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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/quick/util/qquickimageprovider.cpp b/src/quick/util/qquickimageprovider.cpp
index 4eab5608b1..6ee5b95dc7 100644
--- a/src/quick/util/qquickimageprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/quick/util/qquickimageprovider.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ QString QQuickImageResponse::errorString() const
It may be reimplemented to cancel a request in the provider side, however, it is not mandatory.
- A cancelled QQuickImageResponse still needs to emit finished().
+ A cancelled QQuickImageResponse still needs to emit finished() so that the
+ engine may clean up the QQuickImageResponse.
+
+ \note finished() should not be emitted until the response is complete,
+ regardless of whether or not cancel() was called. If it is called prematurely,
+ the engine may destroy the response while it is still active, leading to a crash.
*/
void QQuickImageResponse::cancel()
{
@@ -192,7 +197,12 @@ void QQuickImageResponse::cancel()
/*!
\fn void QQuickImageResponse::finished()
- Signals that the job execution has finished (be it successfully, because an error happened or because it was cancelled).
+ Signals that the job execution has finished (be it successfully, because an
+ error happened or because it was cancelled).
+
+ \note Emission of this signal must be the final action the response performs:
+ once the signal is received, the response will subsequently be destroyed by
+ the engine.
*/
/*!