Re: [PATCH] compat: Allow static initializer for pthreads on Windows

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On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 1:29 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Another problem with the proposed patch is that there is no
>> declaration for attr_start() before the call in compat/mingw.c. We
>> would have to move the declaration of attr_start() to cache.h (for
>> example), because #including attr.h in compat/mingw.c is plainly
>> wrong. However, it would not be a major offense to #include attr.h in
>> common-main.c. But when we do that, we can certainly spare the few
>> cycles to call pthread_mutex_init.
>
> That sounds like a good argument to have it in common-main.c.

If we're going that route, I would get rid of PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITILIZER
and call a pthread_mutex_init platform independently.

>
> Would it mean that the code that defines the mutex needs to have
> #ifdef that defines a no-op attr_start() and defines the mutex with
> PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITILIZER with #else that just defines the mutex
> without initializatin, with the real attr_start(), though?



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