The patch titled
kobject: temporarily save k_name on cleanup for debug message.
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kobject-temporarily-save-k_name-on-cleanup-for-debug-message.patch
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Subject: kobject: temporarily save k_name on cleanup for debug message.
From: Cornelia Huck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:02:05 +0200,
Cornelia Huck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > kobject drivers: cleaning up
> > kobject '<NULL>' does not have a release() function, if this is not a
> > directory kobject, it is broken and must be fixed.
>
> <Unrelated side note: We should probably save the kobject's name for
> printing this debug message, it looks a bit odd :)>
kobject: Temporarily save k_name on cleanup for debug message.
Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
lib/kobject.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN
lib/kobject.c~kobject-temporarily-save-k_name-on-cleanup-for-debug-message
lib/kobject.c
--- a/lib/kobject.c~kobject-temporarily-save-k_name-on-cleanup-for-debug-message
+++ a/lib/kobject.c
@@ -498,9 +498,9 @@ void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject * ko
struct kobj_type * t = get_ktype(kobj);
struct kset * s = kobj->kset;
struct kobject * parent = kobj->parent;
+ const char *k_name = kobj->k_name;
pr_debug("kobject %s: cleaning up\n",kobject_name(kobj));
- kfree(kobj->k_name);
kobj->k_name = NULL;
if (t && t->release)
t->release(kobj);
@@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ void kobject_cleanup(struct kobject * ko
pr_debug("kobject '%s' does not have a release() function, "
"if this is not a directory kobject, it is broken "
"and must be fixed.\n",
- kobject_name(kobj));
-
+ k_name);
+ kfree(k_name);
if (s)
kset_put(s);
kobject_put(parent);
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
kobject-temporarily-save-k_name-on-cleanup-for-debug-message.patch
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