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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Proposed module init race fix.
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In message <200301150846.AAA01104@adam.yggdrasil.com> you write:
> On 2003-01-15, Rusty Russell wrote:
> >It's possible to start using a module, and then have it fail
> >initialization. In 2.4, this resulted in random behaviour. One
> >solution to this is to make all interfaces two-stage: reserve
> >everything you need (which might fail), the activate them. This
> >means changing about 1600 modules, and deprecating every interface
> >they use.
>
> Could you explain this "random behavior" of 2.4 a bit more?
> As far as I know, if a module's init function fails, it must
> unregister everything that it has registered up to that point.

And if someone's using it, the module gets unloaded underneath them.

Rusty.
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