Re: deadlock in filesystem?

From: Russell Hind (yg-boost-users_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-10 10:35:28

Ken Alverson wrote:
> 
> Is there a discussion somewhere on how to do this and what problems
> (specifically) it can cause?  I did a few searches and found lots of talk on
> why it isn't done, but not specifically what happens if you defy it.
> 

Well, the discussions tell you why it isn't done, so surely that leads 
you onto what will happen if you use a .lib :)

AFAICT, (and this is my basic understanding of the problem) is that 
using a DLL is the only way to perform cleanup when a thread exits (as 
the only callback is to the DLLEntryPoint to say a thread has finished). 
  So if you don't run it as a DLL, no clean-up occurs when a thread exits.

We only ever create threads at startup and let them exit at shutdown, so 
I'm willing to risk what leaks could occur due to this.

Cheers

Russell