Bug 1966176

Summary:	Java Desktop API open(File) hangs until the Java process is closed
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Robert Marcano <robert>
Component:	java-11-openjdk	Assignee:	jiri vanek <jvanek>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	34	CC:	ahughes, ashundi, jerboaa, jvanek, mageia-java, sgehwolf
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Description Robert Marcano 2021-05-31 15:43:12 UTC

Description of problem:

The Java java.awt.Desktop#open(File) hangs without opening the supplied file, it finally opens only when the Java process exits


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

java-11-openjdk-11.0.11.0.9-2.fc34.x86_64

and

java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.292.b10-3.fc34.x86_64

gtk2-2.24.33-4.fc34.x86_64
gtk3-3.24.29-1.fc34.x86_64

Tested with both GTK using the Java System property jdk.gtk.version=2 and jdk.gtk.version=3

How reproducible:

Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Compile this test class

import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.File;

public abstract class TestOpen {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        if (args.length != 1) {
            System.err.println("File argument required");
        }

        Desktop.getDesktop().open(new File(args[0]));
        Thread.sleep(60000);
    }
}

2. Run the test class with a file path argument, for example a PDF 
3. Wait for the PDF to open in the default associated application only after the 60 seconds timeout ends. 

Actual results:

The file is opened after the 60 seconds timeout ends, that is when the Java process exits.

Expected results:

The file should open as fast as possible, while the Java process is still running. 


Additional info:

The action of opening the associated application is delegated to GTK by Java native code like:

    gtk->gdk_threads_enter();
    success = gtk->gtk_show_uri(NULL, url_c, GDK_CURRENT_TIME, NULL);
    gtk->gdk_threads_leave();
 
It could be a threading issue or a bug in GTK

Comment 1 Severin Gehwolf 2021-05-31 15:52:13 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1961119 ***