Re: kobjects: mark cleaned up kobjects as unitialized

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 07:27:47AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> > but basically you can demonstrate the problem with this simple code:
> > 
> > struct device dev;
> > while(1) {
> >   dev->release = dummy_release_function_that_does_nothing;
> 
> WTF!!!
> 
> Ugh, if I see one more person try to "trick" the kernel from reporting
> this error by providing a "dummy" release function, I'm going to go find
> a kitten to kick.
> 
> Seriously, why are you blatently ignoring the warning that the kernel is
> trying to be nice and give to you?  Do we just invent messages that need
> to be worked around?

Oh, and before anyone thinks that I'm being too harsh here, again, refer
to Documentation/kobject.txt:
	Note that the kernel will warn you if you forget to provide a
	release() method.  Do not try to get rid of this warning by
	providing an "empty" release function; you will be mocked
	mercilessly by the kobject maintainer if you attempt this.

Hence my mocking.

thanks,

greg k-h
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