Add error checks to all "pthread_create" calls, print error message and exit

xine, whenever a pthread_create fails

CVS patchset: 729
CVS date: 2001/10/03 17:15:43

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/xine-engine/video_decoder.c b/src/xine-engine/video_decoder.c
index 971b38d0b..5611964ed 100644
--- a/src/xine-engine/video_decoder.c
+++ b/src/xine-engine/video_decoder.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
  *
- * $Id: video_decoder.c,v 1.52 2001/09/26 01:18:19 guenter Exp $
+ * $Id: video_decoder.c,v 1.53 2001/10/03 17:15:44 jkeil Exp $
  *
  */
 
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 #include "xine_internal.h"
 #include "monitor.h"
 #include <sched.h>
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@ void video_decoder_init (xine_t *this) {
   
   pthread_attr_t       pth_attrs;
   struct sched_param   pth_params;
+  int		       err;
 
   this->video_fifo = fifo_buffer_new (500, 4096);
 
@@ -265,7 +270,12 @@ void video_decoder_init (xine_t *this) {
   pthread_attr_setschedparam(&pth_attrs, &pth_params);
   pthread_attr_setscope(&pth_attrs, PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM);
   
-  pthread_create (&this->video_thread, &pth_attrs, video_decoder_loop, this) ;
+  if ((err = pthread_create (&this->video_thread,
+			     &pth_attrs, video_decoder_loop, this)) != 0) {
+    fprintf (stderr, "video_decoder: can't create new thread (%s)\n",
+	     strerror(err));
+    exit (1);
+  }
 }
 
 void video_decoder_shutdown (xine_t *this) {