about summary refs log tree commit diff
path: root/library/std/src/sys
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'library/std/src/sys')
-rw-r--r--library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs12
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs
index 982ec912c44..a0d5a7471d8 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/mod.rs
@@ -300,14 +300,10 @@ pub fn dur2timeout(dur: Duration) -> c::DWORD {
         .unwrap_or(c::INFINITE)
 }
 
-// On Windows, use the processor-specific __fastfail mechanism.  In Windows 8
-// and later, this will terminate the process immediately without running any
-// in-process exception handlers.  In earlier versions of Windows, this
-// sequence of instructions will be treated as an access violation,
-// terminating the process but without necessarily bypassing all exception
-// handlers.
-//
-// https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/intrinsics/fastfail
+/// Use `__fastfail` to abort the process
+///
+/// This is the same implementation as in libpanic_abort's `__rust_start_panic`. See
+/// that function for more information on `__fastfail`
 #[allow(unreachable_code)]
 pub fn abort_internal() -> ! {
     #[cfg(any(target_arch = "x86", target_arch = "x86_64"))]