# \[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 42/56\] scsi: ibmvfc: Fix error return in ibmvfc\_probe()

- From: Sasha Levin \<sashal@kernel.org\>
- Date: 2020-10-18 19:25:12 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2020/10/6142912
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/stable/2020/10/6143075/t.md

```text
From: Jing Xiangfeng <redacted>

[ Upstream commit 5e48a084f4e824e1b624d3fd7ddcf53d2ba69e53 ]

Fix to return error code PTR_ERR() from the error handling case instead of
0.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200907083949.154251-1-jingxiangfeng@huawei.com
Acked-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jing Xiangfeng <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
index 71d53bb239e25..090ab377f65e5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c
@@ -4795,6 +4795,7 @@ static int ibmvfc_probe(struct vio_dev *vdev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 	if (IS_ERR(vhost->work_thread)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Couldn't create kernel thread: %ld\n",
 			PTR_ERR(vhost->work_thread));
+		rc = PTR_ERR(vhost->work_thread);
 		goto free_host_mem;
 	}
 
-- 
2.25.1

```
