--- deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2008/02/01 15:54:07	1.71
+++ deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2008/04/11 21:09:52	1.74
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of Deliantra, the Roguelike Realtime MMORPG.
  * 
- * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
+ * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
  * Copyright (©) 2002,2007 Mark Wedel & Crossfire Development Team
  * Copyright (©) 1992,2007 Frank Tore Johansen
  * 
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 
 refcnt_base::refcnt_t refcnt_dummy;
-size_t slice_alloc;
+ssize_t slice_alloc;
 rand_gen rndm;
 
 void
 tausworthe_random_generator::seed (uint32_t seed)
 {
-  state [0] = seed      * 69069U; if (state [0] <  2U) state [0] +=   2U;
-  state [1] = state [0] * 69069U; if (state [0] <  8U) state [0] +=   8U;
-  state [2] = state [1] * 69069U; if (state [0] < 16U) state [0] +=  16U;
-  state [3] = state [2] * 69069U; if (state [0] < 128) state [0] += 128U;
+  state [0] = seed      * 69069U; if (state [0] <   2U) state [0] +=   2U;
+  state [1] = state [0] * 69069U; if (state [0] <   8U) state [0] +=   8U;
+  state [2] = state [1] * 69069U; if (state [0] <  16U) state [0] +=  16U;
+  state [3] = state [2] * 69069U; if (state [0] < 128U) state [0] += 128U;
 
   for (int i = 11; --i; )
     operator ()();
@@ -471,16 +471,12 @@
 
 void *salloc_ (int n) throw (std::bad_alloc)
 {
-#ifdef PREFER_MALLOC
-  void *ptr = malloc (n);
-#else
-  slice_alloc += n;
   void *ptr = g_slice_alloc (n);
-#endif
 
   if (!ptr)
     throw std::bad_alloc ();
 
+  slice_alloc += n;
   return ptr;
 }
 
@@ -498,7 +494,7 @@
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-#ifdef DEBUG_SALLOC
+#if DEBUG_SALLOC
 
 #define MAGIC 0xa1b2c35543deadLL
 
@@ -517,14 +513,17 @@
 
 void g_slice_free1 (unsigned long size, void *ptr)
 {
+  //fprintf (stderr, "g_slice_free %ld %p\n", size, ptr);//D
   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);
+        {
+          LOG (logBacktrace | llevError, "slice free size (%lx) doesn't match alloc size (%lx)\n", size, s);
+          abort ();
+        }
 
       *p = MAGIC;
 
@@ -650,3 +649,15 @@
     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);
+}