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-rw-r--r--arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
index 669124d5290b..b3f320a129e3 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static int winch_tramp(int fd, struct tty_port *port, int *fd_out,
unsigned long *stack_out)
{
struct winch_data data;
- int fds[2], n, err;
+ int fds[2], n, err, pid;
char c;
err = os_pipe(fds, 1, 1);
@@ -238,8 +238,9 @@ static int winch_tramp(int fd, struct tty_port *port, int *fd_out,
* problem with /dev/net/tun, which if held open by this
* thread, prevents the TUN/TAP device from being reused.
*/
- err = run_helper_thread(winch_thread, &data, CLONE_FILES, stack_out);
- if (err < 0) {
+ pid = run_helper_thread(winch_thread, &data, CLONE_FILES, stack_out);
+ if (pid < 0) {
+ err = pid;
printk(UM_KERN_ERR "fork of winch_thread failed - errno = %d\n",
-err);
goto out_close;
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ static int winch_tramp(int fd, struct tty_port *port, int *fd_out,
goto out_close;
}
- return err;
+ return pid;
out_close:
close(fds[1]);