linux-kernel - [PATCH] Whine about suspicious return values from module's ->init() hook

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Date:	Mon, 4 Feb 2008 18:42:15 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>
To:	akpm@...l.org
Cc:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Whine about suspicious return values from module's ->init() hook

One head-scratching session could be noticeably shorter with this patch...

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>
---

 kernel/module.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -2171,6 +2171,12 @@ sys_init_module(void __user *umod,
 		wake_up(&module_wq);
 		return ret;
 	}
+	if (ret > 0) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: '%s'->init suspiciously returned %d\n"
+		       KERN_WARNING "%s: loading module anyway...\n",
+		       __func__, mod->name, ret,
+		       __func__);
+	}
 
 	/* Now it's a first class citizen! */
 	mutex_lock(&module_mutex);

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