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dm log writes: fix check of kthread_run() return value

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The kthread_run() function returns either a valid task_struct or
ERR_PTR() value, check for NULL is invalid.  This change fixes potential
for oops, e.g. in OOM situation.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@mleia.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
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Vladimir Zapolskiy 2016-03-10 01:22:19 +02:00 committed by Mike Snitzer
parent 7efb367320
commit 91e630d9ae
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c
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@ -459,9 +459,9 @@ static int log_writes_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
goto bad;
}
ret = -EINVAL;
lc->log_kthread = kthread_run(log_writes_kthread, lc, "log-write");
if (!lc->log_kthread) {
if (IS_ERR(lc->log_kthread)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(lc->log_kthread);
ti->error = "Couldn't alloc kthread";
dm_put_device(ti, lc->dev);
dm_put_device(ti, lc->logdev);