Op 19-aug.-2013 15:20 schreef "K. Frank" <kfrank2...@gmail.com> het
volgende:
>
> Hello All!
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Rafaël Carré <fun...@videolan.org> wrote:
> > Le 19/08/2013 11:58, Jacek Caban a écrit :
> >> ...
> >> Which exact APIs were problematic? I checked a few for which you
removed
> >> guards, and they should be forbidden, so you probably change too much.
> >
> > EnterCriticalSection is allowed, although I just checked CreateMutex and
> > it is indeed forbidden.
>
> I wonder what the reason for this distinction is. The only thing I can
think
> of is that a windows mutex is a cross-process synchronization object (It
> can, of course, be used intraprocess, too.), while a windows mutex is a
> purely intraprocess synchronization object (used for synchronizing threads
> in a single multi-threaded process).
>
> Maybe windows-store apps aren't allowed to talk to one another (or
> interfere with one another). Maybe the problem is just that is a windows
> mutex is a heavier-weight os object, and store apps aren't allowed to bog
> the system down or use up heavier os resources.
>
> Or perhaps store apps are being required to be able to run on some other
> platform (rt? phone? not released yet?) that doesn't support windows
> mutexes.
>
> Or maybe the cross-process nature of the mutex (or a bug) produces
> some kind of security issue.
>
> I am just wondering what the philosophy behind the limitation is.
>
> Any thoughts?
Yes, Windows store apps also run on rt (and phone 8). It is a quite
arbitrary limitation, but some minimal hardware or Microsoft laziness thing
will be the reason.
Ruben
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> K. Frank
>
>
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