Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] glib: add g_thread_new() compat function

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 02:52:23PM +0400, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> Stefan Hajnoczi:
> > Implement g_thread_new() in terms of the deprecated g_thread_create().
> > The API was changed in glib 2.31.0.
> >
> > The compat function allows us to write modern code and avoid ifdefs.
> 
> ACK.  With one small nit:
> 
> []
> > +#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 31, 0)
> > +static inline GThread *g_thread_new(const gchar *unused,
> > +                                    GThreadFunc func,
> > +                                    gpointer data)
> > +{
> > +    GThread *thread = g_thread_create(func, data, TRUE, NULL);
> > +    if (!thread) {
> > +        g_error("g_thread_create failed");
> > +    }
> > +    return thread;
> > +}
> > +#endif
> 
> About g_error():
> 
> "This function will result in a core dump; don't use it for errors you expect.
>  Using this function indicates a bug in your program, i.e. an assertion 
> failure."
> 
> I'm not sure if this is like an assertion failure, probably yes.  But we 
> should
> not, I think, dump core in this situation.  Is there a glib function that does
> (fatal) error reporting but does NOT dump core?

I think that's what  g_critical is intended for. It is more severe than
g_warning, but won't exit or abort the process.

Regards,
Daniel
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