linux-kernel - [PATCH] emu10k1: correctly handling failed thread creation

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:51:37 -0500
From:	Insu Yun <wuninsu@...il.com>
To:	perex@...ex.cz, tiwai@...e.com, michael@...noth.net,
	lambert.quentin@...il.com, pzubaj@...ticonet.sk,
	alsa-devel@...a-project.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	taesoo@...ech.edu, yeongjin.jang@...ech.edu, insu@...ech.edu,
	changwoo@...ech.edu, Insu Yun <wuninsu@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] emu10k1: correctly handling failed thread creation

Since kthread_create can be failed, it needs to check 
whether error occurred and return error code.

Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@...il.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);
+		}
+
 		wake_up_process(emu->emu1010.firmware_thread);
 	}
 
-- 
1.9.1