[PATCH] change to thread.cc -- need feedback

Robert Collins rbcollins@cygwin.com
Mon Sep 30 13:44:00 GMT 2002


On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 01:12, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I've changed the static declarations in thread.cc to use
> NO_COPY and things seem to be working better in my build.

Ah yes, good thing. 
 
> In doing this, I noticed that a CreateEvent and a CreateMutex were using
> a default argument 1 (security attributes).
> 
> I changed these to an explicit "no inherit" but I'm not 100% sure
> that this is the right thing to do in all cases.

The MS Doco for createMutex says that a default argument results in a
non inheritable mutex. so in theory, it's the right thing.
 
> Could someone who is familiar with the code (Robert?, Thomas?) look
> at the patch below and, if I got it wrong, fix this so that the
> handles will be properly inherited, if required?

Please commit this.

Rob
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