The init_name property of the device struct is sort of a hack and should only be used for statically allocated devices. Since the device is dynamically allocated here it is safe to use the proper way to set a devices name by calling dev_set_name().
Signed-off-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <[email protected]> --- kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index 7ff5dc7..3a1c99b 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -5222,8 +5222,8 @@ int workqueue_sysfs_register(struct workqueue_struct *wq) wq_dev->wq = wq; wq_dev->dev.bus = &wq_subsys; - wq_dev->dev.init_name = wq->name; wq_dev->dev.release = wq_device_release; + dev_set_name(&wq_dev->dev, "%s", wq->name); /* * unbound_attrs are created separately. Suppress uevent until -- 2.1.4
