From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751609AbZAYXHe (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:07:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750781AbZAYXH0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:07:26 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:42828 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750775AbZAYXHZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:07:25 -0500 Subject: patch staging-usbip-usbip_start_threads-handle-kernel_thread-failure.patch added to gregkh-2.6 tree To: roel.kluin@gmail.com, gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:00:58 -0800 In-Reply-To: <494C222A.8050507@gmail.com> Message-ID: <12329244581987@kroah.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Subject: Staging: usbip: usbip_start_threads(): handle kernel_thread failure to my gregkh-2.6 tree. Its filename is staging-usbip-usbip_start_threads-handle-kernel_thread-failure.patch This tree can be found at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/gregkh-2.6/patches/ >>From roel.kluin@gmail.com Sun Jan 25 14:35:50 2009 From: Roel Kluin Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:37:30 +0100 Subject: Staging: usbip: usbip_start_threads(): handle kernel_thread failure To: Greg KH Cc: lkml Message-ID: <494C222A.8050507@gmail.com> kernel_thread may fail, notice this. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c +++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/usbip_common.c @@ -406,8 +406,20 @@ void usbip_start_threads(struct usbip_de /* * threads are invoked per one device (per one connection). */ - kernel_thread(usbip_thread, (void *)&ud->tcp_rx, 0); - kernel_thread(usbip_thread, (void *)&ud->tcp_tx, 0); + int retval; + + retval = kernel_thread(usbip_thread, (void *)&ud->tcp_rx, 0); + if (retval < 0) { + printk(KERN_ERR "Creating tcp_rx thread for ud %p failed.\n", + ud); + return; + } + retval = kernel_thread(usbip_thread, (void *)&ud->tcp_tx, 0); + if (retval < 0) { + printk(KERN_ERR "Creating tcp_tx thread for ud %p failed.\n", + ud); + return; + } /* confirm threads are starting */ wait_for_completion(&ud->tcp_rx.thread_done); Patches currently in gregkh-2.6 which might be from roel.kluin@gmail.com are staging/staging-meilhaus-unsigned-won-t-get-negative-after-subtraction.patch staging/staging-otus-logical-bit-and-confusion.patch staging/staging-usbip-usbip_start_threads-handle-kernel_thread-failure.patch