Fix non-recursive mutex issue on Linux - #11
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Fix non-recursive mutex issue on POSIX systems
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ChangesMutex initialization
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The change is intended to prevent Linux and macOS pipeline hangs, but the current implementation may fail to build on POSIX platforms or may fall back to a non-recursive mutex when initialization fails, allowing the audio/video deadlock to recur. These correctness issues should be fixed before merge. Suggested reviewers: Poem
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In `@include/irl-threading.h`:
- Line 175: Ensure the POSIX feature-test macro is defined before the pthread
header is included so PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE is available in C11 builds, using
the project-wide definition if one exists. Otherwise add a guarded
platform-specific mapping that preserves PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE on macOS and
does not unconditionally substitute PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP.
- Around line 173-176: Update irl_mutex_init to return failures from
pthread_mutexattr_init and pthread_mutexattr_settype without falling back to
pthread_mutex_init with default attributes; ensure any initialized attributes
are destroyed appropriately. Update callers in irl-source.c and audio-buffer.c
to check and handle irl_mutex_init failures before using the mutex.
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include/irl-threading.h
| if (pthread_mutexattr_init(&attr) != 0) | ||
| return pthread_mutex_init(m, NULL); | ||
| pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE); | ||
| int ret = pthread_mutex_init(m, &attr); |
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start = threading.index("static inline int irl_mutex_init(irl_mutex_t *m)")
end = threading.index("\n}\n\nstatic inline void irl_mutex_destroy", start)
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definitions = list(re.finditer(
r"static inline int irl_mutex_init\(irl_mutex_t \*m\)\s*\{.*?\n\}",
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Preserve recursive mutex initialization.
If pthread_mutexattr_init or pthread_mutexattr_settype fails, return the error instead of initializing a default mutex. Update the callers to handle irl_mutex_init failures. Otherwise, src/irl-source.c and src/audio-buffer.c can use an uninitialized or non-recursive mutex and deadlock.
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[error] 175-175: use of undeclared identifier 'PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE'; did you mean 'PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP'?
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In `@include/irl-threading.h` around lines 173 - 176, Update irl_mutex_init to
return failures from pthread_mutexattr_init and pthread_mutexattr_settype
without falling back to pthread_mutex_init with default attributes; ensure any
initialized attributes are destroyed appropriately. Update callers in
irl-source.c and audio-buffer.c to check and handle irl_mutex_init failures
before using the mutex.
| pthread_mutexattr_t attr; | ||
| if (pthread_mutexattr_init(&attr) != 0) | ||
| return pthread_mutex_init(m, NULL); | ||
| pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE); |
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`#include` <pthread.h>
int main(void)
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pthread_mutexattr_t attr;
return pthread_mutexattr_settype(&attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
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Define the POSIX feature-test macro before including <pthread.h>.
PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE is hidden without the required feature-test macro in C11 mode. Add the project-wide definition or use a guarded platform mapping. Do not replace it unconditionally with PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP; macOS is also supported.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@include/irl-threading.h` at line 175, Ensure the POSIX feature-test macro is
defined before the pthread header is included so PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE is
available in C11 builds, using the project-wide definition if one exists.
Otherwise add a guarded platform-specific mapping that preserves
PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE on macOS and does not unconditionally substitute
PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP.
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Fixes a self-deadlock in the audio pipeline that freezes video output and hangs OBS on Linux.
Problem
While testing on Linux, I discovered an issue where OBS wouldn't receive an incoming video signal and would eventually hang completely. I managed to trace it back to the following:
audio_state_lockuses a plain POSIX mutex which is non-recursive. On Windows, the equivalent (CRITICAL_SECTION) is recursive by default so this bug doesn't surface there. However on Linux (and macOS), locking the same mutex twice causes a deadlock on the thread.Fix
I updated the POSIX mutex to use
PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVEso a thread can safely re-lock a mutex it already holds, matching the Windows behaviour.Notes
I've tested this as working on Linux (Ubuntu 24.04). As the changes sit outside the Win32 implementation, it shouldn't have any effect on Windows builds but would be worth testing just in case.
I'm not able to test this on macOS but, since it uses the same POSIX mutex path as Linux, this fix may be relevant to #9
I'm also not usually a C dev (Claude helped a lot with debugging this) so please review carefully, happy to make changes if there's a better way to handle this.
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