Signed-off-by: Jason Cooper <jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
index 125ee43..e95e34d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_linux.c
@@ -2039,7 +2039,14 @@ dhd_pub_t *dhd_attach(osl_t *osh, struct dhd_bus *bus, uint bus_hdrlen)
/* Initialize DPC thread */
sema_init(&dhd->dpc_sem, 0);
init_completion(&dhd->dpc_exited);
- dhd->dpc_pid = kernel_thread(dhd_dpc_thread, dhd, 0);
+ tsk = kthread_run(dhd_dpc_thread, dhd, "dhd_dpc");
+ if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
+ "dhd_dpc thread failed to start\n");
+ dhd->dpc_pid = -1;
+ } else {
+ dhd->dpc_pid = (long)get_pid(task_pid(tsk));
+ }
} else {
tasklet_init(&dhd->tasklet, dhd_dpc, (unsigned long) dhd);
dhd->dpc_pid = -1;
--
1.6.3.3
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