X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Flibrte_eal%2Fcommon%2Feal_common_thread.c;h=48ef4d6de6308efa993d3d2135c206d720c28f6a;hb=c99a2d4c6b7f;hp=8110ac2ae15c71d4779e641603c0ade0eb3e24aa;hpb=368a91d6bdc8225c585044b4e7debcd3e5fdc0d4;p=dpdk.git

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
index 8110ac2ae1..48ef4d6de6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_thread.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
 
 	params = malloc(sizeof(*params));
 	if (!params)
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	params->start_routine = start_routine;
 	params->arg = arg;
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ rte_ctrl_thread_create(pthread_t *thread, const char *name,
 	ret = pthread_create(thread, attr, rte_thread_init, (void *)params);
 	if (ret != 0) {
 		free(params);
-		return ret;
+		return -ret;
 	}
 
 	if (name != NULL) {
@@ -228,5 +228,5 @@ fail:
 	}
 	pthread_cancel(*thread);
 	pthread_join(*thread, NULL);
-	return ret;
+	return -ret;
 }