need a semaphore here

Semaphore.hh

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include <mutex>
+#include <condition_variable>
+
+namespace pEp {
+    class Semaphore {
+    public:
+        Semaphore() : _stop(false) {}
+
+        void stop()
+        {
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
+            _stop = true;
+        }
+
+        void try_wait()
+        {
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
+            if (!_stop)
+                return;
+
+            while(_stop){
+                cv.wait(lock);
+            }
+        }
+
+        void go()
+        {
+            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mtx);
+            _stop = false;
+            cv.notify_all();
+        }
+
+    private:
+        std::mutex mtx;
+        std::condition_variable cv;
+        bool _stop;
+    };
+}
+

callback_dispatcher.cc

@@ -30,11 +30,8 @@ namespace pEp {
 
         targets.push_back({messageToSend, notifyHandshake, on_startup, shutdown});
 
-        if (!Adapter::on_sync_thread()) {
+        if (!Adapter::on_sync_thread())
-            // try_unlock() possibly waiting messageToSend
+            semaphore.go();
-            sync_mtx.try_lock();
-            sync_mtx.unlock();
-        }
     }
 
     void CallbackDispatcher::remove(::messageToSend_t messageToSend)
@@ -71,9 +68,7 @@ namespace pEp {
 
     void CallbackDispatcher::start_sync()
     {
-        // try_unlock()
+        callback_dispatcher.semaphore.go();
-        callback_dispatcher.sync_mtx.try_lock();
-        callback_dispatcher.sync_mtx.unlock();
 
         pEp::Adapter::startup<CallbackDispatcher>(CallbackDispatcher::messageToSend,
                 CallbackDispatcher::notifyHandshake, &callback_dispatcher,
@@ -88,10 +83,7 @@ namespace pEp {
 
     void CallbackDispatcher::stop_sync()
     {
-        // try_unlock()
+        callback_dispatcher.semaphore.go();
-        callback_dispatcher.sync_mtx.try_lock();
-        callback_dispatcher.sync_mtx.unlock();
-
         pEp::Adapter::shutdown();
 
         for (auto target : callback_dispatcher.targets) {
@@ -103,21 +95,17 @@ namespace pEp {
     PEP_STATUS CallbackDispatcher::_messageToSend(::message *msg)
     {
         if (Adapter::on_sync_thread() && !msg) {
+            semaphore.try_wait();
+
             PEP_STATUS status = PassphraseCache::messageToSend(passphrase_cache, Adapter::session());
 
             // if the cache has no valid passphrase ask the app
             if (status == PEP_PASSPHRASE_REQUIRED || status == PEP_WRONG_PASSPHRASE) {
-                // lock mutex and call async
+                semaphore.stop();
-                sync_mtx.lock();
-                notifyHandshake(nullptr, nullptr, SYNC_PASSPHRASE_REQUIRED);
-
-                // wait() until mutex was unlocked by add()
-                sync_mtx.lock();
-                sync_mtx.unlock();
             }
 
             // the pEp engine must try again
-            return PEP_STATUS_OK;
+            return status;
         }
 
         for (auto target : targets) {

callback_dispatcher.hh

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <mutex>
 #include "Adapter.hh"
+#include "Semaphore.hh"
 
 namespace pEp {
     // use this class when implementing a desktop adapter
@@ -21,8 +22,7 @@ namespace pEp {
             proc on_shutdown;
         };
         std::vector<callbacks> targets;
-
+        Semaphore semaphore;
-        std::mutex sync_mtx;
 
     public:
         void add(