From 185781ef5265261e1e982bbdfc8233d0f2046190 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Parkinson <mattpark@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 10:21:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add error message for failure during init!

---
 src/mem/alloc.h | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/mem/alloc.h b/src/mem/alloc.h
index 82005df..34171a3 100644
--- a/src/mem/alloc.h
+++ b/src/mem/alloc.h
@@ -847,8 +847,12 @@ namespace snmalloc
     void init_message_queue()
     {
       // Manufacture an allocation to prime the queue
-      // Using an actual allocation removes a conditional of a critical path.
+      // Using an actual allocation removes a conditional from a critical path.
       Remote* dummy = reinterpret_cast<Remote*>(alloc<YesZero>(MIN_ALLOC_SIZE));
+      if (dummy == nullptr)
+      {
+        error("Critical error: Out-of-memory during initialisation.");
+      }
       dummy->set_target_id(id());
       message_queue().init(dummy);
     }