Re: [boost] Question around boost.threads

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-04 11:17:39

Dmitri Lyfar <dlyfar_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hello. I'm using boost.thread as static library and it seems there is
> a resource leak here. Please explain me setting of tss_hook and other
> tss_* files. I think it helps me to check if my assumptions are correct. File
> tss_hooks.cpp contains the following code:
>         //        ...
>         // because we cannot delete it again easily.
>         CRITICAL_SECTION threadmon_mutex;
>         void init_threadmon_mutex(void)
>         {
>             //threadmon_mutex = new boost::mutex;
>             //if (!threadmon_mutex)
>             //    throw boost::thread_resource_error();
>             ::InitializeCriticalSection(&threadmon_mutex);
>         }
>         // ...
> But I didn't find any place where library calls DeleteCriticalSection
> for threadmon_mutex. Is it resource leak or its my misundertanding?
> Thank you.

It is hard to find a reliable point when deleting the critical section is
safe, and nothing will try and access it later. Therefore it is not
done. Technically this is a resource leak, but Windows will clean up properly
when the application exits, so this is not a problem.

Anthony
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