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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