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Alt-tab, coverflow 3d: system hangs #9172

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@LinuxOnTheDesktop
 * Cinnamon version (cinnamon --version) 4.4.8
   - Please specify if you are using the daily builds PPA: no
     (https://launchpad.net/~linuxmint-daily-build-team/+archive/ubuntu/daily-builds).
 * Distribution - (Mint 17.2, Arch, Fedora 25, etc...) Mint 19.3
 * Graphics hardware *and* driver used: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller; 3.0 Mesa 19.2.8
 * 32 or 64 bit: 64
 * Attach /home/<username>/.xsession-errors, or /var/log/syslog
[xsession-errors.txt](https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon/files/4215077/xsession-errors.txt)

Issue

Occasionally alt-tab hangs the whole system, such that only the pointer can move; it is possible to open tty but not to do anything else. (Possibly Cinnamon would restart, had I bound that to a hotkey, which I have not). The problem occurs only when using coverflow3D - which is the alt-tab mode that I find most useful. Also, it happens on this computer (a ThinkPad X230) and not my other Mint computer (a ThinkPad X1 Carbon Sixth Generation).

Steps to reproduce

Alt-Tab, rapidly and repeatedly. You may need a graphics setup similar to mine.

Expected behaviour

No hang.

Other information

I had thought I had reported this problem before but I cannot find an existing report. I did find some similar reports: 316; 3275; 4388.

The problem has existed for approximate one year, and on different Linux kernels.

The afffected system:

Lenovo ThinkPad X230
OS: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia x86_64
Host: 2325L19 ThinkPad X230
Kernel: 5.3.0-28-generic
Uptime: 8 mins
Packages: 3396 (dpkg), 4 (flatpak), 7 (snap)
Shell: bash 4.4.20
Resolution: 1366x768 @ 60.02Hz
DE: Cinnamon 4.4.8
WM: Mutter (Muffin)
WM Theme: Mint-Y-Dark (N_cinn)
Theme: Mint-Y-Dark [GTK2/3]
Icons: Paper [GTK2/3]
Terminal: gnome-terminal
CPU: Intel i5-3320M (4) @ 3.300GHz
GPU: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Memory: 1752MiB / 7779MiB
Disk (/dev/sda2): 18G / 52G (37%)

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