Re: WaitForMultipleObjects returning ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE
On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:50:39 -0700, Felix <fb@ltec.ch> wrote:
I have a problem with WaitForMultipleObjects sometimes (not allways)
returning ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE.
Printing the array of handles in question did not show any unusual thing,
i.e. all handles retain their values, no matter if the error occures or
not.
Is there any funktion I can call (like IsHandleValid) that would tell me if
a handle is valid or invalid? Or is there any value I can compare my
handles to, that would tell me if the handle is valid or not?
Where are these handles coming from? Some handles are closed automatically,
such as those returned from _beginthread and belonging to CWinThread. This
is a problem because the behavior is undefined if a handle is closed while
someone is waiting on it, and of course, there is the potential for the
handle to be closed before someone tries to wait on it. The solution is to
defeat the auto-deletion behavior and assume ownership yourself; I talk
about doing this for CWinThread here:
http://members.cox.net/doug_web/threads.htm#Q1
--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
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