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

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Message-Id: <200802051443.31783.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2008 14:43:31 +1100
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Whine about suspicious return values from module's ->init() hook

On Tuesday 05 February 2008 02:42:15 Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> One head-scratching session could be noticeably shorter with this patch...
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...ru>

If we want to prevent > 0 returns, let's just BUG_ON().

Thanks,
Rusty.
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