Quote: Vmalloc uses Return-Proceed-Retry for event handling; the sign of the return indicates the desired action

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When an event is raised by some operation, … [e.g., Vmalloc's memexcept()] can dictate subsequent actions via return values. These values are … [ref] approach: (i) < 0: the operation will return immediately with … [with default event handling]; and (iii) > 0: the operation will be retried as … [The handler may also print to stderr and system exit].   Google-1   Google-2

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