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Window Mutex: Document that we properly initialize the SRWLock #53311

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Window Mutex: make sure we properly initialize the SRWLock
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions src/libstd/sys/windows/mutex.rs
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Expand Up @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ pub unsafe fn raw(m: &Mutex) -> c::PSRWLOCK {
impl Mutex {
pub const fn new() -> Mutex {
Mutex {
// This works because SRWLOCK_INIT is a NULL pointer, so we are also properly
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Technically SRWLOCK is a struct wrapping a pointer which isn't actually used as a pointer, so SRWLOCK_INIT is zero initializing a struct.

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Oh wow. I guess Windows API doesn't really care about meaningful types?

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Fixed, I hope.

// initializing an SRWLOCK here.
lock: AtomicUsize::new(0),
held: UnsafeCell::new(false),
}
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