3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 89f4d45b2752df5d222b5f63919ce59e2d8afaf4 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(). Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@xxxxxxxxxxx> [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust filename] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jianguo Wu <wujianguo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/video/saa7164/saa7164-core.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/media/video/saa7164/saa7164-core.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/saa7164/saa7164-core.c @@ -1386,9 +1386,11 @@ static int __devinit saa7164_initdev(str if (fw_debug) { dev->kthread = kthread_run(saa7164_thread_function, dev, "saa7164 debug"); - if (!dev->kthread) + if (IS_ERR(dev->kthread)) { + dev->kthread = NULL; printk(KERN_ERR "%s() Failed to create " "debug kernel thread\n", __func__); + } } } /* != BOARD_UNKNOWN */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html