Re: [BUG] git 2.6.31-rc3'ish: "<kobject> does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed."

[Roland Dreier]

 > Kay, we were cleaning up the kobject name stuff then, and we thought
 > that this release function wasn't used anymore.  But in looking at the
 > code, I can't see where the kobject is actually freed.  What am I
 > missing?

the kobject in question is freed at

  free_module() ->
    mod_kobject_remove() ->
      mod_sysfs_fini() ->
        kobject_put(&mod->mkobj.kobj);

(in kernel/module.c)

Of course the release function you removed in 7a6a4161 was empty so it
wasn't doing anything except satisfying the "all kobjects must have a
release method" diktat.

 - R.

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