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-rw-r--r--src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/chttp2_connector.cc12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/chttp2_connector.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/chttp2_connector.cc
index 1e9c5ee4d7..60a32022f5 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/chttp2_connector.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/chttp2_connector.cc
@@ -212,9 +212,17 @@ static void chttp2_connector_connect(grpc_connector* con,
GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&c->connected, connected, c, grpc_schedule_on_exec_ctx);
GPR_ASSERT(!c->connecting);
c->connecting = true;
- grpc_tcp_client_connect(&c->connected, &c->endpoint, args->interested_parties,
- args->channel_args, &addr, args->deadline);
+ grpc_closure* closure = &c->connected;
+ grpc_endpoint** ep = &c->endpoint;
gpr_mu_unlock(&c->mu);
+ // In some implementations, the closure can be flushed before
+ // grpc_tcp_client_connect and since the closure requires access to c->mu,
+ // this can result in a deadlock. Refer
+ // https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/16427
+ // grpc_tcp_client_connect would fill c->endpoint with proper contents and we
+ // make sure that we would still exist at that point by taking a ref.
+ grpc_tcp_client_connect(closure, ep, args->interested_parties,
+ args->channel_args, &addr, args->deadline);
}
static const grpc_connector_vtable chttp2_connector_vtable = {