Patch #716969: Detect thread creation failure. Will backport to 2.2.
diff --git a/Python/thread_pthread.h b/Python/thread_pthread.h
index 2596af5..2e594fe 100644
--- a/Python/thread_pthread.h
+++ b/Python/thread_pthread.h
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
PyThread_start_new_thread(void (*func)(void *), void *arg)
{
pthread_t th;
- int success;
+ int status;
sigset_t oldmask, newmask;
#if defined(THREAD_STACK_SIZE) || defined(PTHREAD_SYSTEM_SCHED_SUPPORTED)
pthread_attr_t attrs;
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
sigfillset(&newmask);
SET_THREAD_SIGMASK(SIG_BLOCK, &newmask, &oldmask);
- success = pthread_create(&th,
+ status = pthread_create(&th,
#if defined(PY_PTHREAD_D4)
pthread_attr_default,
(pthread_startroutine_t)func,
@@ -244,13 +244,15 @@
#if defined(THREAD_STACK_SIZE) || defined(PTHREAD_SYSTEM_SCHED_SUPPORTED)
pthread_attr_destroy(&attrs);
#endif
- if (success == 0) {
+ if (status != 0)
+ return -1;
+
#if defined(PY_PTHREAD_D4) || defined(PY_PTHREAD_D6) || defined(PY_PTHREAD_D7)
- pthread_detach(&th);
+ pthread_detach(&th);
#elif defined(PY_PTHREAD_STD)
- pthread_detach(th);
+ pthread_detach(th);
#endif
- }
+
#if SIZEOF_PTHREAD_T <= SIZEOF_LONG
return (long) th;
#else
