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-rw-r--r--src/thread-utils.h14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/thread-utils.h b/src/thread-utils.h
index 819e24e7b..371dc0b26 100644
--- a/src/thread-utils.h
+++ b/src/thread-utils.h
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ typedef git_atomic git_atomic_ssize;
#ifdef GIT_THREADS
+#if defined(GIT_WIN32) && _WIN32_WINNT < 0x0600
+# error "Unsupported Windows version for thread support"
+#endif
+
#define git_thread pthread_t
#define git_thread_create(thread, attr, start_routine, arg) \
pthread_create(thread, attr, start_routine, arg)
@@ -62,7 +66,15 @@ typedef git_atomic git_atomic_ssize;
#define git_cond_signal(c) pthread_cond_signal(c)
#define git_cond_broadcast(c) pthread_cond_broadcast(c)
-/* Pthreads rwlock */
+/* Pthread (-ish) rwlock
+ *
+ * This differs from normal pthreads rwlocks in two ways:
+ * 1. Separate APIs for releasing read locks and write locks (as
+ * opposed to the pure POSIX API which only has one unlock fn)
+ * 2. You should not use recursive read locks (i.e. grabbing a read
+ * lock in a thread that already holds a read lock) because the
+ * Windows implementation doesn't support it
+ */
#define git_rwlock pthread_rwlock_t
#define git_rwlock_init(a) pthread_rwlock_init(a, NULL)
#define git_rwlock_rdlock(a) pthread_rwlock_rdlock(a)