Re: [PATCH 1/2] kobject: Add kobject_initialized() function

2014-10-28 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 04:26:47PM +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> To be used by users of kobject to tell when one hasn't been initialized yet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso 
> ---
>  include/linux/kobject.h | 5 +
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
> index 2d61b90..6bb5a92 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kobject.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
> @@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ static inline const char *kobject_name(const struct 
> kobject *kobj)
>   return kobj->name;
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool kobject_initialized(const struct kobject *kobj)
> +{
> + return kobj->state_initialized;
> +}

Ick, no.  Why would you ever need this?  You "own" the kobject, and you
better know if you initialized it or not.  If not, you should fix your
use of a kobject.

And why are you even using a kobject at all?

greg k-h
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[PATCH 1/2] kobject: Add kobject_initialized() function

2014-10-28 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
To be used by users of kobject to tell when one hasn't been initialized yet.

Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso 
---
 include/linux/kobject.h | 5 +
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 2d61b90..6bb5a92 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ static inline const char *kobject_name(const struct kobject 
*kobj)
return kobj->name;
 }
 
+static inline bool kobject_initialized(const struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+   return kobj->state_initialized;
+}
+
 extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype);
 extern __printf(3, 4) __must_check
 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
-- 
1.9.3

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[PATCH 1/2] kobject: Add kobject_initialized() function

2014-10-28 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
To be used by users of kobject to tell when one hasn't been initialized yet.

Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso tomeu.viz...@collabora.com
---
 include/linux/kobject.h | 5 +
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 2d61b90..6bb5a92 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ static inline const char *kobject_name(const struct kobject 
*kobj)
return kobj-name;
 }
 
+static inline bool kobject_initialized(const struct kobject *kobj)
+{
+   return kobj-state_initialized;
+}
+
 extern void kobject_init(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype);
 extern __printf(3, 4) __must_check
 int kobject_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *parent,
-- 
1.9.3

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Re: [PATCH 1/2] kobject: Add kobject_initialized() function

2014-10-28 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 04:26:47PM +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
 To be used by users of kobject to tell when one hasn't been initialized yet.
 
 Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso tomeu.viz...@collabora.com
 ---
  include/linux/kobject.h | 5 +
  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 
 diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
 index 2d61b90..6bb5a92 100644
 --- a/include/linux/kobject.h
 +++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
 @@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ static inline const char *kobject_name(const struct 
 kobject *kobj)
   return kobj-name;
  }
  
 +static inline bool kobject_initialized(const struct kobject *kobj)
 +{
 + return kobj-state_initialized;
 +}

Ick, no.  Why would you ever need this?  You own the kobject, and you
better know if you initialized it or not.  If not, you should fix your
use of a kobject.

And why are you even using a kobject at all?

greg k-h
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