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SubjectRe: [PATCH] emu10k1: correctly handling failed thread creation
On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 00:51:37 +0100,
Insu Yun wrote:
>
> Since kthread_create can be failed, it needs to check
> whether error occurred and return error code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@gmail.com>
> ---
> sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
> index 28e2f8b..b9eac15 100644
> --- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
> +++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
> @@ -1141,6 +1141,12 @@ static int snd_emu10k1_emu1010_init(struct snd_emu10k1 *emu)
> emu->emu1010.firmware_thread =
> kthread_create(emu1010_firmware_thread, emu,
> "emu1010_firmware");
> + if (IS_ERR(emu->emu1010.firmware_thread)) {
> + dev_info(emu->card->dev,
> + "emu1010: Creating thread failed\n");
> + return PTR_ERR(emu->emu1010.firmware_thread);

It needs to NULL-clear emu->emu1010.firmware_thread after this, since
kthread_stop() is called for non-NULL case in the destructor. Could
you fix it and resubmit?


thanks,

Takashi

> + }
> +
> wake_up_process(emu->emu1010.firmware_thread);
> }
>
> --
> 1.9.1
>
>

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