[PATCH] ring-buffer: Fix return value check in test_ringbuffer()

[weiyj_lk]

From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 9c14373..f30847a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -4870,9 +4870,9 @@ static __init int test_ringbuffer(void)
 		rb_data[cpu].cnt = cpu;
 		rb_threads[cpu] = kthread_create(rb_test, &rb_data[cpu],
 						 "rbtester/%d", cpu);
-		if (WARN_ON(!rb_threads[cpu])) {
+		if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(rb_threads[cpu]))) {
 			pr_cont("FAILED\n");
-			ret = -1;
+			ret = PTR_ERR(rb_threads[cpu]);
 			goto out_free;
 		}
 
@@ -4882,9 +4882,9 @@ static __init int test_ringbuffer(void)
 
 	/* Now create the rb hammer! */
 	rb_hammer = kthread_run(rb_hammer_test, NULL, "rbhammer");
-	if (WARN_ON(!rb_hammer)) {
+	if (WARN_ON(IS_ERR(rb_hammer))) {
 		pr_cont("FAILED\n");
-		ret = -1;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(rb_hammer);
 		goto out_free;
 	}