Re: [regression] nf_iterate(), BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference

[Herbert Xu]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 12:47:19PM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
>
> Let's try this again: did you know that ksize could fail depending on
> kernel configuration? Most of us would answer no. That suggests the API
> is bad. This ranks 12 on Rusty's spectrum of user-friendly APIs:

I think you misunderstood my argument.  I never suggested changing
the existing ksize interface to return an error onto unsuspecting
users.  I suggested creating a new interface that is explicitly
designed to return an error if the underlying implementation
is unable to support this.

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