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ipmi:ssif: NULL thread on error

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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: 75c486cb1b ("ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 91eb7ec726: ipmi:ssif: Remove unnecessary indention
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <corey@minyard.net>
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Corey Minyard
2026-04-21 06:50:22 -05:00
parent 09dd798270
commit a8aebe93a4
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drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
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@@ -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);