Cm msg deadlock note

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Note on race condition and deadlock between ODB lock and SYSMSG lock in cm_msg()

In December 2010/January/February 2011 I identified and fixed a number of race conditions and deadlocks that were severely affecting the T2K/ND280 experiment in Japan. Removal of these problems was an important improvement to MIDAS. To remember lessons learned and to avoid having these problems come back, I document the relevant information in this wiki.

The whole blow-by-blow account can be read on the MIDAS forum: