From 3e88c17d404c5787afd5bd1763380317f5ccbf84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Herbert Poetzl Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:37:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] loop: potential kernel hang waiting for kthread Check that kernel_thread() succeeded, so we don't wait for something which cannot happen. Signed-off-by: Herbert Poetzl Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/block/loop.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index 74bf0255e9..9c3b94e8f0 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -839,7 +839,9 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct file *lo_file, set_blocksize(bdev, lo_blocksize); - kernel_thread(loop_thread, lo, CLONE_KERNEL); + error = kernel_thread(loop_thread, lo, CLONE_KERNEL); + if (error < 0) + goto out_putf; wait_for_completion(&lo->lo_done); return 0; -- 2.39.5