Re: [KJ] audit return code handling for kernel_thread [8/11]

[Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>]

nhorman@tuxdriver.com wrote:
> --- a/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
> +++ b/drivers/ieee1394/nodemgr.c
> @@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ static ssize_t fw_set_rescan(struct bus_
>  	 * something stupid and spawn this a lot of times, but that's
>  	 * root's fault. */
>  	if (state == 1)
> -		kernel_thread(nodemgr_rescan_bus_thread, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL);
> +		if (kernel_thread(nodemgr_rescan_bus_thread, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL) < 0)
> +			printk(KERN_WARNING "Could not start 1394 bus rescan thread\n");
>  
>  	return count;
>  }

Thanks, but (a) we don't need the warnig and (b) we even don't need to 
spawn a thread at this point. This call to kernel_thread has been 
removed from git-ieee1394 and -mm earlier this month.
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/bcollins/linux1394-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=40fd89cc54a8a67c81b5aa40b22c4f40b39e47b9
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=115189722112717
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