> > I think we still want to make sure that the module author has explicitly
> > accounted for all of the hooks, in case new hooks are added.
>
> But with this patch, if the module author hasn't specified a hook, they
> get the "dummy" ones. So the structure should always be full of
> pointers, making the VERIFY_STRUCT macro pointless.
Yes, but defaulting unspecified hooks to dummy operations could be
dangerous. A module might appear to compile and run perfectly well, but
be missing some important new hook.
- James
-- James Morris <jmorris@intercode.com.au>
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