Refactored version check

res/SmokeAPI.schema.json

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     "logging": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false,
-      "x-packaged-default": true,
       "description": "Enables logging to SmokeAPI.log.log file.",
+      "x-packaged-default": true,
       "x-valid-values": "`true` or `false`."
     },
     "log_steam_http": {

src/smoke_api/smoke_api.cpp

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace {
     bool is_hook_mode;
 
     void check_for_updates() {
+        try {
             const auto latest_release_url = std::format(
                 "https://api.github.com/repos/acidicoala/{}/releases/latest",
                 PROJECT_NAME
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ namespace {
 
                 LOG_WARN("New version {} available: {}", latest_tag, release_page);
             }
+        } catch(const std::exception& e) {
+            LOG_ERROR("{} -> Unexpected error: {}", __func__, e.what());
+        }
     }
 
     std::set<std::string> find_steamclient_versions(void* steamapi_handle) {
@@ -134,7 +138,9 @@ namespace {
         static const auto CreateInterface$ = KB_LIB_GET_FUNC(steamclient_handle, CreateInterface);
 
         if(auto* steamapi_handle = kb::lib::get_lib_handle(STEAM_API_MODULE)) {
-            if(steamapi_handle != original_steamapi_handle) {
+            if(original_steamapi_handle == nullptr) { // hook mode on Windows
+                original_steamapi_handle = steamapi_handle;
+            } else if(steamapi_handle != original_steamapi_handle) {
                 LOG_WARN(
                     "{} -> steamapi_handle ({}) != original_steamapi_handle ({})",
                     __func__, steamapi_handle, original_steamapi_handle
@@ -287,12 +293,6 @@ namespace smoke_api {
             kb::win::check_self_duplicates();
 #endif
 
-#ifdef KB_DEBUG
-            // TODO: Add config option to toggle this and show native OS notification
-            // The real reason behind this is for automatic testing of HTTPs dependencies
-            std::thread(check_for_updates).detach();
-#endif
-
             // We need to hook functions in either mode
             kb::hook::init(true);
 
@@ -313,6 +313,14 @@ namespace smoke_api {
         }
     }
 
+    void post_init() {
+#ifdef KB_DEBUG
+        // TODO: Add config option to toggle this and show native OS notification
+        // The real reason behind this is for automatic testing of HTTPs dependencies
+        std::thread(check_for_updates).detach();
+#endif
+    }
+
     void shutdown() {
         try {
             static bool shutdown_complete = false;

src/smoke_api/smoke_api.hpp

@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 namespace smoke_api {
     void init(void* self_module_handle);
+
+    /**
+     * Post-initialization procedures that must be done after the module is finished loading.
+     * Reason being that on Windows we should not start new threads while being in DllMain callback,
+     * otherwise we would run into deadlocks/race-conditions/undefined behavior.
+     */
+    void post_init();
+
     void shutdown();
 
     AppId_t get_app_id();

src/steamclient/steamclient.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <koalabox/logger.hpp>
 
 #include "smoke_api/steamclient/steamclient.hpp"
+#include "smoke_api/smoke_api.hpp"
 #include "smoke_api/types.hpp"
 
 #include "steam_api/steam_client.hpp"
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ C_DECL(void*) CreateInterface(const char* interface_version, create_interface_re
     static std::mutex section;
     const std::lock_guard lock(section);
 
+    static std::once_flag once_flag;
+    std::call_once(once_flag, smoke_api::post_init);
+
     return steam_client::GetGenericInterface(
         __func__,
         interface_version,