linux: Use a separate lock to serialize start/stop vs hotplug events
Using one lock for this is a bad idea, as we should not be holding any
locks used by the hotplug thread when trying to stop otherwise the stop
function may wait indefinetely in pthread_join, while the event-thread
is waiting for the lock the caller of the stop function holds.
Using 2 separate locks for this should fix this deadlock, which has been
reported here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=985484
Many thanks to Chris Dickens for figuring out the cause of this deadlock!
CC: Chris Dickens <christopher.a.dickens@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
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