Check the return value of fork_idle() to catch error. Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@xxxxxxxxx> --- arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) Index: 2.6-git/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c =================================================================== --- 2.6-git.orig/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c +++ 2.6-git/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c @@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ static int __devinit smp_boot_one_cpu(un int timeout, ret; p = fork_idle(cpu); + if (IS_ERR(p)) + return PTR_ERR(p); callin_flag = 0; cpu_new_thread = task_thread_info(p); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html