> Nonetheless, the requirement for user space to test the condition after
> the registration, not before, is subtle. A program which does these in
> the wrong order is still likely to pass QA and will fail in production
> in a way that will be difficult to diagnose. There is no rational
> reason for the kernel to not test the condition upon registration.
All APIs have their own specifications and if you do not follow them, or
you're using a different interfacing just because the name looks similar
to other APIs, you're going to have problems. The problem it's not inside
the API but inside the user ...
- Davide
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