write_tsdb: enable TCP keepalive on network socket

[collectd.git] / src / ping.c

diff --git a/src/ping.c b/src/ping.c
index 978cb49..4932bae 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ping.c
+++ b/src/ping.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static int start_thread (void) /* {{{ */
   if (ping_thread_loop != 0)
   {
     pthread_mutex_unlock (&ping_lock);
-    return (-1);
+    return (0);
   }
 
   ping_thread_loop = 1;
@@ -448,10 +448,7 @@ static int ping_init (void) /* {{{ */
         "Will use a timeout of %gs.", ping_timeout);
   }
 
-  if (start_thread () != 0)
-    return (-1);
-
-  return (0);
+  return (start_thread ());
 } /* }}} int ping_init */
 
 static int config_set_string (const char *name, /* {{{ */