The return value of kthread_run() should be checked by IS_ERR().
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
dma_q->kthread = kthread_run(vivi_thread, dma_q, "vivi");
dma_q->kthread = kthread_run(vivi_thread, dma_q, "vivi");
- if (dma_q->kthread == NULL) {
+ if (IS_ERR(dma_q->kthread)) {
printk(KERN_ERR "vivi: kernel_thread() failed\n");
printk(KERN_ERR "vivi: kernel_thread() failed\n");
+ return PTR_ERR(dma_q->kthread);
}
dprintk(1,"returning from %s\n",__FUNCTION__);
return 0;
}
dprintk(1,"returning from %s\n",__FUNCTION__);
return 0;