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author | teor <teor@torproject.org> | 2019-03-04 11:22:02 +1000 |
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committer | teor <teor@torproject.org> | 2019-03-04 11:29:15 +1000 |
commit | f186f21a4efb9dafe2c29f850126d509079c0c37 (patch) | |
tree | 3fac443b259c73492216a4689fa78c188f9cd1ce /src/lib/time/compat_time.c | |
parent | 955a622391192ff9cb65dddcb110532616f890ff (diff) | |
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doc: Fix an incorrect comment about calling FreeLibrary() on Windows
There's an incorrect comment in compat_time.c that suggests we call
FreeLibrary() before we're done using the library's functions.
See 29642 for background.
Closes ticket 29643.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/lib/time/compat_time.c')
-rw-r--r-- | src/lib/time/compat_time.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/time/compat_time.c b/src/lib/time/compat_time.c index 33e077a587..c6625c7806 100644 --- a/src/lib/time/compat_time.c +++ b/src/lib/time/compat_time.c @@ -522,7 +522,9 @@ monotime_init_internal(void) GetTickCount64_fn = (GetTickCount64_fn_t) GetProcAddress(h, "GetTickCount64"); } - // FreeLibrary(h) ? + // We can't call FreeLibrary(h) here, because freeing the handle may + // unload the library, and cause future calls to GetTickCount64_fn() + // to fail. See 29642 for details. } void |