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-rw-r--r--src/scheduler.cpp12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/scheduler.cpp b/src/scheduler.cpp
index d5bb588b71..06115f5619 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.cpp
+++ b/src/scheduler.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
#include <assert.h>
#include <boost/bind.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread/reverse_lock.hpp>
#include <utility>
CScheduler::CScheduler() : nThreadsServicingQueue(0), stopRequested(false), stopWhenEmpty(false)
@@ -65,11 +66,12 @@ void CScheduler::serviceQueue()
Function f = taskQueue.begin()->second;
taskQueue.erase(taskQueue.begin());
- // Unlock before calling f, so it can reschedule itself or another task
- // without deadlocking:
- lock.unlock();
- f();
- lock.lock();
+ {
+ // Unlock before calling f, so it can reschedule itself or another task
+ // without deadlocking:
+ boost::reverse_lock<boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex> > rlock(lock);
+ f();
+ }
} catch (...) {
--nThreadsServicingQueue;
throw;