This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ring-buffer: Fix return value check in test_ringbuffer()
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ring-buffer-fix-return-value-check-in-test_ringbuffer.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 62277de758b155dc04b78f195a1cb5208c37b2df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 17:33:59 +0000
Subject: ring-buffer: Fix return value check in test_ringbuffer()
From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 62277de758b155dc04b78f195a1cb5208c37b2df 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/1466184839-14927-1-git-send-email-weiyj_lk@xxxxxxx
Fixes: 6c43e554a ("ring-buffer: Add ring buffer startup selftest")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -4870,9 +4870,9 @@ static __init int test_ringbuffer(void)
rb_data[cpu].cnt = cpu;
rb_threads[cpu] = kthread_create(rb_test, &rb_data[cpu],
"rbtester/%d", cpu);
- if (WARN_ON(!rb_threads[cpu])) {
+ if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(rb_threads[cpu]))) {
pr_cont("FAILED\n");
- ret = -1;
+ ret = PTR_ERR(rb_threads[cpu]);
goto out_free;
}
@@ -4882,9 +4882,9 @@ static __init int test_ringbuffer(void)
/* Now create the rb hammer! */
rb_hammer = kthread_run(rb_hammer_test, NULL, "rbhammer");
- if (WARN_ON(!rb_hammer)) {
+ if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(rb_hammer))) {
pr_cont("FAILED\n");
- ret = -1;
+ ret = PTR_ERR(rb_hammer);
goto out_free;
}
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/ring-buffer-fix-return-value-check-in-test_ringbuffer.patch