FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ipmi:ssif: NULL thread on error" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-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>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x a8aebe93a4938c0ca1941eeaae821738f869be3d
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026051540-path-mulled-0e19@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From a8aebe93a4938c0ca1941eeaae821738f869be3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:50:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ipmi:ssif: NULL thread on error

Cleanup code was checking the thread for NULL, but it was possibly
a PTR_ERR() in one spot.

Spotted with static analysis.

Link: https://sourceforge.net/p/openipmi/mailman/message/59324676/
Fixes: 75c486cb1bca ("ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 91eb7ec72612: ipmi:ssif: Remove unnecessary indention
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index f3798f4e6a63..f419b46bf002 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -1905,6 +1905,7 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 					"kssif%4.4x", thread_num);
 	if (IS_ERR(ssif_info->thread)) {
 		rv = PTR_ERR(ssif_info->thread);
+		ssif_info->thread = NULL;
 		dev_notice(&ssif_info->client->dev,
 			   "Could not start kernel thread: error %d\n",
 			   rv);