From 509d541c9f8e43cbfd0b0f266ad25668a078e81d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Sumner <martin.sumner@adaptip.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:46:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow for false to close not crash

If PID has gone away
---
 src/leveled_sst.erl | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/leveled_sst.erl b/src/leveled_sst.erl
index 8448bd5..36ae60a 100644
--- a/src/leveled_sst.erl
+++ b/src/leveled_sst.erl
@@ -638,8 +638,12 @@ reader(close, _From, State) ->
     {stop, normal, ok, State}.
 
 reader(timeout, State) ->
-    true = is_process_alive(State#state.starting_pid),
-    {next_state, reader, State}.
+    case is_process_alive(State#state.starting_pid) of
+        true ->
+            {next_state, reader, State};
+        false ->
+            {stop, normal, State}
+    end.
 
 
 delete_pending({get_kv, LedgerKey, Hash}, _From, State) ->