linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: add error handling for try_module

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jun 2018 11:23:29 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>
Cc:     Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
        Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        "open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tty: serial: add error handling for try_module_get

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 7:50 AM, Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com> wrote:
> When try_module_get fails, the lack of error-handling code may
> cause unexpected results.

What results? What is recovery approach here?
How printing message change a behaviour?

> This patch adds error-handling code after calling try_module_get.

> +       if (!kgdb_connected) {
> +               if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
> +                       printk(KERN_ERR "kgdboc: cannot get module.\n");

So, what's wrong with pr_err() ?

> +       }

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko