Re: [PATCH v4] compat/winansi: check for errors of CreateThread() correctly

> From: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
> 
> The return value for failed thread creation is NULL,
> not INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, unlike other Windows API functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
> ---
>     win32: check for NULL after creating thread
>     
>     Check for NULL handles, not "INVALID_HANDLE," as CreateThread guarantees
>     a valid handle in most cases.
>     
>     The return value for failed thread creation is NULL, not
>     INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, unlike other Windows API functions.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Seija Kijin doremylover123@gmail.com
> 
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1445%2FAtariDreams%2FhThread-v4
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1445/AtariDreams/hThread-v4
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1445
> 
> Range-diff vs v3:
> 
>  1:  1cbc43e0d82 ! 1:  6c4188977e8 win32: check for NULL after creating thread
>      @@ Metadata
>       Author: Seija Kijin <doremylover123@gmail.com>
>       
>        ## Commit message ##
>      -    win32: check for NULL after creating thread
>      -
>      -    Check for NULL handles, not "INVALID_HANDLE,"
>      -    as CreateThread guarantees a valid handle in most cases.
>      +    compat/winansi: check for errors of CreateThread() correctly
>       
>           The return value for failed thread creation is NULL,
>           not INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE, unlike other Windows API functions.
> 
> 
>  compat/winansi.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/compat/winansi.c b/compat/winansi.c
> index 3abe8dd5a27..f83610f684d 100644
> --- a/compat/winansi.c
> +++ b/compat/winansi.c
> @@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ void winansi_init(void)
>  
>  	/* start console spool thread on the pipe's read end */
>  	hthread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, console_thread, NULL, 0, NULL);
> -	if (hthread == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
> +	if (!hthread)
>  		die_lasterr("CreateThread(console_thread) failed");
>  
>  	/* schedule cleanup routine */
> 
> base-commit: 2fc9e9ca3c7505bc60069f11e7ef09b1aeeee473