So, I ended up trying to fix this in FreeType. Have made huge progress so far. Here's a tree:
https://github.com/behdad/freetype/commits/ftthread And here's a standalone test: https://github.com/behdad/ftthread There's still some more work to do. I can't yet understand this crash for example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165471 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199571 Title: Huge multi-threading violations in cairo To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libcairo/+bug/1199571/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs