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Diffstat (limited to 'src/common/compat.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/common/compat.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/compat.c b/src/common/compat.c index b2be40312..e9f0b2337 100644 --- a/src/common/compat.c +++ b/src/common/compat.c @@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ tor_socketpair(int family, int type, int protocol, int fd[2]) } fd[0] = connector; fd[1] = acceptor; + return 0; abort_tidy_up_and_fail: @@ -557,6 +558,11 @@ get_uname(void) /** Minimalist interface to run a void function in the background. On * unix calls fork, on win32 calls beginthread. Returns -1 on failure. * func should not return, but rather should call spawn_exit. + * + * NOTE: if <b>data</b> is used, it should not be allocated on the stack, + * since in a multithreaded environment, there is no way to be sure that + * the caller's stack will still be around when the called function is + * running. */ int spawn_func(int (*func)(void *), void *data) |