2 files changed, 6 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/include/zix/common.h b/include/zix/common.h
index 5919fa9..c0944b5 100644
--- a/include/zix/common.h
+++ b/include/zix/common.h
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ ZIX_CONST_API
 const char*
 zix_strerror(ZixStatus status);
 
+/// Return an errno value converted to a status code
+ZIX_CONST_API
+ZixStatus
+zix_errno_status(int e);
+
 /// Function for comparing two elements
 typedef int (*ZixComparator)(const void* a,
                              const void* b,
diff --git a/include/zix/thread.h b/include/zix/thread.h
index 74bb19b..c80add0 100644
--- a/include/zix/thread.h
+++ b/include/zix/thread.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #  include <windows.h>
 #else
-#  include <errno.h>
 #  include <pthread.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -85,16 +84,7 @@ zix_thread_create(ZixThread* thread,
   const int ret = pthread_create(thread, NULL, function, arg);
   pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
 
-  switch (ret) {
-  case EAGAIN:
-    return ZIX_STATUS_NO_MEM;
-  case EINVAL:
-    return ZIX_STATUS_BAD_ARG;
-  case EPERM:
-    return ZIX_STATUS_BAD_PERMS;
-  }
-
-  return ret ? ZIX_STATUS_ERROR : ZIX_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+  return zix_errno_status(ret);
 }
 
 static inline ZixStatus