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>paul sandoz wrote:
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>> Something has changed between 0.9 milestone and
>> the head such that i am now getting an assertion
>> in the NotifyObservers method when i drag a card
>> from the LDAP address book to the local address book.
>> The assertion occurs when attempting to perform a
>> lock using the nsAutoLock class and states that
>> there could be a possible deadlock because the thread
>> is already locked and the NotifyObservers is attempting
>> to lock the thread again with another lock.
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>AFAIK, you can't acquire a lock twice: NSPR will abort().
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>IIRC the assertion in nsAutoLock fires (for example) if at one point
>locks A and B are acquired in the order AB, and then are later acquired
>in the order BA. This situation indicates that a deadlock _may_ arise at
>some point, and the lock acquisition order should be carefully evaluated.
>
Thanks for the clarification.
We have tried the code against the latest head
and the assertion has disappeared into thin air! :-)
Paul.
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