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| author | NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> | 2015-09-09 15:38:10 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -0700 |
| commit | 60b61a6f42f36e4fbfbc0139b7e86ce1494d2d9b (patch) | |
| tree | 2f9db61076813c5cc36e66b1a046a1c90cd69b42 /kernel/kmod.c | |
| parent | b4cc0efea4f0bfa2477c56af406cfcf3d3e58680 (diff) | |
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kmod: correct documentation of return status of request_module
If request_module() successfully runs modprobe, but modprobe exits with a
non-zero status, then the return value from request_module() will be that
(positive) error status. So the return from request_module can be:
negative errno
zero for success
positive exit code.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Cc: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@suse.de>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/kmod.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/kmod.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c index 2777f40a9c7b..1734ba61ff23 100644 --- a/kernel/kmod.c +++ b/kernel/kmod.c @@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ out: * @...: arguments as specified in the format string * * Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns - * zero on success or a negative errno code on failure. Note that a - * successful module load does not mean the module did not then unload - * and exit on an error of its own. Callers must check that the service - * they requested is now available not blindly invoke it. + * zero on success or a negative errno code or positive exit code from + * "modprobe" on failure. Note that a successful module load does not mean + * the module did not then unload and exit on an error of its own. Callers + * must check that the service they requested is now available not blindly + * invoke it. * * If module auto-loading support is disabled then this function * becomes a no-operation. |