From: Martin Stoilov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The function 'kobject_add' tries to verify the name of a new kobject instance is properly set before continuing. if (!kobj->k_name) kobj->k_name = kobj->name; if (!kobj->k_name) { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; } The statement: if (!kobj->k_name) { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; } is useless the way it is right now, because it can never be true. I think the code was intended to be: if (!kobj->k_name) kobj->k_name = kobj->name; if (!*kobj->k_name) { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; } because this would make sure the kobj->name buffer has something in it. So the missing '*' is just a typo. Although, I would much prefer expression like: if (*kobj->k_name == '\0') { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; }
because this would've made the intention clear, in this patch I just restore the missing '*' without changing the coding style of the function. Signed-off-by: Martin Stoilov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- lib/kobject.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c index 2782f49..93685f4 100644 --- a/lib/kobject.c +++ b/lib/kobject.c @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent) return -ENOENT; if (!kobj->k_name) kobj->k_name = kobj->name; - if (!kobj->k_name) { + if (!*kobj->k_name) { pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n"); WARN_ON(1); return -EINVAL; -- 1.5.0 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/