From b8ee0cf22d1da3411ea97b23c49a3ab145569333 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Trulson <jtrulson@ics.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:51:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] mic: 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/mic/mic.cxx | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mic/mic.cxx b/src/mic/mic.cxx
index b2688615..ac4eb9be 100644
--- a/src/mic/mic.cxx
+++ b/src/mic/mic.cxx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <functional>
@@ -33,9 +35,13 @@ using namespace upm;
 
 Microphone::Microphone(int micPin) {
     // initialise analog mic input
-    m_micCtx = mraa_aio_init(micPin);
-
-
+    
+    if ( !(m_micCtx = mraa_aio_init(micPin)) ) 
+      {
+        throw std::invalid_argument(std::string(__FUNCTION__) +
+                                    ": mraa_aio_init() failed, invalid pin?");
+        return;
+      }
 }
 
 Microphone::~Microphone() {