From: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org>
To: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
openipmi-developer@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Openipmi-developer] [PATCH 2.6.15-rc] ipmi: missing NULL test for kthread
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:30:26 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <437B88D2.9060603@acm.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051116173123.GA25777@lists.us.dell.com>
Matt Domsch wrote:
>On IPMI systems with BT interfaces, we don't start the kernel thread,
>so smi_info->thread is NULL. Test for NULL when stopping the thread,
>because kthread_stop() doesn't, and an oops ensues otherwise.
>
>Signed-off-by: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com>
>
>
>
Yes, obvious fix, please apply. I wish I had a system with a BT
interface :(. Of course, then I'd have to find a place to put it, and
I'd have an unhappy wife...
-Corey
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2005-11-16 17:31 [PATCH 2.6.15-rc] ipmi: missing NULL test for kthread Matt Domsch
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