Bug 307405 [CommonNavigator] Deadlock in NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider
We are using an adopting product and one of our users encountered this deadlock when starting up their workspace: 1LKDEADLOCK Deadlock detected !!! NULL --------------------- NULL 2LKDEADLOCKTHR Thread "main" (0x41591300) 3LKDEADLOCKWTR is waiting for: 4LKDEADLOCKMON sys_mon_t:0x43134548 infl_mon_t: 0x43134580: 4LKDEADLOCKOBJ org/eclipse/ui/internal/navigator/NavigatorSaveablesService@0x05DB48A8/0x05DB48B4: 3LKDEADLOCKOWN which is owned by: 2LKDEADLOCKTHR Thread "Framework Event Dispatcher" (0x42467700) 3LKDEADLOCKWTR which is waiting for: 4LKDEADLOCKMON sys_mon_t:0x43BA6AB8 infl_mon_t: 0x43BA6AF0: 4LKDEADLOCKOBJ org/eclipse/ui/internal/navigator/NavigatorContentServiceContentProvider@0x0306F6E8/0x0306F6F4: 3LKDEADLOCKOWN which is owned by: 2LKDEADLOCKTHR Thread "main" (0x41591300) I will attach the stack trace.
bundles/org.eclipse.ui.navigator/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/navigator/NavigatorContentService.java
return resultInstances;
	}
	/**
	 * @return the viewer
	 */
	public Viewer getViewer() {
		return structuredViewerManager.getViewer();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Get our preferences
	 */
	static IEclipsePreferences getPreferencesRoot() {
		IEclipsePreferences root = (IEclipsePreferences) Platform.getPreferencesService().getRootNode().node(
				InstanceScope.SCOPE);
		return (IEclipsePreferences) root.node(NavigatorPlugin.PLUGIN_ID);
	}
	
	
	static void flushPreferences(IEclipsePreferences prefs) {
		try {
			prefs.flush();
		} catch (BackingStoreException e) {
			IStatus status = new Status(IStatus.ERROR, Platform.PI_RUNTIME, IStatus.ERROR,
					CommonNavigatorMessages.NavigatorContentService_problemSavingPreferences, e);
			Platform.getLog(Platform.getBundle(NavigatorPlugin.PLUGIN_ID)).log(status);
		}
	}
}