Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] rv/reactors: propagate rv_register_reactor() error from reactor init

[Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 2026-08-03 at 02:43 +0800, wen.yang@linux.dev wrote:
> From: Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev>
> 
> Both register_react_printk() and register_react_panic() ignore the
> return value of rv_register_reactor() and always return 0.  If the
> registration fails (e.g. a duplicate reactor name), the init functions
> silently report success even though the reactor was not registered.
> 
> Propagate the error from rv_register_reactor() so a failed registration
> is reported instead of being silently ignored.

Reviewed-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>

> 
> Suggested-by: Gabriele Monaco <gmonaco@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <wen.yang@linux.dev>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c  | 3 +--
>  kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c | 3 +--
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c b/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c
> index 76537b8a4343..db7116ceafff 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_panic.c
> @@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ static struct rv_reactor rv_panic = {
>  
>  static int __init register_react_panic(void)
>  {
> -	rv_register_reactor(&rv_panic);
> -	return 0;
> +	return rv_register_reactor(&rv_panic);
>  }
>  
>  static void __exit unregister_react_panic(void)
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c
> b/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c
> index 48c934e315b3..002a10f6aa7b 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/rv/reactor_printk.c
> @@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ static struct rv_reactor rv_printk = {
>  
>  static int __init register_react_printk(void)
>  {
> -	rv_register_reactor(&rv_printk);
> -	return 0;
> +	return rv_register_reactor(&rv_printk);
>  }
>  
>  static void __exit unregister_react_printk(void)