1 files changed, 35 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/controller/src/lib.rs b/controller/src/lib.rs
index 0918542..e5d19ca 100644
--- a/controller/src/lib.rs
+++ b/controller/src/lib.rs
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ fn thread_entry(
 /// Will call ComputePool::close(), `unwrap`-ing the result.
 impl Drop for ComputePool {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.close().unwrap();
+        self.close_non_consume().unwrap();
     }
 }
 
@@ -459,19 +459,38 @@ impl ComputePool {
         })
     }
 
-    pub fn close(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+    fn close_non_consume(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        // This allows the user to call close() manually, to catch errors.
+        if self.iothread.is_none() {
+            return Ok(())
+        }
+
         self.runtime.block_on(self.outbound.send(Outbound::Quit)).iores()?;
-        self.iothread.take().map(|jh| jh.join().unwrap());
+        self.iothread.take().unwrap().join().unwrap();
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Also called by the `Drop` implementation; use this if you want to catch any errors thrown
+    /// instead of panicing on them.
+    pub fn close(mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.close_non_consume()
+    }
+
     pub fn set_core(&mut self, name: String, libfile: Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<()> {
+        if self.iothread.is_none() {
+            return Err("ComputePool is closed".ioerr());
+        }
+
         // Instruct the IO thread to send the core to all workers, and also set it on every new
         // worker that arrives
         self.runtime.block_on(self.outbound.send(Outbound::NewCore(name, libfile))).iores()
     }
 
     pub fn current_job_parallelism(&mut self) -> io::Result<u64> {
+        if self.iothread.is_none() {
+            return Err("ComputePool is closed".ioerr());
+        }
+
         // Query the IO thread for the number of workers currently registered
         let mut outbound = self.outbound.clone();
         self.runtime.block_on(async {
@@ -482,15 +501,26 @@ impl ComputePool {
     }
 
     pub fn submit_job(&mut self, jobid: u64, input: Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<()> {
+        if self.iothread.is_none() {
+            return Err("ComputePool is closed".ioerr());
+        }
+
         // Send the job to the IO thread, which will send it to a round-robin worker
-        self.runtime.block_on(self.outbound.send(Outbound::NewJob(jobid, input))).iores()
+        self.runtime.block_on(self.outbound.send(Outbound::NewJob(jobid, input))).iores()?;
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     pub fn next_completion_event(&mut self) -> io::Result<Option<CompletionEvent>> {
+        if self.iothread.is_none() {
+            return Err("ComputePool is closed".ioerr());
+        }
+
         // If the counter is still positive, wait for events from the IO thread
         if self.num_running > 0 {
             match self.runtime.block_on(self.inbound.recv()) {
-                Some(Inbound::Completion(event)) => Ok(Some(event)),
+                Some(Inbound::Completion(event)) => {
+                    Ok(Some(event))
+                },
                 None => Err("IO thread unexpectedly quit".ioerr()),
             }
         } else {