From 74cbc25f21c2c796767b718de63af14105f86c06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Trulson <jtrulson@ics.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 15:43:52 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ppd42ns: throw exception(s) on fatal errors

Signed-off-by: Jon Trulson <jtrulson@ics.com>
Signed-off-by: Mihai Tudor Panu <mihai.tudor.panu@intel.com>
---
 src/ppd42ns/ppd42ns.cxx | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ppd42ns/ppd42ns.cxx b/src/ppd42ns/ppd42ns.cxx
index afd4f00a..a7b0e0db 100644
--- a/src/ppd42ns/ppd42ns.cxx
+++ b/src/ppd42ns/ppd42ns.cxx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
@@ -34,7 +36,13 @@ using namespace upm;
 
 PPD42NS::PPD42NS(int pin)
 {
-    m_gpio = mraa_gpio_init(pin);
+    if ( !(m_gpio = mraa_gpio_init(pin)) ) 
+      {
+        throw std::invalid_argument(std::string(__FUNCTION__) +
+                                    ": mraa_gpio_init() failed, invalid pin?");
+        return;
+      }
+
     mraa_gpio_dir(m_gpio, MRAA_GPIO_IN);
 }