It has been discussed that checking the return value of pthread_create should be done. See the discussion here https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/20812 about the splashscreen coding .
------------- Commit messages: - JDK-8339475 Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21182/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=21182&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8339475 Stats: 7 lines in 2 files changed: 6 ins; 0 del; 1 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21182.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/21182/head:pull/21182 PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21182
