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authorDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2016-09-20 22:59:53 +0200
committerDaniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>2016-09-20 23:00:52 +0200
commitaab94da6195521d3ec0c879a6e3fd55a1b01d656 (patch)
tree1e907be8346968d4cf1c64b0aae4216128241b48 /docs/libcurl
parent88e3743dde074aec43cc93b0567e29c6451554d3 (diff)
curl_global_cleanup.3: don't unload the lib with sub threads running
Discussed in #997 Assisted-by: Jay Satiro
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/libcurl')
-rw-r--r--docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.310
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3 b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3
index 2e3ff0362..04ab0437c 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_global_cleanup.3
@@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ these other libraries.
See the description in \fIlibcurl(3)\fP of global environment requirements for
details of how to use this function.
-
+.SH CAUTION
+\fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP does not block waiting for any libcurl-created
+threads to terminate (such as threads used for name resolving). If a module
+containing libcurl is dynamically unloaded while libcurl-created threads are
+still running then your program may crash or other corruption may occur. We
+recommend you do not run libcurl from any module that may be unloaded
+dynamically. This behavior may be addressed in the future.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_global_init "(3), "
.BR libcurl "(3), "
-
+.BR libcurl-thread "(3), "