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authorPaul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>2016-08-08 08:26:58 -0400
committerPaul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>2016-08-08 09:27:21 -0400
commitfdf63ace6a655f772a46e73719de14f9dd6fb940 (patch)
tree8651fe68b6a3f4a179658e257580572e4d06fe99 /libs/ardour/port_manager.cc
parent0d2ba3fe8e402ca53f5184de83f4fda90c3af99d (diff)
add explanatory comment
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diff --git a/libs/ardour/port_manager.cc b/libs/ardour/port_manager.cc
index ec8e3024ea..10c19a9c67 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/port_manager.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/port_manager.cc
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ PortManager::register_output_port (DataType type, const string& portname, bool a
int
PortManager::unregister_port (boost::shared_ptr<Port> port)
{
+ /* This is a little subtle. We do not call the backend's port
+ * unregistration code from here. That is left for the Port
+ * destructor. We are trying to drop references to the Port object
+ * here, so that its destructor will run and it will unregister itself.
+ */
+
/* caller must hold process lock */
{