[Bug documentation/11224] setting module arguments needs to be tested/documented

["jistone at redhat dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From jistone at redhat dot com  2010-02-03 21:36 -------
(In reply to comment #6)
> [...] it seems like if we are going to make this feature optional it would
> be safer as opt-in rather than opt-out.

I agree, and I would prefer for this to be more explicit than just whether it
was initialized or not.  One possibility is a new keyword to augment or replace
the global keyword for parameterized variables. (e.g. extern/param/...)

> Also, it would be nice from a user/scripting perspective if staprun one.ko
> nonexistant_variable=a would run with a warning instead of terminating with an
> error :)

I disagree, because then you get the class of bug reports like "Why doesn't
setting this parameter change anything?  Oh, because I used the wrong name..."

I think this is not under our control anyway, because we're using the kernel's
module-parameter facility.  We could perhaps improve the error message though.

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