commit f186f21a4efb9dafe2c29f850126d509079c0c37 Author: teor <teor@torproject.org> Date: Mon Mar 4 11:22:02 2019 +1000 doc: Fix an incorrect comment about calling FreeLibrary() on Windows There's an incorrect comment in compat_time.c that suggests we call FreeLibrary() before we're done using the library's functions. See 29642 for background. Closes ticket 29643. --- src/lib/time/compat_time.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/lib/time/compat_time.c b/src/lib/time/compat_time.c index 33e077a58..c6625c780 100644 --- a/src/lib/time/compat_time.c +++ b/src/lib/time/compat_time.c @@ -522,7 +522,9 @@ monotime_init_internal(void) GetTickCount64_fn = (GetTickCount64_fn_t) GetProcAddress(h, "GetTickCount64"); } - // FreeLibrary(h) ? + // We can't call FreeLibrary(h) here, because freeing the handle may + // unload the library, and cause future calls to GetTickCount64_fn() + // to fail. See 29642 for details. } void