linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] module: Tweak return and warning

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Message-ID: <20251013-module-warn-ret-v1-0-ab65b41af01f@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 09:26:22 -0700
From: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...el.com>
To: linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...el.com>,
	Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] module: Tweak return and warning

Do not let userspace tools and end users confused on the return code and
log messages.

Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@...el.com>
---
Lucas De Marchi (2):
      module: Override -EEXISTS module return
      module: Simplify warning on positive returns from module_init()

 kernel/module/main.c | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

base-commit: e5f0a698b34ed76002dc5cff3804a61c80233a7a
change-id: 20251013-module-warn-ret-59f085298055

Lucas De Marchi