[PATCH v2] emu10k1: correctly handling failed thread creation
From: Insu Yun
Date: Fri Jan 29 2016 - 10:53:35 EST
Since kthread_create can be failed, it needs to check
whether error occurred and return error code.
Signed-off-by: Insu Yun <wuninsu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
index 28e2f8b..8914534 100644
--- a/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
+++ b/sound/pci/emu10k1/emu10k1_main.c
@@ -1141,6 +1141,14 @@ 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)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(emu->emu1010.firmware_thread);
+ emu->emu1010.firmware_thread = NULL;
+ dev_info(emu->card->dev,
+ "emu1010: Creating thread failed\n");
+ return err;
+ }
+
wake_up_process(emu->emu1010.firmware_thread);
}
--
1.9.1