strange pthread_create cap

[Laura Arhire <laura dot arhire at endion-software dot com>]

Hello

I'm having some trouble with pthreads-win and sockets, wondering if 
anyone can help. I have a test setup with a loop which iterates a number 
of times. Inside the loop, I create a thread on which I run an SSL 
server socket. After the thread is created, I connect an SSL Client 
socket to the server socket, then disconnect it, disconnect the server 
socket, and issue a pthread_join.

Using this setup (one thread created with pthread_create at any time), I 
cannot create anymore threads after 10-15 such iterations (in rare cases 
- say if I run a 200-iteration loop, I might be able to create threads 
again once I reach iteration 50 or so). I believe this to be an issue 
with my SSL client socket implementation, because everything works well 
if I don't connect a client socket during the iteration. It also works 
well if I use a non-SSL server/client socket.

However, I thought I'd ask here: is there any reason why pthread_create 
would return EAGAIN in such a setup? The handle count varies very 
slightly during the iterations but does not increase over the run time. 
The memory does increase due to my test setup, but at the maximum peak 
it is no where near close to using up all system resources.

Can it be some sort of problem with the release of the socket (win 
sockets are not guaranteed to be released as soon as closesocket returns) ?

Thank you in advance,
Laura