Re: [PATCH] kobject: Fix the kobj_set_name reference in kset_register() kernel-doc

From: Randy Dunlap

Date: Fri Sep 11 2026 - 19:21:05 EST




On 9/11/26 3:20 PM, Karl Mehltretter wrote:
> The kernel-doc comment of kset_register() refers to kobj_set_name, which
> does not exist. The name is kobject_set_name. Say kobject_set_name.
>
> Fixes: 1662cea4623f ("kset: fix memory leak when kset_register() returns error")
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks.

> ---
> lib/kobject.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
> index e7b010a989fb9e4a4ddb105989ced638ce02ccd6..942ee439f06ef8962386ac9b7b37ce60b29e83a6 100644
> --- a/lib/kobject.c
> +++ b/lib/kobject.c
> @@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kobj_sysfs_ops);
> * kset_register() - Initialize and add a kset.
> * @k: kset.
> *
> - * NOTE: On error, the kset.kobj.name allocated by() kobj_set_name()
> + * NOTE: On error, the kset.kobj.name allocated by() kobject_set_name()
> * is freed, it can not be used any more.
> */
> int kset_register(struct kset *k)
>

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~Randy