linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ftrace:fix check for return value of register_module

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Date:	Mon, 18 May 2009 08:54:12 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	tom.leiming@...il.com
CC:	rostedt@...dmis.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ftrace:fix check for return value of register_module_notifier

tom.leiming@...il.com wrote:
> From: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
> 
> return zero should be correct, so fix it.
> 

Nice catch.

We have those bogus warnings:

 $ dmesg | grep Failed
 Failed to register trace ftrace module notifier
 Failed to register trace events module notifier

Could you fix the same bug in event_trace_init()?

> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/ftrace.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> index 5b606f4..140699a 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c
> @@ -2826,7 +2826,7 @@ void __init ftrace_init(void)
>  				  __stop_mcount_loc);
>  
>  	ret = register_module_notifier(&ftrace_module_nb);
> -	if (!ret)
> +	if (ret)
>  		pr_warning("Failed to register trace ftrace module notifier\n");
>  
>  	return;
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