5 files changed, 15 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/common/helper_thread.rs b/src/libstd/sys/common/helper_thread.rs
index 255f474d4f4..d3273646b3f 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/common/helper_thread.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/common/helper_thread.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use sync::{StaticMutex, StaticCondvar};
 use sync::mpsc::{channel, Sender, Receiver};
 use sys::helper_signal;
 
-use thread::Thread;
+use thread;
 
 /// A structure for management of a helper thread.
 ///
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ impl<M: Send> Helper<M> {
                 let receive = RaceBox(receive);
 
                 let t = f();
-                Thread::spawn(move || {
+                thread::spawn(move || {
                     helper(receive.0, rx, t);
                     let _g = self.lock.lock().unwrap();
                     *self.shutdown.get() = true;
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/common/thread_info.rs b/src/libstd/sys/common/thread_info.rs
index 92b936e74f6..65c706033f2 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/common/thread_info.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/common/thread_info.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ thread_local! { static THREAD_INFO: RefCell<Option<ThreadInfo>> = RefCell::new(N
 impl ThreadInfo {
     fn with<R, F>(f: F) -> R where F: FnOnce(&mut ThreadInfo) -> R {
         if THREAD_INFO.state() == State::Destroyed {
-            panic!("Use of std::thread::Thread::current() is not possible after \
+            panic!("Use of std::thread::current() is not possible after \
                     the thread's local data has been destroyed");
         }
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub fn set(stack_bounds: (uint, uint), stack_guard: uint, thread: Thread) {
     }));
 }
 
-// a hack to get around privacy restrictions; implemented by `std::thread::Thread`
+// a hack to get around privacy restrictions; implemented by `std::thread`
 pub trait NewThread {
     fn new(name: Option<String>) -> Self;
 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/common/thread_local.rs b/src/libstd/sys/common/thread_local.rs
index 905fac07c5d..27b8784e394 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/common/thread_local.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/common/thread_local.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 //! # Usage
 //!
 //! This module should likely not be used directly unless other primitives are
-//! being built on. types such as `thread_local::scoped::Key` are likely much
+//! being built on. types such as `thread_local::spawn::Key` are likely much
 //! more useful in practice than this OS-based version which likely requires
 //! unsafe code to interoperate with.
 //!
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/thread.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/thread.rs
index 6f030ee91fe..82c52471d10 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/thread.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/thread.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 use core::prelude::*;
 
+use io;
 use boxed::Box;
 use cmp;
 use mem;
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ pub mod guard {
     }
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn create(stack: uint, p: Thunk) -> rust_thread {
+pub unsafe fn create(stack: uint, p: Thunk) -> io::Result<rust_thread> {
     let mut native: libc::pthread_t = mem::zeroed();
     let mut attr: libc::pthread_attr_t = mem::zeroed();
     assert_eq!(pthread_attr_init(&mut attr), 0);
@@ -226,9 +227,10 @@ pub unsafe fn create(stack: uint, p: Thunk) -> rust_thread {
     if ret != 0 {
         // be sure to not leak the closure
         let _p: Box<Box<FnOnce()+Send>> = mem::transmute(arg);
-        panic!("failed to spawn native thread: {}", ret);
+        Err(io::Error::from_os_error(ret))
+    } else {
+        Ok(native)
     }
-    native
 }
 
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/thread.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/thread.rs
index a38dc9b2d34..d7f86e1842e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/thread.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/thread.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 use boxed::Box;
 use cmp;
+use io;
 use mem;
 use ptr;
 use libc;
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ pub mod guard {
     }
 }
 
-pub unsafe fn create(stack: uint, p: Thunk) -> rust_thread {
+pub unsafe fn create(stack: uint, p: Thunk) -> io::Result<rust_thread> {
     let arg: *mut libc::c_void = mem::transmute(box p);
     // FIXME On UNIX, we guard against stack sizes that are too small but
     // that's because pthreads enforces that stacks are at least
@@ -60,9 +61,10 @@ pub unsafe fn create(stack: uint, p: Thunk) -> rust_thread {
     if ret as uint == 0 {
         // be sure to not leak the closure
         let _p: Box<Thunk> = mem::transmute(arg);
-        panic!("failed to spawn native thread: {:?}", ret);
+        Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+    } else {
+        Ok(ret)
     }
-    return ret;
 }
 
 pub unsafe fn set_name(_name: &str) {