FAILED: patch "[PATCH] tracing: Fix return value check in trace_benchmark_reg()" failed to apply to 4.9-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 8f0994bb8cbde5452e58ce0cacdbf6cb58079d01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:55:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] tracing: Fix return value check in trace_benchmark_reg()

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().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170112135502.28556-1-weiyj.lk@gmail.com

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 81dc9f0e ("tracing: Add tracepoint benchmark tracepoint")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c b/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c
index e3b488825ae3..e49fbe901cfc 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_benchmark.c
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ int trace_benchmark_reg(void)
 
 	bm_event_thread = kthread_run(benchmark_event_kthread,
 				      NULL, "event_benchmark");
-	if (!bm_event_thread) {
+	if (IS_ERR(bm_event_thread)) {
 		pr_warning("trace benchmark failed to create kernel thread\n");
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return PTR_ERR(bm_event_thread);
 	}
 
 	return 0;