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Commit a2728159 authored by Nicky's avatar Nicky Committed by Nat Goodspeed
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Replace boost::fibers::unbuffered_channel with boost::fibers::buffered_channel.

Using boost::fibers::unbuffered_channel can block the mainthread when calling mPendingCoprocs.push (LLCoprocedurePool::enqueueCoprocedure)
From the documentation:
- If a fiber attempts to send a value through an unbuffered channel and no fiber is waiting to receive the value, the channel will block the sending fiber.

This can happen if LLCoprocedurePool::coprocedureInvokerCoro is running a coroutine and this coroutine calls yield, resuming the viewers main loop. If inside
the main loop someone calls LLCoprocedurePool::enqueueCoprocedure now push will block, as there's no one waiting for a result right now.
The wait would be in LLCoprocedurePool::coprocedureInvokerCoro at the start of the while loop, but we have not reached that yet again as LLCoprocedurePool::coprocedureInvokerCoro
did yield before reaching pop_wait_for.
The result is a deadlock.

boost::fibers::buffered_channel will not block as long as there's space in the channel. A size of 4096 (DEFAULT_QUEUE_SIZE) should be plenty enough for this.
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