Signed-off-by: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
index 1441b33..125ee43 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/init.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
@@ -1912,6 +1913,7 @@ dhd_pub_t *dhd_attach(osl_t *osh, struct dhd_bus *bus, uint bus_hdrlen)
{
dhd_info_t *dhd = NULL;
struct net_device *net;
+ struct task_struct *tsk;
DHD_TRACE(("%s: Enter\n", __func__));
/* updates firmware nvram path if it was provided as module
@@ -2020,7 +2022,14 @@ dhd_pub_t *dhd_attach(osl_t *osh, struct dhd_bus *bus, uint bus_hdrlen)
/* Initialize watchdog thread */
sema_init(&dhd->watchdog_sem, 0);
init_completion(&dhd->watchdog_exited);
- dhd->watchdog_pid = kernel_thread(dhd_watchdog_thread, dhd, 0);
+ tsk = kthread_run(dhd_watchdog_thread, dhd, "dhd_watchdog");
+ if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "dhd_watchdog thread failed to start\n");
+ dhd->watchdog_pid = -1;
+ } else {
+ dhd->watchdog_pid = (long)get_pid(task_pid(tsk));
+ }
} else {
dhd->watchdog_pid = -1;
}
--
1.6.3.3
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