From 55f7411ba92d318fe6e4677e7da517dc26908f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: janwas <jan@wildfiregames.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:22:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] improved thread start code

This was SVN commit r581.
---
 source/lib/sysdep/win/wposix.cpp | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/lib/sysdep/win/wposix.cpp b/source/lib/sysdep/win/wposix.cpp
index 3926200632..db8d1a60f8 100755
--- a/source/lib/sysdep/win/wposix.cpp
+++ b/source/lib/sysdep/win/wposix.cpp
@@ -304,10 +304,29 @@ int pthread_setschedparam(pthread_t thread, int policy, const struct sched_param
 }
 
 
-int pthread_create(pthread_t* /* thread */, const void* /* attr */, void*(*func)(void*), void* arg)
+struct ThreadParam
 {
-	/* can't use asm 'cause _beginthread might be a func ptr (with libc) */
-	return (int)_beginthread((void(*)(void*))func, 0, arg);
+	void*(*func)(void*);
+	void* user_arg;
+};
+
+static unsigned __stdcall thread_start(void* arg)
+{
+	const ThreadParam* param = (const ThreadParam*)arg;
+
+	param->func(param->user_arg);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+int pthread_create(pthread_t* thread, const void* attr, void*(*func)(void*), void* user_arg)
+{
+	UNUSED(attr);
+
+	// can't use asm - _beginthreadex might be a func ptr (with DLL CRT)
+	const ThreadParam param = { func, user_arg };
+	*thread = (pthread_t)_beginthreadex(0, 0, thread_start, (void*)&param, 0, 0);
+	return 0;
 }