X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=write_common.c;h=7131a94042dae3b989a73ee5a1b8cd4c84bf2b02;hp=6cd7ed22cabf94eafdfd5019b06d366262378c5e;hb=071538830bc5200f90b22576945687a2e43694a0;hpb=c773ec0d537d239e2eebe2d77a786f0ba49fdc22

diff --git a/write_common.c b/write_common.c
index 6cd7ed22..7131a940 100644
--- a/write_common.c
+++ b/write_common.c
@@ -153,7 +153,15 @@ static void get_btr_value(struct btr_node *btrn, const char *cmd,
 	char *buf = NULL;
 	int ret = btr_exec_up(btrn, cmd, &buf);
 
-	assert(ret >= 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		/*
+		 * This really should not happen. It means one of our parent
+		 * nodes died unexpectedly. Proceed with fingers crossed.
+		 */
+		PARA_CRIT_LOG("cmd %s: %s\n", cmd, para_strerror(-ret));
+		*result = 0;
+		return;
+	}
 	ret = para_atoi32(buf, result);
 	assert(ret >= 0);
 	free(buf);
@@ -163,7 +171,7 @@ static void get_btr_value(struct btr_node *btrn, const char *cmd,
  * Ask parent btr nodes for the sample rate of the current stream.
  *
  * \param btrn Where to start the search.
- * \param result. Filled in by this function.
+ * \param result Filled in by this function.
  *
  * This function is assumed to succeed and terminates on errors.
  */