linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.5 070/103] [media] saa7164: fix return value check in saa7164

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Message-Id: <1387304012-23805-71-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:12:59 +0000
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>,
	Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.5 070/103] [media] saa7164: fix return value check in saa7164_initdev()

3.5.7.28 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>

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@...ndmicro.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hans.verkuil@...co.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <m.chehab@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/media/video/saa7164/saa7164-core.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa7164/saa7164-core.c b/drivers/media/video/saa7164/saa7164-core.c
index 3b7d7b4..8f3c47e 100644
--- 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(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 		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 */
-- 
1.8.3.2

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