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-rw-r--r--src/common/compat.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c
index aa42514ddf..5dfde3dc03 100644
--- a/src/common/compat.c
+++ b/src/common/compat.c
@@ -676,7 +676,10 @@ struct tor_lockfile_t {
*
* (Implementation note: because we need to fall back to fcntl on some
* platforms, these locks are per-process, not per-thread. If you want
- * to do in-process locking, use tor_mutex_t like a normal person.)
+ * to do in-process locking, use tor_mutex_t like a normal person.
+ * On Windows, when <b>blocking</b> is true, the maximum time that
+ * is actually waited is 10 seconds, after which NULL is returned
+ * and <b>locked_out</b> is set to 1.)
*/
tor_lockfile_t *
tor_lockfile_lock(const char *filename, int blocking, int *locked_out)
@@ -696,7 +699,7 @@ tor_lockfile_lock(const char *filename, int blocking, int *locked_out)
#ifdef WIN32
_lseek(fd, 0, SEEK_SET);
if (_locking(fd, blocking ? _LK_LOCK : _LK_NBLCK, 1) < 0) {
- if (errno != EDEADLOCK)
+ if (errno != EACCESS && errno != EDEADLOCK)
log_warn(LD_FS,"Couldn't lock \"%s\": %s", filename, strerror(errno));
else
*locked_out = 1;