[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commits
David Engel
dlengel at attbi.com
Thu Nov 20 02:15:02 EST 2003
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 06:15:32AM +0100, avalanche at beyondmonkey.com wrote:
> The recursive mutex is needed because the keyEvent calls qApp->update()
> and qApp->update() calls paintEvent and paintEvent depends on the
> same lock as keyEvent, resulting in a lockup.
I was afraid of that. What is the recommended way to protect a
critical section in Qt if it can pass you an event at almost any time?
I'm guessing now that the reentrancy I was seeing before was because
Qt was calling keyPressEvent when customEvent blocked using a QSocket.
> I think we might be able to get away with a non recursive mutex if
> all the update() calls are replaced with flags and the updating is
> done at the end of keyEvent(), after the mutex is unlocked. I'll
> give it some more thought tommorrow.
OK, I'll defer to you since you certainly know more about Qt's
workings than me.
David
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David Engel
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