liberty: comment on pthread_cancel

2025-09-21 18:59:16 +02:00 · 2025-09-21 18:59:16 +02:00 · 7566f9af82
commit 7566f9af82
parent 7425355d01
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/liberty.c
+++ b/liberty.c
@ -1209,7 +1209,10 @@ async_make (struct async_manager *manager)
 }

 /// Only allowed from the main thread once the job has been started but before
-/// the results have been dispatched
+/// the results have been dispatched.
+///
+/// Note that it may in practice lead to memory leakage, although that's
+/// an implementation issue: https://eissing.org/icing/posts/rip_pthread_cancel/
 static void
 async_cancel (struct async *self)
 {