Add a warning stipulating how things should be coded in ossl_init_base

[openssl.git] / crypto / init.c

diff --git a/crypto/init.c b/crypto/init.c
index 01619bc129b9506270973e3a96e87f380c72af08..3f9111940785a1a444009e7242752541b1b1735a 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/init.c
+++ b/crypto/init.c
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ DEFINE_RUN_ONCE_STATIC(ossl_init_base)
     if ((init_lock = CRYPTO_THREAD_lock_new()) == NULL)
         return 0;
     OPENSSL_cpuid_setup();
+
+    /*
+     * BIG FAT WARNING!
+     * Everything needed to be initialized in this function before threads
+     * come along MUST happen before base_inited is set to 1, or we will
+     * see race conditions.
+     */
     base_inited = 1;
 
 #if !defined(OPENSSL_NO_DSO) && !defined(OPENSSL_USE_NODELETE)