Re: [PATCH] Don't exit() from library

[Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>]

On 03/11/14 07:10, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
> Also call pthread_attr_destroy() on thread creation failure
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@debian.org>
> ---
>  libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c | 11 +++++++----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c b/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c
> index bd30125..b74ce4e 100644
> --- a/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c
> +++ b/libmpathpersist/mpath_persist.c
> @@ -585,11 +585,14 @@ int send_prout_activepath(char * dev, int rq_servact, int rq_scope,
>  	rc = pthread_create(&thread, &attr, mpath_prout_pthread_fn, (void *)(&param));
>  	if (rc){
>  		condlog (3, "%s: failed to create thread %d", dev, rc);
> -		exit(-1);
> +		/* Destroy the thread attribute since we failed to create */
> +		pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
> +	}
> +	else {
> +		/* Free attribute and wait for the other threads */
> +		pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
> +		rc = pthread_join(thread, NULL);
>  	}
> -	/* Free attribute and wait for the other threads */
> -	pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
> -	rc = pthread_join(thread, NULL);
>  
>  	return (param.status);
>  }

Hello Ritesh,

Maybe there is something I'm not aware of, but is there any reason why
the pthread_attr_destroy() call occurs twice in this patch instead of
invoking it before the "if (rc) {" statement ? From the
pthread_attr_destroy() man page: "Destroying a thread  attributes object
has no effect on threads that were created using that object".

Thanks,

Bart.