Re: [PATCH 00/11] kobject: Require explicit initialization of struct kobj_type::release

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

On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 06:44:18PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 6:37 PM Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > I'd really like to have the attribute available, and I've got at least
> > one user I can apply today that don't require fix-ups (seq_file), so
> > if Miguel is okay with it, I'd like to snag patch 1 and send it with
> > my seq_file "first user" for this coming merge window so it's available
> > starting with v7.4-rc1, and we don't end up needing to wait 10 weeks for
> > other subsystems to be able to use it. And the kobj fixups can continue
> > in parallel. Does that sounds okay?
> 
> Of course, please feel free to pick it up (with the small tweak I
> requested) if you have a user.
> 
> And if you don't pick the user, I could still pick the first patch up
> through the compiler attributes tree if you and other folks want to
> use it after -rc1.
> 
> Greg: adding the attribute itself should be safe and would unblock
> others that may want to "protect" themselves, without having to wait
> for every potential user to get fixed (but of course I agree they
> should get fixed -- we should not forget about them, if that is your
> concern).

I agree, not a problem to add the attribute now as long as it doesn't
break the build.

thanks,

greg k-h