Re: [PATCH] Proposed module init race fix.

From: Werner Almesberger (wa@almesberger.net)
Date: Wed Jan 15 2003 - 21:55:01 EST

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Rusty Russell wrote:
> And see remove_proc_entry, or notifier_chain_unregister for
> counterexamples. No doubt there are others.

Perhaps some convenient include file should contain something like
this:

#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL
#define whistleblower() \
printk(KERN_ERR "this interface may call back after deregistration\n");
#else
#define whistleblower() /* no failure is silent in Oopsland */
#endif

? ;-)

- Werner

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