diff -r 5b60464efbde -r c32454d69b85 contrib/python-zstandard/zstd/common/threading.c
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+++ b/contrib/python-zstandard/zstd/common/threading.c	Tue Feb 07 23:24:47 2017 -0800
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+
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Tino Reichardt
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * You can contact the author at:
+ * - zstdmt source repository: https://github.com/mcmilk/zstdmt
+ */
+
+/**
+ * This file will hold wrapper for systems, which do not support pthreads
+ */
+
+/* ======   Compiler specifics   ====== */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#  pragma warning(disable : 4206)        /* disable: C4206: translation unit is empty (when ZSTD_MULTITHREAD is not defined) */
+#endif
+
+
+#if defined(ZSTD_MULTITHREAD) && defined(_WIN32)
+
+/**
+ * Windows minimalist Pthread Wrapper, based on :
+ * http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~schmidt/win32-cv-1.html
+ */
+
+
+/* ===  Dependencies  === */
+#include <process.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "threading.h"
+
+
+/* ===  Implementation  === */
+
+static unsigned __stdcall worker(void *arg)
+{
+    pthread_t* const thread = (pthread_t*) arg;
+    thread->arg = thread->start_routine(thread->arg);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int pthread_create(pthread_t* thread, const void* unused,
+            void* (*start_routine) (void*), void* arg)
+{
+    (void)unused;
+    thread->arg = arg;
+    thread->start_routine = start_routine;
+    thread->handle = (HANDLE) _beginthreadex(NULL, 0, worker, thread, 0, NULL);
+
+    if (!thread->handle)
+        return errno;
+    else
+        return 0;
+}
+
+int _pthread_join(pthread_t * thread, void **value_ptr)
+{
+    DWORD result;
+
+    if (!thread->handle) return 0;
+
+    result = WaitForSingleObject(thread->handle, INFINITE);
+    switch (result) {
+    case WAIT_OBJECT_0:
+        if (value_ptr) *value_ptr = thread->arg;
+        return 0;
+    case WAIT_ABANDONED:
+        return EINVAL;
+    default:
+        return GetLastError();
+    }
+}
+
+#endif   /* ZSTD_MULTITHREAD */