kthread_run could fail so we will check return value. Signed-off-by: Marek Belisko <marek.belisko@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c index 41bbe99..dcbc97c 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c +++ b/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c @@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ static int ft1000_probe(struct usb_interface *interface, gPollingfailed = FALSE; pft1000info->pPollThread = kthread_run(ft1000_poll_thread, ft1000dev, "ft1000_poll"); + + if (IS_ERR(pft1000info->pPollThread)) { + ret = PTR_ERR(pft1000info->pPollThread); + goto err_load; + } + msleep(500); while (!pft1000info->CardReady) { -- 1.7.1 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel