[PATCH v2 0/2] module: Tweak return and warning
From: Lucas De Marchi
Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 09:20:57 EST
Do not let userspace tools and end users confused on the return code and
log messages.
To: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-modules@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
XXX "from-thread": "20251013-module-warn-ret-v1-0-ab65b41af01f@xxxxxxxxx"
XXX "change-id": "20260324-module-warn-ret-7bde7d4851be",
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Lucas De Marchi (2):
module: Override -EEXISTS module return
module: Simplify warning on positive returns from module_init()
kernel/module/main.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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Best regards,
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Lucas De Marchi <demarchi@xxxxxxxxxx>