[Bug 31882] Many multithreaded gui apps randomly deadlock in winex11 driver surface section (arial32.exe, Aquanox, Mahaa demo, Total Commander)

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31882

Ken Thomases <ken at codeweavers.com> changed:

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--- Comment #53 from Ken Thomases <ken at codeweavers.com> 2012-10-28 14:22:25 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #49)
> Created attachment 42273 [details]
> patch
> 
> Actually, the attached patch seems fairly good at avoiding the issue. I'm not
> quite familiar enough with all the code to judge how proper this is, but the
> basic idea is to avoid making X11 calls until message handler has had a chance
> to finish.

The problem is that you really do want to flush the surface before waiting on
events.  You can't have unflushed drawing pending for indefinite periods,
especially if the the user is supposed to be reacting to whatever is supposed
to have been drawn.

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