Win32(core): do not duplicate handle

[vlc] / src / win32 / thread.c

diff --git a/src/win32/thread.c b/src/win32/thread.c
index b2e939d0f3193034053faab0fe453792c37a1868..1d25b90320dcbb061e7f5e3d37aad0a93e8a2283 100644 (file)
--- a/src/win32/thread.c
+++ b/src/win32/thread.c
@@ -553,15 +553,7 @@ int vlc_clone (vlc_thread_t *p_handle, void * (*entry) (void *), void *data,
         goto error;
     }
 
-    /* Thread closes the handle when exiting, duplicate it here
-     * to be on the safe side when joining. */
-    if (!DuplicateHandle (GetCurrentProcess (), hThread,
-                          GetCurrentProcess (), p_handle, 0, FALSE,
-                          DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS))
-    {
-        CloseHandle (hThread);
-        goto error;
-    }
+    *p_handle = hThread;
 
 #else
     vlc_thread_t th = malloc (sizeof (*th));