Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 11 Sep 2002 23:53:48 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Raceless module interface |
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On Thursday 12 September 2002 05:13, Rusty Russell wrote: > > B) We do not handle the "half init problem" where a module fails to load, eg. > > a = register_xxx(); > > b = register_yyy(); > > if (!b) { > > unregister_xxx(a); > > return -EBARF; > > } > > Someone can start using "a", and we are in trouble when we remove > > the failed module. > > No we are not. The module remains in the 'stopped' state > throughout the entire initialization process, as it should and > does, in my model.
Bzzzert. At the very least, for block devices we need to be able to open disks during module initialization.
Al, fully expecting a stack of mind-boggling (and broken) kludges to be posted...
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