linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 39/52] scsi: ibmvfc: Fix error return in ibmvfc

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Date:   Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:25:16 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jing Xiangfeng <jingxiangfeng@...wei.com>,
        Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.14 39/52] scsi: ibmvfc: Fix error return in ibmvfc_probe()

From: Jing Xiangfeng <jingxiangfeng@...wei.com>

[ Upstream commit 5e48a084f4e824e1b624d3fd7ddcf53d2ba69e53 ]

Fix to return error code PTR_ERR() from the error handling case instead of
0.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200907083949.154251-1-jingxiangfeng@huawei.com
Acked-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@...ux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jing Xiangfeng <jingxiangfeng@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index 34612add3829f..dbacd9830d3df 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -4797,6 +4797,7 @@ static int ibmvfc_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	if (IS_ERR(vhost->work_thread)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't create kernel thread: %ld\n",
 			PTR_ERR(vhost->work_thread));
+		rc = PTR_ERR(vhost->work_thread);
 		goto free_host_mem;
 	}
 
-- 
2.25.1