Re: [PATCH 1/2] drivers: core: Don't try to use a dead glue_dir

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 4:32 PM Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I like that fix, which should make this patch obsolete, right?
>
> Yes, for that specific issue, but Linus seemed to think patch 1 was the
> "right thing to do" regardless...

I would definitely prefer either a kobject_get_unless_zero() or a
warning if it is ever zero.

The fact that right now it silently can do known bad things, and then
causes odd corruption _later_, is not good.

            Linus