another go in trying to make the situation clear.

I have two place in the source that is causing the notify signal to be emited:
A) core lib :: sequence.play()
* when called from a gtk app it will run inside a thread
* the method directly changes the property and calls g_object_notify()
B) gtk app :: sequence-view.button_press()
* is already protected by enter()/leave()
* uses g_object_set() to change the property in the core lib


The consumer of the notify:: signal is in the gtk app and call gtk methods.
When A) sent the notify it would need to protect the gtk-calls by enter()/leave().
If B) has triggered the notify if must not, as this blocks.


Pushing the enter()/leave() upstream is not easy as well.
A) can't use enter()/leave() as it is not gtk related and b) can't as this would block.


The only idea I now have is when starting the thread from the gtk-app, not starting sequence.play() as a thread.
Instead creating a method in the gtk app that is started as a thread and that calls sequence.play() wrapped by enter()/leave().


I'll try this now.

Stefan

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:20:51 +0100, Stefan Kost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


hi hi,

I have a gobject property that is set (via g_object_set()) from within a
thread and from the main thread.
Further I have signal handlers that watch this via notify::property.
These signal handler call gtk functions. Therefore in these signal
handlers the gtk part is wrapped with gdk_threads_enter/leave().
When the singnal is triggered from the thread it works, but when it gets
triggerd from the main thread gdk_threads_enter blocks.

This is quite obvious, as in this thread I am already in
gdk_threads_enter(). But how should the signal handler know that (wheter
it has been triggered from the main thread or from another thread)?



Maybe you should protect g_object_set() with gdk_threads_mutex and assume that when you are in a signal callback, that you already have aquired the mutex (which should be the case for any signal emited by gtk+ anyway).

Cheers,
-Tristan



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