Re: GTK deadlock in gtk_main

["Tomas Soltys" <tomas soltys range-software com>]

Hi,

So what you suggest is to have gdk_threads_enter and gdk_threads_leave at
the beginning and at the end of the idle function?

Is this really intended?

Anyway, thanks for your help.

Regards,
Tomas

> Hi.
>
> You're having troubles because gtk_main_iteration_do() does it's own
> unlock/lock cycle.
>
> When your idle callback is executed, your mutex is unlocked.
> gtk_main_iteration_do() "unlocks" it again, executes whatever is there
> to be executed and locks it. Now control returns back to main loop,
> which tries to lock mutex and here you have your lock.
>
> Tadej
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