Tighten handling of pthread_create errors on Linux.

The return value of pthread_create is now checked to be 0.
Tests on MIPS boards had some silent and hard to find timeouts and errors related to this.
This ensures a proper error message and shutdown if a thread could not be started.

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Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/8497041
Patch from Gergely Kis <gergely@homejinni.com>.

git-svn-id: http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/branches/bleeding_edge@9945 ce2b1a6d-e550-0410-aec6-3dcde31c8c00

diff --git a/src/platform-linux.cc b/src/platform-linux.cc
index 4271a70d2559379534aec5d4edad52eef93ee5e9..e72d095b0aded82a47a8e71a399544971336cc51 100644 (file)
--- a/src/platform-linux.cc
+++ b/src/platform-linux.cc
@@ -768,7 +768,8 @@ void Thread::Start() {
     pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, static_cast<size_t>(stack_size_));
     attr_ptr = &attr;
   }
-  pthread_create(&data_->thread_, attr_ptr, ThreadEntry, this);
+  int result = pthread_create(&data_->thread_, attr_ptr, ThreadEntry, this);
+  CHECK_EQ(0, result);
   ASSERT(data_->thread_ != kNoThread);
 }