From: John Miller <john.miller@atomicrules.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 16:14:16 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: net/ark: fix return code not checked
X-Git-Tag: spdx-start~3164
X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d1434c047949ba52a11d64ca4d8304c9e261dd45;p=dpdk.git

net/ark: fix return code not checked

Coverity issue: 144514
Fixes: 727b3fe292bc ("net/ark: integrate PMD")
Cc: stable@dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: John Miller <john.miller@atomicrules.com>
---

diff --git a/drivers/net/ark/ark_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ark/ark_ethdev.c
index 5c4503888c..07b7ddc771 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ark/ark_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ark/ark_ethdev.c
@@ -588,7 +588,11 @@ eth_ark_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		/* Delay packet generatpr start allow the hardware to be ready
 		 * This is only used for sanity checking with internal generator
 		 */
-		pthread_create(&thread, NULL, delay_pg_start, ark);
+		if (pthread_create(&thread, NULL, delay_pg_start, ark)) {
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Could not create pktgen "
+				    "starter thread\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (ark->user_ext.dev_start)