Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test6: more __init bugs | From | "Robert T. Johnson" <> | Date | 30 Sep 2003 17:02:03 -0700 |
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On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 02:42, Corey Minyard wrote: > This is not actually a bug, but it may be bad style (and thus could lead > to a bug). It is possible that something that uses IPMI can do some > IPMI things before IPMI is initialized. This can only happen during > initialization, though. Thus the check; once IPMI is initialized the > function will never be called. > > What's the opinion on this? Should I just force IPMI users to > initialize after IPMI?
Thanks for looking at it. Would it be reasonable to fail if a client tries to use the ipmi interface before it is initialized? That would be a simple change, e.g.:
if (!initialized) return -ENODEV;
Best, Rob
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