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Diffstat (limited to 'src/H5TS.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/H5TS.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -393,13 +393,22 @@ H5TS_cancel_count_dec(void) *-------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ H5TS_thread_t -H5TS_create_thread(void * func, H5TS_attr_t * attr, void*udata) +H5TS_create_thread(void *func, H5TS_attr_t *attr, void *udata) { H5TS_thread_t ret_value; #ifdef H5_HAVE_WIN_THREADS - ret_value = CreateThread(NULL, 0, func, udata, 0, NULL); + /* When calling C runtime functions, you have to use _beginthread or + * _beginthreadex instead of CreateThread. Threads created with + * CreateThread risk being killed in low-memory situations. + * We use _beginthread instead of _begintheadex because the latter + * requires a stdcall function (and we don't need the more advanced + * features it exposes). + * + * NOTE: No error checks here! ret_value will be -1L on errors. + */ + ret_value = _beginthread(func, 0 /* stack size */, udata); #else /* H5_HAVE_WIN_THREADS */ |