Fix a Coverity issue (#7780)

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/exporting/init_connectors.c b/exporting/init_connectors.c
index ba3802780a..fd8b03c6ca 100644
--- a/exporting/init_connectors.c
+++ b/exporting/init_connectors.c
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ int init_connectors(struct engine *engine)
             }
 
             // dispatch the instance worker thread
-            uv_thread_create(&instance->thread, connector->worker, instance);
+            int error = uv_thread_create(&instance->thread, connector->worker, instance);
+            if (error) {
+                error("EXPORTING: cannot create tread worker. uv_thread_create(): %s", uv_strerror(error));
+                return 1;
+            }
             char threadname[NETDATA_THREAD_NAME_MAX+1];
             snprintfz(threadname, NETDATA_THREAD_NAME_MAX, "EXPORTING-%zu", instance->index);
             uv_thread_set_name_np(instance->thread, threadname);