The patch titled
pnpbios: propagate kthread_run() error
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
pnpbios-propagate-kthread_run-error.patch
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Subject: pnpbios: propagate kthread_run() error
From: Erik Ekman <erik@xxxxxxx>
- Error code from kthread_run() is now returned in pnpbios_thread_init()
- Remove variable which always was 0.
Signed-off-by: Erik Ekman <erik@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c~pnpbios-propagate-kthread_run-error drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c
--- a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c~pnpbios-propagate-kthread_run-error
+++ a/drivers/pnp/pnpbios/core.c
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ struct pnp_dev_node_info node_info;
#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG
-static int unloading = 0;
static struct completion unload_sem;
/*
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ static int pnp_dock_thread(void *unused)
int docked = -1, d = 0;
set_freezable();
- while (!unloading) {
+ while (1) {
int status;
/*
@@ -586,8 +585,8 @@ static int __init pnpbios_thread_init(vo
struct task_struct *task;
init_completion(&unload_sem);
task = kthread_run(pnp_dock_thread, NULL, "kpnpbiosd");
- if (!IS_ERR(task))
- unloading = 0;
+ if (IS_ERR(task))
+ return PTR_ERR(task);
}
#endif
return 0;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from erik@xxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
pnpbios-fix-warning-if-no-hotplug.patch
pnpbios-propagate-kthread_run-error.patch
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