Am 25.12.22 um 02:41 schrieb Rose via GitGitGadget: > From: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@xxxxxxxxx> > > Because we use the C runtime and > use _beginthreadex to create pthreads, > pthread_exit MUST use _endthreadex. > > Otherwise, according to Microsoft: > "Failure to do so results in small > memory leaks when the thread > calls ExitThread." > > Simply put, this is not the same as ExitThread. > > Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > win32: use _endthreadex to terminate threads, not ExitThread > > Because we use the C runtime and use _beginthread to create pthreads, > pthread_exit MUST use _endthread. > > Otherwise, according to Microsoft: "Failure to do so results in small > memory leaks when the thread calls ExitThread." > > Simply put, this is not the same as ExitThread. > > Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin doremylover123@xxxxxxxxx > > Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1414%2FAtariDreams%2Fsevere-bug-v2 > Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1414/AtariDreams/severe-bug-v2 > Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1414 > > Range-diff vs v1: > > 1: 78f9d54c304 ! 1: 3e8212fb9a7 win32: use _endthreadex to terminate threads, not ExitThread > @@ Metadata > ## Commit message ## > win32: use _endthreadex to terminate threads, not ExitThread > > - This is a pretty serious bug actually: > Because we use the C runtime and > use _beginthreadex to create pthreads, > pthread_exit MUST use _endthreadex. > > > compat/win32/pthread.h | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/compat/win32/pthread.h b/compat/win32/pthread.h > index 737983d00ba..cc3221cb2c8 100644 > --- a/compat/win32/pthread.h > +++ b/compat/win32/pthread.h > @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pthread_t pthread_self(void); > > static inline void NORETURN pthread_exit(void *ret) > { > - ExitThread((DWORD)(intptr_t)ret); > + _endthreadex((unsigned)(uintptr_t)ret); > } > > typedef DWORD pthread_key_t; > > base-commit: 7c2ef319c52c4997256f5807564523dfd4acdfc7 Thank you! This patch is now Acked-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> -- Hannes