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pthread_t is currently defined as a struct, which gets placed into
caller's memory and filled by pthread_create() (which accepts a
pthread_t*).
The problem with this approach is that pthread_join() accepts pthread_t
itself rather than a pointer to it, so it gets a _copy_ of this
structure. This causes non-deterministic failures of pthread_join() to
produce the correct return value - depending on whether the thread
already finished before pthread_join() is called (and thus the copy
contains the correct value), or not (then it contains 0).
Change the definition of pthread_t into a pointer to a struct, that gets
malloced by pthread_create() and freed by pthread_join().
Fixes random failures of fate-ffmpeg-error-rate-fail on Windows after
433cf391f58210432be907d817654929a66e80ba.
See also [1] for an alternative approach that does not require dynamic
allocation, but relies on an assumption that the pthread_t value
remains in a fixed memory location.
[1] 23829dd2b2
Reviewed-By: Martin Storsjö <martin@martin.st>