Review Request 112277: Fix deadlock by avoid calling Qfont::QFont() in KFontSettingsData

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This review has been submitted with commit 90d6bcbb0dfddb2eaa1608c499d7ca2a0f6c5f75 by Àlex Fiestas to branch frameworks.

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On Aug. 25, 2013, 8:38 p.m., Àlex Fiestas wrote:
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> (Updated Aug. 25, 2013, 8:38 p.m.)
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> Review request for KDE Frameworks and Kevin Ottens.
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> Description
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> While writing tests for KFontSettingsData I found this deadlock:
> http://paste.kde.org/p1fada663/
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> Shorter version of the deadlock by calling QFont::QFont in KFontSettingsData::font()
> http://paste.kde.org/pda7fc276/
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> Basically:
> QApplicationPrivate::initializeWidgetFontHash
> KFontSettingsData::font
> QVariant magic, which calls QFont::QFont (http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qtbase/blobs/stable/src/gui/text/qfont.cpp#line677)
> QFont::QFont
> QGuiApplication::font
> KFontSettingsData::font
> QFont::QFont
> QGuiApplication::font
> And lock takes place
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> So the patch simply avoids calling QFont::QFont by reusing the QFont we already have (initialized with the default values) and using QFont::fromString in case we have data to set to it.
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> To reproduce simply set fonts in kdeglobals:
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> desktopFont=Ubuntu,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
> fixed=Ubuntu Mono,10,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
> font=Ubuntu,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
> menuFont=Ubuntu,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
> smallestReadableFont=Ubuntu,8,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
> taskbarFont=Ubuntu,9,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
> toolBarFont=Ubuntu,8,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0
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> and then execute QApplication.
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> Diffs
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>   staging/frameworkintegration/src/platformtheme/kfontsettingsdata.cpp 70c1d26 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/112277/diff/
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> Testing
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> Tested in different app's using qpa plus the kfontsettingsdata test I'm writing.
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> Thanks,
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> Àlex Fiestas
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