* ./src/misc/variables.c: fixed a deadlock in command variables handling;

    we now release the variable lock before calling the command.
  * ./src/misc/threads.c: removed deprecated code.

src/misc/threads.c

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * threads.c : threads implementation for the VideoLAN client
  *****************************************************************************
  * Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 VideoLAN
- * $Id: threads.c,v 1.22 2002/10/15 08:35:24 sam Exp $
+ * $Id: threads.c,v 1.23 2002/10/16 10:31:58 sam Exp $
  *
  * Authors: Jean-Marc Dressler <polux@via.ecp.fr>
  *          Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ struct vlc_namedmutex_t
     vlc_namedmutex_t *p_next;
 };
 
-static vlc_namedmutex_t *p_named_list = NULL;
-static vlc_mutex_t named_lock;
-
 /*****************************************************************************
  * vlc_threads_init: initialize threads system
  *****************************************************************************
@@ -128,8 +125,6 @@ int __vlc_threads_init( vlc_object_t *p_this )
 #elif defined( HAVE_KERNEL_SCHEDULER_H )
 #endif
 
-        vlc_mutex_init( p_libvlc, &named_lock );
-
         if( i_ret )
         {
             i_status = VLC_THREADS_ERROR;

src/misc/variables.c

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * variables.c: routines for object variables handling
  *****************************************************************************
  * Copyright (C) 2002 VideoLAN
- * $Id: variables.c,v 1.5 2002/10/15 12:30:01 sam Exp $
+ * $Id: variables.c,v 1.6 2002/10/16 10:31:58 sam Exp $
  *
  * Authors: Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
  *
@@ -284,12 +284,18 @@ int __var_Get( vlc_object_t *p_this, const char *psz_name, vlc_value_t *p_val )
         case VLC_VAR_COMMAND:
             if( p_this->p_vars[i_var].b_set )
             {
-                int i_ret = ((int (*) (vlc_object_t *, char *, char *))
-                                p_this->p_vars[i_var].val.p_address) (
-                                    p_this,
-                                    p_this->p_vars[i_var].psz_name,
-                                    p_val->psz_string );
+                /* We need this to avoid deadlocks */
+                int i_ret;
+                int (*pf_command) (vlc_object_t *, char *, char *) =
+                                          p_this->p_vars[i_var].val.p_address;
+                char *psz_cmd = strdup( p_this->p_vars[i_var].psz_name );
+                char *psz_arg = strdup( p_val->psz_string );
+
                 vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_this->var_lock );
+                i_ret = pf_command( p_this, psz_cmd, psz_arg );
+                free( psz_cmd );
+                free( psz_arg );
+
                 return i_ret;
             }
             break;