(cc'ing and setting follow-up to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
paul sandoz wrote:
> 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.
AFAIK, you can't acquire a lock twice: NSPR will abort().
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.
brendan knows more.
chris
