Re: [PATCH 1/2] kobject: Add kobject_initialized() function

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 04:26:47PM +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> To be used by users of kobject to tell when one hasn't been initialized yet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu.vizoso@collabora.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/kobject.h | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
> index 2d61b90..6bb5a92 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kobject.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
> @@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ static inline const char *kobject_name(const struct kobject *kobj)
>  	return kobj->name;
>  }
>  
> +static inline bool kobject_initialized(const struct kobject *kobj)
> +{
> +	return kobj->state_initialized;
> +}

Ick, no.  Why would you ever need this?  You "own" the kobject, and you
better know if you initialized it or not.  If not, you should fix your
use of a kobject.

And why are you even using a kobject at all?

greg k-h