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-rw-r--r--gio/gcancellable.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gio/gcancellable.c b/gio/gcancellable.c
index fc56b87ce..0bbbf4b08 100644
--- a/gio/gcancellable.c
+++ b/gio/gcancellable.c
@@ -535,6 +535,11 @@ g_cancellable_cancel (GCancellable *cancellable)
*
* See #GCancellable::cancelled for details on how to use this.
*
+ * Since GLib 2.40, the lock protecting @cancellable is not held when
+ * @callback is invoked. This lifts a restriction in place for
+ * earlier GLib versions which now makes it easier to write cleanup
+ * code that unconditionally invokes e.g. g_cancellable_cancel().
+ *
* Returns: The id of the signal handler or 0 if @cancellable has already
* been cancelled.
*
@@ -557,6 +562,8 @@ g_cancellable_connect (GCancellable *cancellable,
void (*_callback) (GCancellable *cancellable,
gpointer user_data);
+ g_mutex_unlock (&cancellable_mutex);
+
_callback = (void *)callback;
id = 0;
@@ -571,9 +578,10 @@ g_cancellable_connect (GCancellable *cancellable,
callback, data,
(GClosureNotify) data_destroy_func,
0);
+
+ g_mutex_unlock (&cancellable_mutex);
}
- g_mutex_unlock (&cancellable_mutex);
return id;
}