* Sergei Golubchik <serg@stripped> [09/02/25 19:59]:
> > 2812 Alexey Kopytov 2009-02-25
> > Fix for bug #40552: Race condition around default_directories
> > in load_defaults()
> >
> > load_defaults(), my_search_option_files() and
> > my_print_default_files() utilized a global variable
> > containing a pointer to thread local memory. This could lead
> > to race conditions when those functions were called with high
> > concurrency.
> >
> > Fixed by changing the interface of the said functions to avoid
> > the necessity for using a global variable.
>
> Not a good idea. load_defaults() is de facto part of the API, we should
> try to avoid chaning the prototype.
>
> See how many files were affected by your small change in default.c
Hello,
Our lovely load_defaults() again.
It's de-facto not part of the API since I never pushed the fix for
Bug#25535 "load_defaults() no longer included by mysql.h"
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