tdf#146621: handle an exception that may hang process at ExitProcess time

Change-Id: I3ffc2303ae1851ab909612ae9bb7f70a077b24fe
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/128097
Tested-by: Jenkins
Reviewed-by: Mike Kaganski <mike.kaganski@collabora.com>

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pyuno/source/module/pyuno_gc.cxx b/pyuno/source/module/pyuno_gc.cxx
index e4ed6cb9d0a6..1efca400d510 100644
--- a/pyuno/source/module/pyuno_gc.cxx
+++ b/pyuno/source/module/pyuno_gc.cxx
@@ -111,11 +111,20 @@ void decreaseRefCount( PyInterpreterState *interpreter, PyObject *object )
     // to be a method, which tells, whether the global
     // interpreter lock is held or not
     // TODO: Look for a more efficient solution
-    rtl::Reference< GCThread >(new GCThread(interpreter, object))->launch();
+    try
+    {
+        rtl::Reference< GCThread >(new GCThread(interpreter, object))->launch();
         //TODO: a protocol is missing how to join with the launched thread
         // before exit(3), to ensure the thread is no longer relying on any
         // infrastructure while that infrastructure is being shut down in
         // atexit handlers
+    }
+    catch (std::runtime_error&)
+    {
+        // tdf#146621: Thread creation will fail on Windows with ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED
+        // when called at ExitProcess time; unhandled exception would hang the process
+        abort();
+    }
 }
 
 }