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@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > 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. > + > ret = security_kernel_module_request(module_name); > if (ret) > return ret; > -- > 2.1.0 >