EventQueue.java (pop): Prevent racing condition to add events to the queue out…

EventQueue.java (pop): Prevent racing condition to add events to the queue out of order by acquiring...

        * java/awt/EventQueue.java (pop): Prevent racing condition to add
        events to the queue out of order by acquiring locks in the proper
        order and not by releasing one before acquiring the other.

From-SVN: r76161

libjava/ChangeLog

 2004-01-19  Fernando Nasser  <fnasser@redhat.com>
 
+	* java/awt/EventQueue.java (pop): Prevent racing condition to add
+	events to the queue out of order by acquiring locks in the proper
+	order and not by releasing one before acquiring the other.
+
+2004-01-19  Fernando Nasser  <fnasser@redhat.com>
+
 	* gnu/java/awt/peer/gtk/TestAWT.java (DialogWindow): Make text not
 	visible so that dialog can be reused.
 

libjava/java/awt/EventQueue.java

@@ -358,14 +358,15 @@ public class EventQueue
     if (prev == null)
       throw new EmptyStackException();
 
-    // Don't synchronize both this and prev at the same time, or deadlock could
-    // occur.
+    /* The order is important here, we must get the prev lock first,
+       or deadlock could occur as callers usually get here following
+       prev's next pointer, and thus obtain prev's lock before trying
+       to get this lock. */
     synchronized (prev)
       {
         prev.next = next;
         if (next != null)
           next.prev = prev;
-      }
 
         synchronized (this)
           {
@@ -386,6 +387,7 @@ public class EventQueue
 	    dispatchThread = null;
           }
       }
+  }
 
   /**
    * Dispatches an event. The manner in which the event is dispatched depends