-#ifdef RTE_LIBRTE_PDUMP
- if ((strcmp(env_value, "run_pdump_server_tests") == 0))
- pthread_create(&thread, NULL, &send_pkts, NULL);
+#ifdef RTE_LIB_PDUMP
+#ifdef RTE_NET_RING
+ if ((strcmp(env_value, "run_pdump_server_tests") == 0)) {
+ rc = pthread_create(&thread, NULL, &send_pkts, NULL);
+ if (rc != 0) {
+ rte_panic("Cannot start send pkts thread: %s\n",
+ strerror(rc));
+ }
+ }
+#endif