rpjday at crashcourse
Jul 4, 2009, 9:38 AM
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value of returning positive error code from module_init()?
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whoops, i forgot to ask this as well. accidentally, i returned a
positive value from a module_init() routine, which loaded the module
and generated in /var/log/messages:
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Jul 4 12:34:43 localhost kernel: hi module being loaded.
Jul 4 12:34:43 localhost kernel: sys_init_module: 'hi'->init
suspiciously returned 42, it should follow 0/-E convention
Jul 4 12:34:43 localhost kernel: sys_init_module: loading module
anyway...
Jul 4 12:34:43 localhost kernel: Pid: 3881, comm: insmod Tainted: G
M 2.6.29.5-191.fc11.x86_64 #1
Jul 4 12:34:43 localhost kernel: Call Trace:
Jul 4 12:34:43 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8106f33b>]
sys_init_module+0x13e/0x1cd
Jul 4 12:34:43 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8101133a>]
system_call_fastpath+0x16
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i'd never seen that before, i guess because i never returned a
positive error code. is there a tradition for returning positive
values? for what purpose? thanks.
rday
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