Hi,
(I take it as a good sign that I'm not in your .procmailrc yet. :-) )
Rusty Russell wrote:
> > > disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_UP;
> > > blk_register_region(MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor), disk->minors,
> > > NULL, exact_match, exact_lock, disk);
> >
> > blk_register_region() allocates memory, which can fail?
>
> Looks like. But the semantics are the same as before, for better or worse. 8(
This means add_disk() can fail and according to your rules it can only
be called once. If add_disk() would called a second time, the module
would be live and add_disk() were not allowed to fail anymore.
bye, Roman
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