Delay deleting GpuVideoDecoder until after GpuVideoDecodeAcceleratorHost::Destroy() fires.

media/filters/gpu_video_decoder.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "media/filters/gpu_video_decoder.h"
 
 #include "base/bind.h"
 #include "base/callback_helpers.h"
 #include "base/message_loop.h"
 #include "base/stl_util.h"
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   if (!gvd_loop_proxy_->BelongsToCurrentThread()) {
     gvd_loop_proxy_->PostTask(FROM_HERE, base::Bind(
         &GpuVideoDecoder::Stop, this, closure));
     return;
   }
   if (!vda_.get()) {
     closure.Run();
     return;
   }
   VideoDecodeAccelerator* vda ALLOW_UNUSED = vda_.release();
-  vda_loop_proxy_->PostTask(FROM_HERE, base::Bind(
-      &VideoDecodeAccelerator::Destroy, weak_vda_));
+  // Tricky: |this| needs to stay alive until after VDA::Destroy is actually
+  // called, not just posted.  We can't simply PostTaskAndReply using |closure|
+  // as the |reply| because we might be called while the renderer thread
+  // (a.k.a. vda_loop_proxy_) is paused (during WebMediaPlayerImpl::Destroy()),
+  // which would result in an apparent hang.  Instead, we take an artificial ref
+  // to |this| and release it as |reply| after VDA::Destroy returns.
+  AddRef();
+  vda_loop_proxy_->PostTaskAndReply(
+      FROM_HERE,
+      base::Bind(&VideoDecodeAccelerator::Destroy, weak_vda_),
+      base::Bind(&GpuVideoDecoder::Release, this));
   closure.Run();
 }
 
 void GpuVideoDecoder::Initialize(const scoped_refptr<DemuxerStream>& stream,
                                  const PipelineStatusCB& orig_status_cb,
                                  const StatisticsCB& statistics_cb) {
   if (!gvd_loop_proxy_->BelongsToCurrentThread()) {
     gvd_loop_proxy_->PostTask(FROM_HERE, base::Bind(
         &GpuVideoDecoder::Initialize,
         this, stream, orig_status_cb, statistics_cb));
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   error_occured_ = true;
 
   if (!pending_read_cb_.is_null()) {
     base::ResetAndReturn(&pending_read_cb_).Run(kDecodeError, NULL);
     return;
   }
 }
 
 }  // namespace media