--- deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2007/11/08 19:43:24	1.68
+++ deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2008/04/02 11:13:53	1.73
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@
 
 void *salloc_ (int n) throw (std::bad_alloc)
 {
-#ifdef PREFER_MALLOC
+#if PREFER_MALLOC
   void *ptr = malloc (n);
 #else
   slice_alloc += n;
@@ -496,6 +496,46 @@
   return ptr;
 }
 
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+#if DEBUG_SALLOC
+
+#define MAGIC 0xa1b2c35543deadLL
+
+void *g_slice_alloc (unsigned long size)
+{
+  unsigned long *p = (unsigned long *) (g_slice_alloc)(size + sizeof (unsigned long));
+  *p++ = size ^ MAGIC;
+  //fprintf (stderr, "g_slice_alloc %ld %p\n", size, p);//D
+  return (void *)p;
+}
+
+void *g_slice_alloc0 (unsigned long size)
+{
+  return memset (g_slice_alloc (size), 0, size);
+}
+
+void g_slice_free1 (unsigned long size, void *ptr)
+{
+  if (expect_true (ptr))
+    {
+      //fprintf (stderr, "g_slice_free %ld %p\n", size, ptr);//D
+      unsigned long *p = (unsigned long *)ptr;
+      unsigned long s = *--p ^ MAGIC;
+
+      if (size != (unsigned long)(*p ^ MAGIC))
+        LOG (logBacktrace | llevError, "slice free size (%lx) doesn't match alloc size (%lx)\n", size, s);
+
+      *p = MAGIC;
+
+      (g_slice_free1)(s + sizeof (unsigned long), p);
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
 void assign (char *dst, const char *src, int maxlen)
 {
   if (!src)
@@ -610,3 +650,15 @@
     0x2d02ef8dL
 };
 
+void thread::start (void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg)
+{
+  sigset_t fullsigset, oldsigset;
+  sigfillset (&fullsigset);
+
+  pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &fullsigset, &oldsigset);
+
+  if (pthread_create (&id, 0, start_routine, arg))
+    cleanup ("unable to create a new thread");
+
+  pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &oldsigset, 0);
+}