uwbd_start() calls kthread_run() and checks that the return value is not NULL. But the return value is not NULL in case kthread_run() fails, it takes the form of ERR_PTR(-EINTR). Use IS_ERR() instead. Also add a check to uwbd_stop(). Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/uwb/uwbd.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/uwb/uwbd.c b/drivers/uwb/uwbd.c index 01c20a260a8b..2a3cc48d837c 100644 --- a/drivers/uwb/uwbd.c +++ b/drivers/uwb/uwbd.c @@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int uwbd(void *param) void uwbd_start(struct uwb_rc *rc) { rc->uwbd.task = kthread_run(uwbd, rc, "uwbd"); - if (rc->uwbd.task == NULL) + if (IS_ERR(rc->uwbd.task)) printk(KERN_ERR "UWB: Cannot start management daemon; " "UWB won't work\n"); else @@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ void uwbd_start(struct uwb_rc *rc) /* Stop the UWB daemon and free any unprocessed events */ void uwbd_stop(struct uwb_rc *rc) { - kthread_stop(rc->uwbd.task); + if (!IS_ERR(rc->uwbd.task)) + kthread_stop(rc->uwbd.task); uwbd_flush(rc); } -- 2.14.1.581.gf28d330327-goog -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html