X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Ftelemetry%2Ftelemetry_legacy.c;h=8aba44d689b788f00117ed32e38c3034b2c35006;hb=67cdaea00cd6ec72dc05386b80525157a9cf2018;hp=5e9af37db1c9899d60ae0c95b0ff6d0d65d556dc;hpb=99a2dd955fba6e4cc23b77d590a033650ced9c45;p=dpdk.git

diff --git a/lib/telemetry/telemetry_legacy.c b/lib/telemetry/telemetry_legacy.c
index 5e9af37db1..8aba44d689 100644
--- a/lib/telemetry/telemetry_legacy.c
+++ b/lib/telemetry/telemetry_legacy.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ register_client(const char *cmd __rte_unused, const char *params,
 	pthread_t th;
 	char data[BUF_SIZE];
 	int fd;
+	int rc;
 	struct sockaddr_un addrs;
 #endif /* !RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS */
 
@@ -112,8 +113,15 @@ register_client(const char *cmd __rte_unused, const char *params,
 		close(fd);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	pthread_create(&th, NULL, &legacy_client_handler,
-			(void *)(uintptr_t)fd);
+	rc = pthread_create(&th, NULL, &legacy_client_handler,
+				(void *)(uintptr_t)fd);
+	if (rc != 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create legacy client thread: %s\n",
+			strerror(rc));
+		close(fd);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	pthread_detach(th);
 #endif /* !RTE_EXEC_ENV_WINDOWS */
 	return 0;
 }