From 6cfd843580e6a72d393eb63fda7f5d303908d5f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Verbruggen <erik.verbruggen@theqtcompany.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:00:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] C++: Only start/stop timers from the UI thread.

Change-Id: Ib694d2aeaef3b62caf3d3624e6b1c3e643197c2d
Reviewed-by: Christian Kandeler <christian.kandeler@theqtcompany.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolai Kosjar <nikolai.kosjar@theqtcompany.com>
---
 src/plugins/cpptools/stringtable.cpp | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/stringtable.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/stringtable.cpp
index 0e669b27bb7..b6393d5520e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/stringtable.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/stringtable.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,7 @@ QString StringTable::insert(const QString &string)
 
 void StringTable::scheduleGC()
 {
-    QMutexLocker locker(&m_lock);
-
-    m_gcCountDown.start();
+    QMetaObject::invokeMethod(&m_gcCountDown, "start", Qt::QueuedConnection);
 }
 
 void StringTable::startGC()