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authorSusan LoVerso <sue@wiredtiger.com>2014-06-17 13:54:11 -0400
committerSusan LoVerso <sue@wiredtiger.com>2014-06-17 13:54:11 -0400
commit41ad69f2ec0c3a02d035c189d386475cbf492144 (patch)
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Add sentence about waiting for worker threads.
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All WT_CONNECTION methods are thread safe, and WT_CONNECTION handles can
be shared between threads. Applications typically open a single
-connection to each database, per process.
+connection to each database, per process. Multi-threaded programs
+must wait for all other threads to exit before closing the WT_CONNECTION
+handle because that will implicitly close all other handles.
WT_SESSION and WT_CURSOR methods are not thread safe and WT_SESSION and
WT_CURSOR handles cannot be accessed concurrently by multiple threads.