Make LLDB safer to use with respect to the global destructor chain.

llvm-svn: 262090

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lldb/source/Target/Process.cpp b/lldb/source/Target/Process.cpp
index 29a16b599bc..8340c4055c1 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Target/Process.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Target/Process.cpp
@@ -833,13 +833,14 @@ Process::~Process()
 const ProcessPropertiesSP &
 Process::GetGlobalProperties()
 {
-    static ProcessPropertiesSP g_settings_sp;
+    // NOTE: intentional leak so we don't crash if global destructor chain gets
+    // called as other threads still use the result of this function
+    static ProcessPropertiesSP *g_settings_sp_ptr = nullptr;
     static std::once_flag g_once_flag;
     std::call_once(g_once_flag,  []() {
-        if (!g_settings_sp)
-            g_settings_sp.reset (new ProcessProperties (NULL));
+        g_settings_sp_ptr = new ProcessPropertiesSP(new ProcessProperties (NULL));
     });
-    return g_settings_sp;
+    return *g_settings_sp_ptr;
 }
 
 void