Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] Fix comment about GNUTLS initialization/cleanup

From: "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; --- src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c index 74a61e0..7440c7a 100644 --- a/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c +++ b/src/rpc/virnettlscontext.c @@ -1423,9 +1423,13 @@ void virNetTLSSessionFree(virNetTLSSessionPtr sess) * virNetTLS* because it initializes * underlying GnuTLS library. According to * it's documentation, it's safe to be called - * many times, but is not thread safe. Each - * call SHOULD be later followed by - * virNetTLSContextDeinit. + * many times, but is not thread safe. + * + * There is no corresponding "Deinit" / "Cleanup" + * function because there is no safe way to call + * 'gnutls_global_deinit' from a multi-threaded + * library, where other libraries linked into the + * application may also be using gnutls. */ void virNetTLSInit(void) { -- 1.7.7.6