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-rw-r--r--kernel/vhost_task.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/vhost_task.c b/kernel/vhost_task.c
index 8800f5acc007..27107dcc1cbf 100644
--- a/kernel/vhost_task.c
+++ b/kernel/vhost_task.c
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ void vhost_task_stop(struct vhost_task *vtsk)
* freeing it below.
*/
wait_for_completion(&vtsk->exited);
+ put_task_struct(vtsk->task);
kfree(vtsk);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_task_stop);
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_task_stop);
* @arg: data to be passed to fn and handled_kill
* @name: the thread's name
*
- * This returns a specialized task for use by the vhost layer or NULL on
+ * This returns a specialized task for use by the vhost layer or ERR_PTR() on
* failure. The returned task is inactive, and the caller must fire it up
* through vhost_task_start().
*/
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ struct vhost_task *vhost_task_create(bool (*fn)(void *),
vtsk = kzalloc(sizeof(*vtsk), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!vtsk)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
init_completion(&vtsk->exited);
mutex_init(&vtsk->exit_mutex);
vtsk->data = arg;
@@ -145,10 +146,10 @@ struct vhost_task *vhost_task_create(bool (*fn)(void *),
tsk = copy_process(NULL, 0, NUMA_NO_NODE, &args);
if (IS_ERR(tsk)) {
kfree(vtsk);
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_CAST(tsk);
}
- vtsk->task = tsk;
+ vtsk->task = get_task_struct(tsk);
return vtsk;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vhost_task_create);