Testing for "if (IS_ERR(padapter->cmdThread) < 0)" doesn't make sense. The kthread_run() function returns error pointers on error pointers on error so it should just be "if (IS_ERR(padapter->cmdThread))". Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c index 37fe33005c02..6bd08213cb70 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/os_intfs.c @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static u32 start_drv_threads(struct _adapter *padapter) { padapter->cmdThread = kthread_run(r8712_cmd_thread, padapter, "%s", padapter->pnetdev->name); - if (IS_ERR(padapter->cmdThread) < 0) + if (IS_ERR(padapter->cmdThread)) return _FAIL; return _SUCCESS; } _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel