linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] exec: Fix incorrect type for ret

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Message-ID: <ab8d12b7-7013-48d8-8fd4-fdafd514f4a9@web.de>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:18:51 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Xichao Zhao <zhao.xichao@...o.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
 Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] exec: Fix incorrect type for ret

…
> The ret might take a negative value. Therefore, its type should
> be changed to int.

See also:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.17-rc3#n94

Regards,
Markus