Patch #716969: Detect thread creation failure. Will backport to 2.2.
diff --git a/Python/thread_solaris.h b/Python/thread_solaris.h
index d3512d4..ff3e6f3 100644
--- a/Python/thread_solaris.h
+++ b/Python/thread_solaris.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
{
thread_t tid;
struct func_arg *funcarg;
- int success = 0; /* init not needed when SOLARIS_THREADS and */
- /* C_THREADS implemented properly */
dprintf(("PyThread_start_new_thread called\n"));
if (!initialized)
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@
THR_DETACHED | THR_NEW_LWP, &tid)) {
perror("thr_create");
free((void *) funcarg);
- success = -1;
+ return -1;
}
return tid;
}