linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] net/ipv4: UDP-Lite extensions

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Date:	Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:22:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	gerrit@....abdn.ac.uk
cc:	davem@...emloft.net, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi, kaber@...eworks.de,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/3] net/ipv4: UDP-Lite extensions

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, gerrit@....abdn.ac.uk wrote:

> +void __init udplite4_register(void)
> +{
> +	if (proto_register(&udplite_prot, 1))
> +		goto out_register_err;
> +
> +	if (inet_add_protocol(&udplite_protocol, IPPROTO_UDPLITE) < 0)
> +		goto out_unregister_proto;
> +
> +	inet_register_protosw(&udplite4_protosw);
> +
> +	return;
> +
> +out_unregister_proto:
> +	proto_unregister(&udplite_prot);
> +out_register_err:
> +	printk(KERN_ERR "udplite4_register: Cannot add UDP-Lite protocol\n");
> +}

Other protocols & network components call panic() if they fail during boot 
initialization.  Not sure if this is a great thing, but it raises the 
issue of whether udp-lite should remain consistent here.



- James
-- 
James Morris
<jmorris@...ei.org>
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