From 77abd94682fc384b6d81d2c034712ce6ce873938 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon Trulson <jtrulson@ics.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 13:19:05 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] lol: 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/lol/lol.cxx | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/lol/lol.cxx b/src/lol/lol.cxx
index 111f426d..65c5f6ad 100644
--- a/src/lol/lol.cxx
+++ b/src/lol/lol.cxx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <functional>
@@ -136,7 +138,15 @@ LoL::LoL() {
     int i = 0;
     mraa_result_t error;
     for (i = 0; i < 12; i++)
-        m_LoLCtx[i] = mraa_gpio_init(i+2);
+      {
+        if ( !(m_LoLCtx[i] = mraa_gpio_init(i+2)) ) 
+          {
+            throw std::invalid_argument(std::string(__FUNCTION__) +
+                                        ": mraa_gpio_init() failed, invalid pin?");
+            return;
+          }
+
+      }
 
     memset(framebuffer, 0, LOL_X*LOL_Y);