[Mono-list] Bug in method System.Threading.ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem

[Francesco FD. Delfino]

Hi,
This simple piece of code demostrate that some problems are in this method (or at least that some classes this method uses are not thread safe/need some fixes): 
--- CUT HERE ---
using System;
namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
 /// <summary>
 /// Summary description for Class1.
 /// </summary>
 class Class1
 {
  /// <summary>
  /// The main entry point for the application.
  /// </summary>
  [STAThread]
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
   System.Threading.ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem 
    (new System.Threading.WaitCallback(MyFunction));
  }
  static void MyFunction(object o)
  {
   Console.Write("hello world!");
  }
 }
--- END CUT HERE ---
 
Using **MINT** the output is the following, both on cygwin and linux:
 
(process:2640): ** WARNING **: unhandled exception System.IndexOutOfRangeException: "Array index is out of range"
#0: 0x00051 stelem.ref in System.Collections.ArrayList::Add ([00C02DC0] )
#1: 0x00075 callvirt   in System.Threading.ThreadPool::CheckIfStartThread ()
#2: 0x00001 call       in System.Threading.ThreadPool::AddItem ([0022F4E8] )
#3: 0x0001b call       in System.Threading.ThreadPool::QueueUserWorkItemInternal ([00C03C60] [00000000] )
#4: 0x00007 callvirt   in System.Threading.ThreadPool::QueueUserWorkItem ([00C03C60] [00000000] )
#5: 0x00002 call       in System.Threading.ThreadPool::QueueUserWorkItemInternal ([00C03C60] )
#6: 0x00006 callvirt   in System.Threading.ThreadPool::QueueUserWorkItem ([00C03C60] )
#7: 0x0000c call       in ConsoleApplication2.Class1::Main ([00C06F60] )
 
Using **MONO** just the first line appears, then the process seems to hang for a while and then the call stack is printed.
Commenting the ArrayList::Add method in the CheckIfStartThread method allows to bypass the problem, but then each QueueUserWorkItem call would create a new thread. Hope this helps.
 
Regards,
  Francesco