From 2e0ba90d3fb77f4975b8bfea02b5b580dffc75ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano Ceccherini <stefano.ceccherini@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:15:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] We can't use the be_app looper, since it can be already
 locked from another thread (for example, when quitting the app/window), and
 that would cause a deadlock. Fixes bug #1645.

git-svn-id: file:///srv/svn/repos/haiku/haiku/trunk@23995 a95241bf-73f2-0310-859d-f6bbb57e9c96
---
 src/kits/storage/PathMonitor.cpp | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/kits/storage/PathMonitor.cpp b/src/kits/storage/PathMonitor.cpp
index 01fe91e71d..3d20597844 100644
--- a/src/kits/storage/PathMonitor.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/storage/PathMonitor.cpp
@@ -177,14 +177,11 @@ PathHandler::PathHandler(const char* path, uint32 flags, BMessenger target)
 		return;
 
 	BLooper* looper;
-	if (be_app != NULL) {
-		looper = be_app;
-	} else {
-		// TODO: only have a single global looper!
-		looper = new BLooper("PathMonitor looper");
-		looper->Run();
-		fOwnsLooper = true;
-	}
+	// TODO: only have a single global looper!
+	// TODO: Use BLooper::LooperForThread(find_looper(NULL)) ?
+	looper = new BLooper("PathMonitor looper");
+	looper->Run();
+	fOwnsLooper = true;
 
 	looper->Lock();
 	looper->AddHandler(this);
@@ -492,6 +489,7 @@ PathHandler::MessageReceived(BMessage* message)
 
 			if (fOwnsLooper)
 				looper->Quit();
+
 			return;
 		}