Re: on static kobjects and double frees...

[Arthur Jones]

Hi Greg, ...

On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 09:42:41AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
> > [...]
> > OK, I wondered about this, but I didn't see anything
> > in Documentation/kobject.txt that said that kobjects
> > can not be static.  But now that I've fixed the double
> > free bug, I'm seeing the warning you mentioned above...
> 
> Hm, there is the following text in that file:
>         Because kobjects are dynamic, they must not be declared
>         statically or on the stack, but instead, always allocated
>         dynamically.  Future versions of the kernel will contain a
>         run-time check for kobjects that are created statically and will
>         warn the developer of this improper usage.

Indeed, I see that now.  Sorry for the noise, I should
have read more carefully...

> > I don't know how the current code came to be, so I
> > can't speak to your issues below.  But, with these
> > pointers, I think I can get things cleaned up properly.
> 
> Great, if you want me to review it, I'd be glad to do so.

Thanks!

Arthur
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