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-rw-r--r--drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c16
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
index 4cad5c4cf941..7fa84b64a2ae 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-ir-raw.c
@@ -502,12 +502,18 @@ int ir_raw_event_register(struct rc_dev *dev)
dev->change_protocol = change_protocol;
INIT_KFIFO(dev->raw->kfifo);
- dev->raw->thread = kthread_run(ir_raw_event_thread, dev->raw,
- "rc%u", dev->minor);
+ /*
+ * raw transmitters do not need any event registration
+ * because the event is coming from userspace
+ */
+ if (dev->driver_type != RC_DRIVER_IR_RAW_TX) {
+ dev->raw->thread = kthread_run(ir_raw_event_thread, dev->raw,
+ "rc%u", dev->minor);
- if (IS_ERR(dev->raw->thread)) {
- rc = PTR_ERR(dev->raw->thread);
- goto out;
+ if (IS_ERR(dev->raw->thread)) {
+ rc = PTR_ERR(dev->raw->thread);
+ goto out;
+ }
}
mutex_lock(&ir_raw_handler_lock);