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compat/w32pthreads: change pthread_t into pointer to malloced struct
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
433cf39.
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] https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264/-/commit/23829dd2b2c909855481f46cc884b3c25d92c2d7
Reviewed-By: Martin Storsjö <[email protected]>
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