[Olsr-dev] plugin initialisation

[Henning Rogge]

On Wednesday 08 December 2010 09:26:08 Ferry Huberts wrote:
> On 12/08/2010 09:15 AM, Ferry Huberts wrote:
> > Hi list,
> > 
> > I'm writing a plugin and have a question about plugin initialisation:
> > it seems that the return value of the plugin init function is not
> > checked in plugin_loader::init_olsr_plugin on line 303.
> > 
> > Is this on purpose or an oversight?
> > 
> > My plugin can fail init but currently olsrd still starts up in that case.
> 
> PS. this is on stable
> 
> the function definition is in plugin_loader.h, line 52
I think the problem is that there is no good reaction at the moment for a 
failed initialization. If the plugin author (you for example) knows that OLSRd 
cannot work without the plugin, then he can just call olsr_exit() to stop the 
initialization process.

We have been thinking about a "fail fast startup" parameter for 0.7.0, which 
would kill OLSRd in reaction to the result of initialization.

Henning Rogge

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