> When I step into hts_init() it will initialize zlib, ssl 
> etc. and then call void* structcheck_init(int init) 
function 
> where it crashes on NOSTATIC_RESERVE

Obviously this is a multithreading problem (problems when 
initializing mutex variables) ; but I really don't see why. 
Ensure that *everything* (including the JNI piece of code) 
is compiled with -D_REENTRANT and multithread compiling 
options (sometimes -pthread, or -lpthread)