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diff --git a/windows/winhandl.c b/windows/winhandl.c
index 222e5b9..f515ee5 100644 (file)
--- a/windows/winhandl.c
+++ b/windows/winhandl.c
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@
  * write; so the output thread waits for an event object notifying
  * it to _attempt_ a write, and then it sets an event in return
  * when one completes.
+ * 
+ * (It's terribly annoying having to spawn a subthread for each
+ * direction of each handle. Technically it isn't necessary for
+ * serial ports, since we could use overlapped I/O within the main
+ * thread and wait directly on the event objects in the OVERLAPPED
+ * structures. However, we can't use this trick for some types of
+ * file handle at all - for some reason Windows restricts use of
+ * OVERLAPPED to files which were opened with the overlapped flag -
+ * and so we must use threads for those. This being the case, it's
+ * simplest just to use threads for everything rather than trying
+ * to keep track of multiple completely separate mechanisms.)
  */
 
 #include <assert.h>
@@ -321,6 +332,7 @@ struct handle *handle_input_new(HANDLE handle, handle_inputfn_t gotdata,
                                void *privdata, int flags)
 {
     struct handle *h = snew(struct handle);
+    DWORD in_threadid; /* required for Win9x */
 
     h->output = FALSE;
     h->u.i.h = handle;
@@ -338,7 +350,7 @@ struct handle *handle_input_new(HANDLE handle, handle_inputfn_t gotdata,
     add234(handles_by_evtomain, h);
 
     CreateThread(NULL, 0, handle_input_threadfunc,
-                &h->u.i, 0, NULL);
+                &h->u.i, 0, &in_threadid);
     h->u.i.busy = TRUE;
 
     return h;
@@ -348,6 +360,7 @@ struct handle *handle_output_new(HANDLE handle, handle_outputfn_t sentdata,
                                 void *privdata, int flags)
 {
     struct handle *h = snew(struct handle);
+    DWORD out_threadid; /* required for Win9x */
 
     h->output = TRUE;
     h->u.o.h = handle;
@@ -367,7 +380,7 @@ struct handle *handle_output_new(HANDLE handle, handle_outputfn_t sentdata,
     add234(handles_by_evtomain, h);
 
     CreateThread(NULL, 0, handle_output_threadfunc,
-                &h->u.i, 0, NULL);
+                &h->u.i, 0, &out_threadid);
 
     return h;
 }