X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=write_common.c;h=5988faf77a5cd13f1b4e1930299b8c90073efc3d;hp=fb7f4775111009158cbb2ba4836caddbe6247697;hb=69a7e7aa11d8bf9b05d6431c57276befbc9b35a3;hpb=12123ab5a95a0f31385e9615d36056cb6546aced

diff --git a/write_common.c b/write_common.c
index fb7f4775..5988faf7 100644
--- a/write_common.c
+++ b/write_common.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2011 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
  *
  * Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
  */
@@ -73,18 +73,25 @@ void *check_writer_arg(const char *wa, int *writer_num)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Open a writer node and register the corresponding task.
+ *
+ * \param wn The writer node to open.
+ * \param parent The parent btr node (the source for the writer node).
+ *
+ * The configuration of the writer node stored in \p wn->conf must be
+ * initialized before this function may be called.
+ */
 void register_writer_node(struct writer_node *wn, struct btr_node *parent)
 {
 	struct writer *w = writers + wn->writer_num;
 	char *name = make_message("%s writer", writer_names[wn->writer_num]);
-	int ret;
 
 	wn->btrn = btr_new_node(&(struct btr_node_description)
 		EMBRACE(.name = name, .parent = parent,
 		.handler = w->execute, .context = wn));
 	strcpy(wn->task.status, name);
 	free(name);
-	ret = w->open(wn);
 	wn->task.post_select = w->post_select;
 	wn->task.pre_select = w->pre_select;
 	register_task(&wn->task);
@@ -150,7 +157,15 @@ static void get_btr_value(struct btr_node *btrn, const char *cmd,
 	char *buf = NULL;
 	int ret = btr_exec_up(btrn, cmd, &buf);
 
-	assert(ret >= 0);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		/*
+		 * This really should not happen. It means one of our parent
+		 * nodes died unexpectedly. Proceed with fingers crossed.
+		 */
+		PARA_CRIT_LOG("cmd %s: %s\n", cmd, para_strerror(-ret));
+		*result = 0;
+		return;
+	}
 	ret = para_atoi32(buf, result);
 	assert(ret >= 0);
 	free(buf);