -111,6 +120,7 @@ mail_config_ews_autodiscover_run (EMailConfigEwsAutodiscover *autodiscover)
        EActivity *activity;
        EMailConfigServicePage *page;
        EMailConfigServiceBackend *backend;
+       CamelSettings *settings;
        ESourceRegistry *registry;
        ESource *source;
        GCancellable *cancellable;
@@ -119,6 +129,7 @@ mail_config_ews_autodiscover_run (EMailConfigEwsAutodiscover *autodiscover)
        backend = e_mail_config_ews_autodiscover_get_backend (autodiscover);
        page = e_mail_config_service_backend_get_page (backend);
        source = e_mail_config_service_backend_get_source (backend);
+       settings = e_mail_config_service_backend_get_settings (backend);
 
        registry = e_mail_config_service_page_get_registry (page);
 
@@ -134,6 +145,14 @@ mail_config_ews_autodiscover_run (EMailConfigEwsAutodiscover *autodiscover)
        async_context->autodiscover = g_object_ref (autodiscover);
        async_context->activity = activity;  /* takes ownership */
 
+       /*
+        * e_source_registry_authenticate() will be run in a new a thread, which
+        * one will invoke camel_ews_settings_set_{oaburl,hosturl}(), emiting
+        * signals that are bound to GTK+ UI signals, causing GTK+ calls in this
+        * secondary thread and consequently a crash. To avoid this, let's stop
+        * the property changes notifications while we are not in the main thread.
+        */
+       g_object_freeze_notify (G_OBJECT (settings));
        e_source_registry_authenticate (
                registry, source,
                E_SOURCE_AUTHENTICATOR (autodiscover),