Re: [PATCH] libcephfs: return error when not mounted

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On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Noah Watkins <jayhawk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On May 14, 2012, at 10:34 AM, Sage Weil wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 14 May 2012, Noah Watkins wrote:
>>> On May 14, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Tommi Virtanen wrote:
>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Noah Watkins <jayhawk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Return an error rather than a segfault if a client uses the interface
>>>>> when unmounted. The Java bindings were explicitly enforcing the
>>>>> mounted state, but this was overly complicated, uncommon, and better
>>>>> handled with a simple exception that can be checked at libcephfs level.
>>>> ...
>>>>> +  if (!cmount->is_mounted())
>>>>> +    return -EDOM;
>>>>
>>>> Noah, this is not really about your patch, as existing code already
>>>> has return -EDOM, but... oh boy does the API abuse POSIX errors.
>>>>
>>>> "Numerical argument out of domain".
>>>
>>> :)  Yeh, i stared at errno.h for a while. Note that -EDOM is already
>>> returned by mount() when it is already mounted.
>>
>> Given the small number of libcephfs users, let's not be afraid to change
>> it to something better.
>
> -ENOTCONN replace -EDOM for this patch
> -EISCONN  replace -EDOM for mount() when already mounted?

I haven't had the chance to go over everything thoroughly (I notice a
few other users of EDOM that I want to check out), but those
definitely sound better to me.
More better review comments later today.
-Greg
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