From: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 05:39:01 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: Don't die in kthread_create()
X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fb2d506f6f5c582d89596a2d2d1b2cc7d8374a7a;p=bcachefs-tools-debian

Don't die in kthread_create()

Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/linux/kthread.c b/linux/kthread.c
index 65e824b..41bfca2 100644
--- a/linux/kthread.c
+++ b/linux/kthread.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*thread_fn)(void *data),
 
 	ret = pthread_create(&p->thread, &attr, kthread_start_fn, p);
 	if (ret)
-		die("pthread_create error %s", strerror(ret));
+		return ERR_PTR(-ret);
 	pthread_setname_np(p->thread, p->comm);
 	return p;
 }