Using QWidget::update() from non-GUI thread

[some_birdie]

Sometimes my application crashes in QWidget::update() that is performing in non-GUI thread.

I am developing an application in which receives video frames from remote host and display them on QWidget.

For this purpose I use libVLC library that gives to me a decoded image. I receive image in libVLC callback, that is performing in separate libVLC thread. In this callback I'm trying to perform QWidget::update() method. Sometimes application crashes, and callstack is somewhere in this method. Here is the my callback code:

void VideoWidget::displayCB(void* picture)
{
    QImage* image = reinterpret_cast<QImage*>(picture);
 
    onScreenPixmapMutex_.lock();
    onScreenPixmap_ = QImage(*image);
    onScreenPixmap_.detach();
    onScreenPixmapMutex_.unlock();
 
    delete image;
 
    update();
}

void VideoWidget::displayCB(void* picture)
{
    QImage* image = reinterpret_cast<QImage*>(picture);

    onScreenPixmapMutex_.lock();
    onScreenPixmap_ = QImage(*image);
    onScreenPixmap_.detach();
    onScreenPixmapMutex_.unlock();

    delete image;

    update();
}

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I know that GUI operations outside the main thread are not allowed in Qt. But according documentation QWidget::update() just schedules a paint event for processing when Qt returns to the main event loop and does not cause an immediate repaint.

The questtion is: is the rule "GUI operations outside the main thread are not allowed" appliable for QWidget::update()? Does this operation belongs to "GUI operations"?

[pkj]

QWidget::update() is not the culprit here. I think your code in some thread is trying to work on a datastructure which has been deleted.

[Santosh Reddy]

You cannot directly call QWidget::update() from Non-GUI thread. One way is to emit a signal from Non-GUI thread and connect it QWidget::update() slot for the required widget

[some_birdie]

Thank you.
I've connected signal from Non-GUI thread to slot QWidget::update() , and crash does not reproduce.