patch "uwb: properly check kthread_run return value" added to usb-linus

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

uwb: properly check kthread_run return value

to my usb git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb.git
in the usb-linus branch.

The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree (usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)

The patch will hopefully also be merged in Linus's tree for the next -rc kernel release.

If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.

From: Andrey Konovalov <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:30:55 +0200
Subject: uwb: properly check kthread_run return value

uwbd_start() calls kthread_run() and checks that the return value is not NULL. But the return value is not NULL in case kthread_run() fails, it takes the form of ERR_PTR(-EINTR).

Use IS_ERR() instead.

Also add a check to uwbd_stop().

---
 drivers/uwb/uwbd.c | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

index 01c20a260a8b..39dd4ef53c77 100644
@@ -302,18 +302,22 @@ static int uwbd(void *param)
 /** Start the UWB daemon */
 void uwbd_start(struct uwb_rc *rc)
 {
-	rc->uwbd.task = kthread_run(uwbd, rc, "uwbd");
-	if (rc->uwbd.task == NULL)
+	struct task_struct *task = kthread_run(uwbd, rc, "uwbd");
+	if (IS_ERR(task)) {
+		rc->uwbd.task = NULL;
 		printk(KERN_ERR "UWB: Cannot start management daemon; "
 		       "UWB won't work\n");
-	else
+	} else {
+		rc->uwbd.task = task;
 		rc->uwbd.pid = rc->uwbd.task->pid;
+	}
 }
 
 /* Stop the UWB daemon and free any unprocessed events */
 void uwbd_stop(struct uwb_rc *rc)
 {
-	kthread_stop(rc->uwbd.task);
+	if (rc->uwbd.task)
+		kthread_stop(rc->uwbd.task);
 	uwbd_flush(rc);
 }
 

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