Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] Raceless module interface | Date | Thu, 12 Sep 2002 05:47:57 +0200 |
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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.
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