On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 05:28:11PM +0200, Mika Kuoppala wrote:
> If we manage to tangle errorpaths and get call to callbacks,
> it is better to defensively keep them as null until object init is
> finished so that we get clean null deref on callsite,
> instead of more cryptic wreckage with partly initialized vm objects.

I wouldn't go so far as saying clean; it's a jump to the NULL function
pointer, which can be quite confusing until you realise why you have
such an odd stack frame.

> Signed-off-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuopp...@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <ch...@chris-wilson.co.uk>
-Chris

-- 
Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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