Re: [PATCH] Fix kobject_rename and !CONFIG_SYSFS v2

[Eric W. Biederman]

"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, 13 May 2008, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
>> Changelog:
>> v2:	Added a declaration of kboject_set_name to sysfs.h
>> 	so the code actually compiles with !CONFIG_SYSFS.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/kobject.txt |    4 ++++
>>  drivers/base/core.c       |    5 +++++
>>  include/linux/sysfs.h     |    4 +++-
>>  lib/kobject.c             |   18 +++++-------------
>>  4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
>> index bf3256e..79184b4 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/kobject.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt
>> @@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ the name of the kobject, call kobject_rename():
>>  
>>      int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name);
>>  
>> +Note kobject_rename does perform any locking or have a solid notion of
>
>                            ^not
>
>> +what names are valid so the provide must provide their own sanity checking
>                                ~~~~~~~
>                                caller
>
>> +and serialization.
>> +
>>  There is a function called kobject_set_name() but that is legacy cruft and
>>  is being removed.  If your code needs to call this function, it is
>>  incorrect and needs to be fixed.


Good catch.

Thanks Randy.

Eric
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