- ret = kernel_thread(apm, NULL, CLONE_KERNEL | SIGCHLD);
- if (ret < 0) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "apm: disabled - Unable to start kernel thread.\n");
- return -ENOMEM;
+ kapmd_task = kthread_create(apm, NULL, "kapmd");
+ if (IS_ERR(kapmd_task)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "apm: disabled - Unable to start kernel "
+ "thread.\n");
+ err = PTR_ERR(kapmd_task);
+ kapmd_task = NULL;
+ remove_proc_entry("apm", NULL);
+ return err;