[PATCH v2 2/2] module: Simplify warning on positive returns from module_init()

From: Lucas De Marchi

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 09:22:19 EST


It should now be rare to trigger this warning - it doesn't need to be so
verbose. Make it follow the usual style in the module loading code.

For the same reason, drop the dump_stack().

Suggested-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <demarchi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/module/main.c | 10 +++-------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 3b60b7cda329..5aeb5af584b4 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -3055,13 +3055,9 @@ static noinline int do_init_module(struct module *mod)

goto fail_free_freeinit;
}
- if (ret > 0) {
- pr_warn("%s: '%s'->init suspiciously returned %d, it should "
- "follow 0/-E convention\n"
- "%s: loading module anyway...\n",
- __func__, mod->name, ret, __func__);
- dump_stack();
- }
+ if (ret > 0)
+ pr_warn("%s: init suspiciously returned %d, it should follow 0/-E convention\n",
+ mod->name, ret);

/* Now it's a first class citizen! */
mod->state = MODULE_STATE_LIVE;

--
2.53.0