Re: [libvirt] [PATCH v2 1/2] Add static mutex initializer.

On 04/20/2011 03:14 AM, Hu Tao wrote: > This prepares for the next patch. > > The bad is we have no way to check the return value for > CreateMutex when it is used as a static initializer. > --- > src/util/threads-pthread.h | 5 +++++ > src/util/threads-win32.h | 5 +++++ > 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) Then again, the next patch doesn't use VIR_MUTEX_INITIALIZER under WIN32 (it is only used in the fallback after gcc builtins and WIN32 native functions are bypassed). So, even simpler is just leaving it undefined for that platform, and deferring the problem of a working solution until the next time (if ever) we think we need the usage pattern of a static-initialized mutex to begin with.