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kobject: kobj->k_name verification fix
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The function 'kobject_add' tries to verify the name of
a new kobject instance is properly set before continuing.
    if (!kobj->k_name)
        kobj->k_name = kobj->name;
    if (!kobj->k_name) {
        pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
        WARN_ON(1);
        return -EINVAL;
    }
The statement:
    if (!kobj->k_name) {
        pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
        WARN_ON(1);
        return -EINVAL;
    }
is useless the way it is right now, because it can never be true. I
think the
code was intended to be:
    if (!kobj->k_name)
        kobj->k_name = kobj->name;
    if (!*kobj->k_name) {
        pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
        WARN_ON(1);
        return -EINVAL;
    }
because this would make sure the kobj->name buffer has something in it.
So the missing '*' is just a typo. Although, I would much prefer
expression like:
    if (*kobj->k_name == '\0') {
        pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
        WARN_ON(1);
        return -EINVAL;
    }

because this would've made the intention clear, in this patch I just restore
the missing '*' without changing the coding style of the function.

Signed-off-by: Martin Stoilov <mstoilov@odesys.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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Martin Stoilov authored and gregkh committed Feb 16, 2007
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion lib/kobject.c
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Expand Up @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ int kobject_shadow_add(struct kobject * kobj, struct dentry *shadow_parent)
return -ENOENT;
if (!kobj->k_name)
kobj->k_name = kobj->name;
if (!kobj->k_name) {
if (!*kobj->k_name) {
pr_debug("kobject attempted to be registered with no name!\n");
WARN_ON(1);
return -EINVAL;
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