pgsql: Fix CreateThread() failure checks

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)iki(dot)fi>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Fix CreateThread() failure checks
Date: 2026-10-15 09:35:27
Message-ID: E1xHHrz-00000001iae-27xX@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix CreateThread() failure checks

CreateThread returns NULL on failure, not INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE. In
setitimer(), a failed thread creation would silently disable all
timer-based timeouts.

Author: Sehrope Sarkuni <sehrope(at)jackdb(dot)com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAH7T-apWWfEt+V8uLU7KXv7CMM9LoqJ1Zo2LdWmXMz=u-Ek9=w@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 14

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/54635e6892f0f8bf61b0ae0d0b4bc119e7780a3b

Modified Files
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src/backend/port/win32/timer.c | 2 +-
src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c | 3 +--
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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