http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18356
--- Comment #5 from Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro 2009-08-20 12:12:46 --- (In reply to comment #4)
You could try schedtool or taskset. Doesn't solve the actual bug though.
Hm, I thought about setting CPU affinity. If we can find the actual thread causing the deadlock, it will make for less side effects. Will try to set all threads on a single CPU (core), then refine the result.
And yes, it's not a fix, but a workaround. For all I know it could be Fallout3's fault; native Windows users complain about stability issues a lot.