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Christian König 9ae84ad187 fix deadlock with xcb_take_socket/return_socket v3
To prevent different threads from stealing the socket from each other the
caller of "xcb_take_socket" must hold a lock that is also acquired in
"return_socket". Unfortunately xcb tries to prevent calling return_socket
from multiple threads and this can lead to a deadlock situation.

A simple example:
- X11 has taken the socket
- Thread A has locked the display.
- Thread B does xcb_no_operation() and thus ends up in libX11's return_socket(),
  waiting for the display lock.
- Thread A calls e.g. xcb_no_operation(), too, ends up in return_socket() and
  because socket_moving == 1, ends up waiting for thread B
=> Deadlock

This patch allows calling return_socket from different threads at the same time
an so resolves the deadlock situation.

Partially fixes: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20708

v2: fixes additional pthread_cond_wait dependencies,
    rework comments and patch description

v3: separate pthread_cond_wait dependencies and unrelated whitespace
    change into their own patch, use unsigned for socket_seq

Signed-off-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Uli Schlachter <psychon@znc.in>
2013-06-01 22:28:50 +02:00
doc Add xkb_internals and xkb_issues to EXTRA_DIST. 2012-02-10 17:51:09 +09:00
src fix deadlock with xcb_take_socket/return_socket v3 2013-06-01 22:28:50 +02:00
tests Fix check dependency 2009-08-31 17:51:36 +02:00
tools Match only XCB-namespaced XID generators when converting to xcb_generate_id. 2006-10-15 12:34:30 -07:00
.gitignore Integrate top-level .gitignore into .gitignore for each subdirectory 2006-09-24 03:19:54 -07:00
COPYING Fix the year in COPYING. 2006-04-27 17:32:20 -07:00
INSTALL Remove xcl and CVSROOT. 2006-02-18 16:49:41 -08:00
Makefile.am xkb: updated configure.ac/Makefile.am 2010-07-13 19:59:23 +02:00
NEWS Release libxcb 1.9 2012-10-05 14:53:37 +02:00
README Release libxcb 1.1 2007-11-04 17:29:13 -08:00
acinclude.m4 Don't build docs if 'dot' is not found Signed-off-by: Paulo R. Zanoni <pzanoni@mandriva.com> 2009-09-18 17:14:04 -04:00
autogen.sh autogen.sh: Implement GNOME Build API 2013-01-16 13:20:49 -05:00
configure.ac Release libxcb 1.9 2012-10-05 14:53:37 +02:00
xcb-composite.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-damage.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-dpms.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-dri2.pc.in Add DRI2 support. (v2) 2009-10-19 09:47:06 -07:00
xcb-glx.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-randr.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-record.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-render.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-res.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-screensaver.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-shape.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-shm.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-sync.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-xevie.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-xf86dri.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-xfixes.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-xinerama.pc.in Use substitition variables in xcb-xinerama.pc.in, not instances of their values 2006-11-25 22:27:33 -08:00
xcb-xinput.pc.in Add XInput extension support, disabled by default. 2008-01-24 15:57:35 -05:00
xcb-xkb.pc.in small fix in the xkb pkg file 2010-08-16 18:22:42 +02:00
xcb-xprint.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-xselinux.pc.in Add SELinux extension support, disabled by default. 2008-01-24 16:02:34 -05:00
xcb-xtest.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-xv.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb-xvmc.pc.in Lowercase library names to correspond with the new API. 2006-09-25 01:42:12 -07:00
xcb.pc.in Store xcbproto version libxcb was compiled with 2009-05-25 12:20:23 +02:00

About libxcb
============

libxcb provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, which
replaces the current Xlib interface. It has several advantages over
Xlib, including:
- size: small, simple library, and lower memory footprint
- latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
- direct protocol access: interface and protocol correspond exactly
- proven thread support: transparently access XCB from multiple threads
- easy extension implementation: interfaces auto-generated from XML-XCB

Xlib can also use XCB as a transport layer, allowing software to make
requests and receive responses with both, which eases porting to XCB.
However, client programs, libraries, and toolkits will gain the most
benefit from a native XCB port.


Please report any issues you find to the freedesktop.org bug tracker,
at:

	<https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=XCB>

Discussion about XCB occurs on the XCB mailing list:

        <mailto:xcb at lists.freedesktop.org>
        <http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xcb>

You can obtain the latest development versions of XCB using GIT.
For anonymous checkouts, use:

        git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb

For developers, use:

        git clone git+ssh://git.freedesktop.org/git/xcb/libxcb