In case kthread_run fails, the vimc subdevices should be notified that streaming stopped so they can release the memory for the streaming. Also, kthread should be set to NULL. Signed-off-by: Dafna Hirschfeld <dafna.hirschfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c index 5c5d3c068398..47a7470e581e 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/vimc/vimc-streamer.c @@ -207,8 +207,13 @@ int vimc_streamer_s_stream(struct vimc_stream *stream, stream->kthread = kthread_run(vimc_streamer_thread, stream, "vimc-streamer thread"); - if (IS_ERR(stream->kthread)) - return PTR_ERR(stream->kthread); + if (IS_ERR(stream->kthread)) { + ret = PTR_ERR(stream->kthread); + dev_err(ved->dev, "kthread_run failed with %d\n", ret); + vimc_streamer_pipeline_terminate(stream); + stream->kthread = NULL; + return ret; + } } else { if (!stream->kthread) -- 2.17.1