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Thread safety fix ... ensure notifications are sent before we become

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multithrteaded.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/libs/base/trunk@17757 72102866-910b-0410-8b05-ffd578937521
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CaS 2003-09-30 18:19:03 +00:00
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2003-09-30 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
* Source/NSThread.m: Protect the function handling notification
of the process becoming multi-threaded with a recursive lock.
This protection ensures that there is no race condition where
two threads can start using GNUstep simultaneously and both
end up sending out notifications etc. Not a problem in normal
ObjC applications, but a possibility where other non-gnustep
code starts multiple threads which want to access gnustep.
2003-09-30 Derek Zhou <dzhou@chrontel.com>
* Source/NSCharacterSet.m: patch to ensure lock is created as

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#include <time.h>
#endif
#include "Foundation/NSException.h"
#include "Foundation/NSThread.h"
#include "Foundation/NSLock.h"
#include "Foundation/NSString.h"
@ -366,23 +367,41 @@ static void
gnustep_base_thread_callback()
{
/*
* Post a notification if this is the first new thread to be created.
* Won't work properly if threads are not all created by this class,
* but it's better than nothing.
* Protect this function with locking ... to avoid any possibility
* of multiple threads registering with the system simultaneously,
* and so that all NSWillBecomeMultiThreadedNotifications are sent
* out before any second thread can interfere with anything.
*/
if (entered_multi_threaded_state == NO)
{
entered_multi_threaded_state = YES;
[GSPerformHolder class]; // Force initialization
if (nc == nil)
[gnustep_global_lock lock];
if (entered_multi_threaded_state == NO)
{
nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
NS_DURING
{
[GSPerformHolder class]; // Force initialization
/*
* Post a notification if this is the first new thread
* to be created.
* Won't work properly if threads are not all created
* by this class, but it's better than nothing.
*/
if (nc == nil)
{
nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
}
[nc postNotificationName: NSWillBecomeMultiThreadedNotification
object: nil
userInfo: nil];
}
NS_HANDLER
{
}
NS_ENDHANDLER
entered_multi_threaded_state = YES;
}
[nc postNotificationName: NSWillBecomeMultiThreadedNotification
object: nil
userInfo: nil];
[gnustep_global_lock unlock];
}
}