Since kthread_run returns -ENOMEM if failed, it needs to be checked whether it is error, not whether it is null. Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c index fd888a6..aabdc58 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/pvrusb2/pvrusb2-context.c @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ int pvr2_context_global_init(void) pvr2_context_thread_ptr = kthread_run(pvr2_context_thread_func, NULL, "pvrusb2-context"); - return (pvr2_context_thread_ptr ? 0 : -ENOMEM); + return IS_ERR(pvr2_context_thread_ptr) ? -ENOMEM : 0; } -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html