Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:35:26 +0100 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libutil Makefile kld.3 kld.c libutil.h Message-ID: <20060218173526.GC849@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <8664ncr2zz.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <200602181125.k1IBPSBu021102@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060218114331.GA849@garage.freebsd.pl> <86accor6wh.fsf@xps.des.no> <20060218172241.GB849@garage.freebsd.pl> <8664ncr2zz.fsf@xps.des.no>
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On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 06:27:44PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
+> Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> writes:
+> > It doesn't change your API, just extends it. With this change I'll be
+> > able to use this functions in geom(8) without wrappers around them.
+> > And this is the whole point of having them, right?
+>
+> Please tell me what semantics you want instead of expecting me to read
+> your mind.
There are some cases where you cannot decide which module to load,
because it is provided at run-time.
In geom(8) I've something like this currently:
static void
load_module(void)
{
char name1[64], name2[64];
snprintf(name1, sizeof(name1), "g_%s", class_name);
snprintf(name2, sizeof(name2), "geom_%s", class_name);
if (modfind(name1) < 0) {
/* Not present in kernel, try loading it. */
if (kldload(name2) < 0 || modfind(name1) < 0) {
if (errno != EEXIST) {
errx(EXIT_FAILURE,
"%s module not available!", name2);
}
}
}
}
Changing it to the version below doesn't really buy me anything:
static void
load_module(void)
{
char name1[64], name2[64];
snprintf(name1, sizeof(name1), "g_%s", class_name);
snprintf(name2, sizeof(name2), "geom_%s", class_name);
if (!kld_isloaded(name1) && kld_load(name2) == -1)
err(1, "failed to load %s module", name2);
}
But changing it to the code below, or removing load_module entirely looks
like improvement:
static void
load_module(void)
{
if (!kld_isloaded("g_%s", class_name) &&
kld_load("geom_%s", class_name) == -1) {
err(1, "failed to load geom_%s module", class_name);
}
}
Yet another option is to reimplement kld_load(3) to:
kld_load(const char *modname, const char *kldname);
(and eventually remove kld_isloaded(3)).
--
Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl
pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!
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