4.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 8f0994bb8cbde5452e58ce0cacdbf6cb58079d01 upstream. In case of error, the function kthread_run() returns ERR_PTR() and never returns NULL. The NULL test in the return value check should be replaced with IS_ERR(). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170112135502.28556-1-weiyj.lk@xxxxxxxxx Fixes: 81dc9f0e ("tracing: Add tracepoint benchmark tracepoint") Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c @@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ int trace_benchmark_reg(void) bm_event_thread = kthread_run(benchmark_event_kthread, NULL, "event_benchmark"); - if (!bm_event_thread) { + if (IS_ERR(bm_event_thread)) { pr_warning("trace benchmark failed to create kernel thread\n"); - return -ENOMEM; + return PTR_ERR(bm_event_thread); } return 0;