Re: [boost] Bug in Win32 implementation of thread_specific_ptr (detail::tss::set)

From: William E. Kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-10 13:52:33

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christof Meerwald" <cmeerw_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:31 AM
Subject: [boost] Bug in Win32 implementation of thread_specific_ptr
(detail::tss::set)

> Hi,
>
> currently, detail::tss::set doesn't remove the previously registered
> cleanup handler if the new value is a NULL pointer. So if you reset
> a thread_specific_pointer with a NULL pointer (or release it) and don't
> set any other value before the thread terminates, the initial pointer
> will be deleted twice (once by thread_specific_pointer::reset and again
> by the cleanup handler).

Thanks for the bug report.  I actually discovered this myself a few weeks
ago while working on the next release.  I'll check in the fix in CVS before
the next release.

Bill Kempf