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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Matt Domsch Software Architect Dell Linux Solutions linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux Linux on Dell mailing lists @ http://lists.us.dell.com diff -urNp --exclude-from=/home/mdomsch/excludes --minimal linux-2.6/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c linux-2.6.ipmi/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c --- linux-2.6/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c Wed Nov 16 08:45:57 2005 +++ linux-2.6.ipmi/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c Wed Nov 16 08:49:12 2005 @@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ static void setup_xaction_handlers(struc static inline void wait_for_timer_and_thread(struct smi_info *smi_info) { - if (smi_info->thread != ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) + if (smi_info->thread != NULL && smi_info->thread != ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) kthread_stop(smi_info->thread); del_timer_sync(&smi_info->si_timer); } ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click _______________________________________________ Openipmi-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer
