Messages in this thread | | | From | Luis Chamberlain <> | Date | Fri, 17 Apr 2020 23:48:46 -0600 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/4] kmod: Return directly if module name is empty in request_module() |
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 11:45 PM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 01:19:59PM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote: > > If module name is empty, it is better to return directly at the beginning > > of request_module() without doing the needless call_modprobe() operation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn> > > --- > > kernel/kmod.c | 5 +++++ > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c > > index 3cd075c..5851444 100644 > > --- a/kernel/kmod.c > > +++ b/kernel/kmod.c > > @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ > > > > #include <trace/events/module.h> > > > > +#define MODULE_NOT_FOUND 256 > > + > > /* > > * Assuming: > > * > > @@ -144,6 +146,9 @@ int __request_module(bool wait, const char *fmt, ...) > > if (ret >= MODULE_NAME_LEN) > > return -ENAMETOOLONG; > > > > + if (strlen(module_name) == 0) > > + return MODULE_NOT_FOUND; > > I'd rather we just use something standard like -EINVAL. > What do we return if its not found? Then use that value.
Also, are we testing for this condition yet? If not can we add one?
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