PATCH: Handling failure of dvb_frontend_start in dvb_frontend_open [2.5.69-70]

diff -urN linux-2.5.69-my/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c linux-2.5.69/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  * Or, point your browser to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+ *
+ * Changes:
+ * 03/06/2003:   handling failure of dvb_frontend_start in dvb_frontend_open
+ *               Daniele Bellucci <[email protected]>.
  */
 
 #include <linux/sched.h>

@@ -527,20 +531,21 @@
 
 
 static
-void dvb_frontend_start (struct dvb_frontend_data *fe)
+pid_t dvb_frontend_start (struct dvb_frontend_data *fe)
 {
+	pid_t dvb_kthread;
 	dprintk ("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
 	if (fe->thread)
 		dvb_frontend_stop (fe);
 
 	if (down_interruptible (&fe->sem))
-		return;
+		return -ERESTARTSYS;
 
 	fe->exit = 0;
 	fe->thread = (void*) ~0;
 
-	kernel_thread (dvb_frontend_thread, fe, 0);
+	return kernel_thread (dvb_frontend_thread, fe, 0);
 }
 
 

@@ -610,6 +615,7 @@
 {
 	struct dvb_device *dvbdev = file->private_data;
 	struct dvb_frontend_data *fe = dvbdev->priv;
+	pid_t dvb_kthread;
 	int ret;
 
 	dprintk ("%s\n", __FUNCTION__);

@@ -618,12 +624,18 @@
 		return ret;
 
 	if ((file->f_flags & O_ACCMODE) != O_RDONLY) {
-		dvb_frontend_start (fe);
+		dvb_kthread = dvb_frontend_start (fe);
+		if (dvb_kthread < 0) {
+			ret = dvb_kthread;
+			dvb_generic_release(inode, file);
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 
 		/*  empty event queue */
 		fe->events.eventr = fe->events.eventw;
 	}
-	
+out:
 	return ret;
 }