thread/Util: throw exception on error

src/thread/Util.cxx

@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@
  * OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
 #include "Util.hxx"
-#include "util/Error.hxx"
+#include "system/Error.hxx"
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sched.h>
@@ -77,8 +76,8 @@ SetThreadIdlePriority()
 #endif
 };
 
-bool
-SetThreadRealtime(Error& error)
+void
+SetThreadRealtime()
 {
 #ifdef __linux__
 	struct sched_param sched_param;
@@ -89,13 +88,7 @@ SetThreadRealtime(Error& error)
 	policy |= SCHED_RESET_ON_FORK;
 #endif
 
-	if(sched_setscheduler(0, policy, &sched_param)==0) {
-		return true;
-	} else {
-		error.FormatErrno("sched_setscheduler failed");
-		return false;
-	}
-#else
-	return true; // on non-linux systems, we pretend it worked
+	if (sched_setscheduler(0, policy, &sched_param) < 0)
+		throw MakeErrno("sched_setscheduler failed");
 #endif	// __linux__
 };

src/thread/Util.hxx

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 #ifndef THREAD_UTIL_HXX
 #define THREAD_UTIL_HXX
 
-class Error;
-
 /**
  * Lower the current thread's priority to "idle" (very low).
  */
@@ -40,10 +38,10 @@ SetThreadIdlePriority();
 
 /**
  * Raise the current thread's priority to "real-time" (very high).
- * @param[out]	error	Receives error information on failure
- * @return	true on success (always true on non-linux systems)
+ *
+ * Throws std::system_error on error.
  */
-bool
-SetThreadRealtime(Error &error);
+void
+SetThreadRealtime();
 
 #endif