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Message-Id: <20081022115727.ca832616.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:57:27 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, fweisbec@...il.com,
	sagar.abhishek@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, tglx@...utronix.de,
	peterz@...radead.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	srostedt@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] ftrace: return error on failed modified text.

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:43:16 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> Return -1 on failed modified text.
> 

changelog fails to explain the reason for the change.

> +	if (__copy_to_user_inatomic((char __user *)ip, new_code,
> +				    MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE))
> +		return -1;

why not -EFAULT?


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