Croteau, Beau wrote: > I've investigated further and the problem appears to have something to do > with the mod_ssl module or a part of it's thread hooks. > > In my test server I create a thread using _beginthread(...) which means when > the thread returns it should clean up after itself. > > If I comment out the line: > LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so > > Then the server application functions as expected, when I don't it leaks a > thread handle every call.
Please don't read Win32 API logic as gospel when you are trying to plug into another application's framework. In this case, httpd used APR's threading API so everything cooperates; we then initialize openssl lib to trust APR for the threading information it requires. APR is implemented on top of the Win32 API when running on windows, but it doesn't stop there. You are better off using apr_thread_create, etc. First, it makes your code more portable. More importantly, it lets your code interoperate within httpd :) See apr_thread_proc.h for details, or test/testthread.c in the apr sources for an example.
