Hey,
On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 11:16:20AM +0100, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 07, 2017 at 06:03:53PM +0100, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 03:29:41PM +0100, Debarshi Ray wrote:
> > > From: Debarshi Ray <debarshir@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Even though g_main_loop_new accepts a is_running parameter, it isn't
> > > very important since g_main_loop_run will set it to TRUE anyway. There
> > > is no requirement that it should be set before calling g_main_loop_run.
> > > The vast majority of GMainLoop users simply ignore the is_running
> > > parameter unless they are doing something out of the ordinary.
> >
> > Hey, looking for example at osinfo_install_script_generate(), which is
> >
> > GMainLoop *loop = g_main_loop_new(g_main_context_get_thread_default(),
> > TRUE);
> > OsinfoInstallScriptGenerateSyncData data = {
> > loop, NULL, NULL, NULL
> > };
> >
> > osinfo_install_script_generate_async(script,
> > os,
> > config,
> > cancellable,
> > osinfo_install_script_generate_done,
> > &data);
> >
> > if (g_main_loop_is_running(loop))
> > g_main_loop_run(loop);
> >
> > Isn't the way it's currently done going to catch cases when
> > osinfo_install_script_generate_done (and thus g_main_loop_quit()) ends up being
> > called synchronously at the moment osinfo_install_script_generate_async() is
> > called, while with your change, we'd wait forever for a g_main_loop_quit()
> > which never comes?
>
> Looks like this could cause problems if g_main_loop_quit() can be called
> before the main loop starts running, I tested with this:
Just took another look at it, and we don't have this situation currently
in libosinfo codebase, so your patch should be fine.
Acked-by: Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau@xxxxxxxxxx>
Have you sent the follow-up that you mention to use a non-default
GMainContext for these operations? I have memories of seeing such a
patch, but could not find it on the mailing list.
Christophe
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